Behind the children, the nanny looking after Isabella smiled with a troubled face.
‘Jealousy, jealousy.’
The nanny grinned.
“Ah.”
Casius nodded as if he understood what she meant.
Isabella was displeased that Casius played with the children yesterday, excluding her.
Isabella was living with Casius and Lenisha after an unjust separation from her parents.
They were the only ones she could rely on.
She may have harbored anxiety that Casius might be taken away from her in such a situation.
No matter how mature Isabella was, she still felt young.
“That’s how it was, Isabella.”
“Yes! Isabella said uncle is busy, but the kids were nagging.”
“Play like yesterday!”
One of the kids who had been stomping their feet behind shouted.
“I’ve never seen a big snake like the Duke!”
I’m human.
Casius swallowed the words that were about to burst out.
He couldn’t argue the facts in front of the children’s innocence.
“It was really big. I thought my dad was the biggest in the world, but he wasn’t.”
“That’s right. I thought my dad was the biggest too?”
“Me too, me too.”
The children buzzed.
Casius’s huge size seemed to have been shocking to them.
Casius smiled awkwardly.
“Thank you all for seeing me as big……”
He didn’t know what to say.
That wasn’t the end of it.
The size of this dad’s body seemed to be quite an essential problem for the children.
The children started arguing with serious faces.
“No! My dad is the biggest.”
“Liar.”
“My dad has two snakes!”
Two snakes?
What does that mean?
Casius, Terion, and Gray exchanged glances, but there was no answer.
“My dad has a snake attached to his body!”
“Huh? My dad too!!”
Casius’s face turned pale as he listened carefully to the children’s chatter.
The same was true for Terion and Gray, who were not yet married.
Casius quietly pulled Isabella aside and covered her ears.
“Why?”
Casius shook his head slightly.
He once again realized that he should not even drink cold water in front of children.
(This is a time separator.)
While Casius was completely absorbed in Isabella and the children,
Lenisha was spending time with ‘Solein,’ who was leading the people of Hiloshain.
“It will take a few months for the outside construction to be completed. However, we can’t stand idle during that time.”
“…….”
“Repairing the castle and building Hiloshain’s prestige is important, but the value of Hiloshain is not only there.”
Solein said nothing, and before him Lenisha smiled without any agitation.
“Knights need quality metal to make weapons and armor. And there are things even better than that here in Hiloshain. It’s the scales of the black snake.”
People living in Hiloshain were the successors to the power of the black snake.
The fact that their power has been preserved until now is thanks to the ‘corpse of the black snake’ buried in the ground.
When the world opened, three snake gods appeared.
The red snake god that ruled the earth, the white snake god that ruled the sea, and finally the black snake that ruled the darkness.
As time passed, the three gods concealed themselves, and the power of the red snake remained as a huge flame.
To acquire that power, one had to overcome death.
Many challengers lost their lives, and Casius became the master of that power.
Secondly, the power of the white snake melted into the sea.
Following the endlessly circulating seawater, the power of the white snake gently enveloped the entire continent.
Lastly, the corpse of the black snake was buried in the land of Hiloshain.
The power of the black snake was being passed on through the people of Hiloshain.
They are born in Hiloshain and return to the land of Hiloshain.
The buried corpse transformed into metal harder than diamond.
Moreover, the people of Hiloshain, who had the power of the black snake, had extraordinary physical abilities compared to ordinary people.
A single Hiloshain knight could face dozens of ordinary knights.
That was the power Hiloshain possessed.
Lenisha obtained Hiloshain.
With that, Lenisha was able to have the strongest knights in the world.
“For a while, Hiloshain has been hiding, concealing itself. But the knights of the red snake appeared. Casius became Duke of Rotera and received recognition from the world. Hiloshain has no reason to hide anymore.”
“……You intend to use Hiloshain.”
Solein spoke in a worn voice.
His tranquil face was like a calm lake.
“Is that wrong?”
Lenisha stared at Solein with cold, clear eyes.
He was an old man who had lived for over a hundred years.
Solein was one who saw and felt more than Lenisha.
Hiloshain respects and loves Rotera, but prioritizes Solein’s words.
Solein’s role was important.
“……Hiloshain does not grow even a single blade of grass easily because of the power of the black snake. The only thing that grows here is so tough that it cannot be eaten. What was it like when Rotera was lost? Hiloshain had to scatter.”
“…….”
“I will use Hiloshain. I will make Lexus pay with the power of Hiloshain. In return.”
Lenisha put a period on it.
“I will also let myself be used.”
There was a firmness mixed in, indicating that she could never be refused.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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