To the eyes of the witnesses, only I would seem to be trembling with excitement, fear, and anticipation.
“…Okay.”
A voice as if his throat was tightly clenched came from Hades’ mouth.
“Then it would be an honor.”
Tears welled up in my eyes. Until now, I had rejected Hades while exploiting his feelings at my convenience.
I hadn’t even tried to defeat the Demon King together with him, aiming to return to my original life.
Altair and his companions would defeat the Demon King anyway.
I turned around, pulling myself away to hide the tears filling my eyes.
“We should go back now.”
“…The Demon King.”
“The steward has stepped back. Since we can’t defeat him anyway, let’s go back.”
A strange chuckle escaped from Hades’ mouth. I turned to him cautiously. When Hades chuckled like that, it meant that he and I were not on the same page.
“Angelica, do you really think I can’t defeat the Demon King without that guy’s help?”
“Yes!”
I immediately replied.
“That’s impossible!”
It was obvious with a simple calculation.
Hades, who had become stronger by obtaining Denesor, eventually knelt before Reto and his companions.
Those very companions had struggled to defeat the Demon King.
There had been hope because a cheatlike steward was participating, but defeating the Demon King just the two of us?
That was almost delusional.
“It’s possible.”
His voice full of confidence was persuasive, but I couldn’t buy into it.
“How?”
“I can’t say here.”
Only then did I realize that there were still spectators around us.
“We need to get out of here quickly.”
“Do we?”
Hades raised an eyebrow.
“We could go straight to the Demon King.”
(This is a time separator.)
‘It’s finally quiet.’
Altair grumbled inwardly.
Sir William had been cursing him nonstop. Even after stuffing his mouth with a sock, he kept screaming. Had he known he’d be this annoying, he would have eliminated him earlier.
‘I just need to wait.’
The monsters would also have sensed that the owner of Donovan Castle had left.
Their arrival was a matter of time.
He sat next to Sir William and looked down at the tower.
The march of the monsters was supposed to plunge the fortress into chaos from the moment they were spotted.
Thus, Altair and Liridel spent the day in the tower.
‘…Should I wait a bit longer?’
He turned his head towards Liridel and asked,
“Liridel, do you sense any monsters?”
“None at all.”
Liridel also looked puzzled.
“Really?”
It was hard to believe. By now, hordes of darkly approaching monsters should have been visible. But it was quiet; perhaps they were disguising themselves and sneaking over…
‘It makes no sense… They’re not attacking at all.’
Altair sank down onto his seat.
Until now, everything had been going according to plan.
He had every structure in Leodel at his fingertips, and armed with knowledge and skills, there was nothing he couldn’t achieve.
Elysia, the possessor, and Angelica, who was influenced by her, were variables, but he didn’t think they would significantly affect his plans.
But why!
“Why!”
He vocally spat out his anger.
“This fortress is doomed!”
Altair rushed out of the tower.
Liridel’s voice calling after him faintly reached his ears, but he didn’t pay attention.
She was a weak woman who couldn’t even kill an old man.
She had been of no help to his current plans.
He ran down the tower.
The monsters are not coming? Fine.
Then he would destroy the fortress himself.
“Altair!”
He did not look back. Liridel probably sensed what he was about to do.
“Altair, stop!”
He suddenly turned around.
“What do you want, Liridel? Leave me alone!”
“…Shatekan was right.”
“What?”
“He was right not to trust you.”
Altair’s face turned to one of horror. Not because Liridel raised her weapon against him.
It was because numbers kept appearing and disappearing on her chest.
The rapidly dwindling favorability finally stopped after a few minutes.
The number was 88.
The thought Liridel harbored towards him was ‘a vile human.’
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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