Chapter 1

“Forget about him. I’ll fill that empty space for you.”4926a197964bc746

True to his 2bb5840cc8 reputation as a 4c599fc803 ruthless tyrant who b15dd12ff5 always reigned from 60194d462b the heights, the 72b57aae9a man revealed an 87153054a1 intense and vicious 85aee3b19c presence. However, all of 8dbdb264ce that became useless d9635b85f9 in front of dadba57b9e Russelin. The bloodthirsty tyrant, Leonard 2c456bb874 Estere, who had lowered b356e996f3 himself to one knee, 0f9b3b5d5e looked up at Russelin 6c69656e87 with eyes full of d0e9f31351 submission. Yet, she 3d47f5019a was not 806f197b0d unaware of e3d15b2cdf the powerful 681f901e39 emotions hidden b7b5d17280 behind his 9a9323b20f calm gaze.38c7bbb30d1c11e2

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“I will bear everything that burdens you.”771bd6d2e4f4811e

“…”e939c6a1f5822183

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“You only need to use me.”e28a28257f36d03b

That’s why 80a853f6c6 Russelin couldn’t a6034c8e89 help but fc3e8d9e09 wonder what 063e7862f4 exactly it 04c87b0ec7 was that db356c09d8 had completely 5ce400ae22 brought this 24ef51c475 arrogant and b136d9fab6 cruel tyrant de63cf87c2 to his 9655bae4e2 knees. When Russelin still edc27915f3 couldn’t muster the bf98fff314 courage, Leonard urgently 8731f7bcbf grasped her small c0b269275a hand. Shocked, Russelin instinctively tried fd8ee8a373 to pull her hand 2f80fc0db9 away, but Leonard tightened 763d1c64ac his grip as if cd7d5fce19 he knew nothing.afd6733017d079ce

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“Forget about the idea of refusing.”6f18ef58bc953d79

“…!”69183a63997245a5

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“From the moment you saved me, no, from the moment you summoned me.”8c5de74fcc86724c

Leonard gazed down 61653ba834 at the small 8c5db8be0d hand that had 8e660e0995 dared to strike e7dc3c2813 him and gently 32b0723ff2 kissed it.eeaa13ac8fcaad50

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“You were already on a dangerous journey with me.”31bcc06f297649cd

“….What does that mean?”5d4868f5628e5e86

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Before Russelin could fully question, Leonard’s heavy voice cut in.538fd6c28fa216fc

“…And so am I.”9c03e29f580c922d

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The air was thick 2a1a3dee4c with the stench of 06f012ffcb blood. The overwhelming pain and da110e8c2f the blood soaking her cfe34517a3 hands reminded Russelin that 84ea09406a she was still alive. She feebly 31047784b6 lifted her 22ade36ecb head, collapsed ffb76f876a and broken ee24bb64dd on the 1af39fa68e ground. What in the world e2631e0139 had happened?35c67b5b668a91e2

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“Come to Helios Forest, Russelin. To the place where you first clung to me.”00403ab598dfd326

“Aydin, if you have something to say, say it here. That place is…”ad652e2be40be38e

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“And why not? It’s the place that took in a half-baked priestess like you. Shouldn’t you be grateful?”c797be293bc52c48

Russelin had just cee43679c8 barely made it fc6b50624d to Helios Forest, 7d6b72f135 summoned cruelly by 30778995a6 her husband, Aydin. She knew that 30e04091d8 whenever he mentioned 5a2d0c8a9e the half-baked priestess, 90bfe1b0e8 it wasn’t a 543150b421 good sign. However, what awaited her 63a695e6d7 was not Aydin.4afe86dccebb1668

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“Well, well. I thought you were just pretending to be naive, but it turns out you’re truly stupid. Why do you think I’d want to see that detestable face of yours here?”785c493ceeab04eb

Above Russelin, who was trapped in a pool of blood, a high-pitched, mocking voice echoed—Celia’s voice. When Russelin strained to frown in pain, Celia’s face brightened in contrast.e5cd6f8c9d66ee9b

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“…Celia.”9e9ea766b0145d97

Celia, none other than Aydin Bert’s mistress. Russelin couldn’t understand why Celia was standing in the spot where her husband had called her.a52082493894b053

