Save Me (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 10
“Oh, now it looks like I’ve gone and acted pettily.”
Blatt muttered, scratching the back of his head vigorously.
He wasn’t just saying it—he was already flushed red all the way to his neck.
“Well, I understand.”
Gillian chuckled lightly as he donned the light armor kept in the situation room.
“You just got married this spring, and here I am cutting in line ahead of you.”
“Oh, that’s absolutely not what happened!”
“Yeah, yeah, sure, let’s go with that.”
Unlike Blatt, captain of the Seventh Citadel, who was straining his neck veins insisting on his innocence, Gillian couldn’t seem to stop laughing.
“I said I understand, didn’t I? It’s nothing serious.”
Here’s how things stood.
The moment Gillian arrived in the Northern Territory with the Imperial Princess—now the Lady of the North—Blatt had spotted four packs of monsters.
Not just one pack, but four packs of creatures that traveled in groups.
This was clearly a situation requiring Duke Gillian himself to step in.
But here lay the problem.
Gillian had only just returned.
With his new bride.
Blatt agonized fiercely over what to do.
Though he was widely regarded as the second-best knight in the North after Gillian, monsters were always overwhelming.
And now there weren’t just one, but four packs of them.
This was no ordinary anomaly.
Fortunately, they were small breeds, but Blatt knew well that his arrogance alone could swallow the entire Northern Territory whole.
So he’d sent for knights—but before Gillian could even pass the Sixth Citadel and reach the Seventh, the monster horde surrounding the citadel had retreated entirely, as if summoned by someone.
He couldn’t believe it, even with his own eyes.
Monsters never retreated—not even when their kin dropped dead beside them, not even when down to the last one.
Yet this time, they’d vanished like the receding tide.
Who on earth would believe such a thing?
Because of this, Blatt now looked exactly like someone throwing a tantrum at the newlywed Duke.
He was desperately asserting his innocence now, though deep down, he didn’t actually expect the Duke to believe him.
“No, I swear the citadel really was surrounded!”
“Yeah, yeah.”
In the blink of an eye, Gillian had fully equipped his light armor and was sliding daggers into the harness strapped to his leg with practiced ease.
Click. Click.
One dagger per slot.
He never actually needed the harness or daggers when fighting monsters—he always used his longsword anyway.
So that meant…
Blatt, who’d been frantically insisting his innocence, suddenly widened his eyes.
“You’re going hunting?”
“Mm.”
Gillian picked up his bow as if it were only natural.
Hunting?
He knew it sounded unbelievable coming from him, but hadn’t he just said monsters had appeared?
Even if he couldn’t believe there were four packs, or that they’d left on their own, he had to believe monsters had shown up!
“Just moments ago, a horde of monsters appeared! You can summon the knights from the barracks and ask them yourself!”
He’d become a perfect liar!
Blatt was frantic.
Yet again, Gillian replied with a casual “I believe you” and began preparing his arrowheads.
“If I believe you, then why would I get ready to hunt? Who doesn’t know that stragglers always remain after a monster pack passes through?”
So you didn’t believe a single word I said?
“And besides, whether monsters appeared or not—who hunts in the dead of night? Huh?”
Blatt huffed, but only briefly.
“A few stragglers aren’t enough to cancel our hunt. Come on.”
Gillian wasn’t going hunting alone.
* * *
“Shall I come with you, sir?”
Blatt gave his all chasing after Gillian, whose long strides were quickly carrying him away.
Until just moments ago, he’d been on watch—how had he ended up going hunting in the middle of the night? It made no sense.
“Quiet. Trying to wake every beast in the forest?”
“Y-your Grace, huff… why on earth are we hunting at this hour? Shouldn’t you return to the main keep right awa—”
Blatt’s grumbling abruptly stopped.
It was good that the young Duke—who’d always seemed indifferent to everything—had married, but suddenly Blatt realized who his bride actually was.
“She… she could just rest in her quarters, you know. The servants aren’t completely oblivious, after all.”
Thud.
Blatt crept up close and whispered to Gillian, who’d hidden behind a tree.
“Shh.”
Gillian raised a finger to his lips as if he’d been waiting for something, then nocked an arrow instantly.
A sharp whistle cut through the air, followed by a solid thud as something thick was pierced.
Silence fell all around.
It hadn’t missed.
A single shot, and it was dead.
Though this was nothing unusual, Blatt still jumped in surprise when Gillian returned with his prey.
“This is…!”
“How’s this? Pretty decent, right?”
“Wait, hold on—that’s a Giant Rabbit!”
The Giant Rabbit was a small-type monster resembling a rabbit, with white fur over a span long and a relatively cute appearance.
At least, until it opened its mouth.
About the size of a small bear, when the Giant Rabbit opened its jaws, they stretched two spans wide, lined with four dense rows of razor-sharp teeth.
Nothing could withstand its bite.
It was a troublesome breed that absolutely must not be engaged in close combat.
“Who said I didn’t believe you?”
Gillian held up the limp Giant Rabbit.
After monster packs passed through, Giant Rabbits were almost always found—without fail.
