I Was Hit with a Love Curse Before Marrying the Demon Lord

[Genius Sword-Cultivator Heroine vs. Archvillain Nemesis Who Steals Her Lover]

[Nemesis Romance in Progress]

Jiang Mingzhi is the heroine of a redemption novel.

She has an annoying nemesis who happens to be the notorious villain of the story.

The two of them have a long history of grievances...

For instance, when they were young and practicing swordsmanship, he would sit in the treetops and tease her by tossing pebbles, his ribbon fluttering as he grinned mischievously.

Later, he joined the demonic path, while she acted on behalf of the immortal sects.

They should have been crossing blades, but he was always hanging around her, with absolutely no sense of how a demon ought to behave.

Whenever they fought, halfway through the battle,

half his clothes would come undone, his collar falling open as if fighting were no effort at all.

Jiang Mingzhi: Damn it, he's provoking me again!

Then one day, she was about to marry the original male lead.

From that very day, the demon lord's attitude began to change in strange ways.

On the eve of the wedding, he "happened" to pass by her room. Right in front of her fiance, he also "happened" to hide in the wardrobe.

Amid the chaos of the wedding banquet, he "happened" to snatch the pair of love-curse worms meant for her fiance and take them by mistake.

Jiang Mingzhi: ?!

Just as it seemed the whole sky was falling,

the demon lord took advantage of the confusion to steal the bride. He loosened his sash with lazy ease and said with a beaming smile, "Your fiance isn't a good person. He's plotting something, so why not use the love curse on someone else instead?"

"...Who should I choose?"

"Take a look at me. I'm pretty good."

Jiang Mingzhi thought he was being sarcastic and kicking her while she was down.

She wanted to draw her sword and teach him a lesson as usual, but... but while they were fighting, she was accidentally affected by the love-curse worms and kissed him.

Then things quickly got out of hand.

She woke up three days later.

Too sleepy to open her eyes, she thought that her nemesis hadn't lied this time.

He really was pretty good in bed.

[Bonus Scene]

The first day the demon lord had a crush on her: He deliberately let half his clothes fall open while fighting her. Too bad his smoldering looks went right over her head.

The second day of his crush: Hmph. This wooden sword cultivator has no romantic sense. I'm never speaking to her again.

The third day of his crush: ...Damn it, she's getting married! Time to start stealing her away, in progress.

And on the nth day: How can I keep her from finding out that love-curse worms don't affect demons, and that I've been pretending all along?

Guide: Both leads are each other's only partner.

The original male lead is a bad person. The heroine is bound by the plot, which is why the story begins with her about to marry him.

Theme: Stay positive and strive forward.