Muriel, holding Frieda’s arm, almost dragged her as they walked towards the stairs.
Frieda whined as she was dragged by Muriel.
“Where are we going? Muriel, I don’t have time for this.”
“You haven’t had dinner yet. You should fill your stomach first before worrying.”
“Do you think I can eat right now? I’ve been caught selling off all the castle’s assets behind the master’s back.”
“Well, the master hasn’t earned a penny and has been asleep for three years.”
As Frieda grasped the stair railing with her free hand to resist, Muriel lightly lifted her waist.
To Muriel, whose size was almost comparable to Dominic’s despite being a woman, lifting Frieda was no big deal.
Frieda, who had grown accustomed to being carried by Muriel since she was young, quickly gave up and relaxed her arm.
“I should have kept a few guest rooms. Selling all the beds was a bit too much, wasn’t it?”
“Who needs guest rooms in this remote valley? And bluntly, did you use that money to buy jewelry or clothes, miss? You even swept away what you brought with you when you got married and gave it all to the servants.”
“Well, the duchy is now my own land to live on……”
That mantra of “my own land”.
Muriel learned for the first time after coming here how greedy Miss Frieda was for land.
Muriel clicked her tongue and opened the kitchen door, from which delicious aromas wafted.
None of the servants were surprised or asked what was going on when the duchess entered the kitchen, which was not a dining room.
As soon as Adel, who had become the head chef of Möweheim Castle due to catching Frieda’s eye two years ago, saw her, she laid out a huge piece of bread the size of a person’s face, soup, and various roasted vegetables.
“I was just thinking about taking it to your room, ma’am. I made a separate soup for the Duke, shall I bring it up now?”
“No. He’ll start eating tomorrow. Since it’s been a long time since his last meal, please be careful to make it something that won’t burden him, Adel.”
“Oh dear. Don’t worry about the Duke, ma’am, and please eat. You even missed coffee today.”
Adel’s hand, which put the spoon into Frieda’s hand, was full of affection.
Adel chopped up the bread into small pieces and put it into Frieda’s soup bowl, urging her to eat quickly.
Matilda, a maid who had appeared out of nowhere, also held out a large cup filled with fresh milk that had just been milked in front of Frieda.
Adel showed her determination not to leave her post until Frieda finished a bowl of soup.
Muriel silently emptied her bowl next to her.
Frieda, surrounded by people trying to feed her anything and everything, had slowly lost her worries from her face.
Muriel could never have imagined such a day when she first arrived at the duchy with Frieda.
“Sir Roschvalt. As you know, Frieda won’t live long. If she says she’s having a hard time, take her home immediately. She probably wants to be with her family at the end.”
She had wondered if she could endure a year, or even half a year.
She was anxious that Frieda, like the two Misses above her, might not make it past twenty.
Moreover, the conditions at Möweheim Castle were the worst of the worst, almost rock bottom.
It was such a forsaken castle that had nothing to offer, she wondered if it was really a duchy.
Duke Lihart was a halfbrother of Emperor Volstak II and that famous ‘Twelve Dukes’.
Even though he was a bastard born to the daughter of a mercenary captain from Millabo, she didn’t expect him to be treated so poorly.
Volstak II’s hunting dog seemed to have no time to take care of the castle.
The only solace was that Miss Frieda managed to stay healthy without any particular problems.
Otherwise, she would have returned to the Earl of Hawkbone immediately.
The moment Muriel’s sharp senses caught a familiar footstep, the kitchen door swung open.
Ricardo Mollie, the steward with a body so large he filled and surpassed the door, rushed into the kitchen.
“Duchess, you were here? I’ve been looking for you. Oh dear, are you just now having your meal?”
“Why, Ricardo? Is the Duke looking for me?”
“He is looking for you, but he said to wait. Here, have this. You can finish your meal and move slowly. Make sure to cool it down so you don’t burn your mouth.”
There was another reason why Muriel left Frieda in this savage land.
It was because all these soulless people infested in the Duchy genuinely cared for and loved Frieda.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Frieda, sitting next to the fireplace, anxiously peered at the door.
She wanted to rush at the Duke’s call, but Ricardo made Frieda sit down to finish her meal.
Right now, he is waiting in the bedroom as it will take time to finish talking with Dominic.
All this time, it’s like sitting on pins and needles.
Just as Muriel said, I feel confident as if I’ve done nothing wrong, but I think it’s a bit too much to have sold everything in the castle to get rid of it.
But there was no choice.
If you want to gather the territory people, you need a place to live, and if people want to live, they need a farmland to settle in…
In the Duchy, which is full of dense forests, it was necessary to cut down trees to create farmland, so we needed a tremendous amount of labor.
To get that many people, of course, we have to pay wages.
Then well, we have no choice but to sell what we have.
Yeah. What did I do?
In the past three years, how much blood and sweat have I shed to protect this land?
There’s nothing to be scared of. There’s no need to be timid.
Gritting her fists and glaring, she gained courage.
When the Duke comes, I will proudly say that I have fulfilled my duties as a Duchess.
“Huh, but why isn’t he coming?”
Frieda, who fell flat on the table, was dazed, watching the flames burn.
Today felt longer than any other day spent in the Duchy.
At the same time, the events of the past three years flashed through her mind like a slide show.
Those days when she felt alive moment by moment.
Frieda’s mouth opened in a grin and a low hum came out from her lips.
“Rote sister, Hestia sister. Frieda is really, really having fun here.”
Everyone raises me up and praises me, so I feel quite proud.
“And I… I’m twenty years old now.”
The daughters of the Earl of Harkbon didn’t celebrate their birthdays.
Having a birthday meant getting closer to death.
An age none of the sisters ever reached.
Frieda, without anyone knowing, turned twenty this year.
She felt proud of herself for getting through and the satisfaction of achieving it.
She wanted to brag to her heart’s content and be lavishly praised, her eyelids became heavy, soaked in that feeling.
Is it a dream?
A low, calm voice mixed with the warmth of the fireplace seeped into her ears.
“I’m proud of you, Frieda.”
Just like when Adel handed her a bowl of hot soup, a warm energy spread throughout her body.
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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