“You can't run away from me. Never.”... more>>

The harsh cold sweeps through the North.

The Grand Duke of the Principality of Phaenyx, Theo de Luache.

He was called ‘mu*derer’, ‘War Demon’.

Everyone feared his ruthlessness and refused to be by his side.

But now he has a bride-to-be.

A woman from a small southern island, not even on the map.

A year later, she will meet her death as a sacrifice to the Empire.

Unaware of this, she was sold to the merciless Grand Duke, Theo.

Theo didn't care if his wife was a sacrifice.

She would eventually leave him out of fear.

She wouldn't last even a year and would run away.

His life was always solitary.

“Theo. Shall we go for a walk?”

But she doesn't seem to think of running away.

She doesn't fear him and stays by his side.

With such a pure, clear smile......

Can she really look at me like this?

No, this won't do.

I must bind her tightly to the Principality, keep her by my side forever.

I must kill those who intend to offer her as a sacrifice.

I must make her even more scared so she can never escape from here.

But first, I must take a walk with her.

Because she likes it. <<less

Isaac Esteban, the one I loved and who loved me in return.... more>>

He, who had been so devoted to her, suddenly betrayed Calliope for the saintess who had traveled the lands in search for knights to defeat the demon king. He turned his back on Calliope and left to follow Clementia as the chosen knight fated to subjugate the demon king, who is resurrected every 500 years, saying he felt true love for the latter.

Foolish Calliope waited for him, hoping to take that one chance to cling to him when he returned. She could never forget that gaze that looked at her so lovingly.

He came back a year later, dead, without a body and only his name left behind.

Stricken with grief, she lived as if she were in hell for a year. In the end, during the parade for the one-year anniversary celebration of the demon king’s defeat, she climbed up the bell tower and jumped to her death.

s*upid Calliope.
Foolish Calliope.

She could neither forget nor throw away the man who had done the same to her.

She, who threw her life away like that, opened her eyes once again. To her childhood. To the day before she entered the Marquis household. To the days as a young child with nothing. <<less

In a village ruled by a cunning god, there lives a beautiful, insane, young master.... more>>

“He’s going to die soon.”

Beodeul (Sahye), lives as a woman disguised as a man to hide her identity as the descendant of a traitor. Despite her mother’s warnings to stay away from the young master, she is drawn to him. She felt pity for the young master, confined in his room without a single friend and nameless. He was stricken with illness, so she brought him lotus lanterns, delicious foods, and took care of him.

“You’re so strange.”

Following this, the young master began to display a strange attachment. However, on the day the demon attacked the village, she witnesses the young master devoured by the demon before her very own eyes. In trying to save him, Beodeul’s identity as the descendant of a traitor is revealed.

“Listen, traitor. The Great Demon, sealed a hundred years ago, has awakened. Find it and destroy it. If you accomplish that, I shall lift your curse of treason passed down from your ancestors.”

Thus, she was treated like the king’s dog for four years. And then, she met the young master who she believed was dead.

── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✦ ── ⋅ ⋅ ──

“Who are you? A demon in human disguise, tainted by filth?”

“Beodeul.”

He uttered softly in response to the sharp question.

“It’s me, you even gave me my name. Don’t you remember?”

In front of the man who smiled so gracefully, the love she had buried with the death of the young master four years ago, suddenly came back to life. The man, who had been staring intently at Sahye as if he would unravel all her secrets, suddenly smiled an unfamiliar smile.

“Beodeul, can you embrace me regardless of who I am or what I look like?”

Sahye, a woman with secrets, and Unhyeok, a man shrouded in mystery. What will become of this relationship? <<less

My husband was always cold to me.... more>>

"You keep trying to cross the line I've drawn."

The arrogant attitude. A look of disdain.

"Don't be so presumptuous. I'll give you nothing more than a king and a Queen."

He was a difficult man, always had been.

But.

When he found out I had only three months to live.

"Are you really…dying?" He asked.

There was only one answer I could give him.

"Yes."

The inevitable fate had already been written.

So I begged him to grant my last wish.

"Before I die, I want to see the sea."

For the best memories. To leave at the end of my life.

****

The Princess called her diary ‘Largo’ <<less

I was possessed in a book. No, I fell as I was. As a thorough third party, I faced the ending of the novel by the side of the main characters. It’s already been hundreds of years. The main characters have already died a long time ago, and he himself has become a monster and is still alive.... more>>

As the novel ended, I was a stranger in this world, and the flow of time stopped for me. Then I finally found a clue. A clue that can completely cut off this time and throw it away. So, following the clues, she infiltrated as a maid for the imperial family. But, have you ever… … ?

“Would you like to check?

“Is it still small or not?”

Perhaps because of the hot campfire, his golden eyes seemed to be burning. It looks big just by looking at it, so what do you need to check?

“… … Please call me by name. Hestia.”

Pathetic and earnest eyes filled my vision.

“Hurry.”

Only after hearing the answer he wanted, he smiled prettily, curling the corners of his eyes.

“We even spent the night together.”

His low voice tickled my ears like a candle flame dancing in the distance. There was no longer any trace of the little boy I had picked up in his appearance. <<less