“Why would I resent you?”
“Just because. When the time comes, you might want to resent someone, but there may not be a suitable target.”
When Luibel asked in bewilderment, Anselot answered in a calm voice.
“Then just resent me. It’s because of me that the princess became a player and a bug.”
Luibel pouted her lips.
“I’m already resenting you, you know? Don’t you remember how I beat you up earlier?”
Luibel deliberately put on a fierce expression and showed her fist. Even so, to Anselot, it looked like a cute cotton ball.
“It doesn’t seem like it was enough to be called ‘beating up’.”
Anselot chuckled and leaned his upper body towards Luibel.
“Hit me more until your anger subsides, princess. I’ll take as much as you give.”
“G-Get away!”
Luibel pushed Anselot away, disgusted by the suddenly shortened distance.
“Ouch, it hurts my feelings when you’re that disgusted.”
“That’s because you suddenly got so close!”
However, contrary to her disgust, Luibel’s earlobes were slightly flushed red.
[This is the timeline separator]Deep in the forest.
A small boy was crouching under a tree trunk.
He was a mysterious-looking boy with black hair and black eyes.
Half of the blood flowing through the child’s body was that of an elf, and the other half was human.
Because of this, the child could not blend into either the elven world or the human world.
A murky black mist swirled around the child.
The child was pondering Luibel’s words from earlier.
‘You were actually lonely, weren’t you? Enduring alone in this vast forest for ages.’
She had said to him. That he was actually lonely.
But the child doesn’t know what it means to be lonely.
Paradoxically, he didn’t know loneliness because he had never not been lonely since the moment he was born.
However, if there’s one thing that’s clear.
‘I’ll stay by your side.’
The moment he heard those words, he wanted to grab the hand she extended.
It was the first time.
Someone who said such things to him.
Is it true? If I just hold that hand, will she really stay by my side?
But even the womb that gave birth to me abandoned me.
Why does she say she’ll stay with me?
‘Let’s go together. You don’t have to hurt people anymore.’
While harboring endless questions, her voice kept coming to mind.
Ilei missed her.
As soon as he thought that, the black mist scattered beside Ilei gathered and changed into her form.
The black form extended its hand towards Ilei, just as Luibel had done. The form that couldn’t make a sound mouthed silently with its lips. ‘Let’s go together’, it said.
As the scene repeated endlessly, suddenly something didn’t feel right.
She wasn’t that dark.
She was a woman with a light pink hue, as if she held spring within her.
Unlike me…
As Ilei was lost in thought, stroking his black hair,
A large shadow loomed over him.
Ilei hesitated and slowly raised his head.
Then he saw a pair of golden eyes looking down at him.
“Ah…”
Ilei’s lips trembled as he instinctively recognized him.
[This is the timeline separator]Piya woke up again well into the afternoon.
Squeak! Squeeeeak!
It seemed to have recovered its strength while sleeping, looking healthy. Thankfully.
Squeeeeeak!
―The crazy Anselot has returned to normal!
Piya, perched majestically on my shoulder, spread one wing towards Anselot and shouted.
“Crazy… what?”
Anselot’s eyes narrowed menacingly at Piya’s words.
But Piya didn’t back down and continued to shout.
Squeak! Squeeeeeak!
―Crazy Anselot! The crazy Anselot whose eyes rolled back and tried to attack Lady Lulu!
“…”
Anselot’s lips pressed tightly at Piya’s continued words.
The original Anselot wouldn’t have let such an impertinent Piya off easily, but it seems he still feels guilty about attacking us…
“Should I show you how a truly crazy person would cook an impertinent little bird?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Anselot grinned threateningly at Piya and conjured a white sphere in the air.
Squeeeeeak!
―Lady Lulu! Anselot is trying to eat Piya!
Piya screamed and flew up with a flap.
‘At least it looks healthy, that’s a relief.’
I watched Anselot and Piya bickering, chuckling.
Fortunately, unlike last time, Piya had no major external injuries, thanks to my immediate protection when Anselot revealed himself as a bug.
And as Piya regained consciousness, the system also started functioning again.
[Quest in progress]…The forest mist you and your companions…
As expected, the second quest of the Forest of Dreams had not yet met the clearing conditions.
‘Now that Piya is back too, we need to find Ilei again…’
And just as I thought that.
Without much trouble, Ilei appeared with a rustling sound from beyond the bushes.
Black hair and golden eyes. The doll-like beautiful boy looked to be about 6 or 7 years old.
The reason I could recognize him immediately was…
Light Sage
Because his name was clearly written above his head.
‘Huh? But it says [Light Sage]?’
I blinked, looking at the golden name tag floating above Ilei’s head.
In the original story, Ilei awakened after leaving this forest, sincerely accepting Hezen’s group as comrades, opening his heart, and overcoming loneliness.
But he’s awakened before even leaving the forest or becoming our comrade.
Like Klaus, his awakening point has been moved earlier than in the original.
‘Why?’
Klaus awakened while experiencing a crisis trapped in another dimension with me.
‘But there shouldn’t have been any particular trigger for Ilei’s awakening?’
