How long had I been lost in the portrait? Asphayren chided me in a displeased tone.
Only then did I snap back to reality and turn my head toward Asphayren.
“It’s a very impressive portrait. Was it painted for the coronation?”
“Well… Kiara, when was that painted?”
Responding to Asphayren’s question, Kiara, who had been sorting papers at her desk, answered.
“The coronation portrait is hanging in the White Night room along with portraits of past Lords. The one here was painted on your birthday last year. The one in the reception room was painted during the founding ceremony the year you ascended. And…”
“Fine. Enough. Seems like the court painters never tire of painting me.”
‘I can imagine. Who wouldn’t want to paint someone as beautiful as our Lord?’
Smiling contentedly, I admired the living, breathing Asphayren.
Through the large windows behind him, rare in Velois, bright sunlight poured in.
An aura of sanctity emanated from the sunlit Asphayren. If I had been a court painter, I would have wept tears of joy while gladly holding my pen.
I wondered, didn’t the court painter also have simpler portraits of Asphayren?
‘…I should get close to the court painter later and get some.’
What a brilliant idea. I smirked slyly, never taking my eyes off Asphayren. Asphayren narrowed his eyes.
Soon after, he spoke coldly.
“Canis, draw the curtains.”
“Yes, my Lord.”
Faithfully following his master’s orders, Canis, who had been guarding behind Asphayren, drew the thick curtains.
The sunlight was blocked, and the halo behind Asphayren disappeared.
Thus, the awe-inspiring, yet fleeting, grandeur of the holy Asphayren slipped into the unattainable past.
‘Damn, I should’ve had a camera!’
Swallowing my disappointment, I fumbled to bring out what I had brought with me.
“I came here to discuss something with you. Here…”
What I handed to Asphayren was a report I had compiled while observing Sammemmer.
I had specifically brought another matter, fearing it would be incredibly rude to barge into the Lord’s office simply to ask to use the library.
Here is the translated passage, keeping in mind your guidelines for translating:
For the past four weeks, I’ve been recording the weight and dimensions of the Moonlight Wolf every morning. Until now, there hasn’t been any noticeable growth, but a sudden surge was observed this morning.
I initially planned to report this at our regular meeting. Is this a matter urgent enough to require a meeting with Lord Asphayren?
Fortunately, Asphayren took interest in my report.
“Started to grow, you say? I had nearly given up since there was no growth after capture. Are the researchers aware?”
“No. I haven’t seen their faces lately. They all seem to be in their own labs. I’ll inform them as soon as I can.”
“Forget it. Leave them be. If they’re holed up in their labs, they won’t open the doors anyway. They’ll come out in a week.”
A week? They’ve been in their labs for nearly four weeks now.
‘Should I…tell him?’
While I was pondering, Asphayren placed my report on a table and called Kiara.
“Kiara, go and check on the Moonlight Wolf either today or tomorrow. Also check if the magic control sphere is intact. It would be less wary of you, whom it met a couple of times, than a stranger.”
At that, I recalled that Kiara was not only Lord Asphayren’s chief aide but also a skilled magician, a second daughter from a renowned family of magicians.
That’s good. I prefer Kiara, who’s more familiar to me, over any other magician.
At Asphayren’s command, Kiara bowed.
“Yes, I’ll visit tomorrow afternoon at 1:25, when you have a moment free, my Lord.”
With that, the matter of the Moonlight Wolf’s growth was concluded. Yes. Let’s not bring up the researchers. They will sort it out themselves.
I cautiously approached the main topic.
“And also, my Lord.”
“Is there an issue?”
“It’s not an issue. There is something I need to ask for your permission.”
At my words, Asphayren raised an eyebrow.
“If you think it’s necessary, go ahead and do it. You don’t need to ask for my permission for every little thing. Do as you wish.”
‘Wow.’
Our Asphayren sure knows how to speak like a main character in a romance novel. When he gets a lover, he’ll treat her really well.
I couldn’t contain my excitement and spoke.
“Then may I use the library at Princhia Palace?”
“Library? Sure…”
Asphayren, who was about to answer promptly, suddenly frowned. His gaze fixed on a spot on his desk.
He tapped the table and suddenly began writing something on a sheet of paper.
After a while, Asphayren handed me the paper.
“Read it. Out loud.”
Though puzzled, I complied.
It was not hard for me to read. I skimmed through the text. It was complicated like a college entrance exam English passage.
But that’s not a big deal. I began to read out loud with enthusiasm.
“The concept of a book, where thoughts, feelings, knowledge, etc., are expressed through text or illustrations, has been used since ancient times to pass down what one knows, such as oral traditions or history. The emergence of writing is also…”
“Stop.”
Asphayren halted my smooth reading. He rubbed his chin and suddenly asked.
“How are you able to read Elos’ script?”
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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