The kiss with Hades intensified. His rockhard body felt starkly palpable even through layers of fabric, and his slightly rough lips gradually descended down my neck.
I trembled. Wherever Hades’ hands and lips touched, a heat seemed to awaken.
I cursed this land over and over. Normally, I would never…!
I knew very well that I should be pushing him away right now. The place, the timing, even the person involved—everything was wrong.
Just like Hades, who had succumbed to his instincts, I too had succumbed to mine. This should not be happening.
But…
I wanted Hades too much to push him away.
I admit it.
This is not love. It’s desire and instinct. The things every human has but suppresses.
I swallowed dryly. Hades’ hands explored every corner of my body.
His touch reached even places I’d never imagined anyone would touch, and an involuntary moan escaped my lips.
Hades must have heard it too. His movements became even bolder.
I took shallow breaths under Hades’ touch. If I didn’t, I felt like my breath would stop altogether.
“Hades…”
I managed to call his name. He paused momentarily and looked at me.
In his eyes, which resembled deep night and shimmering purple stars, I saw my reflection—someone who had given up everything.
A guilt I hadn’t known existed arose. I closed my eyes again. What am I doing with a man who’s lost all reason?
The biggest problem was that I wanted him so much. Enough to ignore all these problems and collide even more intensely with him. Enough to breathe warmth into his icy body.
And now…
‘It’s too late.’
I surrendered myself fully to Hades’ arms. What will become of us afterward, I had no clue. But it didn’t matter.
What mattered was that I wanted Hades now, and Hades wanted me.
It was when Hades deeply kissed me once more on my cheek.
“……!”
Suddenly, Hades’ body stiffened and he pulled away from me.
I followed his gaze and froze.
In this desolate wasteland where nothing had been, a figure, too small to be a demon but horned like one, was approaching us.
“…A messenger of the Demon King?”
Hades gripped his holy sword tightly.
I clenched my lips. Before I knew it, Hades had taken Denesor back again.
But it didn’t matter. Denesor’s true owner was me.
Now, while everyone’s focus was on the new figure, I could summon Denesor back.
The problem was, I couldn’t take my eyes off this new figure.
‘…That person is.’
My mouth felt parched.
Although half of his body had transformed into a demon, identifying him through the remaining half of his face wasn’t difficult.
It was Shuzheng.
Meaning, a fake Shuzheng.
I remembered reading about him becoming the Demon King’s subordinate in the game, but I hadn’t expected to encounter him this soon.
But perhaps it was inevitable.
The Demon King would think the most effective way to harm humans would be to use one of their own.
“Where have you been?”
Sarcasm dripped from Hades’ lips.
“You’ve clung to demons? To lose even human dignity… I knew you were low, but not this low.”
Fake Shuzheng’s mouth opened and closed.
Even after hearing the insult, only hissing sounds came out of his mouth.
“He’s no longer human, I see.”
Hades’ gaze was colder than what the word ‘cold’ could ever describe. It was as if he saw his opponent as less than a bug, and that look never left him when he looked at Schujin.
‘Now’s the time.’
I silently called for Denesor, and it firmly gripped my hand.
Hades realized a beat too late that Denesor had left my side, but by then it was already too late. The fake Schujin leapt mightily and charged at us.
“I’ve waited for this moment!”
Neither Hades’ voice nor Schujin’s voice.
Denesor’s sharp voice ripped through the sky. From the increasingly vicious look on Hades’ face, it was clear he had heard Denesor as well.
But I had no time to examine his complexion or mood. The hand holding Denesor emitted a pale light and moved in a direction entirely contrary to my will.
A malevolent expression briefly crossed Schujin’s face.
“…….”
He said nothing, but I could easily read his thoughts from his twisted face.
The owner of the holy sword he had been searching for was me.
With a ‘Shiieeek’, the sound came once again from Schujin’s mouth. Standing in his way was Hades. Hades had entirely given up on trying to take Denesor from me and drew his own sword from thin air.
The Ice Sword.
Hades Croitner’s unique weapon and skill.
Even in the desert, the Ice Sword flew swiftly toward Schujin’s neck. But Schujin dodged Hades’ attack with miraculous reflexes.
“…Fully assimilated, huh.”
Hades’ eyes shone coldly.
“In that case, there’s even less reason to spare you.”
He took large strides toward Schujin.
“The only sentence for you is annihilation.”
I was trembling. I had never seen this side of Hades. Even when he fought the demons, he never lost his reason to rage. Instead, he was calm and full of a sense of duty.
But today, Hades was…
‘Emotional.’
It was not just anger.
Anger, disgust, betrayal, fear, guilt…
All these emotions mixed and flitted across Hades’ face.
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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