“It doesn’t seem to be a specific plan.”
Caress lowered his head deeply.
The mere mention of the word ‘rebellion’ made him seem guilty.
“It wouldn’t be strange even if there were specific plans. Aren’t we in their eyes either a rebel or a tyrant?”
“Your Majesty…”
“I anticipated resistance from the military. After all, the defense budget for the Inverted System has been drastically cut.”
“In reality, the reduced budget is only 10%. That was due to expanding medical facilities to prepare for the outbreak of the Reaper’s Flower.”
“Would those rebels carefully examine such circumstances?”
Nikolai sneered.
“The rebels seemed desperate, especially Commander Claudia. She persistently persuaded through Deputy Jason.”
“The people like her heroic tales.”
“Commander Claudia maintained a cautious position. She resisted the summons order from Your Majesty, though.”
“I see.”
“It is speculated that she entered secretly. Her actions until now are unknown.”
“Is it implying that she conspired rebellion within the system?”
“There’s no certainty, but Commander Claudia is a potential threat.”
“…”
“Isn’t she too close to Your Majesty?”
Nikolai turned his gaze back to the training ground.
Claudia’s silver hair glimmered in the breeze as the light of the sky dimmed.
Her beautiful appearance evoked admiration.
Overwhelming skills that dominated elite knights.
Firm yet cautious character.
Claudia was a person with noble purity and mystery untainted by power.
‘Even I am curious about her becoming an emperor. What about others? If Claudia declares a revolution, many will follow her.’
The Heartman Empire ruled by Claudia.
It might not be a bad idea to ascend to the throne as long as it wasn’t the Reaper’s Flower.
Living a life as a natural being, traveling the continent with Elizabeth, wasn’t so bad.
It was an impossible dream as long as the Goddess’s wolf existed.
So, it was a sad dream.
“It’s questionable why she accepted the position of the commander.”
“I can always be the one to hang her.”
“Don’t make such jokes.”
“It’s not a joke.”
“What?”
Caress frowned.
Nikolai hadn’t disclosed all the details of the conversation he had with Claudia that day.
There wasn’t any significant content.
If Caress recognized it, he would only hear nagging.
The only loyal subject with whom everything could be laid bare.
The only friend who knew the secrets of the Reaper’s Flower and the wolf.
But laying everything bare was difficult.
Subtle changes.
Several questions.
With just those, Nikolai felt as if he were a drifting ship lost in a vast ocean.
“Caress.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I consider you my only friend.”
“Your Grace.”
“If I had a brother, he might be like you. I’ve thought that before.”
“I’m embarrassed. Please stop.”
Caress wrinkled his forehead in discomfort.
Nikolai chuckled softly.
It was just a pretense to hide loneliness.
“Isn’t it sometimes okay?”
“It’s not okay.”
“Still, listen. There may be times when you want to act subservient.”
“I’ll call the chef and prepare a meal. You seem to have eaten something wrong.”
Nikolai called Caress, who was trying to turn away.
“Caress.”
I haven’t dozed off in the office recently.
I covered the words that I barely swallowed with other words.
“I hope you stay in your current position no matter what happens.”
“What do you mean by something happening?”
“There will be a commotion soon.”
“Is it because of Lady Elizabeth? Or is it because of the Inverted?”
“You’ll know soon.”
Nikolai smiled mysteriously, as if he knew and didn’t know.
Caress’s eyes narrowed.
“You’re not yourself. It seems you’re stressed because of the stench.”
“That could be true.”
“It’s for the best. We need to find Lady Elizabeth as soon as possible for Your Majesty.”
“She should be by my side. I should be by her side, no matter what happens, no matter what occurs.”
“I’ll expand the pursuit unit.”
“It may be useless, but I permit it.”
A strange light flickered in Caress’s eyes as he looked at Nikolai.
He bit his tender inner cheek while looking at the loyal subject examining the altar.
What could have caused this change in Caress?
Why doesn’t he say anything about the Empress’s book?
‘You don’t want to lose, either, Caress. Stay by my side like you do now. Understand me for not revealing everything.’
Claudia moved to a new residence.
It was a space with a spacious office, a reception room, a bedroom, and a bathroom.
Considering her situation a few days ago when she was confined, it was a radical treatment.
A mansion near the palace was also given to her, but she stayed only in the palace.
She pushed a box containing the first edition of ‘The Red Star of the Empire’ under the bed.
Now she felt like she had a bit of a place.
‘There’s a mountain of work. As Elizabeth said, the Imperial Knights have rotted to the core.’
The former commander Claudia admired was nothing more than a lackey of the four major noble families.
He received bribes and leaked information.
He manipulated accounting books.
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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