The Reincarnator and the Goblin Maiden’s Happily Ever After: Using a Past Life to Keep a Joyful Wife Volume 2 (eBook)

Shinten-Shinchi (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Heart (Verlag)
978-1-7183-1976-9 (ISBN)

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Anastasia, whose life had once felt gray and hopeless, is now happier than she's ever been. It's all thanks to the efforts of her fiancé, Ginorious, that she now has the confidence to move forward and try to better herself. But while they're on the path to happiness together, they haven't achieved it quite yet. There are still mysteries to be resolved, especially in regard to when Ginorious is. If his suspicions are right, then perhaps the cure to Ana's condition-and consequently, the key to her happiness-isn't too far off. But the lengths he'll go to bring her joy are sometimes extreme. Just how far will he go to ensure her happily ever after, and at what cost to himself?

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Anastasia, whose life had once felt gray and hopeless, is now happier than she's ever been. It's all thanks to the efforts of her fiance, Ginorious, that she now has the confidence to move forward and try to better herself. But while they're on the path to happiness together, they haven't achieved it quite yet. There are still mysteries to be resolved, especially in regard to when Ginorious is. If his suspicions are right, then perhaps the cure to Ana's condition-and consequently, the key to her happiness-isn't too far off. But the lengths he'll go to bring her joy are sometimes extreme. Just how far will he go to ensure her happily ever after, and at what cost to himself?

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Chapter 1: Discovering the Truth of this World During a Date at the Museum

Ginorious

A wise man once said that we are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine, but as someone who’s lived two different lives, I don’t think that’s true. My past life was one of loneliness, reaching old age without ever being able to marry, whereas my current life was one where I’d found a kind and splendid girl to be by my side. It’s a no-brainer. My current life is far better than my past one.

One’s happiness and unhappiness weren’t nearly so hard to determine as that wise man had thought. It was almost cruel how black-and-white this was. Having someone you love by your side was obviously the happier life. Or at least, this was what I felt as someone who’d experienced living both ways.

Today, I’d be going with the person I loved, Ana, to the museum. As I sat in the carriage on the way to her family’s estate, I couldn’t help but remember how we met. Lady Anastasia Sevensworth and I had been introduced through an arranged marriage between our families.

There were two reasons why the premier duke, with all his power and influence, had come to me, Ginorious Adolni, who was nothing more than the fourth son of a destitute viscount. The first had to do with my business, which had grown rapidly and whose success qualified me as worthy of succeeding to the Sevensworth household. However, the other reason had to do with their daughter and only child, Ana, who was under a curse.

Ana had a difficult time finding a suitor because of her looks, which were affected by her curse. Because of it, though she’d met many potential suitors, none of the meetings had resulted in an engagement—which was strange because when I finally met her, I found her to be a truly wonderful girl. But despite how elated I was about the match, she immediately suggested we call it off. She believed that being married to her would only bring unhappiness.

When she told me this, I saw in her my past self, who’d endured all manner of hardships in my previous life due to my ugly looks. It struck me so intensely that I couldn’t hold myself back and I burst out with a plea, begging her not to give up on her happiness simply because of the way she looked. I told her it was okay to be happy and that she should never give up on that goal. She didn’t need to smile so sadly as if she’d given up on everything. After all, her life was only just getting started. Then, in the heat of the moment, I proposed to her, and just like that, we became engaged.

However, due to the status difference of our families, I couldn’t simply marry her as the son of a viscount. I first had to be adopted into the Marquess Valvalier household, after which I moved into their estate in the royal capital.

It was at this point that I began going to school with Ana. Though the country was very status-focused, the school had become merit-based due to a power struggle between the crown prince and the first prince that had occurred while they were students not too long ago.

Despite the school being a meritocracy, grades alone didn’t determine one’s place in the hierarchy. Though grades were a base from which to build, one’s looks, charisma, and proactiveness were all taken into account. All of this was naturally determined by the students.

In order to enforce a fair system, the school made sure that family intervention was kept to the absolute minimum. As a result, from a young age, meritocracy was drilled into these kids. The classroom they were taught in essentially became a bubble, separating them from the real world where one’s value came from their status and nobility.

For someone as reserved as Ana, her standing in school wasn’t very high at all, and that infuriated me to no end. After all, how could such a wonderful girl be so undervalued? So, I decided to try and change that. In the end, she rose to have the second-highest grades in our class, and was even selected as an in-school research assistant.

As her standing improved, the treatment from others did as well, and now she was surrounded by more people. Ana also changed during this time. Despite having barely ever spoken during class, she began participating more and even asking for more important roles in our group projects.

