The Youngest Daughter of the Swordsmanship Family Turned Great Mage (32 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 5
After that, Rogette fell ill once again. It was the aftereffect of using magic.
From the moment mages begin learning magic, they form a mana core within their bodies. This mana core allows them to use magic more easily and also reduces the aftereffects after casting spells.
But without such a mana core, and with a body that had never used magic before, she had cast high-level recovery magic—there was no way a seven-year-old child’s body could endure it.
Jane stayed anxiously by Rogette’s side. She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and neck with a cool damp cloth and carefully fed her water with a spoon.
Rogette was grateful to Jane, but she did not even have the strength to say thank you. Groaning faintly, she spent nearly the entire day asleep.
The priests, worried, tried to infuse her body with divine power, but it was useless. If it had been an ordinary fever, divine power would have been enough to bring it down, but Rogette’s case was different.
There were currently two ways to lower Rogette’s fever without a mana core.
One, to quietly wait until the mana settled on its own. Two, for a more skilled mage to artificially suppress the mana.
So there was no way the priests’ divine power would work.
The priests, flustered, called for a physician, but there was little a physician could do either. They administered a fever reducer, but even after taking the medicine, there was no sign of the fever subsiding.
Neither medicine nor divine power worked. The only thing that could be done was to lie down and wait for time to pass.
‘I thought it would calm down quickly.’
In her hazy state, Rogette drank the water Jane offered her. Though she had no mana core, she knew how to control the mana within her body.
She thought that if she moved the mana while resting and formed even a small core, her body would recover immediately.
The variable was that her body was even weaker than she had expected. Because her body could not endure it, she could not form a mana core, and without a mana core, her body could not recover.
Still, after resting well for a day, her fever had gone down somewhat compared to yesterday. Regaining some clarity, she was even able to thank Jane, who had cared for her devotedly.
“Sis, thank you—.”
However, Rogette could not finish her sentence. It was because of the person before her. She had assumed it would be Jane, but someone else was sitting there.
Even in the dim room, the platinum blond hair stood out. It was Duke Adrian.
Startled, Rogette inhaled sharply, but ended up choking.
Unable to breathe properly, she coughed, and Duke Adrian gently patted her back. Perhaps it was because he had three children.
His handling of Rogette was quite practiced.
“Are you alright?”
“I, hic, well….”
“If I startled you, I apologize.”
Rogette shook her head vigorously, trying to steady her breathing. A noble apologizing—such a thing was unheard of.
But she could not even bring herself to tell him not to apologize. She simply rolled her eyes, hoping Duke Adrian would leave quickly.
“May I hold your hand for a moment?”
Duke Adrian, who had been observing her, suddenly asked. Startled, Rogette did not even understand why he would make such a suggestion and simply extended her hand.
Duke Adrian gently took her hand. His hand was easily twice the size of hers and warm.
Soon, a warm energy flowed from his hand and wrapped around Rogette’s body. It was his mana.
“I am not a mage, so I am not sure if this is the right way to do it.”
A Sword Master, unusually, knew how to handle mana. His mana gently enveloped the mana raging inside Rogette’s body.
Before long, Rogette’s mana settled quietly near her navel. The nausea she had felt just moments ago subsided.
“Do you feel a bit better now?”
Lying back on the bed, Rogette desperately pulled the blanket up to her nose and nodded. Duke Adrian smiled softly.
“Do you dislike me that much?”
Rogette shook her head. It was not that she disliked him. In the first place, she did not even have the right to dislike him.
“Then?”
“…….”
“Are you afraid?”
Nod, nod.
“Because I am a noble?”
Shake, shake.
“Then why are you afraid?”
“…….”
Duke Adrian let out a small sigh.
“If you do not wish it, I will give up on the adoption.”
Rogette’s eyes widened.
“Instead, I am thinking of supporting you so that you can pursue your dreams. What do you think?”
“Support…?”
“Yes. If you go to the academy with the support of the Adrian family, you will be able to learn magic.”
“…….”
It was an attractive offer. However, she could not answer immediately.
As Rogette simply blinked in silence, Duke Adrian rose from his seat.
“Of course, if you wish, you may come to the Adrian family anytime. Now, get some rest.”
With those words, he left the room. At the same time, Rogette suddenly felt drowsy and fell asleep.
[This is the timeline separator]Perhaps thanks to Duke Adrian, when Rogette woke up after a good sleep, she was completely fine as if she had never been sick.
After eating breakfast, she sat under the shade of a large tree and watched the children playing with a ball.
Dust rose everywhere and it was noisy, but she did not want to go inside. In fact, she rather missed this kind of lively scene.
Paradoxically, Rogette felt comfort in the chaos.
“Hello?”
At that moment, an unfamiliar voice came from above her head. When she slowly looked up, she saw a boy standing before her.
A child with pale platinum blond hair and purple eyes. Unlike the shabby orphanage children, he exuded elegance from head to toe. Anyone could tell he was a noble.
It was not just his appearance. There was a distinct confidence in his expression, typical of nobility.
From his somewhat familiar features, Rogette easily realized that he was from the Adrian family.
