“We need to find the woman.”
Suddenly, the Duke sprang up.
“Yes……. Yes? You will find the woman who escaped?”
The aide doubted his ears. It was the Duke who had been taking care of the women as if watching over them. The Duke’s sexual function was not suspect to the point of abnormality.
The situation in the north was not good, and the Duke was a person burdened with excessive responsibility.
Could he be going mad, tormented by war and headaches? The aide was worried.
‘If he took a woman to bed, it might relieve him.’
Thinking so, the aide had planned, persuaded, and executed sending in a woman every day.
The Duke, who was annoyed by the persistent persuasion and had given permission, did not touch a hair of the women brought into the barracks and showed a consistent behavior of sending them out.
‘Is he really not interested, or is he the ultimate in patience?’
Just when the aide was weakening, thinking that not bringing women might be better for his mental health, this strange thing happened.
“I’ll be back by today.”
Saying so, the Ice Wall Duke, Aidan, left the barracks.
“Your Highness! What about today’s work?”
“You handle it yourself.”
Whoosh. The Duke vanished like the wind.
The aide, watching his retreating figure, involuntarily opened his mouth wide.
No, that Duke, abandoning his work and disappearing? Was this even possible?
The aide looked up at the sky to see if the sun was rising from the west and sighed, lowering his head.
[This is a time separator.]
“It cannot be! To have a woman of unknown identity beside you! Please think about Your Highness’s safety!”
“Weren’t you the one who let her in? You were fine when you brought her in, why now say it can’t be done?”
“Is spending one night with her the same as having her by your side every day? Besides, she’s a woman who successfully escaped. We need to find out who she is and what her intentions are.”
“If she had intentions, she would not have escaped but already killed me. Do you suspect someone who did not kill when she had the chance?”
“That is…….”
“Moreover, whatever happened, the fact that my headache is gone is true. If this result came about because of something the woman did, then we must find out how. Whether she did it knowingly or unknowingly.”
Even the chief aide, who was trying to dissuade the Duke, closed his mouth in agreement at those words.
He knew better than anyone how terrible the Duke’s headaches had been.
“Very well. Just do not inform the woman about the pain. It will do no good. I will investigate her identity, so please be careful.”
The Ice Wall Duke nodded.
At the slight noise, Brody slowly opened her eyes.
Instead of the familiar ceiling, a strange barrack’s ceiling met her eyes.
‘Oh, dear…….’
Her eyes were open, but her whole body was sore, so Brody could not get up.
Turning her head and eyes to look around, soon a familiar face entered her sight.
‘The Ice Wall Duke!’
Feeling her heart sink, Brody looked at the Grand Duke.
‘Is he angry…….’
He looked at Brody again, scowling deeply as if he had never worn a relaxed expression.
“Did you wake up?”
“……Yes, ……sir.”
“I was sorry about yesterday. I didn’t know that position would be so uncomfortable.”
“…….”
What’s he saying? Is he joking? Thinking that she would like to do the opposite if possible, Brody scowled.
But it was an impossible wish. How could scrawny Brody carry the Grand Duke, so robust, on her shoulders and run ruggedly for over two hours?
Brody asked, scowling.
“Why did you bring me here?”
The Grand Duke Aidan, who had heard the earnest request of his staff, did not utter anything about the ‘headache.’
“I want to drink the tea I had the night before last.”
“The tea?”
Could it be that the tea was so delicious, he brought me back again?
No, that can’t be it. The tea leaves are here. He could brew it himself or have someone else do it.
If not that, could it be that he liked that night so much?
‘Umm. Well…….’
But that was a problem too.
‘I thought it was just for one night……!’
However, Brody thought she must not show her confusion. Somehow, she had to survive from the ruthless icy Grand Duke and escape again.
“Let’s eat first.”
Although the Grand Duke said so, Brody just lay there.
“Don’t you have an appetite?”
“……No, I can’t get up.”
Her expression strongly conveyed the words, ‘It’s your fault,’ though left unsaid.
The Grand Duke, looking embarrassed, sat on the bed and put his hand behind her neck, supporting her shoulders and helping her up.
He had supported her.
When he suddenly approached, the events of last night came to mind. She blushed in surprise.
Whether or not the Grand Duke knew Brody’s feelings, he brought the tray on the table to her.
“I couldn’t prepare good food due to the situation. Please understand.”
It was a steaming soup. Seeing the prepared food, Brody’s mouth watered.
After days of mental and physical exhaustion, and throwing up everything she had eaten yesterday, she was famished.
She thought her lack of strength might be due to not having eaten and gratefully welcomed the food.
With trembling hands, she emptied the food, and as she regained some strength, she noticed the Grand Duke’s glance.
It was a look that said, ‘If you’ve finished eating, hurry up and do what you must.’
‘Uhm, did he really bring me to brew tea?’
Well, even with the same tea leaves, we do create very different flavors depending on the person.
A person like Brody, skilled with plants, might find this the tastiest tea ever.
‘Is the Grand Duke a gourmet?’
Brody, feeling bewildered, carefully brought the brewed tea.
Aidan accepted the teacup with an expectant look.
However, that evening, expectation turned to disappointment.
“This doesn’t seem right.”
The Grand Duke spoke relatively gently, but
Seeing his furrowed brow, Brody felt terror.
‘I brewed it exactly the same as before. The only difference is…… ‘Mesu’……. Could that be what he wants?’
Mesu was a treatment for insomnia that wouldn’t strain the body if taken in the right amount. However, as humane as it may be, was it a good choice to feed Mesu?
Brody was in doubt, but looking at the deep shadows on the icy Grand Duke’s brow, she didn’t think twice.
‘I can’t die like this. He’s asking for it. Besides, he certainly looked more comfortable and healthier after a sound sleep!’
So Brody served the same amount of Mesu again.
The Grand Duke’s eyes relaxed as he drank the tea with pleasure.
As the Mesu took effect, he staggered, his eyes fluttering without falling asleep.
‘Ugh! This is driving me crazy.’
Supporting the swaying Aidan like the other night, Brody was immersed in thought about what to do.
But this time, the Grand Duke pulled Brody towards the bed with a wobbly step.
‘What, that again?’
Of course, it was just an excuse for the car; maybe he liked the bed.
The grand duke, who was said to change women every day, to the extent of catching a person who had run away?
Aidan laid Brody down on the bed.
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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