His compulsive affinity slowly rose.
Then.
Crackle, crack―
A sound like metal cracking rang out.
“Oh no.”
Klaus bit his lower lip, his expression hardening.
Klaus’s shield couldn’t withstand the erosion fluid and shattered.
Clang!
Simultaneously, he wrapped me in his arms protectively.
“Be careful, Your Highness!”
“Klaus, sir, you’re in danger!”
I desperately tried to push him away, but he firmly protected me.
“No! If this goes on, your body will be eroded by the fluid…!”
Tearfully, I pounded on his sturdy body, but he didn’t budge.
“I’m, okay, ugh…”
The man who seemed unflinching even at the point of a lance was unable to finish his sentence and swallowed a groan.
“It’s not okay. It’s not okay. You’re hurt.”
“……”
Finally, I burst into tears.
The smell of burning flesh permeated as the erosion fluid poured down, but Klaus steadfastly held me.
That’s when I felt it.
The air around us subtly changed.
‘This sensation…’
It was familiar.
Not long ago, on the day I awakened in place of Hezen, the air felt exactly the same as it did now.
As the softly flowing air seeped into Klaus, who was holding me, a golden light flashed from his body.
“Klaus…!”
[SYSTEM] is beginning to awaken!The wounds on Klaus’s body vanished in an instant, and the golden light emanating from him formed a large aura, rising into the air.
The golden aura transformed into a golden shield, blocking the falling erosion fluid.
Heir of the Wintester Duke Family
Above his head, the blue spear transformed, turning into a golden spear like mine.
The Shield of Light
Klaus Wintester has awakened!
‘In the original, he awakened much later…!’
I was astonished by his unexpected awakening, holding my breath in surprise.
Not just me, Klaus, too, detached from me and slowly looked up in awe.
“The Holy Membrane… How could it…?”
The Holy Membrane. The sacred golden shield created by the power of Klaus, one of the five heroes in the original .
Klaus stared blankly at the golden shield above us, protecting us.
“Sir Klaus, are you alright?”
“Yes, my wounds have all healed. But Your Highness…”
Just as he replied in a dazed voice.
Crash!
With a loud breaking sound, the black background encircling us started to crack.
Soon, the blackness crumbled, and the surroundings brightened.
[SYSTEM] The interdimensional space has been destroyed.“Ah…”
I turned quickly at the sound of a cold breath.
There stood Anselot, holding fragments of the broken containment sphere.
Anselot was rooted to the spot, looking at me intensely.
Chirp chirp chirp chirp!
―Louiebel Niiiim! I was so worried!
Phyia rushed to me, chirping and bursting into tears.
“It’s okay, I’m safe, Phyia.”
Phyia sobbed even harder at my words.
I stroked Phyia’s feathers to comfort her, then turned to Anselot.
He was still staring at me, teeth clenched.
“Thank you, Anselot.”
Smiling broadly at him, he walked towards me with firm steps.
Frowning, he looked at my torn and ragged clothes, then took off his white overcoat and wrapped it around me.
He then grasped my shoulders with both hands, bowing his head deeply.
“Anselot?”
“You really are… Ah…”
A cold laugh tickled my ears.
After a while, Anselot murmured in a whisper.
“You had me worried.”
It’s curious. How can a voice without a trace of tears sound so drenched?
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
