Luce leaned back on the sofa with an expressionless expression, stretched out her hand, and looked at the wedding ring adorning her finger.

 

At first glance, it was a silver ring with a jewel that reflected the color of a rainbow.

 

“Aren’t you bored?”

 

Luce seemed lost in thought so I spoke to him.

 

She didn’t take her eyes off the ring.

 

“Not really. “I’m never bored when I’m with you.”

 

Should I say it is different from Dorothy?

 

She tends to express her honest feelings, saying that if it’s not fun, it’s not fun, but Luce didn’t feel any boredom.

 

The fact that he was really with me meant that he wasn’t bored.

 

“Why?”

 

“Because it looks like a human.”

 

“Yes… ?”

 

Good meaning… Right?

 

And so the night deepened and dawn came.

 

Luce stopped by the lab for a moment and brought back some more books. Most of the books she skimmed through quickly.

 

Luce’s dream is to become the Lord of the Magic Tower. The highest among them.

 

As her position requires a particularly good head, having a memory that remembers everything in detail like Luce’s eyes is an essential skill.

 

What was required was an overwhelming amount of reading and comprehension.

 

‘You’re having a hard time.’

 

Lovely thing.

 

It’s nice to see you working hard.

 

“Am I pretty now?”

 

Luce asked without even looking at her.

 

“Huh? Suddenly?”

 

“I want you to keep looking at me.”

 

“How did you know?”

 

“I can’t hear you working.”

 

I see.

 

Luce looked at me and smiled gently.

 

“Would you like a ride in the car?”

 

“You can leave that to the servant….”

 

“I want to ride you.”

 

“Then let me ask you a favor.”

 

Luce brought black tea.

 

Isn’t it somehow proactive?

 

I read Luce’s psychology, wondering if she might have been on some strange drug.

 

There was no problem. In other words, this would be simple black tea.

 

‘You should drink with confidence.’

 

I drank black tea repeatedly.

 

Soon, all work was completed.

 

“Off.”

 

I stretched and looked at Luce. She was still sitting quietly, leafing through her book.

 

“Luce, won’t you disturb me?”

 

“There is no way it will be disturbed. “It’s nice to be with you.”

 

“Then can I take a break?”

 

“How?”

 

When the light shade was completely placed on the lamp on the desk, darkness fell in her office.

 

Only the lamp in front of the sofa where Luce sat softly shed a soft light.

 

“Whoa.”

 

She exhaled, relaxed her body, and sat down next to Luce.

 

She leaned on her shoulder and closed her eyes, her strange flesh scent filling her sense of smell.

 

Is it because all the urgent work is over? Her body suddenly became drowsy.

 

Now I wanted to take a good rest next to Luce.

 

“… ….”

 

Silence came, and Luce stared at me for a while.

 

“Do you want to lie down?”

 

“Huh?”

 

Luce gently pushes my head away and places it on her lap.

 

The hem of the delicate skirt rubbed against the back of my head.

 

“This is fine.”

 

I smiled at Luce. The light from the lamp on the table illuminated her smile.

 

I closed my eyes again and rested my body on Luce’s thighs, and she carefully brushed down my hair.

 

“Good job, Isaac. “Sleep well.”

 

A secret voice tickled the air like an angel’s whisper.

 

Her body relaxed and she fell asleep at the sound of a voice as gentle as a lullaby.

 

“Okay, let’s get some sleep.”

 

I didn’t hesitate and just fell asleep.

 

……

 

Chirik.

 

What are you talking about?

 

Suddenly, the sound of lightning flashing and the sound of chains strangely combined and pierced my ears.

 

As she waved her arms in a half-asleep state, the same sound echoed repeatedly in the space.

 

‘Is there a sound?’

 

Doubts pulled my consciousness.

 

As I slowly opened my eyes, the face of a woman with Rhodes-colored hair appeared blurry.

 

It looks like she is hugging her knees.

 

She was sitting in front of me, looking at me with a meaningful smile on her face.

 

“Did you sleep well?”

 

Those blue eyes that captured me were Luce’s.

 

“Luce… ?”

 

An eerie space.

 

The brightness was weak. It’s dark, but enough to distinguish things around you.

 

The humid air moistened my lungs. It wasn’t just the humidity that made my heart feel cold.

 

Suddenly, the ending I had once feared came to mind and I suddenly regained my senses.

 

‘What is it?’

 

I opened my eyes wide and regained my senses.