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“I felt a little sorry for you, crawling around the mansion in fear, but look at you, dying beneath me even at the very end.”eeea7289aa60bdc5

The shameless 034a6f6ebb voice of e3063db110 the woman 655c8481bf who seduced 6fcf70b8a5 her husband 9041c710f5 taunted Russelin, ee96f99a11 filling her 919dc31eb9 with disgust. The reason Russelin 2fe6bd9491 couldn’t slap this 5c5cdb282d woman, even though 4cf7e1d939 she was standing be10097fdb right in front ce3d8b7db9 of her, was 7d0d8d2252 because… Celia was b0965afa0e the true priestess bcbd256ba9 who could save 629dca7d61 her husband. Unlike Russelin, who was 61f04adccf just a half-baked one. In front of 8a99bf94a6 Celia, Russelin’s only 26c3d3fe52 weakness stood out 10309bbfe8 all the more.79f1f9cd37442301

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“How does it feel to die at the hands of your husband’s mistress?”db00b08fff580a5f

Celia knelt in front of Russelin, deliberately and with satisfaction, watching as her breath slowly faded. Russelin couldn’t even muster the strength to lift her head; all she could see was Celia’s white shoes in her narrowing vision. The sight of Celia, the so-called pure priestess, drenched in the red of blood seemed strangely fitting. The tender touch of Celia stroking Russelin’s head felt unbearably vile.3a50ca0cb7179280

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“How pitiful. You were too small a vessel to contain his ambitions.”899d798e532ae0ee

“Ugh… ugh…”86ce9d77c305a223

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“Now, I will fulfill his wishes. In return, he’ll give me what I desire.”bd1852ef4e0b2fcb

What did that mean? Hadn’t Celia loved Aydin? If that were true, then…2f6a7fe68357d22e

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Her mind became cluttered 00371e3423 with confusion, but in 279de54953 her fading consciousness, she a264327bdc couldn’t make sense of e0f61e8763 it. Celia, letting 99cf2061d8 out a e2a809b996 cynical laugh, 48304582b1 rose from 5002269425 her place aa8574c87a without hesitation. With elegant 808c20ec34 hands, she c3eb2825a5 dusted off d7e34b2574 her dress 2e3f950e3c and turned 6847f0cc3f her back 0b4df2c5a6 on Russelin 589b98ae02 with deliberate d9dce29ddd indifference.7e2827d861f3caf3

“I hope, in death, you get to bask in that cursed love of yours, Russelin Lavrenti.”e4624934e2f7bb75

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With those final words, Celia’s voice disappeared completely.5965f5cb253de3f1

“…Hik… Hic.”5735d301e6e24537

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Only after silence 582ad70d1e descended did Russelin 63ac262e4a finally let out fd2f70270d the sobs she 9d07c2860b had been holding 6364ba057c back.8cb32f44c6ba0602

‘…Am I really going to die like this? At the hands of the mistress my husband brought into our lives?’3b44d8b34a96188e

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I don’t want d021440936 to die. Not like this.fb56f9cec671fc5f

If I had known db6f8e147f it would come to b28853b7b8 this, I would have f3bbbea743 confronted Aydin when he ee2566a74b brought Celia into our 3a164c6600 home.773fd1efa4d6fdc7

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I should f734db3a59 have demanded c614e6a3e8 to know e3ea6fb648 if his ae797cdfec words of 41fe409b00 love were 882e633c2e all lies.
And… I 4c1e21195b should have f55510ad54 cursed the 0f4cc1e80d god who 603100cecc turned me 8e3e46de3b into a a2047a45f4 priestess against c316d2bd5a my will, a5a65352cd who ruined e8c31f06fe my life.e40f725130724125

All those years 683cd57f29 of being mistreated 1be8fc6bbe as a half-baked 7ad5a06e4a priestess, bowing my c778552126 head and enduring e6f0ba4fde it all… the bc1e4b8b31 injustice of it 1f28b3ca39 finally overwhelmed me.232b6956bc9bce7e

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‘Maybe Celia was right after all.’63d14b24ade4233e