Though most everyone had begun to treat her better, there were some exceptions, like Lady Florro and her group. Even so, Ana wasn’t the same girl she’d been before. She’d grown and was able to solve her bullying problem on her own.

One time, when they messed with her embroidery tools, Ana had said that there was no helping it because of the way she looked. All I’d wanted to do was make her happy, but after seeing that resigned smile of hers, I realized I hadn’t solved the fundamental problem at all. I had to lift her curse. I realized I had to work even harder than I had been.

I had an idea about the nature of Ana’s curse. Most likely she suffered from severe hypermana syndrome, which was something that people who possessed a wealth of mana could be afflicted with. It caused sections of the skin to turn green and form rocklike lumps. I looked into it and confirmed that Ana had a vast amount of mana, on the same level as what my past world called Magic Monarchs.

I began gathering information on lifting curses by using the huge fortune I’d amassed by selling my rejuvenation lotion, and finally I got a lead—rumors about a legendary elixir that could supposedly cure any affliction.

This world had dungeons, and in them were mysterious magic tools known as Artifacts. This elixir was one such Artifact. As I researched the dungeons, I came across something that I couldn’t believe. The shapes of these “dungeons” were similar to tall buildings from my previous world.

I’d always thought that I’d reincarnated into a different world, but now I was wondering if I’d actually reincarnated into the future. I was now heading to the museum in order to confirm this. I hadn’t been able to check out any museums before because the Adolni territory didn’t have any, but now that I was in the royal capital, I could visit theirs.

Ana had changed a lot. Before, she’d absolutely hated going anywhere public because of the way she was treated due to her looks. She’d especially avoided going out with her mother, who was beauty incarnate and received frequent compliments because of it. But recently, as if to make up for lost time, Ana had been asking her mother to go out with her often. Now that she was more confident, I felt okay inviting her to the museum, and of course, she said yes. Well then, I should be reaching the Sevensworth estate now. I’ll finally be able to see Ana again! Oh, I can’t wait!

Anastasia

Sir Gino had invited me to accompany him to the museum today. Because of the curse I’d been born with, I had stonelike bumps across my body and my skin was mostly green. Even my ears had turned sharp. Due to these physical features, I’d been given the epithet “the Goblin Maiden.” Because of how sad I always felt being in front of others, I’d rarely left the mansion ever since I was young.

However, that was no longer the case. Sir Gino had very sincerely told me that I should believe his words when he called me cute, and that I should begin to think of myself as cute too. He’d promised to tell me as many times as I needed until I regained my confidence.

After that, I vowed to no longer put myself down for my appearance. I would trust his words and continue to think I was cute. So long as Sir Gino thought of me as such, being bad-mouthed as the Goblin Maiden didn’t bother me one bit. Come to think of it, I’ve changed quite a bit thanks to Sir Gino. I remember what I was like when we first met. Up until him, I’d received nothing but horrible words from all my potential suitors.

I’d heard cruel words over and over again. They’d all made it clear that they were not happy at the prospect of having a monster like myself as their wife. At a certain point, I’d entirely given up on achieving happiness through marriage. Even during my marriage talks with Sir Gino, I’d had no hope of it ending happily. Not only was he talented enough to earn my parents’ approval, he also possessed a captivating beauty that had earned him the name of the Black-Ice Flower Prince. He had everything, and I couldn’t imagine him wanting anything to do with me.

Despite that, he proposed to me. He promised to bring me happiness and begged me not to give up. It hadn’t felt real at all. Now, I was using his words as a way to move forward, endeavoring to change myself little by little. Since he treasured me so much, I was able to muster up the courage to change myself. Even now, he continued to change me little by little.

He even swore on his family name that he’d be my ally no matter what—even if I became a mass murderer, of all things. Thanks to him, I was no longer afraid of being alone, and I could even act confidently. I’d become able to make the type of embroidery I wanted to, without having to worry about what others might think. Thanks to that, I won the school embroidery contest and became an in-school research assistant. I’d also become more proactive in class and was even able to make a friend.

My once-gray world was now brilliant and sparkling, all because of Sir Gino. As I drifted through my thoughts of the past, I received notice that he had arrived. I made my way to the entrance hall to meet him while doing...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.1.2025
• Reihe/Serie: The Reincarnator and the Goblin Maiden’s Happily Ever After: Using a Past Life to Keep a Joyful Wife
• Illustrationen: Tokima
• Übersetzer: Geirrlon Dunn
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Fantasy • First Love • first person • multiple PoV • Nobility • Reincarnation • Romance
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-1976-2 / 1718319762
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-1976-9 / 9781718319769