It was because his appearance closely resembled Duke Adrian. Moreover, his looks were closer to that of a boy than a child, allowing her to guess that he was the eldest, Daniel Adrian.
Daniel Adrian. Along with Duke Adrian, he was a man who had died because of her magic.
Rogette stiffened and looked for a place to run. Running away would not erase the past, but she wanted to avoid everything, even if only by doing so.
However, before she could even stand, Daniel spoke first.
“May I sit next to you?”
“Um….”
No, you cannot. All she had to do was say that one sentence, yet strangely, her lips would not part.
Rogette looked up at Daniel with a face on the verge of tears, then lowered her head. Unable to accept or refuse, she chose silence.
Perhaps taking that as agreement, Daniel sat beside her. Startled, Rogette quickly moved a little away. Daniel looked surprised for a moment, then moved slightly away from her.
“Sorry. Since you did not say no, I thought it was okay to sit.”
“…….”
“Do you dislike me being here?”
Rogette shook her head. She could not answer whether he could sit beside her, but she could answer that question easily.
It was not that she disliked it. It just made her feel burdened.
“That is a relief.”
“…….”
“What were you doing here alone?”
Why is he doing this to me? Curious about his intentions, Rogette murmured quietly.
“I was just watching.”
“Watching what?”
“The children playing.”
“Why are you not playing with them and just watching?”
“Because I prefer watching.”
The conversation continued, yet it felt strangely superficial.
‘Does he actually have something else he wants to say?’
After hesitating, Rogette gathered her courage and asked.
“Do you have something you want to say?”
“Why do you not want to come to our family?”
“…Pardon?”
“I mean, usually when someone is adopted, they are happy to have a family….”
If the other party had not been the Adrian family, that might have been the case.
Rogette kept her mouth shut without confirming or denying. He could have found it rude, but he did not seem displeased at all.
Perhaps because Daniel was at least close to her age, Rogette found it a little easier to speak.
“Did the Duke send you?”
“Hm?”
“To persuade me?”
“No. I just came on my own.”
Daniel shrugged.
“I heard I might get a sibling, so I came to see you.”
“But… do you not dislike it, young master?”
“What?”
“Usually, children do not like it when someone is adopted.”
Rogette recalled when she had been adopted into the Dallas Family in the past. Her stepbrother, Derek Dallas, and her stepsister, Elisha Dallas, had not welcomed her.
At least Derek ignored her, which did not matter much. The problem was her younger sister, Elisha. She had tormented Rogette in very subtle ways.
Once, she hid her own necklace in Rogette’s room and claimed that Rogette had stolen it. Back then, Rogette had been punished by being locked in the attic.
‘There are many more examples, if I were to list them….’
In any case, perhaps because of those past memories, Rogette assumed that the children of the Adrian family would naturally not welcome her presence.
Moreover, Daniel already had a younger sister. There was no reason for him to welcome Rogette. Yet he answered like this.
“I do not mind.”
“…….”
“Belle and Lucas will like you too.”
“But….”
As she was answering, Rogette’s gaze suddenly shifted to Daniel’s leg.
‘It is fine.’
In the past, Daniel had suffered an accident and had a limp in one leg. He always had to use a cane and naturally could not wield a sword.
Because of that, there had been opposition to him inheriting the Adrian family, a prestigious swordsmanship house.
‘That accident was caused by the Dallas Family.’
Although the Adrian family had never uncovered it in the end, Rogette, who had belonged to the Dallas Family, knew the truth.
At that moment, a realization struck her like lightning.
‘Even if I am not there, the same future will repeat.’
Daniel would suffer the same accident and lose the use of his leg, and Marquis Dallas would find a replacement for Rogette and plan to kill Duke Adrian and Daniel.
In the worst case, they might die again.
Was it right for her alone to escape that chaos?
Could she end everything simply by living with a sense of atonement?
Rogette tightly clenched her worn skirt with both hands.
If she were to go to the Adrian family? She might be able to change everything in the future.
But that required courage. She could not readily say yes.
Still, could she really turn away? Would she be able to live without going mad from guilt when she heard of Duke Adrian’s death in the distant future?
Thinking that far, Rogette suddenly sprang to her feet.
“Where is the Duke?”
“Father? He is with the Orphanage Director.”
“I want to see the Duke.”
“Really? Let us go together.”
Daniel stood and extended his hand. After hesitating, Rogette took it. As expected of a child learning swordsmanship, Daniel’s hand was rough, but very warm.
Trying to calm her pounding heart, Rogette headed to the director’s office with Daniel. When the two appeared together, both Duke Adrian and the director inside stood up.
The director looked surprised, while Duke Adrian smiled gently.
“Rogette, it seems you have met Daniel. So, what brings you here?”
Rogette took a deep breath and declared.
“I will go.”
“Hmm?”
“I will follow you, Duke.”
So I will change the fate of the Adrian family.
Rogette swallowed the rest of her words.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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I like it. Even if they are not bad people, is normal for a child to ask, and not just accept stuff that easily like the oldest brother hahaha
I knew the sister would be nice. I felt it even more hc her personality is rather blunt. I hope the baby gets used to her new house soon
Poor director haha finally we have an honest and good director. But the duke’s suspicion has a reason