Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 1. Notification of Annulment
In the first life, there wasn’t much the man could remember.
Was it because he became a woman, not a man, in the second life?
Perhaps because of that, the memories of the first life were blurry.
However, the second life was vivid.
Plum Blossom Swordswoman.
Mount Hua’s First Sword.
Sword Empress.
Number One Under the Heavens.
The titles that changed over time eventually converged into one.
Number One Under the Heavens.
She dared to look down upon the world with a woman’s body, and the result was the pinnacle.
I proudly stood among the countless martial artists of the Kangho.
I occupied the seat of the pinnacle among those geniuses.
And then, one night.
On a night that was cold, yet where the warmth of the moon could be felt entirely.
I danced alone.
Was it a dance? Or was it a Sword Dance?
The figure of a woman frolicking alone with her sword under the moonlight was like a painting.
Han Su-ah, the greatest female master of the era called the Number One Under the Heavens, on that moonlit night...
It was said that she achieved Ascension.
It was a story passed down as the most mysterious and beautiful among the many legends descending from the vast Central Plains.
***
“What is this?”
I remember up until the Ascension.
Han Su-ah, no.
She, who was now called Elise Blaze, looked down at her two bloodstained hands.
“Miss Elise! Blood!”
Who is this woman in a maid outfit wiping my hands beside me?
Who is she?
Who could it be?
While Elise tilted her head, the woman in the maid outfit patted Elise’s back needlessly.
“Miss! I told you I would wipe it for you if you bled. You should have called me!”
“…Who are you?”
“Pardon? Miss. It’s Luna, who has taken care of you since you were five. Did you forget in that short moment? Oh, my Lady, really.”
Luna.
Luna….
It is a name not in my memories.
The moment Elise tilted her head.
“Mm?”
An instant headache flared up.
It was immense pain, but Elise did not care.
What about a headache?
I have experienced this level of pain many times.
Even when I cut down the fool from the Sapa.
Even when I cut down the idiot from the Heavenly Demon Cult.
I went through it plenty.
“Ah. I remember now. Luna.”
“Yes?”
“Give me something to wipe this with.”
The moment the headache ended, all memories flooded into Elise’s mind.
All the memories of Elise Blaze, whom she currently possessed.
And she realized.
“This is…. So that’s it. Before, it was Mount Hua Fast Blade. This time, is it The Withered Flower Finds Its Own Light?”
Good heavens.
Before, it was a martial arts web novel, but this time, is it a romance fantasy web novel?
Han Su-ah, no. She, who had now become Elise, sneered.
Interesting.
This is interesting.
***
Elise Blaze.
Current age, 14.
She was the young lady of the Blaze Ducal House, one of the five great Ducal Houses in the Latensio Empire.
Elise did not know the details of this world’s original work, The Withered Flower Finds Its Own Light.
Even the memories of her first life were blurry, so how could she remember the entirety of a romance fantasy web novel she read briefly?
However, just as she knew the main characters and story roughly when she reincarnated in the martial arts world of Mount Hua Fast Blade.
This time, The Withered Flower Finds Its Own Light was the same.
Still, Elise knew the main characters and the story of this Ro-Fan web novel roughly.
“The ending of this web novel is…. Eventually, an ending where the protagonist gets together with one of the many male leads.”
The female protagonist of this world.
Alicia Shudroy.
Alicia is the daughter of one of the empire's five great Ducal Houses.
But for some reason, she is hated by the people of the Ducal House.
Ro-Fan protagonists are bound to be hated at first, after all.
But eventually, Alicia overcomes everything and wraps countless men around her finger.
If you think of her as a Romance Fantasy protagonist, she had a truly desirable appearance for a female lead, but...
Seen from another angle, she was a protagonist who caused the scandal of the century.
Ah, for reference, Elise Blaze does not appear in the original work.
To be precise, she is only mentioned.
Original Novel Excerpt
[The youngest daughter of the Blaze Ducal House was always sick.]
