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After what happened with Adela and Lloyd, I put more effort into preparing to bring Lloyd down.

No matter how Lloyd prepared for this national support project, there would definitely be weaknesses.

I instructed Betty and Hayley to track Lloyd’s movements while I scrutinized the records on Arianna Valois more closely.

“For now, it seems there are no other collaborators besides Lady Valois.”

“But Felice Young-sik also frequently visits.”

“Everyone who should know, knows that Felice Young-sik is just a foolish man full of vanity.”

So it’s likely to be a deception.

I looked through the documents sent by Hayley and came up with the most plausible hypothesis.

Lloyd Alois is not someone who works alone.

So someone must be helping him.

Currently, there seemed to be no other possibilities besides Arianna Valois.

Ah, and Adela Gilloitte was added to the list because of this incident.

“You said Arianna Valois regularly visits the Alois mansion?”

“Yes. According to rumors, the Duchess Alois has picked her out as a match for her son.”

“Well, it could be seen that way.”

And they are people who can fully intend even that.

I tapped my fingers on the desk, looking at the paper detailing Arianna Valois’ movements.

“First, find out about the tea parties Arianna Valois attends. I need to meet her.”

“You will go personally, Your Highness?”

“Then I’ll have to go myself.”

There’s no one I can trust to handle it.

Besides, she’s someone unpredictable.

“And investigate Adela Gilloitte’s movements as well. I need to find out what she’s been up to.”

“I will. Should I start by investigating the merchant district she frequents?”

“Yes. There are many suspicious points starting from there.”

I needed to find out how she ended up colluding with Lloyd’s group, what scheme she’s plotting even bringing in the Viscountess.

And even if she really meant to deceive me.

For some reason, I couldn’t shake the thought that Adela Gilloitte was hiding something more.

I nodded and this time picked up the report on the situation in the North and East.

“Any news from the abbot?”

“Not yet. But according to rumors, he’s holed up in the North and won’t come out. They say all the matters of the monastery are headed North.”

“Then results will come out soon. Is it still difficult to send news from the East?”

“No. The person inside writes the news and hides it in a designated place, and after our side checks for any issues, it’s sent to the capital.”

Fortunately, reporting is possible now.

I smiled faintly as I looked through the documents.

“That’s a relief. Is the support going smoothly as well?”

“Yes, in the East, the number of people dying has now significantly decreased compared to before.”

Betty briefly reported beside me as I checked the documents.

The situation is gradually improving in both the North and East.

I asked Betty to specify that all of this is being carried out in Leoprick’s name.

“It must be in His Highness the Crown Prince’s name. Pass that along to both the abbot and the East.”

“I will, Your Highness.”

Betty nodded.

After reviewing the documents to the end, I wrote down a few more things for her to additionally confirm and handed them over.

“Someone from the East will come soon. To inform the Imperial Palace of the current situation.”

“Right. They should be able to move a bit now.”

Betty agreed with my words and took the documents to read.

And her eyes went wide.

“But… why are you telling them to detain the person coming to report the situation before they enter the Imperial Palace…?”

“Why else? Because someone with the stubborn pride of the East is unlikely to simply report the facts.”

I smiled faintly at Betty, who looked like she didn’t understand.

The people of the East had a certain pride in sticking together.

Like they are strong, brave, and innately kind.

How awkward would it be to ask for help, unable to solve a problem that struck a place where only such people live?

“Even if we say we’ll continue providing supplies, it’s hard to keep up this kind of indefinite support.”

Daimaru, the lord of the East, probably wouldn’t want to say anything regretful even if he died.

But given the situation, he’ll have to grasp at straws.

He reluctantly accepted the help of the merchant group I sent in Leoprick’s name, but…

“It would be nice if the East talked about the whole situation honestly and asked for help, but there’s a high chance they won’t.”

“So you’re planning to detain them until they speak honestly?”

“As if. Those prideful people would never tolerate that.”

I shook my head at Betty’s words.

Whether it’s a day or two, they will resist me as much as they are detained.

They will develop animosity towards me and come to hate me.

I’ll pass on creating such a worst-case scenario between parties that need to help each other.

I propped my chin on my raised arm and smirked.

“I just want to persuade them. That they can get more support if they talk honestly.”

Daimaru knows well that Leoprick can’t use a large budget.

