Aelfrie was lost in thought when the carriage, having just been released from its standstill, began to move. Thanks to that, Aelfrie was able to snap out of her reverie and reexamine the conversation she had just heard a moment ago.
“That person does not reveal where he is,” she thought.
People assumed that he would be staying in the Empire, where the headquarters of Ash Trading Company were located.
A person who manages ships and goods traveling throughout the continent and oversees the business must naturally be in the Empire.
But so far, he has not revealed where he is or where he is going, so people who wanted to meet him did not know where to go.
“The greatest mystery of the Ash Trading Company is his identity and whereabouts,” she thought.
That such a person would come to Denerthum.
“It will be a tremendous opportunity for Denerthum.”
Images of the continental economic indicators she had seen in a borrowed magazine a month ago came to Aelfrie’s mind.
Ash Trading Company had had such a significant economic impact wherever it expanded, that it was said to have raised the standard of the country.
“It won’t just be a visit… Perhaps it’s to explore for more investment?”
She didn’t know what aspect of this country had attracted his interest, but she hoped that he would find a reason to stay here for a long time.
“They say it’s the quietest country on the continent… Maybe he’s coming to take a rest. If he has a family, will they come to live with him?”
As Aelfrie excitedly continued to think, the coachman’s voice was heard.
“We have arrived.”
Startled, Aelfrie looked out to find the entrance to the Academy Library right in front of her.
She hurriedly got down and paid, then quickly entered the library.
She had already lost considerable time in the central square’s bustle. If she didn’t hurry, her parents would discover her outing.
Aelfrie headed towards the reading room almost at a run. The loud footsteps seemed to irritate a library staff member, who looked at her with displeasure.
Aelfrie hid her face with her hat and produced something she had secretly taken from her father’s study.
It was an identification card with her father’s name on it.
More precisely, an identification card to use the Academy Library.
Although the entire continent was swept by the winds of change, Denerthum remained a conservative country.
In some republics, not only were representatives directly elected by commoners, but women were also given equal voting rights. However, in Denerthum, this was a strange thing.
Here, women couldn’t even read books freely.
According to the myth of Denerthum, women were created from the leftovers after God made men.
Thus, they were always deficient.
That belief held firm, so the people of Denerthum considered women physically inferior to men and intellectually lacking, foolish beings that couldn’t properly receive instruction.
So the Academy of Denerthum, even for the nobility, still did not permit women’s enrollment.
Hence, the Academy Library was also inaccessible.
Women could only enter the library to run errands.
The staff member checked the ID, looked at Aelfrie’s attire, and asked,
“Are you a home tutor? Are you here on your employer’s errand?”
“Yes. I have to borrow books for the young lady’s education.”
The lie flowed smoothly in response to the familiar question. It wasn’t even a lie, really. The books she borrowed today were all to be read by her. So, in the end, they were indeed for her education.
The staff member checked the ID once more and allowed her entry.
Her steps led her familiarly to the reading room. Soon, the shelf with newly arrived books appeared.
“Ah….”
Her eyes, filled with excitement, scanned the books on the shelf. The last time she had been here was already three months ago.
Aelfrie’s father had obtained the Academy Library membership for show, but he had never used it.
So he had carelessly tossed it somewhere in the study and forgotten about it. Aelfrie discovered it while cleaning the study.
Normally, she would have just left it on the desk, but by chance, she had seen an article in the newspaper her father had read and thrown aside the day before about a large number of the Empire’s books arriving at the Academy Library.
Fiddling with her father’s ID for quite some time, Aelfrie finally headed to the Academy Library with it the next day, secretly.
Though her heart felt as if it would burst out in fear that her father might come running after her at any moment and grab her for doing something so insolent, her curiosity to see the Empire’s books led Aelfrie on.
When she first came, she didn’t know where to go, and didn’t know the rental procedure, and there were several close calls, but fortunately, she was able to borrow a book.
That night, how her heart pounded as she read the Empire’s book in the continental common language alone in her room.
Of course, there were books in the house. They filled her father’s study. But they were all old.
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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