‘But that’s when it’s useful for him. That child is of no use to me. If she spent a long time trapped, she probably wouldn’t move well, couldn’t speak properly, and certainly couldn’t read or write. Buccefu wouldn’t have bothered to save her.’
She wanted to become a beast.
She wanted to live as an emotionless beast, only observing prey and sinking her teeth into it. She wanted to live without giving or receiving love, just living for her goals.
She thought of it as a second life for that purpose.
However, Father and the family showed unexpected affection, and that affection deeply touched Ariana’s heart.
At some point, Cyrus had said to Ariana that she would never become a beast.
It was probably when she went to look for the possibly injured Louis.
Cyrus’s words were right.
‘Yes, I can’t become a beast.’
No matter how determined she was, she couldn’t bring herself to use good people. It was also difficult to pretend not to know the child in a similar situation.
She was born with such a personality. Even though she died cruelly and was resurrected, the inherent personality didn’t completely disappear.
‘I will surely regret it.’
If she pretended not to know the girl, she was convinced that she would regret it, and the girl’s voice and gaze would follow her throughout her life.
‘Whether I save her or not, I will regret it. If I’m going to regret anyway…’
Wouldn’t it be better to change the life of a girl?
‘That girl wanted to see such weather.’
Clear weather that most people take for granted.
‘I wanted that too. I just wanted to receive the love of my family like ordinary children.’
The parental affection that most children take for granted.
If someone had reached out back then, Ariana’s life would have changed.
‘It would have changed. I got a second chance because someone reached out to me. If that’s the case, I should also reach out to someone.’
She couldn’t save everyone, but as long as her heart went to one person, let’s save that person. Since I got a second chance, let me give someone a chance to live.
Ariana made up her mind.
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It was still more comfortable with Grandma Carady than with Father Russell. Ariana naturally shifted her steps toward the elderly couple’s room but changed her mind and headed to Russell’s room.
Lanster, guarding the hallway, watched Ariana with a worried look. As if he knew why Ariana was looking for Duke Hoozehoo’s room.
[Dash] “It’s an honor for me to serve the princess.”She recalled what Lanster had said to Cyrus last time. She worried if Lanster would regret escorting her, but she soon erased that thought.
‘How about a bit of hatred? I’ve always lived like that. I will live doing what I want. That’s my plan this time.’
When Ariana visited early in the morning, Russell seemed quite surprised but welcomed her warmly.
“You woke up early.”
“Yes, Father. Did I come to see you too early?”
“It doesn’t matter what time my daughter comes to see her father. Seems like you have something to say.”
Ariana silently stared at Russell’s face.
Russell, who rarely showed emotions, smiled only in front of Ariana. There were times when Ariana misunderstood that awkward smile, thinking he didn’t know how to smile. Now she knew it wasn’t the case.
“Father, I went to the slave market last night.”
Russell’s expression hardened.
“With Lanster. But Lanster is not guilty. I forced him to come, so he must have felt awkward. So please don’t punish Lanster.”
“Fine. So?”
“I saw a child. A child with golden eyes. There were rumors that the child, due to a curse, killed the owner several times, so everyone seemed to avoid her. Then the auctioneer said golden eyeballs are traded at a high price.”
Ariana stopped there and observed Russell’s expression.
Russell, with an expression that revealed nothing, silently looked down at Ariana, his thoughts unreadable. After a while, he spoke.
“You want to help that child?”
“Yes.”
“I’ve heard a story about a slave with golden eyes before. A rural noble from Dongryung bought that child, and after about a year, there was a commotion with the story that she was killed by a robber.”
Ariana didn’t know that Dongjehoo knew about it.
Ariana had never heard a story about a slave girl with golden eyes throughout her past life. That means the girl is destined to die soon.
Ariana lived without knowing rumors outside until she married Alfred Jacque.
“Even if you release that child, soon others will catch her and sell her back into slavery. Or they’ll trade her eyes.”
“I want to keep that child by my side.”
Deep wrinkles formed on Russell’s forehead. Ariana, without avoiding his gaze, repeated once again.
“I want to take care of her.”
“Even if she had only golden eyes, I would have allowed it. Even if there were only rumors that she cursed her owner to death, I would have allowed it. I don’t believe in superstitions. But Ariana, that child is Paganus.”
Paganus.
Ariana had suspected it since she saw the girl’s brown skin, but she didn’t know for sure that she was a Paganus.
Even after knowing that the girl was a Paganus, Ariana felt more sorrowful than fearful. Ariana, too, was hated by everyone just for having the blood of Dongjehoo when she was in the Bronte family.
“That child is just born.”
Even after hearing the word Paganus and not giving up her stubbornness, Russell sighed softly. Seeing that, the image of Rachel, who sighed every time she looked at Ariana, came to Ariana’s mind, and her heart sank.
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!”
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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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