I also worried that Amy might be bullied by servants who didn’t get along with her, but she was resourceful and clever; she’d be fine no matter what.
“Long live His Highness the Archduke!”
The uproarious cheers could be heard even before I arrived in the main hall.
I burst into the hall with a wide smile.
“Your Highness!”
All eyes turned to me, but I only had eyes for Hades.
“You’ve worked hard.”
Unlike last time, Hades’ face was devoid of a single drop of demon blood. In contrast, Donovan’s knights were covered in blood.
The Shuzhechin diplomats appeared as though they had never set foot on the battlefield, making it clear how the situation had unfolded.
‘He must have been laying back.’
A discomfiting silence ensued, in place of the anticipated quick return. I barely kept my composure.
Hades looked down at me with a blank expression, which was unnerving.
‘What, what is it?’
Finally, Hades spoke.
“I told you to stay safely in your room.”
“I was in the room! But I heard the cheers and came down…”
At that moment, Amy interjected.
“Your Highness, the Holy Lady was so worried about you that she went up to the tower to watch you fight. I barely persuaded her to come down.”
This traitor!
Hades let out a laugh.
“Truly angelic.”
I knew it. That laughter was not one of pleasure.
“But Angel, you also need to recognize your role. What will happen if you wander around without attendants?”
“I apologize.”
I hastily apologized. I’d make a formal apology later; now was the time to just mollify him. Besides, Hades couldn’t get too angry in front of others.
Hades shook his head.
“It wasn’t a reprimand. It just seems like you’re unaware of how things have changed.”
“……Yes?”
Hades wrapped an arm around my shoulders and presented me to the others.
I looked around bewildered. The diplomats’ faces showed evident confusion, while the knights appeared proud.
“Some of you may have already guessed, but let me clarify. Our victory today is all thanks to Angelica’s strategy.”
“……?”
I was puzzled. As far as Hades knew, this wasn’t my strategy. He had no reason to praise me.
‘Could it be, he’s thankful…? No, that can’t be.’
If his words had been sincere, the ‘seed of doubt’ would have disappeared. So speaking like that means…
‘He’s using this situation to completely squash the marriage talks with the princess.’
Understanding the situation, the knights began to speak to me one by one.
“Indeed, you were the Holy Lady! Thanks to you, we survived.”
“If it weren’t for the Holy Lady’s plan, we would already be dead.”
“Holy Lady, please continue to watch over us, Donovan.”
Everything had gone as expected so far.
‘The question is how the envoy will react.’
Schujecin reluctantly spoke up.
“Donovan has a genius. Your Highness, and Holy Lady, we sincerely thank you.”
“As you should.”
Hades coldly responded.
“You guests have done nothing to deserve otherwise.”
“……I am ashamed.”
Uhoh. I was taken aback. I hadn’t expected Schujecin to back down so easily.
Hades was not simply satisfied with that level.
“General ByungHyung, even if those under your command are like that, I am greatly disappointed in you. Where has your former glory gone?”
A momentary gloomy expression crossed Schujecin’s face.
“……It’s due to time, Your Highness. Hasn’t it been about seven years since I last made a contribution?”
“That’s true.”
Hades nodded his head.
“How terrifying a comfortable life is. You, whom I thought was the only useful general in the empire, have degraded so much.”
Despite the outright insult, Schujecin remained steadfast.
“I have merely honed the skills appropriate to my station, Your Highness. Like the decision not to recklessly act when it would only hinder the abilities of the knights under my command.”
“……!”
There was a murmur within the envoy. I seriously doubted my hearing this time.
The ones Schujecin had just belittled were the knights he had brought from the empire himself.
Criticizing them only tarnished his own face.
‘Why on earth is he doing this?’
In a situation where the question remained unresolved, Hades took the initiative to clean it up.
“It seems pointless to continue speaking here. You’ve all worked hard. There will be rewards, so go and rest.”
He left the envoy murmuring among themselves, softly pulling me aside.
“Let’s go, Angel.”
I stared intently at his chest, just in case, but no words appeared.
My heart ached.
Indeed…… Hades still had doubts about me.
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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