Please Break Up with Me, I Beg! (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 10
Why did Your Majesty? You’ve never cared about this before!
That’s true. Litania silently agreed inside.
“Don’t you have any pride? Did you come just because you were called?”
“What can I do? It’s the Emperor’s command. If I didn’t come, there’d be an uproar for defying His Majesty’s order.”
“Where did you learn to speak like that?”
“You’re speaking casually too. Aren’t we the same age?”
Litania had no intention of engaging the Princess’s provocation, but she also had no desire to bow or submit when she hadn’t done anything wrong.
Even if she was a burden, she was still a Princess, and outwardly, Litania and Herna held equal status.
“Hah, what is this…?”
“Choose your words carefully. What good comes from showing each other flushed faces on a good day?”
It wasn’t new that the fake Princess was being mistreated, but if other nobles saw the real Princess raising her voice at the fake one, the situation would change.
Herna, realizing that the more she quarreled with Litania, the more her own dignity suffered, stepped back with a bitter expression and bit her lip.
“Do you know why His Majesty gave that order?”
I have no idea. The Emperor summoned Litania but didn’t show up himself. As Litania subtly frowned, Herna glanced at her once and crossed her arms.
“At least it’s fortunate you showed up lazily, with no intention of hunting. There’s no prey worth catching anyway, not with you.”
“……”
“I won’t let you interfere.”
I have no intention of interfering anyway. As Litania shrugged, Herna irritably pulled aside the tent flap and stepped inside.
Baphor, who had been watching his sister all along, glanced at Litania and added in a low voice:
“Be careful not to get bitten by the dogs. Or rather, if you do get bitten, don’t let it happen in front of me. I’m scared of blood.”
If he hadn’t added that last part, she might have thought he was worrying about her. But the Prince ruined his image by adding unnecessary words.
Litania watched the Prince’s retreating figure disappear into the tent with a slightly pitying gaze. Just as the flap fluttered back down, she briefly locked eyes with the Crown Prince, who was holding a hunting meeting.
‘Wow. That gaze is terrifying.’
She had expected the other siblings wouldn’t like her, but actually facing them was more exhausting than she’d imagined.
If I go in there and join the hunting meeting, I might vomit up yesterday’s food from sheer nausea.
‘The Emperor didn’t even come. Should I just leave? I’ve already shown up as commanded, so I haven’t disobeyed His Majesty.’
Since she had no interest in hunting anyway, it was convenient. As Litania turned toward the entrance, a long horn blast sounded.
“His Grace, Count Orbis Reberto Eternitas, approaches!”
It was a thunderclap.
‘The Emperor isn’t here, yet a count? No—a Divine Dragon—why is he coming here?’
Litania quickly reversed her steps toward the entrance and slipped to the very edge.
Although they publicly referred to him by title, no noble could be unaware that the Count was a Divine Dragon. They surged toward the entrance to meet Orbis.
Struggling through the crowd, Litania stepped out, hesitated, and grasped the fence. A strong smell of horse dung wafted over.
“…Horse dung?”
Beyond the hand gripping the fence, muscular legs of a beast were visible. Looking up, a horse with a white mane gazed down at Litania.
“Uh… hello?”
The horse, with snow-white fur shimmering like pearls and jet-black eyes, looked so elegant that Litania, entranced, greeted it.
Baekma responded to Litania’s greeting with a light blink, then nudged the fence gently with its nose, letting out a soft “prrr.”
“You want me to open this?”
Litania looked around. There was no attendant tending to the horse, and the only horse confined within the fence was the one before her.
The reins were new, and the saddle was clean. Beneath the saddle lay white feathers that looked like those of a bird; likely, birds had perched nearby and departed.
Given its gentle nature and apparent willingness to follow, it probably wasn’t another hunter’s horse. Perhaps it was a spare.
‘If I were truly participating in the hunt, I’d probably have been assigned this horse.’
As Litania lifted the latch and opened the fence gate, Baekma stepped out slowly and shook its mane as if relieved.
It was her first time seeing a horse up close, and Litania felt slightly tense. But when Baekma approached and brushed its nose against her shoulder, sniffing, she felt the tension ease.
Gently stroking Baekma’s coat, Litania was surprised to find the fur unexpectedly soft.
