〈Welcome to the entry of a supporting character who gives their best to their assigned role today. This is ‘Flower of Aidel’.
Main keywords: Runaway female lead, wounded female lead, regretful male lead, arrogant male lead, obsessive male lead, ma## s##
Please help the female protagonist Elina survive and safely meet and talk with the male protagonist Kyle. You have ten chances.
※Note: If any of the entered members die or all chances are used up, it will be considered a failure. Also, please refrain from creating dissonance that breaks this world’s harmony during normal times※〉
Kana instinctively frowned after reading the notification’s contents. Kiriel observed her expression and casually asked.
“Kana, is there something particularly bothering you?”
“Well, honestly there’s more than one or two things. First, the hidden parts in the keywords worry me most.”
Her eyes narrowed. Though she didn’t know what it was, she had a feeling it wasn’t a good keyword. Kiriel nodded in agreement.
“It’s definitely unsettling. My intuition says it’s probably related to the female protagonist.”
“I think so too. Plus, being told to prevent death with ten chances…… Though there’s no ‘loop’ keyword, I have a feeling the situation will repeat if the female lead dies first.”
Kana felt chills down her spine. Kiriel blinked slowly and expressed his complaints sharply.
“How troublesome. Isn’t the information too scarce from just that notification? Only names and mission content appeared—how are we supposed to work with that?”
“Well, when entering as a supporting character, information usually comes in after a little time passes. I think we’ll probably get more clues after that notification disappears.”
“I see.”
Kiriel completely trusted her words. Soon after the engraved notification in empty space disappeared, the contents of ‘Flower of Aidel’ seeped into their minds.
First, Elina marries Duke Kyle Dekrom in the northern part of the Aidel Empire and is coldly treated by everyone, then secretly leaves the duke’s castle, and later Kyle realizes the familiar preciousness and regretfully searches for her.
Afterwards, he finds her in the eastern region of the neighboring kingdom, and after they both emotionally exhaust themselves, they reconcile and return to the duke’s castle together.
‘Even if it’s familiar content, it’s too fragmentary and unfriendly. It’s more choppy compared to other novels.’
It seemed like a plot composed of rough and sparse introduction, development, turn, and conclusion. Kana frowned while organizing the information injected into her mind. Kiriel blurted out.
“Hmm, something feels amateurish and frustrating about the content. More importantly, it seems like there are no people with powers in this world.”
“You’re right.”
Kana operated spirit magic to check. A gentle breeze brushed their cheeks.
Flames bloomed and disappeared in Kiriel’s palm. He whistled and said cheerfully.
“Looks like magic and spirit arts work well though. If we’re the only ones with powers in this world, things might resolve surprisingly easily.”
“We still shouldn’t let our guard down. Not only does the notification content seem ominous, but usually good rewards come with tricky conditions.”
Her green eyes shone seriously. Kiriel nodded and mentioned the notification that bothered him.
“True, I guess the notification asking to refrain from creating dissonance that breaks this world’s harmony is also a kind of restriction?”
“Yes. It probably means that even if we use magic or spirit arts, we should use them only to an extent this world can overlook without standing out. Honestly, we’ll have to get a feel for this part while working directly.”
“Yeah.”
Kiriel agreed with her words. Kana furrowed her brow and fell into thought.
‘Hmm, though they said we could use abilities as is…… As expected, there was a device restricting the novel. Still, seeing the word ‘normal times’, does it mean anything goes in crisis situations?’
Meanwhile, the setting came in that they were a young couple running a jewelry shop near the female protagonist. Of course, their names remained fixed.
The corners of Kiriel’s lips rose slightly. He smiled brightly and muttered.
“Though it’s work, being a married couple with Kana…… What a pleasing role.”
“Quite blatant but convenient setting. Since being married means we can stay together constantly without seeming unnatural, it makes sense.”
Kana touched her chin while focusing on the assigned role. Kiriel tucked her fallen hair behind her ear and whispered slyly.
“We can practice here and become a real married couple after returning. I just seriously discussed it with my sister and decided to become the heir anyway. The south is nice to live in too.”
“Ahem, we can think about that after resolving everything.”
“Okay, understood.”
Kiriel grinned while watching her deliberately change the subject. Everything about her looked lovely to him. Kana fanned her flushed cheeks while changing topics.
“By the way, considering the setting, though we should keep our way of talking, we should drop honorifics, don’t you think?”
