With twisted golden hair and lifted golden eyes, Grooby stood still in the middle of the portal, gazing up at the massive entrance.
“Is this where I should put the mana?”
“Yes. Think you can do it?”
Dylan, dismounted from his horse, looked back at the distant group, wondering if he’d be a hindrance to the boy.
“Worried?”
Grooby gave no reply to Dylan’s voice.
Although he wasn’t articulate due to his environment, the boy used to answer diligently when asked questions.
He seemed to be overwhelmed by the view he was seeing for the first time.
“I’ve seen you in the prison and the conference room; you have more than enough power to open the portal. No need to worry.”
“Really?”
As the boy’s eyebrows crinkled, his double eyelids deepened, making his beautiful eyes more vivid.
“Of course. You think I brought you here without a reason?”
Upon hearing Gerard’s voice, the boy quickly bowed his head and turned towards him.
Dylan observed the boy.
Despite having been confined in a grimy prison until recently, he behaved naturally.
He appeared to be quick-witted, even grasping general instructions with ease.
Moreover, he was mindful enough not to annoy Dylan while following him all day long.
One day, it was only at night that Dylan realized Grooby had been following him.
“If he weren’t entangled with His Majesty, I’d want to teach him some work.”
Watching, Gerard dismounted and approached Grooby.
“Just put your hand there and push your mana in. No need to overthink it.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Grooby took a deep breath and turned to approach the portal.
Then, he noticed a woman staring at him from the direction Gerard had walked over.
The woman, adorned entirely in white, looked at Grooby with an extremely nervous expression.
She had been staring at him ever since they were about to depart.
Having heard from Dylan that she was the Emperor’s concubine, Leonela, Grooby greeted her courteously without showing any discomfort.
He had no reservations about greeting a member of the government.
Born in the imperial underground prison, Grooby initially had no self-esteem to speak of.
In a corner of that prison was a pile of dead people’s bones; among them were those of his faceless mother.
Grooby often sat beside it and chatted.
What the outside world was like, what the people living there were like.
How long would he have to live like this?
Compared to then, every step he took now felt like walking in heaven; he wasn’t bothered by the glaring concubine.
He had survived in prison by being able to use mana and eating animals that others couldn’t.
At least the last thing he ate wasn’t a cockroach.
Moreover, he was now enjoying the luck of seeing the outside world and eating imperial food.
Honestly, even if he misdirected the mana and died right now, he wouldn’t feel wronged.
“Then I shall begin.”
Grooby shouted so and put his hand on a child-sized stone connected to the portal.
Placing his palm into the indented rock, he began to slowly pull up the mana.
“Huh? It’s opening!”
He hadn’t even properly started, yet someone’s shout echoed.
Ignoring the surrounding environment, Grooby concentrated even more on the mana.
“Everyone, go through! At this rate, we can go back and forth at least five times!”
The sound of hoofbeats and rhythmic noise of marching boots reached his ears.
Before passing through the portal, Dylan said,
“The portal has a feature to store mana. So, just do enough and follow us in.”
Grooby didn’t reply, to maintain his focus.
However, he understood Dylan’s words perfectly.
As he entered the portal, no more footsteps could be heard.
“Sigh.”
Grooby took his hand off the stone and opened his closed eyes.
“Ah!”
The emperor’s chamberlain was right in front of him.
Riding a white horse, she looked at him continuously with an unreadable expression as if holding something back.
‘Weird person.’
Grooby quickly lowered his head to avoid her gaze.
Hastily bending at the waist for courtesy, he waited for her to speak.
But no matter how long he waited, no words came.
Worried that the portal might close, Grooby cautiously straightened his back.
“Uh, do you have something to say to me?”
The woman, who had been quietly looking down at him, slightly parted her lips and spoke.
“Close the portal.”
“……What?”
Grooby blinked his large pupils and asked.
“What did you say?”
“I said to try closing the portal.”
The woman clenched the reins of her white horse and looked into the portal.
“If you close it now, everyone inside will die or go mad. What do you think? Sounds fun, doesn’t it?”
“No!”
Without any time lag, Grooby promptly walked towards the portal’s entrance.
“If you don’t come now, you might not be able to transfer.”
With ambitious words, Grooby swiftly pierced his hand into the mana barrier and then turned back to speak to Leone.
“The words I just heard have already disappeared from my memory. Let’s not talk about this again.”
Grooby, who had spoken somewhat assertively, disappeared into the portal without hesitation.
“……”
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
