With that, Asphayren stared intently at me.
“But they followed you well.”
“What?”
“Didn’t you know…”
Asphayren muttered under his breath. Then, a shocking revelation poured from his lips.
“The dog you played with today, it’s one of the captured monster cubs.”
I blinked in confusion. I couldn’t believe the story I had just heard.
A monster? That adorable Moomer was… a monster? I played with a monster?
‘I unknowingly came to the brink of the abyss!’
Only now did I understand why Asphayren looked at me strangely, why the knights tried to nod off.
‘But that puppy… It didn’t feel scary for a monster. It followed me well. Why?’
“Seeing that, I knew it. You have a unique ability.”
Asphayren’s words, while I was contemplating, made me even more bewildered. I parroted his words like a parrot.
“An ability?”
“People who have entered Beltrawm rarely awaken new abilities. It seems that you’ve awakened an ability to make monsters feel a kinship.”
“……Really?”
I couldn’t follow the story. A sudden discovery of a special ability?
I quickly shook my head.
“But, can you confirm just because the puppy followed me well? That puppy might have been special…”
“That’s why we tried another experiment.”
Asphayren’s eyes scanned the interior of the reception room. I followed his gaze. The reception room was filled with large, strangely shaped plants.
Asphayren spoke.
“These plants here, they’re all planttype carnivorous monsters. If you didn’t have that ability, they would have attacked as soon as you entered.”
“What, what?”
“Ah, of course, if the plants tried to attack you, I would have stopped them right away. I didn’t intend to hurt you, so don’t worry about that.”
I guess so. Our Asphayren wouldn’t leave an innocent person to die before his eyes.
I didn’t mind that he called me into a midst of carnivorous plants to test an ability. But, my goodness. I clenched my head with both hands.
So that’s it. If Asphayren is right, I really have a new ability. An ability to become friends with monsters…
‘Where on earth will I use that!’
I don’t want to meet monsters. They’re scary!
Possessing and crossing over to the world of monsters, and all I got was a useless ability that doesn’t tie me to monsters.
I was stifled and suffocated, and I tore at my hair in agony.
“Then, I propose.”
But then, Asphayren’s low voice pulled my mind out of shock.
I released the strands of hair I was absentmindedly pulling and looked at Asphayren Loarkin. He had made a bombshell statement with an utterly indifferent expression on his face.
“Would you stay here and become my monster trainer?”
“……Yes?”
My mind, struck by Asphayren’s sudden proposal, snapped back to its place. My mouth was agape.
Wait. What did he say now?
“I would like you to make the three Moonlight Wolves, the monsters that are currently captured, familiar with humans. Of course, I’ll guarantee your safety as much as possible.”
“…….”
“If you accept, I will give you whatever you need, be it land or a title, along with ample compensation. I will treat you the best. Also, your opinions on the monsters will carry the same weight as the director of the research center.”
“…….”
“Loarkin needs your abilities. What do you say? Will you accept my proposal?”
I fluttered my mouth like a goldfish. Only one thought swirled in my mind.
‘Idiot…… isn’t she an idiot?’
Really, Jinnoran, aren’t you an idiot?
‘Where would you use the ability to be friends with monsters? Use it here!’
A samba parade broke out in my head. Success, it’s a success. Asphayren had grabbed me without any effort on my part.
I have achieved Phase 1 of Operation Marry Asphayren!
Honestly, I was not without worries. But if I succeeded in taming the monsters, wouldn’t it mean immediate success in rising to Asphayren’s inner circle?
Then I could quickly push forward with Asphayren’s marriage too.
‘This is high risk, high return!’
Jinnoran’s specialty, the positive circuit, began to spin wildly.
Had the last strand of sanity not quickly applied the brakes, my birdlike mouth would have shouted, ‘Let’s do it, whatever!’ right away.
I took a moment to think. Since I’m accepting it, isn’t there a deeper impression of me that I could plant?
‘Ah!’
I got a good idea.
I lifted my head and looked Asphayren straight in the eyes. Asphayren raised his left eyebrow.
I spoke with a confident voice.
“You said you would bestow a reward on me.”
“Indeed. Do you have anything in mind?”
“I do.”
I recalled a scene from an old foreign movie and placed one hand on my chest. Then I grinned, smiling.
“Please, bestow me a name.”
“A name?”
“Yes. If I am to swear loyalty as your servant, would I not need a name?”
Asphayren’s eyes widened. Soon, the corners of his fine lips went up.
“……Haha!”
He laughed out loud.
“Very well.”
Asphayren stood up and looked into my eyes. Satisfaction was written in his eyes.
Finally, Asphayren opened his mouth.
“……Shuria. Yes, let’s go with Shuria. Your name from now on is Shuria.”
Shuria.
Shuria, I rolled my new name around in my mouth. I liked it.
Somehow, I felt that I could quickly get used to this name ‘Shuria.’
‘Now, what should I do?’
My brain, being a Romance fan reader, contained hundreds of cool greetings suitable for this meaningful moment.
But none of them were really mine.
Just be myself. Be genuine.
I jumped up from my seat and, bowing deeply, exclaimed energetically,
“I will do my best, my lord!”
On a winter day when snowflakes were falling one by one from the sky.
That’s how I, now named Shuria, found my place in this world.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
