Cloaked in a black mantle, I melted into the darkness of the night. Instead of the training sword I used with the caterpillars, I grabbed the white sword given to me by Medea.
Maybe, just maybe, I might encounter an opponent tonight whom I would need to fight.
My swordsmanship and mental prowess were those of a twenty-five-year-old, but my body was that of a young woman on the brink of twenty, barely an adult. Could this frail body exhibit my true skills if I had to face Northern knights or trained assassins?
I had no choice but to confront whatever came.
Reaching a point where I could see the Blue Star Castle, I looked up towards the direction of Arcadia’s room. Just then, the moon emerged from behind the clouds.
I saw it. A dark mass scaling the castle wall in the deep shadows of the night.
The mass halted its movement when the moonlight touched it and resumed as soon as the clouds obscured the moon again.
It was too small and dark for anyone but those with exceptionally sharp eyes to discern. But I knew what it was.
The Black Caterpillar.
He’s personally taken action.
Curled up like a cocoon, the black mass had already reached about the third floor of the castle.
Just two more floors, and it would be at Arcadia’s room.
I didn’t have the luxury to sneak in through a secret passage.
Quietly crouching, I surveyed the vicinity of the Blue Star Castle. Two knights stood at the entrance on the first floor. I swiftly knocked them both unconscious.
Inside the castle, the guards were more densely stationed than outside.
Silently, I leaped onto a chandelier and then up to the second floor, moving like a shadow in the darkness.
The Northern knights meticulously guarded every crucial point. To reach Arcadia’s room undetected, I had to move as silently as air.
Gently opening the widest window on the second-floor corridor, a sharp winter breeze swept into the castle, stirring the thick curtains placed at each window.
Using the curtains for cover, I climbed up to the third floor, crawled across the ceiling to the fourth, and then jumped up to the window sill of an empty room on the fifth floor.
Stepping out into the corridor from the empty room, a familiar scent hit my nose.
‘Sleeping gas.’
Colorless and odorless gas filled the hallway, leaving no trace but a unique after-scent detectable only by an assassin.
I couldn’t afford to wake the sleeping knights. Arcadia’s life was hanging by a thread.
The Black Caterpillar is strong.
At this point in his life, Arcadia wouldn’t stand a chance against him.
In a previous life, when Arcadia and I crossed swords – even in a poisoned state – I thought he could become the Empire’s greatest swordsman in a year or two, if only he didn’t die.
But that time hadn’t passed yet.
Suddenly, the sound of clashing swords echoed from Arcadia’s room. I wrapped myself once more in my cloak and, holding my breath, burst into his room.
Inside the gas-filled room, Arcadia was at a disadvantage.
He was only twenty-three years old.
A young man who had lived as a mercenary and then as an assassin, dedicated to murder all his life, the Black Caterpillar was overwhelmingly pressing Arcadia.
‘He’s inhaled the sleeping gas.’
As soon as I entered, I could tell from Arcadia’s defensive stance. Slightly slower in his counterattacks.
The Black Caterpillar noticed me first, but seeing me standing still, he resumed his attack on Arcadia.
To him, it didn’t matter who I was. He trusted his skills and his target was not me, but Arcadia.
The Caterpillar’s long, large sword aimed for Arcadia’s vitals.
Arcadia’s sword was thinner and more slender. If the former’s sword relied on power, Arcadia’s depended on speed and skill.
So, he wasn’t aiming to stab to kill, but to push to his death. To force Arcadia off the balcony.
The Black Caterpillar’s wide blade swiped towards Arcadia’s side.
Arcadia narrowly dodged it and leaped onto the blade, using it as a springboard. His own sword, propelled by the recoil, grazed the Caterpillar’s neck.
But the Caterpillar cleverly fell backward, avoiding the strike, and aimed for Arcadia’s legs as he landed.
Arcadia dodged the first attack, but he staggered towards the balcony from the force of the second, spinning strike.
All these attacks and defenses took place in the span of two breaths.
‘Arcadia, you truly are an exceptional knight. But forgive me for intruding this time.’
I dashed towards the Black Caterpillar. He twitched and looked at me as he sensed my approach.
The white sword, swung for the first time in front of others, was rumored to be made from the bone of a sea mammal from a distant continent. The sword moved smoothly, as if tailored for me.
A ringing sound emitted from the Caterpillar’s sword as it blocked mine.
I relentlessly struck at him, grinding his larger sword with mine while moving close to his body. Simultaneously, I brought my sword towards his neck.
It’s impossible for him to slash me with his large sword when I’m this close. My sword touched his throat.
But…
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
