If the snow has stopped, then the northern beasts would also be freely running.
In that case, he wouldn’t necessarily need to destroy Donovan Castle. If only he could detain William, Donovan as a whole would collapse on its own.
“Liridel, I won’t ask you to kill the author. Though he’s someone trying to take my life.”
Liridel looked at him with clear, transparent eyes.
“But I also have no intention of sitting down and embracing death, you know? At least lock him up somewhere? At least until the Duke shows up again.”
“Okay.”
Liridel obediently responded. A long silver threadlike thing flowed out of her staff and tightly bound William.
William could only coldly glare at them; he was helpless.
Altair gripped William’s collar and lifted him up.
“I will escort you most graciously.”
He whispered so only William could hear.
“At a tower where you can best see the beasts approaching.”
(This is a time separator.)
“Croitner, if you have a secret agenda, just say it. No one would fall for such lies anyway.”
I agreed with Vyillan this time. Apologizing to 1st Princess Elysia, no matter what Hades was thinking, was a bad idea.
Especially if it was an insincere apology.
“Whether I accept or reject the apology is my concern, Vyillan.”
A voice as sharp as frost stung my ears.
“Tell me, Duke. What’s the reason for sending me such a humiliating letter?”
Hades bowed his head respectfully.
“I couldn’t control my momentary impulse. I hope Her Highness the Princess can forgive my transgressions with a generous heart.”
Elysia cocked her head.
“It seemed quite explicit for a momentary impulse.”
“Yes. Because it was my true feelings.”
“……!”
I looked at Hades in shock. What on earth was he thinking? He says he is apologizing, yet he provokes her like this?
Does he want to declare war on the Empire?
“……Ha.”
A hollow laugh escaped from Elysia’s lips.
“I thought the letter might not have been written by the Duke himself.”
The princess’s voice was tinged with bitterness. I blinked. Could it be that Alicia truly harbored feelings for Hades?
At the very least, it seemed clear that she considered him more than just a partner in a political marriage.
“But now it’s confirmed. The Duke really holds that rat in high regard.”
“Yes.”
A subtle smile surfaced on Hades’s face, the kind that naturally arises when feelings of affection swell up just by thinking of someone.
“But be cautious with your words.”
Hades placed his hand on my waist.
“She is someone dear to me.”
“…Not a spouse, but someone dear?”
Alicia openly scoffed. I swallowed dryly. I could understand why the princess was upset. After all, I had been speaking until now.
“Duke, let me make one thing clear.”
The princess glared at him.
“You have… missed the opportunity of a lifetime. The chance to rule the empire!”
“Isn’t that like saying you’ll rebel once I ascend to the throne?”
Vuyillan nervously muttered, but no one paid attention to him.
“Princess.”
Hades’s voice was chillingly calm.
“Did you think I would let myself be used so easily? If you thought I would become an emperor in name only, while my country is trampled upon and turned into a mere territory of the empire, then you’ve seriously misjudged me.”
No, let me correct that. He was now boiling over with cold anger. If hot anger kills, cold anger has the power to annihilate someone to the core.
The princess, sensing this, took a step back.
“…I had no intention of forcing you.”
Hades laughed coldly. His laughter, closer to an angry cry, echoed in the silence.
“Be cautious, Princess.”
He abruptly ceased his laughter and warned her.
“I, Donovan, and even you, Princess.”
Hades’s gaze briefly lingered on me.
“None of us are the type to be easily used. And…”
Hades approached the princess and whispered something in her ear.
Given that it was a really soft whisper and that no one else could hear it, judging by how the princess’s face paled, it was certainly a threat.
“Do you understand?”
Without even responding, the princess rapidly retreated from the scene, her footsteps thudding.
I pursed my lips.
I didn’t know what Hades had said, but it would be something that would make an enemy out of the princess.
Then it happened.
A voice I hadn’t heard in a while resounded in my ears.
“Is that little punk insane?!”
It was Denesor.
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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