Hades seemed serious about what he’d said. The moment I tried to stray even a little, he immediately grabbed my wrist and led me on.
“Why aren’t we taking the shortcut instead of this way…”
I called it a shortcut out of concern someone might overhear us, but I was actually talking about a secret passage only accessible to Croitner.
Hades responded without breaking his stride.
“You haven’t noticed, I see.”
“Noticed what?”
“That room is designed to be impenetrable. The only way in is with a key I personally crafted.”
Come to think of it, one could exit from inside, but there seemed to be no way to enter from outside.
If it had been easy to infiltrate, Tobias would have come in without having to impersonate Hades.
I gasped for breath.
“But Lord William has a key!”
“You think I don’t have a spare?”
“….”
I felt like a fool.
‘I should’ve found it strange from the start that Hades couldn’t open the door…’
Fortunately, Hades didn’t pry any further and we quickly arrived at our destination.
The closer we got to the scene, the heavier my heart sank. Doctors had arrived and were fussing, but the injured knights looked difficult to recover.
I estimated the number of injured men in my mind.
‘If I could distribute these allcuring stamina potions to them…’
‘It’s not insufficient.’
But neither was it plentiful.
It was just enough to treat them.
I swallowed hard. Those stamina potions were my lifeline to prove my capabilities when Reto and his group arrived. Without them, Reto’s team might outright reject me from the start.
Even if Reto, who is just and cannot overlook the weak, accepts me, his cheerful teammates might feel differently.
And Reto would not ignore his teammates’ opinions.
Before I could sink deeper into my thoughts, Hades abruptly opened the door.
“Your Highness!”
William’s urgent voice burst out.
“Dodge!”
My body froze instinctively. The intensity of William and Tobias’s fight was so great, it was hard to see clearly.
Hades stepped into the room.
“Take Anzel and get out. Now.”
“I can’t. I…”
“Duke.”
The pressure of that single syllable filled the small room. Even Tobias, who was fiercely attacking William, seemed tense. Hades seized the opportunity to interrupt.
“Lea…!”
“Go.”
Duke William did not wait for Hades to repeat the order a third time. He stepped back to not hinder Hades and quickly approached me.
“I’ll take you to safety.”
“I’ll stay here.”
I kept the door from closing.
“If it closes, you won’t be able to get out.”
A puzzled expression flashed across Duke William’s face.
“What do you think of that man?”
“Still…”
I looked at Duke William.
“Me being here will be helpful to you.”
Silence flowed. Duke William seemed conflicted between obeying Hades’s command and accepting my claim. Normally, he would unquestionably follow Hades, but this was an emergency.
Moreover, Duke William had seen enough instances of my sound judgment to hesitate.
Fortunately, Duke William didn’t ponder long.
“…If it gets even a bit dangerous, we’ll evacuate immediately.”
I nodded slightly. I wanted to help Hades, not get hurt out of sheer arrogance.
Standing at the doorframe, I watched Hades. Denesor growled softly in my arms.
I didn’t think Hades would lose to Tobias, but just in case, throwing Denesor to distract would help.
Furthermore…
‘Tobias can’t attack me.’
A cornered beast may do anything, but what if it couldn’t bring itself to harm a certain target?
I was certain.
At least in this battle, I could be of help to Hades.
A series of metallic sounds rang out loud enough to hurt the ears. Hades had to admit, he had underestimated Tobias’ skills until now.
“You hid your skills well.”
Before facing him, Tobias had confronted William without breaking a sweat.
“You must have had your doubts.”
“Indeed.”
Hades once again aimed for Tobias’ opening and thrust his sword.
Sword Master techniques couldn’t be fully utilized in this room. There was the risk of damaging the entire castle.
The fight had to be decided purely by swordsmanship.
Blood started to boil slowly. It had been a while since he’d faced an opponent of equal skill.
If it had been an ordinary enemy, mercy would have been shown by now.
But Tobias Jisen was no ordinary enemy, and there was a truth he had to uncover from him.
To do so, he had to win. Overwhelmingly so.
Hades’ sword traced a large arc. An unforgivable mistake against a skilled swordsman like Tobias.
As expected, Tobias’ sword lunged at the vulnerability Hades intentionally showed.
In his mind, Hades counted the fleeting moment. With just a tiny window of opportunity, the arrogant traitor before him would soon kneel.
A few seconds.
That’s all Hades needed.
But Tobias was no pushover. He dug deeper, twisting as if to show he clearly knew Hades’ vulnerability was a trap.
Then it happened. A stunned voice echoed through the air.
“…Saintess?”
Hades doubted his ears. Why was Angelica here, who should have evacuated safely with William by now?
But the shimmering hair in his sight confirmed his hearing was fine.
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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