Where did it all go wrong?
When exactly did I lose Hades?
I thought desperately, over and over again.
But nothing came to mind.
Because everything was in line with what Hades would say, do, and think.
Could his personality have changed while teleporting? But the altar activated by the saint’s power wouldn’t harm Hades.
A catastrophe I didn’t see coming.
That was the Hades standing before me.
I fell into despair, letting out a groan.
“There’s no way…”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Hades furrowed his brows. No, the ‘thing wearing Hades’ face’ looked down at me with a scowl.
I clenched Denesor tightly. Right now, the only thing I could trust was Denesor. Even if it was a demonic sword, that made it all the more powerful in demon territory.
“I think I’m feeling a bit unwell… It’s better if you just take the sword and leave, Angel.”
I barely held myself together. I couldn’t let ‘that thing’ notice my disarray.
“But the holy sword already recognizes me as its owner. If you want the sword, you have to kill me first, Your Grace.”
Hades’ face turned melancholic.
“Why would you say such a thing, Angel? Would I really do that? Of course not.”
He bowed his head.
“I truly love you. Just imagining you getting hurt makes me sad. You’re essential to me, Angel. So never say such a thing again.”
It was strange.
Not because these were words Hades would never say. It was definitely uncharacteristic; Hades wasn’t someone who would use his feelings as a weapon to silence me.
But separately from that, whatever ‘that thing’ was, I could genuinely feel its affection for me.
I muttered under my breath.
Denesor, if you’re watching, do something. I need your power.
“You always ignore me.”
Denesor scoffed loudly.
“You call me when you need me?”
“If I die, you’ll be passed on to that thing. Is that what you want?”
“No.”
I realized it. Denesor was genuinely enjoying this situation. A situation where I was clueless and had to rely on him.
“It’s not like I hate you enough to not help you. Taming that fool would be easy.”
“Wait.”
I swallowed dryly.
Could it be, what Denesor is hinting at…
“That’s the real Hades?”
“Of course, it’s Hades Croitner.”
Denesor looked somewhat surprised.
“Did you think he was something else? I didn’t think you were that foolish, young human.”
“But Hades would never say such things!”
“Oh.”
Denesor let out a strange exclamation.
“So not only does Hades Croitner adore you, but you also genuinely revere him?”
“Revere? What are you talking about…”
I denied it.
When did I ever revere Hades?
I just know what kind of person he is.
I trust that he wouldn’t leave me defenseless and take the holy sword. The difference between that trust and reverence is as large as the gap between heaven and earth.
“Anyway, that kid is Hades Croitner. I stake everything on it.”
“…”
“Does what he’s saying now sound strange to you? These are thoughts he usually keeps hidden. You didn’t know simply because he didn’t express them, Master.”
I took a deep breath.
This was all… incredibly overwhelming.
I closed my eyes tightly.
It would have been better if it wasn’t Hades.
Then I could have run away.
I could have used Denesor to hurt Hades.
If I’ve done it once, couldn’t I do it again?
But the opponent was Hades Croitner.
That alone made my hands tremble uncontrollably.
“…Hades.”
I quietly opened my mouth.
“Do you… love me?”
A glint swirled in Hades’ eyes.
“Yes.”
With that single word, I came to know.
Ah, so this is Hades.
Indeed, it is the Hades Croitner who truly loves me.
Then this demeanor as well…
‘It’s a part of Hades.’
His possessiveness and greed towards me, something he had never shown to anyone before.
And his wish for me not to wield the Holy Sword.
Though his actions and expressions were misguided, the intention was for my sake.
“Let’s go back.”
I opened my mouth towards Hades.
“Right now.”
Hades looked bewildered.
“Why suddenly say that… Why did you change your mind? Strange.”
Then he gave me a skeptical gaze.
“You wouldn’t be Angelica, would you? Reveal your identity!”
I shook my head.
“I am Angelica. Your Angelica. So please listen to me with sincerity. I want to go back.”
“But Angel.”
Hades hesitated.
“We must kill the Demon King, after all…”
“Leto, or rather Altair, will take care of that. I must go back now.”
Hades became stiff.
“So fickle. I’ve made many sacrifices to come this far. And now, you want to throw it all away and return? With victory so close?”
Would I not want to slay the Demon King?
Even in his current state, if getting the ‘Devil’s Eye’ and returning home was the goal, I could certainly use Hades to slay the Demon King.
But I didn’t want to do that.
‘That would be the same as abandoning Hades.’
So, I had to go back.
To somehow get Hades out of this situation.
Because I didn’t want to see the inner thoughts he usually hid any more openly.
However, Hades did not listen to me.
He bent his waist and forcibly tried to take Dennesor away from me.
“…!”
I.
And Hades.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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