Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 49

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Chapter 49

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I had only closed my eyes for a moment and opened them again, yet faint dawn light was already spreading across the dark sky.

My entire body felt as heavy as waterlogged breath.

Nevertheless, something like satisfaction pleasantly warmed my body.

I looked at Cao sitting on my shoulder, tilting its head this way and that, then covered my face with both hands and let out a groan.

“Submit to me.”

…Thinking about it again, it was so cringeworthy that severe reality hit me like a wave.

Only after thrashing about on the bed, kicking off the blankets for quite a while, could I finally calm down.

Though my physical condition wasn’t normal, I hurriedly got up and left my spot.

I hid Cao, who was very sensitive to light, in my shadow and left the room to find Terry, who had been squatting with his legs spread wide like a back-alley thug in front of my door, jumping up with delight.

“Master! Are you feeling alright?”

The raven feathers scattered throughout the corridor told the story of how fierce the battle at the manor had been.

“What about Jui-bam-tol and Vivian?”

“They’re both sleeping soundly, completely unaware of what happened.”

Relieved by those words, I finally nodded to indicate that I was fine too, and Penandel, who had been standing behind us, quietly approached and held something out to me.

It was the sealing stone pendant, half-cracked and already having lost its purpose.

“How should we handle this?”

I fingered the inscription carved on the back of the pendant in his hand.

[To my precious Bel]

I had thought this choker was a gift or keepsake from Belinda’s parents.

The maids who helped dress me daily with new dresses and accessories naturally never touched this choker.

It meant Belinda had always kept the choker on her person.

But to think this pendant was actually a sealing stone.

Belinda’s parents would never have given their daughter such a thing.

Unlike the now meaningless law of primogeniture, the law of ability inheritance—where the child who awakens abilities becomes the priority heir—was zealously protected by all nobles.

Far from celebrating their daughter’s awakening of abilities, they would block her magic power?

I momentarily thought of someone who might have given Belinda this choker, then quickly shook my head.

‘No, let’s not speculate further.’

When I obtain fragments of Belinda’s memories, I’ll learn the truth whether I want to or not.

“You wanted this choker, didn’t you? It’s in this state now, but do you still covet it?”

Penandel paused for a moment at my question.

Then he answered very slowly.

“Yes.”

“Then wait until I can obtain something identical to this. After that, I’ll gladly give it to you as a gift.”

I wouldn’t speculate, but I had to be prepared.

I couldn’t believe that whoever gave Belinda the sealing stone had sent such a gift out of goodwill.

Then, to hide that I had grasped his intentions, it would be better for the future to make a counterfeit and wear it around.

“Terry, how long would it take to make a pendant similar to this? Set it with a top-grade ruby.”

“Three days would be sufficient.”

It was a satisfactory answer.

After handing the sealing stone to Terry, I caught my breath for a moment.

Then I spoke.

“There must be a guest waiting for me.”

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Things that exist but are invisible to human eyes, things that don’t know human language, things without intelligence. Being able to control all of these truly deserves to be called a royal ability.

Chaser let out a hollow laugh as he examined the book describing the Blanche family’s ability.

He had thought it was quite a grandiose description, but after seeing the Blanche family’s ability firsthand, it made sense.

Taming ability had historically been a very rare power.

However, what each person could tame was predetermined, and in Belinda’s case, it seemed the magic power of monsters matched her wavelength.

‘Should I call this fitting for my master?’

To tame monsters known to be impossible to subdue—it was truly an ability perfect for being misunderstood as black magic.

“I recommend hiding your ability.”

As he said this while putting the book back in its place, an unexpected answer came back.

“I was planning to do that anyway. If I’m not careful, I might get caught up in troublesome problems.”

Rather than being misunderstood as a black mage, Belinda was worried that the awakening of her ability might turn into a succession struggle.

Then she would truly have to fight a life-or-death battle with Schubel.

And the bigger problem was that Belinda had no will, duty, or affection to lead the Blanche family.

It would be better to emigrate and live a life of leisure forever.

Sighing with that meaning, Belinda sat in the spot prepared in one corner of the study.

Then she carefully opened her mouth.

“Chaser, has Kiss left?”

“I cannot say.”

But the answer that came back was far from satisfactory.

After thinking for a moment, Belinda asked something different this time.

“I see the Magister even cast a geas spell.”

“I cannot answer that either.”

Though he said that, a faint smile finally appeared on Chaser’s face.

After a while, Chaser carefully chose his words within the range the geas spell couldn’t reach.

“Master, why did you help us?”

Belinda answered without hesitation.

“Because you’re a good teacher to Jui-bam-tol.”

That answer was so unexpected that Chaser was momentarily speechless.

“Is that all?”

“Chaser. When you warned Jui-bam-tol about the dangers of black magic, what were you thinking? You could have lost my trust if you weren’t careful. Then you wouldn’t have been able to achieve your goal. Yet you still warned my servant about black magic. Why did you do that?”

Chaser couldn’t answer easily.

He didn’t think warning the child about the dangers of black magic was an act of goodwill.

He had simply done what was natural as the child’s mentor.

Belinda nodded as if she had read Chaser’s inner thoughts.

“You’re a good teacher, Chaser. So I tried playing teacher a bit too. Kiss was a very smart student, you know.”

At those words, Chaser couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

To call Kiss, who thought sitting in front of a desk was torture, a good student.

Having barely contained his laughter, Chaser opened his mouth gently, still with traces of amusement on his face.

“Master, I will eventually kill the Magister. Even so, can I still be a good teacher to the child?”

He had said his final farewell to his brother.

But that alone wasn’t enough.

The desire for revenge still remained like smoldering embers.

“As long as Jui-bam-tol follows and likes you, you’ll be a good teacher to my servant. So I’ll give you a chance to retract your words about quitting as Jui-bam-tol’s magic teacher, even now.”

Chaser didn’t miss that opportunity.

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