‘…I can’t understand.’
The Demon King thought.
Perhaps, if asked to name the most incomprehensible being he had encountered during this long eternity, it would be this woman, Angelica.
‘She did mention she longs for me.’
At first, he couldn’t comprehend it.
Why me?
So, he kept her around out of curiosity.
But as time went on, his interest shifted from the woman’s emotions to the woman herself.
Even when the woman seemed to want to throw away her life for reasons beyond his understanding.
‘For such trivial reasons, attempting to end a short life…’
Of course, the woman couldn’t die, nor could she leave his side.
The lifespan of humans is excessively short.
To throw away such fleeting moments, even when trying to abandon them, was despicable.
‘…’
But why?
Throughout, he had only handed out punishments to those who disobeyed his orders.
However, for this woman…
‘I don’t want to harm her.’
He wished the woman would stay in her intact form. Laughing, talking nonsense, occasionally making incomprehensible sounds, just like a normal person.
So, the Demon King decided to leave the woman, who accused him for all sorts of absurd reasons, alone.
Only a few days later, he would regret that decision, completely unaware.
‘…I don’t know.’
I blankly stared out of the window. In the desolate landscape where crimson sand fluttered, there was no sign of any life.
Hades and I, we were the only ones in this silent land.
‘I… I might not have made the right choice.’
I shouldn’t have come back.
I should have accepted the fact that the Hades I knew was dead and lived on in reality.
Preserving the memories I shared with him in my heart.
Then, I wouldn’t have to suffer looking at the completely changed Hades.
‘I tried everything. Hades is now… not coming back.’
If that’s the case, the one here is the Demon King.
I closed my eyes.
Although I knew it, the cold truth I had tried to avoid pierced my heart painfully.
The only way to go back.
From the Demon King, the only way to escape this cruel land is…
‘I have to kill him.’
Why didn’t I know?
I possessed Angelica due to the high difficulty, and ultimately, the final goal of The Legend of Delarto is to kill the Demon King.
Did he not already die?
No.
Angelica’s Demon King was Hades Krohiten.
Even if I didn’t possess her, the story would have unfolded like this.
“You were here.”
A dry voice echoed.
I turned around.
“What were you thinking?”
“Is that important?”
I asked coldly.
“Even though you won’t care at all.”
“Homesickness, it seems. But you know very well you can’t go back.”
I bit my lip.
He, who was the reason I couldn’t go back, spoke so shamelessly.
The Demon King continued.
“If you have something you want, take it all here. I’ll procure anything for you.”
“I want to go outside.”
I pointed outside the window.
“To the real world, not this wasteland.”
“I cannot permit that.”
“Why?”
I asked desperately.
“If you find my presence displeasing, then just come with me.”
Honestly, I still couldn’t completely let go of the futile hope that I could bring Hades back. So, leaving this land, I had the expectation that Hades might regain some sanity.
But Hades completely rejected even my small hope.
“I cannot leave this land.”
“…Because you’re the Demon King?”
“Yes.”
Hades answered dryly.
“My duty is to protect this land.”
The most difficult part was moments like this. Speaking as the Demon King, yet trying to confirm the remaining traces of Hades within him.
With a trembling voice, I pleaded with him again.
“You… said you love me.”
Tears welled up in my eyes.
“If that’s true, please let me go.”
“How can I let you go if I love you?”
Hades approached me sternly.
“I can’t understand.”
“If you love me… you should grant my wishes. You should respect my intentions.”
“I’m not sure.”
Hades shook his head.
“If that’s true, why didn’t you respect my intentions? Even when I ignored and rejected, you kept approaching me.”
“That’s…”
My words got stuck.
Hades was right.
I denied and negated his intentions, forcing my emotions onto him.
In the end, is the pain I’m experiencing now ultimately derived from myself?
If that’s the case, all of this is my own grave.
“That, that’s…”
“It’s okay.”
Hades tightly grabbed my wrist.
“It’s okay, I don’t care at all. If anything, I’m grateful that you’ve awakened emotions inside me.”
“That’s not love.”
I answered desperately.
“If it’s love… I should.”
There was no way not to know.
Hades’ love and hatred were both visible to me.
But the fact that nothing comes to mind meant that what Hades is currently feeling towards me is neither of those.
“So, Hades, please… please, let me go.”
In truth, it wasn’t just because I wanted to escape from this dreadful world.
It was the constant cycle of thinking I could bring Hades back at a moment, then giving up at another moment.
Those series of processes were too painful, and I couldn’t endure them.
“At this rate, I might go insane, so please…”
Hades forcefully pulled me towards him.
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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