“Are you feeling any pain or fatigue? I was worried it might be unfamiliar.”
“I’m fine. It’s not the first time experiencing such things.”
“Not the first time?”
“When I first got married to Your Highness, we rode in an even more run-down carriage in worse conditions than now.”
Adele, who had been answering his questions smoothly, noticed Valentin’s expression darkening. It seemed that her response somehow bothered him.
‘Valentin’ isn’t the real Duke Ansgar, so did mentioning the incident with Duke Ansgar affect his mood? It was difficult to understand, so comforting words weren’t easy.
“…….”
Valentin, who had been silent, seemed to sense that Adele’s mood was sinking too. Finally, he smiled to lighten the atmosphere.
“Your hair is wet.”
“Ah……. ”
“If you leave it like this, you might catch a cold. Humans are fragile, you know.”
Reaching out toward Adele’s wet hair, which had been dripping water all this time, as soon as his palm touched the damp hair, a gentle and warm heat seemed to emanate from somewhere.
The golden hair that had momentarily soared into the air neatly settled down behind her back. Without realizing it, it had become dry and fluffy, without a hint of moisture.
Was this also magic? Adele marveled, while Valentin, who was gently stroking her hair, suddenly asked as if he had remembered.
“……Is that man still alive?”
That man? Adele blinked momentarily, not knowing whom he was referring to.
Whatever interpretation he made of her expression, Valentin’s smile, which had been hanging at the corners of his mouth, twisted momentarily.
“No. I won’t be able to meet him again… at least twice.”
Adele looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked.
“Are you talking about Duke Ansgar?”
“Then, are there other men?”
He asked almost threateningly. The leap was bottomless.
Moreover, occasionally, as his excitement increased, his pronunciation became more accurate. It was strange, but…
Looking at him with a skeptical look, Adele retorted.
“But, according to the contract, you promised to return the Duke’s soul. Remember?”
“……Who said I would return it?”
“But, you said…”
“After returning him, Adele will have to go with me to the ends of the world and live forever in a place where no one, not even any human, can approach.”
Ah, if that’s the case. Adele finally nodded faintly, as if understanding. In response to her simple consent, Valentin squinted his golden eyes.
“Aren’t you scared? I might look very, very frightening in Adele’s eyes.”
It was a question thrown as if it were nothing, but she read the anxiety hidden in that casual gesture.
Perhaps it was because it was the anxiety she had always carried with her, making it even more visible.
Anxiety about being abandoned at any moment, a hope that someone would desperately want her whenever she wished…
Sometimes, when Adele looked at Valentin, it felt as if she were looking into a mirror.
Perhaps because of this, even in the moments when he was very frightening and intimidating, Adele felt sorry for him.
“……. ”
Valentin stared at her with eyes ready to be wounded at any moment, as if a blade held by her hand were pointed at his bare flesh.
As she took a step closer, Valentin’s body twitched.
Adele hesitated for a moment, then gently touched her fingertip to his cheek. His golden eyes widened in surprise.
“Actually, I’m still very scared of you.”
“……. ”
“If that day comes, will you treat me more cruelly than you do now, Valentin? Or was everything you do to me now just a lie?”
“No! I… I…”
“Then it’s okay.”
The end of the intense contemplation always seemed the same.
Appearance didn’t matter at all.
As long as he poured warm affection on her, just like now. If he continued to be the same, gently seeping through the walls of her doubts and defenses, just as he had always been.
Adele summoned a bit more courage. She sneakily scratched the feelings that had been stuck at the bottom like a dark lump.
“By any chance, does Valentin want death?”
“Well……”
“The contradiction lies in Valentin. You promised to be with me for a lifetime.”
His eyes were wide open, frozen by an answer he had not expected in a moment of unexpectedness.
Adele was worried whether he was breathing properly.
“Valentin.”
When she called his name again, he exhaled a long breath. His breathing was rough, as if he had just awakened from a terrible and sweet nightmare.
Valentin, who looked at Adele with a sorrowful gaze, shed a single transparent tear from his eyes.
“Adele is a liar.”
It was a scene so beautiful that it felt unreal. He desperately grabbed Adele’s forearm as she stared blankly.
“But still, don’t let go.”
Her entire body was drawn into his arms.
Valentin, who tightly intertwined his hands and arms around her slim waist and delicate neck, finally sighed satisfactorily.
The sound of her heart pounding incessantly echoed in the hollow of her ear, nestled against his firm chest.
It didn’t matter if it was his or hers. It didn’t matter. In any case, it was the same.
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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