The Emperor’s gaze landed on Carlos standing next to him.
“Carlos?”
Carlos gave a slight nod and ascended to the podium. He looked around with the sharp gaze he’d had earlier.
“I am Carlos Lasian, crowned as the Crown Prince. I look forward to your support.”
Carlos, with a very brief introduction, bowed slightly and descended from the podium.
Nelia’s mouth fell open in surprise.
Standing before all these people, that was all he had to say?
It couldn’t have been a more impressive introduction.
‘Of course, I know he’s got a lot of complaints about the world……’
As a child born out of wedlock, he had faced much criticism and discrimination throughout his life.
Being of humble origin, not only was he criticized, but bureaucrats and nobles refused to acknowledge his existence. He was treated almost as a nonentity.
The reason everyone opposed Carlos’s appointment as the supreme commander of a dangerous war was that they hoped Carlos would not return from a war where the chances of losing were high.
Carlos, knowing this fact better than anyone, had clenched his teeth and led the war to victory.
Despite knowing well about Carlos’s tragic upbringing, his raw attitude at his first formal encounter was not only startling but astonishing.
His gruff and distorted character could be profoundly felt once again.
Nelia looked at Layton.
‘This kid, he almost swung his fist at that Crown Prince.’
Thinking about what had happened earlier, her heart seemed to pound again.
‘Sigh, humans.’
Nelia gave her brother Layton a pathetic glance and stood up from her seat.
With Carlos’s greeting, the party had officially started, and she could not just sit there.
Of course, she didn’t intend to dance. If she attempted to dance with these uncomfortable shoes, she would likely trip.
Now that her tension had eased and hunger returned, she thought of heading to the catering table for some food.
Since she hadn’t been able to eat properly after making eye contact with Duke Hart earlier, she should properly enjoy herself now.
Compared to the discarded strawberry sandwiches from the convenience store, the palace desserts would be on another level.
As she was about to move, Layton asked.
“Where are you going?”
“You don’t need to know.”
In case Layton followed her, Nelia quickly moved her steps.
Amidst the bustling crowd, like Hansel and Gretel’s children, she found herself in front of the table after following the sweet scent.
‘Oh.’
What Nelia had picked was a cookie filled with chunks of chocolate.
Crunch.
The cookie crumbled in her mouth. A splendid flavor and sweet taste quickly swept through her brain.
‘Delicious…!’
As if in her own world, Nelia ravenously consumed the cookie and other desserts.
Having faced a crisis, the cookie seemed all the sweeter as if a reward.
Lost in ecstasy, Nelia moved her hand tirelessly.
Just then,
“Excuse me, I’m passing through!”
Thump!
A young woman, rushing by, accidentally bumped Nelia’s shoulder hard.
The young woman who hit Nelia’s shoulder hurried off without offering an apology, apparently in a hurry.
‘Eh…!’
Nelia, having lost her balance due to the collision, stumbled.
With her thin, pointed heels, regaining balance was an uphill task.
Feeling a strong premonition of an imminent meeting with the floor, Nelia clenched her eyes shut.
However,
Pwook.
‘Pwook?’
A sound more terrifying than the sound of collision reached her ears.
Under her pointed shoe heel, a soft sensation was felt.
‘What…? What’s under my foot…?’
There was also something solid supporting her from behind.
Despite not falling, she felt uneasy.
She had a strong feeling that the person who had saved her was not a prince.
Since her previous life, her senses for survival had been excellent.
She had sensed it when loan sharks were closing in, and when the convenience store manager was about to announce the store’s closing.
‘Of course, knowing didn’t change anything.’
It was the same now.
She was certainly anxious, but she couldn’t hop off and run.
‘Yes.’
At least she had to apologize.
Resolute, Nelia slowly disentangled herself from the solid body and turned around.
“I’m sorry… ”
Nelia was suddenly at a loss for words.
Because the person she had stepped on was,
‘…Duke Hart.’
Upon close inspection, he, who looked like a fine masterpiece, was undoubtedly Duke Hart.
“Why are you here… ”
“I didn’t expect to meet again so soon.”
Duke Hart gave a meaningful smile.
He was surprised as well.
He hadn’t expected to run into the person he had just parted ways with so soon.
“Are you okay…?”
“What do you mean?”
Your foot under mine.
Nelia’s gaze fell. Her white shoe was perched on Duke Hart’s black leather one.
Given that she had panicked and stepped hard, it must’ve hurt quite a bit.
“Oh, the foot… ”
Duke Hart trailed off.
In the meantime, Nelia, who hadn’t realized that she was still standing on his foot, quickly stepped off.
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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