“I’ll solve it with this.”
Nikolai pulled something sparkling from behind his belt.
It was a dagger about the size of his palm, four in total.
“What is that?”
“A specially made dagger. Borrowing your stuff turned out to be quite useful.”
Reluctantly admitting, Nikolai replied with an unavoidable tone.
He seemed to recall the moment when he used Douglas’s gifted dagger to deal with Simon.
“You said you wouldn’t fight.”
Furious, she shuddered with betrayal.
He laughed, revealing a dazzling fierceness.
“Why should I fight? It’s simpler to kill them.”
“What did you say?”
“Don’t fight. Fighting is just hitting and being hit.”
His smile was so innocent that it sent shivers down her spine.
“How are you going to handle the aftermath?”
“Just executing someone who attacked the emperor is enough.”
“Those people don’t know Her Majesty’s identity.”
“That’s why I want to teach them personally.”
Nikolai raised the dagger, clenched between his fingers, pointing at the sensitive jugular notch, lowering his voice.
“I’m telling you clearly, don’t touch a single strand of hair on the heads of the knights.”
“Is this a threat?”
“If you ignore this warning, it will be the end for both Her Majesty and me here!”
He gestured as if cutting his throat with his thumb.
Deep wrinkles formed on Nikolai’s forehead.
“What is it?”
“Kissing, hugging, back hugs, sleeping in the same bed, riding the same horse, everything!”
“Sleeping in the same bed?”
Nikolai asked.
His cheeks turned crimson.
She wanted to find a mouse hole or something.
It sounded like as long as you behave quietly, he will keep doing all that, right?
Surprisingly, Nikolai’s eyes sparkled.
“Got it. I’ll do exactly as you say.”
“Really?”
“For a few mice, I can’t prohibit the best thing to happen.”
“Your Majesty!”
Nikolai laughed coolly.
Unnoticed, the knights surrounded us.
They looked at me, whose cheeks were dyed crimson, and Nikolai, who didn’t stop laughing, with bewildered expressions.
Not realizing that we were about to leave this world.
We arrived at the fourteenth sanctuary.
Strictly speaking, we were trapped in a stable, but anyway.
“I want to meet the fourteenth substitute.”
I, with wrists bound by a thick rope, said.
The knight sneered as if it was pathetic.
“You, a heretic who rudely enters the sanctuary, cannot meet someone of such importance.”
“There’s a reason I must see him.”
“Wait for the decision of the council.”
“What did we do wrong to be imprisoned? This is a clear crime!”
“Here, church law takes precedence. If you want to argue, take it up with the goddess.”
The stable door was harshly closed.
A rattling sound followed.
Not only a bolt but also a lock sealed it.
“Why are all these things here?”
Annoyance surged.
Nikolai responded indifferently.
“The fanatics are all like that. They make a fuss, claiming religious persecution or harassment when someone says a word. Noisy bunch.”
“Why didn’t you say anything?”
“Didn’t I ask you to be quiet?”
With a surprisingly innocent expression, Nikolai replied.
Even the rope tightly bound around his wrists didn’t seem uncomfortable.
In the stable filled with the scent of horse dung and hay, Blackwing snorted as if in a good mood.
“Whether an owner or a horse, they’re exactly the same. Everyone seems relaxed!”
Nikolai said to me, who was standing firm.
“After a while, they will propose our release.”
“Really?”
“While demanding a huge donation.”
I was speechless.
I thought that being devoted to the goddess of healing meant purity.
But wherever I went, there seemed to be corrupt humans.
“Isn’t that just a business? No, it seems like a scam.”
“That’s why I dislike those fanatical priests. But Archon Akanso seemed a bit different.”
“I should have gone to see that person.”
At the time of our escape, I didn’t know that Akanso had gone to find Nikolai.
I didn’t hear any message of trust from him.
Nikolai asked.
“Why did you choose the fourteenth sanctuary? Except for being the oldest, it’s nothing special.”
“Douglas’s grandfather was a devout follower of the Moracian faith. He visited many sanctuaries because of an unknown patient’s illness… He visited the fourteenth sanctuary especially frequently.”
“I see.”
“He found the first relic at Nettleton Marquis’s place. So, he came here. Even if I asked for a relic at the main temple, they wouldn’t give a damn.”
Nikolai must have noticed that the patient was ‘Laila,’ but he showed no reaction.
His attention was elsewhere.
“Did Douglas say that?”
Nikolai’s gaze became sharp as he looked at me.
As if trying to hide a glimpse of it, I nodded slightly.
He poured out a nagging remark as if he had been waiting.
“If you had discussed it with me, you wouldn’t have gotten involved in this troublesome matter. Relying on Douglas’s lousy information only wastes time.”
“The emperor also doesn’t know about the relic.”
“It’s too easy to get hold of such things.”
Nikolai proudly lifted his chin.
Full of curiosity and anticipation, I turned to him.
“How?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
