〈That’s rejected, Sir Paladin. Holy water should only be used for close combat with zombies using water guns and sprayers. The Kitten Marquis estate is so vast that sprinkling it around the magic barrier would be a waste. If we use it every day, we should worry about the exhaustion of the holy water we have, no matter how abundant it is.〉
At that time when opinions clashed, suggesting this or that, the atmosphere became tense.
〈Hmm… Then how about taking turns to stand guard every day?〉
Benedict’s words made Mihael, Aston, and Luce prick up their ears.
With the attention of the three men, Benedict continued.
〈We’re robust. We can endure staying up every few days. Zombies move during both day and night, but they move faster at night. So if there are those approaching during this time, we can eliminate them.〉
With their opinions heard, Mihael, Aston, and Luce agreed.
〈… It seems okay.〉
“Since it’s nighttime, handling it discreetly would be easier.”
In response to Aston’s words, Benedict nodded.
“It seems more beneficial to clear them when the people in the mansion are asleep for their mental well-being.”
“Ben, since when have you been so considerate of humans? I’ve been living long enough to see you caring for humans… Kkuheuk. Our house’s brat has changed.”
“I’m not your child, am I? Don’t tease me when you haven’t raised me.”
“Yes, yes.”
After some banter with Luce, including Benedict, the four men decided the order through rock-paper-scissors.
And today was Benedict’s turn.
【Send me out silently.】
Whispering to the awake shadow spirit, a long and large shadow opened its mouth wide and engulfed Benedict as if devouring him.
“Well, this method never gets familiar no matter how many times I do it…”
Enduring a bit of awkwardness, Benedict could now go to the front gate of the Kitten Marquis estate.
“Uh, uuu…”
“Awooaaa…”
Today as well, without fail, the zombie gang appeared, dragging their rotten arms and legs, as soon as Benedict went outside the barrier.
“It’s strange that they keep gathering around this area when they shouldn’t be able to sense human scent or presence because of the magic barrier.”
After burying the bodies of the former zombies, during the day, the zombies slowly walked this path, as if they were stumbling.
With just a blow to the head, Mihael used a crossbow, Aston used a sword technique with an aura, Luce used targeted magic, and Benedict silently pierced the zombies’ heads with the power of the spirit, finishing them off.
The zombies, returned to their corpse state, were lightly covered with soil.
By doing so, at least during the day, zombies couldn’t push their way to this area.
Benedict, responsible for the Marquis’s security without the Marquis’s knowledge, yawned, making himself look tired.
“If you’re sleepy, go in and sleep. Why are you burdening yourself?”
“That’s true. Why am I doing this annoying thing that’s causing me losses… Huk!”
Benedict, casually answering, was taken aback and stepped back.
“What are you doing this early in the morning, Mr. Benedict Fairman.”
The one who spoke to Benedict was none other than Elizabeth Kitten, the owner of the mansion.
With clenched fists and an uncomfortable look on her face.
‘Caught…’
It wasn’t a big deal, he just volunteered for the night shift, but it was hard to lift his head.
‘Um, first, an explanation!’
He had to be calm and mature, but the words that came out were far from dignified.
“Oh, that. I didn’t take a dawn walk with bad intentions. It’s just that the stars in the night sky were beautiful, so I wanted to show them to the spirits… I’m sorry.”
‘… I’m doomed.’
It would have been enough to say they were staying up all night to prevent zombies from approaching the mansion.
The moment he spoke out, the determination he had when he first decided to start this task seemed to fade away, making it difficult for him to speak easily.
“Hmm… Right. I wanted to show the spirits the beautiful night sky, that’s it, isn’t it?”
“…Yes.”
As if that could be the reason.
Benedict, a fairy hybrid, indeed received unusual love from the spirits, but he never considered the spirits as more than chatty friends. Since the first cry, they had been together, so he naturally thought of spirits as friends who were always close, never intending to do anything special for them.
‘I… I lied.’
Fairies don’t lie.
Because they are beings close to the purity born of nature, lying made them physically unwell. It was because going against the order of things didn’t suit their nature.
Although Benedict’s hybrid nature made these characteristics less pronounced, he still felt a slight discomfort, like a minor illness or muscle pain.
‘Why did I even lie…’
Regretful, Benedict sealed his lips.
He didn’t want to reveal it, as it wasn’t something he did for praise. The pride that he didn’t want to reveal something he didn’t do for compliments kicked in.
However, he couldn’t hide the zombies wandering outside the barrier.
So Benedict tried to use his taller height than Elizabeth’s to block the view.
That’s when it happened.
“Grrrr…”
The mournful sound of zombies broke the silence.
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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