“What are we to do now? Sigh!”
The man who had gulped down water like alcohol slammed his cup down with a loud sound. He was clicking his tongue repeatedly, his face filled with dissatisfaction.
The one next to him spoke to calm him down.
“But the Duke is here, so something will be done.”
“What good is the Duke coming? We need a mage!”
‘Mage?’
Just as she was about to dismiss their despairing words, the word ‘mage’ caused Lina’s ears to perk up.
“Isn’t construction halted right now because of that tree? That’s not something we can handle!”
Lina instantly knew what tree the man was talking about without hearing more.
Even from a distance from the Curpit River, the tree lying by the river was noticeable. Judging by its size, it was undoubtedly a tree that had lived for hundreds of years.
And such a gigantic tree was strangely bent and lying over the river.
The tree’s intrusion into the river not only intensified the water flow, causing continuous flooding, but also obstructed the construction of an embankment, leading to people’s distress.
‘But if many people had axed it, they would have been able to remove the tree. What’s the problem?’
The tree was big, but that didn’t mean there was no way to handle it. Lina, momentarily puzzled, understood the entire situation upon hearing the man’s next words.
“If it were a normal tree, fine. But it’s a Hyperion. Isn’t the royal refusal to send a mage the same as abandoning us?!”
Ah.
Then she realized why the people had been unable to remove the tree.
Hyperion, a tree flowing with magic energy, was often used as a material for magical tools.
‘To cut the tree, you must remove the magic inside it.’
Hyperion was not a tree that could be axed by ordinary people due to the magic inside. Only mages could remove it.
Without removing the magic, attempting to cut the tree could result in one being violently repelled or seriously injured by the flowing magic inside.
Especially if the tree is old, the strength of the magic it holds becomes more potent, making its removal a very intricate task.
Fortunately, Lina had previous experience with removing the magic from a Hyperion, so it wasn’t a particularly difficult task for her.
“If only that tree were gone, the construction would have been finished long ago!”
‘So the only problem in building the embankment is removing the tree?’
Pretending to mop the floor, Lina’s lips curled up as she listened attentively to the men’s conversation.
‘I can return to the mansion earlier than I thought.’
Extracting the magic from the tree without being noticed by others was a somewhat bothersome task, but it wouldn’t take long.
‘Let’s start the work tonight, when everyone is asleep.’
As if she had resolved a concern, Lina’s movements became lighter while mopping.
And from that night on, Lina began to remove the tree’s magic every day.
In a place filled with the sound of grasshoppers, Lina, wearing her hood turned backward, was stealthily approaching the Hyperion tree as usual today.
It had been three days since she secretly snuck out every night to remove the tree’s magic.
During the day, she was busy with trivial tasks like laundry and meal preparation, and using magic at night had already started to drain her energy.
Sleeping on a cold floor with only a single stone for comfort had taken quite a toll on her.
‘I’m really going to die if I try to camp after only sleeping in a soft bed these days.’
She used to sleep on the streets regularly in the past, but her body had become weak after enjoying comfortable sleep for just a few days.
There will be more sleeping on the streets once she leaves the mansion soon. The worry had already started.
‘I must finish tonight and leave this place tomorrow.’
The size of the Hyperion was much larger than she had thought. Perhaps because the tree had lived for several hundred years, its roots were spread far and wide.
Feeling the magical energy, she had no choice but to dart around the riverbank to remove the magic from the roots.
Fortunately, the rain had not fallen for a few days, and the water had receded to some extent, so she was able to work without much difficulty.
However, the removal of the magic took longer than she expected, so she thought she would return to the mansion a little late.
The castle might already know she’s gone. Perhaps even the Duke had been informed.
“Huoo[Dash].”
She was dizzy at the thought of the Duke’s next displeasure, but what could be done about spilled water? Shaking her head, Lina thought this was the last time and began to read the flow of magic.
A bit of red light leaked from her fingertips. As the light began to be absorbed into the tree, a thin threadlike magic became visualized over the whole Hyperion.
The flow, complexly twisted like tangled yarn, seemed to prove that the tree had lived for a long time.
Soon, Lina, exhaling a short breath, began to unravel the tangled magic one by one. A great deal of concentration was needed, lest a mistake in unraveling make the tangle even worse.
How much time had passed? Lina, who had been pouring her energy into magic removal, wiped the sweat from her brow and stood up.
“Is this enough?”
As she took her hand off the tree, the previously lush leaves of the tree withered, and the once vibrant trunk began to change dryly.
Watching the gradually transforming Hyperion, Lina, smiling with satisfaction, began to carefully check if there was any remaining magic.
If the magic removal was done sloppily, the magic could bounce back when cutting the tree and hurt someone, so not even a slight magic could be left.
“Now if I just finish here…….”
It was the moment when Lina was about to concentrate to remove the tiny remaining magic.
“Who’s there?”
Lina lifted her head at a familiar voice.
“Duke……?”
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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