Marbes’s shoulders slumped, confirming it was true.
Though it was a comment typical of Naberus, Beril couldn’t abandon that ornament.
So.
“Marbes, let’s do this.”
She looked around at the new decoration. It was a wooden ornament, too intricate to be merely a hobby.
Yes, wood.
After all, the guests from noble families would find ornaments made of wood to be lacking in elegance. They valued only what was shiny and precious.
“Let’s make the ornament out of metal.”
At those words, Marbes’s expression darkened even more. It looked as though he was about to plunge into the deepest ocean.
“To carve metal while retaining its unique properties… My ability is far too weak.”
Marbes spoke in a voice filled with real difficulty.
“And I lack sufficient magical power as well.”
Beril waved off his concern.
“You don’t have to carve the metal in its entirety.”
Beril recalled the crystal ornaments that had been in fashion during her time in Orobas.
They were wooden ends carved long like rectangular blocks, with jewels attached.
People admired how the jewels reflected light, and the ornaments became a trend.
Beril planned to get ahead of that trend.
“You don’t carve it as a whole. You piece together small blocks to form the ornament. Can you do that?”
Beril showed Marbes her quill, overlapping another quill to illustrate.
“I can fit the pieces together, but to link the metallic ornament with my unique ability, a vastly powerful source of magical power is required…”
Beril silently pointed to the magical drink. She had made a small pouch for it, so she could carry it around at all times.
“Would this suffice?”
Marbes’s mouth fell open. Only now, as the ornament, like his own child, escaped its destructive crisis, did he feel the flow of the immense magical power.
“It’s more than enough!”
His eyes lit up.
“Moreover, if it’s a pieced-together method, even if Lord Naberus throws it, it won’t get crushed, and if it breaks, I can just fit it back together! If I trim the ends a bit, I can even use it as a talisman! You’re truly visionary!”
His words flowed eloquently.
…She had never mentioned that use.
But if Marbes was satisfied, then that was all that mattered.
“I’ll get started on it right away!”
Marbes bowed repeatedly, expressing his gratitude.
“You don’t have to rush.”
“Creating it is my pleasure!”
With that, Marbes dashed out quickly.
Beril was startled by his speed but eventually burst into laughter.
It would surely be a beautiful ornament.
In this dark place, especially, objects that catch the light tend to stand out.
Several days later.
“…Such lighting is new to me.”
Beleld started to noticeably feel the changes in the mansion.
Of course, he had known that the positions of the furniture had been changing and that unsettling decorations had been removed.
But the intricately patterned light that seemed to have been embroidered into the floor, cutting across the ground, was a change he had not expected.
Furthermore.
“…It’s gotten brighter.”
Beleld realized that the mansion’s surroundings had become much brighter during the day.
“…Shall I order it to be removed?”
Lonobe, who was following him, cautiously asked.
It was because he remembered how Beleld had been furious on the battlefield some ten years ago, questioning whether a brightly shining demon intended to lure in all the monsters.
No matter how much he has changed lately… Isn’t he still occasionally irritable?
If it’s an object that would irritate him, it would be better to remove it. However.
“…Here.”
Beleld approached the sculpture next to the lighting. Precisely, not only had the lighting become stronger, but the decoration in front of it was causing this.
Are you considering destroying it?
Knowing that the decoration was something Beril had personally placed, Lonobe held his breath even more.
If you do destroy it, how will you explain to Her Highness—
“…Do you feel any magic?”
But what Beleld said was out of the blue. Lonobe responded with a puzzled expression.
“No?”
What is this talk of magic? To him, it was just a sculpture by Marbes.
Before Marbes ‘imbued’ it with ‘ability’, it was just a common decoration… Ah, it’s turned metallic.
That was the only peculiarity he saw. But for Beleld, it was different.
“It’s something Beril ordered to be placed here, isn’t it?”
The only one who had tampered with this decoration recently would have been Beril’s order.
Lonobe nodded his head.
“Yes.”
“Her orders, then.”
If it were before, he would have found such a major change unwelcome.
A big change that could be a stimulus to him would be one thing, but such a minor change only amounted to a bothersome shift in the placement of objects.
But now it was different.
If he had thought it was useless but then considered that she was fond of it.
“…”
The magic was surely emanating from her, who was in the mansion. Why?
It felt like magic emanated from everywhere her hand touched.
Unknowingly, his gaze turned towards the mansion.
And then.
“…?”
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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