Looking at the owner of the changing room preparing to close the shop, Nellia asked Charlotte.
“What kind of clothes were the thugs wearing?”
Nellia, explaining the situation to the changing room owner with all the circumstances, managed to purchase black robes similar to the clothes of the thugs.
Wearing black robes as the sky darkened, they would easily blend in and not attract attention from the thugs.
Nellia tried to relax as she headed to the park.
The evening scene in the park was completely different. There were no people around, and only the quiet chirping of crickets echoed, creating an eerie atmosphere.
Nellia looked around, but the park was too vast, and there was no sign of anyone nearby. After wandering around for a while, Nellia stopped in her tracks.
It was because she heard the voice of a child through the silent forest.
“Thanks to that necklace, we caught a big fish.”
“With our share, we’ll get quite a sum. Let’s buy some meat, bro!”
The conversation didn’t suit the children. Nellia lowered herself and approached them slowly.
By the lakeside, two young boys were swimming. Despite the deep water and the chilly weather, they seemed quite skilled.
Nellia realized that the faces of the boys reflected in the moonlight were familiar.
The boys swimming proficiently in the lake were the same brothers Ton had saved during the day.
Unlike back then, the brothers were now swimming skillfully by the lakeside.
“As expected.”
Nellia recalled the urgent moment when Ton had saved his drowning brother and noticed some suspicious movements from the elder brother. He had hastily hidden his hand as if trying to conceal something.
Nellia understood.
The younger brother had drawn attention while the elder brother sneakily took something from Charlotte’s pocket.
Just as the brothers finished swimming and came ashore, Nellia revealed herself, and the brothers froze when they spotted her.
“You, you are…”
Nellia immediately grabbed the younger brother’s collar.
“We meet at an opportune time.”
“Let, let go of this!”
“The pendant necklace, did you steal it?”
The brothers remained silent, exchanging glances.
“If you don’t speak up quickly, both of you will be handed over to the government office.”
Still, the brothers kept their mouths tightly shut.
“If young ones like you are turned over to the government office, you’ll have to live a lifetime of hard labor…”
“…”
“It’s not uncommon for hard labor to lead to death.”
The elder brother’s expression grew paler at Nellia’s lie. They were just kids, being deceived by such absurd lies.
“If you’re turned over at such a young age, you’ll barely get one meal a day…”
“W-We did steal the necklace…!”
As expected.
If they knew about the necklace, they might also know where Ton was taken.
Since the thugs knew about the necklace, it was clear that these brothers were affiliated with them.
“Where is the necklace right now?”
“It’s at our hideout…”
“Where is your hideout?”
The elder brother pointed towards the mountains connected to the park.
“Over there…”
The mountain, though not very high, seemed desolate enough that people wouldn’t likely frequent it.
“Come on…”
Suddenly, Nellia realized that Ton had mentioned the crime guild’s hideout in the mountains connected to the park.
The thugs who took Ton were undoubtedly members of that crime guild.
“How many people are at your hideout?”
“Today is the day the ship departs, so most of the brothers have moved to the harbor. Right now, there won’t be many people guarding the hideout…”
“So there should be several of them.”
“About ten people…”
Ten is not a small number, but it was much fewer than expected.
‘I was worried because they mentioned the hideout.’
After asking the brothers various questions, Nellia released the boy she had been holding by the collar.
Then she spoke to the brothers.
“It would be best not to return to the hideout. The government office will raid your hideout today.”
“No…!”
At Nellia’s lie, the brothers widened their eyes.
These brothers must have relied on the crime guild for food and a place to sleep. After all, they were still young.
But suddenly hearing that the guild would disappear must have been shocking.
“If you go to the government office, they will provide bread and a place to sleep for young children like you twice a day. So don’t do this kind of thing anymore.”
Nellia had learned a lot about the Andrian Empire’s system by reading various books recently.
The Andrian Empire had a relatively high crime rate, and as a first step to improve that, the government office provided free bread twice a day for young children. Although the accommodation might be simple, it was stated that facilities were being operated.
‘I did well to read other books for a while, tired of the myths of Zigrith.’
She used the information obtained from a meaningless book for something like this.
“Hurry and go.”
When Nellia gestured to the brothers, they took a few steps back and then ran away at a fast pace.
Watching the disappearing figures of the children into the darkness, Nellia also moved her steps again.
Meanwhile, Charlotte, as requested by Nellia, was standing in front of the Duke’s mansion.
Since it was late, there was no one guarding the front gate. In the moment of contemplating how to get in, the main gate opened on its own.
Charlotte, looking at the strange scene for a moment, regained her composure and entered.
As Charlotte reached the main gate, attempting to knock, this time the door opened first.
However, this time it was not like the magical smoothly opening sensation but rather opened with a somewhat rough movement.
As a shadow fell over her forehead, Charlotte’s gaze went up while looking down at the doorknob.
“Your Excellency…?”
The person who opened the door was Duke Hart.
Charlotte was puzzled by the fact that Duke Hart had opened the door first, but she didn’t ask. He looked colder than usual, unlike his usual self.
“Why did you come back alone?”
His voice was also exceptionally chilly.
“Well, that’s…”
Momentarily frightened by his changed appearance, Charlotte, realizing that the situation was urgent, gathered her strength and spoke.
“Ton has been taken captive… Nellia went to rescue him.”
“…Nellia went to rescue Ton?”
Charlotte nodded hesitantly, looking up at the Duke.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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