Just four years ago, Rustica Genas was the most gifted knight in the Caleta Empire and one of the emperor’s most trusted servants. But after challenging his will one too many times, all of her fame, glory, and power were stripped from her. Then what can poor Rustica do but shamefully fade into obscurity? Well, when the rival empire’s ruler sets his sights on winning her heart and freedom, she might have a chance to reclaim more than just her reputation. What could be waiting for her just beyond the Great Barrier?... more>>

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She retired at the age of twenty-one, having lost everything.

Her swordsmanship, her magic, and even her physical strength disappeared without explanation. Rustica Genas is a former genius knight who fled the Caleta Empire to live a quiet life in the countryside, away from the ridicule and finger-pointing.

Until one day, she spots an impossibly handsome man in a local tavern, and in her drunken stupor, she does something she shouldn’t have done.

“If you take someone’s first time you’re responsible for it for the rest of your life.”

He had a great face and body, but not a very good head.

“Do you really think you lost all your powers for no reason?”

The man in front of her was the Emperor of a neighboring country. He smirked, as if he knew what he was talking about.

“By the way, are you sure you don’t remember me? We’ve met before.”

Where have Rue’s memories and powers gone? And how long is this man going to keep chasing her? Either way, it was clear that her idea of a one-night stand followed by a clean break had now gone completely out the window. <<less

The Emperor's companion has taken her own life.... more>>

She hanged herself with the silk bestowed by the Emperor after fourteen years of loyalty and devotion, receiving neither his heart nor the position of Empress in return. Though she wished for death, fate had other plans.

Time and again, she returns to fourteen years earlier, standing before the same proud and imposing Emperor.

"You are my companion," he declares, speaking words she never heard in her previous life.

"If you want to run, then run. If you want to die, then die. Even if I have to tear the empire apart, I will find you again."

The once-cold Emperor, with his golden eyes flashing fiercely, refuses to let her go.

"If you don't want it, I won't even be Emperor."

Clearly, he must be mad.

This is the story of a woman who desperately wanted to be Empress but failed, and a man who deeply regrets losing her. <<less

Kaela, who was neglected by her husband who loves another woman, and was miserably killed in a war with the emperor, who is her husband’s stepfather and uncle.... more>>

She was rather happy to die and willingly died, but when she opened her eyes, she went back to before she got married.

This time, she desperately ran away to avoid death, but she ended up marrying her husband again and went to the cold north again.

Let’s just give up everything.

Now, she has no regrets and is only waiting for a chance to die, but strangely, her husband protects, guards, and loves her dearly.

It’s useless. Only death will bring her rest, so she decides to die properly this time.

For someone, it’s a life without regrets and tedious, but for someone else, it’s a desperate confession.

The couple who should be together are misaligned, the wife sees death, and the husband only looks at his wife.

In the end, one side was destined to go crazy with madness. <<less