Title: The General’s Forbidden Obsession

Overview:
In the heart of a war-torn Japan, where power is held by ruthless generals and noble bloodlines teeter on the edge of ruin, one sheltered aristocratic son makes a single, devastating mistake—he steps beyond the walls of his family’s protection.

Naïve, docile, and unaware of the world’s dangers, he longs for a taste of freedom, a single night beneath the city’s lantern-lit sky. But beauty like his is a curse, drawing hungry eyes and grasping hands. When a brothel lures him in with promises of wonder, he stumbles into the clutches of men who see him as nothing more than a delicate prize to be claimed.

Watching from the shadows is the nation’s most feared general—cold, ruthless, and entirely captivated. At first, he only observes, drawn in by the boy’s ethereal beauty and oblivious innocence. But when another man dares to touch what he has silently claimed, his restraint shatters.

With a single command, the general takes him. Not out of mercy, but out of possessive desire. He tells himself it’s only for a night, that he’ll let the boy go. But obsession, once ignited, is a fire that does not burn out.

As the aristocratic son’s family desperately searches for him, the general refuses to release his new obsession. And the boy, so naive to the world’s cruelty, doesn’t yet understand—he has just been caged by the most dangerous man in the empire.

Will love bloom from possession, or will he remain nothing more than a treasured captive?

The long, grueling journey through the cave finally came to an end as a faint glow appeared in the distance. The soldiers, weary from the suffocating darkness, pushed forward with renewed determination. Step by step, the oppressive blackness began to fade, giving way to the soft, golden light of the outside world.


As they emerged, the brightness momentarily blinded them. Some shielded their eyes, while others simply stood still, breathing in the fresh, crisp air. The damp, claustrophobic cave was behind them now—before them stretched the vast northern landscape, a world painted in whites and grays, where snow blanketed the ground and the wind howled like a restless spirit.


Ryousuke was the first to step fully into the open. His sharp eyes swept across the frozen terrain, taking in the towering mountains that loomed in the distance and the winding path leading down to the valley below. Their destination was close.


Chapter 40 - chapter 40 “By Sundown, Your Wife Will Call Me Husband”