“If you plan to brainwash newly born children that the white snake Saraf is the god of this world…”
“Yes. If I had killed everyone from the beginning and left only the children, my wish would have been fulfilled early.”
“No. Even if only young lives remain, the future you desire will never come.”
“Don’t say such nonsense. Child of Ella.”
Pelena angrily grabbed Lorencia’s head and pulled it close.
“What do you know to say it won’t work? Ella told me. She said I would become an inevitable existence in this world. Ella’s words are absolute, so they must come true!”
“You’re mistaken.”
“I’m mistaken? It’s not me, but you who is mistaken.”
Pelena’s eyes, tinged with anger, grew large as if about to devour Lorencia.
“Why do you assume that only humans are living beings in this world?”
It’s not only humans who live in this world.
“Humans are not the only ones with life. Even the tiniest insects in this world have life.”
“Shut your mouth.”
Pelena glared at Lorencia with eyes like a predator eyeing its prey.
“Do you wish to be eaten? Fine. If you enter my belly, you can meet your precious mother and father.”
“It won’t come.”
“Yes, the future where you live will not come.”
“I don’t regret it.”
Lorencia was smiling as she spoke, but her whole body trembled with the fear given by the white snake.
“There will never be a time when all life in this world praises you.”
The living beings in this world besides humans are countless.
“Are you also provoking me at the risk of death like that black snake over there?”
“It’s not provocation, I’m just telling the truth.”
“You need to be prepared for death when you speak that truth. Child of Ella.”
“No, what’s needed when speaking the truth is the resolve to speak, more than death. White snake.”
“I really can’t stand you anymore. Fine. If you’re prepared, I’ll make you regret that resolve.”
As Pelena opened her mouth, ferocious fangs emerged.
The ferocious and sharp fangs suddenly bit tightly into Lorencia’s shoulder. Lorencia struggled to escape from the pain she had never felt before.
Pelena removed her mouth from the shoulder, then sank her sharp fangs in again. Lorencia screamed at the pain of her whole body being torn apart.
“Just kill me instead. White snake.”
Seeing Lorencia suffering from Pelena’s ferocious fangs, Teishar lost his reason and shouted as he ran. The knights behind him desperately tried to stop him as he ran, but no one could catch him running at full speed.
“Watch closely. Feel to your bones what it means to be unable to protect before your eyes. Teishar Spencer.”
“Stop it.”
Teishar had grown up hearing from Magus that he possessed the power of the black snake of the earth that protects the child of the goddess Ella. Until he met her, he thought the black snake of the earth was just a common family crest.
But he met her. The intense emotional shock that shook his soul came rushing in like waves without rest.
He was glad to be the black snake, with the superiority of being able to see her withered tree.
Every time he saw Lorencia’s slowly growing tree, he came to know the love and overflowing joy for her that filled his body.
Before he knew it, her smile filled his empty heart. He fell in love.
He couldn’t help but love her. Because he had fallen in love.
Because she had become such a precious existence that he couldn’t bear not loving her.
“Please.”
Teishar reached out with all his might. He felt self-loathing at only being able to watch Lorencia bleed. For the first time, he hated himself terribly and became an incompetent person.
Far from killing the white snake, he couldn’t even stop her. How desperate and frustrating this was! Anyone would do.
‘Please.’
He prayed with all his might for the black snake of the earth or the goddess Ella to save Lorencia.
‘Please. Please.’
Help. Save her.
The moment he thought that, an unfamiliar voice rang out in Teishar’s mind.
“You’ll keep the promise?”
Teishar, who had been running, stopped in place.
-Thump thump
The ground he was standing on began to rumble.
“The ground…!”
“It’s an earthquake.”
“Everyone stay calm.”
The earth rumbled and moved like a snake.
Pelena lost her balance due to the suddenly moving ground. The ground rose up, precisely separating Pelena and Lorencia. Lorencia collapsed as she was.
“This power… Could it be.”
Pelena had no choice but to retreat to avoid the ground attacking her.
Teishar did not miss this opportunity now that Pelena and Lorencia were separated. He leapt with all his might.
