Judging from what Reunite said, it was clear that the Sacred Dew existed. But the fact that it was formed by splitting Elena’s tears into two…
“The latter part of the content is torn, so we can’t know the details, but it’s good to keep various possibilities open.”
That was true.
Everyone knew the Legend of Siegfried was an ancient tale, but because it was old, the recorded contents were various.
Centered around , a lot of content had derived.
But what could be certain now was that Reunite, a servant of Siegfried, was trapped in the gem called Elena’s tears, and only by extracting him could the way to Siegfried’s heart be found.
Sacred Dew was needed to extract Reunite.
Nelia was lost in thought for a moment.
The image of a small, round hole the size of a fingernail behind Elena’s tear came to mind.
‘Could that round hole possibly…’
Contain Sacred Dew?
The round hole didn’t feel as though it had been split, but it did feel like a part of Elena’s tears.
If that was the case, another problem arose here.
Where to find that fingernailsized Sacred Dew?
As the shadow of worry deepened on Nelia’s face, the Duke spoke with a concerned expression.
“Nelia… are you alright? You don’t look well.”
The Duke closely examined Nelia’s face.
“Me…?”
“Yes, you’ve been making that expression quite often recently.”
Nelia seemed to know why the Duke said so.
It was because her mind had been complicated recently due to the heart of Siegfried and Charlotte’s situation.
Especially the impact from Charlotte was significant.
Since Charlotte’s departure, the Duke had never once asked about her, but still, there were moments of unease.
The wave had now calmed down, but the expression could have been dark for several days after Charlotte’s visit.
“Nelia, is it hard for you to look into the curse? If so, you don’t necessarily have to help…”
“It’s not that. I’ve just been thinking a lot lately.”
As Nelia reassured the Duke with a faint smile, his expression gradually relaxed.
“If that’s the case, I’m relieved… But if it’s tough, tell me anytime. I can break the curse by myself.”
Had it been something else, Nelia would have agreed with the Duke, but not for this matter.
Finding Siegfried’s heart all by himself would never be easy for Duke Hart, who was not the main character of this story.
It was almost impossible.
Knowing the truth, Nelia swallowed a bitter laugh.
Then the Duke stood up from his seat.
“I’ll have to step out for a moment. You don’t need to come along; I’ll be nearby.”
Nelia’s eyes followed the busy Duke.
“Who are you meeting?”
“I forgot that the knight captain had something urgent to report and is visiting the mansion.”
“Alright, go ahead.”
The Duke smiled as he spoke.
“Take a break, Nelia.”
With those words, the Duke left the library.
The library became desolate with the departure of one person. Nelia stared at the Duke’s empty seat.
‘He’s always so busy, isn’t he?’
Recently, many people had been seeking Duke Hart everywhere.
The reason she heard was due to Carlos’s absence.
He had not been showing up in public recently and had postponed state affairs.
‘Is it because of his stiffening arm?’
Carlos had regarded his right arm as his shame, so if there were problems with it again, he would not want to show it to people.
If not, he might really have other urgent matters.
As she thought of Carlos, Nelia quickly gave up the idea. It was something she didn’t need to worry about. Even if she did, she couldn’t help him.
Losing focus for a moment, Nelia stood up and walked to the Duke’s seat.
She wanted to read the book about the Sacred Dew that the Duke was looking at earlier.
Fortunately, the Duke had not tidied up his seat, so the book was still lying there.
The book’s exterior was worn out.
Indeed, the valuable information was contained in such an old tome.
Nelia quickly located the page that the Duke had been reading. A quick flip through the pages led her right to it.
However, information regarding the Sacred Dew, as the Duke had stated, was indeed limited to only two lines.
The following section was torn out.
As she meticulously leafed through the pages again, Nelia discovered a new section.
[Origin of the Sacred Dew.]It mentioned the Sacred Dew again in the part that the Duke had not seen.
[Elena’s tears hardened in the process of drying, breaking into tiny fragments known as ‘Sacred Dew,’ which then took the form of small gemstones.]Although she couldn’t completely trust the book, the information would be extremely helpful if true.
It provided a hint that the Sacred Dew was a gemstone.
[Elena’s tears solidified exactly in the shape of the droplets as they fell, and the Sacred Dew emerged in a round shape.]Nelia’s eyes widened slightly.
‘A round shape…!’
This information lent credence to Nelia’s speculation that the round indent behind Elena’s tear might be for the Sacred Dew.
[The adjective ‘Sacred’ was applied to the dew because it was first discovered by a priest. It has been preserved through generations in a monastery.]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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