The wedding was nearly over, and the hall fell quiet. All eyes turned toward the stunning couple.For an entire month, it had been all anyone could talk about: Theodore, the kingdom’s most notorious simp, was finally going to marry his dream girl, Princess Lily!"I still can't believe Lily actually strung him along for a whole year and turned down dozens of his confessions.” Someone sighed softly, “Theodore is the sole heir to the Guardian of the North—isn't she afraid of overplaying her hand?""Overplaying her hand? Please! You have no idea—the more she rejects him, the harder Theodore simps for her. Last time, just to hold her hand once, he even gave her a Masterwork weapon worth millions!""Good heavens, isn't that a divine weapon even Rank-7 masters would fight tooth and nail for? Lily is just the King's illegitimate daughter—how dare she turn down something so precious?""Who said she turned it down?! She only rejected his confession, not his gifts! Where else do you think all th

Theodore’s guards filed out, shutting the doors of the Corvoda family’s capital mansion one by one. Upon hearing the thunderous boom of the heavy doors slamming shut, the guests who had just emerged were overcome with a lingering sense of having narrowly escaped a disaster.They all knew that a massive upheaval was coming to this mansion, and indeed, to the entire capital.Inside the mansion, Theodore strode forward with his back straight. His footsteps echoed heavily, shattering the silence of the magnificent east wing corridor. He was flanked by Kael, the giant captain of the Northern Region’s Iron Blood Guard. Right at the end of the corridor, blocking the gold-inlaid mahogany door leading to Theodore’s private chambers, a woman in a maid’s uniform stood haughtily. She was Martha, Lily’s personal maid, who for the past three years had always looked down on Theodore. Upon seeing the room’s owner approach, rather than bowing respectfully, Martha instead planted her hands on her h

Theodore’s mouth parted slightly in disbelief. He hadn't expected this woman would still dare to demand things from him now.Lily deliberately bit her lower lip gently, allowing a single tear to roll down her smooth cheek. She deliberately let her bare shoulders tremble slightly, displaying a fragile, feeble and heart-rending resignation.“Theodore… if this can appease your anger,” Lily whispered through her sobs, adopting the expression of a helpless woman that had always succeeded in melting the heart of the Cordova clan’s heir in the past. “Then touch me as you please. Make me yours tonight… as long as you let Gerald live!”Theodore grinned cynically, stepped forward with an intimidating stride, then said coldly.“My princess, have you forgotten? We are husband and wife; you already belong to me. So I have no need for bargaining chips or any conditions whatsoever to touch you.”Lily was utterly shocked by Theodore’s words, but before she could react in any way, Theodore pulled h

Outside the room, Gerald lay sprawled on the cold marble floor, battered and covered in blood. The sound of slaps and Lily’s screams from inside pierced his ears, burning his chest with explosive rage. Gasping for breath, his saliva mixed with blood, Gerald looked up at Kael with eyes blazing with vengeance. “You bastard! Why didn’t you just kill me straight away instead of making me go through all this?!” Gerald roared with what little strength he had left. “Kill me now, you bastard!” Kael folded his arms across his chest, staring at the minister’s son with a cold, merciless sneer. “Killing you so quickly? That’s no fun at all,” Kael snorted derisively. “Even if we were to subject you to far more brutal treatment right now, your frail body would simply lose consciousness from blood loss. And fainting would mean giving you far too easy an escape from this hell. My master has a plan far more fitting for a loser like you.” At that very moment, Lily’s screams mixed with moans could b

If she were to kill him in public within the Cordova residence, there would be no place under the heavens for her to hide. His father, the cold-blooded old King, would surely have his head chopped off without hesitation to appease the wrath of a hundred thousand Northern soldiers ready to raze the palace to the ground. Theodore caught a glimpse of the woman’s hesitation out of the corner of his eye, then snorted derisively with utter contempt. It was precisely this cowardice that he had anticipated from the very beginning. Lily was nothing but an arrogant parasite who loved to hide behind her false status. What’s more, Theodore knew exactly what his physical condition was at present: ever since drinking the antidote and undergoing his second resurrection, his strength and muscle reflexes had surged far beyond those of an ordinary human. Even if Lily had actually been reckless enough to thrust those scissors just now, Theodore possessed more than enough strength to snap the princess