It was several days after signing an utterly unremarkable contract.
It seemed as if my insides, which had been overturned by being summoned backwards by the demon Zephyr, were slowly settling down.
According to the Book of Spirits, the aftereffects of a reverse summoning are quite long, but the recovery was faster than expected, thanks in part to the dedicated meals of Chef Seto.
“Sylaphe!”
As soon as Evelia was recovered enough to summon spirits, the first thing she did was to call Sylaphe.
She had already known that the spirits that were summoned in reverse did not vanish, but simply returned to the spirit world.
However, she did not know whether spirits also felt pain, whether they bled when injured, and such details.
That’s why she had been concerned about Sylaphe, who had disappeared after being bitten by Cerberus’s fang.
Whoosh.
An inexplicable breeze blew through the closed room, soon taking on the form of a smokecolored eagle.
Sylaphe, who had fluttered its wings once, flew straight towards Evelia.
[Contractor! Are you okay? Not okay? Damn demon! Look at this huge cheek with a plaster on it!]All her planned worries, apologies, were preempted.
“No, I called to ask if Sylaphe was okay… I’m fine! I’m all better!”
What followed made not only Sylaphe but also Perseus, who had been watching Evelia through Sylaphe, smile.
“Is Sylaphe okay? Do spirits have a spirit doctor? Did a spirit doctor treat you?”
[Doctor Spirit … Is that spirit book you have a stew stand?]“…I’ll read more when I’m bigger. I put it there because the letters are too difficult for now.”
Knowing it was embarrassing, Evelia’s voice became softer and softer.
[Physical shocks that spirits receive are all taken by the spirit user. Thanks to our contractor, I’m okay.]Sylaphe, who had been circling Evelia, stirring the wind because the bruises left all over the chick contractor’s body made him anxious, added a simple explanation.
[Please study a bit. Why is a human born with such excellent qualities so lazy?]“This… Go back!”
Evelia quickly sent Sylaphe, who was scolding her and slapping her head with its wings, back to the spirit world.
“Sylaphe is a nag, just like our mother.”
Evelia, who had hung her head, also called Undine, her fish friend who was probably worried.
“Undine.”
A small water spray splashed, and a fish swimming in thin air stuck to her forehead.
[Eeeeeh I won’t let you off! What happened to our chick’s chubby cheeks Eeeeeh.]“My cheeks…”
Since both Sylaphe and Undine kept mentioning her big cheeks, her chubby cheeks, Evelia, unknowingly, began to touch her cheeks.
They said it’s all baby fat. They said it would go away when I grow up.
Undine, true to its water spirit nature, soaked Evelia’s room carpet with its popping tears.
While bringing several layers of towels to prevent the carpet from getting any wetter, Undine flew around with Evelia’s spirit book, which had been used as a stew stand, and flipped the pages.
[Sob… Our chick’s precious cheeks…. Look here, chick.]“…?”
[It seems you haven’t read this far yet, but this person written here is our king.]Upon hearing Undine’s unusually respectful mention of the king, Evelia glanced at the Book of Spirits with curiosity.
On the page that started with a preamble that there were limitations in recording due to lack of wellknown facts, there was only the name of the king of the water spirits and very brief information about him.
[You got that? Remember well? If anything happens in the future, call our king’s honorific.]“But it says here that if I want to call the king, I have to exchange my life…?!”
[Normally, yes. In order for a human to dare face the king, they must exhaust all the embedded in their soul.]“To the end…?”
[Yeah. If the Natural Power you possess is less than the Natural Power needed to summon the spirit king, it’s natural to die instantly, and even if they’re similar, it’s common to die without recovering.]The words that followed Undine’s creepy explanation were, as usual, praises for its king.
[It is he who rules all the water in this world.]It could rain throughout this empire, it could cause a tsunami, it could dry everything up and turn it into a desert, all those impossible things were possible for him.
[Isn’t it only fair to take that kind of risk to meet such a person?]“I don’t want to die yet. I won’t call.”
Despite Evelia’s steadfast refusal even after the sales effort, Undine shared with her a little secret.
[If such an event happens, is it not the same to die in the hands of the devil or die summoning our king? Somehow, I think you’ll be fine, chick.]Because you have the seal.
The seal left by the King of Water, the King of Wind, directly to you.
But as this was not something a lowranking spirit like Undine could dare speak of, it was best for Undine to just say that it should be fine.
[Remember the honorific. If something happens, you must call. Understand? Hmm?]Probably waiting.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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