“When a contract is made with a spirit, a seal visible only to spirits is engraved on the forehead of the spirit mage. Especially for the first contract, because the pact with the spirit is engraved on the soul of the contractor, the seal on the forehead burns with a brilliant light for about 10 minutes. This is the only time that humans can see the seal.”
[Even if you don’t become a spirit mage, you can be a spirit knowledgeable!, Heron Publishing, excerpt from page 605] [Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Can…it can’t be!”
Even after a noble woman shouted, everyone present in the banquet hall couldn’t easily open their mouths.
The glowing pattern on the forehead of the child, who was just celebrating her first birthday, was so surreal.
‘Why are they like that. Mom definitely said that contracts with spirits can’t be seen by other people…’
She would find out the reason after reading a book with the silly name of [Even if you don’t become a spirit mage, you can be a spirit knowledgeable!] later, but for now, Evelia couldn’t understand why.
Evelia’s lips protruded and her tears were about to fall.
Cedric got down from his chair, hugged Evelia, and walked towards Hugo.
In the banquet hall where everything, including the sound of music and the movement of people, had stopped, Cedric, who was moving alone, easily drew people’s attention.
“Avert your eyes. Our baby is hurt.”
Looking at the tearyeyed Evelia, Cedric, who seemed to have left his usual innocence somewhere, warned as he growled, meeting the eyes of each noble with his finely honed gaze.
“How dare you look at my sister with such disrespectful eyes.”
At his words, the nobles’ gaze sneakily shifted away from Evelia.
“Gently our baby, comfort her.”
Then, Arkan, who had brought a blanket from the duke’s residence for his sister, wrapped Evelia up tightly in it.
As soon as the brightly glowing seal on her forehead was covered, the silence of the banquet hall broke.
“Could it… be… the seal of the spirit…?”
A nobleman with no presence, who normally wouldn’t dare speak out in a banquet hall full of highranking nobles like now, said,
“Speak sensibly! The princess has just celebrated her first birthday! The Druid, who was called the great spirit mage in the past, was said to have made a contract with a spirit at the age of eight!”
Count Mirone, who had been following the backside of Duke Defont all along, shouted.
Count Mirone was the one who had become the lapdog of the Duke, expecting to pick up crumbs if the Defont Duke’s family was enfeoffed to a ducal family.
From the perspective of the nobles following the Defont Duke’s family, including him, it was absolutely not acceptable that Artina’s princess was born with the qualifications of a spirit mage that the whole empire did not want.
“Look properly if you have eyes! The seal shining on the princess’s forehead is clearly the seal of water!”
Count Effri, a spirit magic professor at Arcadia Public Academy, retorted with an excited voice.
While the nobles were having a heated debate, Cedric blocked Evelia’s ears with his tiny hands in case she might get hurt.
Hugo and Elysia scanned the banquet hall with sharp eyes.
Allies and enemies can be more easily identified when an unexpected situation occurs.
Then it happened.
Clap, clap, clap.
The large applause pierced through the confusing atmosphere.
Who dares to clap in this serious situation?
The nobles, who furrowed their brows at the applause that completely failed to read the room, had no choice but to relax their frowns the moment their eyes met the owner of the sound.
“Quiet, everyone!”
Indeed, it was His Majesty the Emperor.
“Isn’t the pattern shining on the forehead of the princess clearly the seal of a spirit!”
Indeed, the word of the Emperor was final. He summed up the situation in a word.
The Emperor, who looked around the shocked faces of the nobles once, burst into hearty laughter.
“Hahaha!! A contract with a spirit on just her first birthday! And from the Artina family at that! Is there another happy event like this!”
The Emperor, who took off the crown that had been on his head and casually threw it onto the table, rushed down from the high podium as if flying.
Hugo and Elysia stood up to show their respect, but the Emperor waved them off.
“It’s amazing, it’s amazing!! A new spirit mage has appeared after 10 years! 10 years! And to make a contract on just her first birthday! Isn’t it clear that the blessing of the spirit is still alive in this empire!”
At least in public, the emperor, who always maintained his dignity, was so excited that he looked as though he had returned to his days as a crown prince, flaunting his robust health, just like the days when he rushed through the battlefield with Hugo.
“Cedric, can I hold the princess for a bit?”
How strange! His Majesty, the emperor, is acting strange!
Cedric, sensing the emperor’s excitement, held Evelia in his arms, turned his back to the emperor and expressed his refusal.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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