[Full] The Villain Found Out This is a Novel (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 35
Finally, when the long-awaited answer came from Raydocs’s lips, I couldn’t believe it and asked once more for confirmation.
“Really?”
“How could I possibly dare lie to the Duchess?”
Right. This wasn’t the kind of place where you could easily spout nonsense.
“By the way, I received the toy gift you sent. Thank you very much. The children loved it. I was quite surprised that you knew their tastes so precisely.”
I’d given Lucy a Winter Princess doll and Luid a toy bow—both were things they adored.
“I also wanted to prepare a gift in return for His Highness the Prince, but since I wasn’t sure what he liked, I intended to ask you, Duchess.”
Come to think of it, I knew well what Kian disliked, but aside from cake, I didn’t actually know much about what he liked.
In the original story, too, his only hobbies were polishing weapons, honing skills, and refining spirit magic—basically, nothing but practice. Aside from enjoying origami, I really didn’t know anything else.
“He doesn’t have any strong preferences yet. Since he’s a boy, would a toy sword be acceptable?”
“Of course.”
“Then, Sikar, when do you plan to start taking care of Kian?”
Sikar, showing no interest in what gifts Kian might receive, went straight to the most urgent matter, and Raydocs replied after a brief pause.
“Please come starting tomorrow.”
It was a satisfying answer. Sikar, too, lifted one corner of his mouth and said,
“Very well.”
“Then I shall purchase a gift worthy of His Highness the Prince and await your arrival.”
“When you meet Kian, refrain from using such titles. The boy has no idea he’s of royal blood, not even in his dreams.”
“Of course.”
At last. I’d toppled the great fortress that was Raydocs. Sikar spoke as if bestowing a grand favor.
“Now that the troublesome matters are mostly resolved, I’ll permit you free outings. However, it would be wise not to consider escaping—not for your own sake, but for Kian’s. If you’re caught attempting to flee, you’ll no longer stay in this comfortable room, but in an iron cage like a birdcage instead.”
As if I’d ever consider it. That’s why I’d long since abandoned any thought of running away.
The next morning, right after breakfast, I dressed Kian up as beautifully as possible.
Kian was handsome no matter what he wore, but since this was his first meeting with the female lead, I had to make a good impression.
“Meiri, what do you think?”
“Young Master is always handsome, of course.”
“Well, naturally?”
“Yes, absolutely! I’ve never seen anyone in the lands of House Blake with golden hair and blue eyes like our Young Master.”
True enough. That was just how it was.
“Then shall we go out dressed like this today?”
Wearing a fur coat with fur cuffs, Kian truly looked every bit the prince, no matter who saw him.
‘Lucy, wait for us. We’re bringing your male lead right now!’
Thrilled by this rare outing, Kian looked at me brightly the moment he got into the carriage and asked,
“Mother, where are we going today?”
“To study.”
“To study?”
“Yes. It’s time our Kian started learning. And soon, you’ll have friends and a teacher too.”
“Friends…?”
“Yes. It seems the Marquis’s twins are exactly your age.”
Having spent his entire life so far only in the mountain fortress and the Duke’s manor, Kian had never had a chance to develop social skills. To him, friends must have seemed like a mirage.
Even when we’d visited the orphanage, Kian had delighted in seeing other children his age but couldn’t bring himself to speak to them easily—he’d never learned how to approach a friend.
Thus, Kian hesitated and couldn’t answer right away. It had been the same in the original story as well.
“Kian, does having friends seem difficult to you?”
Kian stared at me as if wondering how I’d known, then slowly nodded his head with a faint sigh.
“It’s always difficult at first. Remember when you first arrived at the Duke’s manor? That must have felt very hard too. But now, you’ve grown quite used to it. Don’t worry too much—these will just be friends your own age.”
Besides, he wouldn’t even have the mental energy to feel nervous. The twins would be constantly fighting, and he’d be too busy mediating to think about being shy.
Sikar, who had been silently sitting with arms crossed and eyes closed, now gently opened his eyes and looked at us.
“Are you done with your conversation?”
I nodded, confirming that we were. Sikar then picked up a box beside him and tossed it onto Kian’s lap. Kian quickly caught it before it could fall to the floor.
Before I could even ask what it was, Sikar said,
“Writing supplies. I procured them in a hurry last night, so delivery was delayed.”
Writing supplies! It reminded me of how excited I used to get every new school term when receiving such gifts.
Kian, too, looked delighted with his gift and turned to me with sparkling eyes.
His expression clearly asked, “Can I open this right now?” so I nodded encouragingly and helped him open the stationery box together.
Inside were all kinds of colored pencils, paints, crayons, notebooks, and other supplies—and even an eraser.
“Look, Kian. This is an eraser.”
“Wow… it’s shaped like a bear.”
“The Duke bought this for our Kian to encourage you to study even harder, so you must work extra hard. Understood?”
“Of course. I’ll never disappoint him.”
Sikar sat with arms crossed, eyes closed as if nothing had happened, but today, that expression didn’t bother me at all.
Kian and I were deeply absorbed in examining the stationery, but since outings like this weren’t common, our attention was quickly drawn to the scenery outside the carriage window. The landscape, dusted with unmelted snow like white sugar, was breathtakingly beautiful.
Amidst the rhythmic clop-clop of hooves, we felt no boredom at all—only the thrilling anticipation of embarking on a grand journey somewhere.
Kian was secretly excited about meeting new friends, and I was thrilled about Lucy and Kian finally meeting.
The long-awaited moment for the protagonists to meet arrived swiftly. We sat in the Marquis’s reception room, waiting for Raydocs.
