She looked a bit cute in her surprise, like a small animal.
Icar barely suppressed a chuckle.
She looked weary, so he brought up the magic stones from Natrheim.
The Siren Duchess’s family may be wealthy, but there’s no need to refuse free gold.
They found it together, so naturally, it was joint property, Icar thought. However, she seemed to think of herself as a robber.
Shamefully.
Her joy at the magic stone story was shortlived.
Whether she was worried or simply listless, she still looked downcast.
Always bold, her drooping shoulders now irritated him.
Even when she volunteered to be a partner at the palace ball instead of the princess, she had shown no cowardice.
On the contrary, she looked proud.
At first, he thought someone had forced her to go to Bashuker.
But after witnessing it, it seemed more like her choice.
Deciding to leave for a faraway foreign country without any connections couldn’t have been easy.
Especially for a young lady of a noble house like the Siren Duchess’s.
But she wanted to leave for Bashuker earlier than scheduled, and never complained throughout the journey.
Though she must have been raised delicately, never having soiled her hands.
Icar highly respected her determination.
Of course, if she had complained that it was hard or painful, or asked for rest, he would not have listened.
Lost in thought, Icar looked down at the paperwork, ready to resume work.
But soon he remembered Reneb at the palace ball.
The dress that fluttered like a goldfish tail suited her well.
She was beautiful.
Not just in his mind; the aristocrats’ eyes had been fixed on Reneb, proving it.
He regretted not gouging out all those eyes.
The flow of thoughts stopped at Reneb’s dancing in place, twirling, then trembling as if terrified.
At first, he reviewed if he had made a mistake, but there was no such situation.
‘Her condition has definitely worsened…’
No matter how he thought about it, it started after the appearance of the princess of Solty.
So Icar immediately ordered to find the connection between the princess of Solty and Reneb.
Knock.
At that moment, the sound of knocking on the office door made Icar look up.
Quickly opening the door and checking the visitor, Bein approached Icar with documents.
“Your Majesty, the report on the princess of Solty that you asked for has arrived.”
Bein handed the documents he was holding to Icar.
Icar quickly skimmed through the contents and a hollow laugh escaped from his mouth.
“Ha, this is absurd.”
Icar, who clicked his tongue briefly, exchanged glances with Dran and Vain, who had no way of knowing the contents of the documents.
Then Vain, a bit braver than Dran, hesitated to speak.
“Your Majesty, what is going on?”
As if to see for himself, Icar handed over the documents to Vain and laughed hollowly once again.
Vain and Dran lowered their eyes to the documents passed by Icar.
“Uh…”
Soon, both of them burst into laughter, as if stunned.
The report from Princess Solti, who had just come up, was unmistakably a deceit against Icar and the Bashuker Empire.
“Is this madness?”
Icar, who had been growling with a fierce expression, suddenly twisted one side of his lips.
Dran and Vain, who were watching Icar’s expression up close, were frightened.
It was because it was never a good sign when His Majesty laughed like that.
Dran elbowed Vain in the side, and Vain reluctantly opened his mouth.
“What, what are you planning to do, Your Majesty?”
“Kill?”
“…….”
At Icar’s low and depressed voice, Dran and Vain swallowed dryly.
Icar, who seemed to be thinking about something, dropped his gaze and then lightly shook his head.
“No, rather, this might be a good thing. Now we have a just cause for war with Solti.”
“Shall we prepare for war with Solti right away?”
Vain’s face brightened, having been intimidated by Icar’s momentum just before.
In fact, Vain did not suit looking at documents in the office all day.
He felt alive when swinging his sword on the battlefield, as in the past.
Icar spat out after a brief thought.
“It might be more interesting to watch a little longer.”
At Icar’s words to wait, Vain’s shoulders slumped.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
On the other hand, Dran, the pacifist, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
(This is the time delimiter.)
Since the palace ball, Reneb was showered with various invitations.
From small tea parties to balls and salons held by nobles.
Kieren was very pleased, whether the attention of the Bashuker nobles showered on Reneb was sweet.
However, he asked worriedly, looking at Reneb, who did not go out even after a few days.
“Lady, will you also reject the invitation from the Duchess of Dürenburk?”
Reneb, who was writing a rejection letter for the Duchess of Dürenburk’s invitation, lightly nodded her head.
Kieren, who seemed to have something to say, puckered her lips and soon gave up, grasping the teapot.
“The tea has cooled. I’ll pour a new one.”
Reneb glanced at the back of Kieren, who was walking away with the teapot, and continued writing her letter.
During that time, Reneb stayed only in the garden, collecting information about the Bashuker nobles through Amber and Princess Rachel.
From the power hierarchy to cohesive forces.
And Reneb came to a conclusion in her own way.
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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