“Is it because Valter isn’t a good person?”
But Cedric isn’t unaware of how often those with noble blood, carrying the name of aristocracy, turn out to be cunning and unscrupulous individuals. If anything, Valter belongs to a rather favorable axis when it comes to such comparisons.
Then, is it because Valter lacks wealth or social status? If the name Ertman is lacking, then the next option should be someone from the royal family.
It’s not a significant internal issue within the family, and Valter isn’t mistreating Odette.
If it’s noticeable to Arnold, there’s no way Cedric would be unaware.
But why?
“Is it still because of his character?”
“Of course, it’s true that Valter isn’t the type to lack character, no matter where he goes.”
Cedric smiled loosely.
“But even if Valter had an outstanding personality, I would have opposed it.”
“It’s not about his character?”
“Right. The problem lies in Valter’s social status.”
Social status? Arnold’s expression became even more puzzled.
“If it were Ertman, isn’t it a sufficiently high position?”
“High enough. It’s the excessive elevation that’s the problem.”
Cedric sighed, pressing the bridge of his nose.
“Arnold, do you think I let Odette be because I truly don’t care how she’s treated by Katarina Hwangbi and the other siblings? Because I don’t know what kind of treatment she receives?”
Arnold’s response wasn’t really necessary.
It was a ‘no.’
Arnold had seen Cedric exerting effort to help Odette for a long time.
Just by clearing the poison that Cedric almost fed Odette, you could count on both hands the number of times he did so.
“Of course, Odette doesn’t openly accept my help. She avoids showing that she’s holding hands with me. However, when I occasionally see how Odette is treated, there were times, even if unwillingly, I wanted to tell her to come completely under my protection.”
Cedric continued with the questions he consistently posed to Odette.
Odette, don’t you want anything?
If your feelings change, be sure to tell me. Even if I’m not enough, I can at least offer my protection to you.
Odette thought it was Cedric’s test, but Cedric was always sincere.
Even though he knew that Odette was wary of him and felt pressured, he couldn’t say a word.
The reason was simple.
“Odette has to live quietly. Otherwise, it’s a fate of doom.”
Indeed, the questions Cedric threw were real tests.
Those tests were by no means intended to examine Odette’s sincerity, as Odette believed.
Those tests were solely meant to save Odette.
“You know as well, but it was I who sent Odette to Belfore. Moreover, I was the one who first knew about her abilities.”
Cedric was also the first to know about the unfortunate fate that befell Odette.
The first time he learned about her abilities was over a decade ago.
Once, Cedric almost died after drinking poisoned tea.
Considering Cedric’s position as the Crown Prince, the threat of poisoning wasn’t so surprising. However, thanks to the security maintained by the influence of Duke Pavel, the deceased queen’s family, and Cedric’s quick wit, there were very few instances where Cedric actually ingested a lethal dose of poison.
At least until that day.
‘Am I going to die like this?’
Cedric struggled to maintain consciousness, gasping for breath while collapsed over the table.
Even though he had drunk only a little, he could feel his body stiffening from the tip of his tongue, and with a loud crash, the teacup shards rolled across the floor.
If there had been someone around, he could have shown it to a doctor and potentially saved his life. However, Cedric was alone that day.
Despite the loud noise from the shattered teacup, there was not a single sign of anyone nearby.
‘It seems deliberate… Someone set a trap.’
He had ingested poison in a meticulously calculated trap.
Even if he wanted to make a sound, his voice wouldn’t come out.
Even if he wanted to crawl out, his body wouldn’t move.
What enveloped him were the chilling shadows of imminent death and a terrifying sense of helplessness.
At that moment, Cedric sensed his impending death.
‘There’s no way out.’
It was too late. Even if someone discovered him now and called for a doctor, there would be no way to intervene.
His consciousness was already fading.
Cedric resigned himself to death, thinking there was nothing he could do.
And when he opened his eyes.
Oh, Cedric Oppa. Are you feeling better? How’s your body?
Odette was there.
Cedric furrowed his brow slightly and sat up.
… You, the 4th Princess? Where am I?
I came to see you for a moment, and since you collapsed at the tea table, I woke you up first. Look at you, covered in cold sweat. Did you have a fever?
You… woke me up?
Only then did Cedric realize that his body wasn’t in the least bit painful.
With some experience of having ingested poison a few times, he knew that even if he barely survived poisoning, he would suffer for a while. Most often, it ended with a mild paralysis, or in some cases, a few days of suffering from a high fever.
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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