Delia put a piece of meat into her mouth and muttered grumpily.
“I’ve taught you my name, haven’t I? I’ve taught you after you nagged me so much, so why do you keep calling me a prisoner?”
“To remind you.”
“Of what?”
“That you keep forgetting you’re a prisoner. Don’t forget that you’re a prisoner.”
Delia tilted her head with a look of incomprehension.
“I remember perfectly well. I’m doing a good job as a prisoner.”
Aaron chuckled sarcastically.
“In all the wars I’ve fought so far, I’ve never seen a prisoner who does as they please like you.”
At Aaron’s criticism, Delia scowled.
“I can’t move, I’m trapped, I’m dragged around on hunting trips I don’t want to go on, and I’m even tied up with crazy ropes all night. How can I be any more of a prisoner?”
“You boss me around to pick flowers, you threaten to kill the commander, and you threaten to die if I make a wrong move. Where in the world is there a prisoner like that?”
At Aaron’s words, Delia stuck out her lip.
The light from the fire touched Delia’s red lips, making them even redder.
As the night deepened, the bonfire burned brighter.
Sparks flew between Aaron and Delia as they looked at each other.
“I’m doing a good job as a prisoner.”
“From what I see, you’re not.”
“That’s the commander’s fault for having false hopes. You keep hovering around me, trying to use me.”
“You’re saying it’s my fault that you’re strange?”
“I have to confess now, but I’m not the great person the commander thinks I am.”
“Now you’re trying to lie and run away.”
“You’re surprisingly dull, commander. Don’t you get it from the fact that there’s been no news so far? I’m a bandit not worth negotiating for as a prisoner. No, I’m a stone. A stone from the Tarens Mountains.”
“We’ll have to wait and see about that.”
“Don’t have false hopes, and treat me normally. Like a real prisoner. Just throw me into a prisoner camp, and don’t force me to eat… Starve me.”
Aaron lightly smiled and put a piece of meat into Delia’s babbling mouth.
“Wait and see. I’ve sent a message for verification. The truth will be revealed soon.”
“Why wait? It’s a waste of time.”
“It would be better if you tell me first. Then the issue would be resolved more quickly, wouldn’t it?”
“What will you do when my identity is revealed?”
Aaron’s gaze moved away from Delia to the bonfire.
He poked the wood with a fire iron, causing the flames to rise even higher.
“Probably depends on your status and rank.”
“How so?”
“If you’re a high noble, I’d open a path. To make it easier to march.”
“Ha, that’s ridiculous.”
“Why is it ridiculous? If you’re important enough to have elite soldiers with you… even those elite soldiers are still lurking around here trying to rescue you.”
The shadow of the fire made Delia’s face look even more ferocious.
“They should just get rid of them…”
Delia blamed the innocent guards.
If Jer heard that he was suffering from roaming the forest without being able to return, he would be outraged.
Ignoring the unfairness that Jer would feel, Delia spoke to Aaron.
“No matter how you look at it, would you sell out the country for the life of a single prisoner?”
“It doesn’t matter. The moment you come to the negotiation table, the game is over.”
Delia looked at Aaron in horror, realizing the implications of his words.
“Wow, commander. You’re really despicable. You’re going to hit them when you get them to the negotiation table?”
“It’s called negotiation skills.”
“Isn’t it the art of threat, not negotiation skills?”
“Think whatever you want.”
“I feel like our family will become prisoners too.”
Delia hugged her shivering body with her arms.
“Not just your family, right? I’m aiming for your fiancé too.”
“Fiancé?”
“If you have a fiancé, you need to get a ransom. It’s a matter of the family’s reputation, they’ll give us quite a bit.”
“Fortunately, I saved some money. I don’t have a fiancé.”
“That’s a shame.”
Aaron’s expression saying ‘it’s a shame’ didn’t contain a shred of regret.
On the contrary, it seemed like he was wearing a faint smile.
Delia looked at Aaron’s eyes, which were filled with flickering red flames.
The smile in his deep eyes, the light on the tip of his nose like a sculpture, and the moonlight in his silver hair.
Thanks to Aaron’s surreal look, Delia’s senses scattered.
“But what to do. I’m not a noble. Neither of them apply to me.”
“Then, by any chance, are you a saint? Did you receive a revelation from God and jump into the battlefield?”
“Who believes in that these days?”
“Ordinary soldiers, they trust. The commanders can understand the entire situation, predict the future from that information, but they don’t know anything.”
At Aaron’s calm tone, Delia blinked her eyes.
“What if I’m a saint receiving divine revelations? What happens then?”
“Then we have to push forward with you in the lead. Announcing grandly that the saint who has received the revelation of victory is on the side of the empire.”
His voice was languid and relaxed, contrary to the content of his words.
“The morale of the Imperial Army will rise, and Iorenty will despair.”
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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