“What are you thinking?” Adele asked as she placed a steaming cup of red tea in front of Kim.
“Things to come. I’m sorry, but it seems I’ll have to leave soon.”
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
Adele nodded willingly and sat down beside him.
“If I leave, I won’t come back to Greenhill.”
“Oh…”
“It’ll be sad not to see the kids.”
“It’s sad, but it’s okay because I’ll be with you from now on.”
Adele laughed brightly, fist-bumping him. In that bright smile, Christine felt some of her unease dissipating.
As Adele leaned her head against his shoulder, she whispered as if making a vow while gently stroking her head.
“Yeah, we’ll be together from now on. And let’s have a cute baby soon.”
“Yeah, let’s have our own cute baby.”
Suddenly, Adele’s face reddened as if she had some thoughts.
“But, Chris, won’t sleeping together be a bit challenging? No matter how quickly you recover, it will take time for the wounds to heal…”
Blushing, Adele looked cute, so Christine playfully teased her.
“Adele, even if I were a beast, with this body, I can’t hold you.”
“I know. Who said otherwise?”
Christine playfully looked at her, whose pouted lips made her seem adorable.
“What a regrettable face.”
“Regrettable? For whom?”
“Besides, it’s impossible to satisfy you with mediocre recovery…”
Adele quickly covered his mouth.
“Quiet! What if the kids hear us?”
The more she insisted, the more he wanted to tease her.
“Tell the truth. Is it disappointing? Do you happen to know? Even if we can’t satisfy each other, can we make our own child?”
“Really, I can’t hit a patient…”
Adele grabbed both of his cheeks, shaking them, just like she used to when they were younger.
“Oh, aah! I said this is off-limits!”
“Oh my, I don’t remember agreeing to that.”
As she stuck her tongue out playfully and tried to escape, she suddenly stopped.
“Zimmer Kyung…!”
Zimmer, seen after a few days, looked like a traveler who had been on a long journey.
His usually neat clothes were crumpled, his hair was disheveled, and an untrimmed beard covered his chin in a scruffy manner.
Spotting Christine sitting on the porch looking healthy, his eyes became moist.
“Darn it, are you… are you really okay?”
“Did you want to send me away?”
Christine seemed unchanged to the point that worry seemed unnecessary.
“I worried for nothing all this time.”
“I worried about the most useless thing in the world.”
Finally wiping his eyes with his sleeve, Zimmer laughed.
“That’s true.”
Suddenly, Jennifer appeared and shouted loudly.
“I told you not to worry! I can handle the headmaster and Miss Adele by myself!”
Zimmer calmly nodded and whispered to Adele.
“The headmaster must have had a hard time taking care of even the troublemaker.”
“Well, a bit.”
Adele didn’t deny it.
While Zimmer had said he would report first, Adele insisted on having a meal first.
It was evident at a glance that he had not eaten or rested properly for several days. This indicated how urgent the situations had been during that time.
After finishing their meal, Christine and Zimmer went up to the living room alone, without Adele bringing them tea.
Even just anticipating how serious their conversation would be made Adele nervous.
Was the reason for her anxiety today the news they were about to discuss?
It wasn’t just Christine who felt uneasy for no apparent reason.
“In the end, Duke Roderick has died.”
As they entered the living room and were left alone, Zimmer spoke heavily.
Christine sighed softly.
Although she had already suspected it, confirming it made her heart even heavier.
“Did Lady Isabella manage to protect the duke until his death?”
“Yes, fortunately, I brought Lady Isabella to him not long before his demise. Just before he passed away, the duke informed that the emperor had attacked him.”
“Thank goodness.”
Thanks to this, Christine avoided the false accusation of murdering the duke.
“But now, we don’t know if a rebellion will occur.”
“That’s true.”
The two remained silent for a moment, staring at each other’s faces.
Rebellion.
Countless soldiers died in the long war, and citizens lived in fear. Moreover, the treasury was depleted.
So, Christine had hoped that the situation wouldn’t come to this.
If Duke Roderick were alive, the evidence of him executing the former emperor alone could have ousted Yan from the throne.
He was the leader of the Council of Nobles, and many nobles followed him.
But Isabella was different. Younger nobles tended to favor the aggressive Yan, and it was uncertain whether the Council of Nobles would fully support her.
However, Isabella would fight against the emperor.
It was clear that Yan’s next target was Justice Duke Rustulf, who held the second position in the imperial hierarchy.
Having lost both her husband and father, she would do whatever it took to protect her son.
Moreover, the knight order of House Roderick was comparable to the armies of most kingdoms.
Yan, who knew this, couldn’t just stand by.
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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