But he didn’t realize it had manipulated him in that way.
Using her image to attack Luibel…
Suddenly, Anselot furrowed his brows and stopped.
What does it matter?
Luibel was just a fleeting connection in his long life.
Just a minor incident.
There was no reason to be this displeased.
If he felt any displeasure, it should be because of her, not Luibel.
Anselot calmed his mind.
The confusion that had been consuming him slowly faded.
Indeed, since escaping the fog, he often thought of her.
Her name inadvertently came to mind.
Her face was still blurred like mist, but…
The name he called her in the hallucination now came to his memory.
Sasenia Lu.
A child born with the noblest destiny of the ancient Lu kingdom.
And the name I used to call you,
‘…Sena.’
I murmured slowly, and you turned your pale face to me, tilting your head.
‘Did you just call me?’
‘Just like that.’
‘What does that mean?’
I watched you laugh and smiled faintly.
Sena.
That was the name I used to call you.
“Sena…”
At the same time, he released the name that could never be reached again into the night air, meaninglessly.
In the darkness, two men moved stealthily.
“Heh, this is going to be a nice haul.”
“Surely. 500 bear by-products should fetch at least 100,000 gold.”
They were nefarious robbers targeting the travelers’ money, having heard rumors about someone who sold 500 monster by-products.
“But if they could kill 500 monsters, wouldn’t they be quite skilled?”
“There’s a woman and a child in their group.”
“Ah, then let’s take them hostage.”
“That’s the plan. You’re smart.”
They chuckled and praised each other’s cleverness.
As they sneaked through the window into a darkened room, they saw a sleeping child on the bed.
The robbers signaled each other, moving quietly in the dark to avoid waking the child.
Bang!
Suddenly, the door opened without warning, lighting up the room.
A man and a woman entering the room caught sight of the robbers.
“Who are you!”
The man who drew his sword after dropping what he was holding was Klaus.
“Who else but robbers, Sir,”
And the woman following him was Luibel.
“St, stop! If you move, the child’s life is in danger!”
One of the robbers quickly snatched the sleeping child from the bed and shouted.
“Taking a child hostage, how despicable…”
Klaus clenched his teeth, unable to move because Elay was being held hostage.
Meanwhile, Elay, with tousled hair, woke up and slowly opened his eyelids.
“Hehehe. If you want to save the child, hand over everything you have.”
The robbers uttered clichéd villain lines, trying to intimidate.
Elay, held by the robbers, blinked slowly, understanding the situation.
He muttered in a cold, low voice audible only to them.
“Vermin.”
“Huh?”
The robbers momentarily looked at each other, puzzled.
‘Did we hear wrong?’
There was no one else around them except for the innocently looking young boy…
“Ah, ahhh!”
“What, what is this!”
Black mist began to creep up, entwining around their bodies.
As the robbers floundered in confusion, Elay escaped from them and hopped over to Luibel.
“Lulu!”
He then nestled into her embrace.
“Are you okay, Elay?”
He shook his head from side to side.
Luibel couldn’t help feeling pity for him, looking terrified.
“You must’ve been so scared.”
“…….”
He nodded his head up and down.
Luibel hugged Elay tightly.
While Elay was in Luibel’s arms, the black mist he created engulfed the robbers completely.
“Aaaaah!”
“Ahh!”
Their agonized screams filled the room.
“It’s okay now, Elay. Those bad guys need to be handed over to the guards, so don’t kill them.”
“Okay, Lulu.”
Elay obediently nodded.
Thud, thud.
The black mist dissipated in an instant, and the robbers collapsed to the ground.
Klaus was startled to see Elay effortlessly incapacitate the robbers without lifting a finger.
“To defeat the robbers so easily…”
He awkwardly sheathed his sword.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
