"𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄?" "𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉?" ✴.·'¯'·.·★ 🎀𝓦𝓗𝓔𝓡𝓔 🎀 ★·.·'¯'·.✴ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬. 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞. 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜. 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲. Those were the interests that always got Areum Nova Chrono excited. Despite the irony of not having magic and even becoming the adopted daughter of Julius Nova Chrono, she never stopped being fascinated by the process of how magic was created. Areum thought she was special. She convinced herself that she was. That intelligence was enough to fill the void of being manaless in a world abundant with mana. "𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡. 𝙄'𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙄 𝙖𝙢." "𝙔𝙚𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡." "𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤?" "𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚." "𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝." Not until she met him. 𝒀𝒖𝒏𝒐. Him who was not only intelligent, but powerful. Him who never failed to piss her off and, at the same time, make her heart flutter. That was when Areum realized that perhaps she was not special at all. That she was merely a glitch, a malfunctioned individual in a world built upon mana. But fate had other plans. Because mana was never the greatest wonder this world had to offer. And Areum was about to experience it.

❝ 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭, 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞, (𝐋/𝐧)-𝐬𝐚𝐧. ❞ ╰┈➤ 〔 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩? 〕 { × Fem! reader } 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳: ©-𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘙𝘐𝘘𝘖𝘜 ©𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘮 2022 | Started: 9/7/2022 | | Ended: 2/21/2023 |