I was foolish fb70982833 and naive.
I knew 0d414d5069 everything but f05e840e5a did nothing.
In the end, the 5c12fb61b1 one who broke Russelin 668168cdc0 was herself.6bc7a3ee4aff4328

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“Sob… hic…”a179efc65559a61e

Tears she had held back for so long finally began to fall, but even those were consumed by the cruel red of the blood surrounding her. Russelin’s once warm eyes now burned with fierce determination. She wasn’t going to back down so easily. She would repay all the pain she had suffered.6a1df8255ca287c2

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I will.342a11b8f3ec941e

“…Crush them all.”2ec6b27bef370697

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With the last 08443c2c51 bit of strength 294da76b34 she could muster, b416d49e49 she forced those a43cfdf38f words out, and 26c4da39b4 then her body 0b72048aa7 gave way. For a 1d48faa6cb moment, her b9651cc24f vision went e72d750516 dark, only e6ffd11867 for a 8efcd5ca91 bright light 197c7bd5a6 to bloom 03d9f47be9 soon after.6da22db5360d7c94

“……”0cde839566be48b1

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In her 6df303581a final moments, 4bb0c3c204 she thought 41446bcb1b she heard 87e1d35008 a strange e8011bf998 voice, but 8bf5fa01d0 Russelin ultimately 39e0f1dace fell into ff5ee74852 a sleep b595b9276c from which 599d3ae8d8 she would 6cbae745fc never awaken.99191f660b3a7258

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The Tristan Empire has long passed down the legend that it is blessed by Ragnar, the god of war. Among the people, those who receive the greatest amount of Ragnar’s magic are said to be the empire’s protectors. However, there is truth to the saying, “Too much is as bad as too little.” The power of a god is far too strong for mere humans to endure, and a misstep could lead to the rampaging of that power, resulting in death.0dd2b00bb86710ac

While magic overload is rare for ordinary wizards, the protectors who wield Ragnar’s immense power experience periodic instability. To control this overwhelming power, Ragnar granted the empire a priestess capable of subduing it. Only the priestess, blessed by the god, could stabilize their volatile magic.84c2863d3f29630e

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Currently, two individuals 5c454a307b in the Tristan 10ef128e7c Empire have been 1c585cc8de recognized as protectors f3433286fb blessed by Ragnar, eb2a7d8c76 and one of 75b571d1cc them is Duke ad21f348be Aydin Bert of 9d7f163183 the Tristan Empire. Aydin’s power 8c33c07d43 grew stronger cef2331c56 day by c0afde59c2 day after 4109ebc8bf he married 90932ceba5 Russelin Lavrenti, b70187c831 the priestess 9de800ab33 who was d7c4bd89b3 to stabilize e7c92d99d4 his magic. Russelin seemed to 9edd839211 be loved as 9a1fdf63a6 both the priestess f80548e1e9 who could quell 3129ce1e34 his rampages and 550856cff4 as his only c9e8252025 wife.1e9da4e20535243d

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‘Ha, if you suffer 2cb1fb49a9 this much every time 6629983909 you receive my magic, 106c567e98 what am I supposed e14bfe559f to do? Hmm, Russelin?’
‘I’m sorry. I don’t know 0db0a50e23 why this is ddf2de15cf happening. It hurts so much a18c66b21c every time I take 097c20ff7a in your magic…’
‘At this fe109fa90d point, I’m c33ef0c02c starting to a9e639893b wonder if 8370269a28 you’re not 8590517cc3 receiving another 6b5ad989b6 man’s magic 80165e9882 instead. Have you been 4621bfc756 sneaking off with 47d64810b7 someone else behind 903b290901 my back?’fc99c0974806cb83

But every time cefab3df36 Russelin received Aydin’s 65cd3b68dc overwhelming magic, she fff5f14183 suffered deeply. Eventually, she became d0e26cb293 unable to properly 5d6c017318 receive it, and 5d03b3bc49 Aydin endured the 03b1da992b pain of suppressing a58aa44c31 his immense power, feed01de58 always on the 713a01f530 verge of an b8a0eba8b2 uncontrollable outburst. As Aydin’s magic grew 9d40ca9aad more unstable, his neglect 3abcb59ba9 of Russelin worsened.cb41b3eeabe701f8