As I tilted my head in confusion, Ilei was staring at me with just his eyes peeking out from behind the bushes.
‘Could it be… he opened his heart to us before even becoming comrades…’
At this moment, my eyes met directly with Ilei’s.
Fortunately, unlike with Klaus, making eye contact didn’t cause his favorability to plummet, but…
‘This is a bit awkward.’
I felt a bit uncomfortable after checking Ilei’s favorability. Because his favorability was,
Favorability: (Unknown)
‘Unknown.’
It doesn’t seem to be a system error since Piya is behaving normally…
I thought it might be due to Ilei’s characteristics.
Having lived alone for so long, he was so ignorant of emotions that he couldn’t even feel loneliness within his loneliness.
‘First, I need to persuade Ilei to remove the mist, but…’
Just as I was thinking it would be risky to approach carelessly without knowing his favorability,
Thump!
Suddenly, Ilei jumped out from the bushes and ran towards me, leaping into my arms.
“What’s this.”
“Who are you.”
But he was immediately restrained by Anselot, who grabbed the back of his neck, and Klaus, who blocked my front at the same time.
“Let go!”
Black mist slowly rose around Ilei’s struggling body.
“This is…”
“Mist?”
Anselot and Klaus’s eyes flashed sharply as they noticed the black mist.
“Ah. So this kid is the one who controlled me with the mist?”
“I’ll eliminate him, Your Highness.”
The first crooked voice was Anselot’s, and the following serious voice was Klaus’s.
“No! Both of you, stop!”
I hurriedly tried to dissuade them from the killing intent pouring towards Ilei.
Ilei, who had been struggling while being held by the nape by Anselot for a while, was now hanging limply in the air.
I made eye contact with Ilei and asked.
“Ilei. Won’t you get rid of the mist?”
“…”
“If you remove the mist, these two will know you’re not trying to harm us.”
Ilei stared at me intently.
Then, soon after.
Swoosh―
The mist disappeared.
[Main Quest: Forest of Dreams (2/3)] Completed! [SYSTEM] Quest successful! [SYSTEM] You have gained 17000 experience points. [SYSTEM] Level up! (Lv.35) [SYSTEM] You have gained 10 skill points. [SYSTEM] Quest completion reward has arrived in your mailbox.While the system messages were ringing.
Ilei, who had been dangling in the air held by Anselot, broke free from him.
Then he came to me and hugged me tightly. Due to his small size, he was more accurately clinging to one of my legs like a cicada.
“Lu, Lu?”
Ilei looked up at me with his face, tilting his head while still clinging tightly to me.
Even though I hadn’t told him my name, he seemed to know it imperfectly.
Perhaps when his mist had penetrated my inner self, he had glimpsed my past along with it, but he didn’t seem sure if that was really my name.
“Yes, you can call me Lulu, Ilei.”
When I answered while stroking his black hair, Ilei’s face brightened.
“Lulu!”
Ilei narrowed his eyes and rubbed his forehead against me.
[SYSTEM] feels a strong attachment to you. [SYSTEM] has entered an attached state.“Lulu go together! Like Lulu!”
As Ilei shouted, the final quest in the Forest of Dreams arrived.
[SYSTEM] Quest arrived! [Main Quest: Forest of Dreams (3/3)], who has lived hidden in the forest’s shadows for a long time, decides to leave the forest for the first time after meeting you. Help take his first step outside the Forest of Dreams!
▷Clear condition: Leave the Forest of Dreams with
▶Success reward: Experience +20250, Skill points +10
After quickly checking the quest content, I asked Ilei.
“Do you really want to come with us?”
“Yes! I want to go with Lulu!”
Ilei nodded with a beaming smile.
It seemed the quest would be solved much more easily than expected.
However, the real obstacle to the quest lay elsewhere.
“It’s dangerous, Your Highness. Even if he looks like a child, he was attacking us until just now.”
Klaus spoke up in strong opposition.
“I agree. It’s unavoidable to go together, but it’s dangerous to keep him near the princess.”
Even Anselot, who had seen the quest’s clear condition, showed signs of distrust.
“And what about you two.”
I looked at the two with sharp eyes.
“Anselot. When you first saw me, you tried to kill me. Seriously.”
“…”
Anselot flinched and fell silent at my point.
“What? Is that true, Your Highness?”
Klaus immediately hardened his expression and put his hand on his sword hilt.
“And Sir Klaus.”
But I immediately rebuked Klaus as well.
“You also disliked me when you first saw me, didn’t you?”
“Wh-What are you saying…”
“Your eyes would harden with dislike just hearing my breath. Did you think I wouldn’t know?”
Of course, Klaus, who was skilled at managing his expressions, didn’t show any signs of dislike towards me, but what did I know.
The fact that his favorability had dropped was an undeniable truth.
“That’s…”
Klaus trailed off with a bewildered expression.
“Are you perhaps lying in front of your lord right now?”
When I asked, raising one eyebrow, his face turned pale.
“…I apologize, Your Highness.”
In the end, Klaus, who couldn’t lie, had to fall silent along with Anselot.
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Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up! (Female-dominant)
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
***
Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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