Normally excited about the upcoming harvest festival, Serena found it difficult to sleep and tossed and turned in bed.
Anna knew how she felt, but this was a problem no one could interfere with, so she could only watch.
“Sigh…”
Eventually, Serena, tired of tossing, sat up abruptly. It was hard to find anything about Lucas’s appearance that didn’t irritate her, but what annoyed her most was that his face and voice kept popping into her mind.
“Why… I lived just fine for six years, why…”
The problem was that she had too much faith that nobody would want a wife like her. Even if Lucas did think of her again, she believed that showing her usual behavior would quickly deter him.
“Could he possibly enjoy being hit by a woman… is he some sort of pervert?”
She’d had sleepless nights for several days and all kinds of thoughts popped into her mind. Otherwise, she couldn’t understand how he could kick her in the shin and still smile.
He hadn’t even punished her and simply let her have her way and left the duchy.
“That part is also annoying.”
Serena clenched her fist in frustration. Her life-changing marriage was pushed so lightly, and he left without a backward glance, which made her angry.
“So are we getting married, or not?”
Since he left, Serena’s nights were spent mulling over the same dilemma. Since coming to Astel, she had been able to make decisions based on her thoughts, but now an unpredictable variable had appeared.
“Ah, my head hurts…”
Even though there was no trace of Lucas left in the duchy, he was still moving and talking inside Serena’s head.
Marry me.
A brazen and straightforward demand.
You will surely want me too.
The arrogant and annoying smile wouldn’t leave her mind, no matter how hard she tried.
“I should’ve hit him twice.”
The conclusion was the same today. And she wouldn’t be able to sleep. The belated influx of six years’ worth of worries tormented Serena severely.
As Lucas had predicted, the capital was buzzing with the news of the crown prince’s return. He changed into formal attire at a noble’s house near the capital, and entered the palace with dignity in a carriage adorned with the royal crest.
“One more round.”
He was circling the streets where influential nobles lived in the carriage to give a sense of realism to his return. Of course, he planned to respond soon to the cheers of the people gathered at the palace entrance.
“We’ve circled all the streets. We’ll go back to the bridge now.”
Lucas nodded. He planned to abandon the carriage at the bridge leading to the palace and mount a horse.
“His Highness the Crown Prince!”
“The Crown Prince has returned!”
As he and Cedric rode their horses slowly along the predetermined path, the people lined up alongside cheered, filled with hope at the sight of their proud heir to the empire.
“Look at that robust figure!”
“Truly the pride of our empire. So, the rumors were all false.”
“Rumors? What rumors?”
The rumors that the crown prince of the muscular, militant Thern royal family was weak and even smaller than a noble child of the same age were already forgotten by everyone.
“Soon, he will have a wedding with the Duchess.”
“It’s a festival, a fortunate event for the empire!”
Even if anyone remembered those rumors, there was no reason to doubt Lucas’s robustness now. Preemptively announcing the crown prince’s return had been a pretty smart move.
“I greet His Highness the Crown Prince.”
As he finally entered the palace and arrived at his quarters, all the palace staff came out and greeted him with bowed heads.
“Nice to see some familiar faces.”
Lucas, who had jumped off his horse, smiled as he saw Chief Steward Jackson and Lady Steward Matilda.
“His Highness the Crown Prince!”
Matilda, who had been his wet nurse, rushed over, unable to conceal her tears, and verified Lucas’s unbelievable growth several times.
“How have you grown so robust. My goodness…”
Lucas had always shown remarkable qualities since childhood, but seeing him so grown-up, one could hardly believe this was the same boy.
If even Matilda, who had personally raised him, was amazed, then there was nothing more for others to say.
“His Majesty and Her Majesty will be so overjoyed and surprised when they see you. Ah… welcome back.”
Although Matilda quickly composed herself and returned to her responsibilities, Lucas, knowing her affection, broke protocol and tightly grasped her hand, causing her to feel even more moved.
“Your Highness…”
“Everyone has had a hard time while I was away.”
Even the stern chief steward nodded his head with an expression full of emotion. In Lucas’s absence, the Crown Prince’s household had been through quite a difficult period.
Rumors had flown about Lucas, from accusations that he was a wayward person who didn’t know how to fulfill his duties to whispers that he was too frail and in need of rest. Everyone had been greatly distressed.
“But now that I’m back, that hardship will soon be rewarded. Also, my wife will be returning soon, so you may only look forward to happy things.”
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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