If my foolish dad knew, he might cry and leave the tower, so it was fortunate.
After all classes, I came back to the library and sighed while looking at a book titled “How to Handle Advanced Artifacts”.
‘No matter how I look at it, there is no way to maximize the power inside the fairy necklace.’
I sighed deeply and made a serious face.
‘Only the fairy’s bloodline can draw out the maximum power.’
The fairy’s bloodline was very special.
The fairy’s bloodline was the offspring blessed by a god, a fairy. At first, it’s ordinary, but after a period of awakening, it gains perfect beauty and infinite power. Especially the daughter of the fairy clan leader, even more so.
‘So, an ordinary human like me can’t use this necklace.’
Fortunately, the fairy necklace that Leonhardt gave me was something relatively easy to acquire.
Even a normal person could activate it.
“Huff.”
But still, it’s frustrating!
“Why are you sighing? Is it because of that teacher? They keep bothering you.”
Sitting beside me and constantly watching over me, Leonhardt asked. He’s been following me around these days and said ‘you’re still not dead.’ in a form of noncursing curse.
Still, he gave me the fairy necklace as a gift, and brought me to the library…
It seemed like it was not helpful.
I looked at him gloomily and said,
“No. But, that teacher really hates Cien…”
“Hmm……”
Looking around to make sure no one was there, Leonhardt cautiously opened his mouth.
“It seems like they’ve been planning something lately.”
I blinked at Leonhardt.
‘They are setting a trap to hurt me, right?’
Bad guys. What’s so great about hurting a tiny little girl like me!
I bit my lips hard with my rabbitlike front teeth.
Then, Leonhardt spoke in a bit of a brusque manner.
“Take care.”
The part about Leonhardt not being helpful was withdrawn. He had become my excellent eyes and ears.
‘I should also have the power to oppose those villains.’
To me, Leonhardt whispered.
“I have quietly dug behind the dean.”
“……Hmm?”
“No child has survived under his hands.”
“Seriously?”
“Yes. He is also hostile towards Matthias… He will try to break your spirit. He might even kill you to warn Matthias.”
“Heek…….”
To think he would touch me to warn my kind father. That was indeed like the Mirmod family. I opened my eyes sharply and nodded.
“So what should I do?”
“Do you know how the children of those who defied the dean died?”
“No, I’m clueless.”
He hesitated and asked briefly in a seemingly anxious voice.
“Have you heard of the Illusion Maze?”
……Illusion Maze?
Illusion Maze. Having read the original, I roughly knew what the maze was, but I had to say I hadn’t heard of it. It’s natural for an ordinary child not to know such things.
I widened my eyes and soon tilted my head and asked.
“What’s that?”
“It’s a method the dean uses to kill children he dislikes.”
For some reason, he looked a little desperate. I nodded while looking at his eyes, partially hidden by his mask.
“He will probably use the same method on you this time.”
“……I see.”
Leonhardt emphasized his words with a sigh.
“When a normal child sees an illusion, they go mad and die.”
Leonhardt was a bit strange.
He’s not like me, on his second life……. How could he talk about death so ordinarily and casually? I became curious.
I shook off the strange discomfort that emerged in my heart and thought inwardly.
‘It’s not the time to get lost in sentiments! If you want to survive, you need to prepare in advance. The dean’s Illusion Maze!’
Still, it was somewhat fortunate that I would be the dean’s target.
My father should not get trapped in the Illusion Maze.
It was right for me, as bad as this villainous family, to substitute for my father.
I remembered my father’s innocent smile, which made me feel more poignant because he was so naïve.
I, Cien Mirmod.
If someone dug a pitfall in the path of my father and me, I would strike them on the back of the head with a shovel and bury them in that pit.
With an evil thought contrary to my chubby, fluffy face, I giggled.
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.”
