While their martial arts skills were evenly matched, Selena consort’s expertise seemed slightly ahead of Elan consort’s enthusiasm.
Regardless of who won, I hoped they would finish without inflicting significant injuries on each other.
According to Emperor Adrian, even if one caused harm to the other, the match would continue as long as the injured consort did not kneel.
Clang!
The consorts clashed weapons, engaging in a contest of strength.
In terms of strength, Selena consort was clearly pushed back.
However, she must have accumulated crisis management skills over the long years spent at the Wony Palace, facing numerous consorts.
“Ouch!”
Indeed, my expectations were accurate.
Selena consort utilized the force of being pushed back by Elan consort.
Bending down as if pretending to fall, she aimed for Elan consort’s lower body, disrupting her balance.
“Ow!”
“That’s it!”
“Ouch, my goodness!”
The cheers and screams of the dignitaries from various countries echoed through the banquet hall, mixing together.
The reason was that Selena Consort, who successfully knocked down Elan Consort, had slashed across Elan Consort’s right face with her sword.
From Elan Consort’s face, the red blood splattered and quickly dripped onto the beige marble floor.
At a glance, it looked as if red roses were blooming here and there.
I clenched the armrest of my chair, swallowing hard.
I wanted to leap into the midst of the consorts and stop this reckless match immediately.
However, it seemed like I was the only one repulsed by the idea of this match.
Even the Northern Continent dignitaries, who were initially perplexed, were now immersed in and beginning to enjoy the match.
Especially the ecstatic expressions of Prince Tesler of the Shatonil Kingdom and Princess Lesilia seemed as if they were from Southern Continent dignitaries.
The siblings were enjoying the consorts’ duel more than anyone.
Elan Consort’s expression, which had initially been spirited, wavered significantly.
Her cheek appeared more deeply cut than anticipated.
While wounds might heal over time, scars would be everlasting.
Blood might gradually stop, but tears shed due to those scars wouldn’t easily cease.
Unconsciously, I raised my hand to the scarred area on my right cheek, looking at Elan Consort.
It pained me, knowing exactly how she would feel every time she looked at her face in the mirror.
If Selena Consort won this duel, she would likely occupy Emperor Adrian’s side during the continent hunting competition.
However, that was a temporary benefit, not eternal.
In contrast, the scars on their mouths would remain forever.
As Elan Consort, with a bewildered face, hesitated to stand up again, Selena Consort forcefully kicked her abdomen.
As Selena Consort rode atop the fallen Elan Consort, she raised her twin swords high.
I quickly scanned the people gathered in the banquet hall.
Everyone was focused on the two consorts.
Lionel, too, couldn’t take his eyes off them, holding a wine glass in his hand.
Now.
Pretending to stretch, I deliberately bumped into Lionel’s hand, causing the wine to spill.
“Oh my! I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
“It’s okay.”
As he turned his head to the side, Chancellor Stian quickly approached, wiping the spilled wine off his hand with a napkin.
After briefly diverting Lionel’s gaze, I threw the knife on the table towards Selena Consort’s arm.
Lionel didn’t see my action, but someone else might have witnessed it.
If that were the case, what would happen later…
I didn’t have time to think that far.
If I didn’t intervene, Elan Consort would likely suffer irreversible harm.
However, in this brief moment, something remarkable happened.
As I threw the knife, simultaneously, the large chandelier hanging from the central ceiling of the banquet hall went dark, accompanied by a sound.
The once lively banquet hall now became dim.
Who could it be? It couldn’t be a coincidence…
I had a suspect in mind.
I looked up at Commander Macron standing to my left.
“You mentioned it was an easy duty, didn’t you? On the first day of work, I didn’t expect to deal with such a high-difficulty aftermath.”
Commander Macron pretended to tie his combat boots while whispering to me.
“T-Thank you.”
If Commander Macron hadn’t become my bodyguard today, what would have happened?
After committing the act, I felt a belated sense of unease.
“Ah!”
At that moment, a sharp scream echoed in the darkness.
Did my thrown knife hit Selena Consort’s hand too hard?
No, even if it did, it wouldn’t have caused a significant injury at this distance.
Moreover, there was a time gap between my knife throw and the scream.
Suddenly, the lights in the banquet hall went out, followed by a horrifying scream.
As the sound of the dignitaries’ confusion continued, the banquet hall turned chaotic in an instant.
“Zelda, are you okay?”
Lionel held my hand and asked.
“I’m fine. I apologize for causing trouble by spilling wine. Are you injured anywhere?”
“Not at all. Don’t worry.”
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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