[Main Story Complete]
Alexandra transmigrated.
Good news: She became the only daughter of a mid-level mage, blessed with boundless love and exceptional talent.
Bad news: This was a rotten magical world of extreme inequality. Girls with talent were actually raised to be beautiful ornaments, spending their entire lives revolving around the roles of daughter, wife, and mother.
Alexandra: Whatever. I'll work hard enough to forge a new world myself.
If the Mage Tower wouldn't recognize her as its chief, then she'd fight until no one dared challenge her.
If those in power took the merits she had earned fighting on the battlefield, then she'd replace those in power.
If fate treated her unfairly, then she'd smash fate to pieces and make it understand who was in charge.
It took her five years to become the first female chief mage and the first female priestess.
It took her ten years to go from the first female priestess to the first female commander.
When she had finally worked her way to the pinnacle of power in the human empire and felt supreme authority nourish her, when everyone competed to repeat her words, her favorite clothing style became the latest fashion in the imperial capital, and a single glance from her could make people tremble with fear, the new world still had not arrived.
Why did everyone praise her, yet no one want to become her?
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Many years later, Duchess Alexandra returned to the Von Vosovich Mage Tower to give a lecture. She wanted to find teachers for her own Mage Tower.
The apprentices packed the banquet hall, filling even the corridors. Everyone was curious about this holy priestess of the southern crusade, former empress, commander of the Royal Knights, imperial commander, and first female grand duchess.
When it was time for questions, Alexandra was disappointed to discover that everyone was still more interested in her love life.
An apprentice asked, "Archmage, I'd like to know how you balance family and career."
Alexandra said helplessly, "If a man were standing here, no one would ask him that question."
"But I'll answer you. I can stand here because I was Alexandra first. I gave everything I had and never let go of a single opportunity to advance my career. That's how I got where I am today."
She shimmered beneath the lights of the banquet hall. "Family matters, too. I love my husband very much. Without his support, I wouldn't be where I am today. But I want to say this: I am myself first. I am the Grand Duchess of Lancaster."
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Reading Guide:
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2. Content warning: The heroine is love-brained in the early part of the story. The romance is a small part of the plot, but it is there.
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Flirtatious, adored concubine | aloof beauty goes mad for love | face-slapping and regret | both have stand-ins | happy ending
In troubled times, Lu Ningsi had finally found herself a reliable, easygoing meal ticket. Then the city fell, and her enemy came knocking.
In a moment of desperation, Lu Ningsi remembered that her maid had been childhood friends with the enemy. She immediately took on the childhood friend's name and identity. Faced with the executioner's blade, Lu Ningsi didn't retreat. Instead, she strode forward, ready to die, and declared, "Brother Fu, Nian Nian has brought shame upon her family. To die by your blade is a worthy end!"
Sure enough, her enemy lowered his blade.
Her borrowed identity couldn't last forever, so to protect herself, Ningsi used every trick she had to seduce her enemy.
He clearly blushed whenever he saw her, but he always restrained himself and followed propriety, refusing to cross the line.
At last, Ningsi ran out of patience. She got him drunk on a secret drug and dragged him into bed. But once the curtains were drawn, his endless sobbing continued all night. Ningsi's whole body ached, and she bitterly thought, she'd never met anyone so difficult to please!
After Ningsi's exhausting night, the man turned cold as soon as he got out of bed and said he would send her back to her childhood friend's family.
Seeing that winning him over was hopeless, Ningsi simply gathered up the gold, silver, and valuables and ran away. She'd never met anyone so hard to fool. She was clever and beautiful, so she could find a meal ticket anywhere!
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When they were young, he had thought his childhood friend was noisy. Now that Shen Fu was the ruler of Qingzhou, they met again, and he found even her wildest antics adorable.
With the war pressing, Shen Fu finally steeled himself to send his childhood friend home. Before she left, he held on to her reluctantly, resolving that he would return and marry her.
Half a year later, after returning victorious, Shen Fu went to propose. He swore that he didn't mind her past and sincerely wanted to marry her. But the person who came out had a face that resembled hers by half, yet was completely unfamiliar.
