Saved By The Mad Duke
Aideen Ruan, though a royal princess, was always unwanted due to the circumstances of her birth. Born blind to a hostage concubine, she possessed an intriguing beauty; however, her disability rendered her utterly useless to the royal family. Even when the struggling Count Crueder reluctantly agreed to take Aideen as his wife to secure the royal dowry, her life failed to improve. A year into their marriage, Aideen's inability to produce an heir sealed her fate. The princess was destined for exile to the Temple, consigned to spend the remainder of her days in isolation and abandonment. Contrary to her anticipations, instead of the Temple, Aideen found herself within the cold walls of Duke Tillian Valentine's castle. Duke Valentine, the last scion of the once-revered Valentine family that ruled the Kingdom before the "Fratricide Rebellion", now presided over the desolate Northern lands. Faced with fear and confusion, Aideen expected her life to perpetuate its cycle of misery, only to discover that Duke Valentine might hold the key to a new opportunity, a chance at a life she had never envisioned. "You bewitched my body and soul. Put an intoxicating spell on me, shackled my heart to yours with your magic. If I could exchange my eyesight with you, I would do it just to make you see what a man dying from love looks like."
A Gift From Gods
Aideen positioned herself on the warm, soft carpet in front of the fireplace, gladly soaking in the warmth of the crackling dancing flames.
Ahspid stretched his arm in front of his body and touched the thick textured glass in one of the room's window frames, tracing the thin layer of the princess's mana with his fingertips. As they returned to the castle, following the Duke's order, the mage asked the lady to examine the mana she had left on the objects inside her room because, to his great astonishment once again, he could not feel her mana on his own body, therefore, he wanted to check if he would be able to sense it on inanimate objects instead.