Kasallin Robepon’s life had always been a repetition of study and self-management.
She never wanted to waste a single day, so she made plans by the hour and lived a regular life with no waste from the moment she opened her eyes until she closed them.
Lying in bed until the sun was high in the sky like this was something she was completely unaccustomed to.
Kasallin looked at the birds flapping their wings diligently outside the window and was indignant at the fact that she had wasted precious time sleeping that she would normally have spent finishing an entire book.
However, when her battered ankle came into view, she realized that such thoughts were a luxury.
“I wish I could go outside soon.”
“Go where?”
Parnes approached without any sign and spoke.
As soon as he entered, he checked the meal bowl first, then clicked his tongue when he saw that more than half of the contents remained.
“How can that leg heal when you eat only as much as a bird?”
“Your Majesty. What brings you here? Aren’t you busy?”
“I’m busy.”
Kasallin stared blankly at Parnes, who settled down and took a seat despite claiming to be busy.
His eyes, which had a chilling coldness flowing from them despite their soft honey color, rolled slightly toward her.
“You look like you have something to say.”
“It’s nothing at all.”
“Timid girl…”
He muttered as if finding it pathetic, then lightly rang the bell once.
To the maids who entered the room, he said:
“Change this child’s clothes. Since her body is still unwell, be especially careful.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Lady Kasallin Robepon, please excuse us for a moment.”
As Kasallin was moved from the bed by the maids’ hands, she said to him:
“Why the sudden change of clothes?”
“You said you wanted to go out.”
“That was just talking to myself.”
Parnes replied while brushing back his fallen bangs in an annoyed manner.
“I don’t like watching you foolishly sighing deeply while looking out the window.”
“So you’re saying you specially thought of me because you were worried I’d be bored?”
When Kasallin smiled brightly, Parnes mumbled, “They do say delusion is free,” and avoided her gaze.
Kasallin entered the attached dressing room with the support of the maids and changed her clothes.
Dressed in a comfortable walking dress and wearing a wide-brimmed hat to block the sunlight, she emerged to find Parnes leaning his head diagonally against the window, gazing at her intently.
“Your Majesty. I shall prepare a wheelchair.”
At the attendant’s words, Parnes raised one hand to stop him.
“No. That’s fine.”
“But for Lady Kasallin to go outside…”
“There are many stairs, so what use would a wheelchair be? It would only add to the inconvenience.”
“Then what shall we do?”
Without answering, Parnes approached Kasallin and gently lifted her with one arm.
Kasallin, who was suddenly embraced in Parnes’ arms, couldn’t hide her bewilderment.
“Your Majesty?”
“Stay still. Rather than riding in a wheelchair and causing another accident by rolling down the stairs, it’s better to sacrifice my left arm.”
“But still, this is…”
Parnes firmly readjusted his hold on the struggling Kasallin in surprise and pressed her head close to his shoulder.
The unique, alluring fragrance emanating from his nape seemed to flow in and disturb her mind.
Seeing the two people clinging together as one body, the surrounding maids and knights couldn’t hide their surprised expressions.
And Kasallin felt the same way.
Being carried and moved by the emperor, who was like heaven itself and whom even one’s birth parents couldn’t touch carelessly, was unimaginable.
“Where do you want to go? Tell me.”
Meanwhile, Parnes spoke calmly without changing his expression at all and went outside.
The summer sunlight and the lush greenery welcomed Kasallin after a long time, but she didn’t even notice such things.
“I’m sorry, but no matter what, isn’t this really not right?”
“What are you complaining about now?”
“If I were a ten-year-old child, I would understand completely. But I’m a grown adult, you know.”
“So?”
Kasallin glanced around with her peripheral vision.
She could feel that not only the passing servants but even the soldiers guarding the gates were all staring this way with surprised rabbit eyes.
There were even maids passing by with pleased smiles among themselves.
She could endure everything else, but she couldn’t bear those gazes out of embarrassment.
“Strange rumors will spread.”
“Strange rumors?”
“You know what I mean… Surely Your Majesty would also dislike such rumors spreading.”
Parnes looked closely at Kasallin’s cheeks, which had flushed like ripe red apples, as if they were precious jewels.
Then he suddenly spoke to Duke Ludwig, who was following a few steps behind.
“Ludwig. From now on, leave only minimal guards around the Third Palace and keep everyone else from approaching.”
“Yes. I understand.”
Kasallin watched with surprised eyes as the knights scattered busily at the emperor’s single word, and people who noticed and tactfully left the garden after hearing their orders.
Why go to such lengths?
To you, I must be just an insignificant maid among the countless women in the world.
Is it simply out of compassion?
Or really, as Shallen said before…
“Emperor Parnes is only feeling temporary interest in you, Kasallin.”
No, the more I think like this, the more I’m just being played by Shallen’s foolish nonsense.
Kasallin stopped the chain of thoughts and shook her head firmly.
Meanwhile, Parnes stopped at the lakeside where a sultry wind was blowing.
“This is my favorite place.”