Suddenly the ground moved and an earthquake occurred. He wasn’t sure exactly what had happened, but what was certain was that he had received help from the earth.
“Are you alright?”
“Ter.”
Lorencia felt relief at finally being in Teishar’s arms, but at the same time felt her consciousness slipping away. She could see her blood flowing on the ground.
“You must stay conscious. Roa. You mustn’t lose consciousness. Open your eyes.”
Hearing his panicked voice, she wanted to reassure him, but too much blood had been lost for that.
Even in the situation where her eyes kept closing, seeing her red blood spreading on the ground made her truly anticipate death.
She tried to force her eyes open, but her eyelids were too heavy and kept closing. Her consciousness drifted away and her body felt heavy and hazy.
Through her closing eyelids, she could see Teishar’s face. He was desperately calling her name with tears streaming down.
She had wanted to have a happy wedding with him, have many children that resembled both of them equally, and grow old together.
Lorencia moved her lips to tell him not to cry. But she could only open and close her mouth like a goldfish, with no voice coming out. She wanted to wipe away the tears flowing down his cheeks, but her hand wouldn’t rise. It felt like all strength was leaving her body.
“No. Roa.”
‘I understand now why I couldn’t see the white snake’s future.’
I’m dying.
I’m dying like this. That’s why I couldn’t see the future.
Breathing became increasingly difficult. It was so painful she wanted to thrash her body, but she couldn’t move. Through her closing eyelids, she could see the face of her beloved Teishar.
She tried her best to use her last strength to raise the corners of her mouth. She wanted to convey her feelings one last time, but it was agonizing that her voice wouldn’t come out.
‘I should have said I love you more often.’
Lorencia closed her eyes in painful regret. Her consciousness drifted away and she felt Teishar’s tear-filled cries calling her name growing more distant in her ears.
Her heavy eyelids slowly lowered.
‘Is it because I’m dead?’
Lorencia suddenly squeezed her eyes shut as a bright purple light descended.
When she opened her eyes again, she was standing in front of the water of life guarded by Titania and the fairies. She had felt Pelena’s sharp teeth sink into her shoulder and felt all the blood leaving her body, sensing it was the end. She had closed her eyes for the last time watching Teishar cry sadly.
Lorencia looked up slowly at the water of life and was startled. It was because a black snake coiled around the large branches of the water of life was looking down at her eerily.
‘A black snake?’
The head of the black snake that had been moving flexibly between the trunk and branches of the water of life was looking down at her. It had eerie blood-red eyes. The length and size of the black snake was beyond imagination. Its smooth black scales glistened noticeably.
“Welcome. Child of Musila.”
Lorencia’s body unconsciously shrank slightly at the authoritative voice of the black snake that could be felt in its voice. It gave a different omnipotent and transcendent feeling from the white snake.
“Hello.”
Lorencia greeted the black snake looking down at her. Her body trembled slightly, but she bowed politely, keeping her composure.
The black snake flicked its tongue and slowly descended along the trunk of the water of life.
The black snake, now completely down from the water of life, gave the feeling of piercing through to Lorencia’s soul.
She wanted to run away from the huge black snake approaching with its flicking tongue, but her body wouldn’t move at all.
It felt as if time had stopped.
Even if she somehow moved her body to escape, she felt like she would be instantly caught and eaten by the huge snake before her.
“Stay still. Child of Musila. I will not harm you.”
The black snake with narrowed red eyes examined Lorencia’s shoulder and body.
“Yes.”
When the black snake’s tongue licked Lorencia’s shoulder, she felt a chill as if her whole body would freeze. At the same time, she felt a mysterious power seeping in.
“I have neutralized all the white snake’s venom in your body, so your life will not be in danger.”
The black snake’s tongue left her shoulder.
“Thank you.”
The black snake looked at Lorencia, then slithered back up the water of life. It gracefully rose up like a smooth dance and completely wrapped around the water of life.
The image of the black snake wrapped around the tree seemed familiar.
“Ah.”
Lorencia let out an exclamation of surprise. The sight of the black snake wrapped around the water of life was exactly the same as the crest of the Spencer family.
“With this, the promise has been kept.”
‘Promise?’
Lorencia recalled the distant past reflected in the amethyst bead.
