My wish came true soon after, though not in the way I had hoped.
A tremendous blizzard enveloped the castle and its surroundings. Standing with my flaming sword raised, I called out loudly to the man at the center of the storm.
“Sir Espen!”
His skin, usually pale, had turned deathly white, and his bloodshot eyes were red. It was the state that all mana wielders feared most.
A mana surge.
Usually contained in the heart, his mana was now pouring out like a storm, indiscriminately freezing both friend and foe. I pushed through the blizzard, shouting.
“Come to your senses! You’re in a mana surge! Only you can stop it!”
Yulnisia shouted from behind me, powering up a magical shield.
“Princess, you’re wrong! We have to kill Sir Espen!”
The source of mana is the heart. If Espen’s heart stops, so will the blizzard. But I couldn’t do it.
“How can I kill a comrade?”
“There’s no other way once a mana surge occurs!”
I clenched my teeth.
“Sir Espen!”
Espen was an annoying guy. Always grumbling and complaining about everything.
But.
“Marian.”
Espen’s red eyes captured mine. His voice, almost like the wind, seemed to say he was no longer the Espen I knew.
“I’ve always wanted to call your name.”
But what kind of joke was this? Transformed almost into a monster, yet the words he uttered were more human than ever.
As if he was finally revealing his true feelings.
‘Damn, is there really no way to stop this?’
Just as the war was about to end, just as we were about to return home.
‘To have a mana surge in the final battle.’
Tears of frustration naturally welled up in my eyes, but in the harsh blizzard, they quickly froze into tiny ice crystals and scattered.
As the ice shards scratched at my eyes, stinging painfully, I tightly closed them. Suddenly, an ice-cold touch, like a chunk of ice pressed to my eyelids, made me startle and open my eyes. Espen had somehow come close and was now gently caressing my face with his hand.
“To stay by my side forever like this…”
I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh at his words. It seemed like fate.
‘I guess I was always meant to die on the battlefield.’
I couldn’t leave Espen in his frenzy. He would become a disaster, freezing everything around him.
The best way to suppress him was with my fire mana, the exact opposite of his. If I also went into a surge, both of us would be gone. There would be no need for others to get involved.
“…Alright, if that’s what will satisfy you.”
“Princess, no!”
Yulnisia’s anguished scream rang in my ears. I dared not look back, fearing my resolve would waver, and closed my eyes. As his cold arms wrapped around my waist, a torrent of flames, like molten lava, erupted from my heart.
‘I wish everyone happiness.’
With a wish for everyone’s well-being, I seemed to dissolve into the flames.
I died then. I must have.
When I opened my eyes, the world was blanketed in white. At first, I thought I had woken up in a snow-covered forest, but then I realized it was the towering white birches that made it look like it was snowing.
Blinking and lying there for a moment, I managed to get up. My head was heavy, and I felt dizzy as if I was going to vomit.
‘Wasn’t I dead?’
If not, where were my people?
Yulnisia! Where are you?
“Chirp chirp chirp!”
‘Gasp.’
I tried to call Yulnisia’s name, but a strange sound came out of my mouth.
‘What was that noise just now?’
Startled, I slowly opened my mouth.
“Chirp.”
‘Gasp!’
Another strange chirping sound emerged. Panicking, I tried to get up, but…
‘What are these small, chubby front paws? And why am I naturally standing on all fours?’
Have I become an animal?
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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