The soldiers beside me thrust their spears at me as if ready to stab me at any moment.
But when I did not even blink, Karl raised his hand to stop them.
“Even if you have committed an unforgivable mistake, you are still a member of the royal family. If you have any last words, speak. As your brother, I will gladly listen.”
As Karl spoke gently, as if sympathizing with his dying sibling, murmurs of admiration erupted from those around.
“The Crown Prince is indeed noble. We don’t know how compassionate he is.”
“He truly possesses a magnificent personality, befitting his perfect lineage.”
Everyone praised Karl’s character in unison, but I knew his true nature.
He enjoyed toying with me like a plaything until the very end.
I was confused whether Karl was truly human or a devil wearing a human mask.
“A last wish, I do have something to say.”
“Speak then.”
“Go to hell, Karl.”
Woooo!!
Jeers and projectiles like eggs and stones flew at me from the crowd.
Blood flowed from my torn forehead, and my tattered dress quickly became soaked in filth.
But I felt neither shame nor pain anymore.
No pain could replace the rage I felt towards those two.
“To the very end, she shows no remorse for her sins. How pitiful, my sister.”
Karl made a pained and sorrowful face before raising his hand and ordering the soldiers.
“Carry out the execution.”
As he started to leave the execution site, our eyes met, and the corner of his lips twisted subtly.
Karl, still as beautiful as I once admired, slowly and clearly moved his lips.
‘Die, just, die.’
Fwoosh!
Dozens of torches were thrown onto the pile of wood soaked with oil.
Flames quickly enveloped my body, dancing towards the sky.
The dark red, boiling flames blurred the figures of the two men.
So I lost consciousness, engulfed in the smoke.
(This is a time separator.)
Tinkle, tinkle.
A multicolored mobile floating in midair sparkled brilliantly as it caught the warm sunlight.
I blinked my big eyes, staring blankly at the mobile swinging at a steady rhythm.
‘What on earth happened?’
The luxurious room was bathed in sunlight through the clear glass windows.
The curtains rustled in the lazy afternoon breeze; the space was peace itself.
It was hard to believe that I was engulfed in fiery flames just moments before.
‘Ah, this must be the afterlife I’ve only heard about.’
The heavens, it seems, must have pitied my past life.
Looking at how I was given a direct ticket to heaven without any particular pain, that is.
‘But… something’s a bit off?’
The ceiling appears unusually high, as it did when I was young, and the surrounding objects look strangely massive, but putting that aside.
Why doesn’t my body move at all?
Kkung, Kkang.
I tried to muster strength while groaning inwardly, but it was difficult even to twitch my eyebrows on my own.
My voice didn’t come out, and I was whimpering for a while.
Then, a faint humming sound was heard from not too far away.
“Hmm, hmm…”
Startled by the young woman’s humming, I quickly turned my head in the direction of the sound.
No, to be precise, I tried to turn it.
However, my head felt as heavy as a rock and tilted only slightly.
‘Please, move…!!’
The moment I closed my eyes and prayed desperately, something miraculous happened.
Something seemed to burst inside my head, and little by little, my body began to move.
‘I did it!’
The moment I reached out in joy, I froze on the spot.
Realizing that the hand extended in midair was not my original one.
“Meow…?”
A pebblelike small palm, soft flesh folded in several layers on chubby and short arms.
My adult body, which should have been mature, had reverted to my newborn baby form.
‘Wait a minute. Isn’t this heaven? Was I born again?’
It felt too real for the afterlife.
‘What on earth is happening!’
Losing my mind in the confusion, I wildly waved my short arms and legs.
As a reaction, the dolls that had been surrounding me like flowers in a vase collapsed on top of me.
‘Ugh, it’s heavy!’
I struggled vigorously, unable to make a proper sound.
But my soft body, like freshly baked bread, was sucked deeper into the cradle.
‘Am I going to suffocate and die?’
Wow, I really have terrible luck.
Burned to death and now asphyxiation?
‘I can’t let that happen!!’
Aaaaaah!
Gathering all the strength I could muster, I let out a loud cry, and a sound of a chair falling over was heard from somewhere.
Someone hastily rushed over and threw the dolls off me, panting.
“Oh, baby…?”
A woman in a maid’s uniform, presumably the source of the earlier humming, looked at me with disbelieving eyes.
“My goodness. How could this happen?”
Hiccup, sob.
I looked up at her blankly, still hiccuping mixed with tears.
The tears that hadn’t yet stopped welled up in the corners of my eyes and rolled down my soft cheeks.
“My baby… our baby…”
The trembling maid reached out carefully and wiped the moisture from my cheeks.
“Your skin is warm. It was always as cold as an icehouse.”
Her touch was so gentle and meticulous, it felt like touching the world’s most precious gem.
“It’s really waking up. This can’t be a dream, can it?”
Swoosh.
With a look of joy, the maid hugged me tightly and shouted out.
“Our baby has finally opened its eyes!”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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