No stock buying. ———————————— Marti wakes up in a corner of the world, living a destitute life with her teacher. One day, while struggling with a wild cat over a highly rewarding commission, she overhears news: the largest gem merchant in the entire sea and land, "Draje Mar," has suddenly rebelled and been declared heretical by the temple. The Orthodox Knight Order is purging everyone associated with the Draje Mar family. Although Marti has nothing to do with Draje Mar, magical gems are a vital resource for human survival, and only the Draje Mar family can deliver them to her isolated island town. To survive, Marti heads to the Roman Sea, hoping to persuade the temple to show mercy and remember this crumbling town. Once this country bumpkin enters the city, she is truly enlightened. She meets many remarkable people, all of whom are in turmoil over the deceased former head of the Draje Mar family. To achieve her goal, Marti carefully maneuvers among these important figures, fortunately everything goes strangely smoothly. The only thing that bothers her is that the former head's name is the same as hers. Those people are just passing acquaintances anyway; once she returns to the countryside, they'll have nothing to do with her. But who can tell her why the Grand Cardinal—legendarily the most aloof, called "substantial reason," the right hand of God, supposed to be calm, dignified, and beautiful—grabs her by the throat at first sight and, with red eyes, shouts her full name: "Mathilde, how dare you come back—" ============================ [A slacker poor village girl vs. - A down-and-out mercenary (my teacher and guardian) - A rogue nun (underground boss, difficult) - The Thorn Emperor (rumored to be my childhood friend) - A rebellious adopted daughter (I don't remember adopting her, only know she's the current head) - A ghost ex-wife (When did I ever get married???) - A non-human mage (seems like an old, old acquaintance) - A sunny saint (Dangerous! Stay away, stay away, stay away) - An emotionless cardinal (seems to have once been... my godmother.) - ...] ============================ ps: > Main character is the receiver. > Protagonist-centered. Not a weak receiver, doesn't rely on looks. > Mary Sue. > The story world takes the real 14th century as a turning point, deviating from real history; the story begins ten thousand years later. > May contain a small amount of fictionalized medieval descriptions. > This story will not involve multiple people in that kind of relationship simultaneously. > Ending is OE, no official pairing. ============================ —————————————————— Next book "Fallen from Heaven, Pursued by the Great Archangel" seeking pre-collection~! Synopsis below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ —————————————————— The Great Archangel Metatron is not only the scribe of heaven, a noble six-winged angel, a math enthusiast... but also a cold, hard stone. — This is the comment of Samael, the archangel of the Fifth Heaven. But what can Samael do? She fell for this stone, no, gem. To win over this stone, Samael often abandons her work in the Fifth Heaven, flies to the Seventh Heaven, and pesters Metatron in the library. The Seventh Heaven is the heaven closest to God; for a lower-level angel to pair with an elite angel there is pure wishful thinking. But Samael's greatest strength is her arrogant confidence. As long as the scribe smiles at her, all opposing forces are insignificant. After much effort, she finally gets Metatron to show her a kind face. Samael thinks she can live happily ever after with her from now on. — Until, because of Metatron's interference, Samael fails to complete God's task, is punished and falls into hell, and only then realizes she has been a fool. ……………… Hell gathers all kinds of truths. Long after, Samael finally learns that she has repeated this countless times. Every time, she hopelessly falls in love with Metatron. Every time, she ends up with a bad ending. And every time... Metatron remembers. ——————————————————