The other mages would soon tell him that I was Elodie Ferdia anyway.
I couldn’t miss this opportunity to learn about my mother.
The original work was the story of the protagonist Estelle, so I knew nothing about my real mother.
The stillconfused mage tower master looked at me with wavering eyes.
“So you, you are… Liri Arshel?”
“Liri Arshel is a pseudonym.”
“You are Arshelia’s daughter?”
“Yes.”
“Your name is Elodie?”
“Yes.”
“That means you’re Silvester Ferdia’s daughter.”
“Right…right?”
Not really, but it’s known that way, so let’s agree for now.
The mage tower master looked at me with disgust as if he truly detested Duke Ferdia.
How much time had passed like that?
“You’re clever, sensible, and conscious unlike that author’s daughter.”
“……Yes?”
“Of course, I’m complimenting you.”
Compliment…? Are you sure about the compliment?
Anyway, the fact that I was the daughter of my father seemed to have been more or less accepted. Finally, I was able to ask what I was curious about.
“So, what is your relationship with my mother?”
“It’s a relationship that can’t be precisely defined.”
Thinking of my mother? The mage tower master’s big blue eyes wavered with thought.
“My benefactor and the reason for my existence.”
His youthful voice broke momentarily before continuing.
“……A person I continue to search and wander for.”
“……”
I could feel it in those few words.
How special Arshelia was to the mage tower master Isis.
But for a moment, the fidgeting mage tower master clenched his small fist tightly.
“Silvester Ferdia, while having a wife, messes around with this woman and that woman, gets bored and ruthlessly throws them away, a human mongrel, trash, a chaotic ruffian, and so on…….”
For the next ten or so minutes, the insults against Duke Ferdia continued.
It was raw cursing, so vulgar that it was embarrassing to hear.
Unintentionally exposing my family history, I looked back at Reian, who had been silently listening to our conversation.
Fortunately, he seemed to think nothing of it.
‘It’s fortunate that Reian has an indifferent personality.’
Throwing away my concerns, I soon pondered the words the mage tower master had said.
What I knew was completely different.
The mansion’s servants told me that my mother, who had me, extorted a large sum of money and then went into hiding……
‘What if that wasn’t true?’
But I couldn’t fully trust the words of the mage tower master, whom I met for the first time today.
I wouldn’t be late to judge after knowing all the facts.
“You resemble Arshelia, you know.”
I opened my eyes wide at the words I heard for the first time.
“Really?”
“Yeah. What, you? You don’t know what your mother looked like?”
“No one told me…….”
“Wow, that’s ridiculous. I’ll contact you later, so come and see. I’ll show you through a memory reproduction magical tool. I’m not ready to show you now.”
The mage tower master laughed as if astonished. Seeing him more angry than me somehow made this situation funny.
“Do not laugh. If you look too kind, you will only suffer. Understand?”
“Uh, I’m not that kind though.”
“I can tell by looking. You can’t refuse, and you can’t even say things you dislike.”
‘Ah, that’s not true.’
It seemed that he had a huge misunderstanding about me. What would he think if he knew that I had tried to give a massage to my affiliated magicians with my fist on the first floor of the tower earlier?
But watching him beat his own drum was fun, so I decided to just let him misunderstand.
I guess I’ve heard everything I needed to hear; it was time to leave this place.
But there was something I needed to wrap up first.
“Mr. Isis. Please keep it a secret that Lili Arsel is me. It would be troublesome if it gets to my father.”
Then the tower master scowled.
“Does Sylvester Ferdia abuse you?”
“Ah, no?”
I stumbled over my words unknowingly. It was neglect rather than abuse, but it wasn’t like I was showered with love.
“Why invest then? Doesn’t he give you money? Even though he has a rotting amount of money?”
“That’s not it either.”
I overspend because I was told to spend too much.
“What then? Why are you using an alias?”
“It’s like a small hobby. I gain fulfillment from sponsoring and investing……. But my father doesn’t like it.”
The tower master was easily convinced by my vague answer.
“I see, that writer can’t stand to see others do well. Okay, I’ll keep my mouth shut, so don’t worry.”
Thus, I was able to quickly solve the alias problem. Now that there was nothing more to say, I signaled to Reian and stood up.
“I’ll be going now.”
As if he had no further business with me, the tower master simply waved his hand.
“Yes, take care, Lili Arsel. Let’s meet again next time.”
I wondered why he deliberately called me by the alias, knowing it was an alias.
‘He probably doesn’t want to call me Ferdia.’
That was my only guess.
(This is a time divider.)
As soon as I left the tower, I thanked Reian for accompanying me.
“Thank you, Reian. You must have been bored, but you stayed by my side.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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