He had stripped off his top in front of her every time he underwent her experiments, to show the changes in his body. But now, he thought it was embarrassing to expose himself in front of her.
This was a change Askan couldn’t understand even if he thought about it.
Unable to say anything, Tanashia spoke as if she understood him.
“It’s okay. That’s what puberty is like, right?”
Askan looked at Tanashia with a dumbfounded expression. Sometimes, she treated him as if he were a much younger brother.
Whether she misunderstood his gaze or not, Tanashia seemed to genuinely wave it off.
“I wasn’t really trying to undress you, don’t misunderstand. If I did something like that to you, I’d get arrested.”
Although she was joking with him, he didn’t understand where she’d get arrested.
Tanashia, while making such incomprehensible remarks, handed him a new wet towel that was lying in the filled water basin.
“Wipe your sweat with this at least. If you stay like that, you’ll really catch a cold.”
Askan, looking dubiously at the hand towel she offered, shook his head.
“I’m fine. I… don’t get sick easily.”
Askan had become physically resilient like steel after receiving the experiments. He didn’t easily fall apart even under external shocks, and he was also the type that didn’t have minor ailments.
“What are you talking about? You even fainted. You kept sweating cold sweat in your sleep and had a fever, didn’t you?”
In fact, the reason he fainted after being attacked by Reyana was something like the aftereffect of trying to pull up his strength and suppressing it again.
In the laboratory, there were times when he was hit almost to the point of death just to see how much he could endure. He didn’t lose consciousness just because he got injured to this extent.
However, Askan had no intention of explaining his condition in detail.
“It’s because I was relieved. When I sleep, I have bad dreams……”
“Do you have nightmares?”
“Yes. Often.”
In fact, he had the same dream every day without fail, but he had no reason to tell Tanashia about it as it is.
“What kind of dream is it?”
“Just something from when I was young.”
Even though he vaguely sidestepped the question, Tanashia hardened her expression as if she knew something.
“Are you really okay?”
As she said that, Tanashia reached out towards Askan with a worried expression, probably intending to check his temperature again.
Askan tried to avoid her touch by turning his head but noticed something strange.
On Tanashia’s wrist.
The magic stone filled inside it was shining brilliantly. He felt the magic contained within it.
Askan caught Tanashia’s hand reaching out towards him halfway.
She was surprised by his unexpected reaction, but right now, he wasn’t noticing that.
“Why are you wearing this?”
“Do you know what this is?”
Of course, he knew.
The very experiment that Askan had received was about infusing a special power into the body of an ordinary person. He had naturally undergone numerous experiments involving magic stones.
Suddenly, he noticed the title of the book Tanashia had been reading.
[How to Use Magical Engineering Weapons].He recalled Tanashia declaring a while ago that she was going to create the most powerful weapon in the world.
─I’ve decided my career path. I’ll create weapons. The most powerful weapons in the world.
At that time, he didn’t immediately think of magical engineering weapons. She had explained it in incomprehensible words, but as it didn’t concern him, he hadn’t paid much attention.
The weapon Tanashia was going to create was a magical engineering weapon.
Askan had realized anew and was surprised at her.
“Tell me, do you know what this bracelet is?”
When Tanashia asked again, Askan had no choice but to hesitate.
Should he tell the truth?
Or should he evade it as he had been doing so far?
The fact that he was hesitating about this was a change from before, but Askan did not realize this fact.
If it were the original him, he would not have said anything, but soon he would have to leave the Breloff mansion, so he decided it would be good to show some small courtesy for her kindness during this time.
“I know… a little.”
“Really? Can you tell that this is a bracelet made from magic stone?”
Obviously, ordinary people couldn’t distinguish. It was something possible because it was Askan.
“Items infused with magic are dangerous. Please take it off right away.”
Askan had made his point strongly, but Tanashia shook her head resolutely without hesitation.
“No, I can’t. The master has given me homework.”
“Homework?”
“He told me to figure out the ability of this bracelet and how to use it on my own.”
Someone had said something ridiculous, but it was clear that they were out of their minds.
“So you’re wearing such a dangerous item without knowing anything about it?”
“What do you mean? I’m not completely clueless.”
Tanashia pointed to the book [Magic Engineering Weapons Usage] that she had covered, and laughed deeply. There was a twinkling charm in her smart blue eyes.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
