Countess Is a Coward No More! This Reincarnated Witch Just Wants a Break Volume 3 (eBook)

Ageha Sakura (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Heart (Verlag)
978-1-7183-9178-9 (ISBN)

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Lam never expected to reunite with her first and second disciples in her current life-let alone discover that they were the ones who orchestrated her reincarnation. Finally, she has a chance to learn the truth about how her life as Aurora ended...except the two refuse to tell her. How infuriating! Right now, though, she has bigger problems. Épée, her first disciple, has kidnapped her, and she needs to find a way to free herself. Thankfully, Char and the other Mercures are here to save the day. But will they be strong enough to defeat Épée? And speaking of Épée-did he just call her Aurora in front of Char?! Is her husband about to discover her greatest secret?

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Lam never expected to reunite with her first and second disciples in her current life-let alone discover that they were the ones who orchestrated her reincarnation. Finally, she has a chance to learn the truth about how her life as Aurora ended...except the two refuse to tell her. How infuriating! Right now, though, she has bigger problems. Epee, her first disciple, has kidnapped her, and she needs to find a way to free herself. Thankfully, Char and the other Mercures are here to save the day. But will they be strong enough to defeat Epee? And speaking of Epee-did he just call her Aurora in front of Char?! Is her husband about to discover her greatest secret?

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Chapter One: The Countess’s Identity Gets Discovered

What started it all?

Char sat in the gloomy schoolhouse, his arms wrapped around his knees. Despite being only five years old, he’d already given up on everything.

The boys’ dormitory was like a cell, the clothes the Mercures had given him were cheap and of poor quality, and the training he had to endure daily was so needlessly harsh, it bordered on abuse. But he knew that if he didn’t meet the Mercures’ expectations, the only thing awaiting him was a miserable death.

Then again, no one would mourn him if he were to pass away; not his parents, who had chased him from their home as soon as they’d learned he had mana, and certainly not the Mercures. These people viewed the children in their care as mere objects. They wouldn’t grieve for him. He’d most likely end up discarded somewhere like trash. Char had already seen it happen several times since entering the schoolhouse. The teacher would abandon the students on the training grounds and dispose of their bodies when no one was looking.

Char didn’t know why he should keep on living. Yet, at the same time, he didn’t want to die.

Curled up on his bed in the large dormitory where he and the other boys were confined, Char found his gaze drifting to the empty bed beside his. It had belonged to a slightly older boy who had died just a few days ago. He had been friendly, and for some reason, he had taken it upon himself to look after Char. The boy would often come talk to him, despite how unsociable Char was. Apparently, he had been an orphan from another country, whose relatives had sold him to the Mercures when they’d heard that the house was looking for children with mana.

A single picture book lay on the otherwise empty bed. It had been one of the few belongings the boy had brought to the schoolhouse, and Char remembered seeing him gazing at the book as if it were the most precious thing in the world, despite his struggles with reading and writing. Soon, an adult would come and throw the leftover possession away.

Char climbed down from his bed and picked up the book. Having been raised in a noble household, he had been taught to read from a young age.

“The...Witch of Legends?” he said, reading the title aloud.

It seemed to be a book about a mage—something very rare in the Tête Kingdom.

“Aurora Ibrusus?” he muttered as he opened the book.

Inside, it was written that the book had been made in the Dukedom of Brunel. From what he could tell, the book seemed to chronicle the adventures of a mage named Aurora, who was portrayed as a brilliant mana wielder, capable of casting a variety of offensive spells across all attributes. The illustrations depicted her defending a villager by defeating a monster with Lightning Magic, saving a prince trapped in a palace of ice with Fire Magic, and using Light Magic to dismantle an evil organization.

According to the afterword, Aurora was a real person who had lived five hundred years ago and had indeed possessed the ability to wield all attributes. Even though she had been born a mana wielder, she was still admired and respected to this day.

Char wondered what the boy who used to occupy the bed beside him thought about when reading this book. The idea of someone being able to wield several magic attributes seemed far-fetched at best, let alone all of them.

After glaring silently at the book for a moment, Char set it down on his own bed.

Maybe if I become better at magic, I’ll become someone people need, just like the witch of legends.

The existence of Aurora had cast a faint light in Char’s pitch-black future.

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Chasing after his abducted wife had brought Char to the Ongle Empire. He’d entered the suspicious-looking mansion looming over the desolate land, only to be attacked by waves of mages, seemingly all belonging to the same organization—the existence of which was inconceivable in this day and age.

