In the end, Reese won.
Reese was able to stay in the palace.
However, she had to unconditionally follow Hersis’s words, and there was a condition that she could only be in the places he permitted.
“Of course. I naturally thought so.”
Reese gladly accepted the conditions.
Hersis immediately sent everyone, except for the essential personnel, on vacation from the palace. He instructed the officials to work from the outskirts or other palaces.
With an unwavering determination to leave nothing else in this battlefield besides himself and the Duke, Hersis gradually organized everything one by one.
Thanks to that, the palace became extremely quiet.
It was so quiet that it was almost boring, but Rosa was by her side, and a few nearby merchants stayed behind, becoming companions for Reese.
And the officials and midwives visited twice a day, checking the health of the mother and child, providing encouragement.
Hersis didn’t leave Reese’s side unless he had to give instructions to the guards, receive reports about the situation outside the palace, or handle other duties.
If he happened to leave for more than two hours, he would have Clovin deliver a message.
“He says it will take about another half an hour.”
The face of Clovin, who spoke like that, somehow seemed to shine, Reese thought.
Later, it turned out that the shining wasn’t on his face but on the brooch attached to his uniform.
In the middle was a golden four-leaf clover engraved with a shield pattern. Seeing that, Reese realized that he had become a person who earned Hersis’s trust, much like Ishar.
Speaking of which, where did Ishar go?
Reese was curious. When she asked Hersis, he only said he was on an inspection for a while.
“Where did he go? Shouldn’t we call him back?”
When she asked like that, Hersis’s expression turned cold. Although she felt like she shouldn’t ask any further, it was disappointing.
In the increasingly tense situation, she wished he were here so that she could feel a bit more reassured.
On the third day after the guards were dispatched.
After dinner, Reese took a stroll in the garden with Hersis.
The full moon was slowly rising towards the top of the celestial arch.
Various colored flowers gently adorned the buds they had spread during the day, and the wind was warm enough that she didn’t need an extra shawl on top of her coat.
It was clearly spring.
“Reese.”
From Hersis’s suddenly audible and complex tone, Reese guessed that he would finally ask about ‘that’ matter.
“What kind of man was I in the book you saw in your past life?”
“…….”
After a brief hesitation, Reese gave a comprehensive answer.
“You were a wonderful man. You were the protagonist.”
“And you?”
“…….”
“What kind of connection did you have with me?”
Reese learned through the conversation the day before that Hersis didn’t know much about many things.
The information he had was not obtained through abilities like Jaden Carlton but purely through Reese, who freely babbled in her unconscious state. Fortunately, he was awake at that time.
Luckily, he couldn’t remember all the nonsensical words Reese had spouted. So, even if she made up things now, he wouldn’t know.
“Just… a passing connection. A brief relationship as a slave with the young mistress of the master’s house.”
“A passing connection…”
He pondered Reese’s words and cautiously asked with a careful tone.
“Did I kill you by any chance?”
“…….”
Reese was speechless.
Hersis saw through what Reese had tried so hard to conceal. He was that kind of man.
Possessing a vast range of thinking, much like understanding the entire picture with a single puzzle piece, he deduced the truth in a single breath through some unusual actions.
“As expected, it seems so.”
Since Reese remained silent, Hersis drew his conclusion on his own.
His gaze was bitter.
“Did you realize that fact from the carriage accident?”
Reese nodded directly. Now, it was not surprising that he had this level of deductive ability.
“Somehow, I thought you changed since then. I was always curious about why you suddenly avoided me, seemed afraid, and tried to keep your distance. Now, everything becomes clear.”
Listening to his calm voice permeating into the darkness, Reese smiled faintly.
Suddenly, the wind blew from the entrance of the palace, far away. In the wind, a faint smell of iron could be sensed.
“I’ve always been curious… ”
Hersis, who stood side by side, turned to face Reese.
“Is the male protagonist you know from the book really me?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Just because I find it hard to believe. The fact that I was destined to kill you.”
At his words, Reese let out a deep sigh. And she revealed the unspoken part.
“That… I was going to push your beloved female protagonist, that is, my sister, off a cliff. So…”
“So, it’s even more unbelievable.”
Thinking it might be somewhat surprising with this new fact, Hersis remained consistently calm. As if he had long suspected that the counterpart of his destined fate in the original work was Lilia.
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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