The promise of the child of the goddess Ella with purple eyes to show the black snake the most beautiful thing in the world in exchange for protecting the child of the goddess Ella.
“The world was full of beautiful things, but the beauty shown by the child of Ella with purple eyes, as promised, was irreplaceable by anything else.”
The emotion felt upon seeing something beautiful is like magic that makes everything in the world shine.
Lorencia recalled the waves at the beach she saw for the first time, to the sunset sky that marks the end of the day.
She thought the refreshing sea breeze and beautiful sunset she felt then were beautiful.
Male lead Asks for a Divorce Every Day
It’s not often you come across a plot like this in the female-dominant genre — make sure to check it out!
This is a novel I’m planning to reread as well.
The male lead is strong, skilled in martial arts, and not the usual fragile type you often see in matriarchal novels.
Meanwhile, the female lead is a scientist—rational and logical. Even when she falls for the male lead, she doesn’t let her emotions cloud her decisions.
If you push through the first few chapters, you’ll gradually find the story really intriguing.
It has a mix of mystery, detective elements, and romance.
The author’s writing style is like crafting a puzzle—except they deliberately leave out a few pieces, making it hard to predict what happens next, yet keeping you hooked.
In the end, everything will come together and be explained.
One-sentence summary: Wife, stop playing with beakers and look at me!
In a laboratory accident, research scientist Zhu Wansheng accidentally travels to a matriarchal world. The original owner of the body is an eighteen-year-old only daughter of a wealthy rouge merchant, already married with a handsome young man.
Zhu Wansheng grins: Nice! She always said she was heaven’s favorite granddaughter. After a life of toil in her previous life, she can enjoy blessings in this one.
However, her joy lasts no more than three seconds as bad news arrives: the original owner’s family is about to go bankrupt, and her husband wants a divorce.
Even worse, she’s stuck with a research system full of restrictions.
Zhu Wansheng: ? Is this the destiny of a research dog?
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Faced with this mess, Zhu Wansheng pours herself a bowl of wine to drown her sorrows. In her drunken haze, her husband arrives.
His figure is imposing, holding a long sword, with a dignified air that captivates Zhu Wansheng.
Gu Yingqing, however, looks at the alcohol-reeking Zhu Wansheng with undisguised disgust and coldly asks, “Divorce or not?” The intoxicated Zhu Wansheng mumbles vaguely, “I think… it’s not… it’s not… impossible!”
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The next day, after sobering up, Zhu Wansheng is full of energy, rolling up her sleeves ready to make a big move. As for yesterday? She has no memory of it.
Zhu Wansheng is ambitious; a research dog fears nothing!
Upgrading rouge, extracting fragrances, producing perfumes, researching lipsticks… all shall bow to the power of modern technology!
The original owner’s dying rouge shop is revitalized. Her mother is pleased and with a wave of her hand, passes on the family business to her. As she takes control and her experimental results gain popularity, it’s the pinnacle of her life…
——
But there are always those who can’t stand to see her doing well. Jealousy, scheming, assassination attempts – they want nothing less than her life.
The person who has always kept his distance from her suddenly holds her tightly in his arms, eyes full of concern.
She is unharmed, but he falls into a pool of blood…
Zhu Wansheng feels guilty, “I can grant you one wish.”
Gu Yingqing tentatively circles his arms around her, carefully resting his head in the crook of her neck, pleading softly, “I regret it. Can we not divorce?”
Zhu Wansheng: ? When did I agree to a divorce?
[Small Theater]
The newly developed rouge is beautifully packaged, and Zhu Wansheng is eager to try it.
Gu Yingqing suddenly appears: “My lady, may I apply it for you?”
Cool fingertips lightly brush her lips. His Adam’s apple bobs as he leans in for a light bite.
Zhu Wansheng: ?
Gu Yingqing: It smells so good, I wanted to taste it…
On a warm spring day, Zhu Wansheng tries a new perfume: “Spring Night.” Gu Yingqing corners her against a wall.
Warm breath lingers on her neck.
“My lady, from now on, may I test the fragrances for you?”
[Humorous female scientist vs scheming live-in son-in-law male lead]
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