Original Novel Excerpt
[The expression of the Blaze Ducal House’s eldest son was not bright. Ah, the youngest sister must have died.]
That is so.
Elise was terminally ill.
Therefore, Elise dies before long.
Therefore, Elise had to choose.
“I must learn martial arts.”
Elise, the sickly noble lady, decided to enter the martial arts of Mount Hua.
***
Plum Blossom Clear Qi Art.
Due to the nature of the Mount Hua Sect, which is crazy about plum blossoms, most of their martial arts have the name of plum blossoms.
Plum Blossom.
Does this Romance Fantasy worldview have plum blossoms?
Such a thought occurred, but Elise decided to learn the immediate Plum Blossom Clear Qi Art first.
If there were no plum blossoms, it was simply a matter of her blooming them in this world.
The Plum Blossom Clear Qi Art is an introductory Internal Energy Cultivation Method even among Mount Hua’s martial arts.
Embrace the blue energy along with the scent of plum blossoms.
The Plum Blossom Clear Qi Art held such a meaning.
“Shall I begin?”
She sat in a lotus position inside her room.
Since she had told Luna beforehand not to let anyone into her room, there would be no one to disturb her.
‘Is there internal energy in this world? Ah, to be precise, was it mana?’
Mana or internal energy.
To Elise, both looked similar, so she figured it would work out somehow.
‘Let’s try.’
She already knew all the acupoints.
Starting from the Dantian, the Perineum Point, the Gate of Life Point….
She just had to move internal energy along the blood vessels connected inside the human body.
Elise slowly inhaled and exhaled.
Huu—. Huu——.
Her chest moved calmly up and down as breath traveled between the interior and exterior.
Usually, to feel Qi through an Internal Energy Cultivation Method, it differs for each person, but it takes a day at the shortest.
At the longest, it might take several days or over seven days and nights.
If one truly had no talent, they might not feel Qi even if they just breathed for a straight month….
‘…Wait a moment.’
Even while operating the cultivation method, she tilted her head.
‘…I feel it?’
Only 5 minutes after operating the cultivation method.
Elise, who realized and felt the internal energy in just 5 minutes, forgot to breathe and marveled without realizing it.
“Ah.”
As she broke her concentration, the cultivation method stopped, but she could not hide her surprise.
It seems this Elise Blaze’s constitution is….
“This body. It was born with Severed Meridians.”
Severed Meridians. Among them, if I had to say, is it the Nine Yin Severed Meridians?
No. This is….
“If I had to name it, should I call it Heaven's Mandate Great Yin Severed Meridians?”
Heaven's Mandate Great Yin Severed Meridians.
As it is a condition full of Yin energy, it is truly good for a woman, but in exchange, she dies early.
It could be evaluated as a nasty condition.
“So Elise Blaze died because of this.”
To overcome this condition, it was simple.
“…Do I have to go to the battlefield?”
Historically, martial arts development occurs amidst countless actual battles.
For the sake of martial arts, should I go to the battlefield at least?
The moment Elise was pondering, someone knocked on the door.
[Miss! May I come in?]
It was Luna.
What is it? For some reason, her voice is urgent.
Elise nodded and spoke.
“Come in.”
[Yeees—!]
The words Luna spoke as she entered were a slight shock to me as well.
“Miss! Your fiancé, the youngest young master of the Valterich Ducal House, is coming!”
“…Huh?”
“This is no time for this! We must start with a bath and tidy up your body quickly…!”
“Huh?”
What sound is this again?
Fiancé? I had a fiancé?
Elise paused on the spot and briefly groped through the memories of this body’s original owner, Elise Blaze.
Then.
“Ah.”
“Miss! We must go quickly!”
Lightly ignoring Luna’s voice chattering beside her.
Elise recalled the partner of the prenatal engagement, so to speak, the one she was engaged to since she was in the womb.
“Adian Valterich?”
“That’s right! The youngest young master of the Valterich Ducal House is coming to see you, Miss! You must go and prepare quickly!”
Ah.
Come to think of it, someone comes to mind in a corner of my head.
