“Well, take a rest for a while. I’ll ask when the doctor is coming and come back.”
“…Yes, I understand.”
Lena bid him farewell with a forced smile.
However.
[Dash].Along with the sound of the door closing, her smiling lips stiffened abruptly. As if she had been pretending to be okay in front of Belige.
“Is all of this just a coincidence…?”
[Do you want to have that man?]The voice she heard in her dream echoed in her ears. The past Belige, who looked exactly like her current self except for the color of his hair.
And even herself, who had come to love him.
Feeling a dizziness as if someone had turned her head upside down, she gripped and tore at her hair. Then, she noticed the silver strands tangled between her white fingers.
“Yes, in my dreams, I had silver hair, not black, just like Duke of Dumamis now.”
Even the hair that used to be silver on Belige was now black, as if he was in the past.
“…This can’t be a coincidence.”
[I will help you.]Once again, the voice of the man she saw in her dreams resonated.
[Very easy.]Just as that man said. She had obtained Belige.
He, who had loved another woman, was now in love with her. The long and painful unrequited love had finally come to an end. However.
“The Duke and I…”
They were cursed. A profoundly agonizing curse for which she had no idea how to break.
“Maybe…”
The white sheet that Lena was holding was crumpled ruthlessly. It was because of the dreadful assumption that passed through her mind.
Perhaps she was the cause of the curse that had befallen the Permanence family.
It had been a week since Lena returned from the Duchy of Dumamis. Walking through the Crystal Palace in the capital, Lena recalled the events that took place in the Duchy of Dumamis.
[Duke, do you know who the woman in this painting is?]A woman with the same face as hers, with only a change in hair color.
If it was Duke of Dumamis, he might have known that woman. His eyes widened in surprise the day he first saw her, making it clear.
[I don’t know exactly who this woman is. She was just a member of our family. I heard that the room in the annex belonged to the woman in the painting.] [Then, what is the name of this person…?] [I don’t know that either. I was curious and looked into it, but there was no record in the family.]According to the Duke, portraits of past members of the Dumamis family were not found even in the gallery where they were hung.
As if they existed but deliberately erased any trace of her.
“Huh…[Dash].”
Lena sighed, tilting her head back.
‘There’s no trace of it, but it’s an undeniable fact that I was a member of the Dumamis family.’
As time passed, it became clearer.
Everything she saw in Dumamis Mansion was her memory. Lena absentmindedly touched her necklace and mumbled.
“I was told that this necklace is not from the Dumamis family.”
Although she explained the original form of the ring to the Duke, it was something she had never seen or heard of.
She asked if there was any lost item related to the family, but the answer was the same.
‘Then what is this necklace?’
She had thought it must be related to her past. So, she had kept it preciously.
Maybe she could find a clue about her family.
However, in the lost memories of her past, there were no clues about this necklace.
“Why did I have this?”
Lost in thought, Lena arrived in front of Professor Leopold’s room as she absentmindedly walked through the corridor, and she raised her head.
“Let’s focus on the class for now.”
With that thought, Lena entered Leopold’s room. As she did, Leopold, who seemed to be waiting for her, adjusted his glasses and met her gaze.
“You finally came. I was wondering when you’d show up.”
“You were waiting for me?”
Lena smirked as she had never cared whether he paid attention to her coming or not.
“Yeah. Didn’t I tell you before? About why black color appears when black comes out of the crystal.”
As Lena recalled the day she first met Leopold, he explained.
“At that time, didn’t you mention that it happens when magic is too vast to be contained in the crystal?”
“Yeah, that’s right. But as I looked into it more, I found that black color can appear in other cases too. It’s a bit rarer though.”
“In other cases…”
As Leopold approached Lena, who had unknowingly approached her, he said.
“When magic and divine power coexist, black color can appear because it becomes difficult to measure accurate magic power.”
“…What?”
Lena mumbled unknowingly. The coexistence of magic and divine power.
Those two forces were like water and oil, absolutely unable to mix.
“…So, does that mean my body has both magic and divine power?”
“It’s not that. It would mean your magic power is incredibly strong. But if you had that level of magic power, it would be almost impossible to feel magic depletion. However, you mentioned feeling magic depletion.”
“Well, that’s true, but…”
As Lena hesitated, he shrugged.
“Well, it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. It’s just one possibility for the reason why black color appeared.”
Though Leopold spoke lightly, Lena was more serious than ever.
“If what you said is true, does that mean I was born with both magic and divine power?”
“It’s unlikely.”
“Then how can these two powers coexist?”
“Hmm.”
Leopold, pondering for a moment at her question, answered subtly.
“Well, it’s not impossible if you use forbidden dark magic.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
