“What did you just say…!”
Matian slightly raised the corners of his mouth into a smile and then fell asleep again.
‘Oh my god, that surprised me! Is he even conscious?’
Rukna pushed against Matian’s chest and broke free from his embrace.
Her heart was pounding for a different reason than before. A chill ran down her spine and cold sweat dripped down.
“No, my lustful master. Matian Wiegratz is unconscious.”
‘That’s a relief then. But what’s with this strange voice?’
“It’s vibration mode. Even the great holy sword can be startled at times.”
‘Haha, what’s that supposed to mean.’
Thanks to the holy sword’s unexpected behavior, some of the tension dissipated and laughter burst out.
Rukna poked at the campfire with a stick she had picked up from the corner and searched for the holy sword that had turned into a pendant.
‘Ugh, it’s hot. Do you happen to have a cooling function?’
“You’re quite greedy. If you think of it as freshly baked bread, it won’t be hot. Love can overcome even pain, after all.”
‘The more this goes on, the more nonsense it seems to spout… It really smells like bread, doesn’t it?’
“Did you forget about my special ability?”
‘If real bread had appeared, I wouldn’t have forgotten.’
Rukna flicked the annoying holy sword with her finger and opened her bundle.
She laid out the not fully dried school uniform flat on the ground and checked on Matian once more.
Now that she had somewhat revived Matian, she needed to change clothes again before going outside.
‘He’s definitely asleep, right?’
There was no place to really hide her body, so Rukna turned her back to Matian and started taking off the girls’ school uniform.
Normally, she would have had to undo dozens of buttons tightening the corset, but perhaps because she had put it on haphazardly, taking it off wasn’t too difficult either.
Rukna put on the slightly damp pants and then tore Matian’s shirt into smaller pieces, wrapping them around her chest.
It would have been nice to have bandages, but this was the best she could do for now.
In the meantime, Matian complained about the cold a few times.
‘Why is he being so fussy?’
She had poured quite a lot of spiritual power into him when she was held in his arms earlier, but it seemed to be still very lacking.
Rukna, having roughly put on a top, grabbed Matian’s ankles and dragged his body right next to the campfire.
‘He won’t get roasted like this, will he?’
Oh well, she wasn’t sure. It seemed a bit too close, but Rukna dusted off her hands and buttoned up the remaining shirt buttons.
Not long after, a voice saying “It’s hot.” flowed from his mouth.
“Are you really going to be this fussy?”
Rukna said it was better to be boiled to death than to freeze to death and left Matian alone.
And when she threw the girls’ school uniform she had taken off into the campfire, the flames flared up.
“It’s hot.”
In the midst of that, Matian complained about the heat again. This gently raised young master, seriously.
Vowing to never associate with a Matian drunk on pond water ever again, Rukna raised her fist into the air and then turned her gaze back to the campfire.
“It was nice to meet you, even if briefly.”
Rukna waved at the burning skirt uniform.
Now it was time to go back from Lulu to Rukna.
[This is the timeline separator]‘It’s hot.’
Matian frowned as he dreamed of being roasted by the flames breathed out by Rukna who had turned into a dragon.
The heat felt so close, as if someone was trying to boil him alive.
When he briefly came to his senses, Rukna was buttoning up her shirt.
Her upper body wrapping cloth between the open front could be seen.
‘Is she hurt somewhere.’
He was so worried that it jolted him awake, but his eyelids wouldn’t open as he wished.
As if he was being held down, he couldn’t even move a finger, let alone ask if she was okay.
‘No. I need to make sure Lulu is safe.’
Wait, Lulu? Why did that random name suddenly come to mind? Come to think of it, he seemed to have seen some woman in his dream.
It was definitely a very pleasant dream, but his hazy mind was clouded like it was filled with fog.
He wanted to somehow find the memory, but the more he tried to recall, the more his consciousness gradually faded.
In the end, Matian couldn’t fight the weight of his heavy eyelids and closed his eyes again.
[This is the timeline separator]Having finished changing into the military academy uniform, Rukna straightened her clothes and turned around.
Matian was still asleep.
‘Bisbi, now we just need to get out of this building, right?’
“Yes, master. Your party will be arriving nearby soon.”
‘My party?’
Shortly after, the sound of a window glass shattering rang out from far away.
“Hey, punk! Are you here?”
Ah, it was Bolton.
“I won’t charge you separately for the hammer rental, so don’t run away and come out, Rukna Golden.”