The five Ducal Houses that support the Latensio Empire, called the pinnacle of this continent.
The headache of the Valterich Ducal House, which is called the Iron-Blooded Family among those Ducal Houses.
Adian Valterich.
Also known as the disgrace of the Valterich family.
Perhaps in my memory, I remember him as a character who flirted with the protagonist, Alicia Shudroy, only to get beaten up by another male lead and get lost….
Was Adian Valterich related to Elise Blaze?
Damn it. The Duke of Valterich and the Duke of Blaze were close, but to think it was like this….
Elise pondered for a moment and soon nodded.
Since it has come to this, taking this opportunity….
‘Shall I make my will clear…. Wait, that sounds decent.’
Elise nodded.
Since it has come to this, I should clearly reveal my intentions to the family.
***
The youngest daughter of the Blaze Ducal House, Elise Blaze, was waiting in the reception room to welcome the guest, boasting her red hair.
Even though she was expressionless, her noble and elegant appearance was beautiful beyond compare.
Although Elise Blaze herself was actually thinking about something else inside.
‘I should learn the Six Harmonies Sword first. The Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Arts is still too much. Let’s learn it slowly.’
Her mind, which was already a martial artist to the bone, was diligently thinking only about martial arts.
At the moment she was deep in thought, the sound of someone opening the door to the reception room was heard.
“Elise!”
The gray messy hair that appeared was none other than Adian Valterich.
The one called the wastrel and disgrace of the Valterich family.
If one listened to the rumors trailing behind that human’s rear, would there not be no end to them?
Elise almost frowned without realizing it, but she didn’t actually do so.
Because the Valterich Ducal House that man had on his back was absolutely not light.
Elise looked at Adian Valterich, who had come in front of her before she knew it and was smiling like a puppy.
‘Still, he must have cherished Elise. Seeing that he isn’t acting like a complete jerk like when he first appears in the work.’
Hmm.
Elise nodded towards Adian for now.
“You’ve arrived?”
“Yeah. Elise. How is your body today?”
Adian speaks brightly to Elise.
Towards Adian who was smiling brightly like a Jindo dog, Elise smiled like a flower in full bloom and spoke.
“Adian.”
“Huh? Elise. Why? It’s a relief that your body looks a bit okay. I prepared a gift today….”
“Shall we break up?”
“…Huh?”
Adian’s heart plummeted down to the bottomless pit.
***
The Head of the Blaze Ducal House, one of the proud 5 Great Ducal Houses of the Latensio Empire, Duke Denar Blaze, was looking over administrative work in his office today as well.
As he was one of the 5 Great Dukes supporting the massive empire, his responsibilities were heavy.
At the moment he was examining documents for a while.
Bang!
Someone hurriedly opened the door and entered.
“…Mm? Lloyd. For you to be this excited? Is something wrong?”
“Your Grace! It’s a big problem! Miss Elise is…!”
“What is the matter! Did that child collapse or something!”
Duke Denar Blaze put down the documents he was holding intact and rose from his seat.
Don’t tell me.
Don’t tell me my daughter?
Did my daughter, whose body has been weak since birth, collapse?!
At that moment when Duke Denar Blaze was worrying, Lloyd spoke.
“Th… That is not it! The Young Lady unilaterally notified Young Master Adian Valterich, who visited the Ducal House today, of an annulment! Due to that shock, Young Master Adian Valterich has collapsed!”
“…Whaaat?”
Duke Denar Blaze had no choice but to open his mouth wide in absurdity without realizing it.
What on earth is this…. What on earth?
Just when Duke Denar Blaze was flustered, Lloyd recited even more shocking words.
“And! The Young Lady said she wants to volunteer for the Northern Battlefield…!”
“…Whaaaaaat!!!”
Duke Denar Blaze had no choice but to sink into his seat without realizing it.
Right now…. What did you say?
“What kind of crazy sound is thaaaaaaaat!!!”
Duke Denar Blaze’s shocked voice resonated through the Ducal Castle.
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