In the classroom, only the rustling sound of students putting valuables in their pockets and the clattering of small cages could be heard.
Nigel just held the pocket in her hand, not doing anything. No, she couldn’t do anything.
The ring on Nigel’s ring finger was a magical tool that converted holy power into magical power. She couldn’t bear to think about what would happen if it was taken away.
There was no Zeronin here who could make a potion to conceal holy power, nor children who would keep the secret of holy power.
Ignorance. Not being able to predict the situation ahead.
Nubilus’s explanation of fear was felt throughout her body.
Nigel’s body couldn’t hide her anxiety, her fingertips trembling.
If, by any chance, she failed to control her holy power and ended up using it, there was a possibility of being dragged to the temple. Just that small assumption made Nigel’s head spin.
It was then.
“Nigel.”
As Nigel raised her head at someone’s careful call, Noah was making an ambiguous expression that was neither smiling nor crying while looking at Nigel.
“It’s okay.”
Noah said gently, pointing to the thread ring on his little finger.
‘……I’m not the only one who’s anxious.’
Nigel discovered another way to solve fear. Someone else feeling fear too.
Just knowing that small point of empathy calmed Nigel’s heart. Her trembling hands also stopped shaking.
Noah approached Nigel closely and whispered in her ear.
“And…… don’t worry even if the unfortunate event you’re concerned about happens. With the Beselion name, Nigel could easily be released.”
“Thank you just for say……”
Nigel’s playful words were cut off upon seeing Noah’s serious face.
When Noah’s eyes, which were always curved when with Nigel, sharpened. At these times, Noah never lied.
“…ing.”
Nigel finished her sentence a beat late.
“Yes!”
Noah cheerfully replied, not minding the brief pause before Nigel said “thank you”.
Then, without exception, he quickly turned his head away.
As soon as the rough waves in her heart calmed and reached reassurance, irritation swept over Nigel’s heart.
‘He should either leave me alone or comfort me properly.’
It was so frustrating that Noah would cross the line at times, and not cross it at others, with his ambiguous attitude of sometimes crossing the line and sometimes not.
And the most frustrating thing was that Noah didn’t give Nigel any chance to inject magical power into him.
According to books, when a magic-deficient patient receives magical power injection, their foggy mind clears and their body becomes full of strength, but Noah had no desire for it to the point of taking Amolio.
While this showed a devoted attitude towards Meriel, the regret was undeniable.
‘What’s the use of just looking at the back of someone who’s already turned away. Nothing changes.’
Nigel came to her senses while watching Noah put the thread ring in his pocket.
And carefully, she took off the ring from her ring finger.
It was the first time taking it off in such a crowded place.
“……!”
Nothing…… happened.
The students were chattering freely, and Nubilus was putting his face close to the cage, saying something to the magical beast.
Reality was the same as when wearing the ring.
Nigel, feeling much more at ease, put the ring deep into her pocket. And she tightly fastened the string attached to the pocket.
“Well then, shall we meet our magical beast friend?”
Swish.
Nubilus finally removed the cloth covering the cage. Inside the cage was a magical beast with smooth green skin, a small round body, and eyes, nose, and mouth like black beans studded on it.
Students around the room let out sighs of relief at the sight of the magical beast.
It was too cute to play the role of the villain trying to destroy the human world, which often appears in fairy tales.
“How is it? Isn’t our magical beast friend very cute? The official name is Mein. The nickname I personally gave is Gwangsil. It’s female.”
At the terrible naming skills heard again, Nigel slightly furrowed her brow.
“Our human children, please check if you’ve put your metals safely in your pockets, just in case. Once swallowed, the metal gets absorbed into its body and you’ll never find it again.”
At Nubilus’s words, the students were startled and felt their bodies. After finishing his words, Nubilus made strange sounds to communicate with the magical beast.
“Now that both our Gwangsil and the human children seem ready, shall we get to know each other directly?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the cage opened.
Nigel, not completely at ease, put both hands behind her back and stared blankly at the magical beast.
Gwangsil looked around with its small eyes and then slowly exited the cage.
Every time its round and small green body pushed off the ground to move, there was a “pong pong” sound.
