Rrrrrumble. And the ground trembled beneath.
The earth shook, and the tables and landscape decorations standing in the garden collapsed to the ground with a clatter, rolling here and there.
After a moment, dirt erupted upward.
“Kyaaaah!”
A spine-chilling sound rang out.
The tentacled monsters that had been defiling the golden plains were crawling out of the hole with difficulty.
The pitch-black tentacled monsters crawled out of the hole with difficulty and began attacking any nearby lifeforms they could reach.
“Aaaah! Save me!”
The soldiers tried to hold out somehow, but they were helpless against the surprise attack.
“Aaron, please take care of Mella.”
Rukna pushed Mella’s body, which she had been holding, towards Aaron.
“What are you saying? You said a man shouldn’t touch a young lady’s body.”
“It’ll be fine since everything is covered. And you’re a Noum.”
“You don’t see me as a man?”
Aaron’s complexion looked a bit strange as he said that.
“It’s urgent. Stop blabbering about being a man and take her quickly.”
As soon as Rukna saw Mella on fire, she recalled Aaron rushing over with fire in his eyes.
He must have been reminded of his mother who had stood on the pyre.
Rukna didn’t want Aaron to experience someone burning to death again.
“Save Mella, Aaron.”
“What are you going to do then?”
“I can slip away well like an eel, so don’t worry. Now, hurry and go. You should take care of the lady first.”
“But what about you…”
Aaron said that while looking straight at Rukna.
She also fell silent for a moment, and then…
Kyaaaah!
The sound of a monster approaching right in front of them was heard.
“Hurry and go!”
Rukna pushed Aaron’s back and drew her sword.
Beneath her unsteady feet. The power and speed of the monster were hard to handle.
In fact, she wasn’t confident she could handle it well.
It took tremendous courage to hold a sword while wearing only underwear.
‘No. Don’t waver.’
Rukna thought of the huge iron mass that quietly sank to the bottom of the sea to support the ship.
‘I am a closet. I won’t be shaken. I can protect.’
Perhaps it was the aftermath of regaining her memories. Amusingly, that thought popped out like an instinct.
Rukna quirked the corner of her mouth and muttered softly.
That’s right, I am a closet.
I can do it.
[This is the timeline separator]Although Rukna and the Noum soldiers launched an all-out attack, it was too much to deal with the endless onslaught of monsters.
And the ground shook violently once more.
The tunnel grew larger and larger, collapsing the surrounding ground. The hole became as large as a decent-sized house.
And a huge worm-shaped monster that tightly filled it poked its head out.
Its size made them lose their fighting spirit.
The allies who had fallen to the ground didn’t dare think of getting up.
Rukna was the same.
Thin and long tentacles bloomed like stamens from the top of its head and quickly elongated.
Then it soon stretched its tentacles towards Rukna, who had the strongest spiritual power.
Damn it, Bisbi! As Rukna, who had lost her sword, was about to close her eyes tightly…
A shadow fell over her head.
When she squinted, she saw a leather-gloved hand grabbing the tentacle.
Even as the ground shook enough to collapse the castle walls, he never lost his balance.
He and that monster were the only ones standing tall in this place right now.
‘You are……’
It was definitely familiar, but strangely, she couldn’t recognize who it was.
A body covered in blood from head to toe.
A torn shirt, an unkempt outfit.
Unfocused eyes and an expressionless face.
The person exuding unrefined murderous energy was not the Matian she knew.
[This is the timeline separator]Blood. Blood. Blood.
The unpleasantly warm, sticky liquid drenched his body and flowed to the ground.
Matian swung his sword in a dull manner. Everything was cut too easily, spewing a fishy liquid.
Even the combat jacket imbued with the priest’s blessing was torn here and there, melted by the sticky mucus, but it didn’t matter.
His body, wrapped in the aura, wouldn’t get a single burn even from the strong acidic liquid.
‘Bothersome.’
How long did he have to do this?
Matian surveyed his surroundings. A pile of monster corpses lay at his feet.
“Matian, why don’t we take a break now? Ack, it’s me, me, Bolton! Stop swinging your sword! Did a curse fly in from somewhere? Why are you acting like this, seriously!”
Is that so? It was you, Bolton?
Did I swing my sword at Bolton?
I don’t know. Just let whatever happens happen. If you don’t want to die, dodge it. Everything is just a nuisance.
‘I miss you, Lulu.’
It’s a nickname that really suits you. But when I’m actually in my right mind, I forget this cute name.
Why is that? Has my reason judged that it shouldn’t remember that side of you?
“Uh, Matian? Your face is too close right now, it’s burdensome. Sh*t, I’m Bolton?”
Anyways, you’re a complicated one, Lulu.
“D-did you just call me Lulu? Get rid of that cringe-worthy nickname and back off, you crazy bastard! Someone save Bolton!”
To dream of you, I need to sleep. But when I think of you, I can’t sleep well.
You under the sun are too clear but distant. You under the moonlight are faint but in my arms. So I don’t want to let go of you right now.
