“Why are you so frightened?”
An unexpected, tender tone.
I raised my head to meet Asphayren’s eyes for the first time since I entered the reception room.
Asphayren’s clear blue eyes were staring straight at me.
“There’s no need to shrink back. I didn’t call you here to eat you.”
I blinked my eyes in astonishment. Is that a joke?
‘Ah, come on. A joke from Asphayren?’
I didn’t understand it, but somehow it eased my tension.
I took a small deep breath and stole a glance at Asphayren. He had stopped reviewing the documents and was now rummaging through a pile of papers stacked like a mountain beside him.
Soon after, he pulled out a bundle of documents and handed them to me with an expressionless face.
“Let’s start with a word of thanks. Thanks to your complaint, the ‘human sacrifice’ case was neatly wrapped up. This is the related report; read it if you wish.”
“Ah, yes! Thank you.”
I hastily accepted the papers Asphayren had handed over.
Reading through, I found detailed accounts of Vixir Buren’s fate and the last days of Sosori village.
From capital punishment to confiscation of property, loss of civil rights, and forced labor…
‘They all paid the price.’
A strong example had been made, so a horrendous event like ‘human sacrifice’ would never happen again.
After carefully reading to the last page, I closed the documents and humbly said to Asphayren as I returned them,
“I’m glad that I could be of some help.”
“Don’t be so modest. You truly were of great assistance. So now… I must deliver the reward I promised last time.”
‘…Reward!’
My eyes widened.
Ah, so that’s why he called me! To give me a reward! But why create such an atmosphere?
‘I don’t need money! All I need is to be by your side!’
I’ll stick to you like glue, and I’ll definitely make you marry me…!
My mind started to race. How can I use this reward? To smoothly settle in Loarkin, I must devise a perfect plan.
But before I could finish thinking, Asphayren made a move.
“However, before that, there’s something I want to propose.”
“Ah, a proposal… Yes? A proposal?”
I unknowingly asked in a loud voice.
A proposal? Suddenly, what could it be? It’s a good thing if Asphayren needs me, but still.
I looked up at Asphayren nervously. He tapped the table lightly.
“Do you know what Beltrawm is?”
Beltrawm, out of nowhere?
Although I was extremely puzzled, I rummaged through my head for information.
“Um, it’s located between Elbas and Elos, the third world inhabited by monsters, I believe.”
“Correct. A chaotic, dangerous world, feared by all. But do you know?”
Asphayren crossed his arms and legs.
“In reality, Beltrawm isn’t much different from this world. It has air, living creatures, its own rules.”
I still couldn’t understand the intent, but I quietly listened to his words.
“Yet the reason we think of Beltrawm as dangerous is because we’re ignorant of it. In fact, people’s fear of Beltrawm has diminished significantly from before. Why do you think?”
“…Because we know now.”
What the doors are, what the monsters are, what Beltrawm is.
And what to do when the doors open, how to deal with monsters when encountered.
Now, everyone knows.
“As information about Beltrawm increases, my people can be safer. So I have created a group specifically to study Beltrawm.”
Since I had read , I knew how strong this world’s repulsion of Beltrawm was. Probably there was intense opposition when setting up the research institute as well.
But Asphayren persisted and created it, wishing for his people to be no longer afraid, to be safe.
‘Truly, the Hero King of Loarkin, loved by all.’
Remembering Asphayren’s epithet, I allowed myself to be swept away by the emotion that welled up.
My admiration… it’s overflowing.
“But recently, the research on Beltrawm has hit a wall.”
“A wall?”
I, who had been completely infatuated with Choeae’s charm, belatedly regained my senses and inquired.
Asphayren Loarkin began to explain, narrowing his brows as if the mere thought was unpleasant.
“The current method of exploration is very slow and inefficient.”
To summarize, it was like this.
Beltrawm has a higher density of magical power in the atmosphere than Elos or Elbas, so animals with low magical power within their bodies suffer seizures just by entering.
So, horses or dogs couldn’t be used in exploration, and as a result, the explorers had to proceed only on foot and with shortdistance movement magic.
But being this slow and inefficient, there could be no significant results in the exploration.
Ultimately, the research on Beltrawm had been at a standstill lately.
Asphayren leaned back lazily against the sofa’s backrest as he spoke.
“So while looking for a solution, we accidentally discovered three monster cubs that had lost their mother, and managed to capture them. That’s when it occurred to me. Could we not tame the monsters and utilize them for exploration?”
“Did you succeed?”
“No. We couldn’t even try. Their hostility towards other creatures made it impossible even to approach.”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