“So cute……”
Even the students who were wary of magical beasts smiled warmly as they watched Gwangsil innocently roaming between the circle of students.
At that moment, Nubilus swiftly grabbed Gwangsil’s body with one hand as it was about to approach Nigel.
“Ah……! It was about to come to us in just a moment.”
Allen, who had almost lost his finger to Boksil just a few days ago, slightly pouted his lips in disappointment.
“Human children will no longer be afraid of Gwangsil now. With its harmless appearance, and even making cute sounds while walking. However……”
Nubilus took out a pocket full of something with his empty hand. Suddenly, Gwangsil’s eyes, which had been calm, turned red, and it started to struggle violently in Nubilus’s grasp, greatly excited.
“It’s a magic stone.”
Despite being quite far away, Allen immediately recognized the contents of the pocket.
As Allen said, what was inside was a low-grade cyan magic stone.
Gwangsil, completely fixated on the magic stone, tried desperately to reach it.
When Nubilus deliberately loosened his grip for a moment to allow contact with the magic stone, Gwangsil didn’t miss the chance and touched the magic stone.
At that moment.
Gulp− A small sound of something being swallowed was heard.
And the pocket that had been bulging suddenly became flat.
Everyone looked at Gwangsil, who was licking its lips, with surprised eyes.
“……Looks like we did well not to approach it.”
Allen said, constantly rubbing his arms up and down.
“Did you see? This is the essence of magical beasts. Pursuing magic power and going crazy for it. Human friends, you must never forget this essence, being deceived by appearances.”
Nubilus smiled leisurely and stroked Gwangsil. Gwangsil closed its eyes as if pleased by Nubilus’s touch.
“Let me show you once more in case our children haven’t gained a sense of caution.”
Nubilus rummaged through a large bag again. What he held in his hand was none other than the pocket given to the students.
The students watched with bated breath as Nubilus searched through the black pocket.
Soon, Nubilus’s hand came out of the pocket.
In his hand was a ring with a poor quality gem about the size of a thumb embedded in it.
“……Grrrrrr.”
In an instant, a sound never heard before came from Gwangsil’s mouth.
It was the growl of a beast, leaving everything to instinct.
Unlike with the magic stone, Gwangsil didn’t get excited easily.
Like a hunter stalking its long-tracked target, Gwangsil calmly explored and observed the ring in Nubilus’s grasp.
Gwangsil’s eyes, following its instincts, turned completely red, as if blood vessels were about to burst.
This time too, Nubilus slightly loosened his grip on Gwangsil.
Then, in the blink of an eye, Gwangsil snatched the ring from Nubilus’s hand. And, Nubilus’s finger that had been holding the ring was slightly cut by Gwangsil’s teeth, with blood dripping onto the floor.
Gwangsil’s teeth, which should have been weaker than a Chihuahua’s, became strong in the face of instinct.
“Did you see? Innocent human children should never let their guard down around magical beast friends. Especially you children in the magic department, right?”
The suddenly called owl emblem students were startled, their heads jerking up and down.
“Be especially careful here. The magical beasts here are the weakest kind that can’t kill humans, but there’s one thing in common among the thousands of magical beasts I’ve observed so far.”
Nubilus, who had routinely wrapped a cloth to wipe off the blood, stroked Gwangsil and said regretfully.
“Although I’ve been researching for a long time, unfortunately, magical beasts, without a single exception, like the magic power of living creatures. Even though special magic detection interference design here might prevent them from properly detecting your magic power, it’s a different story with ‘blood’.”
As soon as Nubilus finished speaking, he completely let go of Gwangsil.
Given freedom, Gwangsil immediately rushed to the floor. And it absorbed Nubilus’s blood that had just fallen.
Pong. Pong.
And with the same cute appearance and cute footsteps as usual, it walked among the students.
“And Gwangsil’s appearance that momentarily makes humans let their guard down is the survival method chosen by Gwangsil’s family.”
Unlike before, the students who had gotten closer to Gwangsil instinctively stepped back.
Pong, pong.
The cute sound that had been continuously heard stopped in front of someone.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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