After Marrying Jinichi, She Eloped with Jin'er

Koiji Izayo was born into a declining family of sorcerers and raised with the same education as an ordinary person.

She dreamed of going to an art university in Tokyo after graduating high school, where she could study painting more systematically. But during the Maple Viewing event hosted jointly by the Three Great Families, someone fell in love with her at first sight.

The man who had set his sights on her was the young master of the main house of the Zenin family, as well as a Special Grade 1 sorcerer. His name was "Zenin Jinichi."

Koiji Izayo had no right to refuse his affection. Her family accepted Zenin Jinichi's proposal almost eagerly, and demanded that she break up with her first love, Akai Shuichi, at once.

And so, the following August...

After her attempt to run away from the wedding failed, Koiji Izayo married Zenin Jinichi, against her wishes.

Zenin Toji heard that his detestable older brother had fallen hopelessly in love with a girl ten years his junior during the Maple Viewing event.

So, on the day of the wedding banquet, curious, he climbed up a tree and saw the unlucky bride dressed in a white wedding kimono.

Their eyes met. Zenin Toji fell out of the tree, and the pure, beautiful bride was amused by his foolishness and gave her first smile of the day, as if she were about to marry him.

Later, Zenin Toji claimed her in the room that belonged to Koiji Izayo and Zenin Jinichi, making her truly his bride. "From now on, forget the nightmare that happened in this room."

Reader's guide:

1. I initially got the timeline wrong and accidentally posted this story. Since a long time has passed since I started writing it, I decided to replace the story with a new one starring Koiji Izayo, and reopen the original idea as a new upcoming work. If you're interested, please visit my author page and save The Years I Wrote Love Songs for Toji [Crossover]. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience!

2. I'm not sure whether the ending will be happy or tragic, but either way, it's going to be full of melodrama. The heroine does everything, appropriate or otherwise, with all three of her love interests (emphasis added).

3. The logic is dead and the characters are out of character. Feel free to leave criticism or praise, and you're free to stay or go, but please don't make personal attacks. Let's keep the comments civilized and harmonious. Thank you!

Upcoming work. If you're interested, please add it to your collection (*^▽^*)

The Years I Wrote Love Songs for Toji [Crossover]

At nineteen, Fushiguro Tamayura performed on the street, singing and playing Suddenly Love.

A strange young man with black hair crouched on the same street, watching her listlessly all day. After her performance, she treated him to eel rice. At the time, she had no idea that she would spend the rest of her life writing love songs for him.

At eighteen, Zenin Toji left the Zenin family. With nowhere to go and nothing to do, he was sitting by the roadside, lost in thought, when the voice of a street singer caught his attention. Looking closer, he realized she was the idiot who had mistaken him for someone about to jump into a river the previous night and given him all her money.

They say the name Tamayura means a glimmer of happiness. The moment Tamayura was reflected in Zenin Toji's eyes, he experienced happiness for the first time in his life.

On the last day of 1995, a band called "Wild Rose" burst onto the scene.

The band's lead singer was hailed as "the songstress of the end of the century." Like a meteor streaking across the night sky, she shone brilliantly, but only for a fleeting moment.

They say that in the ten years after her debut, she wrote over a thousand songs, half of them keepsakes left behind for someone important to her.

"Every year, on your birthday, I'll sing you a love song. So come see me after you've heard it."

"...Don't you think that's cruel to me, Tamayura?"

Theme: Finding the courage to keep living through love.