Yet, seeing Riccardo’s back, my resolve only strengthened. I couldn’t leave. I had a clear purpose now.
“No.”
First, as a witch from the East who couldn’t read or write, I had to learn to do so.
“I’ll be staying in the East Wing from today.”
And I must stay close to him.
To protect him completely, purely, and brightly, without any stain. So.
“If you don’t like it, you leave.”
“…….”
“The Earl is back, so I can get permission tomorrow.”
Riccardo suddenly turned and glared at me. Our eyes met, and my heart pounded so hard I closed my eyes and steadied myself.
Even if he didn’t want it, once Riccardo returned to his world, I would live a life completely unrelated to him.
“I don’t need your permission.”
Maybe protecting him from the terrible abuse was the reason I came back to life.
From that day on, my struggles to protect him never ceased.
The next day, I formally requested a meeting with the Earl through the butler. The Earl didn’t summon me to the main house but came to see me shortly after. I had prepared a bag for moving to the East Wing, though there wasn’t much to carry.
The Earl, whom I hadn’t seen in a while, looked younger than in my memories. His sharp eyes and slightly drooping lips gave him a somewhat gloomy appearance.
“I want to stay in the East Wing from today.”
I barely managed to say this, gripping the bag handle until my knuckles turned white. My heart raced as I waited for his response.
The Earl looked at me silently for a long time after exchanging a surprised glance with the butler. In his inorganic blue eyes, I was absent.
“Is that really… true?”
While still focusing on me, the Earl asked the butler.
“I’m not sure yet, as this is just beginning to unfold.”
“Anyway, it’s good I came back early, as you suggested.”
Did this mean the Earl returned to the manor early because of me? Before I could properly wonder about it, he grabbed my chin. He turned my face this way and that, examining it closely.
Even on the day he first came to take me to this manor, there wasn’t a hint of denial in him. But now, his gaze was different. Why was he looking at me with eyes filled with curiosity and greed?
“You want to stay in the East Wing?”
“Yes.”
“Alright, do that.”
“What?”
I was lost at his unbelievable response. But the unexpected reactions didn’t end there.
“You are free to roam anywhere in this manor. Feel free to read any books too.”
“Really?”
“Yes, but in return, you must keep a close watch on him.”
“Watch… him?”
At my dumbfounded question, the Earl smiled like a truly kind father.
“If you find anything strange in his drawings, bring it to me.”
“Strange drawings?”
“Like, say, a maze.”
That’s when I remembered the term ‘labyrinth map’ from my memories.
The Dermayer Empire was founded by a god through Schneider. As proof, the temple gives oracles about when the emperor will change.
Since the birth of the Dermayer Empire, Schneider’s name has always been appointed as the emperor.
The oracle always comes with the emperor’s name and a labyrinth map. However, the current emperor, Wesley Reid Schneider II, was appointed but did not receive the labyrinth map.
The meaning was clear. It signified the downfall of the royal family or the death of the emperor.
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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