That night, Killian met that child again in his dream.
Although he knew it was a dream, he was still more delighted to see the child again.
The child, who took the candy Killian offered, exclaimed in a clear voice.
“Thank you!”
And then immediately ran to their parents. He wanted to make more eye contact and talk more… A sense of regret washed over him.
It was then, as he was watching the child’s back with a feeling of emptiness.
The child suddenly turned their head to look back and mouthed words to Killian.
‘It was nice to meet you, my younger brother.’
Though the distance was far, and though it was only lip movements without sound, Killian could clearly understand.
Suddenly, the child had transformed into the appearance of his elder brother. It was definitely his elder brother.
“Elder brother! Elder brother Aaron! Elder brother Aaron!”
Killian belatedly called out his elder brother’s name and started running after the child, but it was already too late.
The child’s figure had disappeared. Not just the child, but everything around had vanished.
Left alone in the empty space, Killian stood still, continuing to murmur his elder brother’s name.
“Elder brother… Elder brother Aaron…!”
[This is the timeline separator]“Huh!”
Awakened from sleep, Killian felt an unbearable heaviness in his chest.
He desperately wanted to see his elder brother. He missed him so much he felt he might go mad.
Finally, with his head bowed, Killian burst into quiet sobs. He beat his chest and cried and cried.
[This is the timeline separator]The eastern annex palace consisted of administrative offices. Killian’s office was located on the topmost floor.
Late in the afternoon, a masked man stood before Killian. As Killian gave instructions with his eyes, the masked man immediately began his report.
“The uniform with a deep navy background and yellow trim you mentioned belongs to the Imperial Normal Academy Affiliated Kindergarten, for the class of 4 years old and under.”
“…”
“There is one boy with blonde hair and blue eyes in that class. His name is Jediel, and he currently lives with his great-grandparents and mother, four of them together.”
“Jediel… is it…”
Killian quietly murmured the child’s name. Although it was the first time he heard it, it somehow felt familiar.
Killian immediately stood up from his seat.
“I need to go meet the child right now.”
“What? Ah, well…”
Surprised by Killian’s sudden reaction, the masked man was flustered but soon regained his composure and spoke calmly.
“The kindergarten ends at 5 o’clock. The child’s mother works at a nearby magic tower research institute and usually comes to pick up the child between 10 to 15 minutes after.”
“I see.”
This meant Killian would only have about 10 minutes from 5 o’clock to meet the child. Killian thought that would be enough.
As he was about to move, the masked man spoke again.
“Well…”
“What is it?”
“It might be better not to reveal your identity when you go. So, perhaps wearing plain clothes instead of fancy ones would be advisable.”
“Alright.”
“Then I’ll take my leave now.”
“Very well.”
The masked man disappeared in the blink of an eye using a teleportation scroll.
Following the man’s advice, Killian changed into training clothes and left his office, coincidentally running into his assistant Windler.
“Your Excellency, why are you in training clothes? Are you planning to train again?”
A faint expression of slight exasperation flashed across the assistant’s face. Killian spoke as he brushed past Windler.
“It’s a personal matter, so don’t worry about it. If you’ve finished your work, you should leave the palace early too.”
At the words to leave early, the corners of Windler’s mouth turned up slightly. He didn’t ask or argue further, just bowed deeply to Killian.
Killian immediately rode his horse towards the kindergarten.
Although there was still time until 5 o’clock, he found himself hurrying for no reason.
His heart kept pounding at the thought of meeting the child again, and he couldn’t calm down.
Soon, Killian arrived in front of the kindergarten and dismounted. As he stood still, just staring at the kindergarten entrance, people’s gazes kept turning towards him.
Despite wearing plain training clothes instead of fancy ones, his tall stature, muscular body, and handsome face continued to attract people’s attention due to his extraordinary appearance.
‘What am I doing…’
As he endured those gazes, Killian suddenly felt self-conscious and momentarily thought about just going back.
‘What am I planning to do after meeting the child again?’
He asked himself, but no answer came to mind.
In fact, the child might not even remember him. They had only briefly encountered each other yesterday.
Sigh, Killian let out a long sigh and rubbed his face.
‘This is crazy. I should just go back.’
Just as he was about to turn away.
As soon as the bell rang signaling 5 o’clock, with a loud “Waaah!” children came running out of the building.
The children seemed to be playing in the garden under the supervision of teachers while waiting for their parents.
‘Oh! There…!’
It wasn’t difficult to find the child named Jediel. That face, which he had seen even in last night’s dream, easily caught Killian’s eye.
Killian’s gaze was fixed on the child, but he couldn’t approach directly. His courage had completely disappeared.
