Leidos sat in the Marquis’s study, looking at the hastily delivered invitation with a bitter expression.
The contents of the invitation were not favorable.
Leidos, who hurriedly walked to inform Sicar of the invitation, encountered the Duke and Duchess, who were walking hand in hand.
“I’ve always heard that you two always walk hand in hand, but it looks really nice to see it in person.”
“Cute, huh?”
Yura knew that Leidos expressed it that way not to tease Sicar but to acknowledge the humanly changing side of him.
She gently let go of Sicar’s hand and smiled calmly.
“Marquis, thank you for your kind words.”
“I should be the one to thank you, Duchess.”
Sicar, with a disappointed face, briefly looked at Leidos with a cold gaze after Yura let go of his hand.
“What are you doing here anyway? Do you know how many times I had to tolerate the rudeness of your twins today?”
“I apologize. I will make sure to firmly guide them…”
“Enough. Everyone knows how little your twins listen to you, so it’s better not to make promises you can’t keep in the first place.”
Although he grumbled, he didn’t look genuinely upset. Leidos also saw through that and quietly chuckled.
“Oh, I received an invitation; it came from the royal family.”
Sicar, who was sulking at the mention of an invitation, sharply glanced with his eyes wide open when he heard it was from the royal family.
“The royal family?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“Judging by your expression, it doesn’t seem to contain good news.”
“If you invite someone to the tournament held by the royal family tomorrow, and you and the Duchess are also invited according to the invitation.”
“When we arrive at the Marquis’s mansion, I’ll probably have received an invitation as well.”
“Likely.”
It couldn’t be good news, as Leidos mentioned.
The Sun Palace, where the king resided, had a small arena. Originally started as a dogfighting pit during the reign of the previous king, it evolved into a place where nobles engaged in fights.
“I heard they’ve been using prisoners for fighting recently; are you okay with that?”
While saying this, Leidos subtly observed Yura’s reaction. The words seemed to ask if it would be okay for the Duchess to witness such a thing.
Yura, catching Leidos’s glance, looked around and, seeing that she was sitting on a bench, gestured for them to talk.
Leidos silently expressed his gratitude to Yura.
“The Duchess is very considerate.”
“Although she seems gentle on the outside, she’s a very perceptive person.”
“The Marquis is a fortunate person.”
Sicar, who was about to smile at Leidos and then held back, solidified his expression again.
“Is there no mention in the invitation about what kind of fighting it is?”
“It wasn’t explicitly mentioned, but I’ve heard that the king these days enjoys watching prisoners’ combat matches.”
“He invited me and my wife to such an event.”
“In my opinion, the Duchess doesn’t seem like someone who would enjoy watching men’s combat matches. Are you okay with that?”
If it’s a combat match involving prisoners, it would involve watching them fight until death. The winner would either be released or given more favorable conditions to spend time in prison.
As a result, prisoners fought desperately until one side died. Consequently, the scene of the matches was brutal and cruel. Sicar knew that Leidos was worried about this.
He couldn’t afford to be concerned himself. However, he couldn’t frown or cover his eyes in discomfort at the king’s gathering, so it put him in a difficult position.
Both men sighed simultaneously. Sicar, while exhaling, glanced at Leidos, who was also sighing.
“Don’t breathe when I breathe. I don’t want to look friendly with you.”
If he were the Marquis Sicar he knew, this remark wouldn’t be about looking friendly but rather advising someone not to follow his sighs due to his unpleasant habits.
Since saying someone looks friendly implies admitting that they already seem friendly, Leidos chuckled softly.
“I understand.”
At that moment, Sicar suddenly recalled a piece of information. A magical potion called Illusion Majong-su, commonly known as “Headache Remedy.”
Merchants often had to cross mountains at night, and when they did, they would gather and travel together to cross the same mountain pass.
However, merchants who were afraid often caused accidents, such as screaming at the sight of a small light, exposing their location to monsters.
When taking Illusion Majong-su, the night appeared less dark, and monsters seemed a bit less gruesome, reducing fear and preventing foolish actions like screaming and attracting other monsters.
So, people started calling Illusion Majong-su “Headache Remedy” because it was a potion taken at night to cross the mountains.
Originally, the illusion magic was used by wizards to distract opponents during combat or to instill fear. However, due to soldiers fleeing the battlefield before even fighting because of terrifying-looking monsters, Illusion Majong-su was created to boost morale and courage.
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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