“Is this good luck, or just bad luck?”
The knight, who seemed unsure even after saying it, handed over a steaming cup.
“Drink up for now.”
“Thank you, thank you.”
The one who took the cup was a frosty foreigner.
Fools entrapped in the Northern Territory, ignoring warnings due to their immediate greed.
The knights had warned the merchants multiple times.
‘Warp will close tomorrow; hurry up if you need to buy anything! Who knows when it’ll open again?’
Each time, merchants pointed at the clear blue sky and chuckled, elongating their sentences, ‘Oh, could it really be?’
They thought it was a joke.
“People should listen when spoken to.”
“Yyes.”
“Leave it. Foreigners getting stuck like this isn’t a onetime thing.”
“Why say that? It’s frustrating that we have to let them into the duchy instead of an inn.”
The foreigners had nowhere else to go since the territory was deserted.
In the end, they had to open the duchy to avoid freezing them to death.
The Duchess allowed them in graciously, but the knights couldn’t feel the same.
With the wave bursting and tensions already high, bringing foreigners into the castle could only make the situation worse.
Sympathetic, yet the words kept coming out sharply.
“I apologize. We didn’t know when the warp would open again and thought we had to act now…”
The merchant, who kept apologizing, had wet hair from the falling snow, drooping miserably.
Would it have been better if he had blonde hair?
The drooping, limp black hair made him look even more pitiable.
“Nobody asked you. Just drink your tea. Don’t catch a cold and become a headache for us.”
The grumbling knight couldn’t scold him any longer.
“Yes, I’m sorry.”
“By the way, did you get everything you needed?”
The knight who first offered tea to the man asked the merchant.
“…Ah, yes. Almost.”
The merchant answered a beat late, timidly.
The knight patted the hunched man’s shoulder.
It was to lift his spirits.
Was it because he had been carrying luggage?
The man, who seemed thin, had a significant frame.
“Aren’t you cold?”
Actually, Bianca hadn’t done much.
The maids and servants had caused a ruckus, and the knights exerted their effort.
All Bianca had done was watch.
Occasionally she gave orders to the butlers and the housekeeper, but that was all she had done today.
Yet, why was she so exhausted?
She tried to look at the documents, but it was just too much.
Eventually, Bianca put down the persistent documents and went to bed.
Julie was a good maid.
The bed was prepared so quietly that Bianca hadn’t noticed.
When she wrapped herself with the blanket, a moan naturally escaped.
“Ugh…”
“Shall I give you a massage?”
“No, it’s fine. You must be tired too, go rest early.”
It wasn’t early, but Bianca gently pushed Julie away.
“Starting today, I’ll stay by your side, ma’am.”
“Why?”
“I’m worried because foreigners are staying in the castle.”
“Didn’t they say they’re staying on the first floor?”
“Yes, but…”
“No need to worry, only knights are on the third floor.”
Bianca comforted her worryprone young maid.
If it were just a day or two with an end in sight, even Bianca would have agreed.
But Gillian was still in the castle, and all seven major knights were gathered here.
There was no reason to drain her energy.
“Is Sir Raphin also here?”
“You sent him to rest, remember?”
“Right, because Gillian is here.”
Julie’s clinging hand suddenly dropped.
Bianca softly chuckled at the sight.
“Good night. See you tomorrow.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“If Gillian decides to march, wake me up, alright?”
“Of course.”
This time, she wanted to say goodbye.
Once Julie left and she was alone, Bianca thought she’d fall asleep quickly.
Exhausted and fatigued, Bianca thought she would pass out the moment she closed her eyes.
However, for some reason, sleep did not come no matter how long she waited.
“……”
Well, that makes sense.
How could she be tired when she hadn’t done anything?
Bianca, who was about to get up, pulled out a fairytale book she borrowed last time, instead of the paperwork.
She felt that if she started handling paperwork, she wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight.
Fortunately, the fairytale book was just the right length to be read in a couple of hours.
Halfway through flipping the pages, Bianca suddenly checked the book’s cover.
Then she read a few more pages, and checked the cover again.
“What is this?”
Bianca was bewildered, her cheeks flushing.
The beginning was certainly a fairy tale.
It was the story of the founder of the Termina Empire and the dragon that aided him, both of which Bianca was familiar with.
But the content got strange after the middle.
The brave and courageous founder and the faroff, otherworldly dragon were increasingly entangled as male and female.
She thought it was a bit strange but dismissed it because it was a fairy tale.
But then, the founder confessed his love to the dragon…?
Even if it was a fairy tale, this was too absurd.
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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