Even if this method turns out to be incorrect and he faces a miserable death here, it doesn’t matter. His life is so insignificant that it would be okay even if he falls short of obtaining what he desires. After all, he no longer has a reason to live.
‘In the end, I’m just a fool.’
Despite having numerous choices for a comfortable life, he rejects them all and ends up in such a desolate place facing the prospect of a miserable death. It felt pitiful to welcome death in a situation that started with ridiculing and resenting Odette.
But what could he do?
To the one standing at the edge of a cliff, there is no path other than falling.
Perhaps Odette was right.
Maybe she was born with misfortune.
And as a result, her surroundings, and even those who merely observed, all succumbed to unhappiness to this extent.
‘Thinking such ridiculous thoughts, I must be losing my mind.’
With a cold smirk, Valtter raised the dagger and plunged it into his own heart.
In the fading consciousness, a voice from some time ago played.
In the fading consciousness, a voice from some time ago played.
I hope you become truly happy, Duke Ertman.
And still, Valtter couldn’t respond to that voice.
Fortunately, Valtter’s heart was sufficient to fulfill the wish.
And the method he chose seemed to be the right one.
After Valtter stabbed his heart with the dagger, he encountered ‘him,’ and ‘he’ found Valtter’s case intriguing, saying,
“I’ve met those who stabbed their hearts because they wanted to die, but this is the first time in a situation like this. Moreover, it seems like it’s not something innate…”
“Innate?”
“It’s the minimum requirement to activate that dagger.”
Apparently, the pendant that Odette gave Valtter served as the ‘ability’ that replaced this minimum requirement.
Valtter nodded as he guessed the situation, and ‘he’ continued, seemingly surprised.
“It seems you don’t know anything properly. Do you know the name of the item you used?”
“I don’t.”
“Well, that’s expected. It’s unfortunate. Oh, by the way, the name of the item you just thought of is ‘Distrust.'”
Valtter quickly erased the artifact from his mind that changes the wearer’s appearance and is shaped like a ring.
The name seemed utterly unpleasant.
“It’s natural that the name is like that. This item corrects the errors in the world.”
“…Errors?”
“Sometimes, beings are born with abilities that go beyond the world’s norm due to errors. The world naturally does its best to eliminate such beings and maintain balance. Even if you quietly survive, you won’t be able to completely avoid disasters.”
And that disaster among humans is called ‘misfortune,’ so the name of the dagger naturally became ‘Misfortune.’
In summary, this artifact was created for those who, due to extraordinary abilities, acquired misfortune. Valtter suddenly recalled Odette’s words.
I’m unlucky, Duke. Perhaps I was born with misfortune.
Odette expressed uncertainty with the term ‘perhaps,’ but her guess was correct. She was indeed a person born with misfortune. She simply hid her abilities well, lowered her status, and lived quietly, which delayed the discovery of the intensity of her misfortune.
However, even though Odette lived quietly, the world ultimately succeeded in correcting the error.
Fate pushed Odette into misfortune and led her to death.
‘It’s cruel.’
Valtter cursed internally and asked,
“If I didn’t have the ability, does that mean I can’t make a deal with you even though I offered my heart?”
“It’s not difficult to fulfill your wish in exchange for your heart. But can you endure it? Your sincerity will be distorted, and you’ll often face rejection.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“You will receive numerous wounds, and you, too, will no longer be able to believe the sincerity of others. In the end, all that will remain are pitiful words. Still, do you truly wish to proceed with the deal?”
“I’ve already experienced it once; doing it twice is difficult.”
Valtter coldly smirked and continued, “Proceed with the deal. I must take the value of my heart.”
The deal with ‘him’ proceeded smoothly.
At the end, ‘he’ said, “Since I’ve received the offering, the deal is done. But remember, the name of this is Misfortune. However you arrived here, since you made the deal, this misfortune will be your share.”
The warnings ‘he’ gave before the deal seemed to imply that ‘misfortune’ would follow.
Although the final warning conveyed was eerie, it didn’t evoke much emotion in Valtter. From the beginning, he didn’t care about such things.
If only he could turn back time and meet Odette again as he wished.
So, Valtter went back in time.
As soon as he returned to the capital, the first thing he did was gather information about the artifact he had used.
There were almost no documents available under the name of Duke Ertman below the continent, and after examining everything, Valtter reached a conclusion.
“I was lucky.”
The artifact he used, the relic, was said to fulfill the wishes of the subject, but it was an item for which information such as the method of use, operating principles, and even the minimum conditions were unknown.
Discovering such a thing just before dying, Valtter, who hadn’t even fulfilled the minimum conditions, wondered how often he could use it correctly.
It seemed that the Sacred Studies Department at Belfor Academy was diligently researching this. Perhaps they would be standing in line to express their gratitude if they heard Valtter’s story.
At least Valtter had heard about the minimum conditions and the correct usage from the party involved in the deal.
The conversation with the being referred to as ‘him’ provided Valtter with a lot of information.
Based on that conversation, Valtter could guess what ‘misfortune,’ as mentioned by ‘him,’ might entail.
“The user invariably disappears after about one to two years.”
Despite being an item designed to correct errors, it seemed like the offering for fulfilling the user’s wish was, in fact, erasing their existence from this world.
Now, it was Valtter’s turn to bear that cost.
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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