The White Stoat Princess (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 10
On the back of Hadel’s hand, still covered by his glove, the bite mark I had left was still vividly visible. Feeling sorry for Hadel, I pressed my forehead against the back of his hand and apologized.
“Kyu kyu.”
At my apology, Hadel’s eyebrows shot up. After looking down at me for a moment, he let out a small sigh and removed the glove from one hand.
The moment he took off the glove, I could feel the entire group of retainers tense up at once. However, as expected, nothing they feared happened, and Hadel’s palm gently covered my head.
“Kyu.”
The familiar warmth enveloped my head, and I let out a pleased cry. At that, the tension in the meeting room eased once more. One of the retainers looked at me in wonder and spoke.
“…The weasel has been extremely well tamed, hasn’t it? This is the first time I’ve seen a weasel act this cute.”
Once one person spoke, everyone else began chiming in with lighthearted tones.
“Now that I think about it, its fur color is quite unusual. White weasels are originally white, but this one seems exceptionally pure.”
“If it blended into a snowy field, I really wouldn’t be able to spot it.”
At their praise, I puffed up with pride.
‘Hehe, I am a rather special weasel, after all.’
Having recharged on flames, I returned to the cushion and settled into a comfortable position.
Once I calmed down, the retainers resumed discussing various matters. Things like the harvest of relief crops, barter trade with neighboring territories, how merchant groups were making profits and leaving, and how we should respond, and so on.
I yawned widely and thought to myself.
‘All of his subordinates look so rugged. There seem to be more martial officials than civil ones.’
As expected, this region didn’t seem like an easy place.
As if reading my thoughts, the topic naturally shifted.
“This year the magical beasts have been quiet.”
“That’s fortunate.”
“No damage reports have come from the villages either. It would be good if they quietly moved their habitat to another region like this.”
“Last year was truly difficult. Even the extremely rare ice snails appeared…”
‘Ice snails?’
Hearing stories of magical beasts flow so naturally made it clear this wasn’t an ordinary dangerous region. As I suspected, all the magical beasts in this area seemed to possess ice attributes.
‘Then, even though they’re wary of Hadel right now, if magical beasts actually appear, Hadel’s role will be crucial.’
After all, the only thing that can counter ice attributes is the flame attribute.
‘Still, I never encountered any magical beasts in the forest. I was lucky.’
If this body had met a magical beast, I would have died without even making a sound.
‘If my heart were healed, I could be helpful to Hadel.’
I closed my eyes and tried to feel the mana in my heart. Perhaps because I’d been sticking close to Hadel, my heart no longer rattled like before. I frowned.
‘No, it actually feels like my mana has increased a little. Is my heart slowly starting to produce mana, or…’
Could I possibly be absorbing Hadel’s mana?
‘That shouldn’t be possible.’
Mana is something the heart creates. And since no two hearts are the same, even if the attributes match, it’s impossible to absorb another person’s mana and make it one’s own.
‘But a normal weasel wouldn’t possess an attribute to begin with.’
The reason magical beasts are called magical beasts is because ordinary animals that shouldn’t have attributes gain them, wield mana, and cause disasters.
‘Then am I not a weasel, but a magical beast?’
I felt a sense of unease about my own condition, something I had never properly thought about before.
At that moment, one of the retainers cautiously asked Hadel.
“Your Highness, are you feeling alright?”
Why would he ask that?
‘Does Hadel have some chronic illness?’
Is that why, despite being a prince, he received the archduke title and lives here in the north instead of the royal palace?
‘What kind of illness? Or did they simply send him here because they fear his flames?’
Perhaps it’s both. Carrying raging flames inside one’s body without rest 365 days a year would make even the healthiest person fall ill.
‘But he didn’t look sick.’
I pricked up my ears to listen to Hadel’s voice. As if proving my observation correct, Hadel answered in a gentle tone.
“Lately my body feels at ease. Thank you for your concern. But there’s no need to worry.”
“That’s a relief.”
Both the retainers and I let out sighs of relief in unison.
With Hadel’s health as the final topic, the meeting concluded. Hadel solemnly declared the end.
“Everyone, well done.”
It made me inexplicably proud that Hadel, the youngest person in this room, appeared the most dignified. It felt like a parent watching their child being loved outside the home.
‘Phew, sitting still was tough, but it was an informative time.’
As I nodded with a satisfied smile, Hadel slightly furrowed his brow.
“Is watching other people that amusing?”
“Kyu.”
Well, it wasn’t exactly watching other people that was fun—it was seeing a different side of Hadel.
‘It’s pretty much the same thing.’
