After investigating the situation by contacting Subdeacon Simon, Erich planned to report back. However, Subdeacon Simon, being confined to the temple, made it difficult to meet separately.
In the end, Erich decided to report to Johann first and then seek a new solution.
Upon hearing Erich’s report, Johann leaned back in his chair. His slender index finger tapped the armrest of the chair.
“Erich, the Holy Kingdom is a delicate opponent that should not be casually provoked.”
“I understand.”
“So, use all the power of House Blancchet and approach with the utmost caution.”
Erich respectfully thumped his chest with his fist.
“I will keep that in mind.”
Now that Johann had given his permission, the investigation would proceed quickly.
‘Indeed, telling the master was the right answer.’
At that moment, Johann called Erich, who was about to leave.
“What do you think about the possibility of the Holy Kingdom being involved in this attack?”
“The Holy Kingdom?”
Logically, a dark magician was the most opposing force to the Holy Kingdom. Even Erich was surprised and widened his eyes. With a cloudy tone, he answered.
“Do you suspect the Holy Kingdom?”
“Go and see.”
Johann did not respond, but Erich seemed to have already heard the answer.
‘Might the perpetrator be the Holy Kingdom?’
Erich felt a sense of fear. It was because the momentum emanating from Johann was unusual.
‘Master’s demeanor…’
It resembled the time when he sought revenge against Duke Libertan.
“Welcome, Duke Blancchet.”
“There is no need for an escort.”
Johann moved directly to the palace where Estelle was waiting.
‘Estelle.’
Estelle, who seemed to sense something while looking at the dark magic circle, came to mind.
‘Did she see it when she received a curse from Duke Libertan?’
The retainers thought Estelle was targeted as a threat to Duke Blancchet, but Johann’s intuition was targeting Estelle herself.
‘Why target Estelle?’
Distorted by the mere thought of Estelle’s life being in danger.
‘Whatever the motive, I won’t stand idly by.’
At that moment, footsteps were heard from beyond the corridor.
“Oh my.”
Saint Stella, wearing a pure silk dress, was walking towards Johann. The saint greeted Johann with a gentle smile.
“Hello, Johann. Nice to see you again here.”
Johann suddenly frowned at the appearance of the saint who had appeared out of nowhere.
‘Who is this woman doing such tricks here?’
Johann wanted to wipe away that irritating expression. His bloodshot eyes focused on the saint.
‘The saint has not yet undergone the purification ritual expected by the emperor.’
If there were problems with the saint’s safety here, it would contradict the emperor’s expectations.
‘I have already dismissed the saint using the emperor’s authority.’
The saint shyly clasped her hands together, looking at Johann. She rolled her blue eyes and moistened her smooth lips.
“Lord Duke, you may or may not know…”
Stella, for a moment, faintly fluttered her eyelashes before returning to her usual elegant expression.
“Her Majesty declined the request of my guardian.”
“Even if it weren’t Her Majesty, I would have refused.”
The system of the saint’s guardian was different from the usual guardian system.
As a noble saint, she was the highest-ranking female in the nobility, so if she became a guardian, Johann would have to escort the saint at official events instead of his wife, Estelle.
As if becoming the companion of the saint.
“The system of the saint’s guardian is entirely different from other guardian systems.”
“Really?”
“Exactly why did you do such a thing?”
Honestly, Johann was still worried that Estelle might be uneasy because of the saint Stella.
“Because of you, my wife was almost humiliated. Of course, there could have been more troublesome things.”
Then, Stella’s eye area trembled for a moment, and through that, a faint hint of moisture appeared.
“In this world… I had no idea.”
“I guess you just didn’t know?”
“I only thought it would be nice if the Duke Blancchet, whom I had a connection with, became my guardian instead.”
Stella, with moist eyes, looked at Johann and then gracefully smiled again.
“It seems there was a misunderstanding about the guardian system. I apologize for causing concern.”
An elegant smile with a hint of effort. It seemed to uphold the dignity of the saint while revealing a delicate inner self.
But Johann was at a loss.
‘What kind of scheme is this?’
Stella, adjusting her posture gracefully, slightly lowered her head to Johann. In that moment, she pitifully spoke to Johann with a tender voice.
“I seem to have shed a few tears unintentionally.”
“…….”
“As a saint, I shouldn’t be like this. It seems I keep showing only a pitiful side to Duke.”
The saint, while tidying her hair, revealed her delicate neck.
“Every time I meet the Duke, I can’t help but think of my former self in the secular world. I used to be a lady of the noble family.”
Stella, who approached Johann gently, swayed her head with an innocent and shy smile.
“So, I guess I want to become good friends with the Duke even more.”
With a clear face that seemed to have no ulterior motive, she whispered gently as if revealing a secret.
“So, by the way, could you be my partner at the upcoming hunting party?”
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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