The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 183
The new papal election was the most significant event Ulevis could hold following the late Pope’s passing.
Though called an election, it was not decided by a simple majority. Only a candidate agreed upon by over two-thirds of all cardinals could ascend to the papacy without endless squabbles over conspiracies or heresies. Officially, any priest could become pope, so occasionally an entirely unexpected figure would be chosen.
The Lily Palace had its gates tightly sealed, and outsiders strained to guess which candidate the cardinals inside favored. Surprisingly, the citizens of Ulevis all spoke the same name.
Len Feyel.
“His Holiness the late Pope was truly a good man, I tell you! Things were better back then—much better. He was exceedingly humble and without greed.”
“Cardinal Len resembles him exactly.”
“Exactly. The Feyel family has always been deeply devout, but sadly, no other heirs remain. It would be wonderful if His Eminence Cardinal Len were elected.”
Neris and Cledwin stayed inside the small temple Len had borrowed, careful not to draw the attention of nobles who had come to attend Omnitus’s funeral. Yet they never missed the news Talprin brought from outside.
And with more information than the common citizens possessed, they analyzed the likely outcome of the papal election.
“Omnitus’s eldest son is a fool, but the younger one is highly ambitious. Since Omnitus had him adopted into a noble house and pushed him into a high clerical post, quite a few have been grooming him as the next pope. Those people won’t back down easily now.”
Normally, it was difficult for a bastard to rise to a high clerical office, but if formally adopted into another family, it at least appeared legitimate on paper. Of course, everyone knew whose child he truly was—but officially, there was no ground for objection.
“Let them try, if they can. If they now want to claim they’re continuing Omnitus’s legacy, they’ll also have to fix the papal treasury, which is nearly bankrupt.”
“Len Feyel can’t magically make money appear out of thin air.”
“But Senior Len can abolish the entire tomb construction plan, calling it misguided from the start, and expel everyone who had a hand in it during the previous pontificate. The other side can’t do that—those very people are their core supporters.”
“That might earn them accusations of cutting off their own tail.”
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 🙂
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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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The male lead being so proud of his wife is honestly adorable, even when he gets jealous.
And the female lead is so elegant and beautiful—I can’t wait to see this scene illustrated
Haha, did the ML really just say that to the FL? He’s so cute when he gets a little jealous.
Can’t wait for next chapter
The ML is so considerate of his wife. He treats her with so much care and gentleness, even when she doesn’t say a word—he just understands her. He’s honestly so perfect, I can’t 😭
I really hope the FL can overcome these painful feelings soon. I can’t bear to watch her suffer this much. 💔