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History repeated itself. The Shen army broke through Jinzhou, and Shen Fu once again captured Ningsi with his own hands.
In the tiny world beneath the bed curtains, Shen Fu wanted nothing more than to strangle this woman, yet he was also lost in her charms. All he could do was press his burning lips to her again and again, covering every trace left by her former husband.
"Just how am I not as good as him?"
Scheming, flirtatious, beautiful concubine who stole another's identity X restrained, celibate young general driven to madness
Theme: Consciousness is active and can transform the objective world.
The writing is very good, and I finally see the heroine taking action for her ideals. Before, it looked like a powerful thug dreaming up, internally consumed, and it was uncomfortable to watch.
Damn, in Chapter 3 it was mentioned that Leo had a younger brother. He was the second son sandwiched between his older brother and younger brother.
Ah, the witch was defeated, but the ideal of the heroine is not easy to realize... When men are in power, this ideal itself will compress the living space of men. It feels like a snipe and a clam are fighting each other, and only then can development be possible. It's hard to say now…. It's even more difficult
Sending flowers to my wife who is diligent in updating~
Ding~Business fluid blessing update is stress-free!
Then I guess that with the implementation of the Witch Hunting Act, a large number of bloody and false cases will be created among the people, and everyone with women will be in danger.
As the symptoms of the curse worsened, the crown prince became more and more crazy. The mania affected his brain, and he began to act strangely. Finally, he died at the most glorious time as predicted.
Oh, I really hope he does something weird and touches more people's cakes, and in the end people from different walks of life betray him.
So the princess has always felt it was unfair, but she has never thought about ascending to the throne? ? ? Didn't the heroine promise to help her rise to power? Now she still listens to this unknown black magician. She feels that it is about to be completed. The curse on the royal family and the prophecy of the witch should be fulfilled by the heroine.
There are still a few chapters left to meet my daughter, and now it feels like a double-heroine novel, but this princess is really not my cup of tea, and I still want to see my daughter.
Was Mrs. Sherry's daughter kidnapped by the queen? Haha
Who is Mortimer? Is it the little beggar that my daughter saved earlier? But although the dark talent is right, there is no Mortimer's castle, nor the ability to communicate with crows. Let me give you a hint, is Mortimer a new character that suddenly pops up, or does he already have a hidden identity in the previous chapters?
The writing is very good, and I finally see the heroine taking action for her ideals. Before, it looked like a powerful thug dreaming up, internally consumed, and it was uncomfortable to watch.
Damn, in Chapter 3 it was mentioned that Leo had a younger brother. He was the second son sandwiched between his older brother and younger brother.
Ah, the witch was defeated, but the ideal of the heroine is not easy to realize... When men are in power, this ideal itself will compress the living space of men. It feels like a snipe and a clam are fighting each other, and only then can development be possible. It's hard to say now…. It's even more difficult
Sending flowers to my wife who is diligent in updating~
Ding~Business fluid blessing update is stress-free!
Then I guess that with the implementation of the Witch Hunting Act, a large number of bloody and false cases will be created among the people, and everyone with women will be in danger. As the symptoms of the curse worsened, the crown prince became more and more crazy. The mania affected his brain, and he began to act strangely. Finally, he died at the most glorious time as predicted. Oh, I really hope he does something weird and touches more people's cakes, and in the end people from different walks of life betray him.
So the princess has always felt it was unfair, but she has never thought about ascending to the throne? ? ? Didn't the heroine promise to help her rise to power? Now she still listens to this unknown black magician. She feels that it is about to be completed. The curse on the royal family and the prophecy of the witch should be fulfilled by the heroine.
There are still a few chapters left to meet my daughter, and now it feels like a double-heroine novel, but this princess is really not my cup of tea, and I still want to see my daughter.
Was Mrs. Sherry's daughter kidnapped by the queen? Haha
Who is Mortimer? Is it the little beggar that my daughter saved earlier? But although the dark talent is right, there is no Mortimer's castle, nor the ability to communicate with crows. Let me give you a hint, is Mortimer a new character that suddenly pops up, or does he already have a hidden identity in the previous chapters?