‘Callian Klaus divorces his wife, Esika Klaus.’
This was the headline on the front page of the Torres Weekly newspaper the next day.
The contents were as follows:
[Esika Klaus submitted a divorce agreement signed by her husband Callian Klaus (former duke) to the government office.The divorce agreement was accepted without any other procedures, and they immediately went their separate ways.
There are reasons why their divorce was almost inevitable.
His mother, Riona Klaus, is currently detained on charges of embezzlement of military supply loans, and committed the outrageous act of attempting to have Esika Klaus assassinated.
In addition, Callian Klaus had an affair with Yuri Anesis, a close friend of Esika Klaus and the head maid of the Klaus family, and impregnated her.
Yuri Anesis attempted to poison Esika Klaus and is currently detained by the imperial investigation team, along with Riona Klaus.
Esika Klaus, who has suffered such unfair treatment and serious crimes from the Klaus family, did not respond to our interview, but her expression was bright, and one could guess that she probably felt like she had pulled out an aching tooth.
The details of the property settlement of the Klaus family (which probably only has debts left) have not been revealed.
However, there are rumors that Brigitte suffered a huge loss just by not being able to recover the dowry she brought when she married Callian Klaus.]
Esika’s brother, Shupert Brigitte, folded the newspaper.
Brigitte’s huge loss… The imagination of journalists is sometimes unpleasantly exaggerated.
To be precise, they almost suffered a loss, but did not actually suffer one.
There was a time when Esika wrote me a letter.
Asking me to purchase land in Elmur.
And she added these words in a postscript:
‘Elder brother, please purchase land in Tzuchen under an assumed name. The full peak hasn’t come yet, but there will be those who will rush to buy a week before the western base announcement.
At that time, you can sell the land in Tzuchen to them for cash.’
Shupert bought the land as Esika said and waited.
If it was selected as the western base, he would make an even bigger profit, so he hesitated a bit, but in the end, he handed over the land to Klaus a week before the base announcement.
Hans, who received orders from Riona Klaus, seemed to have a joyful look in his eyes even as he bought the land at a high price, and this too was Esika’s design.
In any case, the amount Shupert profited from selling the land was about twice Esika’s dowry.
So it’s somewhat inaccurate to say that Brigitte suffered a loss from Esika’s marriage and divorce.
“…Esika.”
Shupert was simply worried about his sister as her brother.
He wanted to hurry and meet her to comfort her after receiving the letter that the divorce proceedings had been established, but Esika postponed meeting with Shupert, saying she had a prior engagement.
Shupert looked out the window with a worried expression.
While the downfall of the two Klaus is welcome, there’s an uneasy corner.
That is… the sleeping empress.
**
“……”
The carriage carrying Esika left the Klaus mansion and turned onto a secluded road.
She leaned back against the backrest, lost in thought.
After signing the transfer agreement as well, Callian left the Klaus mansion.
And at the right time, he drafted documents to hand over the ducal succession rights to his half-siblings who had won in court.
Despite the divorce, she will still be called the Duchess of Klaus.
Even though Callian is no longer a duke, having lost his succession rights to his half-siblings.
As soon as the divorce proceedings were over, Klaus’s debts were immediately settled using the assets found in the warehouse earlier.
The Klaus mansion has become entirely Esika’s property.
Tomorrow, many workers will arrive at the mansion for renovation work, and once the repairs and renovations are completed, the main business will begin.
Having entrusted the overall management to Hans, there was nothing more to think about regarding this, and as for Celikseo… now, procuring those materials calmly…
Screech-
Suddenly, the carriage wheels made a dragging sound, and the inside shook.
“……”
As the carriage came to a stop, Esika furrowed her brows.
Outside, there was a thick fog that wasn’t visible when they departed, and somehow the atmosphere didn’t feel right.
From her experiences so far, Esika could sense it.
‘An ambush?’
Esika focused her energy to survey her surroundings as she got out of the carriage.
Her heeled shoes, worn with her dress, touched the ground.
‘…Something’s strange.’
If it were an ambush, there should be signs of people.
But there was not the slightest hint of human presence around.
Even the coachman seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Then it must be one of two things. Either it’s not an ambush, or a stage has been set by real professionals, not some ragtag group.
Esika closed her eyes and concentrated on her energy even more.
And in an instant-
Clang-!
She drew her sword from her clothes and blocked the sword of someone attacking her at incredible speed.
Esika furrowed her brows. The man in black clothes exuded the aura of a master.
And then another man in black sprang out from empty space and attacked Esika.
Indeed, these were people who knew how to conceal their energy.
They must be at least high-ranking knight level.
Even in the ducal family, there were no individuals of this skill level.
