“Well, he’ll probably tell me to come to my senses.”
Obvious. Since it was so predictable, I just lifted my head stiffly. Coming to my senses might be a bit uncomfortable, but it’s nothing special.
“As if I didn’t have enough to think about. Just great.”
“Igraine, for the time being, in your room….”
That’s when it happened.
Knock, knock.
After the sound of the doorknob hitting, the door opened slightly.
It was the gatekeeper.
“Milord, a guest has arrived.”
“A guest? Out of the blue?”
Hubert, with a furrowed brow, fixed his expression.
“From the royal family?”
“No, not from the royal family. He came to see Miss Igraine.”
“Igraine?”
Looking at me briefly, Hubert nodded coldly.
“Our family is busy, so send them away.”
“It’s a bit… He’s waiting here.”
Hubert looked strangely at the hesitating gatekeeper.
“Who is it to be so insistent?”
“I will introduce him myself.”
A polite voice flowed from behind the gatekeeper.
“I’m sorry to have inconvenienced the servant.”
The door opened. A middle-aged man, elegantly dressed in a jacket with a subtle violet vest, stood there with a graceful expression.
“But I couldn’t help but interfere because Miss seemed to be in trouble.”
I instinctively scanned him. A jacket with a flowing pattern, a luxurious violet vest inside.
‘Smells like a merchant?’
“No, isn’t it Heron Kye?”
Duke Bakeun, with a surprised face, came down the stairs.
Emerge, seeing the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared, raised her eyebrows up and down.
The stern Duke Bakeun, without hesitation, extended a handshake to the man.
“Nice to see you again, milord.”
“It’s been a while! Isn’t it the first time since the Oiren shipbuilding incident? I was really grateful back then. Thanks to you, I put out the urgent fire.”
“It wasn’t much money.”
“This guy, so modest! What’s going on? It’s been a while. You went far away for business, and I heard you came back.”
“I came in not long ago. I was used to smelling sand, but it was a bit awkward to enjoy the fragrance of flowers.”
“Ah, you must have suffered. Stay as long as you want. You’re back! Is it my turn to help this time?”
Since Hubert succeeded to the marquisate, Baron Bakeun, who seemed to enjoy life only with passion, was almost invisible.
To the words he brought up, people around, like Emerge, blinked their eyes as if they were surprised.
It seemed that Baron Bakeun, who seemed harsh, had helped the man who suddenly appeared with his business failures.
“I received help anyway. I came to express my gratitude.”
“I didn’t help at all. What gratitude?”
“I received great help. My son-in-law, who came into the kingdom with me, almost got into trouble in the water… ”
Behind the bewildered Baron Bakeun, he glanced at me. Our eyes met.
“A courageous young lady helped us. If it weren’t for her, it would have been a big problem.”
“Is this, Igraine?”
For a moment, the surprised Baron Bakeun, after receiving Heron’s gaze, awkwardly nodded.
“Such a thing happened. Igraine did a very admirable job.”
The person who had kept their mouth shut until now and staged an uncomfortable atmosphere seemed to have disappeared, as Baron Bakeun showed me a hearty smile.
People in the house who hadn’t fully grasped the situation blinked their eyes.
Baron Heron approached me with a kind smile.
“Do you remember Jess Heron and Rosaline Heron?”
“Yes, of course. Are they your siblings?”
“I am their father. My youngest grandson, that troublemaker, didn’t listen to my advice and went out to play. He was thrilled to see rain in an area where it doesn’t usually rain.”
“It seemed like my sister was going through a lot.”
Baron Heron laughed and nodded his head vigorously.
“Rosaline is a lively one. I can’t forget how surprised I was when she said that Jess almost died crying. She’s inexperienced, but they are precious kids. I wanted to express my gratitude for saving them.”
As he lowered his head, I was surprised and clapped my hands.
“There’s no need for that. It was something I had to do.”
Of course, it was something I had to do! Although I had never thought of it that way, words of humility came out naturally.
“But it’s not something anyone can do. Miss, you have the right to receive thanks.”
‘Awkward, coming from an old rich man.’
Embarrassed, I kept my smile without saying anything.
“I can’t express my gratitude in words alone, so I’ve prepared a small gift.”
Ears perked up.
Well then. If you’re thankful, it’s not just about words; you should express it materially too.
‘A rare proper rich person.’
Even in a very dire situation, I decided not to touch Baron Heron’s pocket.
Back when we were thieves, our rule was ‘don’t mess with good people.’
Anyway, that’s that, and a gift is a gift.
‘I wonder if it’s precious metal again? Earrings? Necklace? Bracelet?’
With curious eyes, I stared at the back of Baron Heron. A servant came in with a jewelry box. There were three of them.
‘Could it be all of those?’
Without realizing it, I stopped my mouth from rising.
The jewelry box, engraved with a flower pattern, wasn’t large but beautiful.
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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