The self-proclaimed Tooth Fairy, Tis, was lying on the bed with his arms and legs wrapped in bandages.
They were the glorious scars left on him after his victorious battle against the monsters.
‘It would be great to rest like this.’
However, it was not easy due to the unwelcome guests.
He shouted in a loud voice towards the table across from him.
To be exact, towards Aaron and Rukna.
“Why have you two come back here?”
“Consider our arrival a blessing. If we weren’t here, you would have been left to grow cold, collapsed in the barn.”
Aaron replied coldly and shifted his gaze to Rukna.
He had already heard all the details about the Seed of Life.
“Honestly, it’s hard to believe your statement, Rukna Golden.”
Both the fact that this important seed was in the military academy and that this sacred item was cursed.
It all sounded like an absurd story.
“But you don’t have the outstanding ability to sneak into the heavily guarded seed storage and take this. So I know you’re not the culprit.”
“Oh, I’m grateful that you’ve cleared your suspicion of me.”
Rukna, who had suddenly become an incompetent person, stretched the corners of her mouth.
“Grateful, my foot. You have no talent for magic or black magic. Being fast at magic formula calculations is utterly useless, so there’s no way you could be the culprit.”
“Wow, so I was useless!”
“But your spiritual power is quite useful, so cheer up.”
“What a truly humbling consolation.”
“Well, if we’re talking about looks, you’re as cute as me.”
“Yes, yes, cute… What?”
Who just called whom cute, now?
Aaron tapped the tip of Rukna’s nose with his finger, his face expressionless, and then went straight to the point.
“So, let’s think about how we can efficiently handle this Seed of Life.”
Caught off guard by the sudden change of topic, Rukna was flustered for a moment before tilting her head.
“Can’t we just put it back where it was?”
The seed storage was in the courtyard of the lord’s castle. So they just needed permission from Viscount Nowman.
“No. Seeing how the seed is shattered like this, the original spot must be in ruins too. Purifying the contaminated soil and replanting it there would be inefficient.”
“Then what should we do?”
“We’ll plant it here.”
Aaron pointed to the hut’s plot with the hammer he was holding.
What? Tis, who was lying down, sat up from his spot.
“Hey, you little punk, you think this is some tomato seedling? To plant it anywhere?”
Rukna was just as surprised.
“Isn’t that supposed to circulate the ether of the earth or something? Can you treat your family’s treasure like that?”
“Yup.”
Aaron nodded as if it was obvious.
It was a kind of revenge. If Father and his new wife found out that this important item was here, they would throw a fit.
The center of the Golden Plains would no longer be the lord’s castle, but this land.
Of course, there was another important reason.
“This is the most sacred land in the Golden Plains. If we’re lucky, the seed might regenerate.”
“This place…?”
Rukna stared at the shelf where teeth were neatly arranged, with eyes that found it hard to believe.
“This is the last remaining temple of the Noum.”
The Noum were a clan that farmed.
So naturally, there were sacred fortune-tellers who read the will of the land and stars, and they offered prayers in the sacred temples.
Then that goofy-looking Tooth Fairy…
“Was a fortune-teller?”
“Don’t act so surprised now when he told you he read your fortune.”
“Hey, you punk, even so, you’re going to plant it here?”
Tis flailed his bandaged arm.
“You know it too. The lord’s castle where this originally was is already diseased.”
“Still, how can you decide so carelessly? We need to discuss it with the clan.”
“Do you think a really good solution will come out of that?”
At Aaron’s words, Tis shut his mouth.
Everyone would say to return it to the lord’s castle. Without even knowing what kind of person the new viscountess is.
Not realizing that she had ruined the current lord’s castle and this Golden Plains.
“Argh, I don’t know. Do as you please.”
“You’ve thought about it before too. If the Seed of Life were to leave the lord’s castle, you’d plant it here.”
“……”
“If you’re anxious, why don’t you read the fortune or something?”
“No. I don’t want to get involved in anything.”
Having said that, Tis lay back down on the bed. He kicked the blanket with his short legs and turned over, looking exactly like he was sulking.
Aaron, not caring about Tis in the slightest, went outside.
“Hey, aren’t you coming out?”
“Me?”
Rukna pointed to herself.
“Who else is here besides you? I need you to plant the seed.”
“What should I do?”
“Be my partner. A kind of ritual is needed to plant this.”
Partner, huh. What’s with this sudden acceleration?
Aaron sighed, brushing his bangs, as Rukna hesitated.
“Okay, 40 rubles.”
“Huh?”
“The price for your body. I’ll pay it all in cash.”
Is there any other payment method besides cash here?
A stack of 1-ruble bills appeared in front of the blinking Rukna.
‘Is that miser really giving me money?’
Rukna hesitantly took the money.
The crumpled bills gathered one by one, and it felt like receiving snot-covered money from kids.