“Whatever you want, Kana.”
“Alright, Kiriel.”
Kana dropped the honorifics. Though using formal speech was familiar since it was part of the setting, just calling his name felt a bit awkward.
‘Well, I’ll get used to it soon.’
While she dismissed it casually, Kiriel’s eyes sparkled.
“Just calling names like this is nice too. When honorifics were attached, sometimes I felt an inexplicable distance.”
“You have good intuition. Originally when I work, I draw lines with characters, but now I’ve let go of that mindset.”
“As expected.”
Kiriel nodded then clapped his hands and continued.
“Should we first check our spatial storage and other situations?”
“Good idea. I need to explain things to the spirits too.”
“Yeah.”
They carefully checked their respective spatial storages and other elements. The overall state matched exactly what the Head Librarian said.
Kana, who finished checking first, summoned Celia and Gnome. She waved with a smiling face at the spirits whose eyes sparkled.
‘Meeting everyone again in a new world.’
[Kana, nice to meet you again.]
‘Me too, Gnome.’
[Kana, did you enter with Kiriel? When you suddenly moved to another space due to the Head Librarian’s scheme and bounced off…… Tell us the detailed situation.]
‘Ah, Celia. I summoned you to explain anyway.’
Kana explained in detail to the spirits. Gnome, experiencing the situation for the first time, tilted his body in confusion, but the experienced Celia understood quickly.
[So if we resolve the work here, we can stay together with us and Kiriel in the world of ‘Fake Saint’. The conditions are more generous than expected.]
‘Yeah. Though the work will be tricky because of that, since we chose it, I want to do my best.’
[Right. We’ll help hard too. Hope you succeed.]
‘Thank you.’
Kana smiled softly. The spirits naturally seeped into the pure pearl beads of her accessories.
Kiriel, who had silently watched her communicate with the spirits, sincerely marveled.
“Wow, Kana. The wind spirit’s grade looks like it’s reached the highest grade.”
“That’s right.”
“Didn’t you just reach high-grade not long ago? Already hitting the highest grade is amazing.”
“This is all thanks to spending more time with Celia and having good compatibility.”
Kana played with the tip of her hair while letting out an embarrassed laugh. Kiriel held her cheeks with both hands and spoke earnestly.
“That means you have that much capability. Though I’m not a spirit summoner, I know from spirit summoners around me that this isn’t as easy as it sounds.”
“Those are happy words but a bit embarrassing. It’s combined with experience working elsewhere too.”
Kana blinked slowly. Kiriel lowered his hands from her cheeks while his eyes shone.
“Whatever process you went through, it’s still what you achieved. It’s even more amazing since you worked hard and got results while under ability restrictions.”
“Thank you.”
The corners of Kana’s lips rose slightly. For suddenly dropping into a strange world and getting a mission, the atmosphere was warm and ticklish.
She jumped up from her seat to redirect attention.
“Now that we’ve generally sorted out the situation, how about visiting our jewelry shop and the coffee house ‘Corn Panna’ where Elina works?”
“Sounds good.”
Kiriel slowly rose.
They naturally left the mansion. Seeing the neatly maintained streets and relaxed expressions of people walking around, public safety seemed fine too.
The jewelry shop they were set to run and coffee house ‘Corn Panna’ were slightly off the main street but on a path where people came and went, positioned facing each other.
Kana stopped briefly to look around then whistled lightly.
“Wow, nice location. Good for pretending to run into each other.”
“I agree. Let’s check the jewelry shop first.”
“Okay.”
They naturally took the keys that appeared in their pockets and entered the locked jewelry shop. Though not large in scale, quality jewels were displayed, and there was even a workshop in one corner.
Overall, it exuded a sophisticated atmosphere along with a strong sense of being a newly opened store. Kiriel examined carefully.
“Very professional.”
“We have plenty of capital and with a sub male lead as backing, we won’t have to worry about money problems. Plus, you’re skilled at gem crafting too.”
“Well, though magic tool crafting is my focus, I learned while engraving magic into gems. Honestly I’m not confident about acting, but with this setting I can imitate without dissonance.”
He answered proudly while shrugging his shoulders. She laughed silently. After thoroughly checking the jewelry shop, they discussed future plans. Kana’s eyes shone sharply.
“Since we need to focus on the female lead’s movements, we should probably hire someone suitable to run the jewelry shop.”
- ianthe
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