“Your Excellency, killing the child who received your care at the party celebrating your daughter’s birthday would not be a wise choice.”
Edit spoke, suppressing her fear. At that moment, Franz’s eyes wavered, albeit briefly.
She felt like she knew what made up the cruelty in the duke’s eyes.
The anger towards Fortrion, who tried to take advantage of the death of his daughter and perhaps the child of his daughter. And the love towards his deceased daughter.
‘Today, the duke opened the annual party in celebration of Lady Lea’s birthday.’
She vividly remembered baking a simple cake and celebrating with her mother, Lady Lea, and Isak.
Due to the strong power flowing through the bloodline, there were rumors of cruelty among the relatives. Despite this, the duke seemed to be making an effort not to forget his daughter.
“Do you want to tell me that you know my daughter’s birthday?”
Coldly pointing out as soon as he heard information related to his deceased daughter was probably because many, including Nicholas Fortrion, had tried to take advantage of her death for their own gain.
“Isak, it’s a bad behavior to pretend to be clumsy to hide your affection. Apologize to Edit.”
Lady Lea’s sharp advice seemed to apply not only to her son.
‘Even for Lady Lea, I can’t let Duke Lexion harm me.’
Although her body was already trembling under the overwhelming power difference, and her face was covered in tears, Edit managed to speak.
“Lady Lea had more expensive wine than usual on her birthday.”
“…….”
As the story of wine came out of Edit’s mouth, Franz could only recall memories of his daughter.
“She said if I could be with her until my coming-of-age birthday, she would teach me how to drink with that wine.”
His overwhelming magic that was suppressing all directions weakened inevitably.
“Lady Lea scolded Father for selling the estate, but she was so happy that she couldn’t forget the moment she taught her how to drink.”
“…….”
Franz looked at Edit for a while, unable to continue his words.
Does Edit Fortrion really know about Lea?
‘…Lea said she wouldn’t forget that day even if she died.’
The duke wanted to believe Edit’s words.
“I’m sorry. I can’t follow my father’s words.”
Saying that, Edit collapsed to the floor as Franz completely withdrew his magic.
Experiencing the release of magic for the first time in her life, Edit etched the fear of death throughout her body.
‘Is the child in my belly okay?’
Edit wanted to put her hand on her belly, but she couldn’t because the duke was staring at her.
Despite being on friendly terms with Lady Lea, there was no guarantee that the Duke would treat me with value. On the contrary, having discovered someone who seemed to know about her death, it might lead to being confined in the mansion.
‘If Duke Lexion decides, erasing a minor lady of a provincial territory like Fortrion would not be a difficult task.’
At that moment when she was contemplating, Vane, who was outside the barrier, rushed over upon receiving an urgent report from a servant.
Thinking it was a matter to inform the Duke, he approached and spoke to him.
“Your Excellency, there is a report that an assassin has appeared.”
“It seems someone is unnecessarily making trivial comments.”
It was an attitude that implied Lexion couldn’t possibly fall victim to an assassin. Knowing this fact well, Vane added,
“Judging by the emblem and the weapon used, it appears to be the secret assassination squad of Viscount Goturk.”
“…….”
The Duke seemed somewhat interested in the fact that assassins from the static Goturk were sent. Even while catching her breath, Edit, who was eavesdropping on their conversation, couldn’t help but be puzzled.
‘Unless Goturk’s assassins are insane, they wouldn’t dare to intrude into the bustling Lexion Mansion during the party.’
Suddenly, she remembered that Walter and Cassius had kidnapped some assassins.
‘Even if it’s Walter, he wouldn’t have the audacity to release the kidnapped assassins all over the Lexion Mansion…’
Edit couldn’t conclude her thoughts. Walter had the most audacity among all the people she had seen in her life.
Anyway, the fact that Goturk’s assassins had invaded their mansion seemed quite interesting to the Duke as well.
Edit, not missing the opportunity, spoke to him politely.
“Your Grace, knowing that Viscount Fortrion has made a mistake, I understand if you find it hard to believe my words.”
“…….”
“But if you provide me with an opportunity later, I will prove to you that Lady Lea and I were connected in Fortrion. Of course, with convincing evidence.”
In the current situation, if the Duke decided to confine her, it would be a disaster.
‘He might find out about the child, and Walter… might come to rescue me.’
Every time she found herself in trouble, he would appear like magic in a manner more splendid than she could ever imagine.
Grateful for his helping hand extended towards her, she worried at the same time. So, she wanted to save herself before Walter came to her rescue.
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 🙂
*
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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