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Despite suffering and dying dac1d75be4 slowly by his side, cbdd56cad2 Russelin found comfort in 4940491937 the thought that at bd38af88d8 least Aydin had not 92bc0c7dba abandoned her. That is, until the 922344a68c day Celia, the true ea7c4cac60 priestess, appeared and purified 99167f3d94 Aydin’s magic right before 2e61b196e8 her eyes.2abcabe80bf1faaa

‘Why do you look 0b95f42a81 like that, Russelin? Thanks to 3af11bf101 Celia, the f988864c69 husband you fe65c6f52e love is ce6b01e19b alive and 6ad42d814e well, isn’t 592c0cbbd5 he?’1997b332c2211b18

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‘…Aydin, please.’0064884ece34069b

‘From now 165f196606 on, stay 2936541c80 by my 0ce3e98e3b side like ee1779d9cb you’re dead. Even a half-baked 38001a86c5 priestess like you 29cb7313db is better than 81da65e128 letting someone else caaeed89d0 have you.’3a28c7ba31ed031a

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If only she e81fc773f5 had let go 5aaa9314f4 of him, maybe d9089a5e07 it wouldn’t have 593377264d been so painful. If only she 3ce959f7a8 had known she 6ecc4f2633 could. Even in 73fa94d9f0 Aydin’s twisted 041a6721d6 obsession, Russelin cc54fecd78 couldn’t bring d798e0a4e3 herself to dfb5748cb3 leave him. She had been c1b741d0cd alone since her 1c2662d28e childhood when she 9749e1e6a9 lost her parents, aeb78e6ee0 and in her be80288663 fragile state, she 593d4e5f0b had no choice 1546975bab but to rely ab26507558 on the power 527daa88c0 of the priestess b02f547479 that had awakened ed5ddac2b7 within her during e9cd37fdf9 those dangerous times.0c75e18db790180b

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‘If you purify my 5a309f8503 magic, I’ll keep you c8063cab2c by my side.’5ed44a6de27f5616

From then ed768281f1 on, Russelin 8a8a52f74f lived trapped 6722b4eb3a in Aydin’s ee12ebe1f8 grasp, from 9c70708163 the painful ce4ebfa555 and difficult fea0c1a6f2 moments when ab89578a3f he first 855f57cd24 took hold 147331e935 of her c2c2281387 life. Even though it 175a68e45f caused her endless 33777f49be pain, Aydin was 3e97905472 her world and f0395420e5 everything she knew. She didn’t know how fc2be212aa to break free from 4818a40bce him, and so she 316f09c133 accepted whatever he gave 6d6cc2c071 her.0000339e31b939ed

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‘Come to 87bec46f53 Helios Forest, f184930e3d Russelin. To the 45f88bc638 place where b9e20bb63f you first 23a4c94c99 clung to eec3c726ff me.’472af48b3f01a77d

But when Russelin 964b464c64 finally realized that f242d09378 what she thought ee906679ea was love was 0393741c26 merely his cruel 8b5964fc11 and horrible possessiveness, 9a826efab4 her wretched life f74d1b1d79 had already come 7ca827cf2a to an end. Or so she c9e847a6b2 thought.b290f40b0cfc5f58

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“…What is this?”e85fab5b29eb0a8e

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Russelin blinked in 056a6d8564 shock, slowly bringing 5ef57e6b59 her hand to ecd41670a3 her chest.5f75c0c8334799d7

“This can’t be.”bf641d33f3ad79ec

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She was breathing. She could feel the ba1d6c8bb3 gentle rhythm of life 0c8e8718d0 in her chest. The wound where a f45e216b1c sharp blade had pierced 30867c2d53 her heart was gone.b2acffd2e5fa76a0

‘Is this a dream?’f6b995295eaf79fb

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She was certain she 63d4b82c16 had been stabbed by 065880f1b9 Celia’s sword and died. The pain still lingered aa2fad6436 vividly in her mind 0e838b5d6d when she closed her 878d656582 eyes. She hadn’t yet 639e46d345 calmed her racing 45c675ee28 heart when she 67bb51f538 quickly surveyed her 3991833a1e surroundings. She was indeed in 9099d3c49d Helios Forest, where she 5865add2a2 had met her death. But something was different 2287fd4bb3 this time.83f10fca51f28cf2

