The swirling golden eyes were proof. I felt the turmoil shaking the Emperor right now.
Rascal grabbed Rasilia’s hand with his reddening, clawlike hand.
“You can’t fend me off with your strength. Even if you managed to escape now, I would find you wherever you go. ……We’re going back.”
“Your Majesty, I,”
Rasilia tried to reason with Rascal.
“I can’t love someone who wants to imprison me. Your actions now only prove that I’m not your companion. Please reconsider,”
Then it happened.
Whoooom.
A black shadow spread in the air like when she was locked alone in that small room waiting for trial.
“Ahhh……”
Ternadan’s spell hadn’t ended.
It was designed to help Rasilia escape safely. When she couldn’t flee, the spell reactivated.
“Sister!”
The shadow became a passage, and Ternadan reached out his hand from within.
“Grab my hand! You can escape!”
“Insane……! Who’s this damned sorcerer you met! Dekan!”
Ryan ran towards them, sword in hand. Dekan crossed his hands and started chanting something.
“Sister! There’s no time!”
The passage started to narrow. Ryan was racing toward them at an insane speed.
Rasilia grabbed Ternadan’s hand.
“……Ugh!”
At that moment, she felt pain. Rascal’s scalecovered hand clenched hers, the scales piercing her flesh.
“Don’t go.”
“Sister!”
Thump, thump.
Rascal’s forehead completely split, blood began to pour profusely.
“Sister! What are you doing! The passage is closing!”
Ternadan screamed in desperation, whereas Rascal’s voice dipped in agony.
“I’ll give you anything you want. Take anything I have. Just don’t love another human.”
“Your Majesty……”
“If you can’t like me, I’ll accept that. I’ll wait. But that can’t be a reason to choose someone else.”
“……”
Drip.
Hot blood splashed, covering her face. Between her reddened cheeks, his strangely contrasting golden eyes stood out.
The sight wasn’t horrible or frightening, just agonizing.
“Sister!”
The passage had shrunk to nearly half. Ternadan called out to Rasilia in regret.
“General Felion! Release Her Majesty’s hand or I’ll sever it!”
Finally arriving at the entrance of the passage, Ryan aimed his sword at Ternadan’s wrist.
“……Huh?”
But he couldn’t enter the black passageway.
“Rasilia!”
In his urgency, Ternadan grabbed Rasilia’s hands and pulled her.
“Pelion Duke!”
Swoosh!
Ryan moved his sword again, but it still only slid outside the passage. Trying to insert his hand into the passageway, he found he couldn’t. Visible to the eye but untouchable.
Ryan yelled angrily.
“Dekan! Are you still far off? Damn it! I can’t do anything! I can’t even get in there!”
Instead of responding, Dekan chanted his spell more quickly. The passage noticeably narrowed at a fast pace.
“Rasilia!”
“Take whatever you want. Anything I have.”
Neither side had any intention of letting go.
It was a moment of choosing one over the other.
Rasilia looked back at Ternadan.
“Rasilia…?”
“Let go of the hand.”
“Rasilia!”
“I will sever the feelings that the Duke has for the Empress here. You follow your path, and I’ll follow mine. Thank you for the love thus far.”
“Rasilia… why… why would you…”
Stammering, Ternadan looked at her with bewildered eyes. Rasilia tightened her grip on the hand he was holding. Surprisingly, it slipped out easily.
It was that moment.
“…It’s done!”
Whooosh… Snap!
Dekan finished his spell, and the passageway disappeared.
“Rasilia…!”
Ternadan’s cry left a faint echo in the void. The situation, where the voice of an invisible person resonated through the void, was both bizarre and poignant.
“Now let go.”
Rasilia spoke to Reskal.
When he held his hand tightly without replying, Rasilia forcibly pulled away his hand with her other hand.
Snap!
Something scratched against the scales.
Blood began to drip from the inside of the little finger.
“…”
Seeing this, Reskal reached out his hand.
“No, it’s alright.”
Rasilia stopped him.
She closed her eyes briefly and took a deep breath.
Rasilia hadn’t chosen Reskal because she couldn’t leave him.
She had chosen not to run away with the Pelion Duke.
Not escaping with the help of others, but to properly bring things to an end.
“As you have requested, I will forget anyone else. I will never mention the Duke of Pelion again from my lips. If there are feelings left that I don’t remember, I will erase them from my memory.”
“Then…,”
Warmth briefly surfaced on her bloodstained face.
“So, you said you’d do anything. Thus, I have a request.”
However, that warmth froze with Rasilia’s next words.
“…Divorce me.”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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