By any other countries’ standards, it was already considered strange for a nation to have an officially sanctioned house of mages, such as the Mercures. Most nations’ mana wielders lived in hiding, like in Lèvres, although it was difficult for them to completely hide their powers, which tended to lead to discrimination and persecution. As such, an organization of this size—much larger than the House of Mercure—was an absolute oddity.

Moreover, all the mages here were capable of casting spells that had long since disappeared. Char recognized them as the spells Lam had begun teaching him and the other Mercures—ones that she knew from her past life. The person who’d abducted her must’ve been someone she was acquainted with from that time too.

Char’s thoughts returned to the organization. If the Motar Faith learned of its existence, there was no doubt they would attempt to snuff it out. After all, the Faith’s saints and holy knights were supposed to be the only ones privy to these ancient spells, which gave them an edge over regular mages and allowed the Faith to keep them in check. Char himself had been at the Faith’s beck and call, forced to work into exhaustion until mere weeks ago when his wife had put a stop to it.

After fighting the organization’s mages, Char burst into a gaudy, overly ornate room, where he finally found his wife being held captive by a man who claimed to be her former disciple. To his shock, the man had referred to her as “Aurora.”

Aurora—the name of the witch of legends. The very figure Char had admired since his youth. The one who’d saved him from despair when he was a child. The one he held so dear in his heart.

Lam is...Aurora?

Char was struck dumb by the revelation. But once he regained his composure, he found himself surprisingly at peace with that truth.

Lam had never explicitly told him that she was Aurora, and he had never tried to question her about her past. However, reflecting on it, he realized just how many traits his wife shared with the witch of legends. They had both lived five hundred years ago, bore an uncanny resemblance to each other (along with sharing the same distinctive hair color), were incredibly knowledgeable about magic, and could wield any spell without difficulty. Add to that, Lam’s second disciple—Flèche, the first prince of Lèvres—had divulged a vague but similar insight about her past life.

So, she really is...

Deep down, Char had always suspected that his wife was Aurora. All her first disciple did was confirm Char’s suspicions and lay the truth bare before him: His wife was the reincarnation of the strongest witch in history—the figure he’d looked up to since he was a child.

He was hit with a sudden reality check.

The witch of legends currently inhabited a body so weak that the slightest effort made her collapse. Even when she tried to be careful, she often ended up passing out more times than not. On top of that, the food she cooked was gross, her sense of aesthetic abysmal, and she was impulsive and stubborn. As he confronted the truth before him, he could almost hear the image shatter of the perfect witch he’d arbitrarily constructed in his mind when he was a child. She’d even managed to get herself abducted by her former disciple without being able to fight back.

As it turned out, the Aurora that Char had worshiped all these years was merely a glorified illusion he had created in his head.

Just what in the world was I expecting?

Char couldn’t help but let out a small sigh at how absurd everything suddenly felt. The only thing he knew for certain was that Lam had saved him twice—both when he was a kid and now that she was his wife. That was all that mattered.

Right now, I need to make sure she’s safe. I don’t have time for idle thoughts.

Lam was still in that shady man’s clutches—literally. Eyeing Char with embarrassment, she struggled to escape the man holding her from behind, but to no avail. To make matters worse, they were sitting on a bed, which only heightened Char’s irritation.

“Lam, we’ll talk later. Let’s go home,” he said curtly.

“I-I would like to, but, um...I can’t get away right now,” Lam replied hesitantly.

Char knew that Lam could easily free herself with her magic, but for some reason, she seemed to be struggling.

“Why aren’t you using your magic?” he asked, feeling that something was amiss.

“Char, I... I can’t convert my mana into magic at the moment,” Lam said awkwardly. “He’s put several interference spells on me, and I’m in the process of unraveling them, but it’s not easy.”

To cast a spell, one needed to stimulate the mana cycling through one’s body and refine it to release it as magic. The spells this man had cast on Lam must have been preventing her from executing one of these steps, which explained why she was trying to escape his hold using strength alone. Though she’d never manage to break free with such a frail body.

Letting out another sigh, Char walked up to his wife, grabbed her hand, and tried to pull her up.

A pitch-black blade of wind shot toward him from point-blank range—the work of the man behind Lam, no doubt.

To block the attack, Char immediately cast the defense spell Lam had taught him. Had it been any regular person with normal...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.6.2025
• Reihe/Serie: The Countess Is a Coward No More! This Reincarnated Witch Just Wants a Break
• Illustrationen: Ageha Sakura
• Übersetzer: Ageha Sakura
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Contract Marriage • Light Novel • Nobility • OP protagonist • Reincarnation • revenge • role reversal
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-9178-1 / 1718391781
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-9178-9 / 9781718391789