Zenon, who had been sitting idly in the room, quickly approached when he saw that she had her hands full and took the plate from her.
“No, Miss, you should have called for me. You shouldn’t be carrying this yourself.”
“Don’t worry about it. You’ve had a hard day because of me, Zenon. Speaking of which, what do you usually do for meals? You don’t seem to live on the estate.”
Luella placed the dishes she had brought from the kitchen in front of him as she asked. Confused by Luella’s question, Zenon answered obediently.
“I bring packed meals from home. I work 12-hour shifts and commute.”
“Do you work shifts with your father?”
“My father passed away years ago. I work shifts with my brother.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”
At Luella’s apology, Zenon quickly shook his head.
“It’s alright. There’s nothing for you to be sorry about.”
To lighten the mood, Luella poured warm tea for Zenon.
“Let me know if you need more. By the way, what will you do about the food you bring from home? Will you be able to eat it tomorrow?”
However, Zenon looked embarrassed at Luella’s concern.
“Actually, I haven’t been able to bring dinner for the past few days. As I mentioned earlier, there’s a rationing issue, and even with money, we can’t buy freely.”
Luella was at a loss for words. She had heard vague stories earlier but hadn’t expected the situation to be so dire that he couldn’t even eat one meal.
“So, have you been skipping dinner lately?”
“It’s not a big deal. Last winter, there were times when I couldn’t eat at all. Now it’s early summer, and the weather isn’t cold, so I’m not as hungry.”
Zenon spoke nonchalantly, but Luella felt a lump in her throat.
She felt extremely guilty thinking that while she was eating well, Zenon and his brother were starving outside.
Luella stood up. She couldn’t keep looking at him without eating, so she decided to leave the room.
“Eat quickly. I’ll be back after the meeting.”
Zenon should eat dinner while she made a decision about what they had discussed earlier.
Luella entered the adjacent reception room where her colleagues were waiting and sat down at her own seat.
“I’ve made up my mind.”
“Why are you making such a scary face?”
Hazen shifted uncomfortably, looking worried.
“First, I’ll throw a party for everyone here. And for Kite too. Is that okay?”
“Kite should have arrived in Hellane by now. The time difference isn’t much, so let’s throw the party. If he can’t respond, he’ll remain silent.”
After throwing a party for all her colleagues including Kite, Luella pondered what to write in the chat window.
[/Party Kite, have you arrived?]After a brief moment, Kite’s message appeared in the chat window.
[/Party I just arrived in Hellane. What’s going on?] [/Party Could we enroll Zenon’s family in our guild?] [/Party All of a sudden?] [/Party Well, I heard something today.] [/Party What did you hear?] [/Party In Qulan, all citizens receive food rations. But due to poor circumstances, even the nobles aren’t getting enough.]As soon as Luella’s message ended, Raphael’s message popped up in the chat window.
[/Party My guess is that the Qulan royal family is deliberately creating food scarcity as an excuse to control people. What easier way to make people obey?] [/Party That’s a fair point. But what does that have to do with Zenon’s family?] [/Party It seems Zenon is having trouble because he works here and there’s the issue with food rations. I’ve also heard he often faces difficulties in the Guard’s guild.]Hazen helped explain.
[/Party To be precise, since Luella started staying here. Oh, and Luella made a big mistake today.] [/Party What mistake?]Seeing Kite’s question, Luella glared at Hazen with all her might.
“What’s the point of mentioning that?”
“Do you think you can keep it a secret from Kite? He’ll find out as soon as he returns.”
“How will he know if everyone here keeps their mouths shut?”
“We’ll have to attend the ball soon at the royal palace. We’ll meet Balder then, and the topic will surely come up. You think this can be kept a secret? You can’t expect the writer to keep his mouth shut, can you?”
[/Party What happened?]Kite seemed exasperated when no one in the chat answered. But Luella and Hazen were too busy glaring at each other to notice the message.
“You could choose not to do it.”
“Like hell. We went all the way to the writer’s house, and he disappeared without a trace. You think I won’t be curious? I’m definitely digging into this.”
Everyone else was also at a loss for a reaction, watching them with a bystander’s indifference. Kite, growing increasingly frustrated, finally directed his question to someone specific.
[/Party Hazen, Raphael? No, Michel, you speak up. What kind of mess did Luella make?]Michel, who had been observing the verbal sparring between Luella and Hazen, quickly summarized what had happened today after checking the chat.
[/Party Luella went to Balder’s residence today. She went alone, without telling any of us.] [/Party What? Nobody knew she was leaving?]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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