BENEATH THE OATH: TEN THOUSAND LIFETIMES FOR YOUUpdated at Jun 26, 2026, 12:38
I killed my bride on our wedding day.Tell me, how does a man live after staining his hands with the blood of the woman he loves? How do I forget the terror in her eyes, the warmth of her hand slipping away, or the sound of her final breath?I couldn't.So I stood before the sacred White Oak Tree and made a foolish promise. If I met her again in another life, couldn't I change our ending? Couldn't I save her? Couldn't love defeat tragedy just once?I was wrong.She kept returning to me, lifetime after lifetime, wearing different faces and different names. But every time, darkness claimed her. Every time, the world called her a monster. And every time, I was the one forced to end her life.How many times can a heart break before it turns to dust? How many graves can one man dig for the same woman? If fate demands that I kill her over and over, is that truly destiny… or simply cruelty?For four hundred and ninety-eight lifetimes, I watched her die by my hand.Then she returned again.Her name was Yura.She smiled at me with the same gentle warmth that I had spent ten thousand years searching for. She was kind, innocent, and untouched by the darkness of her past lives. So why should I kill her again? Why should I accept a fate written by others? Why should love always end in blood?For the first time, I chose to fight back.I abandoned my immortality. I betrayed the Order that protected the cycle. I became a sinner, a traitor, and an enemy of the world—all for one girl.Was I selfish? Was I foolish? Or was I finally doing what I should have done from the very beginning?As Yura remembered our countless lives together, we discovered the truth. The darkness inside her had never belonged to her. It was a curse placed upon her by the man who destroyed our first life.So if she was never a monster, then why did she have to suffer? Why did I have to lose her again and again? Why do gods and fate demand endless sacrifice from those who only want to love?I spent ten thousand lifetimes killing the woman I loved. This is a tale of a story I have to tell.In this final life, I have only one question left.If I can save her this time… will ten thousand lifetimes of sorrow finally be enough to earn us a happy ending?