In reality, and here. It was the first time she’d encountered someone who sincerely apologized. Truly a first, someone apologizing for something he didn’t do.
“It’s really fine.”
If it were up to you, you would’ve figured it out eventually. So there’s no need for you to feel sorry for figuring it out earlier than you.
Ha. She wanted to say it. Despite his stern face, he continued to say he was sorry…
“No.”
“If this was the reason for your visit, it would have sufficed to report it to His Majesty the Emperor.”
“I did consider that, but I thought it more appropriate to speak directly. I requested permission from His Majesty the Emperor.”
“I see.”
What should she say?
She merely stared at him. Despite his sharp features, he was truly good-looking. The glasses he wore on one side made him look even more intelligent yet sharper.
‘The Emperor is handsome, but this man is also really good-looking.’
A different vibe altogether. If the Emperor was a wild horse, this man was a well-groomed black horse.
“Anyway, let’s end this conversation here. Frankly, thinking about what the previous tavern owner did to Shasha, even if we beat him to a pulp, it wouldn’t be enough. But that’s his doing… as for the others in the tavern, they’ve been nice, at least as far as I know.”
“That’s true. Especially the kids in the tavern, they really adore and await Shanencia.”
“Is that so.”
Hearing that her beloved child was doing well elsewhere made her feel better.
“Yes.”
He smiled at her, and she couldn’t help but feel a little overwhelmed.
“I didn’t expect the next tavern owner to be so young. Given that the previous owner, Teslo, looked rather old, I thought the new tavern owner would also be old.”
“Do I look young to you?”
“Yes. You don’t seem much older than me?”
“Ha ha, you’re an interesting person. I enjoy talking to you.”
His lips gracefully curled upward, a dimple punctuating the end of his smile. A dimple that was not visible when he forced himself to smile was now apparent.
‘He’s handsome.’
He was so good-looking that she had nothing else to say. Entirely different from the Emperor. His voice was also captivating, as if he were speaking from deep within a cave.
If it came down to singing, he’d probably win with his voice alone.
The man’s words about joy pulled at something in my heart. Both seeing his face and talking to him brought joy. My heart was greatly stirred, perhaps because I was meeting a new person after a long time.
But I couldn’t risk exposing my feelings, so I hardened my expression. Of course, I thought I probably looked foolish to others.
“Do you like being told you look mature or something?”
“Well, sometimes I do want to hear that I’m aged.”
Sehelus, who spoke as if positing a riddle, turned his head slightly to the side and looked at me.
Seeing him, I barely remembered the content of the book.
‘This man shouldn’t be appearing at all. Was he in the novel? His name feels familiar, but it doesn’t feel like it’s from the novel.’
Could it be a name from Isabella’s memory? But there was no clear information about who he was. It just felt like one of the names I’d heard in passing.
‘Could he be someone Isabella knew? But he’s far too courteous for that. Besides, he seemed like a stranger when he first greeted Isabella.’
I don’t think I have all her memories. People do forget things. But I have most of her memories, so it’s likely that I don’t know this man.
So why does the name Sehelus feel familiar?
“Anyway, as Her Majesty the Queen Mother anticipated, the next Matoop leader is not me but one of the elders.”
“The likelihood is high that an elder named Loywick would have taken the position.”
He slowly nodded his head.
Only then did I remember that the novel mentioned the new Matoop leader being quite old. However, it didn’t specify who that was.
Shanencia often visited the Matoop, but what went on inside was not mentioned in the novel.
In that novel, Shanencia was just an alien existence. She was merely a medium that solidified the love between the main male and female characters.
The reason I couldn’t focus too much on the Matoop leader was because the narrative stated that the next Matoop leader was also old and similar to the exceptionally competent previous Matoop leader.
So, it was highly likely. That day, the day there was that incident with the Matoop, and the way he spoke on behalf of the Matoop mages.
Also, when the next Matoop leader was to be voted on, it was presumed that he would be elected…
“Yes. That would have been the case. So I suppressed it with force to avoid seeing that.”
“Aha. Suppressed with force… you say?”
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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