‘This is to elicit the reaction of the priests.’
It had to be that way.
William believed it because it seemed that among the knights, there were those who viewed the priests favorably.
He realized how big of a misconception that thought was not long after.
“… I apologize for earlier.”
Hades spoke, looking at the priests sitting around the round table.
William led the knights to quickly leave, and they were now able to spend time with the priests.
“I will thoroughly strive to ensure that such an incident does not happen again.”
“It’s okay.”
The oldest-looking priest spoke up.
“It’s not the first time we’ve received such treatment.”
However, Hades was not unaware that beneath those words, there was a mixture of reproach, like ‘If you were going to treat us like this, why did you bother bringing us here in the first place?’
“It will gradually get better.”
He sighed deeply.
“Already, you are doing tremendous things for our Donovan. We will soon provide compensation, so I hope you are satisfied.”
“Apologies, Your Excellency. Is it acceptable if we suggest compensation ourselves?”
Hades stared at them intently. The nodding of their heads seemed like something agreed upon in advance.
“Speak.”
If they were all going to speak in unison like this, it must be something significant. It wouldn’t be easy to agree to, but it seemed like an effort should be made.
“That is…”
The priest hesitated for a moment.
“We want to heal Your Excellency.”
“…”
For a moment, he was speechless. It was an utterly unexpected statement.
As silence lingered, the priest hurriedly continued.
“Of course, you don’t have to agree, Your Excellency. But please understand this one thing. All the spaces where Your Excellency exists are warping, and you are running away from the gods. Your Excellency…”
The priest barely finished speaking.
“Now, you are not a natural being.”
Hades chuckled inwardly. He chose a person really well. That’s why he saw through him completely!
But it might be better this way.
After all, he wanted this from the beginning. After subtly leaking information about the priests to Angelica, he selectively brought only the best individuals.
If a candidate priest had a conversation with Angelica and didn’t like it, he deliberately disturbed the priest’s mind to make them talk nonsense.
These were carefully selected individuals. Such insight was necessary to break his curse.
“Alright.”
When permission was granted, all twelve priests looked at him in surprise.
“But there is one condition.”
“What is it?”
“Turn me back into a human. Don’t turn me into a being that is nothing.”
“…No one knows what the result will be.”
The priests exchanged uneasy glances.
“And I heard that you have no successor.”
“Successor…”
Hades fell into thought. It was clear that Angelica did not want a child yet. In fact, he himself had no intention of having a child in such a confusing situation.
“Now is not the right time. Why would I become a burden if I undergo treatment?”
“It’s not like that.”
The priest quickly responded.
“But this is something you should know… If, by any chance, things go terribly wrong.”
Realization struck Hades.
“I might die.”
“Your Excellency will lose something.”
The priest warned.
“What it will be is uncertain. It could be an organ, a memory, an emotion… or even an ability.”
“Including my life?”
“If, for example, your heart were to disappear, there would be nothing we could do.”
“…”
“You seem to need time to think, so we will give you a month.”
Hades nodded.
“No, there’s no need for that.”
A determined expression appeared on his face in the lantern light.
“We should start immediately, even tomorrow.”
Delaying it would only increase Angelica’s suffering. He wanted to return to her as a non-harmful presence, as a normal human, even a little faster.
But, before that…
Hades stood up from his seat.
“See you tomorrow, everyone.”
He had to return to the room where Angelica was waiting.
After the priests’ so-called ‘treatment’ tomorrow, no one knew what he would lose.
Would it be memories or love for Angelica?
Or perhaps his life?
Or…
‘Could it become a burden to her, to the extent that she no longer wants me.’
Whatever it was, today was the only day he could fully embrace Angelica as his rightful companion.
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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