“Excuse me, sirs. Do you have a moment for me?”
September 11, 2031.
Day 2 of the Hunter Auction.
Ae-yeon, who successfully finished collecting chips, stopped in a deserted alley. In front of her were three foreign hunters, including Verde. She could guess their purpose.
“Who are you?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
“You stole my items.”
Verde blocked Ae-yeon’s path with a face that seemed to say he already knew everything. Ae-yeon, without any signs of intimidation, lifted her head and burst out laughing.
“I knew it would be like this. After all, I told you to take good care of your pocket, right?”
“Don’t play dumb and hand it over.”
“What are you talking about? Is there any evidence that I stole it?”
There isn’t. Under the baseball cap, the pink eyes looked innocent.
“Besides you, there’s no one else I can think of.”
“Hey, sir. That’s suspicion, not evidence.”
Ugh. Ae-yeon, who tilted her head in resignation, crossed her hands and drew an X.
“Anyway, it wasn’t me. Definitely not.”
Just as she was about to pass them.
Crunch! Thud! Thud!
A large dog appeared suddenly, revealing its teeth as if it would bite Ae-yeon at any moment.
Two, three, four… Large dogs that weren’t here just a moment ago started appearing gradually.
‘There’s a tamer.’
A hunter with the summoning ability, commonly called a Tamer, especially those who handle animals. They can summon objects ranging from tens to thousands as long as there is remaining mana, depending on their rank.
It would become troublesome if the fight dragged on.
Summon-type hunters could summon objects as long as they had mana left. Depending on the rank, they could summon a minimum of ten to several thousand objects.
For Ae-yeon, who was specialized in one-on-one combat, they were her natural enemies.
Moreover, the opponent was three of them. A-grade hunter Verde’s unique ability was plant manipulation. The other hunter’s rank and unique ability were unknown. In other words, predicting the matchup was impossible.
In that case, there was only one action to take here. Ae-yeon twirled her fingers.
“Sir, is it a dog? It’s cute, but I prefer cats.”
And then.
“……?!”
The girl disappeared as if in smoke.
A bewildered Verde quickly scanned the surroundings. The girl’s figure couldn’t be seen anywhere.
Up? No. She literally ‘disappeared.’ As if she had teleported.
Whether she fled or simply hid her appearance, I don’t know. But either way, it didn’t matter.
“Chase her.”
A hunter muttered like casting a spell. The large dogs, which were the triggers, scattered in all directions.
‘That’s Kang Ae-yeon from Class 2. A basic livelihood recipient.’
‘When she was young, her parents died in a Gate accident, and she was raised in an orphanage until last year?’
‘Really? My friend in Class 2 said that she even smells weird. I sat behind her, and every time she moved, there was a funky smell, like, ugh. She always wears the same socks, they say?’
‘I bet there’s no water at her home.’
Ugh, gross.
‘Did you hear that? Class 2 got caught during the first-period P.E. class.’
‘Caught?’
‘She smells so much that the teacher could feel it from a distance and had to stop the class. Gross.’
‘After the first period, when I returned to the classroom, everyone’s wallets were gone. All the unlocked lockers were wide open.’
‘Wow, that’s crazy.’
‘But you know what’s creepy? While everyone was freaking out about wallets missing in the classroom, Kang Ae-yeon was at the back door of the classroom, watching and laughing.’
‘Crazy. What the heck? So scary.’
‘She always says her stomach hurts and goes to the infirmary during P.E. class. Wouldn’t she get caught doing that?’
──It’s Kang Ae-yeon.
‘Ae-yeon, can you be honest with the teacher? Why did you do that? If you needed something…’
No, it’s not me.
‘Yes, Hwang teacher. Even if you ask her, she keeps denying it to the end. That’s… Ae-yeon doesn’t have parents. If she’s doing this now, I’m worried about her future… My head hurts just thinking about it. Yes, I’ll check Tyler first. Yes, yes. Understood.’
…I’m telling you, it’s not me.
‘Ae-yeon, did you really get an S-rank evaluation?’
‘Is it time after school today? We’re going to the café with the guys from the next school. You should come too.’
‘Ae-yeon, want to get matching friendship bracelets?’
‘Here. A summary note. I’m showing it only to you.’
We’re close friends.
‘Thanks to Ae-yeon, our school is on TV. The teacher is really proud of our Ae-yeon.’
‘So I’m saying, Ae-yeon. If it’s okay, could you help with shooting a school promotional video? It would be great if Ae-yeon could be in the video.’
You’re the face of our school.
Ae-yeon.
Our Ae-yeon.
Ae-yeon.
Kang Ae-yeon─.
…….
…….
Thud, thud….
The raindrops, which were falling one or two at a time, gradually intensified. Thick raindrops began to mercilessly pound on the exposed skin of the face.
“…Cough.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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