“Is this the unexpected encounter?”
“Morris….”
“It’s delightful to meet here, Leana.”
Morris smiled broadly with a bright and handsome face. His eyes were as cold as ice.
“Sage Morris!”
After a while, several priests rushed behind Morris. Recognizing Leana, they quickly became alert, assuming a defensive stance.
Currently, Leana was a wanted criminal of the Papal See, accused of brutally killing people and fleeing during a prayer session.
“Surprising. I guessed you would leave Blue Gale, but coming to the royal palace.”
“After leaving the Papal See, I found many places where my power is needed.”
Leana also grinned at Morris’s smiling face, while glaring at his cold eyes.
“So, what now? Are you going to be dragged back to the Papal See?”
“Is it possible?”
While the two exchanged tense looks, the other priests raised their sacred abilities through prayers.
After a while, a faint blue light surrounded the priests’ bodies.
Looking at them, Leana chuckled.
“Do you think they can do anything to me?”
Morris shrugged his shoulders.
“We have to give them some work too.”
Morris gestured toward the priests.
At that moment, a blue light surrounded the priests and shot towards Leana, winding around her.
Pwaat!
However, Leana’s spell quickly shattered Morris’s attack, and the priests were thrown back.
“Haah, haah!”
Leana also seemed to have taken a hit, breathing heavily, her shoulders heaving.
“Wipe it off.”
Approaching her, Morris handed her a handkerchief.
Unbeknownst to her, blood was dripping from her nose.
Seems like she forced her strength too much without fully recovering.
“I told you. You’re wasting your strength recklessly.”
“Shut up.”
Leana wiped off the blood with the back of her hand instead of using Morris’s handkerchief.
“I really like your tenacity.”
Morris smiled faintly as he put the handkerchief back.
“Still, I can’t overlook a sinner.”
He solemnly raised the Papal See’s insignia and closed his eyes in prayer.
“O Savior, we beseech you to be the salvation of those who yearn for you….”
As he started chanting the prayer solemnly,
Whoooosh…
The air whirled around, and in an instant, Leana was engulfed by it.
“Argh!”
Leana couldn’t stabilize herself against the strong force.
Even in this situation, she gathered her magical power and cast a spell, but the energy dispersed in the whirlwind.
“Don’t struggle, Leana. Your suffering will only increase the more you resist.”
“Son of a b***h!”
Morris raised his voice even louder and continued his prayer.
“As all the power of heaven and earth is manifested through you here….”
Resisting that power, Leana was bleeding not only from her nose but also from the corners of her mouth.
And like collapsing, she slowly crumbled to the ground.
The other priests watched the two’s fight with their mouths agape.
Although they had heard stories about Morris having abilities surpassing even the Pope, it was the first time they had seen it with their own eyes.
“Still, isn’t this a bit too cruel? At this rate, the girl’s life might be at risk….”
“What’s cruel about it? Do you have any idea how horribly that girl killed the priests? We should do the same to her.”
Did Morris share the same thoughts?
Gradually opening his eyes, he looked at the fallen Leana and concluded the final prayer.
“Perish!”
Shooong!
At that moment, an enormous force flew towards Morris.
Sharp blades cutting through the air.
“Ugh!”
He quickly dodged, but he felt a searing pain in his shoulder, knocking him out of the Pope’s hall.
His once white priestly robes were now soaked in blood.
However, he had no time to feel the pain.
Shooong! Shooock!
Fierce attacks continued, targeting his neck and waist.
Though the priests prayed to repel the assault, it was in vain.
The shadows attacking Morris in the darkness were too fast to identify.
There wasn’t enough time to unfold a defensive barrier.
During all this, Morris desperately maneuvered between the trees and sculptures around him.
Eventually, he lost his balance and staggered.
“Sage Morris!”
Hearing the priests’ screams, he closed his eyes and recited a prayer.
“Save us who are in the midst of battle!”
If a blade were to cut through him now, he would be engulfed in flames.
“…….,”
However, even after some time passed, nothing happened.
Opening his eyes, Morris saw that the sharp blades attacking him in the darkness had disappeared, and a tall man was carrying Leana on a horse.
“Darn it, stop him!”
Despite the priests rushing towards him, it was futile.
The man, who had quickly mounted the horse, vanished into the darkness like the wind.
An incident that occurred in the blink of an eye.
All Morris saw was the face of the man who had pushed him to the brink of death.
“……!”
Radiant silver hair shimmering in the dark night sky.
A sleek side profile and chilly gray eyes.
“Kristin Weiss Viscount.”
At the Emperor’s voice, Morris turned.
“You said his name…?”
Morris had heard that name before.
Poets and journalists were constantly talking about the war hero of Kalheim.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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