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4 stars: A modern-day comedy of increasing misunderstandings featuring a poverty-stricken mage-shou who regrets using a magic spell to make himself wealthy so he can afford to eat more than instant noodles, and the hot rich CEO caught by said spell who ends up believing he has amnesia and that's why he doesn't remember the shou or getting married to him. Mages are forbidden from revealing themselves to the general public and the shou is panicked and guilty because he didn't realize the spell would set him up in a sudden marriage with someone and he doesn't want to trouble the gong, while the gong is a very responsible and earnest guy who can't believe how scummy his former self must have been to keep his lover secret, marry him in secret, yet also leave him living in abject poverty in a dank basement room with only instant noodles to eat.So the relationship between the two ends up with the shou scrambling to make up all kinds of stories for why they should separate, while the gong ends up coming to all kinds of horrified conclusions about how poorly he must have treated the shou in the past and tries to come up with all kinds of ways to improve their relationship and save their marriage. The shou also feels guilty for what his spell unwittingly did to the gong and so does his best to make it up to him in various ways like cooking for him and secretly magically buffing and protecting him, while the gong finds the shou increasingly charming while also finding himself increasingly worried about his apparent partial amnesia and what might be causing it. The conclusion he eventually comes to is, shall we say, another fresh comedy of errors.Spoiler
The gong starts thinking he must have a split personality that comes out when he's unaware, and this other personality of his is a piece of tr*sh who seduced the vulnerable shou and treated him like dirt. What if this alternate personality of his is a criminal or serial killer?! And so now the responsible gong must figure out what's going on, what triggers his personality switch, and deal with himself! And reassure and take care of his poor dear spouse at the same time! *Facepalm*
[collapse]There also are various hints dropped that vampires are real and the enemies of mages (or at least the shou?) and that there's someone magical out there who has a bullseye set on the gong for some reason, so it seems like there's actual plot going to come into play eventually.It's a fun light read so far, enjoyable and funny. Looking forward to more!