Sleeping Through the Ashen Warlord's Siege
By @john1208
I was in the middle of choking out an assassin in the back of my bridal carriage when we violently crashed through the iron gates of the Ashen Butcher. Sent by the treacherous Kashkar syndicate as a sacrificial substitute bride, I expected Kavakh to be a horribly disfigured monster intent on flaying me. As the legendary, supposedly missing Divine Doctor, I just wanted to finish this hit and take a nap. Instead, a flawlessly unscarred warlord ripped the carriage doors open, wrapped me in a bulletproof coat, and refused to let me walk on my own two feet. I immediately recognized the tactical play. This 'marriage' is a high-stakes psychological war. Every time he forces me to eat lavish meals, he's testing my poison tolerance. Whenever he clings to me like a heavily armed shadow, it's advanced hostage containment. My counter-attack? I'll use his bottomless war chest to trick my wicked family into signing away their entire syndicate, all while utilizing a nervous double agent to map out my escape. But why does the Butcher keep slaughtering my enemies while I sleep?
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