“Anyway, the important thing is that I tried to stick to the agreement.”
“Ah.”
“Keeping an agreement is important.”
“Why would you almost breach it then?”
“Huh?”
Eric again tried to avoid Alicia’s gaze, flustered.
“Ah, you see.”
“What is it?”
However, Alicia was more persistent than he thought.
“Really, what is it?”
“…”
With a somewhat mischievous expression, Alicia moved closer to Eric.
“I won’t tell anyone.”
“The agreement itself is our secret, isn’t it?”
“Then I’ll hear it and forget it.”
“That makes no sense.”
“Ah, what is it? I’m really curious.”
Alicia leaned forward toward Eric, her lips protruding.
Eric gulped as their bodies and faces came closer.
Those wavering lips. That’s the problem.
‘No, the special agreement was the problem in the first place.’
Eric internally blamed his past self.
Alicia, who seemed to be looking up to him today, had loving, round eyes.
“So about that special agreement—”
“Yes, what is it?”
Alicia’s slightly parted red lips were tantalizing.
“That special agreement—”
Just give it up already.
Hesitation vanished in that moment.
He grabbed the back of Alicia’s head with one hand and pulled her closer.
Just when there was a tiny gap left between them, close enough to feel each other’s breath.
“Earl, Miss. Pardon me, but the young master is—”
The sudden voice of the steward made Eric reflexively hide.
Eric quickly lay down, burying his head in Alicia’s lap, and closed his eyes tightly.
As a result, Alicia had to handle the steward.
“Ah, yes. What is it?”
Somehow gathering her wits, Alicia asked with a forced smile.
The steward glanced at Eric and spoke softly.
“It seems the Earl is tired. Well, he just returned from his journey.”
“Yes, it seems so. What were you about to say?”
“Ah, my apologies. The young master is looking for the Earl urgently.”
“Is he here now?”
Alicia asked in surprise, and Eric, pretending to sleep, scrunched his face.
“Yes, the priest is also with him. It seems to be a very urgent matter.”
The steward looked awkwardly at Eric, who was still not getting up.
“I’ll wake him and send him over. Could you tell Allen to wait a moment?”
“Yes, Miss.”
The steward bowed and left.
Then Alicia turned her head to look at Eric, who was lying on her lap.
‘Anyone can see he’s pretending. Even his ears are red.’
She couldn’t help but find it adorable.
‘Haha. Now’s not the time for this.’
Alicia cautiously stroked Eric’s head.
“Eric. Shouldn’t you go?”
Eric lay faceup and opened his eyes.
The upsidedown face of Alicia was dazzling.
Indeed, she seemed like a radiant woman.
But Eric had no choice but to get up.
“I should. They said the clergyman is here.”
Alicia fixed his tousled hair, which had been disheveled from lying down suddenly.
Enjoying the touch of her slender fingers, Eric let her do as she pleased.
“It’s done.”
“I’ll be back soon, so wait for me.”
“I’m fine. Go ahead.”
“Alright.”
Seeming reluctant, Eric stood up from his seat.
Watching Eric’s departing figure, Alicia smiled as if there was nothing she could do.
Certainly, the fiancée of the Knight Commander had many things to endure.
(This is a time separator.)
“What’s going on?”
Eric strode into the villa.
At first glance, his mood did not seem good, causing the clergyman to involuntarily shrink back.
However, Allen spoke as if it was nothing.
“Clergyman, here, is to give you an important report under the deputy’s orders. Facetoface.”
“Really? What is it?”
Eric asked as soon as he sat down.
The clergyman looked at Allen’s cues and began speaking.
“I apologize, but could the vicecommander please leave the room.”
“What? Me too? What kind of nonsense is this? We came all this way together.”
At Allen’s indignant protest, Eric dismissively gestured for him to leave quickly.
“Ah, really.”
Expressing his dissatisfaction with his whole body, Allen left the drawing room, and Eric turned his gaze toward the clergyman.
“So, what is it?”
“Two missing spellcasters’ corpses have been found.”
“And?”
“All their magic had disappeared.”
“Isn’t that what happens when you die?”
“Some remains. But none could be detected in this case.”
“So what’s the story? Did someone steal it all?”
“Yes.”
“From whom?”
“We don’t know yet. The deputy would like you to investigate that discreetly.”
Eric closed his mouth with a grave expression.
Even though the deputy had asked him to do it discreetly, he wasn’t sure how confidential he should be, considering even Allen was sent out of the room.
Furthermore, the knights were not under the deputy but were not under the emperor’s orders either.
“I understand for now. But I would like to meet the deputy first.”
“In that case, the deputy said to give you this.”
The clergyman handed a note from the deputy to Eric.
(This is a time separator.)
Due to the unexpectedly long conversation between Eric and the clergyman, the picnic eventually came to an end.
The steward, who had been watching the two prepare to return to Count Russel’s estate, subtly opened his mouth.
“They’re holding a fireworks display nearby tonight, would you like to go?”
“Fireworks?”
“It’s a small festival to herald the beginning of summer. They launch fireworks from boats on the lake. Many people watch it from the opposite park because it’s too close from here.”
“Ah.”
“It’s also a famous event, so if you have time, it might be good to go.”
“It sounds fun, what do you think?”
Feeling apologetic, Eric asked, and Alicia also nodded her head with a smile.
Indeed, it would be regrettable to just go back like this.
In many ways.
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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