Kaern nodded.
“What’s the matter?”
“Oh, nothing. It’s just that if you have some time tomorrow, I thought we could have a cup of tea.”
In the end, I decided not to say anything and changed the subject.
“Then, make sure to rest after returning from the palace.”
“Yes, I will. Oh, I’m sorry to leave when you’re busy.”
“It’s okay. I have plenty of time for you. So, feel free to come by anytime.”
I couldn’t help but smile involuntarily at his words.
“Yes, I’ll do that.”
After that, I spent more time with Kaern.
It seemed that his expression was gradually improving compared to when he first entered the office, making every minute and second valuable.
So, after a while, I left his office and returned to my room.
I should go once, especially since I obtained new evidence, the wild boar. Rescuing Asdel from Blake could eliminate one task. Above all, if we could get Asdel in our hands, it could be a step closer to the culprit.
Considering the surveillance Kaern had put on me, he would eventually find out, making it a matter of time.
“Maybe it’s something dangerous?”
While thinking a bit casually, just in case, I wrote a letter to Kaern.
After completing all the tasks, I went to bed. The next afternoon, after seeing Kaern off to the palace, I hurriedly prepared to go out as the day was turning dark.
“Helena, where are you?”
I was about to hand a letter to the butler to deliver to Kaern when Adelia appeared and spoke to me.
“I went out briefly for something.”
“Where are you going? Shall I come with you?”
“Huh? No, it’s okay. I’ll be back soon.”
“Really? Okay then, take care.”
“Yeah. Oh, Adelia.”
As Adelia was about to leave, I hurriedly grabbed her.
“When Kaern comes back, can you give him this?”
“A letter?”
“Yeah. Just deliver it to him.”
“Got it.”
“Thank you.”
Instead of the butler, I asked Adelia to deliver the letter, then got on the carriage and headed to the agreed-upon location.
The meeting place with Blake was an old, small temple on the outskirts of the bustling area of the capital.
Since a new temple had been built near the palace, hardly anyone visited this old place anymore.
It took over an hour to reach there from the Duke’s residence.
Finally, the carriage arrived at the temple.
However, strangely, there was not a single worshiper or even a priest in sight.
While it could be because it was dark, there was only the sound of the wind, and no voices or footsteps were audible.
Feeling a bit uneasy, I looked around and entered the temple.
As Helena set out for the temple to meet Blake at the same time, Kaern was on his way back to the Duke’s residence after meeting the Empress.
Yesterday, despite urgently reaching out to her, the Empress did not say anything particularly special to him. As he spent time, it somehow felt like the Empress was intentionally holding him back and delaying the time. Feeling an inexplicable sense of unease, Kaern hastily left the palace, leaving behind the Empress, who wore a strange smile as if something had happened. Upon arriving at the Duke’s residence, Kaern tried to find Helena, but Adelia approached him.
“Oppa.”
“Adelia.”
“On your way back from the palace? You came quickly.”
“What about Helena?”
“Helena went out.”
“She went out?”
A sudden anxiety engulfed him.
“Yeah. Oh, before she left, she asked me to deliver a letter to you. Here.”
Kaern quickly read the letter handed to him by Adelia. As he finished reading, a stern energy began to emanate from his tightly clenched eyes.
“When did Helena leave?”
“Oppa, why? What’s wrong?”
“Adelia. When did Helena leave?”
As if warning Adelia not to ask him twice, Kaern intimidatingly nudged her.
“It hasn’t been long. About 30 minutes ago? What’s going on?”
In the abruptly changed atmosphere, Adelia anxiously asked Kaern.
“Later, Adelia.”
But Kaern didn’t have time to explain everything to his sister right now.
Helena is in danger.
He quickly summoned his subordinates, ordering them to gather the knights.
And he cautioned to follow him at a distance and never be caught by others. This was because Blake might not appear even if his knights saw him. As he had told Helena, there was no need to go to great lengths to save Asdel, but there was also no reason to waste the opportunity at hand.
Kaern immediately mounted his horse and raced towards the temple where Helena was supposed to be. Since he was riding a horse, if he went faster, he could overtake Helena who went by carriage. Adelia, watching Kaern riding his horse, lingered in front of the mansion, unsure of what to do. While doing so, she found a hastily dropped letter on the ground as Kaern hurriedly moved.
Adelia quickly unfolded the crumpled letter and began reading it. However, she couldn’t fully understand the contents of the letter. It was natural since she had no idea about the current situation between Kaern and Helena.
‘Asdel? Viscount Warren?’
What on earth is this? I know who Viscount Warren is. But Asdel was a word she had never heard before. Why is Helena meeting Viscount Warren and trying to save Asdel?
No matter how many times Adelia read the letter, she couldn’t understand its contents. In a state of confusion, she quickly entered the mansion to seek help from Calix.
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‘There really isn’t a single person.’
Even if it was strange, there should be at least one clergyman. Feeling increasingly uneasy, I continued to enter the temple. I looked around, wandered about, but Blake was nowhere to be seen.
‘Hasn’t he arrived yet?’
As there was still some time left, I sat on a bench near a small pond and waited for him. When a little more time passed, I heard footsteps approaching.
‘He’s here.’
Thinking so, I was about to get up from the bench when, for a moment, a very familiar scent wafted through the wind.
Could it be? Slowly turning around and shining the lantern, instead of Blake, it was Kaern who was approaching me.
“Kaern?”
“Helena.”
“Ah!”
Kaern, approaching at an incredible speed, hugged me.
“Haa.”
Then, he let out a low sigh.
“Kaern? What happened? Weren’t you supposed to go to the palace?”
Although I left him a letter, I didn’t expect him to come so quickly. So, with a puzzled look, I asked him, but he held me without saying a word for a long time.
“Kaern?”
When I called him again, he finally released me and grabbed my shoulders.
The crimson eyes staring at me were shaking violently.
“What on earth were you thinking?”
“What?”
“Coming to a place like this alone. How could I…”
He couldn’t continue his words and sighed deeply once again.
“That’s why I left you a letter.”
I answered nonchalantly as if it were nothing important.
Apparently dissatisfied with my attitude, Kaern furrowed his brow as much as he could.
“You should have told me in advance.”
“Oh, I actually tried to… I thought since Kaern seemed so busy, I could handle this kind of thing on my own.”
“I told you. No matter how busy I am, I have plenty of time for you. Especially, you shouldn’t have come to a place like this alone at such a late hour.”
I was about to make excuses to him but soon closed my mouth.
Throughout scolding me, his expression looked too painful.
“I’m sorry. I underestimated the situation.”
“…No, it’s fine. As long as you’re safe.”
Even though I thought it was inappropriate at that moment, I couldn’t help but appreciate how much he cared for me and protected me.
So, as I silently stared at him, Kaern suddenly hugged me tightly and then stepped aside.
“Kaern? What’s happening!”
I was about to ask him why he was doing that when I saw a dagger stuck to the ground, and I was too shocked to say anything. And soon after, masked figures began to surround us.
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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