“Ugh, damn it. I knew my captivating nice body would cause trouble someday, but I didn’t expect it to seduce even you… Wait, everyone. Don’t look at me like that! I’m not in that kind of relationship with this jerk!”
Ah, right. You were Bolton.
……My mood suddenly turned sour.
“Hey, Matian! How can you suddenly attack?”
Isn’t it fine as long as you didn’t die? Right now, my heart is throbbing so much it feels like dying.
“Put down the sword and suppress your murderous energy. The priests just arrived. It’ll be alright soon.”
You brought the priests?
“Either put down the sword or suppress your murderous energy. Do you think I’ll go near you out of fear?”
The sword? Because of the sword? Then if I put this down, will you heal me with your pleasant spiritual power?
“Yes. You put it down well. How is it? Feeling a bit better?”
Well. I don’t feel any different at all.
It just tickles a bit. This level is far from enough. Bring Lulu.
“There are five priests tending to you right now, dude. Try saying something.”
I’ve been talking this whole time, what are you saying? I don’t feel anything.
It won’t work unless you bring Lulu.
“What? W-what is that? Damn it! Take cover!”
What appeared? Ah, those things were hiding underground?
The monsters even doing surprise attacks, not bad. Much better than these useless priests.
Cutting them down makes me feel a bit refreshed.
“Matian, we’re in big trouble. The lord’s castle is under surprise attack!”
Ah, is that so? Let them be.
They’ll figure it out.
I don’t like it when everyone only looks to me and expects salvation from me.
I’m sick and tired of those who secretly treat me like a demon but outwardly call me a hero.
“Kisa and Aaron are there too, damn it!”
……Who is there?
“Are you going to keep being like this? Fine, whatever. I’m going to save Kisa!”
Save who?
No.
I can’t bear to see Lulu get hurt. I want to be a hero at least in front of you. I want to be remembered that way.
How much that jerk to me…
How much……
……
“Matian!”
Lulu? I think I just heard your voice.
“I’m fine. I’m really fine, so come to your senses, Matian!”
You say you’re fine. They said monsters appeared here. They said you’re in danger. Be careful. There might be remnants.
“Ugh, stop swinging the sword. There are no more monsters now. You killed them all. It’s over now.”
Is that so? I killed them all? Me?
……When?
Ugh, I suddenly feel suffocated. Like my heart is submerged in water.
“It’s okay, Matian. It’ll be alright.”
I can’t control my own body. What happened to me?
What have I become?
Have I really turned into a demon, being possessed by a fragment of a demon?
“Matian!”
Ah, I felt it just now. Your spiritual power.
It’s comforting. But not enough.
More.
Give me more.
“What should I do? Is this not working right now? Matian, are you okay now?”
Good. More.
Pour all of yourself into me.
“Please wait over there for a moment. Matian is fine. No! That’s not it, he’s just confused right now.”
Don’t talk to other bastards.
Focus only on me.
Matian stared at Rukna with unfocused eyes.
But Rukna wasn’t looking at him as she was shouting at someone far away.
“This is unbelievable. Did you lose your memory or something? If it weren’t for Matian, we would have been annihilated. Treating such a savior like a demon! Just stand there and wait. I’ll take responsibility for calming him down and bringing him over.”
Look at me, Lulu.
There’s no need to associate with those bastards who receive all the help they can get and then treat the person like a demon.
They’re just morons who can’t say anything in front of me.
“Those conscienceless jerks! If we had just left them, they would have begged us to save them. How did you live all this time with such unfairness? Even I’m so angry.”
Tears fell from Rukna’s eyes.
You say you’re angry, so why are you crying? Don’t carelessly shed your precious tears.
Matian reached out his hand and brushed her eyes with his fingers.
Then he familiarly licked the tear-soaked fingers.
As expected, it was excessively sweet.
Don’t cry, Rukna. It makes me want to put my lips on you and drink you up.
What will you do if I get serious and want to make you cry every night?
“What are you saying? Stop muttering strange things like you’ll do this and that. It’s time for you to come to your senses, Matian!”
Slap, slap! Rukna slapped both of Matian’s cheeks with her hands as if hitting him.
Still, his hazy focus didn’t return. His heart was being eaten away by the demon’s fragment.
Rukna hesitated for a moment before lowering her lips.
There was no reason. She just had a certainty that if she kissed him now, his mind would return.
Rukna timidly touched him lightly and pulled away with a smacking sound.
His lips were neither soft, tender, nor sweet.
They were rough, dry, and hot. It felt like touching a volcano about to erupt.
‘Is this enough? Should I do more?’
As Rukna pondered while touching her lips, a large hand gently cupped the back of her head.
“Matian?”
She tried to check if he had come to his senses, but his face was right in front of her.
Rough and dry lips, exhaling hot breath, stopped right in front of Rukna.
Even though he hadn’t regained his senses, he was asking for permission.
‘That foolish jerk.’
Rukna parted her lips as a sign of permission.
In an instant, their breaths intertwined hotly.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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