“It’s been over a month already.”
“……”
“You don’t have to pretend to be okay. I’m on your side.”
Luzen put down the calendar he had been holding and turned his head.
He couldn’t see what kind of expression Calix, who was looking out the window from where he stood, was making, but he had a rough idea.
The man who only showed his face when the formal order was issued must have a reason for frequenting the palace almost daily.
“Why not pretend you don’t know and go see?”
“……”
“Don’t frown and just listen to me. It’s honestly a good opportunity. Holding a woman grieving the loss of her child in your arms and comforting her, won’t affection naturally bloom?”
“……”
“Think positively. It’s unfortunate that the child ended up like that, but on the bright side, you got rid of an unwanted bloodline without lifting a finger.”
A man who finally showed his face when spoken to so rudely was indeed expensive.
Luzen grumbled about not being able to tell who was the real patient just by looking, and pulled out a sealed letter he had prepared in advance from inside the desk.
“Stop by the Creighton mansion on your way and deliver this.”
“Has the investigation result finally come out?”
“Yes. It has. And it’s a very interesting result.”
The academy, an imperial institution directly under the royal family, was managed particularly closely as it was where the noble children stayed.
The fact that a fire had broken out at such an academy was virtually inconceivable.
Knowing this, both the royal family and the Creighton family were working together to identify the cause of the accident.
Especially since the victim of this fire was none other than the only daughter of the imperial tycoon Creighton. It was clear that the existence of the academy could be in jeopardy if things went wrong.
As the noble children of the academy were the talents of the empire and served as excellent hostages, the royal family needed to clarify this incident and avoid responsibility at all costs.
Therefore, the investigation was carried out thoroughly, and the incident that had turned the capital upside down was already being resolved one by one.
At least, it seemed that way on the outside.
“Let me ask you one thing.”
“……”
“Just so you know, if you don’t answer, I won’t tell you what’s written here. You know you shouldn’t casually open the Emperor’s seal, right?”
“……What do you want to ask?”
“Meriel Creighton. About that child. Are you really not involved at all?”
Luzen leisurely stroked his jawline with the end of the letter.
The young emperor’s eyes were narrowly curved, drawing a line, but the eyes visible between them were as settled as if sediment had accumulated layer upon layer.
“……Who is the murderer who killed Meriel?”
“Rose Hamilton.”
“Rose wouldn’t do that.”
He immediately refuted without even thinking deeply.
To me, Rose was no different from a younger sister, and Rose loved Meriel like her own niece.
It wasn’t like Rose, who was no other than that, to harm Meriel.
She was one of the few people I trusted, and that’s why I entrusted my young daughter to her with peace of mind.
“I understand it’s hard to accept. But it’s true.”
Bake presented me with the documents he had brought with a gloomy face.
There, along with the face of a woman I had never seen before, was the name Rose Hamilton.
“This isn’t Rose.”
“To be precise, she is the real Rose Hamilton.”
“What?”
“The Rose Hamilton you know was fake.”
Bake, instead of me, turned the next document.
This time, there was the face of the Rose I knew, and a strange name, Rosé Sader.
“The Sader family was certainly……”
I covered my mouth with my hand.
I remembered clearly, an old memory.
The noble family who served the Pieren family for generations, and who got involved in an incident 10 years ago and were ruined together.
“It seems they have harbored a grudge against Creighton for a long time.”
“……”
“But the Rose I know……”
I closed my eyes tight as I looked at the emperor’s seal at the end of each document.
I couldn’t continue speaking.
I didn’t know who to trust anymore.
I couldn’t trust my husband, my friend, or anyone around me.
In the end, unable to overcome my confusion, I just sat down weakly, panting heavily.
I had to confirm the truth, but I didn’t have the strength to lift a hand.
If, just if Rose really was the murderer, then I……
I closed my eyes tightly. My view was cloudy and my head was spinning. If I let my guard down now, it felt like I wouldn’t wake up forever.
And yet, I managed to rise to my feet. I couldn’t accept this unbelievable outcome just yet.
“I need to see Cheshire.”
“Liviana.”
“Let me go.”
“It’s not a problem that can be solved just because you say so.”
“I said let me go!”
Unable to contain my rage any longer, I pushed Beke away.
I hadn’t been holding back just to listen to this nonsense.
What I wanted was a proper conclusion.
Why did something that had never happened before in the Academy happen just after Meriel was admitted?
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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