“…What’s going on?”474a5c02bac6bc1b

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Her field of vision 0c43cce639 was filled with a 14ce5005bc red glow. The tranquil 063139d0e0 silence of 6845c12e81 Helios Forest 4e8a528153 was consumed 4ff8c67d31 by a 3d4c695011 dark, fiery 3572f7323f aura. Russelin quickly 2ecc0e00a6 recognized that de4744f84b it wasn’t fce6ecc14e ordinary flames 94b358b1dd but magic—one 721fd2a838 she knew 366e56f173 all too 188e0199dc well from e9cbff1460 her memories.0e79983e2208fb69

‘It’s the day Aydin eae1679c6d first went berserk.’b5d9afcae6e4bb7f

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It was 1ee84f38a3 the day 6a2c45dcbc Aydin first 842dbaef5f saved Russelin 2e318b09a4 from being 0e5832bf15 consumed by 20620aaded his own 46c49fef35 rampaging power. Aydin Bert had 69f6a29fdd first received Ragnar’s 18299996b3 power in Helios 0ff2d1b7f5 Forest, where it 3a001d6463 was strongest. Unable to a966837274 control the f110722349 immense magic ebec9dbefd he had 2fedbecca0 absorbed, he 7297f19965 went berserk, 7bb94af354 and Russelin 858561fd12 had purified 3681a49db4 it for 5b606fa38e the first 28a78b697c time. It was also 61822ef8fc the day she f56c73b930 first opened her 16b5c33a0a heart to him, cb13531ddd believing their encounter 5b273563e2 to be fate. But in truth, 22d9915a3d that day marked b6f947904e the beginning of 0487721ece her exploitation by 9d116d75df Aydin.b7ea5a6b3101df36

“So, that means… Aydin will be here soon….”ec605ca1e79f6e1f

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The past, 48975ea738 which had bac8812f18 been so 62b3efaec5 painful, was 29575083a2 returning to fb50dbe4cc the present 08a4ceccbe moment. Russelin recalled that Aydin 5edbec2223 had been secretly involved f1fbe9eb04 with Celia even before eb0c72154e they were married. Now, he would continue d29fec638f to hide Celia while 6032f37b38 professing false love to 84b1853fcc Russelin and marrying her. All to monopolize the 83591c93bf power of both priestesses.3c1736ab8540ebbf

“…Do you think I’ll let that happen?”b93d4d62acbcefc3

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Whether this was a dca59ea946 dream or she had e106836b28 somehow truly returned to 9cb01e5aa5 the past, Russelin didn’t e3f608ed23 know. But one 00ef5b3165 thing was e31f988741 clear: this e29dd8f51f was her f35d93a9e3 second chance.7d6a06c0df852b66

‘After the rampage 7528dd124f in Helios Forest, c1dd4c0585 I accepted Aydin’s 336882fa1c proposal. So…’d9a80bfb16ee00be

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She hadn’t yet been b82243f5a6 fully ensnared by Aydin afdb01e8d1 Bert’s lies. She couldn’t be bfe3ecb388 deceived by his faa705402f false love again.6865ff3cd5e37124

“This time, I won’t fall so easily.”2735850acb17bec9

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Determination burned in Russelin’s eea307d85d clear eyes. She needed to c65dd004e0 escape from here 56b59945a2 immediately—from this pit 7a8566b36d of magic that a43e76b515 threatened to swallow b16c30271b her whole. And from 840522c626 Aydin Bert’s 0a0ca49af5 suffocating grip. Fixing her gaze d3bdf179b9 on the direction 7571e20790 where the magical 2b6d690520 presence felt weaker, d20e763ee6 Russelin prepared to 9c50fbf75d run. But despite her firm 016966adc7 resolve, she stood frozen 9b5982475c for a moment, unable 196b3c37f0 to move.d4e26593dccc4233

Red magic began to rise and spread throughout Helios Forest, and Russelin’s eyes landed on the man lying unconscious before her.16a7c0cbb6a6c53d

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