Anthony slowly lifted his body and spat out the blood in his mouth as he shouted.
“I told you to stop acting so proud, elder brother!”
However, Leon only wrinkled his eyebrows without giving any response.
“I was fooled once, but I won’t fall for it again. This time, I will truly crush you, elder brother!”
The energy swirling around Anthony’s body surged as if it would devour the surroundings.
At the sight of him revealing his true killing intent, Leon’s expression finally crumbled. With a face that looked more sorrowful than angry, as if he couldn’t bear it, Leon shouted at his younger brother.
“Anthony. Just listen for a moment! At the mansion earlier−,”
“Shut up! Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with me. Is there even anyone left in that mansion who is my family?”
“…What?”
Leon asked back with a pale face.
“How could you say such a thing.”
“I don’t need anyone anymore. It’s the same for you people anyway! Wouldn’t everyone be better off if I just disappeared?”
“…You have really… become a mess, Anthony.”
“Who are you to−,”
At Leon’s words uttered with a pale face, Anthony flared up again. However, Leon didn’t give him a chance to start rambling again.
“The crown prince told me to bring him your head.”
“…Ha. You think that’s possible?”
“Then he promised not to try to manipulate Kasha anymore.”
“What did you say?”
Suddenly, the corners of Anthony’s mouth twitched.
“So, elder brother, are you saying that you will deliver me to that bastard Nigel instead of that woman? Are you going to become a scoundrel for the sake of one woman? The noble holy knight? Ha, ha, ha!”
“…But I don’t intend to do that.”
“What?”
Speechless at the unexpected answer, Anthony faltered.
“Because as you said, that bastard Nigel is a son of a bitch.”
“……”
“From beginning to end, that guy only intends to toy with us in the palm of his hand. He’ll let Kasha go if I bring your head? What a ridiculous thing to say. That guy just wants to see me fall apart.”
“……”
“Well, I guess it’s the same for you.”
His voice, tinged with bitter remorse, was deep and red like the color of the sunset that hung over the surroundings at that moment. Anthony looked at his elder brother, who was gazing at him with tired eyes, as if he was a stranger.
“Anthony, I apologize for not properly recognizing your pain until now.”
“…Don’t say useless things.”
“However, my apology ends here.”
“……?”
“Don’t try to justify the indiscriminate harm you are inflicting on the world with your personal pain any longer.”
“……!”
“Because that’s really too low.”
At Leon’s merciless remark, Anthony’s chest began to heave intensely again.
“Right now, your actions are no different from that bastard Nigel. And I never taught you to be like that.”
Crunch.
The sound of teeth grinding came from Anthony’s tightly closed mouth.
Leon’s persuasion and reprimand did not sink in at all to him, who was caught between anger, confusion, and madness. A strong murderous intent began to rise around him again, as if he had become a beast, no, close to a demon.
“Don’t regret it, elder brother.”
Blue veins bulged on Anthony’s clenched fist.
“…I didn’t really want to do this either. But you’re making me like this again.”
“No!”
However, Anthony’s self-justification was once again blocked. This time, by Kasha.
The moment he turned his gaze towards Kasha with an annoyed look, Anthony’s pupils dilated.
Click.
Standing at the end of his gaze was Kasha, perfectly aiming her Mado at him.
The eerie wind that came through the broken glass of the greenhouse blew her long hair. Her eyes, dyed red by the sunset, stared at Anthony coldly.
“You can’t do anything this time either.”
“You….”
“Because this time, I will protect Leon.”
Kasha spoke firmly and aimed her Mado precisely at Anthony.
As soon as she saw Leon’s glance towards the bag that had fallen to the floor earlier, she guessed what was inside the bag.
And it was no coincidence that Leon had brought the Mado here. He had received the memo Kasha left with the butler of the Grand Ducal Residence before she left to visit the greenhouse.
Leon would have easily guessed that there was only one reason Kasha would visit Larisa’s greenhouse. And if by any chance Anthony was really there, what preparations would be needed.
Anthony glared at Kasha with burning eyes. He gritted his teeth as if he would rush at her and strike her down at any moment, but in the end, he couldn’t do anything.
He knew the power of that Mado all too well. He had witnessed with his own eyes how the demons hit by the holy power emitted from that Mado fell like autumn leaves in the battle at Gillistin Castle.
In that battle, Anthony wasn’t hit by the Mado even once. But now the situation was different.
That damn elder brother Leon must have studied Anthony’s strength and movements in the meantime. If he tried to attack Kasha and take the Mado away now, Leon would desperately interfere with him.
