“Where on earth is the Marquis of Pride and what is he doing?”
Inside the palace located in Area 1 of the Astrax Empire.
In a deep and secure secret space within, one of the members of Veritas slammed the table and shouted.
“As a demon contractor, doesn’t he have a duty to protect this empire?”
News of the collapse of the northern defense wall quickly reached the palace.
As well as the fact that an army of one hundred thousand was approaching, chanting the name of God.
At this rate, everyone will die.
The members, confused by the unprecedented crisis, poured out one desperate piece of news after another.
“A significant portion of the army is a unit that uses magic.”
“We have the Black Crystal, but we are vastly outnumbered.”
“If only the Marquis of Pride were here, the defense wall wouldn’t have fallen so easily…!”
The marquis, who should have sensed the danger at the defense wall and taken to the front lines long ago, was nowhere to be seen despite the news of the war.
“Your Majesty. You can no longer turn a blind eye to that man!”
“That’s right, isn’t this situation unfolding because we didn’t cut him down earlier?”
The members protested angrily to the elderly emperor seated at the head of the table.
In their eyes, terrified by the fear of war, the emperor’s authority was already of no concern.
The young prince, Gwenalt, trembling beside his father, was also of no concern.
“…Yes. He is not fulfilling his duties as a contractor.”
The emperor, who broke the heavy silence, recalled the image of the Marquis of Pride searching for the demon sealing method.
Perhaps he will never show up until the end, he had a feeling.
The emperor finally made up his mind.
“I wanted to wait a little longer, but there’s no choice.”
There is no way to stop that army without the power of a demon.
So there is only one way left.
“We have no choice but to kill the marquis and make the demon find and contract with the next contractor…”
There was no way to kill a demon, but there was a way to kill the contractor.
At the emperor’s words, the members’ expressions were filled with excitement and anticipation.
Even in this urgent situation of war, the power of a demon was tempting.
“I heard that no poison or weapon works on him…”
“What on earth is the method to kill a contractor who is close to immortal, Your Majesty?”
The prince standing next to the emperor grabbed the hem of his robe, looking anxious.
He was afraid of retaliation from the demon contractor in the future.
But the emperor ignored his young son’s remonstration and slowly opened his wrinkled mouth.
“The way to kill the contractor is…”
But at that moment.
Boom!
The members screamed and collapsed at the sudden roar.
“Wh-what?”
“Could it be that the enemy troops have already reached here…?”
There’s no way they could know about this secret place deep within the palace.
Through the thick smoke, the figure of a man with a huge build appeared.
Receiving the astonishment of all present, the man stepped into the room with a relaxed motion.
“You’ve all moved without a single exception.”
“…!”
A face with a captivating beauty, his dirty blond hair fluttering.
The demon contractor, who suddenly appeared without any notice despite the news of the enemy’s invasion.
The Marquis of Pride softly recited to the members of Veritas.
“Foolish. But thank you.”
“Wh-what do you mean…”
Those who had been fiercely denouncing him until just now stammered with their tails tucked.
Looking down at them, the man, as beautiful as a demon, curved his lips and smiled.
“You’ve saved me the trouble of having to find and gather you one by one.”
[This is the timeline separator]“There’s a war!”
“No, with that northern defense wall there, how on earth?”
“There’s no way the barbarians of the Northern Continent have the technology and power to break through that defense wall!”
In the city located within Area 2.
People were in confusion at the sudden news of war that flew in without warning.
They were pitiful people trapped within this empire, still not knowing even a single truth.
‘Just like how I used to be…’
Delphine, who had teleported near the central defense wall that separated Areas 1 and 2 from Area 3 with Lin, thought bitterly.
The city seemed to be not in great chaos yet.
The war was taking place at the northern defense wall near the border, and the situation was not being conveyed to the general public in real time.
Among the people who came out to the street in surprise, there were even those who didn’t believe the news of the war itself.
“Still, within this defense wall where His Majesty the Emperor resides, it’s safe.”
“Yes, this place is a fortress that hasn’t been invaded even once in three hundred years.”
It was negligence brought about by a long period of peace and prosperity.
“You guys are right.”
“If it was really serious, His Majesty would have already dispatched the Imperial Army to the north.”
