“Let’s do that, then.”
I chuckled and stroked Piya’s head feathers once more.
“How about giving me a new scenario?”
At this, Piya’s eyes widened in surprise.
―Really? Are we really going to do a scenario?
“Yes, really. Didn’t I say I have to defeat the Light Dragon?”
Tears welled up in Piya’s transparent blue eyes.
Chirp!
Bling!
Piya’s cry turned into a cheerful sound effect.
[SYSTEM] Main Scenario initiates! (▶Preview Scenario)A system message I had ignored before reappeared.
Pressing [▶Preview Scenario], a vivid video unfolded with an intense commentary.
[An oracle descends on the Empire! A worried Emperor! And you, the radiant Swordmaster, watching over it, become the new hero of the Empire!The Light Dragon Helheim is a formidable foe for a lone hero. For proof of heroism, you need companions.
Companions with upright character and exceptional skills, blessed by the light…!]
The video ended with a man, who seemed to be Klaus, and me linking arms from behind.
[SYSTEM] Quest arrival! [Main Quest: Proof of Heroism (1/2)]You need a strong companion to embark on the proof of heroism. Recruit the Shield of Light ?? as your companion!
▷Clear Conditions:
Option 1: Achieve 500 affection with ??
Option 2: Receive a knight’s oath from ??
Option 3: Duel with ?? and make them submit
▶Reward upon success: +3000 EXP, +10 Skill Points, Skill
“Three different clear conditions?”
―You just need to do one of them! Choose the one you’re most confident in; it’s much easier that way!
“……They all seem difficult.”
―Oh, come on, it’s the first scenario, so it should be easier! Just find ??, and it’s simple!
“……”
―But I can’t tell you who ?? is. Sorry, Lulu. But there was a hint in the video, so if you look closely…
“It’s okay, Piya.”
I comforted Piya, who apologized dejectedly.
It wasn’t a big problem since I knew who ?? was after reading the original work.
But the real issue lay elsewhere.
‘Klaus Winter…’
I was supposed to recruit that man as an ally, but Klaus Winter’s affection level was already plummeting towards the core of the earth.
Option 1: Achieve 500 affection with ??
The one whose affection drops just by hearing my breathing, so that’s impossible.
Option 2: Receive a knight’s oath from ??
‘A knight’s oath…’
I couldn’t imagine Klaus giving me a knight’s oath.
Unlike other royals, I didn’t have a direct knight even after becoming an adult and always relied on the palace knights.
Although Gloria and Elizabeth, my sisters, had direct knights, they were all from their father’s family.
It was unthinkable for an heir of a prestigious family like the Winters to pledge an oath to a powerless princess like me.
‘So, the only feasible option is…’
Option 3: Duel with ?? and make them submit
I looked at the third option and asked Piya.
“What does ‘submit’ mean?”
―It means beating them up until their health drops below 10!
Piya explained excitedly.
“What? Just, beat them up?”
I briefly imagined myself whacking that large knight, who was a head taller than me, with a sheathed sword.
‘Won’t that just lower the affection more?’
Klaus was the heir of the Winter family.
Violence is a serious crime, and even though I am a princess, attacking an heir of a prominent noble family…
“Should I secretly hit him in the dark of night…”
―There’s a duel system for that!
“No, but still, hitting… Let’s consider that as a last resort.”
I had once struck a precious part of Hezen, but I’m not someone who likes solving problems with violence.
Even if it’s a legitimate duel, reducing someone’s health to below 10 seemed too brutal.
If that was the only option, maybe.
‘Let’s try the first one first.’
Option 1: Achieve 500 affection with ??
I shook my head as I looked at the first clear condition.
‘If that clueless Hezen could pursue me, can’t I pursue Klaus? Especially now that I am a player…’
Thankfully, Hezen, who was desperate for charm and affection, had left various items in the inventory for wooing someone.
I wrote a letter to Sylvia, asking to be invited to the Winter Duke’s mansion.
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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