 

This is… Closed basement located in an annex.

 

It was a place where no one came and went.

 

I felt a foreign body sensation in my wrists and ankles. When she looked, her arms and legs were restrained.

 

‘What is this restraint?’

 

This was my first time seeing such a sophisticated and strong restraint.

 

A magic tool that seems to have contained Luce’s magic as much as possible and used it as her own hardness.

 

It was as if I could feel Luce’s persistence.

 

‘Could it have been developed?’

 

It is difficult to find something like this on the market.

 

Even I am impressed.

 

It was probably made by Luce.

 

‘If you try hard enough, it will break….’

 

Did Luce not know that?

 

That can’t be possible.

 

First, I decided to have a conversation with Luce.

 

“Aren’t you tired of doing this?”

 

I opened my eyes and glared at Luce.

 

“Not yet. “I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it.”

 

I didn’t ask that question hoping for that kind of answer.

 

“You said you didn’t like this kind of thing… , remember. Still, I want to be alone with you, just for today…. “I couldn’t help it.”

 

I couldn’t tell if the phrase ‘I couldn’t help it’ was appropriate in the context here.

 

“If I don’t do this, aren’t you going to go to that leech again?”

 

“Leech?”

 

What is that?

 

… The question was resolved immediately.

 

If there is someone I often visit in the imperial palace and someone Luce would be jealous of, there is no one other than Dorothy.

 

‘You see Dorothy as a leech…’ .’

 

When I was attending the academy, I remembered Luce saying that she looked at the people around her like fish.

 

Putting aside the issue of Luce opening or closing her heart to others, it seemed like I was probably the only person in her sight.

 

“Ha, indeed….”

 

Among her wives, the one who was most dissatisfied with my harem was definitely Luce.

 

No matter how much she accepted the harem, there was no way her dissatisfaction would have been plucked out in the bud. She compromised a bit.

 

In a way, it was an understandable act.

 

More than anything, that wasn’t the important thing.

 

‘But why didn’t I know this would happen? I’m sure you read Luce’s psychology, right?’

 

A whirlpool of confusion swirled in her mind.

 

Even after reading Luce’s psychology, you didn’t know she would be like this? I?

 

Have my abilities weakened? It couldn’t have been that way.

 

It was difficult to convince myself.

 

“What happened next? Just by looking at it, it looks like it was prepared in advance.”

 

When I asked about her carefree attitude, Luce put her hands on her floor and approached me.

 

Slowly, like a baby.

 

She brought her face close enough for her warm breath to touch my lips, and softly let out her voice filled with the sound of her breath.

 

“Don’t you think it’s rude to read people’s minds?”

 

“… ….”

 

Her mouth opened slightly.

 

‘Did you know?’

 

Of course, I expected this to happen.

 

Even the question, ‘Since when did you know?’ Is probably meaningless. Because something that would have happened anyway just became reality.

 

But….

 

Anyway, this was unexpected timing.

 

“You read my mind even when I had the slightest doubt. That’s really… “I don’t like it.”

 

Luce whispered quietly in a tone like a quiet moonlit night.

 

The confusion in my mind was further aggravated by that tone.

 

They say we haven’t seen each other properly these days… , Isn’t this too dramatic?

 

“… How did you know?”

 

I decided to ask honestly.

 

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“The method was simple.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“My head.”

 

Luce tapped her head with her finger.

 

“You can manipulate it.”

 

“… What?”

 

I couldn’t understand what he was saying so I asked him a question.

 

Then, purple lightning mana fluttered from the index finger Luce placed on her head.

 

“This was possible because electrical stimulation was cleverly applied to my head. Memories and emotions. As a result, psychology. Abstract concepts can now be manipulated at will. “I don’t know if you can do this to other people, too.”

 

“It makes sense….”

 

“I recognized the sleeping pill as a must-add ingredient in black tea. Then my husband drank it without hesitation, right? “You’ve always been so careful with me.”

 

An answer I could not have expected at all… I couldn’t bear to shut my mouth.

 

Is that possible?

 

No, more than that.

 

‘You’re in your right mind, kid…’ ?’

 

Even I couldn’t understand.

 

The idea, method, and execution ability….

 

By nature, people are immune to their own magic. However, it doesn’t matter as long as he has the will to be affected by that magic.

 

In other words… , Luce was even prepared to suffer brain damage to avoid my abilities.