After standing still for a while and listening to the conversations, it seemed that the Imperial Army had not yet departed for the front lines.
‘Then where on earth is Ioan?’
He would have noticed the moment the defense wall was attacked.
But on the plains revealed beyond the collapsed defense wall, his figure was nowhere to be seen.
‘Why?’
Delphine tried hard to read the thoughts of the man who had been her husband for the past six months.
Is he at the Pride Mansion? Or the palace?
Even as a demon contractor, he may be insufficient to face an army of one hundred thousand, so is he reorganizing the troops?
Delphine, who had been contemplating, finally made up her mind and turned her head towards Lin.
“Lin. Let’s first go to the Pride Mansion…”
“No!”
It was then that a heart-wrenching cry was heard from somewhere.
“Open the gate for us!”
Delphine, who was about to teleport to find Ioan, hurriedly turned her head.
The gate for material exchange located on the south side of the central defense wall.
Knights wearing armor engraved with the imperial crest were closing that gate.
That desperate cry came from the people on the other side of the defense wall.
“Let us in! There’s a war!”
“No, I have a pass! But why are you suddenly closing the gate?”
The knights shouted, striking hard with their sword sheaths the people reaching their hands inside the defense wall.
“You dirty thing, where do you think you’re going?”
Delphine, who discovered the scene, shouted loudly with an angry face.
“No, how can you close the defense wall at a time like this…?”
Then the Area 1 residents standing around and watching the situation chimed in one by one, taking the side of the knights.
“That’s because those people from Area 3 are trying to get in using this opportunity!”
“How dare they… Those filthy lowlifes…”
Those who said so were all commoners.
Even in the midst of this urgent war, are they trying to rank each other based on status and residence?
Delphine bit her lower lip hard.
The sound of countless people wailing could be heard from beyond the gradually closing gate.
“The northern defense wall has already collapsed! The enemy troops are pouring in!”
“Are you saying it’s okay for the people of Area 3 to all die?”
…The plan to go straight to Ioan will have to be delayed for a bit.
“Lin.”
Delphine reached out her hand towards Lin with a hardened face.
Then he, who was already holding a small possum piece in his hand, grabbed her hand with a grin.
“Didn’t you say I would be useful if you brought me along?”
Right now, there was no room for leisure to counter his joke.
Lin also didn’t seem to expect an answer, and immediately recited a short spell.
At the same time, it felt as if strength was being sucked out through the touched hand.
Delphine bit her lower lip at the feeling of her lower abdomen tightening firmly.
‘I’m sorry. My baby. Just a little more… Please endure just a little more.’
The scene of the gate of the central defense wall being completely closed by the knights could be seen.
The desperate cries of the people of Area 3 could no longer be heard.
At that moment, a bright light gushed out from Lin.
That light, twisting its body like a shining dragon, flew and crashed right into the tightly closed gate.
The light scattered like an aura as the gate shattered.
The gate.
That gate, which had divided the humans within the empire into “humans inside the defense wall” and “humans outside the defense wall” for the past three hundred years.
It was finally destroyed.
Waaaaaah−.
The people of Area 3 flooded in from beyond it.
The people inside the defense wall, who had been watching the situation with arrogant expressions, began to evacuate into the city with panicked faces.
In that cauldron of chaos, only Delphine and Lin stood still in that spot.
Lin had a very moved expression.
“Truly… The defense walls of this empire have crumbled. All of them…”
As someone who had wandered outside those defense walls and been discriminated against all his life, this moment seemed to have even more meaning for him.
However, Delphine couldn’t easily respond to his sentiment.
From the moment she released aurum, her stomach began to ache sharply.
Delphine muttered, clutching her stomach with a pale face.
“We need to find Ioan… To the Pride Mansion…”
“…Delphine?”
Lin, who belatedly noticed her condition, turned pale.
“Damn it. I drew too much power!”
It wasn’t Lin’s fault.
While staying in Seongguk, there was no need to use power, so neither he nor Delphine knew this would happen.
He hurriedly cast a recovery spell, but Delphine’s condition showed no signs of improvement.
This meant only one thing.
“Oh no. Childbirth is not within the realm of magic…”
Fear flashed across Lin’s face for the first time.
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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