Leaning against the window frame with both arms wide open, Icarus laughed heartily.
However, soon he looked at Cael with a serious gaze.
“My life was saved by your mother and the people of Siren Marquis. I couldn’t save them.”
As Cael had heard this story once before, he simply nodded.
“And I blame myself for not saving them.”
Icarus turned his head slightly and looked up at the distant sky. The setting sun cast a reddish glow on his face, making him appear much younger than his age.
“Do you blame yourself for not saving your mother and uncle?”
With narrowed eyes, Icarus looked at Cael.
“How do you feel about it?”
“…The Majesty I know doesn’t regret the past.”
“You know well.”
Icarus raised his arm, as if to pat Cael’s head, much like on a day in the past.
But he stopped soon after. It was because he realized that Cael had grown too much for such gestures.
Cael quickly grabbed Icarus’s sturdy arm and slightly bowed his head.
It meant that it was okay, and Icarus should continue patting his head.
“Like a fox.”
Icarus chuckled and playfully tousled Cael’s hair, which was now almost at eye level.
“You’ll do well.”
“How can you guarantee that?”
Cael looked at Icarus with a genuinely curious expression. Icarus responded as if it was nothing.
“I did it too.”
Icarus was receiving the highest praise among the emperors of Vashirek.
Since his ascension, Vashirek had become wealthier than ever before, turning into a formidable power that couldn’t be taken lightly even on other continents.
Was it because it was him saying these words?
Cael also felt an unfounded trust in himself, that he could govern the union of Vashirek, Paradisium, and other kingdoms well.
⭐⭐⭐
“Emperor Majesty, a letter has arrived from Dehan Kyeong.”
Cael, who was looking at documents, raised his head at the words of the court official. He immediately read Dehan’s letter.
It contained brief greetings and the information that both Icarus and Vain were doing well.
Currently, Icarus was wandering the entire continent.
And Dehan and Vain followed him.
Icarus entrusted the duties of the emperor of the union to Cael, and Dehan and Vain had no obligation to succeed their noble families.
So, the three of them roamed freely around the entire continent.
Although they occasionally sent letters, they often sent valuable gifts that could only be found in the respective regions.
“Is the joint gift among them?”
Cael pointed to a small wooden box on the desk of the office.
“Yes, Your Majesty. It seems to be an item that is easy to break, given the special attention to transportation.”
The court official chuckled, and Cael stood up and opened the wooden box.
Inside was an elegant sundial with a sophisticated design.
Cael carefully lifted it and held it in his hands.
“There’s something else below, Your Majesty.”
As the court official said, there was a small note at the bottom of the wooden box.
「It is recommended to check related documents in the special archive of the palace as much as possible.」
Cael chuckled slightly at the brief message that revealed Icarus’s personality with a powerful yet concise writing style.
“I should go to the archive.”
“Please go, Your Majesty.”
Cael headed straight to the special library accessible only by the emperor.
And then, he searched for books related to relics inside.
After wandering around the library for a while, Cael discovered a thick book with red leather and gilt.
After carefully brushing off the accumulated dust, he began flipping through the pages one by one, searching for a picture similar to the sundial that Icarus had sent.
It took a while.
“Is this it?”
He could find a picture that was quite similar to what he held in his hand.
Cael read the passages written on the pages.
“The Chronos Sundial: A relic handed down from before the existence of the Angel Empire, it is said to possess the power to manipulate time. Also…”
Cael couldn’t help but admire.
“He really sent something precious.”
If it was an item from before Angel, it would have been difficult to obtain unless excavated from an ancient ruin.
Although Dehan urged him to check the authenticity through an expert, Cael was convinced.
This was undoubtedly a very rare item.
And once again, he was amazed at Icarus’s intelligence.
Even Cael, who had recently learned of the news of his wife, the Empress’s pregnancy, felt like he had sent a precious gift.
As he recalled the Empress, who shyly smiled while announcing the news of the child’s conception, a happy smile naturally spread across Cael’s face.
It was something he longed for desperately after losing his parents at a young age.
However, it was only for a moment.
It was because the veil of distant memories from the cloudy past had risen.
Things like his mother’s gentle but sturdy shoulders that protected him from the threat of the armed imperial knights.
“…”
Cael briefly looked down at the relic in his hand.
Regardless of whether it was genuine or not, he couldn’t confirm whether such an ancient artifact could exert its power.
But right now, he felt happier than ever.
It was regrettable that he couldn’t show his grandson to his mother, who gave birth to him and protected him.
Cael unknowingly closed his warm eyes.
“May you be happy…”
It was at the moment when he was wishing for the happiness and well-being of his mother, who had passed away some time ago.
Light seeped through Cael’s tightly closed eyelids.
“…?”
Cael opened his eyes briskly and examined the relic. However, there was no change in the relic.
‘Was it a delusion?’
Shaking his head, Cael soon left the library, thinking that he should show it to the Empress.
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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