The Beautiful King

Currently serializing: A career-minded fallen princess x a love-brained rebel leader

-- Blurb --

There was a rumor in the capital about a mad young nobleman, cruel and bloodthirsty by nature. Yet this young lord had a beloved girl.

He kept her by his side and in his heart, but he never told her how he felt.

Later, the girl became ruler of a border kingdom.

Later still, she was pierced by a thousand arrows right before his eyes and fell from the city wall.

"Any god or Buddha, I beg you."

Kneeling before her body, the man thought in silence:

"Let me live again, just so I can see her once more."

Hua Yin was reborn.

With another chance at life, she swore to free herself from the clingy young lord Zhou Wuding, save her master, restore her kingdom, and govern her border realm well!

And yet this time, too, Zhou Wuding cornered her against a wall.

"You were reborn too?" She stared at him in surprise. "I was pierced by a thousand arrows. How did you die?"

Zhou Wuding: "After destroying five kingdoms, I killed myself with a halberd."

"I really don't understand you." All the bewilderment she'd felt over the course of two lifetimes seemed to gather in that moment. "What is it you actually want?"

Zhou Wuding stepped to her side and naturally wrapped her delicate hand in his palm. His voice was so soft it was almost a murmur:

"Hua Yin, rebel against the court, found a border kingdom, do whatever you want, but you must never leave me."

To Hua Yin, however, his words sounded almost like a summons from fate.

She asked, "And if I do?"

"Then... haven't I already told you?"

With a faint smile, he spoke softly:

"If you insist on leaving, there's no point in my living. And if I don't need to live... then this world has no reason to exist either."

[Pick any of my completed novels!]

"After Resigning as Chancellor, I Became My Ex's Slave": "The Grand Commander has been tricked away by the Princess again and again!"

"I Wooed the Great General by Delivering Takeout": A little rich girl x a great general

Theme: Believing in yourself is the most important affirmation in the world.