Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90 - Light And Shadow>
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112 - The Morning Comes>
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118 - After The Storm
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132 -
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Epilogue 1.3
Chapter 135 - Epilogue 2.1: Traces Of Life
Chapter 136
Chapter 137 - Epilogue 2.3
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141 - Epilogue 4.1: Ever After>
Chapter 142 - Epilogue 4.2
Chapter 143 - Epilogue 4.3
Chapter 144 - Epilogue 5.1>
Chapter 145 - Epilogue 5.2
Chapter 146 - The Most Romantic Weekend>
Chapter 147 - Short Stories 1.2
Chapter 148 -
Chapter 149 -
Chapter 150 -
Chapter 151 -
Chapter 152 -
Chapter 153 -
Chapter 154 - Short Stories 3.1: Unexpected Things Happen>
Chapter 155 - Short Stories 3.2>
Chapter 156 -
Chapter 157 -
Chapter 158 -
Chapter 159 -
Chapter 160 -
Chapter 161 - Short Stories 5.1: The Man Behind The Mask>
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164 -
Chapter 165 -
Chapter 166
Chapter 167 - Short Stories 6.2
Chapter 168 - Short Stories 6.3
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189 (End)
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Fantasy Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 189
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
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Chapter 86:
I had never seen him, but I knew Lucretius was an expert swordsman. You could tell he worked out. His body was hard and muscular.
I knew this very well. This wasn’t the first time I was on top of him.
“…”
W, what should I do?
I felt my face burning.
His chest was muscular, which meant it was soft and hard at the same time. It was warm too.
When I stared down at him in shock, Lucretius looked up at me weakly.
“If you wanted to give me an answer, you could have just said it. You didn’t have to show me with your body.”
“Bo, body?!”
NOOOO!!
I was about to explode from embarrassment.
He grinned.
“Why are you so red? What are you thinking about?”
“…”
I stood up quickly and awkwardly sat down on the carpet. He slowly sat up as well.
Lucretius laughed softly.
“Your answer is so creative. It’s so unexpected that I forgot I was angry.”
“T… I… I mean…”
I became speechless again. After a short hesitation, I finally was able to form proper words.
“I… I’m sorry.”
I kept glancing at him as if I was a child in trouble.
Lucretius lost his smile and asked me coldly.
“What are you sorry about?”
“Um, I mean…”
“Why did you grab me?”
I couldn’t think clearly.
He asked me if I really meant to return home and I didn’t give him an answer. When I remained silent, he took it as a yes and was about to leave.
I stopped him.
Why? What did I want?
There was no doubt I wanted to go back home. It was my home. I grew up there for 19 years. I missed everyone and everything about it.
I also couldn’t trust him. I was afraid his feelings for me would be temporary. I feared he would lose interest in me and I would become just one of his many women.
That was why I tried to get Yulia for him. I couldn’t trust his feelings, so I wanted them to be for someone else.
I knew I wasn’t making any sense.
I had to tell him the truth. I needed to tell him that yes, I planned to go back home if possible.
However, I couldn’t.
Why couldn’t I?
Lucretius reached out to push my messy hair out of the way. I looked into his eyes. They were beautifully green like a calm ocean. I felt like I was a small paper boat on it, waiting for a storm to destroy me.
He was truly like a sea. He could be cruel and moody. I couldn’t understand him a lot of the times. He could be violent. He could hurt me.
What I was afraid of was how he made me feel.
Lucretius smiled and touched my lips. My shoulder trembled lightly.
“I told you already several times. I want you.”
“…”
I tried my best to think of something. I opened my lips and tried to escape this situation again.
“You need a wife. You need a capable empress who can rule alongside you. Soon, your harem will be filled with princesses and ladies from all over the world. I just don’t want to be one of them.”
He frowned.
“I don’t need any woman other than you.”
I yelled at him, “I can’t be an empress! I am not worthy!”
“Why do you think I gave you the royal family name, Sa Bina le Cransia? You can’t tell me you didn’t know what that meant. You are smarter than that.”
“… I haven’t accepted it yet, besides… I won’t tolerate any other wives or concubines. In my world, a man cannot have more than one woman!”
Lucretius smiled smoothly and replied, “As I said, you are the only one for me. I don’t need any other woman.”
“But you need them for political reasons! I don’t have a powerful family that can be of help to you.”
He smiled confidently and annoyingly.
“I am strong enough to rule without anyone’s help. You are worth it.”
I couldn’t understand him. How was I worth it?
He continued, “I believe in you and your capability. You will make a great empress. As for a powerful family… Didn’t I tell you a wife from a powerful family would be a burden to me? Have you forgotten the dowager empress?”
“…”
He had answers for my every excuse.
He was telling the truth. If he had a wife with a strong family, he believed she would fight for the ultimate power after they defeated the dowager empress together. Lucretius thought there may come a time when he may have to do something cruel to such a wife, just like his father did to his birth mother Empress Beatrice.
I knew he was capable of cruelty. Considering this, it was true that my lack of powerful family could be a positive thing for him.
On top of that, it seemed that he truly believed I could make a good empress.
He continued, “You are like a miracle to me. At first, I thought you would be perfect for me in terms of just your situation and abilities.”
“And now?”
“Now, you fulfill my emotional needs too. You are the perfect woman for me. The only one. You are my miracle.”
“… it can’t be.”
My heart was beating fast. I felt like I was about to have a heart attack.
I knew he meant what he said. Most of all…
“…”
No! I had to be logical. I couldn’t fall for him. This was not my world. I had to return to my own world.
I shook my head. I felt like I was being strangled. He saw my expression and must have realized what I was thinking.
He murmured bitterly, “You always try to run away, but not today. I am going to say it and you are going to hear it.”
“Luc!”
I didn’t want to hear it. I couldn’t hear it. He shouldn’t say it!
I already knew. He has never actually said it out loud, but it was clear.
I was… falling for him. I couldn’t help it.
Besides, would I really be able to return home? Would the priestess even believe me when I told her I was from a different world?
If someone told me there was a different world when I was still in Korea, I would have laughed at that person.
My home was so far away and unreachable, but this man in front of me was finding his place in my heart.
I was getting used to Lucretius like I breathed air.
That was why I was scared. The feeling I had for him was… I didn’t want to think about it. If I acknowledged the fact that I could really have this man in front of me… The thought alone scared me like hell.
I begged him.
“Stop! Stop it, Luc! Please!”
However, this time, he wouldn’t listen to me. This was our relationship. He had all the power. We weren’t equals.
When I shook my head, he stopped it with both of his hands. He held my face gently but firmly. I felt like crying.
He made me look at his eyes. I had no way to escape anymore.
He looked into my eyes and whispered.
“I love you.”
Total Chapters in book: 189
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
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