Of course, the attitude of Aaron, who handed it over, was as arrogant as a wealthy male lead in a harlequin novel.
Others would think he spends millions of rubles.
“So this… is the daily wage for participating in the ritual, right?”
Rukna checked the amount.
“You’re not easy to deal with, indeed.”
Saying he liked that part about her, Aaron stepped outside first.
Rukna muttered towards Aaron’s back.
“Hey, this is 39 rubles.”
Why did you cut 1 ruble, you punk?
[This is the timeline separator]The backyard of the hut, an empty lot.
Rukna, who had been bought at a discount, was diligently helping with the ritual preparations.
Aaron dug a deep hole, put the shattered Seed of Life in it, and covered it with soil.
As the next head of the family, Aaron knew quite a bit about the ritual as well.
“Now comes the important process.”
Aaron handed Rukna the hammer of the Noum and instructed her to strike the ground in time with the prayer.
After making Rukna cross-dress, that is.
‘Where did this dress come from?’
Rukna was wearing a shabby skirt from Tis’s house over her men’s clothing.
Wearing clothes over clothes made her feel hot, and her body looked chubby.
But apparently, that appearance wasn’t bad, as Aaron fake-coughed and said, “Not an unbearable sight.”
Rukna recited the prayer Aaron had taught her, one sentence at a time, striking the ground with the hammer.
When she recited the sentence, “May a sprout grow on the sacred land with our love,” she thought this sprout was unlikely to grow.
The ritual proceeded and gradually reached its final stage.
Aaron bent his knees and kissed the ground.
‘Is this the finishing touch?’
Rukna also knelt down.
As she staggered from the cumbersome skirt, Aaron reached out and supported Rukna.
Usually, she didn’t notice because of his small build, but touching him like this, his slender muscular arms felt quite firm.
“Thanks.”
Rukna bent her body and pressed her lips to the ground.
Then an amazing thing happened.
Moss began to grow from where Rukna’s lips had touched, and small blades of grass sprouted from the surrounding soil that had been just dirt.
“What the?”
Aaron looked around in surprise, his eyes wide open.
“This reaction only occurs when a life form capable of conceiving life participates in the ritual…”
A life form capable of conceiving life. A female.
Aaron stared intently at Rukna.
Come to think of it, her body and height were small for a human.
She didn’t emit the foul odor like disgusting human males.
Her eyes, nose, and mouth were cutely rounded, belonging to the pretty side.
“Rukna Golden, are you…?”
Just as Aaron narrowed his eyes and moved his lips.
“We’ve got a problem, Aaron!”
Tis approached, panting heavily.
“Hey, look at this. When Rukna Golden kissed the earth, the greenery…”
“That’s not the issue! Right now, your stepmother’s soldiers are secretly looking for you.”
“What? Why?”
“How would I know? Anyway, run. If the soldiers catch you now, you won’t even get a chance to make excuses before being thrown in jail.”
“No. I have to go meet Father in person.”
“Are you crazy?”
“If others see me, the soldiers won’t be able to touch me easily. It’s my home, so I should enter confidently.”
Aaron brought a horse from Tis’s barn and mounted it.
Then he extended his hand to Rukna.
What’s this? Rukna stared blankly at that hand.
“Get on quickly, Rukna Golden.”
“I don’t want to go. It seems dangerous.”
“It’ll be more dangerous if you don’t go.”
“Why?”
“Because I’ll confess to the viscount about the culprit who had the Seed of Life.”
“You know I’m not the culprit, but you’re talking nonsense!”
Rukna then saw Aaron’s outstretched hand.
Unlike his vicious threat, his hand was trembling.
Was it a misconception that he seemed afraid to go alone?
He desperately squeezed out another reason, as the threat didn’t seem to work.
“A-and I bought you for today. So follow my words.”
Why did that sight seem particularly pitiful?
Sigh. Rukna took off the dress she was wearing and threw it away.
Then she grabbed Aaron’s hand. His palm was damp.
Hey, dude, if you’re going to be like this, just say you’re scared to go alone.
“There’s so much work for a 39-ruble job.”
Rukna grumbled and got on the horse. As she held Aaron’s waist, he said in a small voice.
“…I’ll give you a generous bonus too.”
The tips of his ears were flushed as red as raspberries.
[This is the timeline separator]“Excuse me, Master Aaron. You said to enter your home confidently since it’s yours.”
Rukna, her head and mouth covered with a large cloth, looked at her master who had bought her for the day.
Aaron was also covering his nose like a thief.
After sneaking into the lord’s castle through a hole in the castle wall, the two were moving to the back garden, avoiding the eyes of the servants.
“We are very confident right now.”
Despite his words, as soon as the guard on watch turned his eyes away, he shouted, “Run!” and quickly moved to the next spot.
Let’s not talk. Rukna followed behind him.
Then the soldiers on guard began to whisper.
“They say the seed storage is on fire right now!”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
