The Knight's Wife Is a Taciturn Archmage

Ailin thought she was incredibly unlucky.

She was quiet, timid, and cowardly. Her greatest hope for the rest of her life was to spend it all alone. But when her family arranged things, she married the eldest son of the Rodney family, their pride and joy, a renowned young knight.

She made the most empty plans for her future with meticulous care. Her life was aimless, and her marriage was in name only. But Wade did not let things go as she wished.

He reached out to her and said, "Please trust me."

So Ailin took his hand and stumbled onward through a world where magic and human relationships were intertwined.

With the noble red moon hanging high overhead and an ancient contract fulfilled, where should she go, caught between constraint and kindness?

Ailin's ideal life: go to class, finish class, knit a scarf.

Ailin's actual life: students misbehave during class; after class, she's exhausted from stopping fights; then she goes home to face her husband, who is far too handsome and dazzling.

She was depressed, thinking she was useless.

Her colleague said expressionlessly, "Isn't it asking for a beating for a great mage to say something like that?"

She miserably thought everyone found her annoying.

Her students were utterly baffled. "Lady Ailin is wonderful in every way. It's a shame she's so young and already blind."

She was certain she was destined to grow old alone.

Her husband smiled without a word. "That's all right. We'll take our time. He has a lifetime to wait for her to understand that he went to great lengths to marry her."

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Title: "The Puppet Master Was Kidnapped"

Su Jing woke up one day to find herself transported from the warm, prosperous Emerald City to the cold, desolate Hanhuang Hut. She panicked at once.

By accident, she awakened the high-grade puppet Yu Junzi. The first thing he said was, "Are you my master?"

When the soldiers of the personal guard, the puppet Shiqi, saw her, he immediately dropped to one knee. "Greetings, City Lord."

Su Jing: "..."

There wasn't a normal person in sight, and she panicked even more.

To get home, she did her best to learn how to be a city lord. But as she gradually approached the truth, she discovered that the people closest to her had deep ties to the City Lord.

The people around her began to look unfamiliar, and even she no longer seemed like herself. Yet the seat she had taken was naturally the eye of the storm. She didn't go looking for trouble, but trouble came looking for her.

Betrayal and warmth, schemes and protection, cruelty and compassion: they were all just discordant notes beneath the era's main theme.

She had no choice but to lead her puppets and her city-state to carve out a place for themselves in the turbulent alliance.

When the final piece of the truth was revealed, Su Jing wanted to run, only to discover that she had nowhere left to go.

Yu Junzi smiled faintly. His expression was as cold and ancient as the desolate north, yet his voice was unexpectedly gentle. "Once you become my master, it's for a lifetime."

Su Jing thought that perhaps only death could let her escape this Puppet City.

And, to her surprise, she thought that might not be so bad.

Please note:

1. It's tagged as romance only because it has a romance subplot. The main plot comes first, and readers can decide for themselves who the male lead is.

2. A completely fictional setting, combining Eastern and Western elements.

If you're interested, you can also check out my completed Western fantasy novel: "The Knight's Wife Is a Taciturn Archmage."

Theme: People are born free, yet everywhere they are in chains.