Once Cyrus’s departure to Dongryeong was decided, the people of Maho Castle became busy. They prepared their belongings and busily moved around until late at night, selecting those who would accompany them on the journey.
After a storm-like period had passed and everyone had gone to bed, Cyrus secretly went to Louis’s room. Louis was preparing to lie down when he felt the lord’s presence and straightened up.
Cyrus, revealed in the shadows, approached Louis.
“Tomorrow…”
Louis listened to Cyrus’s instructions with a serious expression. After Cyrus finished speaking, Louis wore a face with various questions but didn’t ask anything and replied, “I will follow the orders, my lord.”
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Cyrus received a farewell from many people as he left Maho Castle. Riding on a black horse, escorted by twin knights, Lihan and Latello, Cyrus galloped away without looking back.
Although those seeing him off couldn’t see, Cyrus’s eyes were ominously shining, not like someone going to see a missed person.
Three days after leaving Maho Castle, an eagle landed on Cyrus’s shoulder. Cyrus untied a paper attached to the eagle’s ankle.
While reading the letter, Cyrus’s expression sank darkly, and the escort knights swallowed their dry saliva.
Even after reading the contents of the letter, Cyrus remained silent for a while. Various emotions colored and disappeared from his pale face.
Eventually, Cyrus, as expressionless as usual, spoke calmly.
“The coup has been filtered out. Let’s go back.”
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The fact that the North Crown Prince, who was expected to return in a few months, returned to Maho Castle not even a week after leaving froze the officials. It was because Cyrus was not someone who would act like this without a reason.
Upon returning to Maho Castle, Cyrus immediately summoned his subordinates. From the Duke Teseo Hern, who was a high-ranking official, to the Lord Chamberlain Heinell Brown.
Seated on the throne, Cyrus stared at his subordinates politely standing in front of him. The subordinates received the lord’s gaze without even breathing.
Why does our lord seem so uncomfortable like that?
Although curious, no one dared to open their mouths.
After observing his subordinates for a while, Cyrus, who had been staring at them, laughed coldly, leaned back, and crossed his legs. With parted red lips, a chilly voice flowed.
“It seems that some people here are extremely surprised by the fact that I am in this position. Your hearts must have dropped several times. Isn’t that right?”
The subordinates didn’t know what their lord was talking about and were bewildered. Except for one person.
“There seem to be people here who are extremely bewildered by the fact that the North Crown Prince, who should have died this time, is sitting there safely.”
For a while, Cyrus, who had been glaring at his subordinates, laughed coldly and leaned back, crossing his legs. Chancellor Krona Heben carefully opened his mouth.
“Your Excellency, what do you mean by that? Why would we wish for your death?”
“Heben Marquis, did you know through whom I am heading to Dongryeong?”
“Well, naturally, I heard that you were going through the convenient route of Revnan City…”
The eyes of other subordinates flickered. It was because they knew that Cyrus was heading to Dongryeong through a different route.
A few who belatedly caught Cyrus’s thoughts widened their eyes. Cyrus’s mouth curled up coldly.
“There are multiple ways to go to Dongryeong. You all must have known that I was going through one of those various routes. Since I’m not going to fight in Dongryeong, I won’t bring many guards, and I won’t be heavily guarded. I thought this would be a good opportunity for them to cut my throat, considering that it might not happen again.”
Cyrus rose slowly.
“I’ll depart the day after tomorrow. It must have been urgent for you. Without checking this and that, you would have contacted them, and they wouldn’t have had time to carefully plan an ambush…”
Cyrus descended slowly to the floor and approached his subordinates.
“But the ambushers wouldn’t have known. My knights were ambushing all the roads leading to Dongryeong last night.”
Cyrus stopped in front of Marquis Brown. His red pupils stopped above Brown Marquis’s honest face.
“Isn’t that right, Marquis?”
Marquis Brown, trying to create a smile, struggled with his mouth.
“What are you talking about, Your Excellency…”
“You knew that I was going through the Whirl Canyon, didn’t you? I came to you personally yesterday evening and told you that I would pass through the Whirl Canyon.”
Cyrus grabbed and smoothed Marquis Brown’s robe with both hands. While Cyrus’s hand was touching, Marquis Brown couldn’t even breathe.
“Before doing something big, don’t you think you should have a conversation with someone else, Marquis? Then other people would have known that I was going through a different route. Ah, couldn’t you because you said you would depart the next day? You were in a hurry, right?”
Marquis Brown knelt down with a thud.
“Your Excellency, I don’t know what you mean by that.”
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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