They exchanged somewhat surprised looks, apparently not knowing that Esika could use a sword.
But they quickly regained their composure and began to attack Esika.
‘Amazing speed and accuracy. Their swordplay is without waste.’
Esika met their attacks with her sword imbued with inner force.
‘But it’s no match for me.’
Esika deflected their attacks at high speed.
After all, she was the daughter of the Heavenly Demon Sect leader, who had reached the realm of extreme demons.
Although she hadn’t fully regained the power from that time, she wouldn’t lose to ordinary masters.
Of course, seeing their skills, it would be difficult to subdue both of them in her current state, so Esika looked for an opportunity to escape.
But just as she thought she had found an opening, some alien force pressed down on her.
‘…This is…’
A red energy was enveloping her body.
‘Damn it. I let my guard down.’
It was an external force different from ordinary inner power.
It rose from the ground in the form of chains, crawling up Esika’s body like snakes.
The men who had been attacking Esika withdrew their swords as she suddenly became incapacitated.
‘…It’s similar to the Blood Sect’s sorcery… This is undoubtedly…’
Esika gritted her teeth and turned her head slightly.
She could see a figure in a robe standing in the bushes holding a sword.
Probably someone of the profession called ‘magician’.
They are rare and said to be able to manipulate energy to attack people from a distance.
Esika felt her strength draining through the chains.
She tried to resist, but the more she did, the tighter they squeezed her.
Who could these people be, waiting for Esika and attacking her?
She had no idea.
It’s true that both Riona and Callian were too ruined to hire assassins.
But besides them, there was no one who would bear a grudge against Esika.
“…Who… are you?”
Esika’s vision was blurring. Her mind was also becoming hazy, as if covered in fog.
What did she come out to do today?
“……”
Esika blinked weakly.
Yes, she had received a letter.
A letter from Resban… He wrote that he wanted to meet and talk with her, specifying the place and time.
Esika had hesitated for a moment but chose to go out.
The moment she recalled Resban’s face, she lost consciousness.
Soon after, the chains were removed, and she collapsed limply to the ground.
The men in black clothes clicked their tongues and exchanged words.
“The master was right to call her a witch.”
“Her movements were invisible to the eye. Just who is this woman…”
The magician in the bushes disappeared as quietly as he had appeared.
“…She’s very beautiful, as rumored. To think such a woman was hiding such tremendous skills.”
One man said as he sheathed his sword.
“Anyway, we’ve been delayed a lot. I don’t know what business she had leaving the mansion today, but we need to take her to the master before someone notices and comes looking.”
They pushed Esika back into the carriage.
The carriage began to move again, piercing through the fog.
**
“What are you thinking about?”
The child who had been looking down at a distant place for a long time, standing under a willow tree swaying in the warm spring breeze, turned around.
She saw a boy two years older than herself, who was eight.
Dokyoung, the heir to the Heavenly Demon Sect who would succeed his father as the sect leader.
A boy with a handsome face like a young master from a noble family and inner power unsuitable for his age.
“I’m thinking it’s all futile.”
Dokyoung walked one step, two steps, and stood beside Youngryeong.
In the distance, they could see the village, people busy with rice planting.
Behind them, in the cypress forest, the young elites of the demon sect would be training in martial arts.
“You must be very upset that the sect leader burned the Blood Shadow Secret Manual.”
“Do you know how I obtained that? How much money I spent on those Beggar Sect people…”
Youngryeong pouted as she spoke.
“Father is open-minded enough to have some demon sect members train in martial arts the righteous way, so why is he so closed-minded only about the Blood Sect’s secret manual?”
Seeing Youngryeong’s apparent dissatisfaction with the Heavenly Demon Sect leader, Dokyoung shrugged his shoulders and said, “Hmm.”
“Well, I don’t know the reason either, but…”
Dokyoung’s lips moved slightly.
The sound of the drooping branches swaying in the wind sounded like kernels being shaken off.
Or perhaps like the sound of the tide going out.
“…What? I didn’t hear you.”
Youngryeong asked Dokyoung again.
But he just smiled at Youngryeong with his mouth closed.
Drip-
A water droplet falls from somewhere.
Youngryeong, no, Esika opened her eyes.
She couldn’t see anything because her eyes were covered with a black cloth.
However, having been trained to sense her surroundings through other senses even in darkness, she soon knew where she was.
‘Earlier… was a dream.’
The bumpy protruding rocks on the walls and ceiling, the dew forming in every crevice, the damp smell.
She could feel primitive insects with atrophied eyes crawling around.
This was a cave. It seems those who ambushed her had brought her here.
Her hands were bound and shackled with chains.
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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