Soo Hyun clenched her teeth and immediately turned around, mounting the unicorn. Riena quickly sat behind her, and the two flew straight into the entrance of the tower.
There was no need to gauge which floor the crack had occurred on.
The crack extended to the 50th floor, where the officials always resided and light seeped out.
Even in that brief moment as they sped towards the tower, her heart raced like crazy.
It was a crack she had longed to see but couldn’t.
She hadn’t expected it to suddenly appear like this after not showing up for so long.
Still, they were lucky. It happened to appear just as she arrived at the tower.
As she approached the entrance of the tower controlled by the officials, she jumped off the unicorn’s back.
“Lady Daphne! If you’re going to enter the tower now…”
“I think a crack has occurred. I’d like to enter if possible.”
Instead of Soo Hyun, Riena hurriedly explained the situation in an urgent tone, and the officials hesitated and communicated through their terminals. After a brief delay, Saber stepped forward and answered.
“What you said is correct. However, the 50th floor has already recognized the start of the crack, and under the officials’ guidance, everyone has safely evacuated. According to the report from the 50th floor, the situation isn’t that serious, but they plan to control entry altogether for the time being.”
Regarding the cracks, she had always heard that casualties occurred in an instant due to how quickly they developed.
But this time, it seemed they had somehow noticed it early.
“It’s fortunate there are no victims.”
“So, Lady Daphne, you don’t necessarily have to go in.”
Soo Hyun shook her head.
It seemed there was some misunderstanding, but she wasn’t going to save people.
It would be even better if there was no one else.
The one she had to see was someone else.
“I have business beyond the crack.”
Saber made a troubled expression.
“…I don’t have the authority to control access.”
“Then I’ll go in.”
It was kind of them to worry about her, but she didn’t have the leisure to explain everything from one to ten right now.
As Soo Hyun resolutely stepped forward, Saber seemed to think it couldn’t be helped and pushed people back, making room.
“You can enter, but don’t overdo it. You’re already working hard enough.”
Sincerity was conveyed from that worried face.
Soo Hyun showed a faint smile.
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. Be careful.”
Soo Hyun conveyed her thanks with her eyes and immediately logged into the tower.
The sound of Riena’s terminal ringing could be heard, and in the distance, Peace and Saint could be seen pushing through the crowd and approaching the entrance, but everything felt distant.
The only thought she had was that she had to go to the 50th floor right now.
“I’ll enter the tower.”
[The challenge begins.Which floor do you want to go to, the 1st, 50th, or 82nd?]
“50th floor.”
Ding!
[The challenge has begun.The 50th floor is a resting place.
You can save, load, and use party items.]
With the sound of the notification window, the officials and people in line in front of her disappeared.
When her vision brightened again, what caught her eye was the rest area on the 50th floor, more familiar to her than home. But unlike usual, the officials who resided there and managed the floor were nowhere to be seen.
Instead, a crack the size of a palm had erupted in the air, like shattered pieces of glass.
It looked as if a mirror had shattered into a single handful, or as if a well-made film set had cracked, revealing the real world outside.
“…This is the crack?”
She touched the ‘void’ that looked as if it had been torn by a swung scythe, as if feeling it with her hand.
It was a strange sensation.
It felt like a real object when touched, but if asked to describe the texture, it was indescribable.
It seemed like she could push her hand into the empty space inside.
Soo Hyun stood close to the small crack and quietly watched it for a while, as if wary of it. However, even after summoning 〈(Incandescent) Shackles of the Perished〉 and grasping it tightly in her right hand for a long time, nothing happened. Rather, the crack was slowly fading away.
“…Are you kidding me?”
Soo Hyun glared at the crack, dumbfounded.
‘There haven’t been many cracks so far, but it wasn’t like this.’
Every time it appeared, it created victims and a monster resembling a reaper or something revealed itself. But what about this tiny crack?
She had waited so long for this moment, and all that appeared and disappeared like a joke was a measly crack.
She inserted her sword into the slowly closing crack. Then, she tilted the sword to the side and swung it to the side.
