Wishing My Husband Dead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
“……What? It’s not like we’re in the two-hundred-year-old past—how can that even make sense?”
Leonard was genuinely astonished. The era when being educated was considered a flaw for noblewomen was long over.
Indeed, in this age, a proper lady from a distinguished family was expected to be well-versed in literature and piano, and ideally even trained in arithmetic and philosophy if possible.
“I can’t believe it. Just how did Archduke Vasquez raise his daughter?”
“He simply wished for her to grow up as a foolish doll, obedient only to her father and husband.”
Cordelia muttered bitterly to herself. Her father had strongly disapproved of Cordelia learning anything—if not for her mother, she likely wouldn’t have even learned to read.
He had even frowned upon hiring a private tutor for her.
“Now it finally makes a bit of sense why you’re so ignorant about magic. With a talent like seeing magical energy, you must have just let it rot away.”
“But isn’t a sorcerer’s disciple just someone who learns magic?”
“A sorcerer passes their heart to their disciple upon death.”
“Oh! You startled me!”
“Make some noise when you walk around. Do you have to advertise how old you are?”
Baron kept appearing and disappearing out of thin air, and no matter how many times Cordelia witnessed it, she never got used to it. Ignoring Beluce’s sharp remark entirely, Baron continued his explanation.
“It’s more symbolic than literal, of course—but it signifies an extremely strong bond between master and disciple.”
“How strong a bond are we talking about?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
Fun chapter. The relationship between all of them is heartwarming.
Laughed out loud reading this, Lord Leonard is very jealous of the closeness of his own student and friend 😭
They are so cute together I can’t take it anymore <3 love the dynamic