Unlike Kyleius, who was not taking it seriously, Phyllen had vaguely suspected this.
It wasn’t difficult to deduce which organization the assassin belonged to.
That was why it was a problem.
If it was that organization, there were limitations to catching the culprit even with his own intelligence.
“I will narrow down the suspicious families and plant people there for now.”
In the meantime, the dead servant’s body was moved outside. Kyleius’s gaze went to the darkly stained red mark on the rug and then returned to the front.
“No, leave it for now.”
Phyllen was startled by that.
“Leave it? They tried once, so unless the request is canceled, they will continue to try.”
“We have to watch the situation for now, there’s nothing more to be found from him anyway.”
Phyllen, who was about to object, closed his mouth. Searching the assassin’s body would yield no information.
The Duke’s decision to observe the situation a little longer and act accordingly might have been a better method.
“Aren’t you curious how far they’ll go?”
At that, Phyllen felt a shiver down his spine for a moment.
For some reason, the moment when Kyleius, who almost got poisoned today, felt more threatened with his life than his opponent.
Phyllen thought to himself, maintaining the minimum human decency,
‘It would be best to stop here if he wants to die nicely.’
Actually, it wasn’t the first time he had dealt with something like this.
Phyllen also agreed with Kyleius’s judgment that it was better to leave it as it is rather than to handle it right away.
After all, at Kyleius’s standpoint, the current threat from the opponent felt no more than a wriggling worm.
Still, Phyllen, who had a duty to safely attend to Kyleius, thought he needed to be a little more cautious.
“Still, My Lord, you are not alone now. Should anything happen to you, the young masters may be in danger.”
Though he had pondered it and delivered it, a light smile crossed Kyleius’s lips.
“Those children?”
“Yes. Certainly so…”
Phyllen, who was answering, suddenly stopped. Upon reflection, the young masters wouldn’t be frightened and simply stand by if Kyleius were in danger.
‘They would create a ruckus if they did.’
On the contrary, the opponent might have to hope that Kyleius wouldn’t be taken down easily, not to anger those young masters.
Phyllen cleared his throat and continued speaking.
“Anyway, the young masters are still in their growth phase. Now they should grow up luxuriously under the protection of a guardian.”
“Yes, I need to watch out so that the children don’t get into accidents.”
“Yes, yes. Whatever the case.”
He had warned him, but Phyllen knew well that Kyleius was not a person to be easily taken down.
Phyllen sighed and tidied up the surroundings. Then he suddenly thought of the baby who had recently come into the mansion.
“Come to think of it, the baby might really be in danger, right?”
Phyllen muttered casually. That’s when Kyleius’s eyebrows twitched.
“Rumors have not yet spread outside, but I’ve spoken to the servants, so the rumors will spread in no time. What will you do if they find out about the baby’s existence?”
“Well, I don’t think they’ll be that interested in the child.”
“Why do you think that?”
“Because I’m not going to be that interested.”
Kailius spoke coldly.
“I’m only keeping the child for a short time. I’ll soon send her to Rosen’s monastery.”
“Ah, so you’re not planning on keeping her?”
Kailius’s indifferent gaze turned towards Phyllene. His expression was that of someone asking an obvious question. Phyllene asked in a trembling tone.
“But doesn’t the baby need to be in the mansion to help Lord Clemens? You brought the baby because of the Lord’s succession issue, didn’t you?”
At Phyllene’s words, Kailius simply nodded his head.
“I plan to show the child to the family and then send her away, since the other children will soon return home anyway. I must send her away before then.”
“True, the family won’t stay quiet if they hear the news.”
“Yes, so it’s better to show them first. It will be a headache if they even suspect.”
Phyllene recalled the baby, who had become plump and had fair skin after a few days of Sophia’s attentive care.
Even the messy black hair, which was like a broom on the first day, had changed into soft and shiny black hair with daily oil treatment.
No one among the family could easily doubt their parentchild relationship if they saw such a child.
Phyllene’s gaze suddenly turned towards Kailius’s black hair.
‘…Is it really not true?’
A light question arose and quickly dispersed. Kailius immediately warned, as if in caution.
“We have to take good care of her until then.”
[This is a time divider.]‘Someone died.’
Only after entering the room did I slowly catch my breath. The scene from earlier kept coming to mind.
Someone died. The Duke killed someone.
‘Why?’
I asked myself, but there was really no need to think deeply. He was Duke Crustel. He didn’t feel guilty about killing people.
In the original work, he needlessly took the lives of those who were loyal to him, saying that useless pieces were unnecessary.
‘It must be the same this time.’
Thinking about it, the Duke adopting three foster children was for the same reason. Because their abilities were useful.
First, Clemens could interpret ancient languages, and the twins, Mikael and Dayban, had outstanding talent in magic use. And then I realized a terrible truth.
‘I have nothing.’
Unlike the foster children, I had no talent.
The Duke needed me and brought me here for now, but if I become useless, I’ll just be thrown away.
The foster children couldn’t be easily discarded since they had talents, but I was just a child who wouldn’t be missed if thrown away.
A horrible imagination suddenly came to mind. The image of the servant lying on the floor earlier overlapped with my image.
I had no choice but to completely revise the plan I had made so far.
‘Let’s get out.’
I don’t think I can last 4 years here.
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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