“Piya! You’ve overeaten!”
Brrrrrrrrr!
I was seriously worried.
Piya seemed unable to fly after eating too much.
While I was worrying, Piya went “Pweeet!” and pounded the dessert plate with her left foot.
Of course, Piya’s feet were so small and light that it felt more like tapping with a cotton ball than pounding.
“Eek! I-I’ll bring new macarons right away, Prince Anselot’s bird!”
The servant moved very quickly with a pale face at Piya’s foot gesture.
‘Oh…’
I looked at Piya with renewed amazement as she thoroughly enjoyed her power and ate to her heart’s content.
“Luenheart seems to be quite a prestigious country,”
Klaus said in an equally pleased voice. He too seemed to have received excellent treatment.
“Why?”
“When I said I wanted to watch the knights train, they gladly showed me the training grounds.”
In Azester, this was only possible with the Emperor’s permission.
Not just Azester, but many kingdoms on the continent didn’t easily show their knights’ training to outsiders.
“It’s a good country with an exceptional spirit of chivalry.”
“Ah.”
I let out a short exclamation and was convinced.
‘That’s probably because we’re Salto’s companions.’
Especially seeing the face of the prince’s palace knight darkening when Klaus mentioned this, I was certain.
‘Well, Klaus… isn’t very perceptive because he’s so straightforward…’
“By the way, where’s Anselot?”
In a somewhat better mood after the morning walk, I generously asked about Anselot’s whereabouts.
“Prince Anselot went to meet King Titarus with the soldiers this morning.”
“The king?”
“It seems there was an unpleasant incident at the prince’s palace last night.”
“Ah…”
I recalled the assassin who had ambushed Anselot the night before.
The palace servants had been whispering and adding to the ominous rumors about Anselot because of it.
‘That wasn’t Anselot’s fault.’
At this moment, Klaus comforted me in a matter-of-fact voice.
“Don’t worry too much. It’s not Prince Anselot’s fault, so nothing will happen.”
I opened my eyes wide in surprise.
“How did you know that…”
“Prince Anselot may be crazy, but he’s not someone who goes around killing people without reason.”
I felt warmth in my chest at the sight of Klaus trusting Anselot anew.
‘He doesn’t seem to like Anselot much, but he trusts him in his own way.’
Brrr, brr!
―That’s right, Lady Lulu! Don’t worry about Anselot, let’s eat delicious food and have fun!
Piya flapped her wings, shouting as she tried to fly to me.
But maybe because she ate too much.
Piya flew up slightly and then fell back onto the plate.
Quack!
I couldn’t help but burst into laughter at the sight of Piya falling face-first onto the plate with a strange cry.
[This is the timeline separator]Anselot, who had left after breakfast, did not return even by evening.
When I discreetly asked a servant, I was told that Anselot had quickly ended his audience, coming off as unreasonably aggressive before the king.
“But why hasn’t he come back?”
“It seems he went out beyond the palace walls.”
I prepared to go to the party while Anselot remained absent.
Parties were being held daily in the palace hall to mark the festival preparation period.
To gather information necessary for the subsequent scenario progression, I left Ilei with Klaus and attended the party with Piya.
Piya, who had become a pig-bird from overeating, couldn’t fly and obediently went into my pocket.
‘Why can’t I see Prince Arno?’
I scanned over people’s heads, looking for Prince Arno, whom I would likely encounter in the next quest.
That is, the pathetic villain who torments Maria and duels with Hezen in the original work.
I thought I’d be able to spot someone of prince status, especially a villain who torments the original heroine, at a party like this.
But Arno’s name was nowhere to be seen.
Just as I was peeking out onto the terrace, just in case.
Bam bam bam!
[SYSTEM] Conquest target is nearby!As the system notification rang out loudly, a pink heart-shaped dot indicating Maria’s location appeared with a ‘pop’ on the minimap.
“Huh? W-What’s that?”
Pweet.
―In conquest mode, conquest targets are shown as heart-shaped dots on the minimap.
“…Such a useless effect.”
The effect of pink hearts blooming like footprints with every step Maria took was extremely flashy and distracting.
I ended up turning off the minimap.
Pweet!
―Lady Lulu, why are you turning off the minimap? We should go find Maria right away!
“No, the quest is important, but… first I should gather more information about Arno…”
I made excuses to delay the quest.
Beep!
―Ah, Maria is over there! Let’s go, Lady Lulu!
However, this small bird with good eyesight quickly found Maria even without the minimap and urged me on.
Maria was surrounded by noble young ladies on the large terrace where the curtains had been drawn open.
Her pure beauty stood out particularly among the elaborately adorned young ladies.
“Wait, Piya. I need more mental preparation.”
