“Is this… Míthri?”
Nick stared at Míthri with half-dazed eyes. Getting here was so challenging that eventually, the sentiment was, “Let it be as it is.” Others felt the same way. They had no energy left for jokes.
That’s how they came to see the Míthri tree.
“A sacred tree.”
Bazón murmured as if enchanted.
Just by looking at it, it felt overwhelming, and everyone stared at it with half-dazed eyes. Etienne was no exception. Seeing the Míthri tree, which he had only heard rumors about until now, left a different impression.
The Míthri tree was so large that even if you tilted your head back, you couldn’t see the end. It made one wonder how such a large tree couldn’t be discovered quickly.
But there was a reason for that too. The Míthri tree appeared like any ordinary tree until a certain point, and then its color changed, revealing its identity as a Míthri tree.
So, when it turned entirely silver, one knew it was a Míthri tree. Etienne admired Míthri with a vacant face.
“It feels strangely gratifying.”
He couldn’t understand why he felt proud, considering he had just endured a challenging journey. Then he recalled that he had moved alone until he came here.
“Oh, right. I moved according to the travel plan. I bought necessary items and used them at the right moments. That’s why I feel proud.”
He had endured the journey alone.
It felt good.
“Etienne.”
At the sound of Etienne calling his name, he turned to look beside him. Fernando stood next to him, both gazing at the Míthri tree. Fernando spoke.
“When we return, I have something to tell you. There’s something we need to discuss privately.”
As he looked at the Míthri tree, it strangely felt like he was also staring at Etienne. Feeling uneasy, Etienne couldn’t make a move.
“At that time…”
Fernando slowly turned his head towards Etienne.
“Focus only on you.”
“What are you trying to say?”
Etienne lightly chuckled. The atmosphere around Fernando was so heavy that even Etienne felt he should laugh, though he didn’t know what story Fernando wanted to share. Fernando didn’t even muster a small smile, reminiscent of the first time they met at the lake.
“Will you come this way?”
As Leharht’s voice reached them, Etienne shifted his gaze from Fernando. Acting as if they hadn’t made eye contact, Etienne casually passed by him.
“Don’t think too much about it. Fernando hasn’t said anything yet. Let’s not jump to conclusions. It’s better to hear Fernando’s words later and react accordingly to the situation.”
With that in mind, Etienne decided to momentarily set aside the conversation they just had. She approached Leharht directly. Without realizing it, the group had gathered around Leharht, looking in the direction he pointed.
“We should start looking around slowly from this area. If you see any places that look strange, let me know. How about that?”
In response to Leharht’s words, the group nodded or answered affirmatively. The first to turn around was Solar. She walked alongside Nick, with whom she had been talking a lot.
“Etienne, aren’t you coming?”
“I have to go. I’ll go, but…”
Etienne looked down at Leharht’s feet.
“Why are you doing that?”
“Oh, no. I just feel a bit strange…”
Clearly, I felt that I was missing something, but it didn’t immediately come to mind. Until now, everything seemed normal, but suddenly, the thought that I was missing something struck me. Was it because of the Míthri tree?
Etienne turned her head with a curious smile. She thought that if she looked around a bit, something might jog her memory. That’s when it happened.
“Huh?”
Leharht’s surprised voice coincided with Etienne’s body being pulled backward.
Against my will, I stumbled backward, and Fernando, who happened to be standing in front of me, reached out with a surprised face. Instinctively, I reached out to grab his hand.
As I thought I had grabbed Fernando’s hand, my body suddenly fell downward.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Etienne couldn’t gauge what was happening in the current situation. Suddenly, the ground beneath her vanished, and instinctively, she tightly grasped whatever had come into her hand. After that, she couldn’t recall what happened. Instead…
[Someone stepped on a loose rock and fell, and it took two days to find them. The cave had multiple branches inside.] [Fortunately, when they fell, someone grabbed their ankle and fell together. It wasn’t lonely.]
Like a lie, memories of the past surfaced. Even though the Crown Prince pointed to the ground, he couldn’t recall that incident.
‘No, but why did I fall?’
Unjustly complaining in her mind, Etienne abruptly opened her eyes.
The smell of earth was the first thing she noticed. Then, she realized that the surroundings were confined, and silver tree roots protruded unevenly from the earthen ceiling and walls.
“I fell?”
Etienne murmured in dismay. How much had she lost consciousness? Etienne sighed, running her hand through her hair.
Only then did she realize that the ground was not as solid as she thought. Bending her head, she discovered that it was not as hard as she expected.
“Kyaa!”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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