Helena disguised herself as a palace maid and secretly infiltrated the palace. With a hood covering her nose and mouth, no one would recognize her.
During the festival preparation period, she had become familiar with the various palace attendants.
Approaching an innocent-looking girl among them, Helena asked a question.
“Um… Lady Friede asked me to change the bedding for her, but I have no idea where her room is.”
The palace maid scrutinized Helena with a stern face.
“She asked you to change the bedding?”
“Yes, she did…”
“You seem like a new servant…”
It seemed doubtful that a naive maid like her would be entrusted with Lady Cloe’s personal affairs.
Nervous, Helena held her tongue. She hoped the maid wouldn’t catch on and would let her pass.
It was a silence longer and more intimidating than ever.
“Well, the palace has been quite busy lately. Follow me. I’ll show you the way.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
“Keep your eyes closed. If you don’t want trouble.”
The palace maid laid down strict instructions as if Cloe’s bedroom was a forbidden place.
Walking down the corridor with a pretense of closing her eyes, Helena felt like she was unraveling a maze. Only after traversing various directions in the corridor did they finally reach their destination.
‘Even if I open my eyes, I wouldn’t know the way.’
Certainly, it seemed like the maid had reasons to doubt Helena. Entrusting such a task to a mere maid for an elusive location, even a veteran would find it suspicious.
“Go change the bedding. I’ll wait in front, so hurry back.”
“Yes. Thank you!”
Helena inexplicably raised her hood higher.
In front of the palace maid’s scrutinizing gaze, she pulled the door. Smoothly sliding inside the well-pulled door latch, she hastily tucked herself in.
‘Wow…’
Soon, she encountered a spacious room.
Helena’s own bed was large and luxurious, but this one was unbelievably beautiful beyond comparison.
Slowly, as if touring the exquisite interior, she looked around.
‘Where could that annoying maid be?’
Calis had bribed one of the palace attendants with money to get information.
The attendant informed him that Lady Cloe had a special maid, and she often seemed to have the royal physician poking around her room, suggesting some hidden issues.
Certainly, it must be someone who stays in Cloe’s room.
Wary of attracting suspicion if footsteps were heard, Helena wandered around with cautious steps.
She explored every nook, including the place where bedding was stored and the makeshift study, but Jane was nowhere to be seen.
‘She couldn’t possibly be missing?’
As Helena was becoming more bold, she came across a small door next to the bedroom. It looked like a room typically used as a storage space.
Considering the size of the room, even a storage room wouldn’t be small.
‘Perhaps?’
Jane seemed a plausible candidate for this room.
With determination, Helena cleared her throat and opened the door. Fortunately, the door was not locked.
Through the slightly opened door, a familiar face appeared.
Was Jane sitting at the desk, not doing anything?
“Jane!”
Even though it wasn’t a situation to be delighted about, Helena smiled brightly. It stemmed from the relief of finding a way out.
Without hesitation, she entered the room and stopped in front of Jane.
“It’s me, Helena.”
Then she uncovered the hood that was covering her face.
“……!”
Simultaneously, Jane, who was reading a book, changed her complexion.
Despite Jane, with an appalled expression, mumbling and trying to shout, all that came out was a faint moan, reminiscent of an animal’s whimper.
To stay quiet in a situation where shouting to leave would be appropriate.
Helena, who had been suspicious of her opponent, soon realized the intention.
‘She can’t speak!’
No wonder Helena hadn’t been accused as the culprit so far.
Since she couldn’t speak to declare herself as the culprit, she remained uncaught.
‘But does that mean there’s no chance of being exposed…’
Helena, feeling relieved, subtly discovered Jane’s table.
Books were scattered across the table, and upon closer inspection, they were all for learning to read.
‘If she can write, she can tell my story.’
When Jane learns to write in the future, the situation will be reversed. Helena will confess that she was the accused criminal that day.
‘No, I still have to kill her! For me, for Cal, and for the child!’
When that time comes, she’ll probably end up in prison, as Calis said.
‘Eliminate her. Let’s just kill that woman.’
The husband who used to urge her, saying that it’s the only way for us to live, came to mind.
Helena tightly clenched the poison she had secretly smuggled into her bosom. It was a medicine used to kill mice, and if taken in a certain amount, it would also cause a human to die.
I have to feed this to block Jane’s mouth!
Originally, for the sake of the whole family, sacrifices must be made. If three people can survive with the death of a maid, isn’t it a gain?
‘But…’
After that, Helena remembered the dream she had last night.
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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