I looked down at one of the assassins and spoke.
“Hey.”
“Yes.”
I called out to the assassin, but due to Leanne’s answer, I was momentarily surprised.
Laughing awkwardly as I looked at Leanne, who stared at me with a blindly obedient gaze, I spoke.
“No, not Leanne. I called the dark-clothed assassin.”
I crouched in front of the assassin who seemed to be the leader.
Then, I uncovered the mask that covered his face.
A face I was seeing for the first time was revealed. He was a fairly ordinary-looking middle-aged man.
I smiled and greeted him.
“Hello, assassin.”
But all the man could do was blink his eyes. Among the information that could be gleaned from his gaze, one was his current state.
Despite being a skilled assassin accustomed to enduring pain, the agitation that couldn’t be hidden was clearly evident.
“I can’t even move. Is it just me, or does it hurt terribly?”
It was quite understandable.
The Duchess of Ferdia’s poison technique was truly top-notch.
Even though only a brief exposure occurred, complete paralysis and pain accompanied, rendering me unable to move.
Having experienced the toxicity before, I could fully understand the assassin’s feelings.
“I get it. It hurts.”
Fortunately, I wasn’t poisoned as the vial was shattered away from me.
I just tilted my head while looking at the man who could only blink his eyes.
“Just in case, I’ll ask. Are you going to reveal who the mastermind is? If so, blink three times in a row as consent.”
Blink……. Slowly, once.
It was a clear refusal.
“Well, then.”
I wasn’t disappointed as I hadn’t thought it would be easy to uncover the mastermind quickly.
Still, I didn’t have any intention to give up right away.
Sitting down beside the man and focusing on his eyes, I started talking.
“I heard that assassins undergo torture training. So, no matter what I do to you, you won’t talk, right?”
Blink…….
“Well, even so, if I rough you up a bit, won’t my anger be relieved a bit?”
The man showed no reaction. Physical violence didn’t work as a threat to an assassin trained in torture.
But how about this?
“Let’s see, your hair seems quite thick. If I gradually pluck it, you might end up balding little by little….”
“……?!”
“Oh. Don’t like that? I’ll keep that in mind.”
I observed the ever-changing expressions of the man as I mumbled various threats while he remained motionless.
It was quite entertaining whenever I found a glimpse of despair in his eyes.
[Wickedness…….]Even malice gradually distanced itself from me, retreating.
“Oh, I have that kind of poison among the ones I have. The organs rot slowly, at a very slow pace. It varies from person to person, but it takes about a year for the heart to stop. How about that?”
How much did I threaten him? As my repertoire started to run dry, Leanne approached slowly.
“Lady Elodie.”
“Yeah?”
“…The sun is setting.”
“Huh?”
Suddenly raising my head, I took a deep breath while looking at the tranquil spiderwebs spread across the ground.
“…Oh?”
I messed up.
Curfew time!
The curfew time, the time I had agreed upon with Duke Ferdia, was fast approaching.
Although Leanne had clearly stated earlier that he should hurry to arrive on time, it was now too late even if he rushed.
“It’s because of you, assassin!”
Ugh! Thump!
Abandoning the threatening attitude I had just adopted, I kicked the assassin with my foot.
At that moment, Greed expressed astonishment, covering his mouth with his front paw, and uttered a word.
[…Dirty personality.]“What?!”
[No, nothing. It’s better to go faster!]Greed was right. It wasn’t the time for pointless arguments.
However, Leanne had already finished preparing for departure.
While I was intimidating the leader of the assassins, Leanne tidied up the surroundings, hiding the corpses in inconspicuous places. The living assassins had their hands and feet bound, stacked neatly on the horses to prevent them from falling.
Leanne, who had placed the last one without any clutter, covered them with a blanket. It then looked like a perfectly organized pile of luggage.
“When we arrive in Somnia, I’ll instruct the subordinates to thoroughly clean up this place.”
“You’re quite skilled.”
“I’ve experienced this often.”
What could have happened in Leanne’s past?
[Don’t know?]Startled by Greed’s urging, I was taken aback as I was about to get on the horse.
There was a time when Leanne teased me about riding together, and in the end, I ended up riding with him.
But the current situation didn’t allow me to feel embarrassed about it.
When I got on the horse first, Leanne mounted behind me.
After that, [Dash].
“Leanne, at full speed!”
[Too fast!]It was a dash.
Uranya was in a good mood.
It was inevitable. Originally, today was supposed to be spent on a tedious and boring mission, but now I was enjoying a leisurely and peaceful time.
And on top of that, I was even getting paid?
What could be better than a paid vacation?
“Lily, you’re the best!”
Lovely and angelic Elodie, who was also kind.
Rumors aside, the Elodie that Uranya experienced was indeed a wonderful person. She wished they could become even closer.
‘I was glad when you asked me to be friends, even if it’s fake!’
Uranya, who had spent her childhood doing mercenary work, rarely had female friends of her age, so she couldn’t refuse Elodie’s request.
Moreover, they even went to eat delicious food together.
“Date!”
Of course, it was somewhat annoying to have the escort troops lying around near the house, but that could be overlooked.
Uranya was preparing a dinner with the remaining ingredients at home when…
Knock, knock!
The sound of someone knocking on the door made her put down the ladle stirring the stew.
“Lily, did you come?”
Since she had said she would arrive before night, it seemed plausible.
“Lily, you’ve come… huh?”
However, the face that greeted her when she opened the door was completely different from Uranya’s expectations.
“Where’s Elodie?”
Suddenly, a handsome man appeared.
Jet-black hair, sharp golden eyes. A man so sexy that it was hard to believe he had three children…
‘Why is Duke Ferdia here?!’
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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