‘I guess… it’s better to wait until the child’s mother arrives. If a strange adult approaches when the child is alone, he might be scared.’
Not wanting to frighten the child, Killian decided to stand still and greet them when the child’s mother arrived. That seemed much more natural.
[This is the timeline separator]As Veronia was walking quickly towards the kindergarten. Someone suddenly appeared in front of her. Looking up, it was Onyx.
“Onyx! What’s the matter all of a sudden?”
“Duke Drea is in front of the kindergarten.”
“What? What do you mean? Why… How…”
Veronia’s face crumpled in shock.
“This morning, a request came in to find the child, describing Jediel’s appearance.”
“Ah…”
It seemed Killian had requested the Information Guild to find the child’s whereabouts.
But why would he try to find a child he had only briefly encountered? Veronia couldn’t understand at all.
Jediel was strange last night too. Suddenly bringing up his father, then suddenly mentioning the handsome mister he met at the market!
Could it be the pull of blood between father and son? It was an absurd story.
Calming her down as she stood at a loss, Onyx said.
“For now, I’ll go pick up Jediel, so you go home first.”
“…What?”
In a dazed state, Veronia didn’t properly understand Onyx’s words. Only after Onyx explained again carefully did she nod.
As he watched Veronia walking away, Onyx’s eyes suddenly sharpened.
It was unfamiliar to see Veronia, who had always shown a confident appearance, like this.
‘She crumbles at the appearance of Duke Drea. Why?’
His eyes glinted as if finding it interesting.
[This is the timeline separator]“Huh? Where’s Mom?”
Jediel, upon seeing Onyx, asked with a gloomy expression.
“Your mom has to work overtime today.”
“What’s overtime?”
“It’s when you work hard late into the night. Because you need to earn money.”
“Ah…”
The child’s gloomy expression deepened. Onyx said in a sulky tone.
“But Jediel! You look disappointed that I came instead of your mom?”
“Ah…!”
Only then realizing he hadn’t managed his expression at all, Jediel scratched his head with an apologetic look.
“I’m sorry, Uncle Onyx.”
“…”
“I like you, but I like Mom much, much, much more.”
“What?”
Onyx was dumbfounded as Jediel responded seriously to what was just a casual remark.
“It can’t be helped, right? I’m Mom’s son after all.”
“Pfft, oh my. Alright, I get it, you little rascal!”
Onyx couldn’t help but smile, finding it amazing and endearing that a child only 4 years old could speak so articulately.
“Well then, shall we go?”
“Yes.”
Just as the two were about to move, holding hands. A man approached them.
It was Killian.
Onyx sent a sharp gaze towards Killian and asked.
“What? Do you have some business?”
However, Jediel, recognizing Killian’s face, greeted him cheerfully first.
“Oh? It’s the mister from yesterday! The candy mister, right? The handsome mister!”
Killian was momentarily flustered by the child’s bright laughter and friendly manner. Onyx was equally surprised.
‘Why is this little one acting like this?’
Jediel wasn’t a particularly sociable child. He was usually quite shy with people he met for the first time.
So Onyx found it strange that the child was being so friendly with Killian, whom he had only briefly met yesterday.
Killian forced a smile and spoke.
“Ah… You remembered. Hello?”
“Hello.”
The way he bowed his head vigorously in greeting was cute. A sharp voice flew towards Killian, who was staring blankly at the child.
“So what’s your business?”
“Mister, did you come to see me?”
Once again, it was Jediel who responded first to Onyx’s question.
Looking at the child’s brightly smiling face, Killian felt like he might cry. It was truly strange.
“I was just… passing by coincidentally. But I’m glad to see you again.”
Killian barely moved his lips to utter a clumsy lie.
“I’m glad to see you too, mister! Oh! My name is Jediel. What’s yours?”
“It’s Killian.”
“Killian… That’s a cool name! Goodbye! See you next time!”
Jediel waved his hand enthusiastically towards Killian. Killian, his mind slightly hazy, waved back.
‘How foolish.’
It was a thought he’d been having often lately.
But he had no regrets. He even thought it was good that he hadn’t turned back halfway and had waited.
‘Let’s meet again for sure. I want to see you.’
Killian endlessly watched the back of the child walking away, holding the man’s hand.
“Jediel…”
He softly called the child’s name. This child, whom he had first met yesterday, felt incredibly special.
‘…Because he resembles elder brother Aaron.’
He thought this was a sufficiently good reason. He decided to accept it that way.
Killian thought that sometimes in life, there are moments when self-justification is necessary, and this was one of those moments.
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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