〈(Incandescent) Shackles of the Perished〉 dug into the crack and stopped, stuck in the gap.
Gripping the sword’s handle with both hands, she stood close to the crack and applied force.
But that didn’t make the gap widen further, though it didn’t seem to narrow either.
Through the crack, the other side could be seen faintly.
Soo Hyun narrowed her eyes and observed the scene.
A huge marble table caught her eye. On it lay a necklace with a feather-like decoration, but it was too dark to see clearly.
And around the table, an incomparably huge black shadow was circling at a steady pace, drawing circles.
Even though it wasn’t a confrontational situation, a certain energy could be felt.
It made her spine tingle, as if she would be dragged away at any moment.
It was viewed from an angle looking up from below, and because it was so huge, she couldn’t see the shadow’s form in detail. However, it wasn’t difficult to be certain that it was the monster Nature had mentioned.
“You should step back.”
Riena’s whispered voice came from behind.
It sounded like she was very wary of something, her voice hushed.
“Why?”
The moment Daphne said that and turned her head, something red looked at them through the small crack.
The moment she thought she saw something like a star shape, Riena hugged her tightly and leaped to the side.
The scythe sliced through the air and cut through where Soo Hyun had been standing the very next moment. A large, black scythe passed by, creating a new large crack near where the original crack had been.
A few strands of purple hair fluttered.
If they had been even a little late, she would have lost her neck or an arm.
There was no warning whatsoever.
Although it noticed her presence, its reaction speed was too fast compared to a typical monster.
‘How?’
Rather than the relief of being alive, the question of how Riena knew and was able to dodge arose first.
Her breath grew rough from the alertness that her neck had almost flown off, and adrenaline rushed, making her heart race like crazy.
Boom! Boom!
The sound of the monster beyond the crack wildly swinging its scythe could be heard as if excited. The entire 50th floor shook. The crack was slowly widening.
As Riena put her down on the floor, she spoke hastily.
“Let’s get out, Daphne. Evacuation is the priority now.”
Soo Hyun tried to shake off his grip on her arm, but he held her firmly.
She turned back and blurted out without realizing it.
“Did you follow me to stop me?”
Riena looked around warily with eyes full of vigilance and spoke firmly once again.
“Daphne. Think calmly. It’s not an opponent we can handle with just the two of us. Let’s go back now.”
“Riena! Let go.”
“You’ll encounter it anyway as you climb the tower. It’s not too late to fight it with sufficient preparation.”
“But…!”
He was right.
Now that it had become abundantly clear that the crack was a connection to the upper floors, there was no need to rush.
Bang, bang!
The monster seemed to be swinging its scythe here and there, causing the space to collapse and chunks of rocks to fall.
This, too, was just an illusion that would be restored when re-entering, but it was evident that being crushed by it would mean death.
Soo Hyun gritted her teeth.
Her mother’s enemy was right in front of her eyes.
The enemy she had wanted to meet so badly.
She had waited too long for this moment, so she couldn’t make a calm judgment. She didn’t want to make a calm judgment either.
“…Can’t I try to catch this bastard even if I die trying?”
“Daphne.”
Urgency seeped into the voice that called her softly, as if admonishing.
Soo Hyun had no choice but to nod, grinding her teeth.
− Listen to your friend. It’ll be troublesome if the party members are reduced.
At that moment, the owner of the ring spoke to her, making her head buzz.
Reducing party members.
It was a strange thing to say for a warning that she would die.
Instead of answering, Soo Hyun spoke to the status window first.
“Let me out.”
As soon as the huge scythe could be seen wildly tearing through the space, the floor beneath her feet glowed green.
For a brief moment, through the crack torn by the reaper, she saw a man wearing solid black armor with no notable features.
Although she couldn’t be sure because it was momentary, it was someone so familiar that she could tell who it was just by the silhouette.
‘…Riena?’
She returned to the 1st floor of the tower, opened her eyes, and turned to look at him standing behind her.
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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