Her Little Shadow Guard (Matriarchy)

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A captured shadow guard is useless.

His bones are broken, and he's tortured to the point of death, yet he never gives her up. He just grits his teeth, ready to repay his master's kindness with his life.

When he wakes from unconsciousness, he's lying in a warm embrace. The person holding him doesn't care that he's covered in blood, and carries him out of the dark dungeon. When she sees he's awake, she says gently, "Don't be afraid."

When he sees her face, he's so startled that he nearly falls out of her arms.

"This worthless life of mine isn't worth it. Please don't let me... dirty you."

But his master, his lofty goddess, smiles and brushes the disheveled hair from his face.

"Didn't you say this life of yours belongs to me?"

"My Lady..."

"I want you to live, and live well. Be good."

She hadn't given it much thought when she saved him.

She just felt that someone who had risked his life for her shouldn't be discarded like trash. It didn't matter if his leg was broken or he'd been left with a chronic illness. She could afford to support one idle person.

But he can't accept it. Even though the slightest movement leaves him gasping in pain, he still struggles to kneel, his eyes red like a frightened deer.

"Your subordinate is useless now, and has no face to burden you any longer. Please let me leave the manor."

Worried he might do something rash, she visits him every few days. He's always restrained and polite. Even when rumors begin to spread, she says that the innocent have nothing to fear.

Until one day, she catches the nobleman she's engaged to sneering at him. "A lowly shadow guard like you dares to reach above your station?"

And her little shadow guard, standing straight and tall despite his trembling shoulders, says, "My Lady, she... she wants me."

Coming Soon: The Patriarch Says I'm a Good Kid

Yun Wuxin, the Demon World's queen, has a problem.

Sneaking into the immortal sect to steal a magic treasure for the good of the Demon World isn't shameful. Neither is swallowing her pride and pretending to be a fool and a good girl under the sect patriarch's tutelage.

But this patriarch seems to be a gentle, beautiful motherly man.

She pretends to be pitiful to play on his sympathy, and he clumsily makes soup and brings it to her bedside to feed her.

She injures him while trying to steal the magic treasure, but he hurriedly pulls her close to inspect her again and again, asking if she's hurt.

Even when her lust suddenly gets the better of her and she tries to take advantage of him, he blushes and quietly asks, "Is it all right if I take off my outer robe this far?"

One day, the immortal sect holds a public trial, accusing her of stealing their treasures and betraying her teacher.

Yun Wuxin has already succeeded, so she's not worried. She plans to reveal her true form as the Demon Lord and make a graceful escape.

But the patriarch, whose disciple has mistreated him so badly that everyone knows about it, hurries over despite his illness and says weakly in front of everyone, "Wuxin is a good child. I just didn't teach her well enough."

Theme: Break down class barriers and love sincerely