Caliph stared at Yustia with cold, piercing eyes. Yustia’s face, anxiously chewing on her lips, was reflected in eyes clearer than ever before.
A chilly laugh escaped involuntarily. Nevertheless, there was a palpable sense of guilt. However, at this point, the emotion he felt didn’t bring any comfort to Caliph.
“Why didn’t you kill me? You must have done it to abandon me.”
“…I-I didn’t intend to kill you.”
“Still, you must have known. If you had left me as I was, I would have died.”
Caliph asked calmly. In truth, he didn’t harbor any resentment towards Yustia for abandoning him, nor did he feel any bitterness for not being able to live as a part of the imperial family like Riu. He was just curious. Even if there were superstitions passed down as the empire’s beliefs explaining why he was abandoned, when they decided to abandon him, it must have been with the intention of disposing of him without any trace.
If he had been killed from the beginning, he wouldn’t have known the torment of abuse from his foster parents or the intense suffering of his life. Maybe that would have been easier…
“…If that had been the case, I wouldn’t have met Eve either.”
Lost in thought, Caliph mumbled to himself. The heart that was heavily stained with resentment suddenly became transparent.
A smile appeared on his face like a fool when he thought of Evelia. It was an extremely tough life. Yet, when he thought of Evelia, who made life so difficult, he couldn’t possibly give up on this life.
Evelia was the only light and salvation in his life. The only person he wanted to meet again even if he had to defy death and the only person he wanted to protect at the cost of his own life.
Caliph instinctively glanced at Evelia’s bedroom window. He wondered if she was wandering in peaceful dreams at this moment. Even if he could only be with her in her dreams, that would be enough.
Maybe in reality, they might never meet again. So, it would be good if they could at least be together in her dreams.
Caliph shook his head, raising a wistful smile. At that moment, Yustia, who had been quiet until now, suddenly asked in a perplexed voice.
“…Why suddenly appear like this? Who told you that you’re my son?”
Yustia looked extremely uneasy, speaking incoherently. It seemed as if she were not in her right mind. It was uncertain whether she understood the meaning of her own words.
However, that wasn’t the crucial issue. At any rate, Yustia’s demeanor was far from that of a normal person.
So, probably, all the babbling in a childlike, immature voice was the remnants of her remaining self conflicting with the evil aura, bursting out intermittently.
Caliph merely nodded silently. He had suspected, but now it truly hit him that she, like him, was not in a normal state.
Ironically, the moment this realization flooded over him, Caliph felt a resentment he had never felt towards Yustia before.
The fact forcefully moved Caliph’s lips, which had been strained with a considerable amount of strength. Even though he knew that the conversation with Yustia was entirely meaningless.
“In the end, even Empress, Your Majesty, treats me like some calamity existing in superstition.”
“What?”
“Isn’t that so? Reluctantly, for ten months, I carried the same child in my womb after enduring a long journey. I’m asking why you suddenly appeared, just like Your Majesty.”
“T-That’s…!”
“Moreover, if you say that I created this palace, it means that you’re treating me as a child akin to a disaster that has come. Isn’t that right?”
Yustia couldn’t say anything for a moment in the face of Caliph’s pinpointed words. However, it was just a moment. Soon, she chewed her lips fiercely and shouted with a venomous voice.
“It’s all because of you. Until you showed up, Riu and I were undoubtedly living well!!”
“That’s probably true. The incompetent crown prince, the only crown prince of Your Majesty and the Empire, and the only two leading a tranquil life. I didn’t even know that there were several others who had to stay in agony for the sake of their tranquility.”
“What you…!”
“Oh, you probably didn’t care about others from the beginning. Foolish kids who only think of themselves, unable to think beyond themselves, like you who only think of yourself and the crown prince.”
“Shut up!!”
Unable to bear the anger, Yustia exploded. She glared at Caliph fiercely, as if she were about to grab his throat any moment.
However, Caliph found her menacing, rather pitiful than frightening. It was almost fortunate that Yustia could only display such a limited response.
At the moment, when he felt a fear that he had never experienced before, the foolish appearance of Yustia seemed to firmly hold onto his heart.
Caliph took a slow step. Then he gradually narrowed the distance with Yustia. At the sudden movement, Yustia’s eyes flickered for a moment, but soon regained composure.
Caliph observed Yustia’s movements, slowly stepping in the opposite direction of the Prince’s Palace. He needed to maintain a reasonable distance from the Prince’s Palace.
As much as possible, he wanted Yustia not to pay attention to Evelia. Even if she became aware of her existence, Felix could have some time to make minimal preparations.
Unbeknownst to Caliph, Yustia, with an unpredictable demeanor, gradually scrutinized Caliph with sharper eyes. Then, as if something suddenly occurred to her, she narrowed her eyes and asked.
“What happened to Riu…? How did it happen so fast? I thought that would be the first question you’d ask.”
Caliph smirked subtly, gradually widening his strides, provoking her nerves consistently with his stimulating actions. Unconsciously, Yustia moved along with Caliph.
“Straight to the point. What happened to my son, our Riu?”
“How do you think it happened?”
Caliph provocatively retorted. That alone was enough for Yustia to receive an answer, so she couldn’t ask again.
Her heart pounded, and her hands and feet trembled. Despite knowing the truth, facing the situation where she had to confront it directly was suffocatingly frightening.
After seeing Yustia in such a state, Caliph twisted his lips and began a kind explanation.
“I had a goal that had to be achieved, and to do that, I had to enter the palace. There turned out to be a surprisingly easy way.”
“…….”
“You must have thought it was me. I’m saying that the one who was promoted as the empire’s only crown prince would look exactly like me.”
The arsenic on the edges of his lips became even more sophisticated. Yustia, who was facing that sight, trembled with uncontrollable rage, causing her hands and feet to shake. The lips she bit fiercely were about to burst at any moment. Observing this situation leisurely, Caliph willingly delivered the words that had hung around his throat.
“So, I killed him. Not knowing that the person who had come all the way there to take my life was kneeling in front of me, begging for mercy, I had no reason to miss such a golden opportunity.”
Caliph spat out the last words without hesitation, and immediately, he stopped walking. It was a spot at the end of the Prince’s Palace garden.
At this point, it seemed Yustia wouldn’t immediately divert her attention to Evelia. Nevertheless, it was the most opportune and appropriate moment for Felix to survey the situation.
After taking his position, Caliph looked directly at Yustia. At that moment, Yustia’s appearance was revealed, with her cheeks stained in a vivid red and tears streaming down, tinged with a crimson hue.
“You…!”
Yustia glared fiercely at Caliph, as if she would erupt at any moment.
“You dare…!”
As if he would strangle her throat at any moment, he slowly narrowed the distance.
“You dare touch my son, my Riu!”
But before she could close the gap, she let out a scream full of despair.
At that moment, an indescribable violet aura began to emanate from Yustia’s silhouette.
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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