The boy often got beaten and sometimes was submerged in water, unable to breathe.
Soldiers bearing the title of Imperial Knights, who should have carried themselves nobly, behaved extremely disgracefully in places where they couldn’t be seen.
The boy, much younger than them, was thrown into the water several times, almost drowned, and pulled out just before dying. Dazed, he coughed, and fists and kicks rained down on him. The sense that he might endure something even more horrific than this had already swallowed the boy.
“Look at this kid opening his eyes.”
He had grown up quite nobly and, in an instant, was thrown down to the lowest point. Whether he answered or didn’t, whether he just stayed in place, or wasn’t even there, the boy was beaten. He was beaten to the point of being thrown into a nearby lake.
Afterward, he became so scared of water that he couldn’t even properly bathe. If he didn’t, he was beaten for smelling bad, and he was forcefully submerged in water, preventing him from lifting his head.
It was torturous. He couldn’t breathe, it was terrifying, and it was painful and frightening when the force pressing down on him, the water swallowing him, and the agonizing breath all combined.
He needed help, but he knew no one would come. Perhaps, this would be the end.
‘What’s the point of living?’
The boy started to confuse whether he was fourteen or fifteen, but he knew that whatever life remained would be a continuous cycle of pain and disgrace.
He wanted to escape from this hell desperately. He struggled with all his might, but even asking for help was impossible due to the imposed silence.
Help me.
The barrier is a lie.
I am of the Perseta Imperial family.
As soon as he tried to utter these words, his tongue dried up instantly, blocking his throat.
The boy couldn’t even cry out for his grandfather, who was the emperor. His grandfather’s name was also restricted. It was a ridiculous situation. The despicable boy had thrown him in front of the barrier and seemed to be watching when he would suffer the most and die. He didn’t want to die. He didn’t want to do what that jerk wanted. Really, he didn’t want to die. His ears felt stuffed, and his consciousness was hazy.
The boy writhed, losing even the strength to writhe. That’s when it happened.
“What the hell are you doing!”
The water that was swallowing the boy suddenly receded. The scene before his eyes was blurry, and unlike the rough voices of the men who used to beat him, a loud and sharp female voice echoed. The boy floated in the air, seeing the water run off his body and flow into the river.
It was frightening. Now, the water was too frightening.
“…Ugh…”
Please save me. I’m scared. Please keep me away from the water.
“Hey, are you okay? Bullying such a young kid? And you call yourselves knights? Hey, snap out of it!”
The boy moaned softly as he convulsed, and his body slackened. His vision turned pitch black.
As soon as the boy realized he was awake in an unfamiliar place, he jolted in surprise, sat up, and shrank back. Fearful gray eyes darted rapidly in all directions.
Where is this? Although a fire was burning, strangely, there was no smoke. It was magic. Inside the reasonably spacious tent were blankets and quilts, and there was also the smell of herbs and dried paper, which he had encountered a long time ago.
“Are you awake?”
And there, he found a very kind emerald gaze. Carrying a warm soup bowl filled with a well-prepared meal, the woman came to him.
Her name is Rustica Genesis, another damn Imperial Knight.
Well, it figures. The tents pitched here are those of the Imperial Knights. Unlike the third-grade knights who would hit and abuse him at the slightest provocation, the woman, who used the tent alone, had a name the boy had heard a few times.
Twin sisters or something. Contrary to her nickname, the woman was very affectionate. And she never laid a hand on him.
“Add ‘yo’ to it.”
Ah, she did tap his shoulders once with neatly rolled documents. As they became a little more familiar, she even flicked the side with voluminous hair.
That was it. She never wielded a dagger against him, and she didn’t torment him with magic.
She only gave him tasks like swinging a wooden sword or lighting a fire.
There wasn’t much to do in a day, and once he finished, he could read the small books she had or learn magic. Knowing that the boy was terribly afraid of water, she didn’t even ask him to fetch water.
“But you still need to wash, Hayden.”
No one dared to call him by his name, the son of the prince.
Here, they called him ‘ya,’ ‘kid,’ or ‘idiot.’ He rushed at those who dared to call him that, got a severe beating, and was often thrown horribly into the water. But the woman was different. She treated him like an unruly child, engaging in verbal sparring and winning.
Honestly, that was more tiring.
“Fine. Let’s wash our hands together, then.”
At first, she poured warm water into a basin, but the boy couldn’t get close because he was scared she might slam his head into it.
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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