Though rabbit-like in appearance, their large, heavy bodies made them slow-moving.
However, despite their sluggishness, their bite was strong, and they attacked anything that entered their field of vision without hesitation—far from an easy target.
Moreover, Giant Rabbits could barely be caught except by throwing an axe.
Arrows usually just lodged uselessly in their fur.
Yet he’d just taken one down with an arrow?
“A Giant Rabbit… with an arrow? Wait, did the arrow even hit properly?”
“I attached a dagger to the arrowhead.”
Gillian answered kindly, but it still didn’t make sense.
“Giant Rabbits are supposed to be hunted with axes, right? What’s the difference between an arrow and a dagger? Is this even a technique anyone else could pull off?”
While Blatt muttered in disbelief at the impossible sight, Gillian returned with two more kills.
Stacked together, the three Giant Rabbits were as large as an average grown man.
“Um… why suddenly this? What’s going on?”
Was he that furious after his private audience with the Emperor?
Well, marrying the Imperial Princess was bound to be… complicated.
Blatt asked cautiously.
But the answer he received was unexpected.
“My wife would be in trouble if she caught a cold.”
What?
That made even less sense than the monsters vanishing on their own.
Though they’d ridden as fast as possible, by the time they returned from the Seventh Citadel to the main keep, the moon had already tilted far across the sky.
Gillian handed his reins to the knight who’d come to meet him and immediately headed toward the main keep.
He’d tried his best to return quickly, yet it was far too late.
“How is my wife?”
Gillian asked as he removed his stiff, frost-covered coat and handed it to Hailey.
Hailey naturally accepted the frozen garment and assisted him.
“She’s asleep.”
“Has she eaten?”
“She declined.”
“But she didn’t have dinner?”
“She only wanted a bath. She refused assistance and changed her clothes herself.”
That was when Gillian’s relaxed eyes suddenly sharpened.
“Didn’t I clearly instruct you to attend to her without lacking anything?”
Under his cold, emotionless gaze, Hailey quietly bowed her head.
“I thought forcing service upon her would be even more disrespectful.”
“Who made that judgment?”
“I dared to imagine how this place might feel to her ladyship.”
A bit of the fierceness left Gillian’s eyes.
“This is Valroc territory. I thought she might feel more at ease alone.”
Gillian fell silent for a long while, lost in thought.
Crack.
As Gillian forcefully unfastened his frozen harness, he let out a dry chuckle at Hailey’s automatic gesture of reaching out her hand.
“Aren’t you even angry?”
“Of course not.”
Hailey smiled faintly.
It was a genuine smile, completely free of resentment.
At the sight, Gillian sighed softly.
“I took out my frustration on you for no reason. I’m sorry, Hailey.”
“No, Your Grace.”
“No, it really was unwarranted. When I heard she’d gone to sleep alone, for a moment I…”
Stretching it out would only be an excuse.
Gillian rubbed his face roughly, added another quiet “I’m sorry,” and gave a slight nod.
“There are Giant Rabbits outside. Will three be enough?”
“That should be sufficient.”
Hailey bowed and promptly left.
Alone now, Gillian stood frozen for a moment—then quickly moved as his thawing clothes began to emit a fishy stench.
It took him only thirty minutes to wash off the Giant Rabbit’s scent and return looking neat and presentable.
Bianca was already asleep.
Yet his pace up the stairs kept quickening—until, at the last flight, Gillian leapt four steps at once.
‘Have a safe trip.’
It was because of that phrase, which had kept circling in his mind since earlier.
The greeting Bianca had offered when she’d spoken of feeling abandoned.
‘Have a safe trip.’
It sounded exactly like a plea for him to come back—and his heart grew impatient.
“Huh…”
His expression hard to control, Gillian couldn’t bring himself to open the bedroom door right away even after arriving.
How long had he stood there?
Only when his body—warmed by hot water—had cooled completely did he finally calm down.
Click.
The lock turned, and the bedroom door opened.
Warm air, reminiscent of midsummer, flowed out through the crack and enveloped him—but Gillian’s stern expression didn’t soften.
…What is this?
He couldn’t quite grasp what he was seeing.
“My lady?”
His voice came out hoarse and strained, as if tightly choked.
“My lady?”
She wasn’t sleeping.
“Bianca!”
Gillian rushed over and lifted Bianca, who’d collapsed on the floor.
“Bianca? Bianca!”
Her unnervingly light body hung limply, swaying helplessly as he shook her.
At the sight of Bianca’s limp form, her neck bent unnaturally, Gillian’s skin crawled with goosebumps.
“Bianca! Open your eyes!”
Gillian shouted.
But Bianca’s closed eyes did not open.
Skin pale to the point of bluish discoloration.
A delicate body utterly still.
And no heartbeat to be heard.
Gillian jerked his head down abruptly, pressing his ear to Bianca’s chest.
A dreadful chill seeped through his cheek where it touched hers.
A coldness impossible to believe came from a living person.
“Aah….”
It was at that very moment his golden eyes slit open, elongated and fierce.
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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