It was a welcome thing to fill in the gap left by Charles’ absence within the family in any way.
I was momentarily stunned by a word that suddenly popped into my head.
‘Family…’
It was an existence I had never had in my life.
The meaning given by that name strangely moved my heart.
[This is the time separator]My goal after coming to this world was always the same.
Survive without dying.
Avoiding the death route of the established novel and enjoying a long, happy, and luxurious aristocratic life was my dream, but…
Today, one more thing was added.
Find the culprit who killed Charles.
Regrettably, “The Beloved Saint” was not a completed novel. So, I didn’t know who the killer of Charles was.
This part could be guessed like a detective novel, so I remember that the opinions were divided in the comment section about who was the culprit.
But all were speculation and suspicion. No precise evidence came out.
When I first woke up as Tanashia, I felt like I was standing apart from the surroundings and watching. But now it was a little different.
After all, Orland is now my father, and Noxia is my sister.
As a member of the Breloff family, I enjoyed wealth and honor without doing anything, and a sense of belonging could not but arise.
More than anything, I knew better than anyone how much Orland suffered from losing Charles because I read the novel.
Of course, it hurt more when I saw it with my own eyes, but I could not forgive the person who nailed a stake in the hearts of Orland and Noxia.
I was determined to find the culprit with the best I can do. It seemed like the way I repaid Orland and Noxia.
‘I need to complete K01 first.’
There was an order in work.
There was nothing I could do right now about finding the culprit, but K01 was necessary to prevent further destruction of the original.
For now, I had to increase the power of K01 to participate in the academic festival.
I approached the desk again and took out the weapon design of K01. It was when I was falling into deep contemplation alone.
With a thud, Askan brought me herb tea as usual today.
At first, I found his behavior strange, but in a few days, it became a very familiar scene.
“Drink while you work.”
At his words, I took a sip of the hot tea and spilled out the worry that filled my head now.
“Askan, see this?”
“Is that the magical engineering weapon you’re making?”
“Right. How about it?”
“It looks a little… unique. It looks easy to use because of its small size, but I worry about how much power it will have.”
Everyone seemed to think the same. I heard a similar comment from Barnen.
In the end, the serious concern I have now is how much power I can get from a small weapon. That’s exactly what it was.
“As you say, the weapon is too weak to use. How can I increase its power… I’m really worried.”
As I mumbled as if talking to myself, Askan stared at the weapon design of K01.
Askan was a boy with excellent potential, but he was not a person who studied or learned about magical engineering.
I was not expecting anything, but I was just voicing my frustrations, Askan, who had been staring at the weapon design, asked in a quiet voice.
“What attribute does the weapon have?”
“I haven’t set any particular attribute. After all, since it’s a weapon that shoots magic spheres, I thought it wouldn’t matter what attribute it is.”
“But if your concern is to enhance the power, wouldn’t it be better to set one attribute?”
Come to think of it, he was not wrong.
The academic festival was not far off, and instead of making K01 for each attribute, I just needed to complete one.
“…You have a point.”
It was a difference in perspective. From the start, Barne and my goals were too high, so we wanted to find a method that applies to all attributes.
However, on second thought, it wasn’t immediately important. Those aspects could be deliberated upon with a bit more time.
The immediately important thing was the completed single weapon.
It was the K01, which could be presented as a magic engineering weapon at the academic conference.
‘If I were to specify one attribute, what would be better?’
My mind spun rapidly. Every attribute had destructive power depending on its use, but the easiest and strongest was fire.
Fire was also referred to as the most potent weapon given by the gods to humans.
I filled in the deficient parts of the design I had left blank in my head as ideas came to me.
Once I had chosen the fire attribute, a lot of new ideas emerged. It was when I was freely moving my hand and drawing the magic formula.
Askan, who had been silently watching my design, asked as if curious.
“Have you chosen the fire attribute?”
“You found out cleverly.”
It was impressive that he realized by looking at the complex design without any specific explanation.
I had read about teaching various expert knowledge for Askan’s intelligence test in the lab, and it seemed to be related to that.
“So, can you now exert the power you want?”
“Not quite. The goal is to enhance the power by spinning the fire magic sphere and cause a large explosion, but it’s still a bit lacking.”
It felt like something was missing.
It seemed that it would be complete with just a little more filling, but it kept slipping through my hands.
Just as I was about to fall back into endless contemplation, I heard Askan, standing next to me, muttering under his breath.
“What makes fire stronger?”
What makes fire stronger?
As soon as I heard that, something flashed in my mind like a bolt of lightning.
‘Wind!’
The flame got stronger when the wind blew.
I had only placed one magic stone in the original safety device of the gun, but if two magic stones, one with fire attribute and the other with wind attribute, were launched together…!
The power would have to be much stronger.
The performance was more of spewing fire than firing bullets, but the explosive power created by spinning with the wind would be tremendous.
Suddenly, I jumped up from my seat.
I finally found the solution to what I had been agonizing over.
I was so ecstatic that I couldn’t help but throw my arms around Askan, who was in front of me, and cheer.
“Thank you, Askan. You’re a genius!”
For a moment, his body stiffened, but I didn’t feel it at all.
As I was so happy and didn’t know what to do, Askan, still wrapped in my arms, asked in a soft voice.
“Did you find the answer?”
His voice seemed a bit suppressed compared to before.
“Yes. I think I can get the power I want. I can finally complete it.”
“I’m glad. I helped somehow.”
“Your words gave me the idea… Oh!”
Suddenly, I realized that I had onesidedly embraced Askan.
I came to my senses and let go of him.
I felt sorry for hugging him of my own accord and at the same time, I wondered why he had quietly allowed me to hug him.
If it were Askan I knew, he would have pushed me away immediately…
When I looked up at Askan with curiosity, he was looking down at me with a tender smile, his eyes sparkling with laughter.
Anyone could tell that Askan was an incredibly handsome young man. I was speechless when such a person looked at me with a tender gaze.
“So, you don’t have to go to that mentor as much now, do you?”
“Huh? Oh, right.”
“That’s good. Even if he is your mentor, it’s not good to be too close to a man.”
If one were to compare, I spent more time with Askan than with Baren.
It felt like something didn’t quite add up, but I could also think that he said that out of concern for me.
But…
“You shouldn’t hug anyone like this when you’re happy about something. Miss.”
“Right, I’m sorry.”
“Not someone other than me.”
Does that sound significant…
Is it just my feeling?
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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