I pushed forward on the stairs leading to the surface.
It was at that moment that thick droplets fell from the ceiling.
“Rain…?!”
Only hailstones pelted down, breaking on my head and shoulders.
My clothes and hair instantly soaked.
Shivering in the chill, I looked up at the ceiling.
Arkanso’s urgent words pierced my eardrums.
“The divine revelation is descending, Saint!”
Under the cloud-filled sky, Nicolai bit his lips.
With each step, hundreds of thorns pierced the soles of the boots, feeling like they were stabbing the flesh.
“Elizabeth must be somewhere below. Not by my side, but with Arkanso…!”
Unbearable anger surged within me.
After a brief burst of anger, a muddy sense of self-loathing seeped in like dirty water.
I decided to reveal the secret.
What were the results?
With a few clumsy and shabby words, I only managed to confuse Elizabeth.
I couldn’t express what I truly wanted to say.
“I was going to ask her to be my wife. To become the Empress of this empire.”
Empress Elizabeth.
The noblest woman in the empire, adorned with the Heart of Man on her head.
I spoke, dreaming of only her.
Whenever there was a chance, I traced her name engraved on the front seat of the two-person saddle.
What Nicolai intended as a proposal turned into a bitter misunderstanding.
A gap in reason opened, and a whirlwind of emotions rushed in.
There was an unwelcome guest that came every time.
“You did well not to propose, Nicky. She would have rejected you anyway.”
The wolf chuckled quietly.
A beast with teeth sunk into Nicolai’s past, present, and future.
“She doesn’t want to become Empress. It’s natural; she’s a clever woman.”
“I can convince her.”
“If she becomes Empress, do you think everyone will stay quiet? All the nobles will tear her apart. Her life might be at risk.”
“I can protect her.”
Nicolai remembered that day.
When told she had the qualifications to be Empress, Elizabeth said she didn’t want to become Empress even if she died.
“Why would a woman go to a marriage where her life is at stake? To a man with dozens of wives and children.”
“Don’t be impudent, wolf.”
“That’s enough. There’s nothing good for each other. Don’t you know that her scent clouds your judgment?”
“Elizabeth is the only being chasing the scent of the death flower. Didn’t you agree when I said she is the last hope?”
Nicolai sharply retorted.
The wolf shook its head as if to say when did I say that.
“That’s why you can’t do this, Nicky. Because of that statement, Elizabeth believes you’re using her.”
“I only spoke the truth.”
“Some truths are distorted. They’re closer to lies.”
“…….”
“What other truths are you hiding? Like my existence. Your masculine innocence. Hehe.”
The wolf teased Nicolai.
I wanted to strangle the wolf.
If I could, I would have done it sooner.
“If I had confessed my existence, maybe she would have understood? Explaining that you’re a fake playboy would have been easy.”
I confessed about the Emperor’s duties.
I talked about the cursed sense of smell.
The rest was simple if I added an explanation about the wolf.
But I couldn’t bring myself to say it.
“Am I embarrassing you?”
“It’s extremely embarrassing.”
“You must be afraid.”
“…….”
“For once, if Elizabeth becomes Empress… the child born between you and her will inherit me, won’t it?”
Nicolai bit the inside of his lip.
The horrific reality he wanted to forget but couldn’t forget rushed to the tip of his throat.
“Now, my stepbrother Franz has my blood most deeply in him. If my child is born… the wolf will not hesitate to change its choice to that child.”
A pitch-black dizziness struck Nicolai.
A beast he could never control.
A restraint that couldn’t be escaped.
The whispered seduction of the wolf, soaked in a killer’s scent, continued.
“Poor Nicky. You probably want to hide occasionally losing your reason because of me.”
“Die, wolf…”
“You probably don’t want to admit supplying the scent of human essence as my food.”
“……”
“You also drank the scent of Elizabeth with me plenty!”
He wanted to hide it.
If only he could until his death.
But because of that, he earned Elizabeth’s misunderstanding.
He caused pain.
So, he had no right to feel lonely or hurt himself.
Because he had to pay the price for the secret.
“Hide it until the end. The moment Elizabeth notices my existence, she will forever abandon you. So hide it.”
His insides writhed as if about to be torn apart.
What Arkanso said stabbed at his solar plexus.
“Rather than me, wouldn’t that beast, which Your Majesty cannot properly control, be more dangerous?”
Becoming Empress alone makes Elizabeth a public enemy.
As Empress, she has to share the responsibilities of the Emperor.
The wolf also has to endure.
The fate of passing on that wolf to her child.
Only now did Nicolai realize the irreversible mistake he almost made.
“If you love Elizabeth, discard the thought of making her Empress. If you ever thought about her happiness and safety even once.”
He engraved each word of the wolf’s voice into his heart.
It was all his selfishness.
He didn’t want to be separated from Elizabeth for a moment.
He wanted to forget all troubles, intoxicated by her scent.
He hoped she would heal his old wounds, share the heavy burden.
So, she wasn’t wrong in misunderstanding.
She just pierced through the truth ahead of Nicolai.
“Let’s give up everything… for Elizabeth.”
When he made up his mind, something white appeared before Nicolai’s eyes.
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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