To be precise, the desire to show Buren’s family, who were both incompetent and criminal, their place was greater, but this was also no lie, so she answered confidently.
Then Asphayren smiled, pulling up one corner of his mouth.
…Scary face.
‘A, a mocking smile…? Did I say something wrong?’
Cold sweat poured down. But it was an unnecessary worry. Because.
“You, what’s your name?”
“!!”
Afterward, Asphayren asked me my name.
My word, he’s asking my name!
Asphayren, who doesn’t even remember existence, let alone names, if uninterested, in person! Directly!
This must be a positive curiosity about me even if I look at it with fear!
‘It’s a success!’
The strategy of capturing Asphayren’s ideal subject image hit the mark perfectly!
I cheered with victory in my mind.
‘As expected of Jinnoran~ Our As’s male otaku~. Godlike Jinnoran who knows better about Asphayren than anyone else, hooray!’
And I smiled broadly, ready to say my name, but…
…Upon reflection, I didn’t have a name to say. I couldn’t give the outofplace name “Jinnoran” here either.
In the end, I brought up the story of ‘this body’s original owner.
“Um, I don’t have a name.”
“You don’t have a name?”
“Yes. That is…….”
Thus, the tragic story of the nameless girl unfolded. Memory loss, treatment in the village, the process of being offered as a sacrifice.
As soon as the brief story was over, Asphayren nodded his head.
“I see. I understand. Then, Lumel.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Take good care of this woman. Give her what she needs. She’s a valuable witness, so she should be treated accordingly.”
“I will follow your command.”
Lumel bowed his head respectfully. Now Asphayren looked at me.
“Stay here for now. If everything you said is proven true, I will reward you then.”
“Yes!”
Asphayren, who smiled a scary smile that seemed like a sneer, then left the room.
I sat down on the floor, letting out a deflated sound.
For the time being, I can stay here.
Three days later, in Lord Loarkin’s office.
“Sir Ulysses’s letter has arrived.”
A sharplooking woman with ashcolored hair tinted with violet, braided to the side, extended a tray with a letter to Asphayren.
Her name was Kiara Gordo. She was Asphayren’s chief aide.
As Asphayren picked up the letter, Kiara added an explanation.
“All the words of that witness were true. A total of 52 popuris containing denunciations were found in Buren’s territory and a few surrounding territories.”
“52?”
“Remarkable!”
Standing behind Asphayren, a man with dark reddishbrown hair, dressed in a knight’s uniform, exclaimed in a resonant voice.
He was Canis, the commander of the Loarkin Lord’s guard.
“How could he have made all that alone? Especially in a situation where he would soon die. The willpower is truly amazing.”
“Indeed.”
Asphayren lightly agreed. Kiara and Canis widened their eyes and looked at each other in response to the unusual reaction.
‘Apparently, the Lord thinks more highly of that witness than expected?’
Such thoughts exchanged in their glances, quickly passing between them.
Whether his closest associates were surprised or not, Asphayren, with a sullen face, tore open the letter.
In Ulysses’ handwritten letter, there was a brief description of how he had brought down the Buren family using the indictment.
Asphayren, who quickly skimmed the first page, muttered,
“It seems the indictment was helpful.”
“Yes. Thanks to the indictment, we started the search on time and found evidence that the door had been forcibly opened and closed. We also persuaded the residents of the nearby village, including Sosori Village, where the sacrificial ritual took place, and obtained testimony.”
Listening to Kiara’s additional explanation, Asphayren turned the letter to the next page.
“The youngest son of the Buren family, who led the sacrificial ritual, and the head of the family who knew and yet condoned it, were beheaded, and their heads were hung at the city gates. The other direct relatives and collaterals, vassals, were stripped of their property and nobility status……”
“And the residents of Sosori Village were sentenced to maximum death, minimum 10 years of labor depending on the degree of complicity and willingness to testify.”
“He acted strongly.”
Asphayren lifted one corner of his mouth and folded the letter back to its original state, placing it on the tray.
He showed a strong example of what happens if human sacrifices are offered, so now there should be no one to oppose Ulysses.
The case was closed.
“Ulysses must have been very pleased.”
“Yes.”
So delighted that he probably hit his poor wife with a slap and wagged his tail vigorously.
Recalling the way Ulysses often appeared in front of him, Asphayren frowned.
Kiara then asked Asphayren,
“So, what will you do with that witness now? Will you send her back?”
At those words, Asphayren’s hand hesitated.
Send her back, he said.
Asphayren thought of the woman who would now be writhing in her hospital room.
A small frame, round head with short reddishbrown hair dangling around her chin and jaw. Pale cheeks flushed with feverish pink and naivelooking round eyes.
And those bright brown pupils that sparkled golden every time she defiantly raised her head, that nameless woman.
Ulysses’ letter said that if he sent the woman to Grancia, he would reward her himself.
Ulysses wouldn’t skimp on the reward, so she would surely be able to live comfortably for the rest of her life.
Besides, the woman was originally from Elvas. So, it should have been a matter of saying to send her back as soon as she recovered.
For some reason, he was reluctant to do so.
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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