The duke asked her again, his eyes wide.
“Huh?”
Softly folded eye corners.
Golden eyes shining dimly.
A faint voice that messes with the mind.
All of it was so stimulating that Bianca couldn’t make a sound even as she saw the duke approaching closer.
No, she couldn’t even pout.
The duke’s tilted head was so close that it felt like if she breathed even slightly louder, she would touch him.
It felt like their lips might brush!
Bianca was so frightened that she became stiff and couldn’t even breathe.
“This is not good.”
The duke who seemed to be engraving the sight into his retina, clicked his tongue briefly.
“Shall we go a little slower?”
His words were still hard to understand, but Bianca quickly nodded her head.
Any answer to such a crafty question that would put her in a difficult position was a first for her, even with her extensive experience in high society.
“Yes, then.”
As Duke Barlock stepped back with a brisk response, the blocked breath was relieved.
The fresh air flowing into the lungs drove her crazy, and Bianca repeatedly gasped for breath.
So she didn’t notice the look in the duke’s eyes, watching her from across.
From an arm’s length away, he was casting a much more persistent and intense look than when he was staring at her up close.
Time had passed well past noon.
The shadows creeping on the deck were gradually lengthening, and Duke Elizer could not leave the deck, feeling anxious.
If they had left early in the morning, or even in the forenoon, there would have been plenty of time to arrive.
But neither Deborah nor Bianca had any news.
“What on earth is going on?”
The water was filled to the brim, lashing viciously against the boat’s side.
The clanging sound and the cawing of sea birds.
Everything was peaceful, but only Duke Elizer’s heart was wearing thin with an inexplicable anxiety.
How long had it been like that?
“Duke Elizer.”
Staring blankly at the shore, the Duke was suddenly startled by a figure appearing behind him.
On a ship floating in the middle of the sea, a stranger had calmly climbed aboard.
Moreover, Duke Elizer had not even known there was a person there until he spoke!
“Whwho are you?”
“Are you waiting for Princess Bianca?”
Calling out to the escort knights, Duke Elizer’s mouth was abruptly shut tight.
The duke, seeing the stranger covered from head to toe in black cloth and garments, could not hide his embarrassment.
He knew everything.
About why this ship was here, everything.
Hiding clumsily would only put him at a disadvantage.
Where had the story leaked?
How had the emperor found out?
It was too late to think about it now.
Duke Elizer gritted his teeth audibly before opening his mouth.
“Who sent you?”
He asked, knowing full well, just to stall for time.
But there was no one on deck except Duke Elizer and the stranger.
“…….”
Only then did the Duke remember that he had left the escort knights behind to get some fresh air.
That shouldn’t have happened.
He regretted it too late when the man facing him bowed deeply and greeted him.
“I apologize for the late introduction, Your Grace. I am Heliott, a knight of the Duke Barlock family.”
“An emperor, not?”
Duke Eliezer was stupefied at the unexpected name.
“Yes, Your Grace. I bring you a message from Duke Barlock. Princess Bianca is to become the Lady of the North and will depart for the Northlands today. She won’t be boarding this ship, so please don’t wait, she asked me to tell you.”
“Bianca is going to the Northlands?”
“Yes, that’s right. By now…….”
The man who had been speaking paused and looked up to judge the position of the sun, then continued in a brisk tone.
“She must have left a couple of hours ago. In about four hours, she will ascend to Warpjin. At the latest, she will enter the ducal mansion by midnight.”
“How can it be! Is it reasonable that Duke Barlock, of all people, takes Bianca to the Northlands?”
“The emperor himself has arranged their marriage.”
“Who doesn’t know that it’s just a good excuse! There’s no one who doesn’t know that it’s a trick to sacrifice Bianca.”
“It’s a grateful proposal for everyone.”
Good Lord.
The Duke was struck dumb, his neck stiffening at the unyielding words of the knight in black attire.
“If what you say is true, then Bianca has left, but why have you come to tell me this news?”
“Should you happen to be caught in the crossfire while you are here, Her Highness would be upset.”
“What have I done…….”
The knight in black narrowed his eyes at Duke Eliezer’s words.
“Do you know? Your Grace, the reason Her Highness had to head to the Northlands is because you launched this ship.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Would anyone not know about this ship at the ducal house, especially someone more desperate?”
At the gentle question, Duke Eliezer’s face twisted in horror.
Ah, Bianca.
“Your Grace’s desperate love has become Her Highness’s shackles.”
“I was so careful…….”
“You may have been careful, Your Grace, but she was desperate.”
Should we let the sacrifice run away?
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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