When I readily nodded in agreement, for some reason the crease in Hadel’s brow deepened even further. After seeming to ponder for a moment, Hadel muttered in a heavy voice.
“…It seems I’ll have to keep you locked in the room after all.”
“Kyu?!”
No, why!
I couldn’t figure out what exactly had upset Hadel.
‘Don’t lock me up, you idiot.’
I scratched furiously at Hadel’s arm. Even though it must have stung, Hadel showed no sign of pain and simply pressed down on my head. I immediately melted and flopped onto the floor.
‘This guy now knows exactly how to handle me.’
At first he seemed puzzled and awkward about why I wasn’t hot, but now he expertly used the fact that I’m weak to flames—especially when silencing my protests.
‘Ah, I’m getting sleepy again.’
I felt like I had slept enough, yet the moment flames wrapped around my heart again, drowsiness came over me.
‘Even I think it’s strange. Do weasels normally sleep this much?’
There was no way to know whether I slept so much because my heart was broken or because weasels were just like that.
Hadel stared at my white-furred belly rising and falling with steady breaths, then abruptly lifted the hand that had been pressing my head.
‘Eung?’
I was just about to fall asleep!
I glared at Hadel with protesting eyes, but he merely shrugged.
“We need to eat. Today I had a special meal prepared just for you.”
“Kyu?”
A special meal?
What kind of special treat could there be for a weasel? As I tilted my head, a certain food suddenly came to mind and my eyes sparkled.
‘Could it be cho, chocolate-filled chocolate cookies or something?’
Wow, I can’t even remember the last time I had chocolate.
‘If it’s real chocolate, I might swear loyalty.’
Though someone might ask what use the loyalty of a weasel would be.
After a short wait, there was a knock on the door. It was the butler.
The butler took a plate covered with a silver lid from the cart and respectfully placed it on the desk.
“Here you are, Your Highness.”
When Hadel nodded, the butler quietly left through the door he had entered. Of course, he didn’t forget to give me a long glance in the process.
I unnecessarily shrank my shoulders, and a warm hand wrapped around my back and pushed me toward the plate.
“Here.”
What on earth was it that they brought it so formally? It definitely wasn’t chocolate cookies.
‘It feels like some kind of cold food.’
As I approached the plate, I sensed an inexplicable chill emanating from it. My fur bristled as I sniffed with my nose. But perhaps because my sense of smell wasn’t very good, I couldn’t catch any scent.
Hadel spoke in a serious tone.
“I noticed you never gain weight because everything you eat is just snacks.”
There it was again—his obsession with my weight!
‘So whatever’s inside this plate is meant to help me gain weight!’
Surely the best things for gaining weight were chocolate or marshmallows, right?
‘But he clearly said earlier it wasn’t a snack.’
Then it couldn’t be chocolate. Half expectant, half wary, I stared at the plate.
Finally, Hadel lifted the lid, revealing the food inside!
“I heard weasels like raw fish.”
“Kyuu?!”
It was a live fish!
Its tail twitched intermittently, and the small fins on its gills fluttered. I turned pale.
‘Scary!’
I froze stiff and stared at the fish in front of me. Its yellow eyes gazed blankly at me—it felt like I was facing a gigantic monster.
‘Wow, now that my body is small, the intimidation from a fish is no joke.’
Exactly. The smaller I became, the bigger the fish appeared.
Seemingly oblivious to my trembling, Hadel pushed my back again with his palm.
“Hurry and eat.”
“Kyu, kyuu?!”
You expect me to eat this? Raw?
To make matters worse, there was no fork or knife. He clearly expected me to grab the fish firmly with both paws and tear into it.
‘But I can’t!’
Asking me to hold that fish with my own two hands—no, to be honest, back when I was actively running around battlefields, I caught fish just fine. But now my size and the fish’s size were similar.
“Kyukyu.”
I can’t do it, Hadel.
When I looked back at him with those eyes, Hadel pushed my back again.
“Don’t be shy.”
“Kyuu.”
Does this look like I’m being shy?
As I hesitated in front of the fish, Hadel rested his chin on his hand and frowned deeply.
“…As expected, are you perhaps not a weasel but a magical beast?”
Gasp, at this rate he’ll start doubting my very identity.
With a determined expression, I stood before the fish again.
‘I can’t let myself be mistaken for a magical beast like this. Since it’s come to this, I’ll magnificently devour this fish!’
That determination didn’t even last a few minutes.
“Kyukyu, kyuu kyuu…”
Locked in a staring contest with the fish, I ended up crying sorrowfully and admitting defeat.
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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