“What on earth were you doing, kiddo?”
“Don’t call me kiddo. I’m not who I used to be.”
Evelia replied with a pout as Agares asked.
“You’re still very small, and you still smell of sprites. Aren’t you the same as before?”
Agares scrutinized Evelia and chuckled.
It was amusing to see a tiny kid puffing out her chest, trying so hard to be tough.
“Don’t you see this?”
The sword Evelia waved around, asking if he could see, looked more like a needle than a sword.
Because the kid was so tiny, even the sword seemed no bigger than a needle.
“I see it. I thought you were being devoured by a demon because you were so bad.”
Evelia, who had been both startled and pleased by the unexpected appearance of Agares, remembered why she was trying to gush water.
That rabbit called me a noob! I was working hard!
Today was the third time she’d been told she couldn’t do it.
“Shii… Undine!”
The only one she could rely on was her fish friend.
Even when she called once more, Undine flew to Evelia instead of Agares, landing on her shoulder and whispering.
[I swore to be your sword and shield, but that demon is a bit too much for me, chick.]“Can’t even fight water…?”
Can’t even spit water?
[If I clash with that kind of magical energy, I’ll be immediately reversed summoned. Actually, if that demon had let out a little more power, I would have been reversed summoned immediately. It was lucky he stopped at the last moment.]If that happened, Evelia would be in danger.
A fouryearold body, no matter how weak the sprite, would have difficulty handling a reverse summoning. It was certain that she would vomit at least a mouthful of blood and collapse.
This was a common knowledge that even Agares was well aware of.
That’s why he’d casually knocked Undine flying with magic a little while ago, but when he remembered that she was Evelia’s sprite, he’d blocked it with one bare finger.
[To deal with that demon, our king must come.]Undine was unhappy that she couldn’t help the chick contractor and spoke with a sad face.
It was not a demon a lowranking sprite could deal with.
Even from the aura, it was definitely one of the 72 demons, and among them, the highest ranking demon.
Evelia’s eyes widened as big as a lantern. Was that rabbit really that strong?
Agares’s mouth curled into a smug smile.
“Now you understand? The nickname ‘bunny’ is a bit inappropriate?”
He smiled and flaunted his strength, but Evelia cleanly ignored him.
Strong or not, rabbit or not, although it was quite interesting, that wasn’t the important thing right now.
Restoring her wounded pride was the priority.
“So, I really can’t do it…?”
“Swordsmanship? Yes. You can’t…”
Yes. You can’t.
He was about to say it without hesitation, but the oceanblue eyes he was looking at were extremely desolate.
As her eyes welled up, her large pupils seemed to overflow with tears.
“… You’re not. You can’t do it. Not exactly.”
It was the first time in his life as a demon. He had taken back his words.
“You’re not bad…?”
But her eyes didn’t cheer up. It wasn’t enough.
“That’s good enough. It’s just because it’s your first time holding a sword. You just need to get used to it.”
Agares spoke with more force.
It was the first time in his life as a demon. He was lying.
“Now, look at this, kiddo.”
When Agares clenched his hand in the air, suddenly a dark sword, from handle to blade, appeared. A purplish smoke rose from the sword.
“Woah”
Watching the magnificent sword appear out of nowhere, Evelia was gaping when Agares lifted the dark sword once and lowered it.
“Now, you try it.”
Evelia, following Agares’ movements with her eyes, spread her legs shoulderwidth apart and raised her needlelike wooden sword once and then lowered it.
The demon’s gaze watching her slightly frowned.
“No, that’s not it. Excuse me.”
Agares knelt on one knee and bent over, placing one hand on the child’s knee.
Carefully, as if touching a delicate human child might break her.
“You shouldn’t bend your knees. Straighten them and try again.”
“Okay!”
Evelia tried her best to keep her knees still and lowered her sword.
Clang!
“Uh…”
“Eek! I’m sorry!”
Who told you to sit in front of me!!
Agares had greatly underestimated Evelia’s ‘lack of swordsmanship skills’.
Isn’t it common sense to stop at the appropriate line when swinging a sword in front of a demon…?
Judging from the impact on her head, her swordsmanship skills lacked even that common sense.
Fearing that he might be hit all day if she continued in that way, he went behind Evelia and corrected her posture again.
The sharp scent of mint flowed in. It was a scent that seemed to clear the mind.
Evelia sniffed it unconsciously.
Thus, Agares knelt on one knee and patiently corrected Evelia’s posture one by one.
“Stop your arm here. Your body should be exactly at right angles. Bend your wrist a bit more. That’s right.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
