With an irritated voice and even a small spark popping out, Zero froze the spirits, who were only now surprised. Those on our side who had seen enough of Zero were just indifferent. The gap was somewhat amusing.
“I’m a god. Show some respect.”
“……Yes?”
「I am the god Zero who came to save the world in distress. And the one who is my disciple and holds the noble trust of the divine realm is none other than Elizabeth Kitten, the Duchess of Kitten.」
Although it was an overly grand introduction, the people of White Wood nodded their heads in agreement, looking bewildered.
“A saint…?”
“I can demonstrate my abilities if needed.”
As I raised sacred flames with both hands, they gasped and automatically bowed.
“We, we greet the saint.”
“We greet the god Zero!”
“Apologies. As people from the White Wood territory, isolated in a remote area, it was hard to believe that people from the capital had come. Please forgive us.”
Aston looked at the prostrated spirits flatly, and they caught my eye.
“Get up. We can’t afford to waste time on such unprecedented matters. We’ll accept your apologies.”
“…Thank you.”
As I briefed them on the situation, the expressions of the spirits gradually became more serious.
“So, is it a big problem now?”
“Our territory is also in danger.”
“If most of the population inside the capital has turned into zombies… it would be a real disaster. There hasn’t been such a large-scale movement of soldiers in the history of Kalladia. Moreover, it was a peaceful period, so the timing is not good.”
“Unless it’s a place that has always been fighting, like White Wood, it could face total destruction… Oh, sorry. I was rude in my speech.”
The one with the shaggy beard who was silenced was, as expected, Aston.
“Settle down.”
“Yes.”
“It’s okay. More importantly… we need to know about the person Kiriye.”
We had to share information about why this individual had caused such an incident, precisely where his hiding place was, and other details.
“Tirium.”
When I pointed to Tirium, she nodded.
“Kiriye Warei. The hidden second son of the Warei Viscount family. He was the disciple of my deceased son who had already passed away.”
“Was he also a sorcerer?”
Aston punched the aggressive spirit to make him quiet. Once he hushed, it became more peaceful.
“Just because someone is a sorcerer doesn’t mean they’re all evil. I can’t understand why all magic is classified as dark magic in the Kalladia Empire, but it seems that the Warei family was secretly researching this magic.”
Tirium explained. Her son had taken the ambitious dream of spreading magic from Quena to Kalladia.
And the person he met while traveling was none other than the Warei Viscount, known as the hidden genius of the royal family.
“That was the beginning of the tragedy.”
The Warei family did not hesitate to use illegal means to overthrow the royal family.
At that time, dark magic was a field that the Warei family secretly researched for generations under the name of curses. However, compared to Quena, the cradle of magic, it did not delve too deeply, as the variety of available types was not abundant.
It was precisely at that time that Kiriye showed a great interest in magic.
“… My son conveyed his joy through a letter. Mother, there are descendants of talented and capable sorcerers here as well,’ he said. At that time, I didn’t really understand what that meant. I just thought my son had found an outstanding individual to take as his disciple by chance. If I had known that the child he intended to teach would grow into such a terrifying monster… I would have tried every means to convince my son to return to Quena.”
From birth, Kiriye, a genius in magic, had a high understanding of sorcery. Tiryum’s son was fascinated by him and generously shared his knowledge of sorcery. Without reservation.
“Thinking back, it was strange. Even if the secluded Warei family gathered information about sorcery, it would have been no different from drawing water from a dry well, considering that the closed-off Kaladia prohibited it, even though it was an empire. How did that child become so knowledgeable about sorcery? He had never been to Quena. Moreover, he was a ‘shadow’ hidden and nurtured by the family in case of unforeseen circumstances.”
As if he had already experienced magic.
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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