As he approached without looking back, taking my hand, the cold retreated, and summer arrived.
“I will follow Empress Your Majesty.”
“I will follow Empress Your Majesty.”
Starting with that, the knights drew their swords and thrust them in front of me, kneeling on one knee.
Without exception, every single one of them swore to belong to me, the Bacquere.
After carefully observing each of their serious faces, I turned elegantly towards Enrique.
“So it has been decided. We will renovate the Empress’s palace for the training grounds and lodgings, and they will be provided as a gift. Please do not worry about expenses.”
Remember my name.
The name of your deceased wife, whom you killed.
I bit my lips and endured until Enrique completely disappeared from my sight. I lost consciousness after Mermem’s whisper.
“You can collapse. I’ll catch you.”
Afterwards, it was pitch black.
When I finally came to my senses, it was already night.
“Your Majesty!”
Derek, who was standing by the bedside, noticed my stirring and approached, kneeling on one knee.
Using the back of my hand to touch my forehead, I exhaled a long breath and opened my mouth.
“How long have I been sleeping?”
“It hasn’t been a few hours, Your Majesty.”
“Thank goodness.”
Still, thanks to Mermem, what might have taken days to recover from was over in half a day.
While exhaling a sigh of relief, Charlotte, holding a silver tray, appeared.
“Your Majesty, oh my. Have you awakened?!”
“Yeah. Sorry for worrying you.”
“I was really worried. They said the Emperor treated you severely again.”
Charlotte subtly omitted the title ‘Your Majesty’ from the Emperor when addressing me.
Pretending not to notice, I took the water she offered.
‘Ah, my throat is too dry.’
Pure and high sacred power left a chill in my soul and had adverse effects on my fragile body.
Perhaps dealing with Enrique for a long time had reduced my lifespan… The key was how much it had been reduced.
“Give me a mirror.”
“Here it is, Your Majesty.”
“Thanks.”
The artificially extended lifespan easily crumbled like a sandcastle in front of a rough wave, causing stress to quickly erode it.
I closed my eyes tightly, then opened them to see the numbers inscribed in my irises, almost letting out a curse.
‘One year? Just one year?’
After all the effort I put into accumulating it, it shortened to one year?
‘No, no. Still, it was enough. I have income.’
The top priority plan was originally to return to my original form.
But if that wasn’t easily achievable, the goal was to live as the Empress, take Helene’s and Enrique’s places, and drive them into despair.
So I had to pursue both goals simultaneously.
‘Now that I have made Bacquere mine. If I raise it well, it will be a significant force when I trample Enrique later.’
So it wasn’t a useless endeavor.
“Derek, before the establishment of the new knight order, there’s something I’d like to ask.”
“Please, tell me anything.”
Rather than getting angry about the shortened lifespan, it was better to hurry and do what needed to be done.
I spoke firmly.
“I hope Derek would become the Vice Commander of the Astalor Knight Order.”
“Am I… being serious?”
“I hope the Vice Commander will be more helpful to me. It’s more useful than bedroom furniture.”
At present, there were hardly any within the knight order who could surpass Derek.
Moreover, the Astalor Knight Order was a merger of the knights from the Ahillo family who had guarded the Empress’s palace and the Bacquere.
To avoid unnecessary conflict, it was better for each side to have one leader and one vice-leader.
“Will you do it?”
“…Yes.”
“Good. Then please convey my intentions to the knights. The position of the commander will be determined fairly through sparring. Mermem will also participate in the sparring. However, if you’re not interested in the commander position, you can abstain from the sparring.”
“I will convey that.”
Bacquere’s image was already too negative.
It’s a good opportunity to put on a new outfit called .
‘I slightly modified my name, but it suits well. It sounds like the name of a formidable knight order.’
At that moment, Lady Bertolt rushed in, as if she had heard the news of my awakening.
“Susan, how’s the public opinion in the capital?”
“Oh! Um, they say that the Emperor has treated the delicate Empress severely.”
“Good. Make sure to amplify that sentiment. Can you do that?”
“Yes.”
Awakening and immediately issuing commands may have seemed awkward, and Lady Bertolt looked at me with unfamiliar eyes.
‘By now, it’s a good idea to formalize the reason for my change.’
I carefully looked around my closest attendants and began to speak.
“In fact, there’s something I haven’t told you. It’s about the revelation I received from the gods.”
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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