Christine and Stone laughed together, but Adel, who was stuck between them, felt suffocated by the hostility emanating from both sides. It was a tense atmosphere, like they were holding swords against each other, waiting for the moment to stab.
Stone was the first to sheath his sword. No, it was more accurate to say he aimed the blade at Adel.
“Well, it won’t be too bad to get along for a while.”
He was still smiling, but Adel felt a chill. A memory from long ago in Oswald Castle rose to her mind.
Stone, who had a hobby of hunting, used to catch wild beasts and tie a long rope to their legs, then let them go. The beasts would run away with all their might.
But the moment he pulled the rope, they were helplessly dragged back. Each time, the beasts resisted until their legs bled in their attempts to escape. Once they were exhausted and resigned, he would open the door of the cage where he kept them and let them go.
And he repeated pulling the rope, enjoying it.
“Adel, I’m telling you, I really love the grim expression on those hopeful faces as they die out into despair. It gives me a thrilling joy.”
Stone’s expression was the same as when he said those words.
Adel felt like she had become prey trapped inside a wideopen cage. She even felt a terror as if some rope had been fastened around her ankle.
So she wanted to deny it more strongly.
“You will never have your way.”
I would rather die!
“That’s right. I really got a beating today. I’ll really have fun for a while, thanks to you two.”
He chuckled as if something was very amusing, then leaned close to Adel’s face.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you. The silver wolf that harmed your mother might be very close.”
A silver wolf?
Adel’s eyes widened.
Glancing at Christine, he whispered more softly in her ear.
“If you’re curious, you can come to me anytime, my Adel.”
For a moment, Adel realized that she had almost fallen for his trick.
“Get lost, Stone Oswald!”
“Well, I’ll leave obediently today. Looking forward to the next time.”
He took off his hat in a polite bow and turned around, disappearing.
Watching his retreating figure, Adel bit her lip in anger.
“I almost fell for that cunning author again. A silver wolf…”
“What will you do if you really meet the silver wolf?”
Christine’s voice was heavy, but Adel, distracted by Stone, didn’t notice.
“What to do? If caught, it should be killed. It’s too dangerous to people.”
“Isn’t it the same for the silver wolf? That people are dangerous?”
Looking at Christine, his face had darkened. But soon, he shrugged nonchalantly.
“Just a thought.”
“Well, to a wolf, hunting might be survival…”
Then Adel quickly shook her head.
“No, I won’t think about such reasons. The one who made my mother like that can never be forgiven, no matter what anyone says.”
“Is there solid evidence that the silver wolf did it?”
Adel’s face hardened.
“You seem to be siding with the silver wolf. By the way, what happened to those wolves earlier? They looked as if they had been trained.”
The moment when Christine appeared with wolves flashed in her mind.
Among many wolves, he blended in without any incongruity and even looked like a wolf for a moment. Moreover, those wild beasts obeyed his commands as if they were his subordinates.
“That… I have experience training wolves on the battlefield.”
Christine quickly covered it up.
“Is that possible?”
“When there’s a shortage of soldiers, beasts can also be excellent forces.”
Adel was not convinced, but since it was Christine saying it, she decided to believe him.
“So don’t hate wolves too much, Adel.”
He hugged Adel from behind and affectionately nuzzled her neck.
As the silver hair tickled her neck, Adel gently swept his hair as if stroking it. Whether he liked it or not, he remained docile. He was like a big, playful puppy, and Adel liked it too.
“I don’t hate wolves. It’s just the silver ones that I hate.”
“Really…… That must be the case?”
“Huh?”
“Let’s stop here.”
Releasing the arm that had embraced Adel, he began to walk ahead without notice.
‘What’s this? It feels like he’s become cold all of a sudden?’
Following him, Adel asked.
“You’re not angry, are you?”
“No.”
“But why are you walking so fast?”
“I’m in a hurry.”
“What’s the matter?”
At that moment,
Boom!
With a thunderous sound, flames shot up into the dark night sky.
The fireworks that had been awaited began, and the people all cheered at once.
“I want to show you my ability before the fireworks end.”
As if he had never been cold, he winked and wore a playful expression like a young boy.
Adel’s face became relieved on one hand, but sullen on the other.
“I don’t need to see that, you know.”
He whispered secretly.
“I was thinking of going to a slightly different place tonight.”
“A different place?”
“The bell tower of the Imperial Palace Library. It’s quiet there, and the fireworks will be visible, so it’s the perfect place to show my abilities.”
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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