Neris was, of course, watching the silverhaired boy. Neris murmured briefly so that no one else but Dian could hear.
“Right. The young duke.”
The main culprit that made Neris hate the name ‘Nel’.
The man who killed her mother to draw in the owner of the eyes.
The one who used Neris for his entire life and then cruelly discarded her when she was no longer of use.
‘Why did you have to go that far?’
Neris wanted to rush over and ask him that right now. She wanted to show her clenched heart. She wanted to make sure that he, now sixteen, would never feel that cruel satisfaction again.
She wanted to run over, snatch the dagger at his waist, and stab it into his neck.
Then Neris would die too, but it didn’t matter. She was already dead once.
But would that be enough punishment?
‘Yes, I must endure for now.’
Neris whispered to herself. Perhaps by coincidence, her eyes met with Nellusion’s.
Nellusion had also met Neris. It was just a few months ago by today’s standard.
At her mother’s request for a loan for Neris’s academy admission, the Duke of Elandria’s family invited them to the mansion for dinner once. The atmosphere was quite good at the time.
Back then, Neris simply thought, ‘Since our relative is treating us to dinner, I must become a wonderful adult and repay him.’
‘They must have been curious if the news of the birth of the Eye was true.’
They checked and lent them the money. They probably started planning to exploit them thoroughly from then.
That Nellusion probably remembered Neris from when she was young, naive, and not yet tainted by darkness.
‘You ruined that, Nellusion.’
So, when the time came, Neris was ready to shatter that smiling face of Nellusion.
Nellusion, who volunteered to run errands to the female freshmen’s classroom, was satisfied with his clever choice.
There was nothing lacking for Nellusion Elandria. He was born the heir to one of the highestranking families in the Empire of Bista, excluding one royal family and one great duke family, and was trusted by Prince Abellus.
In politics, he repeated semesters to study with older students, and all the students liked the handsome and fair him.
Kind and fair.
As he thought of those two words, a smile surfaced on his face. Nellusion had been receiving such evaluations.
But he had no intention of using his remarkable talent to become an excellent duke and serve the emperor. Such a smart person had to have bigger ambitions.
And something helpful to realize that ambition was in this freshman classroom.
The overwhelmed and curious faces of the freshmen were something he had seen for several years now. Nellusion glanced at this year’s freshmen feigning indifference just before reaching the center of the hall.
It wasn’t hard to find since he already knew the face. The sharp eyes and mysterious platinum blonde caught his eye.
Neris Trued.
The fact that a fallen cousin who married a lowranking knight had such a daughter was none of Nellusion’s family’s concern.
But surprisingly, that cousin’s daughter had precious eyes, and the duke decided to invest immediately after confirming this fact. The grace of the eyes would be good capital in aristocratic society, after all.
Nellusion knew that it had been over a hundred years since eyes were born into his family. The Elandria family’s situation was concerning.
One of the reasons the Elandria family was treated so well was not because they were descendants of the legendary three heroes, just like the royal family?
Young Valentine was spiteful, but Nellusion thought his parents’ decision was excellent. Aristocratic society, where dignity is important, attaches great importance to symbols.
So he offered kind encouragement to the mother and daughter, thanking them for lending the tuition fee, leaving a good impression.
‘Hmm?’
But was that child this feeling before?
Nellusion remembered Neris as an innocent and gentle child, but the girl he now faced was nothing like that. Sharp as a seasoned politician, her piercing gaze was something that even the strongest would find startling.
Fortunately, Neris smiled a moment later. It was a beautiful and gentle smile. He calmed his surprised self and stood in the center of the auditorium.
It must be a misunderstanding. A person could not change so much in just a few months. Especially a twelveyearold child.
But his smile was already somewhat awkward due to his confusion. Recognizing this fact, Nellusion quickly made a friendly face as usual.
If that child was smarter than he thought, it was a good thing. She was just a child after all, and she could be easily persuaded, especially since the privileges available to the daughter of a lowerranked knight and a relative of the duke were so different.
“Ladies and gentlemen, soon Mrs. Alix will come to supervise the test to gauge your mathematical abilities. I am Nellusion Elandria, and I am responsible for explaining the test beforehand.”
Even those who did not know Nellusion’s name drew breath at the mention of it. He looked around at all the children.
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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