“It wasn’t intentional. I really didn’t know. I will, I will put medicine on it…….”
“Diane!”
Startled by Diane’s mumbling and restless glances, Clements abruptly grabbed her shoulder.
“I’m fine, really. So calm down.”
“Oh, uh…….”
Their eyes met, and Clements instantly read an emotion that flashed across Diane’s face.
Seeing that, he belatedly realized an unpleasant fact.
‘She wasn’t shy.’
[This is a time separator.]Having left Diane in her room and returned to his own, Clements lost himself in thought.
Running into Diane in the library earlier had been a coincidence.
He always came to read at this time, but he hadn’t expected Diane to visit the library too.
His first feelings on seeing Diane there had been surprise and joy.
‘She must know how to read.’
From the way Diane was slowly looking at the book titles, she must have been looking for something specific.
He had thought about helping her, but the reason he had quietly followed her was simple.
The sight of a child younger than the twins, intently examining each book, had been too adorable.
‘The twins wouldn’t even set foot in the library.’
Reading or studying was a complete anathema to them.
For a moment, Clements recalled his chaotic siblings, shaking his head in amusement as he stealthily followed Diane.
Then he saw a book about to fall on Diane’s head and ran to her.
‘She’s especially small.’
Hence a tiny scratch on the back of his hand, but it was nothing.
What was more shocking was Diane’s reaction.
‘Did she think I would be very angry?’
The look on Diane’s face as she looked at him came back to him. He was the one who was hurt, but the one trembling at the sight was her.
‘Did I look scary at that time…….’
But as much as he thought about it, his expression at that time didn’t seem to be much different from usual.
He might have looked serious for a moment because the child had almost been hurt, but if he was going to be angry about it, he wouldn’t have run over in the first place.
He even thought it was fortunate she hadn’t been hurt.
‘She was scared of me.’
Clements’s expression uncharacteristically turned grim.
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t find the answer. Eventually, Clements left his room and headed for the living room.
‘Why is she afraid of me?’
Sitting heavily on the sofa, Clements supported his chin with both hands on his knees.
His brow furrowed deeply.
Then, Philen, who was sitting in the living room earlier, quietly accepted the end of the break as he looked at Clements’s serious face.
“Uh, my lord……?”
“Hmm?”
“Was there anything wrong?”
At Philen’s words, Clements relaxed his expression.
“No, nothing.”
Though he replied that way, Clements finally let out a deep sigh.
In fact, Clements didn’t even know that Phyllene was sitting in the living room before Phyllene spoke to him.
“Anyone can see that something happened.”
The usual expression, with a gentle smile that anyone could easily be drawn to, was completely gone.
Clements’ expression now resembled the one he only revealed in front of Cailius.
Thanks to that, Phyllene felt like sitting on a bed of thorns.
Just then, Cailius came down to the living room.
“My Lord, you came down this far? Without telling me?”
Phyllene awkwardly stood up and spoke, Cailius’s gaze twisted.
“How can I tell you when you’re not in the room?”
“Aha haha…….”
Phyllene quickly stood up from his seat.
“Then I’ll send the letter first.”
Phyllene quickly stood up from his seat.
Upon reflection, it seemed more comfortable to go to work than to sit between his current young master and Lord.
Clements caught Cailius’s eye as he watched Phyllene run out of the mansion.
“Clements, what’s with that expression?”
Having received the same question twice, Clements realized that his expression must have been serious.
Only then did Clements regain his composure. He couldn’t stop the sigh that naturally escaped.
“It’s nothing, Father.”
“Really?”
Cailius replied indifferently and sat across from Clements. Though he must have been busy, he did not leave his seat right away.
Clements knew well what he meant. It was a silent comfort, as if to say he could confide his worries whenever he wanted.
A brief silence flowed, and Clements opened his mouth.
“It’s about Dianne, Father.”
“Why her?”
“She seems to be afraid of me.”
At first, he thought it was just that she was shy. He considered that she must have been scared since he was a stranger to Dianne.
But today’s appearance of Dianne, and recalling her first appearance, he changed his mind.
Dianne was not simply shy.
Neither did Dianne dislike him.
If she disliked him, she wouldn’t have looked out for him and acted so cautiously.
‘Why is she afraid of me?’
No matter how he thought about it, he never acted in a way that would scare Dianne.
It was difficult. He had never felt difficulty with human relationships since he was born.
Clements sighed deeply and asked.
“Come to think of it, Father, you know more about Dianne than I do.”
“…….”
“Why is she afraid of me? Do you know the reason, Father?”
Clements looked at Cailius with hopeful eyes. Cailius hesitated for a moment.
“I don’t know either.”
“?”
“She’s afraid of me too.”
“Ah…….”
He thought his father would have become close to her, but he was in the same situation as himself.
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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