How The Sub-Male Lead’s Stepmother Teaches Love

“oh my god…what is this?”

“To be honest, I thought of something like a necklace or earrings at first, but no matter how much I thought about it, I had no confidence to prepare something better than Marquis Ajas. so, I think I can prepare something like this.”

Inside the box was none other than Lyre. Ten strings were tied to a U-shaped sounding board made of silver metal.

In addition, there were five different colored jewels embedded under the sounding board.…wait for a sec.

“Is this a magic stone? A jewelry magic stone?” 

“That’s right! Does Nell know how to see the flow of magic power?” 

“No, I don’t have any magical powers in my body.”

In order to see or interfere with the flow of magic, you had to have at least some magic in your body, but I didn’t have any magic in my body, so I never thought about learning magic.

“Instead, I’ve been seeing a lot of Magic Stones lately. If you look closely, it looks a little different from jewelry.”

“That’s right. If Nell could use magic, you could use this lyre like a rod, but… Even if it’s not, you can ask the wizard to engrave the magic.”

A rod is a magic wand made by inserting magic stones of a specific property, and it is a magic tool that amplifies the power of magic when using that magic.

For example, in the case of my older sister whose main magic is fire, using a fire magic rod can double the power of her usual fire magic.

On the other hand, she rarely uses water magic, but with the help of the water magic rod, she can use water magic that she couldn’t normally use.

For this reason, the wizards must carry two rods, one for their primary magic and one for their secondary magic

Then, because carrying two rods is annoying, someone started putting two magic stones into one rod.

As far as I know, with the current rod crafting technology, there are six magic stones that can be put into a single rod.

However, there were five magic stones embedded in this lyre, so I had no idea how much the lyre would be in terms of monetary value.

“Becky…why did you give me something so precious?”

“Whoa, is Nell asking me that now?”

Rebecca moved her left arm wide as if showing off, tucking her hair behind her ear.

On her slender wrist, the bracelet I had given her jingled with a clear metallic sound like a wind chime.

“The wizard at the duke’s mansion was very surprised. I heard that the detoxification magic on this bracelet is an ancient magic in which the magic circles have now been lost.”

“Really?”

“Did you give it to me without knowing it?”

“Yeah, I didn’t know.”

The principle of magic tools is to engrave a magic circle with magical ink, thread, or powder.

Depending on whether or not to install a magic stone that supplies magic, it is divided into a magic tool that can only be used by wizards or a magic tool that can be used by ordinary people.

The core of a magic tool was not a magic stone, but a magic circle. In other words, in order to engrave the magic you want on a magic tool, you had to know the magic circle.

However, the structure of magic spells and magic circles is completely different, so there were many people who did not know how to engrave a magic circle even if they were skilled enough to use just by shouting the starting word.

Even though Lily, who is a magic tool maker, can engrave dozens of magic circles with her eyes closed, there are only a few magic words that can be used with only starting words.

“hmm… If it’s an ancient magic circle, does that mean it’s more effective than the current detoxification magic?”

“William, the wizard close to the duke said this ancient magic circle can detoxify the deadly poison of dragon poison! Poison Dragon is extinct, so we don’t know if it’s true or not.”

“I see…Well, that’s good, then, because this bracelet will definitely protect Becky in case something happens.”

“Nell…!”

Rebecca, who looked emotional for a moment, hugged me.

I was a little surprised and wrapped my hands carefully around Rebecca’s back.

“Becky?”

“When you arrive at Ajas Castle, be sure to send me a letter. If you don’t send it, I will attack Ajas Castle.”

‘Can you really do that?’ I laughed and told Rebecca. 

“Yes. I’ll be sure to write a letter. Becky should reply right away.” 

“Of course!”

“Nell, it’s almost time.”

At that time, Lily, who had gone outside to greet guests, came back and told me the time.

Rebecca helped me to wear a veil. And the bouquet on the table was also put in my hand.

“You look so pretty today, Nell. I’m sure Marquis Ajas will fall in love with Nell once again.”

Well, he hasn’t fallen for me yet.

No matter how pretty I am, maybe he  isn’t too surprised?

* * * 

“Finally, the bride and groom share a kiss of vows.” 

The voice of the priest who officiated the wedding came from beyond the veil. 

‘It’s finally over!’ 

