But one can’t keep settling forever. While Hades was holding back Altair and his companions, the Demon King would continue to grow stronger, and the plan to destroy the world would progress accordingly.
“Hades.”
When I called his name with sincerity, I noticed Hades raising his head in response.
“There’s something you should know about me.”
If it had been me when I first met Hades Croitner, I wouldn’t have dreamed of opening up to him.
But now I knew who Hades was.
Someone who would continue to care for me even after knowing the truth.
I slowly opened my mouth.
“Actually, I am…”
(This is a time delimiter.)
“The first princess… saved the Saintess? Are you sure?”
Shatekan looked puzzled. Altair clenched his teeth. Obviously, if it was the real ‘Alicia,’ it would have been impossible.
However, the possessor was proficient in all kinds of items and technologies in this world. Added to that was Alicia’s wealth and power, so darting from east to west was nothing strange.
“Yes.”
Altair nodded his head.
“According to what the Saintess described, it’s definitely the first princess.”
“It could just be someone who looks like the first princess.”
Shatekan crossed his arms. This time, he wouldn’t be easily swayed by Altair’s words.
But as always, Liridel intervened.
“Do you think it’s a coincidence that the person who saved Donovan Duke looks like the first princess? That’s hard to believe.”
While Altair was talking to Angelica, Shatekan and Liridel used their skills to dig for information to the fullest.
According to them, Angelica had only appeared about three months ago.
She rushed to Donovan Castle immediately after her life was saved, making Altair more certain that Alicia was the possessor.
‘A governess… that could have been better.’
No matter how bold one is, you can’t easily seduce the lord of a castle where you might have to stay all winter.
At least until I escape from the castle, I have to be satisfied with having humantohuman interactions with Angelica.
“Liridel.”
Shatekan issued a warning in his tone.
“Always taking Altair’s side? You keep doing that, and it’s inflating his ego.”
“I just side with whoever seems right.”
“And it’s always Altair who seems right, curiously enough. Isis was….”
Altair coughed, but Shatekan didn’t stop.
“Isis was different. None of us blindly sided with someone.”
“…If you admired Isis so much, why didn’t you follow her?”
Liridel’s eyes sharpened.
Shatekan sighed.
“Arthur, you think only the two of you are going on the demon king’s subjugation? There are two coffinbearers here.”
“Would you mind correcting that to three coffinbearers? We’re all in the same boat, unable to resolve being stuck here. Our lives are as good as over.”
Liridel, Shatekan, and the departed Isis.
All of them knew well about the demon king’s intent to destroy the world.
Altair had boosted their favorability to educate them about the demon king, motivating them to be more proactive in the subjugation.
It had a countereffect on Isis, who had left, but it didn’t matter as Liridel became even more blindly loyal.
The issue was with Shatekan…
‘His favorability is so high, yet he still doesn’t believe me completely?’
Shatekan’s favorability was at 80.
Usually, at this level, one would even doublecheck if told that the sun rose at night.
However…
‘Could it be that he’s not the real Leodel?’
Altair swallowed a sigh. The game had already twisted with him reincarnating, and even more so with another reincarnator, Elysia.
Even the familiar system had changed.
For instance, when he met Angelica, the expected favorability didn’t even appear.
Although he understood when he learned about Hades’ political background, not being able to see ‘Leto’s’ favorability toward ‘Angelica’ shook the foundation of Leodel.
If the character who should blindly follow the protagonist had his own will and clung to another, what would happen?
‘My knowledge will become entirely useless.’
The knowledge gained from playing the game multiple times only mattered if there were no changes in the game.
If it kept changing, his relevance would neither be above nor below Leto.
On the other hand, there was Elysia…
‘She’s a princess. And with that information, she could even ascend the throne.’
Altair finally opened his mouth.
“Whether you believe me or not doesn’t matter. We can verify it later. But the most urgent thing now is…”
He turned his head and looked at the empty sky where snow poured heavily.
“…to get out of here.”
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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