He Says I Have a Savior Complex

I was an orphan girl living by the sea. When I was sixteen, a fish demon terrorized our village. It barged into my courtyard and transformed into a handsome man, covered in wounds.

I took pity on him and hid him in a water vat, helping him evade capture.

Later, after he recovered, we held a wedding and settled down together.

My husband was good at fishing and gentle by nature. He said I had saved him, so he would let me do whatever I wanted.

He did often tease me, though, saying I had a savior complex and would even rescue demons, so one day someone would take advantage of me.

At the time, I just laughed and said he was talking nonsense.

Until one day, he plunged his sword through my chest.

Only then did I learn he was the crown prince of the demon realm, sent to the mortal world to undergo a trial and prove his Dao by killing his wife.

Blood poured in thick streams through my fingers. So… I really did have a savior complex.

-

When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the Celestial Realm.

Rainbow clouds filled the sky, birds sang in celebration, and the celestial bell rang three hundred clear notes in the distance to welcome me back to my station.

Only then did I remember that I was the Celestial Realm’s Holy Maiden, sent to the mortal world to undergo a trial and redeem a wicked man.

No wonder I had a savior complex.

My trial was over. I ascended to godhood, and immortals came from every direction to pay homage. The demon realm, however, was nowhere to be seen.

Then I heard that the new Demon Emperor had gone mad, scouring the mortal world and the underworld for an unremarkable fisher girl.

I didn’t understand. Wasn’t the trial already over?

Each of us had gotten what we needed and returned to our rightful place. What more could he want?

-

When Shen Lin, the crown prince of the demon realm, descended to the mortal world to undergo his trial, he had a wife.

He knew demons and humans were different, and that he couldn’t truly marry a mortal, especially when he had to prove his Dao by killing his wife.

But she was so devoted that he had people arrange for her to be escorted into the underworld. Once he had fooled the Heavenly Dao, he would take her back to the demon realm and keep her in his palace.

Yet after he struck her with that sword, he searched heaven and earth and could no longer find her.

From then on, she haunted his every thought, and a heart demon took root. His nightmares were filled with her clear, bright eyes.

Until one day, at a banquet in the Celestial Realm, he saw that familiar face again.

But the look she gave him was strangely unfamiliar.

“Your Highness Shen Lin?” She gave a slight nod. “I’ve heard so much about you.”

An old-school groveling romance. The main story is told in third person =w=

Theme: Kindness should never go unrewarded