“Well, I’m not sure yet. But Baron Line is a really decent person. He’s intelligent, composed, and has eyes that grasp reality. Even if he stays still, he could enjoy his current status. I once asked why he’s willing to take risks, and he said it’s because so many people are suffering due to the mad king.”
“Come to think of it, the opening policy of Kurang was also proposed by the Queen’s side, right?”
“Yes, Baron Line is part of the faction supporting the Queen’s nomination.”
Raphael made a calm judgment.
“It seems like nobles with their own thoughts have all leaned towards the Queen’s side. However, that doesn’t mean we can embrace them. As Ruela said, their goals are different from ours.”
Kite also agreed, saying, “Right. We must cut off those with different intentions to prevent a situation like the Kurang Kingdom from happening again.”
“But shouldn’t we at least give them a chance?” Hazen intervened.
“A chance?”
When Kite asked what he meant, Hazen responded, “There might be no other option than trying to nominate Queen Kurang as the next king. What if we meet their leaders and discuss? It’s testing the waters, asking if there’s a need for Kurang to persist.”
Raphael quickly opposed the idea. “No, that’s too risky.”
Kite also concurred with Raphael’s words. “I agree. Even now, just having a friendship with the Line family is causing suspicion. Meeting their leaders and asking if they would abandon Kurang for us is almost like committing suicide. There’s no law among them prohibiting betrayal.”
Listening to the three’s discussion, Ruela cautiously expressed her opinion. “Baroness Line didn’t speak ill of the past Hellenistic era. If we guarantee their status in Kurang, wouldn’t that be a reasonable condition for them, even in Hellenistic terms?”
“Guarantee their status in Kurang?”
Raphael immediately raised his head in response.
“Hellenic nobles won’t stay quiet.”
“I was told that if I assist in killing Kurang Duke and bringing down the kingdom, they will grant me the title of Duke.”
“That’s different. That’s a title bestowed as a reward for achieving a great feat. Bestowing a title for meritorious service is something no one would criticize.”
“So, if they help us bring down the Kurang Kingdom, wouldn’t they also become meritorious figures?”
“Ruela, do you really think they can help us? Kurang is not an ordinary country. It’s a kingdom of monsters. Do you think they wouldn’t know about it in Hellenia?”
Upon Raphael’s response, Ruela sighed.
“It’s complicated. Even if there’s a valid reason, it seems we can’t casually bestow titles.”
Considering she herself had been promised the title of Kurang Duke as a reward for achieving a feat, she thought it might be possible to persuade other nobles similarly. However, it seemed not to be that simple.
Kite gently stroked Ruela’s troubled head and explained, “It’s difficult. Even with valid reasons, we can’t casually bestow titles.”
“It would disrupt our own order. In Ruela’s case, she’s building a great merit by killing Kurang Duke and monsters. That’s something anyone can recognize without needing an explanation. However, Kurang’s nobles don’t share that perspective. Even if they side with us, it won’t be a significant help. Killing monsters is different from the usual political fight or rebellion, overthrowing the king and establishing a new one.”
Raphael also interjected into Kite’s words. “If you ask for help, they will naturally help. However, it should be limited to saving lives. We don’t need to protect their power and property.”
“Still, we’ll give them a heads up, right? Gart Viscount is suspicious,” Hagen asked.
To Hagen’s question, Kite nodded. “We should do that much. Actually, at first, I thought about not doing that. It might be easier for all of Kurang’s privileges to disappear if we want to annex it into Hellenia smoothly.”
“Actually, I once thought about that too,” Ruela said in a melancholic voice. While talking to Countess Line, she did consider taking all Kurang nobles with them, thinking that it might cause problems later. However, she also questioned whether it was right to just watch them all die. So, she suggested maintaining Kurang’s titles, but that was also rejected.
In that case, although it might be heartbreaking, it seemed right to make the privileged ones who prospered with the Kurang Kingdom disappear along with the Duke’s death.
Of course, for those who are willing to give up everything to save their lives, we should offer help.
“Anyway, considering the movements of the nobles and the situation with Kurang Duke, we should quickly level up.”
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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