Squirrel, who read my refusal, grinned and stepped back.
Following that, I entrusted my officials to Showpen Kyung and moved with Giovanni Kyung.
I walked at a reasonably fast pace in case I would run into Enrique again.
“I want to see Merem right now.”
I didn’t meet Merem this morning.
Because the training schedule got busy.
I thought it was okay when I heard the explanation, but now I don’t know why my heart feels empty like this.
“Your Majesty, oh, have you arrived?”
“Where is Merem?”
“He’s in the training ground. But, um…”
It didn’t take long to reach the exclusive training ground of the Ashtaroth Knights of the Imperial Palace.
I headed towards the training ground with more lively movements than usual.
“He is coming.”
It seemed like Chedepf Kyung was saying something, but I couldn’t hear it well. Half-listening, I tried to call Merem first.
But right then.
Under the bright sunlight, I spotted pink hair fluttering like flower petals.
A color not to be seen in this palace.
Especially when the owner of the palace is absent.
“Helen? Why is she here?”
Feeling her presence, Helene turned around abruptly.
Her eyes, pretending to be innocent, gazed at me with repulsive softness.
“Oh, Your Majesty! Welcome!”
Welcome?
As if this were her palace, my back tensed at her blabbering.
“Enrique does the same, and the two of them seem so close. What are they trying to do?”
Moreover, how dare she cling so closely to what’s mine.
It was unpleasant.
“I have no memory of inviting you. It is very rude to enter someone’s house without permission.”
“I’m sorry. I was waiting for Your Majesty since I heard you were attending a state meeting. As I can no longer participate in state meetings.”
Helene spoke with polite tone.
Meanwhile, Merem approached me.
“Leo.”
There was a faint irritation in his calm face.
Without any hesitation, he turned his back on Helena and started explaining to me directly to avoid any misunderstanding.
“The Saint came about five minutes ago.”
“I see.”
“I was ignoring her for about five minutes.”
Helene’s status hasn’t fallen to the ground yet. If I were to drive her away using force, problems would arise, and I, the Empress, would be responsible for that.
Knowing that, Merem had no choice but to ignore her.
His grievances were palpable, so I gently stroked his smooth black hair. It was a touch more affectionate than usual.
After that, I coldly commanded Helene while glancing at her.
“As you can see, I’m busy. Make an appointment and come back later.”
It meant that she could no longer enter the Empress’s palace without an appointment.
“Yes, Your Majesty. I will go now.”
With a light greeting, Helene turned away. Bellifor’s magical aura was strongly felt from her as she left.
Even though she pretended not to, the scent of cinnamon sugar lingered on Helene.
“…I couldn’t breathe because of that scent.”
As Helene disappeared, Merem, who had been holding his breath, sighed, forming a wrinkle on his nose. Then he leaned loosely against my shoulder.
I comforted him and asked in a stern tone.
“Why did the Saint come here? It’s not like the gatekeepers just opened the door for her.”
“I don’t know. I explicitly told them not to bring in saints or emperors recklessly. We might need to call the gatekeepers for interrogation immediately.”
Merem wouldn’t have done things carelessly.
The gatekeepers should have been aware that Helene was not allowed in.
After a brief consideration, I brought up one possibility.
“If they claim not to remember or accidentally opened the door or say something similar, don’t press too hard. My brothers seem to have devoured the saint from head to toe.”
“If they are brothers, does it mean that another demon, Belfor, approached the saint?”
“Not just approached; it seems like they even made a contract. Fearlessly.”
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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