Still, they were once quite close with the Emperor.

There’s no way Daimaru wouldn’t know how frugal the current imperial family is.

They hate asking others for help, but they don’t refuse the help given.

That’s probably why they’re sending someone to the palace to officially request aid.

Because they don’t know how far this support carried out in Leoprick’s name will go.

“So when the dispatch arrives from the East, tell Hayley to detain them before they enter the palace. And tell her to treat them with the highest level of hospitality.”

“Hmm, yes. I understand, Your Highness.”

Still puzzled but with a much lighter face than before, Betty nodded.

After that, I gave her a few more instructions, and so ended the morning’s work.

With Betty contemplating the things she couldn’t fully understand, but that I absolutely had to do.

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“This is unbelievable.”

For 30 minutes already, Lloyd had been pacing the room, muttering with a blank face.

He stopped in place again, wandering back and forth like a half-crazed person.

“…This can’t be happening.”

Amelia rejected him.

Very stubbornly at that.

Lloyd recalled the resolute face tinged with contempt for him that he had seen in the carriage.

It wasn’t the first time Amelia had rejected him since returning to this life.

But even so, there was always a faint hesitation on her face, and it was so satisfying to see.

Amelia Vermerian could never leave his side.

There was no room for doubt in the conviction that continued from his previous life.

She was always weak when it came to matters involving him, and even when she tried to be stingy, she would change her mind again.

So why did she suddenly transform into such an unfamiliar face?

‘In the end, you won’t be able to do anything. And she will abandon you and choose me.’

‘There’s nothing you can do.’

He recalled Leoprick’s words, spouted off right before his regression, and sneered.

It was when the prestige of the imperial family was falling to the ground.

Right before Leoprick died at Amelia’s hands.

He had gone to provoke him, but ended up being provoked instead.

Leoprick threw a book in front of him, saying if he really was of imperial blood, prove it himself with magic that turns back time or whatnot.

It was a secret book that was only passed down to those who became emperors, he had said.

He told him to directly carry it out if he wanted to become emperor.

He even revealed the secret place inside the palace where the now-vanished magic could be performed.

Everything would already be prepared, so he just had to bring the emperor’s seal he so desired and apply it, and he would know.

‘If you are the legitimate heir to the imperial family, the magic will naturally be executed.’

They were nothing but the devil’s temptations.

Although he inherited the imperial family’s blood, it was only through his mother’s side at most.

Even if the blood on the maternal side was strong, how strong could it be to activate a magic formation that only the direct bloodline of the imperial family could use?

Nevertheless, the reason he took the seal and sought out that place when he became emperor.

It was due to Leoprick’s continued arrogance and a bit of lingering regret over losing Amelia.

An empire and imperial family that would crumble so easily without her, how foolish to lose that.

His empire had to be perfect.

It had to stand firm and hold its place.

But to collapse like this just because one woman disappeared.

Isn’t it right to start over from the beginning with a failure?

He had to turn everything back to the beginning, reclaim Amelia, and solidify the empire he would rule.

To the point it could properly stand even without her.

To do that, he had to make the things she possessed into his own, one by one.

So, he activated the magic formation as written in the book Leoprick had given him and turned back time.

With his own hands, not anyone else’s.

He, who did not bear the Reinhart name, had activated the magic formation said to be handed down for generations in the imperial family.

Doesn’t this mean he has sufficient qualifications as well?

But in the time he returned to, Amelia was rejecting him with all her heart.

She scorned him greatly, saying she wasn’t interested in his circumstances.

Lloyd struggled to escape from the shock of Amelia’s reaction, which he had never even imagined in his dreams.

What was the problem?

The magic was successfully activated and he met Amelia again.

Perhaps the only unexpected thing was that the timing of the regression was later than he thought.

So in the end, he couldn’t seize the Amelia who came to him and make her his.

Suppressing the surge of anger with difficulty, he calmly organized his thoughts again.

He thought everything else would flow as expected.

Because he was the one who had regressed, and he alone knew what would happen to this empire and that arrogant Leoprick.

But Amelia.

She who made him go to this unbelievable length was the one holding him back.

There wasn’t enough time to make more of the merchant associations and people she had into his own.

Lloyd felt that everything he thought was slowly unraveling turned out to be a complete misjudgment.

Amelia’s help was absolutely necessary to ascend to the position of emperor.

