After Vlady disappeared suddenly in the garden, Sionne and I returned to the room.
While we were away, a commotion seemed to have taken place among the people in the palace.
But the worries of those who heard the ins and outs from Sionne turned to joy and jubilation.
“His Lordship has finally named the baby! I’m really moved.”
“To think you’d go to the Lord without permission and come back with all limbs intact. It wouldn’t be strange if you lost something, you know.”
“Right. Sionne is indeed amazing.”
“……Is that teasing or complimenting?”
After arguing with the maids for quite a while, Sionne looked at me, who was sitting quietly in my baby chair, and smiled softly.
“I can finally call you by name, Bella. I’m so happy.”
“Goo goo.”
I nodded my head up and down, pecking her in agreement.
‘I quite like the name Bella.’
Although there was the grand name Elena, taken from mythology in my previous life, I always felt that it did not suit me.
In contrast, the name Bella, which means beauty in continental language and revenge in ancient language, suited me well, who had received a second chance in life.
“Perhaps His Lordship’s thoughts about Bella have changed. He treated you both much more amicably than everyone worried, didn’t he?”
“There might soon be a chance to introduce Bella at an official banquet. Phew, just thinking about it makes my heart pound!”
While the maids were chattering away, buoyed by hope and anticipation for the future, I was lost in other thoughts.
Something about the conversation between my dad and Sionne earlier bothered me.
“How you did it, I don’t know, but you filled something into an empty shell. This child was already dead when she was born. What you’ve done is no different from playing with dolls, Sionne.”
“The baby just went into a deep sleep as soon as she was born. It’s extremely rare, but it’s not like it hasn’t happened. How can you say a dead person opened their eyes?”
There was something a bit off in the two people’s conversation.
According to what I learned and mastered in my previous life, a person’s soul can be exchanged or transferred through special means.
But the two of them didn’t seem to consider that possibility at all.
It was strange that neither Sionne, who seemed wellversed in magic, nor my suspicious father, even thought of soul transference.
‘Could they not know that souls can be exchanged?’
The one who taught me this knowledge was… Lanian.
Lanian, my fiancé in my previous life, taught me many things as I was confined in a tower.
Not just the etiquette and general knowledge that a royal must possess, but also history, geography, and basic magical knowledge.
He was the only person I could meet other than a regularly visiting doctor, and he always brought me many books that I wanted.
If I had to say, he felt more like a mentor than a lover.
Of course, my brother Karl didn’t like that I studied, but after I got engaged to Lanian, he didn’t interfere at all.
‘So… was it Lanian who tried to reincarnate me?’
My former fiancé, who had looked at me emotionless on the execution platform.
Why would he, who was like a confidante to Prince Karl, try to revive me?
As memories of my previous life surfaced and I looked downcast, the maids, who were having a heated debate about new baby toys and play equipment, hurried over.
“Why does Bella look like this? She looked happy when she had her evening formula earlier. Her complexion doesn’t look good!”
“Ah, right. I read in a baby care book that after having formula, we should induce a burp.”
“You fool, what good is saying that now!”
Hmm, can I really trust my growth to these people?
‘Well. Who would be proficient in childrearing from the start, anyway.’
That’s how you learn one by one.
‘Anyway… It really feels like I’m going to be sick.’
Wondering whom I should ask for help, I reached out to the person who seemed a little more trustworthy.
“Wooboo!”
Stretching my arms wide with strong intent, Sionne gasped and showed a look of joy.
“I’m so content now that the baby asked to be held first!”
No, that wasn’t my intention.
I just wanted my back patted, but it seemed to have been taken in a slightly different way.
“From now on, only happy days will be ahead. I will protect you, so that Bella is not unhappy anymore.”
Pat, pat.
Warm and naïve hands gently stroked my small back.
‘…Warm.’
Feeling as if Sionne’s words had comforted my unhappy past all at once, I hid my rising tears and buried my face in her arms.
And then, just at that moment,
“Grrr.”
Hiccup, what a timing.
‘I’m so embarrassed.’
Even as a baby, to hiccup in front of everyone.
My face turned red as I bit my lips, and the maids cackled and caused a ruckus.
“Wow, did you hear that? How can even a hiccup sound so lovely!”
“You think so too? I was thinking the same!”
Ugh, it’s somewhat humiliating.
‘Well… as long as you’re happy…’
For the sake of a healthy mentality, I, as an adult, decided to let go a bit and smiled in resignation.
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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