Birth of the Demonic Sword - Chapter 8 - 08. Helplessness

Rafael Callahan is a renowned Knight of the Castro Kingdom. After weeks out to fight against enemies and bring peace to the kingdom, Rafael returns to his estate where he meets the new maid Annalise Woods.Strange. Brazen. Bold. Three words he would use to describe Annalise. Love should be the last thing on his mind when the King, Tobias Castro, is requesting his help safeguarding the border, but Rafael finds himself drawn to Annalise.Annalise Woods is a maid for the Callahan household. Little is known about her family and her intentions for sticking close to Rafael. She had one goal when stepping foot in the Callahan estate, but soon finds herself intertwined with a man she should never love.Quiet. Annoying. Loyal. Three words she would use to describe Rafael. Annalise knew she should never return Rafael’s love because the moment he learned who she truly was, his gaze upon her would change.Tales of Castro Nobility story timeline order -The King’s Unbreakable WifeThe Knight’s Mysterious MaidThe Duke’s Masked Wife

“If fate wants me to suffer, it should have picked someone else!” —Raven.Raven wakes up as the protagonist of his favorite novel. He knows the brutal storyline that makes grown men weep.The original protagonist endured it all, but Raven has no plans to play along.He has a system, but that broken thing has everything locked.He has knowledge of the plot, but no clue what twists the author hid beyond what he read.He has a choice to suffer like before or rewrite everything.The tragic twists? Fuck themThe heartbreaking losses? Skip themPointless sacrifices? Save themNo more misery for the sake of character growth.This time, he is writing his own legend and a story worth remembering!

Rhett never expected becoming king until he slayed an ice dragon out of self defense and fulfils an ancient dragon slayers prophecy which makes them to crown him as their king.Transported to a gloomy and medieval like world, he is faced with leading the dragon slayers, the weakest of slayers among other slayers - demon slayers, gargoyle slayers, ghost slayers and shadow slayers.But ruling isn't so glamorous as he had anticipated and he is instead a warrior, with a system like ability which he must level up by slaying Dragons.And to his disadvantage, the world he is his controlled by SLAYERIOUS, an unknown and unseen entity. But that won't stop Rhett, he intends on dominating his world and even daring to slay the strongest dragon still alive, ruieen.And who knows, he might just defeat SLAYERIOUS if he tries harder.[WSA 2025 ENTRY]

Sure, the world is ruined, but I’ll live my own way. Of course, luxuriously and gorgeously.