Angered by the accusation about the river drying up, a water droplet quivered and jumped like a flame.
Meriam gently warned the droplet and finished his task.
He understood why the soldiers were angry and contemptuous. The Spirit King Eldaim, whom he had contracted with at five years old, had immense power.
The problem was himself.
Eldaim was exerting all its energy to suppress the raging solar energy inside him, preventing it from bringing rain.
If Eldaim even slightly relaxed its control, the scorching energy would consume him.
Meriam. The ignorant people chatter so. Will you let them be?
“It doesn’t matter.”
Your power is immense. They don’t see it, those with eyes like knots!
“It’s okay.”
Meriam’s conversation with the Spirit King looked like mere muttering, further worsening his image.
His survival was perceived as due to unsettlingly good luck, rather than his strength as a warrior.
It was an unfair perception, but inevitable, given the Emperor and his consort’s influence.
“Lord Meriam. The Grand Emperor summons you.”
At that moment.
Hearing the Emperor’s summons, Meriam promptly stood up.
Despite various noises from inside the tent, Meriam’s face showed no change in expression.
Being left standing outside was a great insult, but Meriam felt no humiliation.
If you don’t see or hear, it doesn’t matter.
Especially since he would soon be leaving this country.
‘Even if the Nix Empire is like hell, it can’t be worse than here. That divine revelation might actually be my salvation.’
With a bitter smile inside, Meriam briefly looked up to the sky.
A golden moon hung amidst the high branches.
Every time his consciousness flickered back, the memory of her tenderly wiping his forehead still dominated Meriam’s mind.
Was she a skilled physician? She had expertly stitched his serious wounds and healed the others.
It was a kindness he had never experienced in his life.
‘Besides, even with Eldaim’s power, my body sometimes felt so hot it seemed I would perish. But since that day, the flames seem to have abated a bit.’
It was as if she had taken some of the flames burning inside him. An absurd notion, but that’s how it felt.
‘I gave her my mother’s bracelet, so we’ll meet again someday.’
Even if he became the Empress’s pet, he would be granted the freedom to find her.
Feeling inexplicably warm, Meriam swept his hand over his forehead.
Crossing the desert, a cool breeze seemed to blow from somewhere.
‘I have too few allies in the imperial palace.’
Meanwhile, at the Nix Empire’s palace.
I was heading somewhere with Derrick.
‘The palace staff are somewhat on my side, but the knights are not yet.’
For a grand banquet like this, knights must provide security, but the response to my request for personnel was lukewarm.
Polite, but just that.
The letters lacked any enthusiasm.
‘The lack of support is probably because I haven’t shown results yet… but this is excessively non-cooperative.’
There were three knight orders in the Nix Empire’s palace.
The Emperor’s personal guard, .
The paladin order, .
The royal knight order, .
I first sent letters to the capable Imperial Guard, but their response was lukewarm.
I couldn’t use the paladins for the banquet’s security, as the Crusade was typically not in the palace but out dealing with monsters across the empire.
‘The reason the Imperial Guard doesn’t want to help me is obvious.’
Because of Helene.
‘I never thought the Imperial Guard would be so smitten with Helene.’
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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