‘What the…!’
This time, I was sure it wasn’t a misunderstanding.
Looking back, the distance seemed to have unexpectedly shortened.
Wasn’t he far away…?
Nelia stuffed the little remaining strawberry tart in her hand into her mouth.
Then, as if escaping, she left her spot.
The reason was an inexplicable sense of unease.
At first, the gaze she deemed as coincidence, once it happened twice, made her consider the possibility that the duke was looking at her with some other intention.
Then, an unsettling question remains.
‘Why…?’
Why was he looking at me?
If she were the main female character, a peerless beauty, she might be flattered by the duke’s gaze, but objectively her appearance didn’t stand out in this glamorous party.
So, instead of finding the answer, she chose to evade it.
Just then, Nelia met her parents, who returned from mingling with the people. Only the two of them were standing alone, Layton had gone somewhere.
Lilly asked with a worried expression.
“Nelia, so you were here. Do you know where Layton went?”
“Layton…?”
“He said he was going to the restroom, but he hasn’t been seen since…”
If it was someone else, they would have waited thinking an adult would find their way back, but when it came to Layton, she felt anxious.
During the week when she woke up and realized she was possessing Nelia, Layton had often been involved in unexpected accidents.
He followed a street cat and ruined someone’s garden by jumping over their fence, and he even got into a fight with thugs on the street late at night after drinking.
His actions were hard to believe for an adult.
“I’ll go find him.”
“Alright, Nelia. Thank you.”
After lightly patting Nelia’s shoulder, Lilly disappeared again to greet the people.
Nelia diligently searched for a person dressed in a purple party dress inside the party hall.
‘Where could this guy have suddenly gone?’
Layton was nowhere to be seen in the party hall.
Anyway, this person, I really hope he isn’t causing trouble somewhere.
As she sighed and turned her head, she spotted a slightly open door in a secluded corner.
She didn’t know where it led, but it seemed better to check just in case.
Creak.
The place connected to the door was a terrace overlooking the first floor.
There was a large chandelier and small lights hanging from the ceiling, illuminating something below.
Just by looking, this place, which had the atmosphere of an exhibition hall, seemed to be housing something very important…
Clang!
Before she knew it, a sound of ‘a very important something’ being damaged echoed.
Feeling that the premonition wasn’t good, Nelia slowly looked down below the railing.
Layton, whom she had been searching for so desperately, was standing on the first floor.
Frozen stiff at that.
‘Ha, I thought it wouldn’t be… but he really caused an accident.’
As Nelia hastily descended to the first floor, she saw Layton staring at a necklace with one end torn off.
“What are you doing, what have you done!”
“Uh…uh, Nelia.”
Layton blinked his eyes and looked at Nelia.
“I just found this necklace fascinating and wanted to look at it closely, but I dropped it when my hand slipped…”
Nelia held her forehead.
Did this guy even receive basic education?
At museums or art galleries, it’s always written to only observe the artwork with your eyes…!
“But why is this here, why is it displayed alone in such a huge space.”
Is that the issue right now!
The important thing is that you touched this seemingly expensive necklace, dropped it, and broke it!
Moreover, in the royal palace…
Her head throbbed.
‘……Wait a minute.’
A necklace displayed alone in such a vast space…?
Moreover, that radiant blue gem hanging in the middle of the necklace, it’s certainly…
‘The Tear of Elena…!’
Nelia felt a throbbing headache, a pain that gnawed at her.
The accident that Nelia in the original work had caused, was now committed by Layton.
‘What should I do?’
Should I call for someone?
While Nelia was contemplating how to handle the situation.
“Who made this?”
A eerie voice echoed from afar.
Startled, Nelia turned her head. A man leaning against the wall under the lights became visible.
‘Who is he…?’
The light behind the man was so bright that it was hard to look directly at him.
The critical thing was not who the man was, but rather that someone else had witnessed this situation.
While Nelia was thinking about what to respond, Layton, looking displeased, addressed the man first.
“Who are you?”
The man’s voice echoed.
“Did you make this?”
“What will you do if I didn’t? And when did we get close enough for you to be so informal?”
You’re the one who did it…!
Not only did Layton blatantly lie, he also grew agitated.
Contrarily, the man remained motionless. His face was not visible, but for some reason, an expression like a chilly wind was imagined.
“It was a perfectly fine necklace just a moment ago. But now, it looks like this.”
“…It was like this when I arrived too.”
The man slightly tilted his head. The shadow under the light moved.
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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