 

“But at some point, Isaac, it seemed like you weren’t using that mind-reading ability well? “I’m glad that I’ve become someone Isaac can trust.”

 

Luce continued to whisper in a captivating voice.

 

“What are you…?” , Do you do that? “It’s dangerous!”

 

I formed a harem and overlooked it because I was buried in work.

 

The opponent is Luce Eltania.

 

She was a woman who did not find anything strange even if she showed unreasonable behavior at any time.

 

I didn’t know that he would actually use my abilities to reassure me.

 

“Isaac….”

 

Luce’s mouth drew an arc. She was moved and even had joy in her eyes.

 

She buried my head into her ample chest.

 

“Thank you for your concern. You can rest assured about that. You know that I’m good at using magical power. This is only possible with partial memory anyway. I don’t have to worry about forgetting you or having brain problems. “Because I am capable.”

 

“No, that’s not it….”

 

“But you know. I have something to say.”

 

Luce’s lovely voice suddenly turned cold. A chill crawled up her spine.

 

She took my head out of her arms and took out something of hers.

 

Crinkly folded paper.

 

It was a photo taken outside the window while rain was pouring down.

 

Inside it was an apricot-colored image of a man and woman engaging in a physical relationship.

 

No matter who saw it, it was me and Dorothy.

 

That’s one sheet, two sheets….

 

Crunched like small balls, they unfolded one by one and were embroidered in my vision.

 

‘How did you film this? Rather, why couldn’t I sense it?’

 

It is said that at the time, I was consumed by lust and focused on Dorothy….

 

No matter what, there wouldn’t have been any loopholes in my abilities, right?

 

“You, this…” . How?”

 

“I thought you didn’t know?”

 

Luce spread her crumpled photos on the floor.

 

“… I forgot. “It made me forget.”

 

Luce extends her index finger. Her fingers are twitching! Lightning Mana stood up.

 

Her finger became the answer.

 

I knew for sure. Luce, who remembers everything about her, has achieved the ability to forget only her partial memories.

 

It also has the ridiculous ability to cause loss of desired memories.

 

“And I let the photos come to me when the time was right. “When I look at fragments of memory, connections naturally come to mind.”

 

You deceived my [Psychological insight] Like that?

 

Now I was almost amazed.

 

“Hey, Luce. Are these photos using magic tools? You can fly in the sky, and a photo function has also been added…. “You made it.”

 

This was a fact that could be understood by looking at the angle of the photo.

 

“Yes, I made it.”

 

Luce nods calmly.

 

If I were to compare it to my past life, it seemed like I was manufacturing something like a ‘drone’.

 

“Ha.”

 

I burst out laughing because it was so absurd.

 

Luce lowered her head and looked at the photos that had fallen haphazardly on the dull floor.

 

“According to the agreement, this shouldn’t have happened until marriage…. “I really don’t like this senior.”

 

Luce’s low voice fell heavily.

 

“I told you to do it.”

 

“I’m not interested. Whether Isaac asked to do it first or not. The thing is, if I showed these pictures to her other wives, there would be quite a backlash.”

 

Luce raises her head again.

 

Out of the darkness of the basement, his blue eyes glared at me, shining vividly.

 

Ha, that’s it now.

 

“So? “Do you want me to stay like this today?”

 

Luce surely knows. She said she couldn’t tie me up with such cute threats. She’s just afraid of getting into trouble.

 

So let’s hear what small demands are worthy of small threats.

 

“It’s obvious. “It’s what I’ve always wanted.”

 

Seuuu. She gave off a feeble glow of multi-branched, thin stems on the walls of the cellar.

 

‘When did something like that happen…’ ?’

 

She was sure that it was the light installed by Luce.

 

Uniquely, the basement ceiling was connected to the sculpture on the first floor and had an oval shape, so all the stems took the shape of a bird cage.

 

It seemed like it was intentional. Because Luce has secretly wanted to confine me like a bird in a cage.

 

It wasn’t at the level of dramatically lighting up the gloomy basement, but thanks to it, I was able to see Luce’s face more clearly.

 

Luce was blushing with her cold face.

 

“Isaac.”

 

Luce gently stroked my cheek.

 

“Today is mine.”

 

There was a strong love for me in that sound.

 

The sight was so beautiful that without even realizing it, my appreciation came out like a monologue.

 

“… Cute.”

 

As if to say no more.

 

Luce stuck out her head, and a moist feeling covered her lips.