‘How much longer do I have to stay?’
Initially, since I didn’t like being in crowded places, I slowly grew tired of this one.
I purposely stayed in a corner, but the glances of people peeking at me were also burdensome.
I didn’t know when someone would appear like Dorothea, unnecessarily picking a fight…
Normally, people wouldn’t approach me, notorious as Duke Ferdia’s fool, but today there was a variable named Leian.
People who wanted to strike up a conversation with Leian at least once were visible, lurking around.
If I were to separate from Leian even for a moment, they would swarm like moths and talk to me.
But since I don’t know what Leian’s thoughts might be, I asked for his opinion just in case.
“Leian. Do you want to talk with those people?”
“Absolutely not.”
“Then stick right next to me. I’ll ward them off.”
“…….”
Having volunteered my humanrepellent powers for Leian, I stood by his side, ensuring that people couldn’t approach us.
Although I would have preferred to hide where others couldn’t see, as the fiancée of Prince Adenmir Presil Willeunt, stepping onto the balcony with Leian could have invited unnecessary criticism.
“You look tired.”
“I’m thinking of leaving soon.”
The hall was so vast that I couldn’t see the members of the Ferdia family. I usually stayed for a while and left alone, so it wouldn’t matter.
“Then I’ll accompany you to the mansion.”
“Th”
I was about to reply to Leian when…
2nd Prince Beltran, who had been looking around, discovered me and headed straight for me.
‘…How annoying!’
I must escape before being caught in a long conversation. Pretending not to see the 2nd Prince, I hurriedly pulled Leian by the arm.
Leian, too, seemed to realize the situation as he saw the 2nd Prince walking through the crowd from afar and silently matched my pace.
After deliberately avoiding the 2nd Prince by passing through the crowd, I was able to leave the banquet hall.
As I breathed a sigh of relief, Leian asked me.
“Why did you run away?”
“He thinks I like him.”
“……Do you like him?”
Outside the sparsely populated building, the moon faintly illuminated his face.
Though dark, his expression seemed rigid, or was it just my imagination?
“No. I don’t like him.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
I was too busy trying to become independent to even like someone.
I’m too busy dying for independence, what’s there to like?
“Then let’s go to the carriage.”
I took a step towards where the carriage was waiting, but Leian stood still.
Looking up at him in surprise, I saw that he was looking somewhere behind me.
“Princess.”
At the sound of a voice from behind, I turned to see a familiar face.
Adenmir Presil Willeunt.
The 1st Prince and my fiancé were there.
“I greet Your Highness the 1st Prince.”
When I greeted him respectfully, he slowly walked towards me.
“You left early, while the banquet is still in full swing.”
“I usually stay this long and then leave.”
‘You, who spent the whole banquet talking to your faction and leaving your partner alone, wouldn’t know.’
Swallowing my bitter feelings, I instead smiled brightly.
It was indeed strange to have the 1st Prince here.
After all, today’s banquet was hosted by the Empress, and since the 1st Prince was hostile to the 2nd Prince and the Empress’s faction, he would never even come near.
Though he must know what I found strange, he pretended not to know and nodded at Leian beside me.
“A face I haven’t seen before.”
“This is my bodyguard, a mercenary named Ian. Ian, this is His Highness the 1st Prince.”
“May the brilliance of Ishtar shine upon you. I am Ian.”
“Ian, you must be the famous King of Mercenaries, Ian. Pleased to meet you.”
With a face that was anything but pleased, the 1st Prince received Leian’s greeting. But…….
‘What’s going on?’
I looked back and forth between the two, thinking.
The atmosphere had… somehow become tense?
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Adenmir had also heard about the mercenary king Ian.
I recently heard through Duke Ferdia that there had been contact with the Mercenary King Ian, but I did not know that it would take the form of making Elodie Ferdia his escort.
He carefully observed the one called Ian.
His expressionless face was the same, but the look in his eyes when looking at Elodie and looking at me was discerned.
A skilled one.
I don’t know whose idea it was, but choosing him as an escort was an excellent decision.
But why does the examination become so twisted?
With a crooked smile, Prince Adenmir Presil Willeunt said to Leyan,
“I heard it. Beltran wants you.”
“I’m not interested.”
“That’s right, I hope you continue not to be.”
Because that way, you won’t make an enemy of him.
I had no personal regrets about Mercenary King Ian. Rather, I thought it was a good thing that there had been contact with Ferdia.
Until just a moment ago.
Prince Adenmir’s gaze moved back and forth between the two people and went to Elodie.
He hadn’t forgotten the scene he saw in the hall.
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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