That wasn’t all. For some reason, Anthony’s superhuman strength didn’t work on Kasha.
Even judging with a mind tainted by madness, this fight had no chance of winning.
Anthony glared with bloodshot eyes. And the next moment, he moved his body with the speed of a beast.
Crash!
With a tremendous noise, the side of the greenhouse burst open. Anthony had charged at the corner of the greenhouse with all his might, breaking through the glass wall and exiting.
Then, an unexpected crisis struck.
Crash, clatter, bang.
The greenhouse, which had already been damaged here and there due to Anthony’s rampage, began to collapse weakly as soon as one corner was destroyed.
The glass from the ceiling fell one after another with a tremendous noise.
“Kasha!”
Leon, who ran to Kasha like lightning and embraced her, escaped from the spot just before a large glass fell on her head.
Crash! Clang.
Leon ran out towards the outside in an uncomfortable posture, wrapping Kasha’s head and entire body. The debris of the collapsing greenhouse narrowly missed them and fell to the ground with a series of noises.
Clang, clang! Crash.
Kasha, who had been covering her ears due to the ear-splitting noise, opened her eyes again when she felt Leon putting her down on a soft patch of grass.
They were already completely out of the greenhouse.
Against the backdrop of the greenhouse debris collapsing with a tremendous noise, Leon, who was looking at her with concern, was trying to say something.
“OOO?”
Kasha blankly looked at his mouth repeating the same thing, and finally understanding his words, she forced a smile.
“I’m okay.”
Even though he couldn’t have heard her answer due to the noise, he kept stroking her disheveled hair with a relieved expression. As if to say everything is fine, don’t worry.
The two of them stayed like that, holding each other, and looked at the collapsing greenhouse debris with mixed feelings.
Clang. Clank.
When the collapse was finally completely over, Leon pressed his forehead against hers and whispered.
“Just a moment.”
Kasha silently nodded her head even though she didn’t understand why. Leon got up and looked around, then walked towards the forest where darkness had already descended.
Finally standing in front of the forest that was as dark as the mouth of a beast, Leon shouted loudly.
“Anthony! I know you are listening.”
……
Of course, there was no answer. But Leon kept shouting with clenched fists.
“Eve… Eve has gone missing!”
“…!”
Kasha, who was listening, covered her mouth in surprise.
“Out of the four guards who went out with Eve earlier, only one survived and returned to the mansion! The rest were all killed fighting the assailants, and Eve was kidnapped on the spot!”
However, the forest remained silent. Only the pitch-black darkness descended upon them more quickly, as if suffocating them.
“It must be that bastard Nigel’s doing! That guy is determined to use Eve as a sacrificial offering for the demon stone in the end! He won’t stop until he destroys us all!”
……
“Anthony! The Imperial Knights have already started searching the Chrysos Forest! No matter where you hide, you will soon be discovered!”
Kasha looked blankly at Leon’s back as he desperately shouted.
“Please…! Don’t run away! So that I can protect you, Anthony…!”
Leon’s back, which had been so strong and unwavering, was trembling miserably. He finally collapsed and knelt down. Kneeling towards the forest, he shouted desperately until the very end.
“Let’s go find Eve together! That child… That child was waiting for a letter from you to arrive today!”
Behind Leon, who was kneeling with his head down, Kasha slowly approached. She hugged his back, which was a mess with blood and dirt, and buried her face in his hair.
She felt his large trembling body gradually calming down.
In front of the forest’s darkness that deepened without any response, they stayed like that for a long time, holding each other without moving.
[This is the timeline separator]The Grand Ducal Residence was a complete mess.
The entrance was in a disarray with blood spilled by the returned guard, and the servants were in a state of panic due to the shock of the Grand Duke’s daughter’s disappearance.
“They must have deliberately let him live to inform us of the kidnapping.”
Leon muttered as he poured holy power to let the surviving guard fall asleep.
Although he seemed to have regained his composure at a glance, his face was indescribably haggard.
“I will go to the Imperial Palace.”
Kasha faltered upon hearing Leon’s words.
“The Imperial Palace is vast. And what if Eve isn’t there?”
“I don’t know. But I can’t just sit still. Before you or Eve are tormented by that guy any further, I intend to sever his head.”
Looking into his darkened eyes, Kasha slowly opened her mouth.
“Then, let me go with you, Leon.”
“That’s not possible. It’s too dangerous−.”
However, Kasha cut off his words without listening further.
“I think… I might be able to find out Eve’s location.”
At the unexpected answer, Leon’s eyes, filled with bewilderment, turned to her.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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