“You wouldn’t want that method either, I assumed.”
“Of course……”
“I hope it’s different from the previous Artigrado. I don’t want to stand on ashes.”
So, Idric’s words meant he would confidently reveal his identity and win the hearts of the other beastmen.
Not to seize the country through force and power, but to become a king they would support.
Idric had really changed.
The Idric from the novel was gone now.
“Understood. I’ve comprehended everything you said…… Let’s attend the beastmen’s banquet.”
“Us?”
“……You didn’t plan to leave me behind, did you?”
“You said it was dangerous just a while ago.”
“And without me, what will Idric do about the curse? My chest feels tight just thinking about it.”
Idric remained silent for a moment.
“But……”
“Without me, Idric, you’re a patient. Got it? So just listen to me.”
Geez. Why would I care about someone who says they dislike me?
Since I had a point, Idric could no longer refuse.
“Then I hope you’ll accompany me this time.”
It was a stiff and business-like tone.
So, he’s saying it like that so I won’t misunderstand or expect anything?
“Understood. I also want to go to Central. Don’t get the wrong idea. Let’s do well on this journey too.”
I reached out my hand first. Idric chuckled and took my hand.
I shook it vigorously up and down.
Yeah. This is how it should be done. It’s okay. Liking? What does that emotion even provide? It doesn’t matter.
Who am I? Someone who has come back to life even after dying. I won’t be shaken by mere emotions.
As soon as the cold wind started blowing, the temperature dropped frighteningly fast.
When you opened your mouth, white mist came out. The servants cleaned the fireplaces and fetched well-dried firewood from the storage to stack beside them.
I sat close to the fireplace, getting warm enough to redden my face, and spent time conversing with Rodriona Tesmillion. I even dozed off while sipping on the tea and cinnamon cookies that Vigus made.
I also resumed my previous manner with Idric. When it was time, I visited to lift the curse, exchanged a few jokes, and left.
My true feelings weren’t the same as before, but at least it appeared that way.
Those were peaceful days.
A few days after the upcoming banquet, the world would fully recognize the existence of Atigrado. Life would be difficult to live like this any longer. Everyone knew this, but no one spoke of it.
The departure date had suddenly approached. This time, knowing the importance of the matter, Rodrio didn’t insist on coming along.
Traveling a long distance in a carriage on a cold day was hard labor.
Inside the carriage, the temperature kept dropping, and Cecilia shivered continuously. Only after wrapping herself with the blanket handed over by Edrish did her trembling body stop.
Moreover, the frozen dirt road made even the horses constantly wish to rest. Preparing food for every meal was also a burden.
It was the fifth day since their departure. That day as well, they merely closed their eyes in a shabby lodging and left before sunrise.
It seemed like they would be a few days late at this rate.
The carriage ran without a break.
Inside the carriage, no conversation took place. The sound of hooves, the rattling of the carriage, and even the distant sounds of animals and birds from the forest were heard.
Edrish, who had his arms crossed and eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes.
Cecilia’s profile was visible. Cecilia stared blankly out the window, her eyes wide open.
She seemed deep in thought.
For some reason, Cecilia’s face looked differently than usual when she wasn’t chattering or smiling. Edrish shifted his gaze to look beyond the window she was staring at.
The scenery passed by in rhythm with the carriage’s regular jolting.
The world was faintly bright.
If the scenery during their last journey was full of grass and flowers, this time, the landscape outside the window was filled with patches of dried grass and lifeless soil that stretched endlessly.
If only it had snowed.
Edrish suddenly had that thought.
Of course, traveling a long distance in a carriage when it snows would be challenging. The roads would turn icy, causing the wheels to slip, and the horses would become more obstinate. Snow, when the sun rises, poses even more problems, as wheels could get stuck in slush.
However, foolishly, the thought occurred that if it had snowed and a white snowfield stretched out, Cecilia would have been much happier.
“Isn’t it beautiful?”
Edrish turned his head back towards her at Cecilia’s faint voice. Cecilia was already looking at him.
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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