“Yes, it’s what you’re thinking. The first person to take that poison was my former husband.”
A sigh erupted from Elise’s voice.
His Highness David, I thought he had committed suicide, but it was Iris who killed him.
“Why did you kill His Highness David?”
Elise had felt guilty towards him. That’s why she had planned to request his pardon after Chase became king.
“Because he wasn’t the right person for me.”
“You, you… you’re insane. Completely mad!”
The one who had gone mad with greed was Iris.
“Want to know an interesting fact?”
As Elise raged, Iris seemed pleased.
“In the past few years, all the humiliations I suffered because of Elise felt like they were being washed away.”
“I killed the former His Majesty, too.”
“What?”
Chills ran down Elise’s body.
“You need to do that much to stay by Chase’s side. Understand?”
Elise was so shocked she couldn’t respond.
“Elise, take that poison and die gracefully. If you don’t, Regina will be the one taking my poison today.”
Elise’s spine chilled. Regina was Elise’s maid, the only person who stayed by her side during her nightmare-ridden nights.
“If you still don’t take it, then Patricia will be next.”
“Why Patricia? She’s always talking behind my back!”
“Because she spoke to you.”
Iris was truly malicious. Realizing what Iris intended, Elise’s hair stood on end.
“Are you going to kill everyone I ever knew?”
“If you don’t die.”
Her declaration was like a spear, a sword, and a hammer to Elise.
It pierced, sliced, and hammered at Elise’s hope until it shattered into pieces.
Elise bowed her head low.
“Bring Chase to me.”
“You want to beg him? To maintain your honor as Lady Warton?”
Elise wanted to ask for Regina’s safety but Iris left no room for negotiation.
Elise knew what she was about to do was contradictory and shameless.
How many people had she trampled for Chase?
Most of them begged Elise to please spare their remaining family.
She always tried to fulfill their requests, but there were many times she couldn’t.
Now, after living such a life… was this her just deserts?
Elise murmured hollowly.
“Don’t touch Regina.”
“If I see your corpse tomorrow morning, Regina will live peacefully.”
Iris smirked. The deal was made. She stood up.
The lingering scent of flowers where she left felt repulsive to Elise.
Elise sensed it.
Everything was over.
That night, the sound of nails scraping stone echoed throughout the night.
It was Elise drawing a magic circle on the floor.
Without proper tools, she used her nails to carve out the magic circle.
It was a magic circle for time reversal, regarded as absurd even in the Ivory Tower.
Elise had seen it in a children’s book titled .
With a straw-clutching mindset, she drew the magic circle. Without her exceptional memory and stubbornness, it would have been impossible.
By the time she barely completed the magic circle, dawn was breaking.
All ten of Elise’s fingernails were worn away.
Sitting in the middle of the blood-stained magic circle, Elise murmured vacantly.
“What good is drawing a magic circle… when there’s no one to infuse mana into it?”
Elise chuckled bitterly.
No matter how intricately drawn, a magic circle is useless without a mage to activate it.
From the beginning, there was nothing she could do alone. She was born that way.
Elise picked up the bottle rolling on the floor with a sense of resignation.
Yes, let’s die. Accept this as my punishment. And if there is a next life,
“I won’t die alone, so look forward to it.”
Chase, Iris.
Elise poured the poison down her throat in one go. Her body collapsed to the side limply.
That’s when she caught a glimpse of a figure in her fading vision.
Isn’t that Karan, the prince of Titris? Why is he here?
“…Elise! Elise!”
Why is he calling my name so desperately?
Elise tried to move her lips, but only faint breaths came out.
Sounds gradually faded away. Next, a blindingly white light enveloped her.
‘I thought it would be darkness when dying,’ Elise thought as she closed her eyes completely.
“I’ve found out where Lady Elise Warton has been taken.”
Upon hearing those words, Karan immediately left his seat and headed into the streets.
Despite Harthbin’s warning of the danger, he donned a disguise and made his way to the Bedroca underground dungeon.
He effortlessly cut down the Bedroca knights who stood in his way.
Unable to retaliate, the knights of Bedroca met their ends swiftly.
By the time he arrived at the dungeon, blood that was clearly not his own dripped from his sword.
“Elise will be surprised to see this.”
Nonchalantly, he wiped his blade clean on the clothes of a dead Bedroca knight.
His expressionless face showed no human emotion.
However, upon entering the dungeon, he changed.
He let out a sigh. A whirlwind of emotions shook him.
This place did not suit Elise.
The damp moss, the musty smell, and the atmosphere hinting at a dark future.
“How did it come to this…”
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 🙂
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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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