Feeling a bit sorry, I grabbed the Aqua Marine necklace. As I touched the ‘power,’ a refreshing energy ran through my fingers, as it always did.
“How do I prove it?”
“…It’s already proven.”
Tyreen’s face twisted.
It was a vivid expression change, even on the face of a snake.
“What went wrong?”
“Well, why…”
Tyreen’s tail trembled. It seemed like it couldn’t contain its anger and confusion.
He shot me a puzzled look.
“Do you not know anything? Not even about yourself?”
“…”
“That’s why Leo went to such lengths. Now I understand his judgment. What happened after my physical body died. Tell me, what happened?”
I asked, fists clenched.
“Explain it. I don’t understand anything.”
“…”
“Don’t just keep the story to yourself.”
“…You really don’t understand?”
“Will I?”
Tyreen closed its mouth and stared at me with a complicated look.
Once again, an uncomfortable feeling arose. In its gaze were curiosity, confusion, and most inexplicable of all.
‘Joy? Anticipation?’
He remained silent for a while. I focused on its tail, lying on the floor.
It was frustrating, but somehow, I felt like I couldn’t rush it.
How much time passed?
“A human who swallows a spirit can pass on power through the succession of blood, but can never gather that power into one.”
A deep voice echoed in my mind.
“The only beings capable of sharing the power of the spirit are other spirits.”
Listening seriously, I furrowed my brows. Only other spirits could share the power of the spirit?
“Hey, I don’t want to pick a fight, but according to what you say, I can’t explain my ability.”
Without answering my question, Tyreen spoke irrelevantly.
“There was a young elf born last. Her name was Hilda.”
“…”
“She probably lived the longest among the elves. Because Leo was there.”
“Why are you talking about such strange things now?”
“Strange things?”
Tyreen, who laughed, looked at me directly.
“Not at all.”
“…”
“I suspect that you are Hilda.”
I was taken aback by the firm voice.
“Can’t you see?”
I pointed to myself with my hand.
“I’m a human. If my neck is cut, I die. I can’t remain in such a form like you.”
I did die with my neck cut. Of course, it’s strange to be alive again.
‘But still, a spirit? It’s nonsense…’
“Whether you believe it or not, I consider you to be her.”
Tyreen, who had been close to me, moved away and lowered its head. Its pointed head gently touched my cheek.
In that gesture, I realized that Tyreen earnestly wished for me to be that spirit named Hilda.
The hope that originated from me felt burdensome.
But.
‘What if I say no? I might cry.’
I couldn’t say those words to the one who circled around me. Somehow, it felt a bit awkward.
And so, the strange cohabitation with Tyreen, who claimed to be a spirit, began.
He followed me wherever I went.
He claimed he wasn’t following me, but I had to take his word for it.
“You sit all day.”
“I have work to do. The Lorenst territory is also flooded due to heavy rain, and there’s a lot to deal with.”
“Born as a human, yet you live such a boring life.”
I glanced at him. Tyreen, still sitting comfortably on my bed, stuck out its tongue.
I’ve noticed this since last time, but maybe it’s the snake’s appearance; it’s quite cute the way it looks at me so intently.
‘Let’s get some work done.’
I lowered my gaze from the documents I was looking at.
It was a report that needed a recalculation of the investment amount in the upper-storey store Lorenst’s family had invested in. Numbers floated around in my head.
After working for a while, I realized that the surroundings were unusually quiet. I raised my head.
Tyreen had its head in its tail, looking out the window.
‘What’s he staring at like that? The sky isn’t that fascinating.’
“Igraine.”
Suddenly, Tyreen raised its head. I was caught watching. I cleared my throat and responded.
“Why?”
“Absorb my power.”
“What?”
Tyreen said seriously, without a trace of joking or playfulness.
“Concentrate your will and absorb the power embedded in the gem.”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“Meeting you, knowing you’re Hilda, gave me so much relief.”
“…”
“By absorbing all the power of scattered spirits on this land, those annoying kingdom folks will be exterminated without having to lift a finger.”
Using the word ‘exterminate,’ Tyreen sounded incredibly cold, almost inhuman.
“To do that, you must absorb all the power as soon as possible. Hurry, before someone notices your ability and tries to harm you. Fortunately, your guardian seems strong, but you still need to be careful. Humans are cunning and malicious.”
“My guardian?”
“The human you call the prince.”
“He won’t protect me like a knight.”
Tyreen gave me a slightly annoyed look.
“Why.”
“Anyway, do as I say.”
“Is it really okay?”
“There’s nothing that won’t be okay.”
A nonchalant response, and I shrugged my shoulders.
“As the great deity says.”
Tyreen’s smooth tail twitched.
“If you absorb from me, won’t you miss seeing the great deity Uranus?”
“…”
“And he might still be looking for you.”
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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