Married to the Protagonist - Chapter 16: Are You Blind? (2)

I lived a mediocre life. Trapped in the simulation of everyday mundanity, the 'Matrix' you might call it. The world killed my dreams, hurt my innocence, but I moved on just fine, struggling everyday to keep living.Until it came out of nowhere, without warning: The Apocalypse.I fought to survive. I lived alone in a world where all dead humans turned to undead. But, there was only so little the average human could do against creatures with superhuman strength. So I died. It was the end.Or was it?“From one cage to another.”I opened my eyes to a world where normal reasoning was as good as garbage. A world ruled by men with superhuman strength. A medieval world with swords and... No magic. Just swords and weapons. But still, that medieval world was not so medieval. It was a crazy place, a world that I couldn't fully understand.So I decided. I'll live because I lack the resolve to end myself. I'll live because i'm a coward. I'll live because in the end, I'll die of old age anyway. But before I die, I'll figure out the truth and secrets of this world. Just for the sake of it.And what's the best way to see the world in its entirety? Of course, it's to stand at the highest summit. And that's exactly what I'm going to do. So watch me rise.

Ava Sterling, the top supermodel, possesses beauty, wealth, and figure, a true goddess. People who have a crush on her, those who fall in love with her at first sight, could circle the globe!One day, a paparazzi revealed sensational news that supermodel Ava Sterling had a sweet date with Young Master Kingsley, a prominent figure in Miraport, causing an online frenzy!However, just one day later, a self-proclaimed civil affairs bureau employee leaked Ava Sterling's marriage certificate with a man, and upon seeing the man's name, everyone was stunned!It turned out that the man Ava Sterling married was not the gentle and jade-like Young Master Kingsley, but Aurelia's number one figure, Poe Vaughn!Everyone was paralyzed!Women lament, men jump into rivers, refusing to live!“Poe Vaughn! Didn't we agree on a hidden marriage? How could it be exposed!”Ava Sterling barged into the person's conference room, shouting angrily.Facing the stunned gazes in the conference room, the noble and indifferent man lightly said, “Meeting adjourned.”In an instant, all the senior executives scattered like birds and beasts. Ava Sterling, no longer able to suppress her emotions, rushed to the man's side, slamming her hands on the conference table, bending forward with clenched teeth, “Poe Vaughn, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation!”The man looked into her beautiful eyes burning with anger, his gaze deep as an abyss, “Mrs. Vaughn, shouldn't you give your husband a reasonable explanation for having a sweet date with Young Master Kingsley?”

She was framed by her sister and accidentally had a one-night stand with him. Later, he found various unreasonable excuses to force her to live with him. To seek revenge, she reluctantly agreed.“I...I thought you were gay!” She slowly retreated to the corner of the wall.“I thought you already knew the answer to that question that night,” he said, emphasizing the word “that night”.Later, to get a celebrity's headline news, she secretly sneaked into a grand engagement banquet. However...“Everyone, this is my fiancée.” He said to the guests, holding her waist. Upon hearing this, her stepmother and sister were both stunned.With his help and her own efforts, she thought she was going to live a happy life. However, her company suddenly had a new boss...“You! You eat my food, live in my house, sleep with me, and how dare you deduct my salary!”“What about that night you slept with me and only gave me $50?” He said.She thought to herself: How could a billionaire be so petty about just $50! She would definitely divorce!Six years later...“Mommy! This uncle said he'll be our daddy if we pay him just $50! Should we get him?”“Mommy! I agree with that!”

Lanz Kuroda failed his Awakening Test in the most spectacular way possible, he didn’t just rank low, his ass got slapped with an FFF. He was locked out of the system entirely, and sent home like the rejected tutorial character that he is.But when a cracked relic crystal he bought from a sketchy street vendor activates, it boots up something the world shouldn’t even know exists, a hidden system that logs him into an old, forgotten alt account, one with no level cap, restrictions, and absolutely zero oversight.By day, Lanz is still the same guy that no one aspires to be.But at night? In the dungeons?He becomes Zero, an anonymous hunter operating outside the system, clearing high-tier raids solo, and slowly building a legend no one can trace.The world thinks he’s a joke.He’s about to become its biggest problem.