‘What is this voice? Where is it coming from?’
Ian gulped and looked up at Leo with narrowed eyes.
“Do you think I’m speaking nonsense?”
“No. Why would I think that?”
‘How did he know what I was thinking?’
Leo shook his head slowly, looking thoughtful. Ian suppressed a derisive laugh and waved him off.
‘What happened… Wait, did I spend the entire day bedridden?’
Ian glanced at the wall clock, one eyebrow raised incredulously.
‘I was supposed to meet Rosebelia at the square clock tower at six o’clock…’
“Your Majesty, did I miss my own birthday?”
“That’s right.”
Calisto asked, his voice tinged with concern.
“Ian, are you alright?”
I should never have been so optimistic that nothing would happen on my birthday.
I should have at least hinted to Nathan that I had plans to meet Rosebelia.
“Was I bedridden for an entire day?”
“Yes.”
“What’s the reason? Is this what you were worried about?”
“……Yes. I promised to tell you everything after your birthday.”
Calisto paused, sending everyone else away before continuing.
“There’s a secret curse that afflicts the royal family. The age of manifestation varies: fifteen, eighteen, twenty, and so on. According to records, the latest age of manifestation was twenty-two. I thought you’d be safe after this birthday, but…”
“A curse?”
Calisto added that, while the ages varied, all those afflicted were the Emperor’s most cherished and loved sons.
“So the curse has manifested in me?”
‘Can you hear me now?’
Ian’s eyes quivered. Calisto’s mouth was shut tight, but his voice came through clearly.
“Yes. I can hear.”
“Records indicate that upon manifestation, one can hear others’ thoughts. When that doesn’t happen, auditory hallucinations can occur…”
“Hallucinations?”
“Yes. There hasn’t been a case of the curse manifesting in the royal bloodline for over a hundred years, so I thought you’d be safe, but…”
“What does it mean for the curse to manifest? Is it just hearing inner voices and hallucinations?”
Calisto couldn’t easily continue speaking. He simply held Ian’s hand tightly with a sad expression.
Ian, who was observing the dejected face, spoke with a dry voice.
“Your Highness, please speak.”
“In the forbidden room, there are records about the curse. It would be best if you see it yourself, so I will give you the key to that room.”
“But isn’t that room only accessible by the Emperor?”
“I made a promise to Violet.”
At Calisto’s bitterly muttered words, Ian slightly tilted his head.
“What promise?”
“When the time comes, I will unite you with the one you love and let you live peacefully. I promised to allow you a normal life with your loved one….”
It was then. A childlike male voice, accompanied by a cackling laugh, was heard.
‘I know very well. That you love blood more than anyone else. So go ahead and kill someone. It’ll be incredibly thrilling.’
The voice was full of mischief, but for some reason, it felt eerie.
Ian instinctively knew. This wasn’t someone’s inner voice he was hearing; this voice was the hallucination that Calisto had mentioned.
“……”
“I will appoint you as the Crown Prince.”
“Excuse me? Why suddenly…”
Ian suddenly stopped speaking. Something within him was detected. The amount of aura he faintly felt increased. No, it was as if it was about to overflow.
Could it be?
Ian slowly pushed the power flowing inside him towards his fingertips. He felt a warm sensation gathering in his palm.
‘Can I manipulate aura? Does this mean I’ve become a Swordmaster?’
As he looked down at his hand in disbelief, Calisto spoke with a serious face.
“You will succeed me as the Emperor of the Pones Empire.”
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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