Beep!
―What are you saying! You should complete the quest quickly!
“And Maria is with her friends right now…”
As I was making excuses and dawdling.
“I smell a commoner somewhere.”
‘Huh?’
For a moment, I widened my eyes, wondering if I had heard wrong.
“Oh my, really? Is this horrible stench of rotting noses the smell of commoners?”
“I’d rather stick my nose in sewage, hohoho.”
The young ladies surrounding Maria burst into laughter.
I hadn’t heard wrong.
Now that I looked closer, Maria wasn’t playing with friends, but was being bullied!
‘Those, those wretches!’
There was no mention in the original work of Maria being bullied by noble young ladies.
It seemed to be an omitted setting, probably because most of the story was told from Hezen’s perspective.
Although I had been avoiding Maria for some reason, she was the most impressive female character in my favorite work.
I couldn’t pass by and ended up stepping into the terrace and interrupting.
“What did you just say? Did you say something smells?”
An eye for an eye! A tooth for a tooth!
A nastier word for a nasty word!
“Yeah. Something does smell. The smell of dirty blabbering mouths.”
I looked at the red-haired young lady who seemed to be the ringleader and unleashed the nastiest words I had learned from Anselot.
The flustered red-haired young lady raised her voice angrily towards me.
“Did you just say that to…”
“Gasp! Wait, Lady Azeline. That person is…”
At this moment, another young lady next to her stopped the red-haired one.
“It’s her, it’s her! The one from the Azester Empire…”
“What? That Salto’s…”
The red-haired one, belatedly recognizing me, turned pale with shock.
“What? Why are you staring at someone like that in front of them?”
I glared at them, putting strength into my eyes.
Of course, I knew why they were looking at me with such fearful eyes.
Salto’s lover ‘Luibel Azester’ had already become a person of interest no less than Salto himself.
Having felt this more acutely during my morning walk, I glared at them fiercely, putting strength into my eyes.
“I thought only your mouths stank, but are your eyeballs rotten too?”
“Eek! We-We’re sorry!”
The young ladies who had been bullying Maria apologized and retreated, trembling in fear at just one glare.
[SYSTEM] You have saved from crisis. [Quest in progress]I snorted once at those pathetic retreating figures fleeing the terrace.
[Main Quest: Love and Duel! (1/3)] Completed!Anyway, thanks to that, the quest was unintentionally successful.
[SYSTEM] Quest successful! [SYSTEM] You have gained 25000 experience points. [SYSTEM] You have leveled up! (Lv.39) [SYSTEM] You have gained 10 skill points. [SYSTEM] ‘s affection has reached maximum. [SYSTEM] feels passionate love for you.Passionate… what?
While I blinked my eyes for a moment, wondering if there was an error in the system message window.
Maria addressed me with a shy blush.
“Thank you, Lady Luibel. Oh, may I call you Lady Luibel?”
It seems she already knew my name somehow.
“I didn’t know it was you, Imperial Princess Luibel, who saved me. You’ve saved me from crisis three times already.”
“Usually, picking up dropped items or checking the clock tower time for someone isn’t considered saving them from crisis, is it?”
When I asked awkwardly with a laugh, Maria’s eyes curved into a smile.
“The helping hand you extended to me was a great blessing.”
To make matters worse, a choice prompt appeared.
[1. (Snatching her waist and winking) Your lovely beauty is the true salvation, miss.2. (Approaching tantalizingly close to kissing) Then may I take what I want as repayment for that blessing?
3. (Clasping both hands and speaking in an entranced voice) If coincidences repeat, wouldn’t it be fate?]
‘Wow… Piya, seriously.’
I swallowed back bad words as I saw the cringeworthy and terrible choices that were no less than the previous ones.
No, more than that, isn’t number 2 sexual harassment? What kind of relationship do we have to kiss?
Beep?
Piya tilted her head as if she didn’t understand what the problem was.
Maria looked at me fervently.
I chose number 3, which seemed relatively appropriate among them.
“If coincidences repeat, wouldn’t it be fate?”
I wanted to bite my tongue at the voice full of fascination with fate that flowed out of my mouth, betraying my will.
And at that very moment.
“Imperial Princess, you’re here…”
I came face to face with Anselot, who had just opened the terrace curtains and entered.
Anselot paused and then murmured, repeating what I had just said.
“If coincidences… repeat, it’s fate…”
__________
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation (Female-dominant)
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.
Synopsis:
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.
He even had his eyes on another woman.
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.
Su Mu expressed her disdain.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
She also wanted to embrace Xie Yi, who had silently stayed by her side in her previous life and committed suicide by taking poison after her death.
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.”
[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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