“As a younger brother?”
It was a short phrase, but it was enough to freeze me.
In an instant, things I had deliberately ignored came back to my consciousness.
The deep scent, the overwhelming physique, and the still damp shirt sticking to him.
My ears perked up in an instant.
“Y-yes, of course.”
I started making meaningless gestures.
“Th-though, as you said, not an actual younger brother.”
As Kyrian’s gaze slightly narrowed, I unconsciously took a step back.
“We’ve known each other for a lifetime.”
And inevitably, my foot got caught on the threshold again. I had never thought of myself as foolish, but at this moment, my intellectual abilities were truly in question.
Kyrian inevitably caught me again, and I jumped as if electrified. What had only tingled at my earlobes spread to my entire face.
Kyrian looked at me silently.
His gaze was so persistent.
Feeling my heart pounding and the confusing inner turmoil revealed, I tried to avoid Kyrian’s gaze, but it was futile.
“Alright.”
As Kyrian’s hand came down my arm and touched my hand, I jumped again. Even that small movement, Kyrian keenly caught, raising and lowering one eyebrow as if it were some kind of uncertain test.
Then, looking down at me, he gracefully winked his eye.
“For a long-lost younger brother, I can give you a hug, right?”
I shrugged my shoulders nervously. I had hugged Kyrian countless times before, and it wouldn’t be particularly strange, but strangely, my mouth felt extremely dry.
“Only as the one and only younger brother of Nuna.”
“Ah, no, I mean.”
I tried my best not to look between the opened shirt. However, as Kyrian’s lips curled up, seemingly mocking me, I stopped talking.
Then, I took a step forward.
“Of course.”
I glanced at Kyrian slightly. But the next moment, when I came to my senses, I was trapped in Kyrian’s embrace.
The warmth that enveloped me to the point of breathlessness, the intense scent that was almost hallucinogenic. A firm body that felt completely different from mine, even through the shirt. I unknowingly stiffened, but Kyrian only pulled me in deeper.
My face blushed to the point of worrying if it might catch fire.
I couldn’t bring myself to embrace Kyrian face to face.
Not only was my body not flexible enough to lift my arms, but sweeping Kyrian’s back would probably lead to big trouble. I didn’t know if my face might explode with that sensation.
So, I just stood there awkwardly.
In the moment when I thought I had somewhat succeeded in acting like a lifeless ragdoll.
Kyrian’s lips brushed against my earlobe, and his melodic voice echoed.
“I really missed you, Nuna.”
Indeed, for the past two years, it was the phrase I had longed to hear.
When I visit the cafe and fall asleep, heavily intoxicated, I sometimes hear these words in my dreams.
That you really miss me, that you really want to see me, that you haven’t forgotten me. However, when I actually hear these words in reality, for some reason, my attention is entirely on the sizzling earlobes rather than the voice.
“Eek!”
I ended up jerking my body as if electrocuted. When I pushed him away, Kyrian surprisingly stepped back obediently. However, the tail of his red eyes, like jewels, remained elegantly tilted.
“Why…? I guess Nuna didn’t really want to see me.”
“Ah, no.”
I panicked, not knowing what to do, and finally grabbed Kyrian’s hand. Even though I held it with both hands, I couldn’t wrap one of his hands.
“It’s not like that.”
My cautious attempt to comfort Kyrian made my eyes, which had been coldly calculating, suddenly flash with mischief. He had been teasing me all along.
I was stunned and stammered, “You, you…”
All the vulgar words I had learned while staying with Madeleine Pa flashed through my mind. But I couldn’t bring myself to say them to Kyrian…
“You were really bad.”
I tried to shake Kyrian off roughly. However, no matter how hard I shook, Kyrian’s hand didn’t budge.
“Sorry.”
Kyrian lightly squeezed my hand.
“It seems I’ve become more filthy in Nuna’s absence.”
Then, with his other hand, he cupped my forehead. The firm touch on my skin made me shiver slightly.
“It’s cold; I should go in before I catch a cold again.”
Kyrian effortlessly took my hand and began crossing the training ground. He glanced at me slyly and then tried to withdraw his hand.
“I want to take Nuna to her room right away, but I’ll endure it.”
Kyrian glanced down at me.
“Because Nuna shouldn’t explode.”
“I-I…”
As I started to protest, Kyrian let out a shallow sigh.
“All these words are because I’m worried about Nuna…”
He seemed overly pleased for someone who was expressing concern.
On the way back to the mansion, initially, I was at a loss for how to explain things, but once I started talking, everything flowed smoothly.
The reason I had to become independent due to Marianne Viscountess’s trap, how I had continued to watch Marianne Viscountess even after leaving, being trapped in the Viscountess’s mansion, Hys’s condition, and the surveillance magic.
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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