Rishi had already exerted considerable power, leaving her body unable to contain it properly.
However, this situation couldn’t be handled by K alone.
K reluctantly returned to Rishi.
Rishi, who had been consistently sitting with an anxious expression, suddenly stood up. Though slightly unsteady, it seemed like some strength had returned.
‘Already regaining strength…’
K was amazed.
During his lifetime, he never imagined witnessing someone who knew how to use relics.
And that person turned out to be his wife, possessing power strong enough to influence the entire city.
Was this a dream?
“Do I have nothing to do, K?”
Upon Rishi’s question, K regained his composure and replied, “It’s challenging, but we need to help, Rishi.”
“I don’t need help. Since it seems like something I caused, it’s only natural for me to resolve it.”
“We can discuss that part properly later. For now, let’s prioritize handling this.”
Rishi nodded.
K took out the Sleeve Stone from the pouch he was holding.
“You spread this with your power, so you can also collect it with your power.”
“But I don’t know how to use this. How was it used?”
“You can do it. Originally, artifact users, or what were called Treasure Hunters a long time ago, were known to influence relics and collect them. So, you should be able to do it too.”
Rishi was doubtful whether she could really do it.
But it wasn’t the time to whine. I did it, so I have to fix it. Even if it’s not possible, I have to make it possible.
Rishi took the Sleeve Stone from K’s hand.
“I’ll do it. I can do it.”
“Okay. If it feels too difficult, let me know. There’s no need to force yourself when it feels like you’re about to die.”
“Don’t worry, K.”
Rishi tightly grasped the Sleeve Stone as she did before.
‘I gave power. I wanted to break this. Sleeve Stone might have perceived my power transfer differently. Maybe it absorbed what I gave, thinking I was passing on strength. In that case, should I absorb strength from this stone now?’
Rishi tried to feel the sensation of trying to take away the power from the Sleeve Stone, but it wasn’t easy. Since she had never absorbed something through her palms, she couldn’t even guess what the sensation might be like.
‘Is it like drinking water with my palms? But what does that feel like? No, no. It can’t be that. My power has already spread globally. Instead of absorbing that again…’
Treasure Hunter.
It didn’t seem likely that they had influenced relics by absorbing power from them.
‘Using it. In that case, I just need to exert my power once again and give a command.’
Rishi tightly held the Sleeve Stone and, exerting all her strength, commanded, ‘Finish what you just did!’
The sensation began again.
Swoooosh [Dash] The sensation of the Sleeve Stone draining energy from Rishi’s entire body.
In a situation where Rishi’s power had not fully recovered, the force taken by the Sleeve Stone was the same as before, making Rishi feel like she would faint.
Nevertheless, she endured.
She had to endure until something changed.
However.
Swoosh [Dash]!
With a sound in her head as if something had snapped, Rishi’s body collapsed.
+++
On the day of the wedding, Rishi, who had fainted from using excessive power, woke up after a week.
The first face Rishi saw upon waking up was K’s.
As if he himself had fainted, K’s eyes were red with worry.
“Good grief, Rishi. I thought you wouldn’t wake up again. I thought I had put you into eternal sleep by misusing it.”
As K hugged her, murmuring with a trembling voice, Rishi felt her love for him about to burst.
Despite the burdensome things Rishi had done, K never blamed her and made efforts to help her recover.
“I’m sorry, K.”
“Don’t say that, Rishi. I’ll get you some soup. Eat and rest a bit more.”
“No, I want to know what happened afterward.”
“But you have to eat the soup first. You haven’t eaten anything for a week because you were unconscious.”
“Then I’ll listen while eating.”
However, Rishi couldn’t hear K’s explanation while eating soup. K’s family, subordinates, and maids all came to see Rishi once to confirm that she was okay, stayed for a while, and then left.
It was only late at night that K and Rishi could have a leisurely conversation. By that time, Rishi had regained a lot of energy, but K made sure she couldn’t get up from bed.
“I told people that it was the mischief of the Lamba Tribe, Rishi. They used a large amount of sleep magic, trying to put the entire city to sleep and invade. However, my shadows, Eldie, and I were able to prevent it because their magic didn’t work on us.”
“Do you believe that vague story?”
“Considering the bewildering situation and the notorious reputation of the Lamba Tribe, everyone was scared. Frightened, they left the city as if fleeing. Before they could notice anything, I sent people to report to the emperor. Since we said we would defeat the Lamba Tribe, he accepted.”
“Do you believe it to the end?”
“If we clean up only the Lamba Tribe, no one will make an issue out of it, Rishi. Besides, Mir…”
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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