“Of course. Even if the engagement was done recklessly, both households are involved in it.”
While Marquess Lancaster, whose face twisted at the mere thought, found thinking about it painful, Lady Lancaster nodded, recalling the past.
“Well, that’s true. It started because our parents pushed for it.”
“Huh?”
“Gloucester’s marchioness fell in love with our Alicia at first sight. She said a picture was drawn the moment she saw her.”
“What are you talking about?”
What on earth was she saying? Moreover, it’s not Eric, and the marchioness of Gloucester fell in love with Alicia. It was a story that was utterly incomprehensible.
“But when I looked at them side by side, it felt like a picture was being painted, so I thought I’d sketch it out a bit. I didn’t expect it to turn into a contract.”
Lady Lancaster smiled gently but knowingly.
However, the marquess became increasingly puzzled by the marquess’s wife, who was speaking in riddles.
“What on earth are you talking about?”
“As you know, Alicia has never been interested in men or relationships. Not even enough to notice Chase’s feelings after being by her side for so long.”
“That’s true.”
“Eric seemed to be the same. But then, suddenly, they said they were engaged, and I was surprised. Moreover, in the beginning, whenever they looked at me, there was a hint of something piercing in their eyes.”
Recalling the early days of the two, Lady Lancaster laughed.
They were imitating lovers, doing their best, but still awkward and inexperienced. Looking back now, considering it as a contract, those gestures made sense.
“But at some point, things started to change little by little. Only now—”
Lady Lancaster smiled, recalling the current Eric and Alicia.
“Only now, I thought the picture was almost complete.”
“A picture?”
“Yes, a picture. A very beautiful one.”
The marquess, blinking his eyes as if he had no idea what she was talking about, seemed completely lost, but the marquess’s wife didn’t seem to have any intention of explaining in detail.
And Marquess Lancaster himself didn’t seem to have any intention of retracting his opinion.
“Ending it before the picture or anything else is complete would be good for everyone.”
“Already engaged, but who knows? It’s something no one knows.”
“Dear.”
Sighing, the marquess called his wife.
Although all his intentions were implied in that one word, Lady Lancaster did not give any particular response.
Therefore, the frustrated one was Marquess Lancaster.
He had traveled outside for more than ten years for Alicia, making the current situation even more despairing.
“Do you really want to leave it like this?”
“I guess I’m a selfish person, so what can I do?”
Lady Lancaster chuckled with a slight smile.
“If that’s the case, it doesn’t seem very optimistic. Alicia might go wrong, we might go wrong, or Eric might go wrong.”
“…”
“But still, I try to choose the side where I sacrifice as much as possible. After all, my body is already like this.”
“Dear, I wouldn’t leave it like—”
“Let’s be honest. You’re the same.”
Lady Lancaster’s voice was so calm that it seemed as peaceful as casually throwing away words.
“That’s why. I thought it would be good if there was someone reliable and trustworthy by Alicia’s side when such things happened. That child, is he trustworthy? What did you see in him?”
“Even if a picture is drawn, we can’t just give our daughter to anyone. Someone suddenly comes to our house and asks for our daughter.”
“That guy?”
“No, Gloucester’s marchioness.”
“Huh?”
Though he looked at her with an expression that clearly said he didn’t understand, in the end, Marquess Lancaster gave up asking more questions.
In the current situation, it didn’t really matter.
After closing his mouth for a while, the marquess, who was staring blankly at the contract, opened his mouth as if muttering.
“I wish that child were just an ordinary kid with no connection to such matters. Wouldn’t it have been easier to part ways then?”
“It’s because he’s not an ordinary kid that our Alicia liked him. To our daughter, that child is special.”
“…I’m the only bad guy.”
In response to Lancaster Marquess’s dissatisfaction, the Marquess’s wife gently patted his back.
After saying all those mean things, pretending to be hurt as if she were the one who got hurt—how was he going to sort this out?
“Can you really handle this harshly?”
“I have to. Somehow.”
Lancaster Marquess picked up the contract again.
“First, let’s put out the urgent fires and settle this matter. Turning Alicia back comes next.”
“Is Alicia okay?”
“I heard she’s already been contacted.”
“Then is it time for the Archmage to step in now?”
“I hate that title.”
Muttering, Lancaster Marquess complained, but the Marquess’s wife smiled wryly.
“Hurry up. Everyone has been waiting for you.”
“Yeah. They keep bothering me so much.”
Meetings with the Archmage, consultations with the Oracle, an emergency meeting chaired by the Emperor, reports from the Zero Knights, and so on.
Just attending the current meetings would take more than a week.
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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