Several days later.
"Ah~"
"I've finally arrived at this city, which I've longed for, and it's also by the azure sea..."
"But it's a completely new one, and there won will be no more disturbances from Gildarts~"
Cornelia, dressed in a white dress, stood under the scorching sun, looking at the peaceful and harmonious new city before her, a happy expression on her face.
However, that smile quickly vanished!
After leaving Gildarts, the first enemy Cornelia faced was finding a good job to support herself and the child in her womb!
"See, Gildarts..."
"Even without you, I can live very well."
Cornelia gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with unwavering determination.
Cornelia just couldn't believe it...
That she couldn't give birth to a child and raise it well by herself.
So, over the next week, Cornelia, as if injected with a stimulant, moved between countless job positions.
"Hey! Can't you even wash dishes properly?!"
"If you break another plate, get out!"
"Our shop is small, we can't afford a young lady like you!!"
The first job Cornelia chose was a dishwasher at a restaurant.
Unfortunately, Cornelia's fair, delicate hands, which had never washed dishes before, found washing dishes to be incredibly troublesome. She ended up breaking over a dozen ceramic bowls in a row and was eventually fired by the manager.
"Huh?! You want to be a carpenter?!"
"Hahaha! Don't joke around..."
"Can a young lady like you even lift tools?"
"Why don't you go home to your mom and dad!"
"Oh, and say hello to the master and madam for me~"
"If you need anything, you can call me to work anytime..."
Cornelia's second chosen job was a carpenter, but unfortunately, she was rejected during the interview by the head carpenter and was mocked by the other carpenters...
Of course, these carpenters saw Cornelia's expensive clothing and didn't dare to go too far. In such chaotic times, 'discernment' was an important ability for laborers to establish themselves in this world.
"The delivery team is full..."
"By the way, besides delivery, if you want to find any kind of delivery job in this city, the first hard requirement is that you can skillfully operate a Magic Quadricycle."
The Magic Council's delivery team, upon discovering that Cornelia couldn't operate a Magic Quadricycle at all, found an excuse and politely refused Cornelia. Their attitude was exceptionally good, and they didn't even tease Cornelia.
These deliverymen under the Council, spread across the Ishgar continent, had even sharper discernment. They could tell that the clothes Cornelia was wearing were not just expensive; they were also a magical item with protective abilities...
This was not something one could simply acquire with money.
And so, Cornelia was rejected once again.
The ideal was full, the reality was stark...
Only after truly leaving Gildarts did Cornelia realize that this world was completely different from what she had imagined. This world was cruel, and no one would make allowances for her.
At the same time, Cornelia also realized that she truly couldn't do anything well on her own.
"Jobs are so hard to find?!"
"But I will absolutely not give up..."
"Gildarts, just watch! I will never admit defeat."
Cornelia sat in her rented room, deep in thought.
In fact, when Gildarts learned that Cornelia had decided to leave him and could not be swayed, he gave Cornelia a large sum of money for her future life, which accounted for most of Gildarts' income over the years.
This money was enough for Cornelia to live very well in any city in the Fiore Kingdom. After all, the savings of an S-Class Mage are quite substantial!
Even if this S-Class Mage was a bit unreliable and had a lot of debts.
But Cornelia did not intend to use the money Gildarts had given her.
Whether it was her stubbornness with Gildarts or her strong self-esteem, she wanted to establish herself in this town with her own hands.
As for the money Gildarts gave her, she would hand it all over to their child once the child came of age...
And tell that child: "See, this is the inheritance left to you by your unreliable father, who died from excessive drinking in his early years."
"It hurts! It hurts so much!"
Just as Cornelia clenched her fists...
And decided to compete with Gildarts to the end.
A certain scumbag was lying in a hospital bed, wailing.
"Of course! If I had the nurses' love, I wouldn't be in pain~"
The scumbag had no self-awareness of becoming a father for the first time. He looked at the beautiful and well-figured nurses moving around the ward and said with a chuckle.
"Bah! You've got comminuted fractures all over, and you're still not behaving..."
In response, the scumbag was met with eye-rolls from the nurses.
Gildarts' reputation in the entire Magnolia Town was completely ruined. Even if he wanted to be a scumbag, no one would give him any chance...
Now, the adults in Magnolia Town were all telling their daughters: "Beware of fire! Beware of thieves! Beware of Gildarts!"
"Sigh..."
"I wonder how Cornelia is doing now?!"
"Wuwuwu! I miss you so much..."
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