I have not started using the control magic and spirit magic that I naturally learned, fearing it might affect my body, for several months now.
But as the fatigue increased without any solution, I started to get a little anxious.
‘I can’t go on like this. Let’s close my eyes and give it a try.’
What I meant by trying was none other than consuming cooked magical beasts.
Rose Palace’s food storage was filled with delicious preserved food, and one of them was a steak filled with highquality magic from a magical beast.
Made with very tender meat so that even children could eat it, and coated with a special sauce, it was an appetizing dish with a glossy appearance.
‘It looks just like food for humans.’
I, who secretly entered the storage to avoid people’s eyes, looked down at the steak dish with a fragrant smell as if it had just been grilled, and swallowed my dry saliva.
‘Maybe I can eat this much?’
I moved the fork with the meat to my mouth, inflated by a slight expectation, but the result was a disaster.
I couldn’t even swallow a small bite, and with a pale face, I had to spit out the meat.
“Ugh, it’s tasteless.”
How can I eat something this foul!
‘It’s still too much…….’
I thought that my taste might change over time.
The soul is just like a human’s, but the body is, after all, a demon.
But whether it was then or now, my body reacted with rejection as soon as I ate food related to magical beasts.
I hated this constitution, but there was nothing much I could do.
‘I wonder if I’ll really be in trouble due to lack of magic.’
I, who returned the preserved steak, sighed and sat down on the floor.
“I’m depressed…….”
Even though I aim for a positive personality, I couldn’t help but hate myself for having to face this frustration because of my natural taste.
And it’s not just hard for me.
Thinking about Sione, who is doing her best to somehow help me overcome this situation, and the chambermaid sisters who are always genuinely worried about me, made me feel even more down.
“I must keep going.”
I, who muttered as if making a resolution to myself, straightened my crumpled pumpkin pants and stood up.
There’s no point in sitting around like this, as nothing will improve.
“Let’s go eat the snacks that Sione made!”
Her desserts, filled with refined magic, gave me strength whenever I was down.
Along with magic replenishment, the sweet taste even changed my mood, so it was the best snack for me now.
I, who returned to my room, picked something delicious from the dessert plate on the table that fit my height and put it in my mouth.
“Ugh, so thirsty!”
The soft and rich brownie accompanied by raspberry jam, and the fluffy texture unique to meringue made dacquoise my favorite dessert recently.
After gobbling up the endlessly delicious dessert that never gets tiring, and coolly downing water, I began to nod off while sitting on the sofa.
“Have to brush my teeth and sleep…….”
The biggest problem with replenishing magic through sweet food was inevitably dental health.
But according to Sione’s explanation, regular food contradicts magic, thus not producing much effect.
Except for milk, flour food with a lot of sugar harmonizes and absorbs with magic the fastest, so I had no choice but to opt for desserts.
So I inevitably had to brush my teeth more than six times a day, but lately, I often fell asleep in this drowsy state.
In the end, I started to doze off while snoring softly, leaning slightly on the sofa.
The red magic stone in my pocket crackled and broke, a sound I failed to notice.
(This is a time delimiter.)
The same night, near the boundary.
In the deep forest with the bright moon up, someone was running alone on a rugged path where large tree roots sprouted here and there.
At a glance, the long shadow made the person look like an adult, but the true identity was a boy just over 10 years old.
“Ha, ha…….”
Shining golden eyes between the tangled and disheveled black hair.
The vertically slit pupils, like those of a wild beast, seemed to be on guard for something.
“Cough!”
The boy, struggling to climb over a root much larger than himself, tumbled to the ground with a thud.
“Damn, my leg…….”
The boy, who had badly twisted his left ankle, let out a painful groan as he barely got up.
The boy’s body, wearing tattered clothes torn here and there, was battered as if whipped.
Given the cuts here and there on his arms and legs, the traces of abuse by someone were evident.
‘I have to run farther from here….’
The boy was being chased by someone.
And a moment later, men with torches began to reveal themselves one by one in the darkness.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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