Even Aaron is here? But what does he mean by hammer rental fee?
Not even the merchants ripping people off at tourist night markets would be this unscrupulous.
‘What a sight, really.’
Rukna burst out laughing at that. She was so grateful to her teammates who had come all the way here to find her.
“I’m over here!”
Did they hear my voice? Rukna lifted Matian’s arm over her shoulder and lifted him up as if carrying him on her back.
His limp body was heavy, but she was able to skillfully support him as she had repeated it several times already.
Rukna dragged Matian’s body and moved towards where the footsteps were coming from.
Unlike the basement, the first floor where they had to pass between rooms was quite maze-like, but she could easily follow the voices she heard without difficulty.
“Bolton, Aaron!”
“Hey, punk! After falling into the pond, you look like…”
Bolton tried to tease that she looked like a wet rat, but couldn’t finish his words.
Rukna, whose gender juice effect had worn off, looked almost like a different person.
“Did you always look like this?”
Bolton suddenly bent over and stuck his head forward.
“Whoa? Your upper body bulked up too?”
Just as he reached out his hand towards Rukna’s upper body wrapped in cloth.
“Bolton, you should take Matian first. Ruka’s shoulders will break.”
Chad, who was standing outside the window in a tilted posture, stopped Bolton.
Ah, right. Bolton took Matian’s body that Rukna was supporting.
Then he tried to go out through the small window, but it wasn’t easy for the two large men to pass through.
Bolton struggled, bending his waist this way and that, but it looked quite difficult.
In the meantime, Aaron had passed through the window alone with ease.
“The structure of this building is complicated, so coming in through the window led to these difficulties. We probably shouldn’t damage someone else’s school building any further…”
Chad cast magic by flicking his two fingers together with a snap.
Then Matian’s body floated up and easily passed through the window in a lying position.
“Why did you make me suffer when you could have done this from the beginning?”
Bolton grumbled and followed behind.
“Do you know how difficult it is to use magic on a body with high magic resistance like Matian’s? What if I collapse doing this, who will take responsibility? Will Ruka help?”
Chad bowed his head towards Rukna and leaned on her round shoulders.
The scent of his signature perfume that stimulates women’s hearts wafted strongly.
Rukna pushed Chad’s head away without hesitation.
“It’s hard, Chad.”
Rukna lowered her voice as much as possible. Chad giggled, saying “You’re trying hard, Ruka.” as if that was funny.
“By the way, what happened at the pond that made you come all the way to this building?”
“I got caught up in black magic. A demon even appeared and I thought I was going to die.”
“Oh, but you survived?”
“…”
“I meant it as congratulations, Ruka.”
“It sounded like you wanted me dead, though?”
“Not you, just the other guy. You’re fun, so.”
“…”
“Not finding humor in jokes is no fun.”
Chad tapped the corners of his own mouth. It was a gesture to just laugh.
Rukna didn’t like this about Chad. Annoying jerk.
“Anyway, you must have had a hard time taking care of Matian too, Ruka. His condition must have been really bad.”
“How do you know that?”
“If there’s one thing the capable president is bad at, it’s swimming. What else could someone who drank a ton of that pond water and nearly drowned to death have done.”
Chad shrugged, saying he thought it was a lie when he heard the news that Matian, who doesn’t even go near water, had entered the pond.
Bolton, who was at the scene, also said he couldn’t believe what he saw with his own eyes.
“But punk, why did you change so much? Are you under some kind of magic spell?”
Bolton, who was walking ahead while supporting Matian, glanced at Rukna.
His face that had turned bright red looked like a well-ripened jujube.
“It’s… probably the effect of the pond water.”
“That strange voice too?”
“I caught a cold from going into the pond, ahem. My voice tone goes up when my throat is hoarse.”
Rukna made up all sorts of excuses to get out of the situation.
“Really?”
Bolton widened his eyes in surprise. Chad, who was watching that, was busy laughing silently.
“I, it’s not just me, didn’t Matian change a bit too?”
“Is that so? This guy seems exactly the same to me…”
“Maybe it’s because Matian’s appearance is already perfect. It can’t get any better, right?”
“That applied to you too, punk?”
“Huh?”
“Ahem, um. You were pretty and… nice to look at.”
“Oh, is that so? Haha, thanks.”
And then an awkward silence followed.
“Am I the only one uncomfortable in this situation?”
Aaron, who was walking between the two, scratched his ear.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
