rin

lower city of the capital. The room was barely large enough for a narrow cot and a wobbly wooden desk. The window overl

cheap tallow and rain, I felt a profound, intoxicating sense of

omplex siege weapon blueprints-magical ballistas, dragonfire-resistant shielding arrays, and fortifi

n military strategy and magic mechanics. It was my genius, my endless nights of drafting these exact blueprin

me, "Corrin, the Dragon Court will never respect a Dragonless woman's inventions. Le

I willingly became his unpaid, invisible shadow, while he paraded around high society as a military prodigy. He didn't want a w

t. According to Dragon Court law, breaking a marriage required mutual consent. I demanded the immediate dissolution of our bond, explicitly statin

last sharp stroke, a loud tapp

nd stamped with the Davidson family crest, perched on the

e small metal tube from its le

a masterpiece of gaslight

iously broke. Despite your barbaric behavior and your unforgivable disrespect toward my mother, I am a generous man, and I am willing to fo

d I need those magical arrays finalized. Do not let your childish jealousy ruin my territory's future. You know very well that without

this again. He wasn't apologizing. He didn't care about our marriage. He was just terrified of losing his free weapon arch

the power. He thought I

lled up my flawless, unyielding Divorce Agreement

bird's leg. "Take it b

rp cry and launched its

the first time in three years, I slept deeply, without a

I opened it to find the Davidson family's head butler standing in

ripping with forced formality. "Lord Davidson and the Dowager Lady reques

hey were finally r

g the lavish carriage waiting on the muddy street

an hour later, my mindset was entirely different. Yesterd

ce's chest was heavily bandaged, but the fury on his face was

ally have to be this ruthless? You want a di

perfectly straight. "You started the ru