Arkanso pointed at me.
More precisely, at the second relic I tightly held.
“A relic… Have you found it?”
Nikolai looked at me with eyes filled with suspicion and curiosity.
On the palm of my hand sparkled a diamond lock the size of a baby’s fist.
“A diamond. It seems to have a lock attached. No keyhole….”
Nikolai narrowed his forehead.
Though it was covered in unrevealed mud, the diamond’s distinctive brilliance and luster were undeniable.
I answered while rubbing the surface of the diamond against my clothes.
“At first, I thought it was a rusty lock. It was hidden in hard mud.”
“Where did you find it?”
“It was hanging on the door to the basement.”
Who would have thought that the Moracynthia relic would hang on the door like a cheap brass lock?
In an unnoticed basement entrance where nobody paid attention.
“If it weren’t for the Lady, you would have never found it. You not only obtained the relic but also heard the covenant, right?”
Arkanso proudly spoke, puffing out his chest.
“The covenant?”
“The Goddess personally bestowed the covenant upon our Lady. That sacred scene will stay with me for a lifetime….”
Like cherishing precious memories, Arkanso placed his hands over his heart.
Whenever the word ‘Lady’ was mentioned, Nikolai distorted his expression.
“Tell the story yourself, Elizabeth.”
“When I reached the basement door with the second relic, it started pouring rain.”
“It rained in the basement?”
“I wouldn’t have believed it myself if I hadn’t experienced it.”
“And then?”
“Just like when I was looking for the first relic at Netton’s sub-manor, White Light spoke to me.”
“….”
I summarized the conversation I had with White Light, trying to remain calm.
“It’s much more remarkable than the first relic. This second relic, called Moracynthia’s ice, can stop the progression of illness. We need to find the third relic quickly.”
Nikolai’s expression became somber.
I couldn’t bring myself to tell him to uproot the yoke.
Not finding all the relics would mean my soul would disappear, just like White Light mentioned.
‘If the inverse meaning of White Light’s mention of uprooting yoke is like the death flower… Niсolai and I share the same mission.’
Strangely, my lips wouldn’t move.
I feared that Nikolai would come to see me only as a tool for completing the mission.
I just wanted to be a woman to Nikolai.
But Nikolai was undoubtedly an emperor before being a man.
He felt too distant, even within arm’s reach.
Shiver.
A sharp pain spread through my heart.
“Thank you for your kind words. It will be of great help when writing the report on the Lady’s rebirth.”
Arkanso patted my head, facing me.
“Do I have to write a report too?”
“It’s the Lady’s rebirth in 200 years. It must be recorded in history. We also need to hold a grand coronation ceremony.”
“I’d like to decline.”
“When it becomes known that such a beautiful and elegant Lady has been chosen by the Goddess, the entire continent will praise. Just thinking about it fills my heart.”
He spoke with a lively tone, as if singing.
Nikolai, who had his fist clenched and leaned against the wall, intoned coldly.
“Let’s stop at imagination. The coronation of the Lady will not be allowed.”
The joyful smile that was on Arkanso’s face disappeared.
With a stoic expression, Arkanso revealed hostility towards Nikolai.
“It’s not a matter that Your Majesty should intervene in.”
“…What did you say?”
“Foolish nobles slandered the Lady as a villain, and Your Majesty imprisoned her.”
“Elizabeth is my subject and in charge of the education of the crown prince.”
“That means there is no trivial connection.”
“What do you want to say?”
Nikolai stared at the white band covering Arkanso’s eyes.
As if still not understanding, Arkanso sighed deeply.
“Ah… the Lady escaped from the palace. She encountered a corrupt priest while looking for the relic and suffered persecution.”
“Thanks to that, I realized how corrupt your sect has become.”
“It’s only a minority.”
“Is that your pitiful excuse?”
“If I had known, I would have taken care of it without inconvenience… I regret it.”
Arkanso tore at his chest.
Nikolai maintained a cold smile.
“You cannot shelter Elizabeth even if you die. She will return to the palace with me.”
As if telling an interesting joke, Arkanso raised the corners of his mouth.
“The Lady should come with me to the Altar.”
“Are you defying the imperial decree?”
“Does Your Majesty plan to turn the entire Moracynthia sect into an enemy?”
“Shut your mouth! Threatening the emperor? Unforgivable!”
Nikolai gritted his teeth.
A sinister aura poured out from the turquoise eyes.
Even though I was trembling, Arkanso remained unperturbed.
“I am prepared for any cost for the Lady. Even if you wish for my death, do as you please.”
Nikolai’s hand was suddenly on his sword.
Arkanso also grasped his staff.
The tense atmosphere filled the small chapel.
“Step away immediately!”
I warned as I stood between the two men.
Neither Nikolai nor Arkanso blinked.
Pushing their chests with both hands, I shouted.
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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