“Yes. What is it?”
“You’re not planning to guard me for life, are you?”
It was an unexpected question, but Lord Mild answered without hesitation.
“That’s my duty, but why do you suddenly ask?”
“I was just wondering if you’re being forced to stay when you want to retire or return to your homeland.”
“Yes?”
With wide eyes, he soon lowered his head slightly.
“I vowed to protect you for life before God, did I not?”
For life? A vow?
“Retirement or return is out of the question. This duty is my life.”
“…”
Was it my imagination, or did the faint smile on his lips look content?
As I stood still, he asked for confirmation.
“Is there anything else you wish to say?”
“Ah, no. You may go.”
“Then I shall return.”
After sending him off, I felt my face flush.
Lord Mild was just carrying out his duty, but somehow it felt like a sly confession.
‘He vowed to resist until death…’
In the novel, this character was a villain who obeyed Ellen’s every command.
But experiencing it firsthand felt a bit different.
“…Does Lord Mild love Ellen?”
I quickly shook my head.
“For the novel to be interesting, there must be at least one loyal servant to the villain, right?”
I mean, a villainous countess like me can’t carry out all the conspiracies by myself. It just doesn’t look right.
Like those soldiers who follow their wicked lord into certain defeat when he attacks the hero?
“Yes. It’s the author’s setting. I mustn’t get confused.”
With that settled, I realized there were two people I needed to survive in my reincarnated life.
“Yes, what’s wrong with being loyal?”
There’s another person who needs to live, so I feel more responsible.
I must win people’s hearts and escape the death flags!
“I’ll live, and he will live too. Good! I’m fighting!”
With renewed vigor, I called a maid.
“How much time until the children arrive?”
“Two hours from now.”
“They’ll be welcomed at the front gate, right?”
“Yes. Everything is being prepared.”
There wasn’t much time left to win over my sons and daughtersinlaw.
“Good. Heheh… I should start preparing too.”
My smile startled the maid, who bowed her head.
It seems I looked like a villain to her, not just her but most of the people in the mansion.
At first, being misunderstood was unsettling, but after a week, I’d gotten used to it.
‘I won’t see them after a hundred days anyway, no need to worry.’
Soon, I was adorned from head to toe in resplendent jewels and a dress.
The hair ornaments might have been excessive, but my reflection in the mirror was breathtakingly beautiful.
‘Heh, this big sister is so pretty.’
This big sister is now me.
I swallowed tears of joy and regret in my heart.
‘Sister, you had such a glamorous and beautiful appearance, but why did you live so hideously with jealousy and obsession?’
No matter how I thought about it, life had been wasted.
‘Yes, after settling the life of this mansion, I will live a new life that suits this big sister!’
With renewed determination, I pointed first to the hairpins. They were too heavy to wear around.
‘If I wear them heavily, I’ll probably get irritable.’
“Take out all the hair ornaments.”
“What?”
The maid did as I ordered with a confused face.
As her ornate hair became modest, an elegant feel came to life.
“Right. Overly adorning oneself can actually be counterproductive.”
Having finished preparing, I went to the front gate, the place to welcome the guests.
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Roses on the archshaped white iron gate were fully bloomed, as if to welcome the young couple soon to arrive.
And on the neatly arranged path on either side stood the butler Domingo and various servants, maids, and so on, all lined up.
Count Philip Morris was the last to come out to welcome the children.
Ellen, standing in the front row of the wellordered formation, could be seen in the bright sunlight.
It was a face I had seen for the first time in a week since the assault.
“Ellen.”
No matter what had happened in the past, she was truly a beautiful and elegant lady.
When Philip first saw her, he was captivated by her beauty. He managed to stay composed, lest anyone say she looked undignified.
Thus, in the spring of his nineteenth year, he married Ellen, who was eighteen, in a political marriage, and on the first night, he devoted his body and heart, showing sincerity.
He had great expectations for married life, but it was only for a short time.
It turned out that Ellen had a terrible personality and intellect.
She moved only looking ahead, speaking as she pleased without considering the weight of her words.
But Philip was fine with that. Many political marriages were like that.
Only until she became jealous of his existing son, Marlboro, and constantly mistreated him.
Of course, Ellen knew about the existence of the stepson. But she was displeased when she found out that Marlboro was a universal favorite.
It could have greatly influenced the succession issue of the count’s family.
“Why do you teach him so diligently when he already seems like a smart child?”
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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