The warm bath, the carefully prepared meal, the kind treatment… For a brief moment, she allowed herself a huge misconception.
‘As if I’m someone who’s welcomed…’
She wasn’t Bridget, the beloved princess and treasure of Heyworth, adored by her people. But Annette straightened her back, determined to show a dignified attitude as a representative of the Kingdom of Heyworth.
“The Grand Duke is currently out on a monster subjugation. He wasn’t expecting the betrothal contract to be sent directly to the princess. We’ve sent word to the Duke’s house, but since we don’t know when the subjugation will end, it might take some time for him to reach the capital.”
“I see.”
Annette nodded calmly, unexpecting and undisturbed by the news that her betrothed would not be coming to see her immediately.
Lucius appeared a bit embarrassed by her nonchalant reaction. Charlotte, having spent more time with Annette, guessed her feelings and reassured her.
“Knight, I’m sure the Grand Duke will come to the capital as soon as he hears the news.”
“It’s alright, Your Majesty.”
Annette offered Charlotte a small smile, appreciating her attempt to comfort her.
“Monster outbreaks are always sudden. My subordinates… I mean, the Heyworth Royal Knights also left urgently for subjugation recently.”
In truth, Annette thought Harzgent made up an excuse because he didn’t want to see her. But not wanting to disappoint someone who had shown her unusual kindness, she said so.
Though not entirely false – after her retirement, the newly appointed captain of the Heyworth Royal Knights had led the team out for subjugation just days before the empire requested an alliance.
“I appreciate your understanding, Princess,” Lucius responded.
“I have experience in monster subjugation myself,” Annette murmured, looking down awkwardly. “Anyway, I’m not in a state to be seen like this.”
“Uh?” Lucius sounded confused.
Charlotte’s expression also turned puzzled.
Lucius chuckled, thinking Harzgent would be appalled to hear this. Annette mistook his reaction as a way to hide his discomfort and asked, “Since we’re on the subject, is it true that I was found in this state?”
The atmosphere, which had been somewhat relaxed, suddenly tensed up. Lucius wiped his smile and nodded.
“We received reports from the guards at the royal gate about a child handing over an envelope with the royal seal and then collapsing. If it weren’t for the betrothal contract and your red hair inside the envelope, we couldn’t have guessed your identity.”
Having expected this answer, Annette sighed softly and looked at Charlotte.
“You asked if I could explain what happened to me.”
“Yes. Can you?”
“No, I don’t really understand the situation myself. I did encounter monsters on my way to the empire, but why my body changed like this…”
“Could it be due to the monster’s blood?”
“Maybe.”
It was the first time Annette had sustained such severe injuries, aside from minor cuts on her wrist from monster hunts. Come to think of it, she had felt her heart burning and blood strangely pulsating while coming to the palace, which might be related to this phenomenon.
‘Unless I really am a seed of a monster…’
Annette feared how she would explain this to the Alcan royal family, bowing her head in thought.
At that moment, Charlotte murmured with concern, “I heard you stepped down from your knight duties due to injuries. It must have been really serious, to the extent of losing your sword.”
“Sword?”
“Yes. When you were found collapsed at the royal gate, you were immediately brought to the palace, but no sword was found.”
“Well, I didn’t bring a sword.”
“You didn’t bring Rubellino?”
“Yes, I returned it to the royal family when I stepped down from my captain position… Rubellino?”
Annette knew her sword was referred to as ‘Rubellino,’ meaning ‘red poison,’ due to the endless blood of monsters it had seen. However, she was surprised to hear that name from the Empress herself.
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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