Through the small communicator he had placed in his ear, Benjamin heard Mitchell, who had gone to the prison with Ivan, shouting. Benjamin tapped the communicator twice.
“What happened?”
[Dahs] An urgent report came from Kali Kyung. Empress Greta Hwangbi is heading towards Windsor! [This is a time separator.]“Cough…”
Blood trickled down Yurisien’s lips after she coughed.
“Lady!!!”
Kali, who had barely blocked Kendall’s sword, screamed as Kendall struck back with his dagger, stabbing Kali into the ground.
Kendall rushed at Kali again without his sword, and Kali, holding the sword upside down, thrust it into Kendall, pinning him to the ground.
Kendall, despite not having a sword, charged at Kali without hesitation, and Kali, holding the sword in reverse, stabbed Kendall to the ground.
“Argh!”
Kali, gasping for breath, sank to her knees as her body collapsed heavily.
Clang!
The sound of coagulated blood dripping onto the floor was horrific. Yurisien’s face, gazing down at the clearly visible blood that had flowed from her body, turned pale.
“Earlier…”
A voice echoed from above. Though her body seemed to have stiffened as if paralyzed, Yurisien forced herself to raise her head. Her vision, initially wavering with a bluish tint, gradually turned yellow, as if a spoonful of yellow mixed with green.
“Like this.”
As if Greta’s pupils had pierced through Yurisien’s abdomen.
“Damn it, Lady!”
With a loud noise, Kendall’s dagger, which had attacked Kali, was forcefully knocked away. However, even without his sword, Kendall rushed at Kali, and Kali, holding the sword in reverse, plunged it into Kendall, nailing him to the ground.
As Kendall prepared to attack again, Kali, who had fainted, ran straight towards Yurisien.
“Lady!”
As if mesmerized by Greta alone, Yurisien, who had been staring at her, slowly turned her head to look at Kali desperately running towards her. The scene was clearly visible in slow motion. Not only Kali but also others present here were not only Kendall.
Knights of Hwangseong, climbing through windows like crawling bugs, Kendall, blindly groping the ground for a sword in a dazed state, and Hyscliff, behind Greta, wide-eyed and trembling. Every one of them seemed to be engraved deeply in Yurisien’s retina as if time had stopped.
“Damn it, it’s not far enough yet!”
“Soon, the magic will be lifted!”
Thump, thump, thump!
“Yuri, Yuri!”
“Lady!”
Although the noise of Jürgen and Daisy knocking on the door from outside was loud, to Yurisien, who was gradually losing consciousness, it sounded muffled, as if submerged underwater. Thus, even in the midst of losing consciousness, Yurisien thought.
‘Why is Greta here? Why did I get stabbed by Hwangbi’s sword?’
About the reason for this ordeal.
The beginning of the incident goes back a little while.
Yurisien and Jürgen were enjoying tea while listening to Hyscliff’s loud singing.
[It’s the same as before.] [His repertoire must be running out.]Please note that the translation is verbatim, and some parts may require further clarification or adaptation for smoother English expression.
In this situation, it was time to put firewood into the fireplace as Hyscliff shouldn’t return exhausted to his room.
The moment the scream, like the end of the world, was heard, the entire place went pitch-black. All the refined gemstones that illuminated Windsor went out, and darkness instantly enveloped everything. The darkness was very strange and, at the same time, abnormal. It was as if being in a pitch-black secret chamber; you couldn’t see the person right in front of your nose.
[Yuri, where are you?!] [Father, Daisy!] [Duke, Miss!]Chaos erupted in the abrupt situation. The three people immediately stood up and looked for each other. The reason for risking danger to check each other was Hyscliff’s shout. Greta had come. No one knew what was going to happen. So, in haste, they tried to find each other, but it was already too late.
[Yuri!!!] [Gyaaaah!]With the screams of Jürgen and Daisy, thud! The sound of the door closing was heard. Darkness was gathered again, and Windsor was brightened as if it had never been dark. Pointing out the difference, in the room where they were drinking tea, instead of Jürgen and Daisy, there was Greta.
Lady!
Kali, who was in the next room, came in through the window, but she was immediately blocked by Kendall with black eyes.
[Hwangbi…!]Before Yurisien could prepare herself, Greta raised her hand straight up and stabbed Yurisien’s abdomen.
As Greta, with Yurisien’s blood dripping from the sword, pulled out the sword, she swept her hair with a tired face and said, “Now, things will get quieter.”
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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