Finally, Lina, who had almost been pushed into the partition, examined the dress. A color that resembled the flaming flames of Count’s hair.
‘This doesn’t suit me at all.’
Lina sighed deeply to herself as she clumsily put on the clothes.
‘I should have stayed locked in the room pretending to have hurt my arm.’
She changed her clothes, regretting the decision she had made.
‘I know why this dress was given.’
Looking at herself in the mirror, she seemed to know why the dress had been gifted by a lady of noble birth with a foxlike appearance.
Dull grey hair and a red dress that did not match at all. The contrasting, disparate colors made Lina’s skin look even darker.
Moreover, the dress, tailored to fit a plump figure, looked awkward on Lina, who was as thin as a twig.
‘What should I do…….’
“What are you doing? Why aren’t you coming out?”
A melodious voice came from beyond the partition, and she sighed in resignation.
‘Well, what can I do? I’ll only be a little embarrassed.’
Eventually, Lina, who had been hesitating for a long time, walked out. But then.
“Snort.”
As soon as she revealed herself, she heard a sound of laughter, as if someone had been waiting. It was a clear ridicule.
“Snicker. So, do you like the dress?”
Countess Lintz covered her mouth with her hand, letting out a low snicker.
“……Yes. I like it. Thank you. Miss.”
There was an urge to rip the dress off and throw it away, but she couldn’t. Rejecting a gift given by a noble to a commoner was considered an insult to the nobility.
“I’m really glad you like it.”
Heyren got up from her seat and approached Lina, carefully wrapping her arms around her shoulders and naturally moving to the front of the mirror.
“Don’t we look just like sisters like this?”
Lina looked in the mirror. Standing with a face devoid of makeup, she looked like a naive child who had stolen her mother’s clothes.
In contrast, Heyren stood there, perfect in every way, ready to attend a party.
“I think we can get along well in this mansion.”
Heyren smiled at Lina and then sat down on a nearby sofa.
“But, maybe it’s because I’ve been wearing these shoes for too long? My feet hurt.”
Saying that, she flapped her shoeclad foot.
“Lina, come and rub my feet?”
“…….”
“Thank me for the dress. So, you should give back, right?”
Lina looked at Heyren, clicking her tongue inside.
‘That lady really has a bad hobby.’
Heyren seemed to want to show her. Even if they were wearing the same clothes, Lina was a maid, and she was a noble lady.
No matter how much she was favored by the Duke, a commoner and a noble are different.
‘What should I do?’
Lina’s hand, clutching the hem of the dress, turned white. There was no clear way out of this.
‘I guess, there’s no other way.’
Finally, resigned, Lina approached her and slowly knelt down. The snickering laughter of a maid named Mari could be heard from behind, but she tried to ignore it.
It was when Lina was slowly reaching for Heyren’s foot. Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the opened door.
“What are you doing now?”
A voice she hadn’t heard for a while, perhaps a voice she had missed a little.
‘……Duke?’
As if grasping the situation, the Duke’s face momentarily hardened.
“I asked what you were doing.”
The Duke’s icy voice was cold enough to freeze the surrounding air.
“It’s been a while, Valige.”
But Heyren called out to the Duke in a melodious voice, completely unfazed, affectionately, as if calling a lover.
The redhaired woman rose and approached Valige’s side. Lina’s heart seemed to twitch for a moment.
Heyren, standing next to the Duke, matched him more than any other lover. Her head bowed automatically in an inexplicable sense of despair.
“You returned earlier than I thought, I heard you went to the capital……..”
But the Duke paid no attention to Heylen, who was chattering beside him, and approached Lina.
“Get up.”
Although she could hear the Duke’s voice drawing near from above her head, she couldn’t muster the courage to lift her head.
She felt ashamed and utterly insignificant.
As Lina hung her head in silence, Valige knelt before her. Then,
He covered her exposed shoulder with a jacket that held the warmth. It was permeated with a familiar scent.
“Lina.”
A voice softer than before. The voice was so tender that tears seemed to well up unexpectedly.
Tap [dash]. Tap [dash].
One by one, tears fell to the floor.
Heylen, who was momentarily taken aback by the Duke’s sudden action, soon composed herself and spoke to Lina with a calm face.
“People might misunderstand, Lina. They might think I’m tormenting you. I even gave you a cherished dress as a gift.”
“A gift.”
The Duke stood up, responding to Heylen’s words instead of Lina.
“That’s not even a funny joke.”
“Valige.”
“I.”
As Heylen called his name again, Valige muttered in an even lower tone.
“I never gave you permission to use my name. Lady Lints.”
At the cold words of the Duke, Heylen’s forehead furrowed.
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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