Additionally, there were concerns about potential assassination attempts on the royal family.
However, Talia’s specialty wasn’t in magic, so she wasn’t greatly affected by this procedure.
Just as Talia was contemplating possible future scenarios,
Princess Bella, who had been staring at her, tilted her head and said something odd.
“Lina, have you ever seen a spirit?”
“A spirit, you mean?”
“Yeah, one with wings, about the size of a hand.”
“No, I haven’t. I’ve heard only a few can summon spirits. I’ve never seen one.”
Hearing her candid response, the princess looked intrigued.
“You’re the first person like this I’ve met. Interesting.”
“What’s interesting?”
“You have magic, you’ve used it too. Don’t people who use it know?”
Talia, who had been maintaining her composure, involuntarily stepped back.
Even her owner Charlotte didn’t know her true power.
How could this little girl sense the source of her power?
Especially upon first meeting.
“Dione said so. If you have that kind of power, you should be careful.”
“…I don’t quite understand what you’re saying, Your Highness.”
“You don’t know yet? Hmm, you may find out.”
Swallowing dryly, Talia observed the princess.
‘How did she figure out my true identity?’
In fact, the assassin group she belonged to was a highly specialized group, active only with individuals of mixed demon and celestial heritage.
While demons still roamed the earth, celestials were virtually extinct, yet individuals with mixed heritage certainly existed.
One of the characteristics of these hybrids was the ability to use a second power different from magic, which could be developed to go undetected even by skilled magicians.
The assassination group she belonged to had long exploited this fact, and thanks to their ability to evade magic, they had seldom been discovered.
Talia was no exception.
Until the little princess in front of her mentioned her power.
“Yeutun, just called you out of curiosity. Took too much of your time?”
“No, it’s fine, Your Highness.”
In a hurry to respond without properly hiding her startled expression, Bella glanced around and spoke.
“We have to go now. We’ll get scolded by Tione if we stay too close. You understand, right?”
Recalling Tione’s warning on her first day at Rose Palace to avoid the princess, Talia nodded.
Although Bella had initiated the conversation just now, it wasn’t a huge issue. But she knew staying together for too long wouldn’t bode well for her.
‘What if… What if the princess tells that woman?’
For a moment, Talia felt shivers run down her spine and trembled slightly.
Of course, based on the princess’s speculation that she had ‘another power besides magic,’ it would be hard to identify her.
The princess didn’t seem to find it particularly suspicious, and even if the truth came to light, she could deny it, so it wouldn’t be a big issue.
However, she wanted to complete her mission while keeping her identity and her clan’s secrets.
Therefore, she decided to plead with Bella, who still appeared innocent due to her young age.
“Uh, Your Highness, may I ask you for a favor?”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“I have a family to support back in my hometown. I have a younger sibling and a mother; if I don’t send money every month, they’ll struggle to make ends meet.”
“Oh… I see.”
“I don’t know what you meant earlier, Your Highness, but if it’s found out that I have such powers, I might get expelled from the palace. So could you keep it a secret from Tione?”
Unleashing her full acting abilities, Talia displayed a pitiful expression.
It was an impressive performance that would make any ordinary person shed tears, but the princess just scratched her cheek, showing no particular emotional change.
“Hmm, that’s a bit difficult. I never keep secrets from Tione.”
“Please, Your Highness. I beg you.”
Seeing her plead desperately, Bella let out a resigned sigh.
It was a good sign.
“Alright, but only for a little while.”
“A little while means…”
“Until Tione finds out about it, that’s it.”
It was a somewhat disappointing answer, but from Talia’s perspective, it was enough to buy some time.
Thanking Bella with a slight bow, she gracefully exited the scene.
‘I need to speed things up.’
Since she had entered the domain of these potential enemies of Prince Wilhelm, her plan was to quickly gather information and then strike.
However, now that Bella had somewhat caught onto her identity, she had no more time to waste.
‘I’ll eliminate the target tonight.’
For the first time since starting this job, Talia was gripped by anxiety.
She wasn’t afraid of losing her own life.
But what if her actions harmed the assassination group that raised her, or her employer, the Ripel family?
That would be a disgrace worse than death.
Blending in with the other maids, she finished her day laughing and chatting just like any other day. Returning to her quarters, she took out her bag.
Opening the inner part of the bag with a special device, her assassination tools sprung out.
Touching the tools she had used countless times, she waited for the sun to set.
And finally, the curtain of night fell upon Rose Palace.
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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