I briefly considered handing over the I found at the scene to the knights.
But I quickly shook my head. Giving them an item whose effect had already worn off would be pointless. They wouldn’t be able to make the connection between the flute and the monster.
‘The existence of a monster-summoning flute was revealed only in the middle-to-late part of the original work.’
As I mulled over these thoughts, I suddenly widened my eyes and turned to Anselot.
“How do you know about the flute?”
“How do you know about it, Princess Luibel?” Anselot retorted with an arrogant look on his face.
“Well, what don’t you know…”
His extensive knowledge no longer surprised me, so instead of answering, I just shook my head in disbelief.
The sky gradually darkened as the time for the ball approached. I turned towards the ballroom with Anselot and suddenly asked him,
“You’re not trying to persuade me to proceed with the scenario today.”
“Would you do it if I persuaded you?”
“No.”
As I replied promptly, he chuckled.
“See.”
I was puzzled by his easy resignation.
“Don’t you want to get rid of the dragon?”
I remembered his subtle persuasions seemed to have that goal in mind…
“If Princess Luibel doesn’t want to, there’s nothing I can do. I’ll just have to wait for a change of heart.”
“Talking like a normal person for a change.”
I scoffed at his surprisingly reasonable response, thinking he wouldn’t hesitate to use any means for his goals.
Anselot then chuckled and said in a calm voice,
“I’m exceptionally good at waiting.”
At the imperial ball celebrating my mother’s birthday.
“Wow…”
I marveled at the huge crowd gathered there.
Originally, I had no intention of coming here. Just a few days ago, I was threatened by Hezen.
But now, I was no longer living on borrowed time.
【Radiant Swordmaster】Lv.17 Luibel Ajester
I glanced at the golden window floating above my head.
The words [Terminal] and the diminishing [Remaining Lifespan] that used to terrify me were long gone.
Now, it was accompanied by the awful naming of 【Radiant Swordmaster】.
‘I wish that golden window had disappeared too.’
The name 【Radiant Swordmaster】 seemed so cool when I read it in my turbulent school days, but having it as my own title now made me cringe.
Thankfully, no one else could see this cheesy title except Anselot.
“The Empress has arrived!”
A servant announced my mother’s arrival at the door.
Mother entered with her usual dignified stride.
“Despite the recent unfortunate incident within the palace, everyone’s calm response helped prevent major damage.”
Her gaze swept over the crowd and suddenly settled on me.
“Luibel Ajester.”
I was startled to be called out unexpectedly, but I concealed my reaction and stepped forward.
“Princess Luibel greets the brightest sun of the Ajester Empire, Her Majesty the Empress.”
I greeted her cautiously and looked up, meeting her eyes.
Mother looked down at me with her usual stern gaze.
At her signal, the chief servant brought a large scabbard.
“In recognition of your significant role in resolving this incident, I bestow upon you the Empress’s sword.”
“……!”
I was astonished.
This was the very sword Mother used when she rode into battle, cutting down enemies. It was also the same sword Hezen wielded in the early to mid-parts of the original story.
My hands trembled as I received the Empress’s sword.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Our eyes met, and the corners of Mother’s eyes subtly curled up.
I felt my heart flutter, feeling recognized by her.
Around me, I saw people’s favorability levels fluctuate above their heads, distinguishing those who genuinely favored me from those who did not.
As I retreated to a corner to escape the gazes, the System Window was ever eager to engage me.
[Wow! You’re so cool, Player! Having obtained such an amazing sword, don’t you just want to swing it around? (งᐛ)ว (งᐖ)ว]This System Window was always restless to strike up a conversation.
[This momentum is perfect to start the scenario and go defeat the dragon!!!|•”•)و✧ How about it? Isn’t it exciting? Aren’t you thrilled?]“Not at all.”
My flat response seemed to upset the System Window.
[That’s too harsh｡°(っ°´o`°ｃ)°｡ Can’t you be a bit kinder? I’m a sensitive System Window, you know (~♡’ㅅ’)~♡⁼³₌₃]“What’s with you? It’s almost like you have a personality.”
I muttered to myself when it suddenly replied.
[Of course, I have a personality! Why wouldn’t I? ◥(⃔`꒳´ )⃕◤]“Really?”
I snorted.
“Then you’re the system?”
[Oh, no! How could I possibly be!]The System Window seemed genuinely shocked, devoid of its usual emoticons, which was surprisingly neat.
“Then what are you?”
[I’m a Messenger!]“A Messenger?”
[Yes! The most courageous and diligent Messenger, conveying His words! And helping the Player not to lose their way in the scenarios…]“Who is ‘He’?”
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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