“Suspicious.”
An instinctual intuition spoke to me. That wizard, there’s something about him.
I quickly interjected the moment the conversation between the Duchess and Duke Angelo broke.
“Who is that person behind you? Is he a wizard?”
I asked with excessively sparkling eyes, as if I had never seen a wizard before in my life.
Hoping to appear like an innocent lady who knows nothing of the ways of the world.
Duke Angelo kindly smiled and readily answered.
“It’s Miss Elodie. Yes, this person is a wizard recently hired by our family.”
“I see. It’s the first time I’ve seen a wizard up close, so I was impolite.”
“Impolite? Not at all. You may ask if you are curious, heh heh heh.”
I felt Yanxi staring at me intently, but I pretended not to notice and smiled along with Duke Angelo.
I was creeped out by my own pretentious behavior, but there was no choice.
Sometimes appearing weak is the sharpest weapon.
My goal was to learn about that wizard’s identity.
“Magic seems cooler than power! So um… may I ask which tower you are affiliated with?”
Our eyes met, and this time the wizard did not avoid my gaze.
His weary, haggard eyes stared at me.
An inscrutable, indifferent expression.
Soon, the man opened his mouth.
“I don’t want to reveal my affiliation to someone I’m meeting for the first time.”
“What did you say? You want to die–!”
Carlott, suddenly inflamed, tried to jump up, but the Duchess stopped him by stepping hard on his foot.
“Ouch! Mother!”
Carlott yelled as the wizard left the restaurant.
Duke Angelo put on a sorry face and spoke with an awkward smile.
“Oh dear. My guest was rude to Miss Elodie. You are understanding and kind, Elodie, aren’t you?”
“Of course.”
“Then I’ll see you next time, at the Ishtar Shrine. See you on the reunion day.”
After nodding to Duke Ferdia and the Duchess, Duke Angelo hurriedly followed the wizard out of the restaurant.
I closely watched his retreating figure.
‘He’s surely hired by the Duke, so why is he so obsequious?’
Duke Angelo was not someone who would bow to anyone.
But I couldn’t ponder for long because Carlott started to make a fuss with both his eyes blazing.
“Ah, mother, why did you step on my foot!”
“You were acting recklessly.”
The Duchess answered indifferently as she wiped her mouth, and Carlott banged the table with his fist.
“It’s not me who’s reckless, it’s that ba, no, that brat!”
“Watch your words, Carl.”
“I did! I said brat! How dare that brat ignore our dear sister!”
Carlott scolded me. My feelings became strange, caught between indignation and amusement.
‘I’m not sure if this is for me or not…’
Carlott, this hot Americanolike guy.
Yanxi turned her head, hiding her lips as she laughed. Anyway, she was laughing all the time, so why was she laughing secretly now?
All the restaurant’s guests had been peeking at our table, but now that Carlott was making a scene, they openly stared.
“He ignored! Ignored our sister!”
Thanks to him, I, the object of his pointing, also received the burning gaze of the people.
With a smiling face, I firmly vowed.
‘Never, never go out with these Ferdia people again.’
Finally, unable to watch any longer, Yanxi stepped in to calm Carlott, and peace returned to our table.
“Sis, is that good? Eat mine too.”
“No, I’m fine.”
“Eat a lot and get healthy. Sis, you’re so light I could lift you with one hand.”
“…….”
‘Carl, aren’t you just brutishly strong?’
Looking down at the evergrowing pile of plates, I fell into thought.
‘That wizard earlier.’
He didn’t reveal his affiliation until the end, but I already had enough clues to gather information.
The fact that they were dealing with the Duke of Angelos, that alone would be enough to trace things back.
Soon there was reason to place a new request to Reina.
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After dinner, Themis, coming out of the restaurant, looked around for someone.
After searching for a while, he somehow found Elodie standing alone in a corner. Her back was turned, so he couldn’t see Elodie’s expression.
‘How was the first family dinner out?’
Today’s outing had a purpose.
To make Elodie, who wanted to be independent, feel closer to the family through a family outing, and to make her give up on the dream of independence.
There had been a few disturbances, but the meal ended peacefully, so Elodie wasn’t dissatisfied, was she?
Thinking so, Themis called out to Elodie.
“Elodie, how was dinner today?”
“Um……. It was delicious.”
“And?”
Expecting inside, Elodie answered with a pale, stuttering face.
“When…… when are we going home?”
“…….”
Themis smiled without a word.
‘A failure.’
It seemed like he would have to move on to the next plan.
(This is a time separator.)
The mansion of the Angelos family.
Dorothea’s bedroom, which had been bathed in bright sunlight just a short time ago, was dimly lit, having drawn thick curtains all around.
Dorothea, covered with a blanket, looked at her maid with only her eyes exposed.
“Really? The Ferdia family all came out comfortably to eat?”
“Yes, miss.”
“Elodie too?”
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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