I was perfectly healthy.
Except for my childhood, I had never been seriously ill, and my physical strength was excellent. The palace doctor even praised me, saying, “Princess Luibelle is naturally healthy.”
But now I was terminal?
Moreover, I had less than two weeks left. The rapidly decreasing number of just over 13 days felt too surreal to even invoke fear.
I stared in disbelief at the words.
New explanations popped up with a ding, elaborating further.
The condition for [Awakening] is the death of a lover.
Hero Hezen will awaken as a sacred Knight of Light through the death of a lover.
Maintain a relationship with for 30 days to meet the conditions for Awakening, then achieve awakening through her death!
But be careful! If your relationship with ends, you must start the Awakening scenario from scratch. (Time remaining for Awakening: 13 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes)
‘Awakening…?’
It was a strangely familiar word.
‘Now that I think about it…’
While contemplating the word, I recalled this game’s [Awakening] system. I had never actually played this game, so I wasn’t clear on how the [Awakening] system worked. I only knew what I had heard.
Players needed to awaken by clearing the tutorial scenario, and each hero character chosen by them had different conditions for awakening.
And after awakening, the main scenario and the original story of the work would unfold.
That was all I knew.
‘Hezen’s condition for awakening is the death of a lover… does that mean I have to die for him to awaken?’
It was impossible for me, who was healthy and ailment-free, to suddenly become terminal.
Moreover, the time remaining for his awakening exactly matched my remaining lifespan.
‘He confessed to me, and I accepted, turning me terminal!’
Realizing this left me stunned.
That sweet confession was a declaration to kill me for his awakening.
As I realized this, my anger toward Hezen turned into a murderous rage.
But there was no time to tremble in anger.
I felt anxious and desperate as I watched my lifespan decreasing every moment.
First, I needed to end our relationship as lovers.
‘But how?’
Despite witnessing his infidelity, we were still considered lovers.
‘There must be another way. This is a game world, so there should be specific conditions…’
Even in a game with high freedom, events like awakening wouldn’t just happen mindlessly. There must be certain conditions to maintain a [lover relationship]…
“Hmm…”
I looked at the word ‘lover’, and as if clicked with a mouse, more details unfolded.
[You and are lovers connected through engagement. This relationship cannot be terminated as long as the engagement continues.]“As long as the engagement continues…?”
That means, conversely, I could end this relationship by breaking off the engagement.
But it wouldn’t be easy to call off an engagement officially recognized by the imperial decree. It would take at least a month or two.
And considering Mother’s fondness for Hezen, it might take even longer.
But waiting idly for the engagement to be annulled was not an option, considering the ticking countdown of my remaining lifespan.
I needed a powerful reason that would prompt the royal family to immediately send an annulment letter.
‘Merely witnessing his infidelity won’t suffice.’
Unless he commits adultery to the extent of having an illegitimate child, annulments aren’t easily granted.
‘There is one way to invalidate the engagement of the royals entirely…’
While I was pondering how to shatter this damned lover relationship, Seira came back in with a knock.
“Princess, you have a visitor.”
“A visitor?”
“Sir Hezen is currently waiting in the reception room.”
At the mention of the last name I wanted to hear, my face involuntarily scrunched up.
With a ‘pling’ sound effect, a semi-transparent system window appeared nearby.
[Auxiliary Quest: Prevent the Annulment!], having witnessed your infidelity, is seriously considering annulling your engagement. Raise her affection level to recover your relationship and prevent the annulment!
▶Reward for Success: Title
▶Penalty for Failure: Annulment, Honor -100, Charm -100, Compensation 300,000,000G
The window, similar to what I had seen before, appeared to be a quest window for Hezen. It seemed the window became more intense the closer the player got, and fainter the further away.
‘Huh? A title?’
I was incredulous at the absurd reward for success. Hezen, despite his excellent skills, was born a commoner. However, by marrying into the royal family, he would gain succession rights from the moment of marriage, even if his partner was a princess in name only. Since a commoner can’t be given succession rights, they were preparing to grant him a title before our marriage to transform him into a perfect noble…
‘Was the engagement itself a scheme for this?’
Seeing the words ‘title’ so prominently under [Reward for Success], my anger bubbled up.
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.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
