Beginning with the Ubume Bird - Chapter 708 - 16: Candlelight

She woke up from her sleep to the divorce papers that the original owner’s husband tossed at her.

When a traverser mistakenly thought that he had crossed the back of Britain in the 1980s, and when he was suffering from childhood, he would eventually sink into the darkness in repentance, and a strange and familiar admission notice would light up his life.

But when he came into contact with the deeper darkness, did he choose to stay away from the abyss or jump into it without hesitation?

”You wait, I will be back soon.”

On the fifth floor of the St. Mungo Hospital, he finally firmly held her pale hand.

This is a story of biting teeth, even a liar that you can lie, and struggles repeatedly in pain and tenderness.

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“Spread your legs.”“Tsk.”A slave to the city's system, Lancel was quite literally a slave to a witch whose only love language was torture to him.After a year of humiliation in the Witch City of Riviere, he finally escapes captivity, only to discover something even more dangerous.A system that allows him to form contracts with witches… and lets him steal their magic.[Active Contract: Witch of Lust has reached Bond Level 10!][Contract Bonus: Aphrodisiac Haze!][Active Contract: Witch of Bondage has reached Bond Level 20!][Contract Bonus: Chains of Dominion!][Active Contract: Witch of Fluids has reached Bond Level 100!][Contract Bonus: Fountain of Yatagarasu!]The deeper his relationships with witches became, the stronger he grew.One bond at a time.One spell at a time.Until even the witches themselves began to wonder who was truly in control.“Take your pants off, Lancel.”…Which only left him with one question.Why did witches keep asking him to take off his pants?——————————————More illustrations in the server.Discord: https://discord.gg/zukKB2ppDp

Aric Valerian was born a curse.The fourth prince of the Valerian Empire. A bastard. A cripple. A forgotten shadow in the court, mocked as a stain on royal blood.But when the gods reached down, healing his body and allowing strength into his veins, Aric tasted hope for the first time. He fought for honor, clawed for recognition—only to be betrayed by the brother he trusted most. Cast into a slaughter pit, abandoned to die.And in the moment when despair and death should have claimed him, the world offered something else.[Would you like to change your fate?]From that line, Aric Valerian was reborn—sent back to the past not as the forgotten prince, but as a weapon. A sovereign forged in agony, guided by a system of relentless ascension:[Ki Circulation Mastered: Strength +10][System Upgrade: Tactical Genius Acquired][Hidden Fortress Constructed: Security +15%]Every scar became a push. Every betrayal, a reason. With blood-soaked hands, Aric began carving a path through enemies, kin, and gods alike. The empire that spat on his name would kneel or burn. The brother who betrayed him would drown in his own crown.Yet with every victory came sacrifice. Every step forward dragged him closer to the abyss, until vengeance and damnation became one.But Aric does not care.Because the cursed prince has only one destiny left:To rise as the sovereign who will shatter gods, break empires, and tear fate itself apart.Or die trying—and take the world with him.