I’d been hoping he’d bring the children out to introduce them to Kian, but he came alone to greet us.
“Welcome, Duke Blake, Duchess Blake, and….”
Raydocs looked at Kian and bowed respectfully, as if about to say, “So this is His Highness the Prince.”
“Young Master Blake, welcome to the Marquis Yucanadar estate.”
After shaking hands with Raydocs—ostensibly to read his memories—Sikar remarked,
“You’re always consistent inside and out. In fact, transparently so.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
That statement confirmed that Raydocs’s words matched his character perfectly—meaning Raydocs’s integrity was unquestionable, and thus the remark was indeed praise.
Noticing Kian watching the two of them with an awkward expression, I gently prompted him.
“Kian, you should greet him.”
“Hello, Marquis.”
“Pleased to meet you. I look forward to working together.”
“I likewise.”
Surprisingly, Kian showed no hesitation at all when greeting Raydocs. Just as Sikar had always said, dignity and grace seemed naturally ingrained in Kian.
“Marquis, where are the twins?”
The moment I mentioned the twins, Raydocs let out a sigh, clearly revealing just how exhausted he was from parenting today.
“Well… ever since receiving your gift this morning, they’ve been fighting over it. Right now, they’re sitting on the thinking chair, reflecting on their behavior.”
So they’d been fighting again today. Even though I’d given each child a gift aligned with their preferences, they still quarreled over who got to play with what. Of all things, they had to fight over the gift I’d sent.
Raydocs suddenly seemed to remember something and called a servant. Moments later, the servant entered carrying a toy sword. Raydocs held it out to Kian and said,
“They say this is a gift to show they look forward to working together. Will you accept it?”
Though it was merely a toy sword, Kian couldn’t take his eyes off it. He accepted it with a smile.
“I truly like it. Thank you, Marquis Yucanadar.”
“Kian, from now on, you may call the Marquis ‘Master.’”
In the original story, he’d addressed him that way, so using that title might be the quickest path to growing closer.
Raydocs smiled as if to say he was perfectly fine with that, but Kian offered no immediate reply.
“Now, let’s go introduce you to the children. They’ll be Kian’s very first friends, so I’m quite eager.”
“The children are in the study. Perhaps we should head there.”
“Of course.”
As we walked down the corridor holding Kian’s hand, Raydocs gave him a brief introduction to the twins.
“My twins dislike it greatly when others touch their belongings. As long as you respect that, you shouldn’t have any trouble getting along without fights.”
Ironically, those very twins were always meddling with each other’s things and constantly bickering.
“Just in case, if there’s something you dislike, would you tell me beforehand?”
Kian frowned thoughtfully, as if unsure himself what he disliked, then spoke with sudden certainty.
“Getting hurt.”
Kian said it plainly, yet those words perfectly reflected his true character.
Hearing this, Raydocs paused mid-step as if struck by fresh astonishment, then resumed walking. He looked at Kian with an expression that questioned whether he’d heard correctly and asked,
“Could you say that again?”
“Getting hurt. I hope my friends won’t get hurt.”
Seeing Raydocs’s surprised expression made my shoulders rise slightly. Somehow, Sikar’s shoulders seemed to lift a bit too?
Raydocs smiled warmly, clearly charmed.
“That’s a noble thought.”
An exceptionally noble thought, indeed—something an ordinary child would never consider.
Of course, those words also clearly reflected just how tumultuous Kian’s short life had already been—but they also showed just how remarkably perceptive he was.
Raydocs’s pleased smile instantly twisted into a grimace the moment he opened the study room door.
Inside, the study was absolute chaos.
‘I suppose these children reflect on their actions by drawing on each other’s faces?’
I knew the twins were troublemakers, but… this exceeded all expectations.
‘Who would ever believe these kids will one day become Queen Consort and Finder?’
In the original story, Finder was the one who discovered new barren lands and expanded the continent—and Luid was precisely the one who would achieve that legacy.
In other words, right here in this room gathered three future protagonists who would one day shape the fate of the entire nation.
Raydocs pinched his forehead with a pained expression and let out a long sigh.
“Lucy! Luid! Will you stop drawing on each other this instant?!”
Unaware of our arrival until now, the twins froze mid-scribble and turned to stare at us in shock.
The moment I saw their faces, I barely managed to suppress a burst of laughter.
Noticing Raydocs’s furious expression, Lucy and Luid stood utterly still, crayons still clutched in their hands, staring blankly like statues.
Sikar remained as expressionless as ever, but Kian looked genuinely flustered—he’d clearly never seen anything like this before.
Seeing Kian’s expression made me feel rather flustered myself.
Was this really the heroine’s and hero’s first meeting? It was far too memorable…
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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"I'll finish hugging you properly back at the ducal manor."
Is he just finding any excuse to hug her? I’m still trying to figure out if he’s starting to have feelings or not! Or if he’s just not right in the head and does these things out of obligation or sense of duty? Idk.
In his arms, everything seemed to stop—no sounds reached me at all. There was on
Wait…. what if Sikar was annoyed that Yura thought Kian was so cool for protecting Lucy by covering her eyes that Sikar felt jealous or something so decided to reenact it so he could do the same for Yura?
“My twins normally fight more than ten times a day—that’s just ordinary for us.
Sometimes a firm hand shapes character and, through discipline, molds a good man
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I still don’t get how her spending his money makes him impressed? 😂🤣
Honestly? Good job Sikar. The twins (especially Luid) and brats and should stop fighting all the time. Their dad isn’t doing get there. And I’m not a fan of the “gentle parenting” when the kids are absolute terrors that need a more firm hand.
I wonder if Sikar is starting to get slightly jealous of Kian and his interactions with Yura?