It seemed like now was the right time if he wanted to ask for something.
“Askan.”
“Tell me.”
“If you’re grateful to me, can you promise me one thing?”
Askan made a puzzled expression. Soon, he nodded with curiosity about what I was going to say.
Thinking that it was an opportunity, I unabashedly spilled out what I had secretly hoped for.
“First, let me call you Askan. Second, protect me even if I’m not Hwangmyeong. Third, no kicking me out of the mansion. Fourth…”
Continuing with my incessant requests, Askan laughed with an expression of not being able to stop me.
“Didn’t you say just one thing earlier?”
“Thinking about it, I want quite a few things.”
“What could you possibly want so much?”
“Since it’s an opportunity now?”
I intended to tell Askan everything I had wanted to ask for a long time. From the current atmosphere, it seemed like he wouldn’t refuse.
Askan, still with a cheerful voice, said, “Didn’t you say just one thing earlier?”
“Alright, let’s make a deal.”
“The fourth is the last. Don’t kill innocent people from now on.”
Assuming Askan had turned dark, it was a request not to bring about the destruction of the world immediately. Starting with small things seemed to be the plan.
Upon hearing the fourth condition, Askan momentarily paused but soon looked at me, then nodded slightly.
“If I agree to all of these, what will you do for me?”
“What, wasn’t saying thank you enough for you?”
“That’s one thing, and this is another. Isn’t it common to give and take?”
Tch, even though it seemed like he would agree to anything based on the current atmosphere, he wasn’t as careless as his seemingly villainous personality from novels.
“Speak. What do you want from me?”
“I only need one thing.”
I silently cheered for myself.
I had four wishes, and Askan had one. In terms of quantity alone, I was gaining.
“Alright. No changing the words, understood?”
Whether that inner thought was revealed on his face or not, Askan chuckled softly. Then, slowly brushing away strands of hair that fell when, I don’t know, he murmured softly while tucking them behind my ear.
“Don’t get hurt again.”
I couldn’t help but widen my eyes at the unexpected words.
For a moment, unable to say anything, I stared at him. Somehow, I felt my heart thumping rapidly.
“W-Well, isn’t it difficult to keep that promise? There could be unexpected accidents, and…”
“At least don’t hurt yourself like this time. Above all, you should value yourself the most. Promise.”
No one liked getting hurt. Although something felt strange, there was no reason to refuse, so I nodded.
“Alright.”
“If you get hurt again, it might be really unbearable next time.”
Huh?
Not understanding what he meant, I looked at him.
For some reason, a dark light passed through his abyss-like pupils.
“When I lose my sanity, it can be quite scary.”
Until now, I had hoped that Askan wouldn’t be different from novels, but now I realized there was a significant possibility that he had turned dark, just like in novels.
If that was the case, I didn’t need to be told how terrifying a villain he would become.
If my surprised expression was evident, Askan, looking at me, spoke in a tender voice, as if consoling a child.
“Don’t be frightened. My anger won’t be directed at you, but at others.”
Although Askan had been smiling until now…
I couldn’t understand why I was so worried about the future.
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 🙂
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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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