“Oh, it’s getting late! I have urgent business at the top, so I will be on my way. Have a wonderful day!”
It was when Lea was about to kindly hand him a word.
The man didn’t even listen to Lea’s words and disappeared from sight in a hurry.
“Urgent business? Didn’t he just say he was going for dinner?”
‘Does having dinner count as urgent?’
Akkia, who had been looking at Lea with a curious face, turned around.
“Something must have come up.”
The Count replied in a low voice, his mouth curving into a soft smile.
[This is the time delimiter.]The butler, Bayern, was sitting in the large hall, touching his glass. Even though the promised time had passed quite a while, there was no sign of the mansion’s master.
The gilded high ceilings and expensive art pieces by famous artists hanging on the walls.
The luxurious interior of the mansion was reminiscent of the Duke of Rodrigo, who was flourishing under the patronage of the current emperor.
The Duke of Rodrigo was Bayern’s brother. To be exact, Bayern was the illegitimate child of the previous Duke Rodrigo.
‘It wasn’t this luxurious just a few years ago…….’
Both of them received ‘his’ name.
The Duke Rodrigo became the secretary closest to the emperor, and Bayern was sent to Heidern territory to monitor Akkia.
[I also want to assist ‘him’ while in the capital…….] [Bayern. Is it appropriate for someone of your birth to assist him?] […….] [Go to Heidern territory and earn your merits. We’ll talk about it again then.]The duke gently persuaded the resentful Bayern that it wouldn’t be difficult to secure a position in the capital if he did well.
Believing that, he committed various acts.
Originally, Bayern was supposed to be included in this regular appointment. No doubt, he had trusted and made an absurd move to slander Dr. Jacob and the Duke.
Seeing the list that only his name was omitted from, Bayern immediately sent a letter to his brother. He asked what happened, but the reply was extremely succinct.
[Bayern, your name is not in this shift of capital duties. Look forward to the next. L.W]Feeling it would be useless to continue asking by letter, he visited the Duke Rodrigo directly. Even taking a vacation to do so.
Bayern’s heart boiled every time his friends around him secured positions in the capital.
His brother inherited the title because he was the legitimate son of his wife. Why couldn’t he?
Unlike his brother, who had Rodrigo in his hand since birth, Bayern wasn’t even allowed the last name ‘Rodrigo’.
And that wasn’t all. Everyone whispered about the illegitimate child. Because of the limits of his birth, Bayern had to be appointed as a butler in the countryside.
He choked back his emotions, thinking about how much longer he had to hide in Heidern territory. Comparing himself to his brother, Bayern felt upset again at his pitiful situation.
Just as he was clenching his trembling hand, the door to the large hall opened. The Duke of Rodrigo, who had been swaggering over, sat in the seat across from him.
“Bro, brother!”
His brows furrowed at the title of ‘older brother’ coming from Bayern.
“Can’t you even get the title right, Bayern?”
“I apologize, Your Grace… I just can’t believe it.”
“What are you talking about?”
The Count seemed uninterested in Bayern’s story, resting his chin on his hand.
“The announcement of appointments. Why am I not included……! Don’t you know, Brother, no, Your Grace? How much effort I put in to come to the capital!”
Desperation filled Bayern’s eyes. The Count, who had been staring intently at him, let go of his chin and folded his arms.
“I know.”
The Count was the only one who understood his situation. As Bayern showed relief,
“How you disappointed him. Bayern. You should know better why you couldn’t come to the capital.”
Bayern’s face froze at the unexpectedly cold voice. The Count, looking at him, flicked the table with his finger.
“If you want to come to the capital, you have to prove your worth.”
“……W, worth, you mean…”
“There must be many ways to please him. You should know better than anyone.”
Bayern swallowed hard.
Indeed, was that the only way? Count Heidern’s deathbed.
The Count, looking at the tensionfilled Bayern, stopped his fidgeting hand.
“And don’t come here on your own in the future.”
With that, the Count rose from his seat. He then pointed at Bayern with his chin to the butler who had entered the mansion.
“Bayern is leaving, see him out.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
Bayern clenched his trembling hand into a fist. There was no more time to waste.
If this year passed, the chance for a formal appointment would not come again for several years. If he wanted to make his elderly mother’s life comfortable, he had to secure his position in the capital.
‘Indeed……. I have to do that.’
Bayern’s eyes shone at the thought of ending his longstanding relationship with the Count.
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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