Ssshh…
The bedroom door quietly opened.
A familiar presence approached, slicing through the air. The distinct scent of sandalwood gradually intensified, and the careful steps on the carpet became clearer. Finally, one side of the bed sank heavily.
Liz thought it was about time to open her eyes.
“… You’re here?”
With enough drowsiness mixed into her voice, it didn’t seem like she had just woken up.
“I woke you up.”
“I woke up because it was time to wake up. Now that you’re here, I should go back to sleep.”
In the darkness, Hersis’s eyes gently curved. His golden eyes, unaffected by the presence or absence of light, were beautiful. Both his gaze and lips could be perfectly aligned.
Shh…
After their lips met and their gazes seemed to meet… he looked down again. No, a bit lower. Much lower.
“….”
His gaze fixed on Liz’s neck, and his eyes narrowed. The laughter that had been at the corner of his mouth disappeared.
“Why is there this here?”
With his gaze fixed on Liz’s neck, he asked.
“What? What is it?”
Liz touched her neck with her fingertips. She felt a small protrusion.
“Ah…”
She had forgotten. What had touched there a few hours ago. It seemed to be the mark left by the sharp tip of the javelin.
“It’s… nothing. It itched a bit, so I scratched, and it turned out like this.”
Hersis stared into Liz’s eyes.
Deciding to cancel the thought that his eyes, unaffected by darkness, were good, Liz casually spoke.
“What else could it be? In the main palace, where surveillance is strict like this.”
Hersis’s sharp gaze gradually receded at her words. It wasn’t because he believed Liz’s words outright, but because there was something he had to do.
“Wait. I’ll bring some medicine.”
He went out to the living room. Meanwhile, Liz quickly took a hand mirror from the dresser. She wanted to check if her make-up was still appropriate.
“Well… not bad.”
It would have been better to say that the poke was like a bug bite, but it was already in the past.
As the footsteps approached, Liz quickly put the hand mirror back in its place. The doorknob turned, and Hersis returned with a medicine box.
He sat at the end of the bed, unfolded the medicine case, and took out a sterilized cotton ball.
“It might sting a bit.”
“It’s okay.”
Liz smiled faintly as she answered. But…
“Uh…”
As soon as the damp cotton touched her neck, she shivered from the itchiness. For a while, Hersis became somewhat annoying.
However, when he carefully applied the ointment and attached the bandage, he became lovely again.
“Did it hurt a lot?”
“Yes… it stings a bit.”
Liz honestly answered, rubbing her neck. Two lines of bandages crossed over the smooth gauze.
“I heard the preparations for the banquet are going well.”
Hersis closed the medicine case and placed it on the bedside table, changing the topic. Liz had worried about him probing about her wounds, so she was relieved.
“Everyone has praise for you. They say we overcame the crisis because of you.”
“If you’re talking about the flower decoration, I didn’t do much. I just suggested an idea that I thought would be nice.”
“That’s the most important. You need a trunk to extend branches.”
Hersis looked at Liz with a smiling face. Liz could tell that he admired her.
“I’ll probably send such a look to my child’s growth every moment.”
Suddenly, such a thought crossed her mind. Meanwhile, she felt an urge to do something.
“Herr.”
At Liz’s call, he blinked naturally. It meant he was ready to hear whatever she wanted to say.
“Shall we name our child?”
“…A name?”
To her unexpected words, Hersis widened his eyes and asked in surprise.
“Isn’t that usually done after the baby is born?”
“That’s true, but I want to decide in advance. I want to call the baby that often.”
“Okay, let’s do that.”
Hersis agreed readily.
Liz lay on the bed in a good mood, and Hersis lay next to her, pulling her into his arms. Then, he ran his fingers through her hair, repeating the motion, and said,
“What would be good? My name was taken from my grandfather’s middle name, so should we decide like that?”
“Well… that’s not a bad idea. Try saying the name of the respected ancestor emperor.”
“Arthur, Pastrick, Lucian, Florian, Serwin…”
Liz was familiar with those names. They were the names that ranked high every year for male babies born in the Lusencia region.
Liz imagined scenes where the baby in her belly would be called by those names.
It was a scene where the baby, engrossed in play, would suddenly turn around with a smile when she called its name from behind.
But the face that kept coming to her mind wasn’t that of a cute baby but…
‘Ugh!’
The wrinkled and frightening faces of the past emperors!
It was evidence that the names didn’t really resonate with the image of a child.
“I think… it might be better to think about it slowly.”
“Yeah, that sounds good. We have plenty of time to think about it.”
“…”
Listening to Hersis’s heartbeat pounding in her ears, Liz closed her eyes. His words from a while ago lingered strangely in her mind.
‘Think about it slowly.’
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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