Why did she end up sharing her mother’s love story…
Caught up in her mother’s smile, Etiénne couldn’t help but smile like her mother.
“I will definitely make Leharth my husband.”
The position of Empress is just a consequential part of it.
“Then I should meet the Empress Mama. I have to talk to Mama about the relationship between the Crown Prince and you.”
Etiénne nodded, understanding the meaning of fitting words.
“No, maybe someone else is already talking about it instead of me.”
“Someone else?”
When Etiénne couldn’t immediately recall who that someone else might be, Sarah smiled and said,
“The Crown Prince, you know.”
“Do you know that a spring breeze is blowing in the hearts of marriageable women?”
As Empress sipped her tea, Leharht lowered his arm and turned away. He was in the midst of taking measurements for the attire for the coronation ceremony.
“Spring breeze? I’m feeling excited for no reason.”
“Those women would be even more excited.”
“I will present them with a splendid ball. In there, they can make eye contact with handsome men like me.”
Empress put down her teacup in response to Leharht’s indirect rejection.
“It seems she already has someone in mind.”
As if it wasn’t surprising, Empress spoke, and Leharht, feigning a brief contemplation, then asked about others. When they were left alone, Leharht sat across from her.
“She will marry Etiénne.”
“Prince Ludwig also expressed interest in her.”
It was a question about the current situation, but in reality, it was a statement already knowing the outcome. Prince Ludwig had considered marrying Etiénne, and this question was also asking if it was acceptable even if Leharht pursued her.
“I suddenly remembered something from the past. When Ludwig mentioned Etiénne, the Empress immediately chased him away right then and there.”
The Empress herself issued the order for the expulsion.
“It was a small wish for things not to escalate.”
“I understand. But this time, you don’t have to worry.”
Leharht spoke with confidence. The Empress, reading the ease in his expression, nodded.
“They seem to match well, and now their hearts align too.”
When she excused herself, the conversation shifted from Empress to a conversation between mother and son.
“I made a lot of effort to win Etiénne’s heart.”
Leharht said with a joyful smile.
“I didn’t know that the time waiting for Etiénne to come of age could be so both boring and enjoyable. It was the first time I felt such contrasting emotions.”
In other words, Leharht had feelings for Etiénne even before he came of age.
“Exactly when…”
“Exactly when Etiénne was sixteen, during a journey to meet the Myrtle tree, I fell in love with Etiénne.”
Before the Empress finished her sentence, Leharht answered enthusiastically.
“A lot happened in the meantime, but I’ll just tell you the result. I told Etiénne that I would wait, and when he came of age, I confessed to him. And confidently, we became lovers.”
“Why does it sound like you caught Etiénne as soon as he grew up in my ears?”
“It’s a misunderstanding.”
Leharht said confidently, extending his chest.
“While being with Etiénne, I treated her preciously and confessed, but I didn’t rush. Etiénne simply responded to my feelings.”
In response to Leharht’s answer, the Empress gradually lost words. It was shameless for him to say such things to her, his mother.
“So, he will marry Etiénne, not any other woman. And he will become the Empress as well.”
Leharht decisively cut off any other women.
“There must be many disappointed families.”
The Empress raised her head and placed her hand on the teapot. The surface had cooled down slightly. The only thing she heard until the teapot reached this state was the love story of Leharht towards Etiénne.
“So, you mentioned hosting a ball.”
“Shouldn’t you inform those ladies first?”
“I will. However, there is still an unresolved matter.”
For the first time, Leharht’s expression turned bitter. The ends of his eyebrows drooped, and his lips curved upwards, but it was a face that didn’t seem to smile even when he smiled.
“What is it?”
Looking at that face, she couldn’t help but ask. She wondered if he was saying this because of Rudvi.
“Etiénne’s feelings.”
However, the answer that came was strange.
As the Empress waited for a detailed explanation, Leharht expressed his complicated feelings with a long sigh.
“There is something I haven’t told her yet. If she hears that and her feelings don’t change, then we can get married…”
Unable to be confident about how Etiénne would react, Leharht blurred the end of his sentence.
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 🙂
*
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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