“You’re so pretty. What’s your name?”
Baekma blinked its jet-black eyes, then licked Litania’s cheek.
“Ah! That tickles!”
It was a kind, affectionate horse. Just as first impressions matter between people, if they matter between humans and horses, then both had passed the test.
Squeee!
The sound of drums and horns announcing the start of the hunt pulled Litania back from her brief moment of healing.
Noticing the banners planted on the ground stir and the crowd around Orbis begin to disperse, Litania tightly gripped Baekma’s reins.
‘Damn, what now?’
She saw Orbis, taller than everyone else, slowly turning his head. She didn’t know how sharp a dragon’s vision was, but if he spotted her, all her effort to escape here would be wasted.
‘First, get into the forest and hide!’
Litania quickly pressed herself against Baekma’s side and, holding the reins, entered the dark forest.
The chaotic noise of hooves and barking hounds mingled, but as she pushed deeper through the underbrush, she gradually distanced herself from the sounds. Relieved to be far from the hunting grounds, Litania lifted her head.
The black forest lived up to its name—dense trees stretched tall, blocking the sky.
Interwoven, gnarled branches shadowed the ground like the fingers of a hunter ready to snatch careless prey.
A chill ran down Litania’s spine, and she stopped walking. Instantly, Baekma shook its muzzle and pulled the reins from her grasp.
“Ah!”
Before Litania could grab the reins again, Baekma dashed off, breaking through the underbrush.
“Hey, hey! Don’t go—!”
With so many trees and bushes around, Baekma, much larger than her, galloped as if across an open plain.
Litania pushed through the grass clinging to her feet, chasing after Baekma, but couldn’t close the distance. Soon, Baekma vanished from her sight.
“Oh no… I lost it. This is bad. What do I do?”
She could justify letting Baekma go as a necessary step to ride it, but losing the horse was an entirely different matter.
‘I should have held the reins tighter.’
Litania regretted it too late, scanning the area for Baekma, but all she heard were rustling leaves and birds chirping.
“Wait… where am I?”
No barking hounds at all. Had she wandered too far from the hunting grounds?
‘Did I somehow cross the forest and enter the mountains?’
Realizing she had no idea where she was, Litania grew even more anxious. The dense foliage blocked the sky, making it impossible to judge direction.
She felt as if wandering through a maze of trees and bushes, her heart pounding and beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
‘I need to find the way back first.’
Litania stood still, closed her eyes, and focused. Faintly, she heard the distant barking of dogs and the sound of horns, and she hurried toward that direction.
Rustle-rustle. The sound of footsteps crushing grass and pushing through bushes echoed urgently.
Squeee—the horn sounded again, louder and longer.
Had she gotten closer to the hunting grounds? Relieved, Litania wiped the sweat from her brow.
Crack!
A rustling sound came from nearby.
‘Is that a hunter?’
Quickly raising both hands, Litania shouted, fearing the hunter might mistake her for prey.
“I’m here! Don’t shoot!”
Trained hunting dogs wouldn’t attack humans, so this alone should be enough for safety. The rustling sounds noticeably quieted.
‘Did they understand?’
As Litania lowered her hands and turned toward the source of the sound, the rustling resumed.
Slowly, gradually, the underbrush trembled as something approached. A foreboding feeling crept over Litania.
‘Don’t tell me…’
Crunch-crunch.
Pssss.
The sounds grew louder, and branches shook violently. Simultaneously, as a large, dark shadow emerged between the bushes, Litania nearly screamed.
Sharp, golden eyes stared at her.
‘Black panther…’
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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“The finest hunt is one where the prey never realizes it’s been caught.”
No, please, the man has crossed the line! Oh my God, I’ve fallen in love with his strange flirting style! 😔
Though Snow was much smaller than Litania, he carried her without any strain, la
With us and with you, the second hero, Snow, it is very clear that he will lose to the dragon. 🥲
“Was he so afraid of being scolded by Father? Why such an overreaction?”
What happened? Girl, if I were you, I would curse him and call him a fool!
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I hope she learns her lesson from that day and doesn’t think about entering the tower
Umm, things have gotten even more embarrassing. I don’t know what to say. (T∀T)
Their relationship has developed fairly well and smoothly, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they truly fell in love, but I’m afraid something bad might happen at the festival.