Stella shook a small bell, smiling brightly. Luigi, captivated by Stella’s dignified posture, sighed deeply.
‘Indeed, the Lady Saint is different. She’s genuine.’
Stella spoke to the priest, “Please guide us to where Lady Blanchett Marquis is.”
“I apologize, Lady Saint, but the guest is not Lady Blanchett Marquis.”
“What?”
At that moment, another priest rushed into the prayer room.
“Lady Saint! The nobles have arrived all at once. They say you formally apologize to Lady Blanchett Marquis. What on earth is this about?”
Stella’s face subtly stiffened.
“I, I don’t know anything about it.”
Stella hastily approached the window of the temple.
Outside, many carriages were lined up, and nobles elegantly stepped out from underneath.
‘Why are those nobles…’
At that moment, among numerous carriages, the most splendid and beautiful one entered the temple. It proudly displayed the emblem of the Blanchett Marquis.
Estelle descended from the carriage, her pretty platinum hair fluttering like a particularly radiant shade of pink in the sunlight.
Then, as if anticipating and joyfully waiting, she exchanged greetings with other nobles.
As if she were the protagonist.
‘…Estelle Libertan!’
Feeling Estelle’s gaze, Stella looked up in her direction. Estelle, who smiled brightly, waved her hand toward Stella.
“Oh! You must be the Lady Saint!”
“There she is! In fact, it’s my first time seeing the Lady Saint.”
Stella responded to the nobles’ reactions with a gentle smile. However, everything wasn’t entirely fine.
Although traps were set to defame Estelle, if the situation changed like this, everything could go wrong.
‘What is she trying to do with this fake celebration?’
Stella’s expression remained mild.
‘I still don’t understand what’s behind that smile.’
But that didn’t matter. I just need to do what I wanted.
‘Laying the foundation to uncover the secrets of the temple.’
After exchanging greetings with Stella, nearby priests approached me and spoke.
“Hello, Lady Blanchett Marquis. Thank you for coming to the temple.”
Perhaps because they brought unexpected guests, the priests’ expressions were somewhat uneasy. One of the priests, with a stern face, furrowed his eyebrows slightly and said,
“But, Marquis, even if the Lady Saint officially invited you, it goes against the laws of the Holy Kingdom to casually bring in external guests.”
“Me?”
“All the guests have come under the invitation of Lady Blanchett Marquis.”
I gazed at the priests with a puzzled expression and took out the letter sent by the Lady Saint.
“It seems there might be a slight misunderstanding between Lady Blanchett Marquis and me. It’s all my fault. As we have had some time to interact, could you give me an opportunity to resolve the misunderstanding?
As the Lady Saint, I don’t mind enduring such misunderstandings.
However, I am afraid that false rumors spreading throughout the empire might lead to unnecessary harm. If Lady Blanchett Marquis finds it challenging to come alone, it’s alright to bring trusted individuals.
Since you have kindly provided a place and the temple is responsible for all risks, it would be appreciated if you could trust me more.
—Athea, filled with the grace of the goddess.”
Stella suggested through the letter that I should come alone. It was phrased vaguely to prevent me from bringing someone else.
Most likely, anyone who received this letter would either come alone or, if they could trust it, bring a few guards.
‘Of course, I’m not that kind of person.’
What the Lady Saint ambiguously wrote is her responsibility.
“Lady Saint mentioned that if it’s difficult for her to come alone, it’s fine to bring trusted individuals. She even mentioned preparing a place for that purpose, so it would have been good if as many people as possible had come.”
A priest who checked the contents of the letter responded sharply.
“Marquis Blanchett, according to this letter alone, can we believe that you doubted this temple, my lady?”
“Oh, it’s a misunderstanding! Why would I doubt Lady Saint and the temple? I am also a citizen of the empire living under the light of the Athea goddess.”
‘Why would I trust you all?’
But I smiled brightly.
“Lady Saint was worried about misunderstandings spreading, so considering her goodwill, I thought that bringing in as many people as possible would be the fastest way to realize Lady Saint’s intentions.”
“…”
“The date was too tight to discuss with the temple, but still, understanding Lady Saint’s intentions, I believe it would be okay.”
The speechless priest finally managed to speak.
“H-However, Lady Saint has not formally apologized to Lady Marquis. But it seems like all the nobles misunderstood and came…”
“What? Lady Saint personally admitted her fault.”
[It’s all my fault.]I pointed to Lady Saint’s sentence and laughed cheerfully.
“Look here. Lady Saint explicitly mentioned it herself.”
“W-Well, that’s just a formality…”
“Then, do you think Lady Saint lied?”
The priest’s expression stiffened.
“I-Is that even possible?”
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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