12 Zodiac Beasts.
Twelve divine animals guarding the East. Commonly known as the ‘zodiac signs,’ they were the animals referred to in the twelve earthly branches.
The mysterious 12 Zodiac Beasts, known to form contracts with suitable Awakened, bestowed upon the ‘contractors’ special skills or characteristics beyond their unique abilities.
Among them, the one chosen as the ‘Fire God’ could either transform into the divine beast through ‘Manifestation of Deity’ or possess an unimaginable strength, such as receiving the divine beast’s power, or ‘Authority.’
However, forming a contract with a divine beast was said to be harder than winning the lottery. Indeed, among the people around Eunha, only two were contractors: the head trainer and the assigned instructor.
Although she hadn’t seen them fight directly, she could tell that their physical abilities, like stamina and strength, had significantly improved after forming the contract. Especially in the case of the instructor, who could go three days without sleep and still be fine.
‘Surely, if I make a contract with a divine beast, battles will become much easier.’
It wasn’t bad news for Eunha. There was just one thing that bothered her.
Eunha looked up and stared at the yellow message window.
“The 12 Zodiac Beasts I know consist of 12 animals. I believe there’s no cat among them?”
If it wasn’t suspicious, it would be a lie.
She couldn’t figure out what the cat saw in her to propose a contract in the first place. Eunha’s current situation was like that of a mouse trapped in a jar.
Why would the cat benefit from contracting with her? Simple curiosity? A whim?
[The divine beast ‘Cat That Wanders the Darkness’ seems displeased with your doubt and strokes its whiskers.] [It asks who you think healed your burned arm and begins to strut about.]“…You healed me?”
Somehow, she felt in better shape than she thought. It was too much to attribute to the hunter’s healing abilities.
Trusting the words of a cat she just met was foolish. But rejecting an opportunity in this dire situation was equally foolish.
Eunha, lost in thought, slowly licked her lips. She had to ask the most important question.
“…If I accept the contract, can you get me out of here?”
[The divine beast ‘Cat That Wanders the Darkness’ purrs, saying it’s not impossible.]According to the cat, it was like this. This gate was a black gate. In other words, it was an Unknown Gate, shrouded in mystery.
‘It was indeed not an ordinary gate.’
Her suspicions turned into certainty.
‘But…’
When she and her comrades entered this gate, the color of the rift was clearly white. When had it changed into an Unknown Gate?
She couldn’t know.
Well, if she could know, it wouldn’t be called ‘Unknown.’
Lost in thought, Eunha was startled by another yellow message window popping up.
[The divine beast ‘Cat That Wanders the Darkness’ says if you want to escape from here, you need to collect all five items to achieve the escape condition.]“Five items?”
[The divine beast ‘Cat That Wanders the Darkness’ gestures towards the parasol in your left hand.]“This is one of the five items? Then the other four are─.”
Eunha, having gone that far, suddenly shut her mouth. After a brief silence, her eyes changed, and she spoke again.
“…Don’t tell me, the other four are drops from the four Named monsters?”
“…So you’re saying you’ll share your Authority with me to defeat the other Named.”
It was an irresistibly sweet proposal. She wanted to accept it right away, but something held her back.
[The divine beast ‘Cat That Wanders the Darkness’ adds, belatedly, that there are two restrictions on its contract with you.]Of course. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. It would be harder to believe if there were no conditions or restrictions.
“What restrictions?”
[The divine beast ‘Cat That Wanders the Darkness’ demands first, never to mention that it is the 13th divine beast to others. Second, you must give it your name.] There’s nothing to mention about the Divine Beast Tae. Because nobody is here except Eun Ha.But what bothers me is the second constraint.
“Give my name?”
Eun Ha squinted her eyes.
“What does that mean?”
[Literal translation: Your name becomes your own, so you can no longer use it.]Seeing that Eun Ha was hesitating, the message window popped up again.
[If Divine Beast ‘Wandering Cat of Darkness’ doesn’t trust me, I’ll let you check it yourself. Do you accept? ▶ Accept / Decline]Two buttons appear before her eyes.
The moment Eun Ha, who had been hesitating, raised her finger and clicked the ‘Accept’ button.
Swoosh!
[Golden eyes shine like stars.] [Entity identification. Cha Eun Ha.] [ Loading ]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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