She had come out to the balcony to shake off the effects of alcohol in the cold winter wind, but instead, she felt her body heating up and the alcohol rushing through her more intensely. Her mind was muddled.
Blair lightly slapped her own cheeks.
“What should I do? If I go back to the banquet like this, they’ll say I’m a drunkard…”
Even though she usually had a low tolerance for alcohol, she had unintentionally consumed more alcohol than she realized while dealing with people.
She felt a bit woozy, but it didn’t seem like she was that drunk. However, in this state, she couldn’t return to the banquet hall.
Even at a banquet, the nobles considered getting so drunk that you couldn’t greet others properly to be undignified behavior. Therefore, the wines available in the banquet hall were usually light and low in alcohol content.
But she had managed to get drunk on such wine.
‘I need to get back quickly.’
However, contrary to her intentions, she was overwhelmed by drowsiness.
It was when Blair was about to doze off that someone entered the balcony with a soft click as the door opened.
“…Lena?”
Thinking that Lena had returned to fetch water, Blair froze when she saw the approaching figure.
“Who is this? Isn’t it our princess?”
It was Wesley, the heir to Viscount Baldwin. He had always been friendly with her since her days as a princess, but now she could clearly smell alcohol on him as he came closer.
“Women become more beautiful when they know men, they say. You’ve become even more beautiful after marriage.”
Wesley’s unsteady gait and the ominous feeling emanating from his half-closed eyes sent a shiver down her spine.
“…I’ll go back first.”
Blair forcefully pushed her muddled thoughts through her tangled tongue. She didn’t want to let the approaching man know that she was drunk.
But Wesley didn’t seem inclined to let Blair go so easily; he blocked her path.
“Ah, we’ve run into each other like this, don’t be so cold. Give me some of your time.”
“Sorry, but I’ve been away from the gathering for too long…”
“Geez, what a waste of money.”
Wesley roughly grabbed Blair’s wrist. Unable to control her body properly due to the alcohol, Blair was easily led by his touch.
Startled, Blair tried to pull her wrist away, but it only hurt her wrist more.
“Let go of this!”
“Now that you’re no longer a virgin, are you acting all innocent like a young maiden? Let’s be honest with our desires, my lady.”
As Wesley dragged the stumbling Blair, someone else’s hand reached out from the open balcony door and grabbed Wesley’s wrist. It was a tremendous strength that seemed capable of snapping his wrist if he made a wrong move.
Unable to overcome the pain, Wesley let go of Blair’s wrist.
“What the…!”
About to rush forward to punch the owner of the hand, Wesley stopped in his tracks when he saw Herdin’s face before him.
“What the hell are you…”
“Who are you calling a bastard?”
Herdin kicked Wesley’s abdomen. Wesley comically tumbled on the balcony floor.
Herdin approached Wesley, who was groaning in pain. In the meantime, Wesley tried to get up, but instead of retaliating, he stumbled and fell to the ground again.
Herdin sat down, facing Wesley, who was whimpering, and added in a low voice.
“This woman’s husband.”
Then he raised his fist as a warning.
“Bite your tongue.”
Just as Herdin was about to strike the frightened Wesley…
“Dalgguk!”
A whimper suddenly escaped from Blair’s mouth, who had been silent due to shock. Upon hearing that sound, Herdin’s fist, which was about to strike Wesley, froze.
“…”
“…”
In the silence, only Blair’s whimper rang rhythmically.
Herdin lowered his raised hand. Instead, he grabbed Wesley’s hair and whispered into his ear.
“If I hear you bark one more time, you’ll lose the taste of your tongue.”
It was a voice so low that Blair couldn’t hear it.
Herdin let go of Wesley’s hair as if snapping it and stood up. Blair was still whimpering. In the midst of it all, she was beautiful.
Large, moist eyes that seemed like they would overflow at the slightest touch, slightly flushed cheeks from the chilly wind, and tiny lips that had slightly parted in surprise.
As he looked at her, John’s words suddenly came to mind.
“Well, honestly, she’s pretty. Where can you find a man who won’t be tempted by that face and body?”
Yeah, that’s right.
Because she was so beautiful, I ended up in this mess.
Thinking that if the men inside the banquet hall were mocking her and lusting after her just like Wesley, he felt an urge to gouge out those eyes.
Before that happened, he wanted to keep this woman in a place where no one could see her. Somewhere no one could see.
Of course, he knew it was a crazy idea.
Suppressing his insane thoughts and simmering emotions, Herdin took Blair’s hand.
“…Follow me.”
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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