Against Heaven's Will - Chapter 353 Ambush

Theodora is the Queen of Polis, a city-state that lost the war against the most powerful empire in the continent.

She is sure that they'll execute her immediately but, somehow, she survives the meeting with the Emperor, and she finds herself... Married?

Tossed in a new world without connections and allies, she has to either accept her fate or lose the chance to help her people once again.

She soon finds out that her new husband knows more about her than she does herself, and that his purposes are often far from what she expects.

A fallen queen that doesn't know how to be anything else. A handsome Duke who's the cause of her ruin. And their efforts to find some happiness in a marriage that's been forced on them.

WARNING: there are contents not suitable for a sensitive audience.

The smut scenes are half-censored at the beginning, but the amount and details will increase after a few dozen chapters (according to the Queen's mood .-. )

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«I'm sorry for lying to you, your grace...»

«You're a Duchess. No one will dare to consider your words a lie: if you say that you were painting souls, then it's the truth.»

«I will remember it.»

«No, you have to understand it, Theodora. You're not a prisoner, but my wife. I'll protect you when you need it, and I'll help you with any issue you have. You're not just a Duchess in the name. You're my Duchess.»

«It's hard to believe in such a short amount of time.»

«For now, stop shaking like a chicken. I won't hurt you.»

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The Scattered Arts, lost pages of manuals gathered from scattered archives from all across the world. Known also as the Old Arts, these are what remained from a vast collection of knowledge that was destroyed during the war that almost wiped out all of mankind. But we prevailed. Mankind rebuilt and reached for the stars.

Wang Xuan, a student of the Old Arts Research Department, had read about tales of individuals capable of inhuman feats, of practitioners ascending to the realm of immortality. But in an age of technological wonders, not many would believe in such tales. Only the truly desperate, and with the wealth and resources at their disposal, could even dream of unlocking the secrets behind these tales.

Corporate greed. This was how the research into the old arts started. But with new discoveries made in the New World, and the Old Arts declared obsolete in the way of the ‘New Arts’, the studies into the realm of the ancients is coming to an end.

Are the immortals real? Can mankind truly break its shackle of mortality and escape death? These are questions that Wang Xuan desperately sought to answer. He was determined to walk down the path of the Old Arts even as he reached for the stars beyond.

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[Love After Marriage x Chasing Wife Crematorium]

Su Qian and Lu Mingxiu had been married for three years, and she acted as his favorite substitute, without any complaints or regrets.

Until one day, she learned that his first love was going to return to the country, she suddenly woke up, hid the sprouting and heart palpitations in time, and prepared to divorce and leave.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the divorce, Lu Mingxiu had a car accident and lost his memory.

After losing his memory, he insisted that the two were true love and refused to divorce.

Crazy for his wife, crazy for his wife, banging against the wall for his wife.

someday.

Su Qian discovered that Lu Mingxiu had no memory loss at all, and had been lying to her all the time.

Decided to draw the sword and cut off the relationship and start a career with peace of mind.

Insist on getting a divorce.

Lu Mingxiu’s set of operations was as fierce as a tiger, and he found that he had succeeded in killing his wife.

The road to chasing his wife was long, and finally he had an epiphany——

#sincere, less routine

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