Chopping Trees (1)

Medeia froze for a moment, caught off guard by how quickly Lucian had read her mind. She let out a quiet sigh, realizing that lying to him was becoming more and more impossible now that he knew about the system.

Not that she had been entirely honest with him to begin with.

She had never told him the real reason she had the system in the first place—to find a husband.

What if he thought their entire relationship was a lie?

But at the end of the day, she would have to tell him the truth eventually—just… not now.

"This is just a side quest," she admitted, her voice steady. "It's not my main mission, but the system put a time limit on it."

Wait.

If she remembered correctly, hadn't the system told her that finding a husband was her main mission, while building a safe haven and helping people were just side missions?

Then… what happened after she married Lucian?

[You don't need to think about things that are still far off, Host.]