It felt unfamiliar, this situation.
For over ten years, I had dealt with people trying to use me in one way or another. I thought Giovanni and I had a mutual relationship of using each other. However, the proposal he made now was undeniably advantageous for me.
I realized that he would soon leave this place. So, this was like his final gift.
Dealing with someone who not only refrains from using me but also wants to help me live well, I couldn’t decide with my calculating mind how to respond.
‘Final…’
I silently pondered the word, feeling an unusual sense of regret.
Giovanni was still staring at me.
Swiftly, he waved his hand.
“Alright. The situation has already been exposed to the princess, and even the title of princess has been revoked. Even if I buy a title, it will likely be rejected.”
“Then, what do you plan to do?”
I looked at him with a puzzled expression. A spark ignited in my mind, and a new path that I hadn’t thought of before emerged.
“Is your proposal still valid? The scouting proposal.”
Giovanni’s pupils widened.
“I’ve been working hard in the kingdom, accumulating some wealth. I’ll invest it for Your Highness.”
“…”
“It may be a small amount for Your Highness, but money is useful anywhere, isn’t it?”
“Why?”
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime investment. For the one who will become the emperor.”
Giovanni’s expression became subtle.
I know.
He doesn’t have great ambitions for the imperial throne.
“Even if you’re not the emperor, I think you’ll become a significant figure, Your Highness.”
“…”
“You offered me a position as a lieutenant, didn’t you? If it goes like this, I won’t settle for an ordinary lieutenant. You should at least offer me a position as a close aide.”
With a face that said, ‘Huh?’ Kiechef frowned arrogantly and chuckled at those words.
“Quite ambitious.”
Dismissing it easily, Giovanni only looked at Kiechef.
With an inexplicable gaze, Giovanni’s lips curled into a smile.
It was a refined, charming smile, so exquisite that it sent chills down one’s spine.
I had a premonition that whether he became the emperor or something else, he would become an emperor that others could hardly approach.
Anyone who saw him would have that certainty.
I smiled along with him. My heart swelled strangely.
Just like back then.
When I took his hand and danced the first dance with him at the imperial envoy welcome reception.
“Discard the charges and find Your Highness with a free spirit.”
From that moment, another connection with him would begin.
After receiving the exile order, it was the most comfortable day.
“It would have been better if the princess had at least a light romance with a respectable young man from the kingdom.”
Who would have thought that the princess, who pretended not to care, would have her heart stolen by the 5th prince of the Empire, a hostile nation. Moreover, the 5th prince had no interest in the princess.
The maid who had seen the princess crying through sleepless nights felt sorry and her heart ached.
It was only natural that someone who made her like this was detestable.
A man who made the currently absent-minded Princess Lala too preoccupied to groom herself properly, and the prince of the mighty Empire, who seemed so large that the kingdom’s traditional attire felt awkward, didn’t even exchange familiar greetings with the princess.
‘Why would the princess like such a barbarian…’
“Since that day, it’s the first time.”
Finally, Princess Lala was the one to speak first.
The day she returned soaked after being chased by imperial troops.
When she mentioned the day when she completely disagreed with Igraine Laurence, Giovanni nodded silently.
“Thanks to that, we were able to resolve the issue without any interference.”
“I was able to catch that person thanks to Your Highness. If not, I would have suffered from even worse anxiety.”
Princess Lala’s attitude was calm. As much as she couldn’t hide the blush on her face, it was clear how tense she was right now.
“The remaining troops need to be captured quickly.”
“That’s why I came.”
“What?”
Thud!
Kiechef, who walked out from behind Giovanni, put down two cylindrical bags on the narrow ground behind Giovanni. One large enough for a person to fit in was placed between Giovanni and Princess Lala.
Princess Lala, who was inspecting the somewhat worn-out brown cylindrical bag as if examining crops or a dam, raised her head with a sly smile.
“What is this?”
Kiechef, who slightly bowed his waist, looked at Giovanni with a knowing look.
“They are the troops you wanted to find.”
“This is a troop?”
“It might be better not to see since they can serve a purpose.”
Princess Lala’s face stiffened.
At the mention of people being inside the cylindrical bags, the maids who were relieved that they weren’t assassins had a different reaction from Princess Lala.
“Show me.”
A trembling yet firm tone.
Receiving an uncertain look from Giovanni, Kiechef opened the entrance of the cylindrical bag.
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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