The painfully blue lake sparkled with silver scales like scattered, finely crushed sunlight.
His slender hair fluttering in the wind brushed against her cheek as if shyly tickling it.
Kasallin looked at his perfect profile, in which no flaw could be found, from close range and asked:
“Why do you like this place the most?”
“Because I used to come here often with my father when I was young.”
Walking slowly along the perimeter of the vast lake, he murmured as if lost in sentiment.
‘Come to think of it, there were many rumors about the sudden death of the previous emperor of the Rnel Empire. The rumors even spread to the Khan Kingdom.’
She wanted to ask what kind of person the previous emperor was, but somehow it felt like an atmosphere where she shouldn’t speak carelessly.
Kasallin deliberately threw out a light joke.
“So Your Majesty had such innocent times too. Why is that boy now…”
“Are you done talking?”
Parnes glared this way with narrowed eyes, his brow deeply furrowed.
Kasallin giggled softly.
“Are there fish here too?”
“How would I know?”
“Please put me down. I want to look.”
“You certainly demand many things.”
While saying that, Parnes very carefully set Kasallin down on a low rock.
Freshwater fish with mixed patches of crimson and yellow patterns were swimming in schools.
As she was carefully observing the tails that splashed and shimmered with small foam, Parnes, who had been standing quietly behind her, burst into a meaningless chuckle.
“What’s so interesting about those mere fish?”
“They’re cute.”
Parnes stared at the water as if he couldn’t understand which part was supposed to be cute, then slowly shifted his gaze to Kasallin’s face.
Seeing that her face, which had been deeply pallid, now had much more vitality, Parnes’ lips faintly curved into an arc.
“…Yes. They do seem a bit cute. Just a little.”
“Right?”
“Do you like my palace?”
At the sudden question, Kasallin looked up.
Parnes’ face was, as always, coldly indifferent like carved ice, making it impossible to know what was inside.
Just like how one could never know what lay at the bottom of this seemingly peaceful lake.
“Yes. Because it’s a wonderful place.”
“Then answer this once.”
Parnes sat down to match Kasallin’s eye level and gently cupped her chin.
Kasallin’s eyes wandered, unable to find a place to settle.
“If I commanded you to remain here, would you do so?”
[This is the timeline separator]At that moment, in the Khan Kingdom.
“Is His Highness Shallen still like that?”
Rose, standing before a full-length mirror, spoke while lightly touching her curled hair.
Baron Aster, who had officially become her attendant and completed the palace entry procedures, nodded slightly.
“Yes. He still seemed to believe that Lady Kasallin Robepon is alive.”
“No.”
Rose, perfectly adorned from head to toe with luxurious items, smiled at herself in the mirror.
For someone who had lost her sister overnight, she appeared rather calm.
“His Highness actually knows. That sister Kasallin will never return. But he’s just clinging to false hope to shake off the guilt of having caused sister’s death.”
“I see. Your insight is indeed excellent, Your Majesty the Queen.”
“At times like this, I, as his wife, should stay by his side even more.”
Rose was about to enter the king’s office but stopped and stared at the wall, briefly recalling Kasallin’s appearance in life.
That elegant and aristocratic bearing that seemed to cry out with her whole body that she would show what a noblewoman of pure blood was.
Rose clasped her hands modestly and straightened her back.
And like Kasallin often did, she wore a characteristic gentle smile on her lips.
Just by changing her posture and expression a bit, she felt as if tremendous dignity was flowing from her.
“Your Highness. It’s Rose. May I come in?”
“Come in.”
Shallen was listlessly flipping through documents with a noticeably gaunt face.
It had already been a month since he continued the meaningless search operation, insisting on finding someone who was clearly already dead.
“I’m sorry, Queen. I had promised I would definitely find Kasallin for you.”
“No. I’m more worried about Your Highness.”
Rose approached Shallen with the most benevolent expression possible on her face and firmly held his hand.
Shallen stared blankly at Rose’s face like a weary traveler who had found a ray of light.
“Sister Kasallin is a merciful person. She surely forgave Your Highness when she went to heaven. You’ve done your best, even harming your precious body.”
“Queen.”
“I too will forever be on Your Highness’ side.”
“You seem to have become a bit more mature. It’s like seeing Kasallin. Because you’re sisters, I suppose…”
Rose smiled generously and slowly embraced Shallen.
Shallen buried his face in Rose’s chest and closed his eyes tightly as if imagining someone else.
“Rest comfortably in this Rose’s embrace, Your Highness.”
Of course, Rose had also been shocked for a while upon hearing the news of her sister’s death.
But knowing that spilled water cannot be gathered again and that the living must continue to live, she was able to overcome it quickly.
Though she felt truly sorry for her sister, Shallen would completely forget that there had ever been a woman named Kasallin once just a little time passed.
‘He will lead a peaceful married life with me, who unchangingly stayed by his side during difficult times.’
Rose had no doubt that there would be no more obstacles to her future court life.
Less than a year in the future.
Until Kasallin appeared alive and well at her own funeral.
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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