“Instead, there is a condition.”
Atia quickly added.
She couldn’t miss Owen’s proposal. It was the moment she had been waiting for, and it was an opportunity.
“A condition?”
Everyone buzzed at the word ‘condition.’ Daring to set conditions in front of the Crown Prince.
But, in fact, Owen couldn’t resist the thrill of a hunt. Especially when it came with ‘conditions.’
Knowing his nature well, Atia raised the stakes.
“Yes. It’s a wager. The winner gets what they want, and the loser grants the winner’s wish. It seems more fun that way.”
Atia deliberately made the proposal to prevent Owen from saying two things with one mouth.
If the Crown Prince rejected it, it would be a disgrace.
Most nobles heard this proposal and thought it was an outrageous suggestion.
Owen looked at Atia again.
However, he couldn’t read anything in her black eyes.
It seemed like something was entwining around her face.
But Owen knew the geography of this place better than anyone.
He was certain he wouldn’t lose in the hunting competition.
So, the defeat of the Duchess of the Northern Duchy was foreseeable.
“Aha!”
A faint smile appeared on Owen’s lips as he skimmed through Atia’s innocent black eyes.
Come to think of it, the Duchess spilled food for the first time in the grand palace banquet she was invited to.
She seemed calm on the surface, but inside, she must be harboring feelings that were hard to express in words.
“It seems the Duchess’s pride might be hurt as she spills food in front of the Crown Prince.”
But what to do about it?
Owen hadn’t even started yet.
“A hunting competition may not be as easy as you think… Are you sure?”
Owen’s last warning to the young Duchess, who boldly proposed to give her what she wanted without knowing anything about the world.
Owen narrowed his eyes as he stood next to Atia, as if feeling sorry for the Wellington Duke standing next to her.
“Let’s ask the Duke. His opinion may differ.”
At first glance, it might seem like a simple friendly game proposal, but it was a big problem for the Duke’s honor.
Because of an ignorant wife, the Duke would suffer shame on behalf of the Viscount.
Originally, the hunting competitions hosted by the royal family had significant prize money even for friendly matches.
But recently, with the royal family acquiring all of the Barel region, it became difficult to allocate budget for hunting competition prizes.
In the midst of this, proposing a bet where the loser fulfills the winner’s wishes, especially when the winner has a desire, was unprecedented.
As everyone in the banquet hall fell into a momentary silence and tension, countless eyes and ears were focused on Casus and Owen.
Owen looked at Casus with interest.
Would Casus accept or reject this proposal, which would inevitably affect his reputation and image?
Soon, Casus’s low voice echoed in the banquet hall.
“Alright. I’ll accept.”
A few hours before the start of the royal banquet.
Atia went to the corridor briefly to explore the palace and returned to her room, finding Hari awake.
“Hari!”
“Oh, you’re here.”
Atia grabbed Hari’s shoulders as he tried to get up and laid him back down on the bed.
“Don’t get up. Just lie down.”
Hari looked even paler in the short time, as if all his energy had been drained.
Moreover, he was drenched in cold sweat.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, ugh…”
Hari raised his hand to his head with a grimace.
“What are you feeling?”
“…What?”
“I know you have magical power.”
At Atia’s direct statement, Hari’s eyes widened.
His green eyes, full of confusion, trembled uncontrollably.
He hadn’t disclosed the fact that he was a Saint to anyone.
How did the Duchess find out about it?
“How did you…”
While preparing a teabag for Hari, Atia said, “This is a tea with Tian flowers, good for headaches.”
As the tea wafted, Atia held Hari’s wrist.
It was to check his physical condition.
Despite his bright and cheerful appearance, Hari’s body was covered with scratches and marks.
It seemed to tell the story of Hari’s actions as he wandered around after the country’s collapse.
Hari looked at Atia.
“…But how did you know?”
“I did some background check on the Jernest Kingdom and you.”
“…My background check?”
“Yeah, I dug into it like a mole. Nothing escaped my investigation.”
“Yes, yes?”
Hari forgot to blink with a stiff face.
“Hari, you really like handsome men. Tall, broad-shouldered, perfect men like sculptures.”
“Oh, no… Th-that’s… Isn’t it natural for a woman to like handsome men? There’s no woman in this world who doesn’t like handsome men.”
Hari protested as if he felt unjustly accused.
Atia laughed heartily.
“Yes, you’re right. But how many women would come all the way to a kingdom that has destroyed her own country just to find handsome men?”
“Gasp!”
“I know everything, so you don’t need to hide. Is the purpose of coming here for a feast for your eyes?”
“Yes, yes…”
Did the Duchess have the ability to see through others’ hearts?
Or did I unintentionally reveal that I like handsome men too much?
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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