His mind was still stuck on that day seven years ago, standing alone in the present yet in the past, once again releasing a cry with his entire body.
When he swung his sword aimlessly back then.
Rustling.
There was a small sign of presence from the bushes.
The boy’s sword instinctively struck there.
“Ah!!”
A voice too young to be labeled as a demon’s. The scream was shrill.
“What the hell are you doing, you?”
A girl, who had barely dodged and had received a shallow cut on her shoulder, growled and thrust her sword under the boy’s chin.
“…….”
The boy flicked his finger and brushed the girl’s sword away.
Momentarily, the girl’s eyes widened at the unusual skill, her gaze became intertwined with the boy’s golden eyes.
‘What is this, these stonelike eyes. Is he a demon, not a human?’
The girl thought. He must be a demon, not a human.
For a human should naturally have emotions anger, despair, joy, or anything else but she could find none of those in this boy.
“A demon?”
‘Who’s calling who a demon? Wipe the blood off your face first.’
Although it was beyond puzzlement, and rather absurd, that the boy voiced what she had been thinking, she could infer from his question that he was not a demon.
“A human?”
“There are no humans here. This is a land ruled by demons.”
“It was originally a land of humans. Do you know the name of this place?”
As the boy scrutinized the girl, he acknowledged her. A sword master, proficient in assessing the energy of others. The girl was indeed a human.
And so, the boy answered obediently, albeit reluctantly.
“The land of tragedy.”
“Do you know why it was given that name?”
Although the boy knew, he remained silent, not wanting to engage further, so the girl spoke instead.
“This was the territory of the Bertashan baronet. Everyone, including the baronet, is dead, so it is now known as almost extinct.”
The girl swallowed once.
She did not want to reveal to a stranger that she was the protagonist of the tragedy. The girl asked the boy for his name.
“What’s your name. You.”
“……Hugo.”
“Surname?”
“Artina.”
The girl’s blue eyes flickered.
You too, the same as me……
Hating the following modifier, scared, unable to forget that horrific day, she had never revealed her name to anyone, yet it flowed out so easily from her lips.
“Elysia Bertashan.”
Hugo, who was assessing the next attack, finally looked at Elysia.
For a while, the boy and the girl faced each other on that land, that sea of blood, the very place where their parents had fallen.
Are you okay now? Can you survive? Are you still in pain from that day? Don’t you really miss it, like it’s tearing you apart?
Neither dared to voice any consolation or empathy.
Without having to put such words in their mouths, they understood each other best.
That it was not okay, that they had lived a desperate life because they couldn’t die, that that day was still vividly recalled. In fact, it would be sorely missed.
Just as I do. You too.
“……Don’t get in my way.”
Hence, he couldn’t even say, ‘Go back.’
Just as I couldn’t. You wouldn’t be able to either.
Hugo picked up his sword and headed into the heart of the demons. Elysia followed suit.
“You, on the contrary.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]So it was for ten days and five nights.
“It’s over there, you idiot. Look, it’s obviously a square formation. I knew your eyes were stonelike, but is your head a stone too?”
“You’re the one who got hit by a blind bat several times without me……”
“Hey, it’s running away! Hurry up and catch that one first! That’s the big boss in this area!”
“Big boss……”
“Let’s go! No, go!”
“Alone?”
“Will you come with me?”
“……I’ll be back.”
With his overwhelming power, Hugo, and Elysia, who came up with genius strategies.
They compensated for each other’s shortcomings with their exceptional abilities and pressed forward.
They had become comrades whom one could trust and rely on, and even though they didn’t exchange many words, they became friends who understood each other’s feelings better than anyone.
“I’m hungry. Can’t we roast and eat that demon’s head?”
“…… What on earth did our father see in you……”
“Why, did uncle say something?”
“It’s nothing.”
Elysia said with a small smile, looking at Hugo’s ears that had pricked up ever so slightly.
“He asked me how it would be if I got engaged to you.”
“……De… deer! I thought I saw one passing by, I’ll go catch it.”
Looking at Hugo who abruptly stood up and started running, Elysia threw a few more pieces of firewood into the fire, shrugging her shoulders.
“There are no deer around here.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]When the emperor at the time heard that Duke Artina had disappeared, he decided to dispatch a knight group.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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