Recently, they even revealed themselves in villages quite far from the capital’s outskirts.
“There’s something I wanted to ask the Captain as well.”
Gabriel raised his eyebrows, as if implying for me to go ahead.
“Is it true that the Imperial Family is researching the ‘Red Spring’ water?”
“Yeah, there are researchers I know working on it. They consistently study the ‘Red Spring’ water.”
“Is there another place researching the ‘Red Spring’ water?”
“Due to its toxicity, only Imperial researchers are allowed to study the ‘Red Spring’ water.”
That makes sense. What use is there for toxic water?
Even though I thought that way, Gael’s words had been bothering me.
‘Beware of the Railey family.’
With the strange behavior of the knights from the Railey family and the added mysteries, I couldn’t easily shake off the questions in my mind.
“But why are you asking about that?”
“Well…”
As I relayed what I witnessed at the ‘Red Spring,’ a look of suspicion appeared on Gabriel’s face.
“That’s quite strange. It seemed like they were discarding something. The excuse of it being wine is even more peculiar.”
“The Railey family volunteered knights, but those knights didn’t seem particularly interested in maou subjugation. Their skills weren’t outstanding either.”
They even fled when faced with maou.
“Hmm, some noble families have an excess of knights volunteering for subjugation, and they sometimes hold preliminary selections. Come to think of it, the knights from the Railey family didn’t stand out that much.”
After adding that he would look into it, Gabriel rose from the sofa.
“Are you going in?”
“That’s right. My body isn’t what it used to be. So, you should take my place quickly…”
“Captain, please don’t talk like you’re weak.”
With a hearty laugh, Gabriel, who had been stroking his beard, cast his gaze outside the window. His gaze reached the window’s end.
What are you looking at?
Peeking my head out, I saw the ‘Abandoned Mountain’ far away.
“Maybe we should consider advancing the timing of the next subjugation.”
With a sigh-like remark from Gabriel, I, who had been captivated, approached the window.
I was absorbed in watching a flock of birds flying over the mountain when I turned around.
“You were here.”
Oh, startled me.
In front of me, who was standing by the window, Reinhardt had approached unnoticed.
“Deputy Commander.”
“It’s quite visible from here,” commented Reinhardt, standing next to me and peering out the window.
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
“Weren’t you looking at the ‘Abandoned Mountain’?”
“Oh, right.”
I turned my body and once again gazed at the ‘Abandoned Mountain.’ Perhaps due to Gabriel’s significant words, even though the subjugation was over, every time I caught sight of that mountain, an uneasy feeling washed over me.
“I thought it would be good when the subjugation was over, but it doesn’t feel like that.”
“Indeed.”
“Rosebelia-kyung, do you remember when I mentioned something I wanted to ask you?”
When was that?
Ah, was it when I defeated the Red Slime and accidentally revealed to Reinhardt that I was a Swordmaster?
“Yes, I remember.”
“I’m thinking of making that request now. Would that be alright with you?”
At times like these, he seems excessively polite.
“Well, if it’s a request I can fulfill, I should listen, right?”
When I asked him to keep my identity as a Swordmaster a secret, Reinhardt agreed willingly. So, if it’s a request I can fulfill, I was willing to listen.
After a moment of hesitation, Reinhardt, who seemed to be contemplating, slowly opened his mouth.
“… It’s about returning to the capital.”
“Yes.”
“May I ask Rosebelia-kyung out on a date?”
“… What?”
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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