I don’t know how time flies.

Breathing is difficult because of the tight corset around the waist, and the soles of my feet feel like they will break because of the extremely high heels.

The white wedding carpet laid on the floor was so soft, but I was in a series of crises from the time I walked on it holding Leonhard’s arm.

It’s a shame because Leonhard, who noticed my condition, changed his posture so that I could shift my weight to him, or I would have collapsed during the wedding ceremony.

‘Now when this is over, I can change my shoes.…!’ 

Regardless of the height difference between Leonhard and me, who cares. I have to wear low-heeled shoes at the reception.

I turned to Leonhard, filling my head with only that thought.

Likewise, he turned toward me and took a step towards me, carefully lifting up the translucent lace veil that reached down to my chest.

His face came into the middle of the field of vision, which was just white, as if the fog lifted and light poured in.

This was the first time I saw him properly this morning because I was hiding my swollen eyes, and after the ceremony began, my eyes were covered with a veil.

That left me completely mesmerized and Leonhard opened his eyes wide at me.

‘I didn’t think he was usually handsome, but..…’ 

Like a light pouring down, his dazzling appearance deserved to be labeled a legend, not a triple S, but an L. No, it should be a triple L!

His cool forehead and flawless cheeks, seen from up close, looked as smooth as white porcelain, so it would be hard to believe that he was a knight guarding the border holding a sword outside.

The long eyelashes hanging under the thick eyebrows fluttered lightly as if sprinkling light, and the blue eyes were as brilliant as water on the surface of the water.

His strong masculinity stands out from his sharp nose and jawline, and the thick neckline that extends straight below it, and his red-hot earlobes are also very handsome…

“Hmmmm, it seems that the groom is fascinated by the bride’s beauty.”

At the priest’s voice at that moment, Leonhard startled as if he had been caught off guard.

While laughter erupted from the surroundings, Leonhard’s face now turned red not only on the lobe of his ear, but also on his forehead, cheeks, and neck.

Then he turned his head and cleared his throat lightly. It’s embarrassing to be teased in such a crowded place.

‘Thank god. I’m the one who really lost my mind, but thanks to the veil, I didn’t get caught.’ 

I let go of my pretension and giggled like everyone else under the veil.

The sound woke me up, and Leonhard pulled the veil down completely over my head. Thanks to that, I could see Leonhard’s face more clearly than before.

Suddenly, I felt resentful.

He’s my husband now, but I’m the only one who can’t see his handsome face because of a veil while everyone else can?’ 

The thought seemed to have gone out of my mind.

I reached out with the hand that held the bouquet and hugged Leonhard’s neck, then lifted my toe with all my strength and kissed his lips.

“oh!”

“Nell…!”

Behind me, I heard exclamations close to sighing and the voices of my family calling me in surprise.

Only then did I come to my senses and open my closed eyes, and my entire field of vision turned blue.

It was because of Leonhard’s eyes right in front of me. 

‘He must have been very surprised.’ 

Looking at his stiff eyes, I felt a little sorry, but also I felt a little bit upset.

I did it first because you hesitated. Does that really surprise you?

Embarrassed, I parted my lips and lowered the heel I had lifted. 

The sight I had dropped down was overturned in an instant, and my body was lifted into the air by a strong hand on my knee.

“kyaaa!”

I let out a short scream at the sudden feeling of floating and wrapped my arms around Leonhard’s neck for support.

His head was lowered, and his lips, reddened by the smudge of my lipstick, landed on mine once again.

‘Ah…’ 

I felt the shoes that were hanging on the edge of my toes fall off. 

My hands tightened around Leonhard’s neck. I could feel Leonhard’s arms tighten around me as if he realized I was nervous.

“Captain! Congratulations on your marriage!”

At that time, something like firecrackers exploded above my head.

When I opened my eyes in surprise, flowers fell fluttering all over my field of vision. It was a magic flower that disappeared the moment it touched my body.

“Congratulations on your marriage!”

“Have a good life!”

Following the words of congratulations that knight and Wizards shouted loudly, the guests who attended the wedding today clapped their hands together and congratulated us.

“Nel, you have to live happily.” 

“Of course! I’ll live happily!”

A smile appeared on my face whenever the firecrackers of flowers exploded above my head. It’s the same with my family, which made me smile even more.