Mercenaries and royal knights were dispatched to minimize the damage from demons, establishing a system for demon suppression.
“I am also concerned about the demon’s tomb.”
Someone who had no previous interaction with demons had seen the demon’s tomb.
“…It can’t be interpreted in a good way.”
“How is she?”
“For now, she’s unstable. She realized she’d touched something she shouldn’t and protected herself.”
“Difficult.”
“…Her Majesty touched something she shouldn’t have.”
Aaron recalled Charlotte’s childhood.
He had seen her since she was a child, and she still retained that youthful image.
“She’s been living on the edge since she was young.”
“Really?”
“The boundary area is both a tomb of ancient demons and traces of an ancient pact. Ordinary people can’t even reach the tomb.”
Aaron cautiously added,
“Only those who have faced death can barely touch it.”
Those who had experienced death.
Those who had crossed the line of life due to demons.
“Former mercenaries. Those who spent their lives with demons, and died with them too.”
“What did they say?”
“They died young.”
They had fought demons.
Those who lived with the misguided ones also spent the end of their lives with them.
“They were closest to death and their deaths were unfortunate. Also, there is no one who remembers their language well.”
“Keep this under wraps. Ensure that the story doesn’t leak outside.”
Afterward, the two exchanged brief conversations, mostly cautionary tales.
“Also… never mind.”
“Is there more to say?”
“This part is probably unrelated.”
“Let’s hear it and decide.”
“Her Majesty once mentioned Lupatic disease.”
Lupatic? Benjamin wondered if he was talking about the disease he knew.
“The endemic disease that miners in the southern continent catch?”
“Mm… It’s a disease not well-known in the empire, but you seem to know it.”
“Go on.”
“Lupatic disease gradually hardens the muscles, and ultimately, the lungs harden and the person dies. It was due to the toxicity of a mineral known as ‘Lupatic.'”
Because of that mineral, hundreds of miners had died in the past.
Miners in the southern continent often contracted it,
And even blacksmiths who processed the mineral died.
“Her Majesty had sent a letter asking about this disease.”
“Why?”
“Isn’t it strange? It’s a disease that miners suffer from. Why would a noble from the imperial capital be interested? There was something odd.”
Aaron added with difficulty,
“I don’t know if this sounds disrespectful but…”
“Say it.”
“The look in her eyes was that of resignation.”
The look that says there’s nothing one could do even if they die.
‘I should keep this story under wraps.’
The emotional weight was different. He had thought it was due to the death of her mother, but perhaps it was something more.
“It felt like we missed something. Like sand slipping through our fingers, a sense of emptiness…”
This emptiness is both vague and profound.
He read resentment there. The deep-seated resentment was intense and distant.
“Many parts are still unclear. However, Your Highness should also be aware.”
Aaron bowed his body slightly.
“You may leave for today.”
Benjamin pressed his temples hard.
Stepped on. Something was left behind, but it’s not clear what it is.
He cleared his throat. The muscles in his neck swelled and stiffened.
“Then, I will take my leave first.”
Aaron had gone.
“Hmm, something’s not right.”
That’s what requesting private audience felt like.
A tomb of monsters… This was something he had never experienced in his previous life.
‘It’s so different from my previous life.’
It was time to reconsider.
Tap tap. Charlotte tapped the table with her fingertips.
‘Was it time for a betrothal?’
Now was also the time for Charlotte to form a betrothal and be tied to a marriage proposal.
The day my life hit rock bottom, a completely broken life crashed down on me.
Lupetic disease was just a part of such a life.
I couldn’t afford to look outside, was confined at home, and Charlotte’s life was restricted.
‘No one was there.’
There was no one in the mansion, all relationships were severed.
I was too busy taking care of myself.
Knock knock.
Around that time, Benjamin returned.
“Is your conversation with Aaron over?”
“It just ended.”
“It took a long time.”
“It was a bit longer than expected.”
Brief conversations continued. Their eyes began to peer into each other’s souls, dissecting them meticulously.
“I’m going to ask a few things just for fact-checking. If the answer is difficult, yes or no will suffice. But don’t lie.”
“……Yes.”
“Were you hurt by a monster when you were young?”
A heavy gaze turned toward Charlotte.
Charlotte lowered her head and answered.
“I was the only daughter of Tyutega. I only lived in the Tyutega mansion when I was young and had no encounters with monsters.”
“……Have you ever seen a monster’s tomb?”
“No. It was my first time.”
“Are you sure?”
“I was not in an environment to come into contact with monsters.”
This part was most puzzling.
It was something he had never experienced in his previous life.
“Were you ever sick with a disease when you were young?”
“No.”
“……None?”
“Yes. You can confirm with Aaron.”
It was not a lie. At least, not when I was young.
Also, the death from my previous life no longer existed.
“I have never deceived myself with lies.”
“I see that too. You seem indifferent, as if nothing is wrong, but why do I feel like I keep missing something about you, Charlotte?”
Their gazes crossed obliquely.
He looked straight down at Charlotte like that.
“Don’t avoid my eyes.”
Benjamin fixed the crossed gaze squarely on himself.
“If you keep avoiding, it will look like you’re hiding something from me.”
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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