“Zen, among our ancestors, some had outstanding abilities and were very famous.” “Really?” “Yes. However, due to accumulating too many enemies by indiscriminately killing people, their abilities led to the extinction of our lineage in a tragic era.” “Did they receive punishment for doing bad things?” His father chuckled bitterly, then patted Zen’s head with his large hand. “We are destined to wield the sword. Unfortunately, we cannot live without shedding blood.” At that time, he couldn’t fully understand the concept of expressing the fate of those with the Dark attribute abilities, inherited by blood. There’s a saying that the place makes the person. Outstanding abilities couldn’t be hidden. Especially, the Dark attribute stood out as an assassin. Perhaps because of that, his father constantly warned him. “Be cautious not to be exploited due to your strong abilities. Remember. In a life where we walk on the edge of the blade, you must have a place to return to.” It was a difficult concept for young Zen to grasp. Moreover, it contradicted his father’s life of aimless wandering. “As long as my father is with me, what is there to worry about?” “…Father can’t always be by your side.”
From the moment memories began, it was like that. Growing up, Zen watched his father fight valiantly while being carried on his back.
There were no memories of his mother. According to his father, she gave birth to Zen and then succumbed to a fever.
What he learned before holding a spoon was how to wield a sword. His father said it was the way people like them lived.
“Zen, among our ancestors, some had outstanding abilities and were very famous.”
“Really?”
“That’s right. However, recklessly killing people resulted in too many enemies, and in the end, our lineage faced extinction in a tragic era.”
“Did they receive punishment for doing bad things?”
His father chuckled and patted Zen’s head with his large hand. “We are destined to wield the sword. Unfortunately, we cannot live without shedding blood.”
At that time, he couldn’t fully understand the concept of expressing the fate of those with the Dark attribute abilities, inherited by blood.
There’s a saying that the place makes the person. Outstanding abilities couldn’t be hidden. Especially, the Dark attribute stood out as an assassin. Perhaps because of that, his father constantly warned him.
“Be cautious not to be exploited due to your strong abilities. Remember. In a life where we walk on the edge of the blade, you must have a place to return to.”
It was a difficult concept for young Zen to grasp. Moreover, it contradicted his father’s life of aimless wandering.
“As long as my father is with me, what is there to worry about?”
“…Father can’t always be by your side.”
At that time, he really didn’t know.
That his father’s face already showed signs of illness.
His father, a poor wandering inspector, grew weaker as the days went by. Looking back now, he was moving around trying to find a place to die.
And then he met Orland.
With not many days left to live, his father wanted to entrust Zen to the Brelloph family.
At that time, the Brelloph family’s influence was not as significant as it is now, but his father seemed to think that entrusting Zen to Orland would ensure that he wouldn’t go hungry.
“Cough, cough, Master. Will you take my son? He’s just a child now, but he’ll be useful when he grows up with his Dark attribute ability.”
Looking at it now, with Zen’s current abilities, anyone would be tempted, but back then, he was just an 8-year-old child, and the situation was different.
The cheapest among the slaves was a young child.
Feeding, putting to sleep, and raising a child required a considerable amount of labor and money.
Moreover, claiming to have the Dark attribute ability was just his father’s assertion, and young Zen couldn’t prove it.
Anyone could have thought it was a scam. Rather than an uncertain investment, it was only natural to want a strong young man who could be used immediately.
In such a situation, Orland did not show any displeasure. He simply watched young Zen and his father for a long time without revealing his thoughts.
“─Not long ago, my wife gave birth to twins. Being a father myself, I now understand how precious children are. Originally, I would have refused, thinking it was a losing deal, but I accepted because of the earnest request to take care of his son.”
The joyful expression of the father, who seemed to want to leap at that moment, remained in memory.
So, Zen became entrusted to the Brelloph family, and his father soon prepared to leave somewhere.
“Father, where are you going?”
“Now that you’ve decided on your residence, it’s time for your father to go his way.”
If Zen had known that it would be the last meeting with his father, he would have somehow tried to hold on, but at the age of 8, he couldn’t do that.
“When will you come back? Father?”
Father looked at Zen with a relieved expression, as if unburdening himself.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