She who knew everything about the imperial family, an unparalleled trump card.

But how can he win over someone who rejects him to this extent?

What else allowed him to freely use her before, besides her affectionate devotion to him?

Everything he trampled underfoot was possible in the first place because she loved him.

Because she herself wanted to give the man she loved whatever he wanted.

“Damn it!”

He needed Amelia.

She was his lovely chess piece.

She had to exist by his side without fail.

Or, if that’s not possible.

“You’ll have to prepare yourself in many ways, Mel.”

What enters his hands once is his forever.

He absolutely could not tolerate it falling into the hands of another.

If it cannot become his, he will destroy it instead.

Thoroughly, so no one can have it.

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Male lead Asks for a Divorce Every Day

It’s not often you come across a plot like this in the female-dominant genre — make sure to check it out!

This is a novel I’m planning to reread as well.

The male lead is strong, skilled in martial arts, and not the usual fragile type you often see in matriarchal novels.

Meanwhile, the female lead is a scientist—rational and logical. Even when she falls for the male lead, she doesn’t let her emotions cloud her decisions.

If you push through the first few chapters, you’ll gradually find the story really intriguing.

It has a mix of mystery, detective elements, and romance.

The author’s writing style is like crafting a puzzle—except they deliberately leave out a few pieces, making it hard to predict what happens next, yet keeping you hooked.

In the end, everything will come together and be explained.

One-sentence summary: Wife, stop playing with beakers and look at me!

In a laboratory accident, research scientist Zhu Wansheng accidentally travels to a matriarchal world. The original owner of the body is an eighteen-year-old only daughter of a wealthy rouge merchant, already married with a handsome young man.

Zhu Wansheng grins: Nice! She always said she was heaven’s favorite granddaughter. After a life of toil in her previous life, she can enjoy blessings in this one.

However, her joy lasts no more than three seconds as bad news arrives: the original owner’s family is about to go bankrupt, and her husband wants a divorce.

Even worse, she’s stuck with a research system full of restrictions.

Zhu Wansheng: ? Is this the destiny of a research dog?

——

Faced with this mess, Zhu Wansheng pours herself a bowl of wine to drown her sorrows. In her drunken haze, her husband arrives.

His figure is imposing, holding a long sword, with a dignified air that captivates Zhu Wansheng.

Gu Yingqing, however, looks at the alcohol-reeking Zhu Wansheng with undisguised disgust and coldly asks, “Divorce or not?” The intoxicated Zhu Wansheng mumbles vaguely, “I think… it’s not… it’s not… impossible!”

——

The next day, after sobering up, Zhu Wansheng is full of energy, rolling up her sleeves ready to make a big move. As for yesterday? She has no memory of it.

Zhu Wansheng is ambitious; a research dog fears nothing!

Upgrading rouge, extracting fragrances, producing perfumes, researching lipsticks… all shall bow to the power of modern technology!

The original owner’s dying rouge shop is revitalized. Her mother is pleased and with a wave of her hand, passes on the family business to her. As she takes control and her experimental results gain popularity, it’s the pinnacle of her life…

——

But there are always those who can’t stand to see her doing well. Jealousy, scheming, assassination attempts – they want nothing less than her life.

The person who has always kept his distance from her suddenly holds her tightly in his arms, eyes full of concern.

She is unharmed, but he falls into a pool of blood…

Zhu Wansheng feels guilty, “I can grant you one wish.”

Gu Yingqing tentatively circles his arms around her, carefully resting his head in the crook of her neck, pleading softly, “I regret it. Can we not divorce?”

Zhu Wansheng: ? When did I agree to a divorce?

[Small Theater]

The newly developed rouge is beautifully packaged, and Zhu Wansheng is eager to try it.

Gu Yingqing suddenly appears: “My lady, may I apply it for you?”

Cool fingertips lightly brush her lips. His Adam’s apple bobs as he leans in for a light bite.

Zhu Wansheng: ?

Gu Yingqing: It smells so good, I wanted to taste it…

On a warm spring day, Zhu Wansheng tries a new perfume: “Spring Night.” Gu Yingqing corners her against a wall.

Warm breath lingers on her neck.

“My lady, from now on, may I test the fragrances for you?”

[Humorous female scientist vs scheming live-in son-in-law male lead]

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