“If he doesn’t understand, then there’s nothing more to be done.”
… Ted thought.
The Captain bit his lip in silence.
Staring at the Captain, Ted gathered the courage to speak again.
“I also… don’t want to show my flaws to my younger brother, Acid.”
Although Acid still kept his distance from him, Ted found that fact strangely touching.
He wanted to be a good older brother to Acid.
As if understanding his feelings, the Captain suddenly spoke.
“Well, our mother also…”
“…What?”
Ted vaguely knew about the Captain’s ‘mother,’ but at least he was aware that she had been separated from the Captain for quite some time.
‘It’s a situation strangely similar to ours. Although Acid doesn’t think of me that way…’
The thought left a bitter taste in his mouth. He silently looked at the Captain, closed his eyes, and opened them again.
But even after waiting a little longer, the Captain did not speak the next words.
The vigorous demeanor from earlier seemed to have disappeared, and the Captain continued to hesitate to speak. Ted now felt it was the time to guide the Captain’s voice properly, like an adult.
“Well, your mother too?”
“Our mother also left because she didn’t want to show her flaws to me. Because she loves me.”
Ted looked at the Captain, who was silent, lips pressed together.
When faced with questions as weighty as those related to family, I couldn’t figure out how to answer accurately. However, one thing was certain.
“Yeah. Because I love you, I didn’t want to show you my flaws. Matthias feels the same way, and so do I. So even though I know that eventually I can’t avoid revealing my flaws, I want to stop it right now.”
At Ted’s words, the stern expression on the Captain’s face softened. Everything was understood.
“Ah…”
Ted, who had been watching the change in the Captain’s expression, smiled like a sigh. At that moment, the Captain spoke the next words.
“In that case, I understand why Matthias Mirmod acts that way. I, too, don’t want our mother to find out that I used to be a little gangster causing trouble in the back alleys.”
Ted marveled briefly at the Captain’s now dignified attitude, different from the days of the countryside orphanage when he was like a timid field mouse with tears flowing.
“You’ve grown a lot too.”
“Yes, a lot of time has passed…”
The Captain unexpectedly continued with the next words.
“Above all, thanks to Sian Mirmod. If it weren’t for her, I would still resent my mother.”
“…You say quite interesting things too.”
“Is that amusing?”
Ted nodded as he stared at the Captain’s puzzled expression.
“Yeah, I also grew thanks to Lady Sian. My brother as well.”
In that moment, a small bond blossomed between the Captain and Ted. They were among those saved by Sian.
Ted found his younger brother, Acid survived and developed his abilities thanks to Sian, and the Captain entered a good family after living in an orphanage. He also learned about his mother.
Thus, thanks to Sian, they obtained new lives.
Therefore…
“Someday, you’ll find out, but for the time being, let’s keep the secret.”
It started with the threat from Matthias Mirmod at first, but now it was a calculation to help Sian not see the flaws of the person Ted loved.
“…Well, honestly, seeing a little kid like him stubbornly saying he’ll protect his dad is…”
The Captain didn’t continue his words, but Ted seemed to know what he was about to say. Ted added shortly after the Captain’s words.
“Cute.”
“Yes, he was cute.”
Yes, Sian was still cute.
They looked at each other and gently smiled. It was a small change in the ordinary course of life that wouldn’t have happened without Sian.
At that moment, the Captain, breaking the warm atmosphere, said, “By the way.”
“Yes?”
“How long do you think we can keep it a secret?”
Ted pondered for a moment before opening his mouth.
“…After you graduate from the academy, maybe about a year or so after that?”
Ted mumbled to himself, saying that the Captain would be busy running the upper level and graduating from the academy. And just as he said…
Sian became incredibly busy after graduating.
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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