He had been waiting to see Rebecca again, but she never appeared before Adrian again.
Adrian thought she didn’t visit the Mansion of Darkness because she resented him.
Thus, after five years, he decided to leave the Twins family castle and return to the demon world where he lived.
He tried to forget his guilt towards Rebecca, along with the memories of the Mansion of Darkness.
‘But today, she finally came to visit…’
Adrian took out an envelope from his jacket pocket.
It was the resignation letter he intended to hand to the Grand Duke’s adjutant that afternoon.
Adrian threw it into the fireplace without any hesitation.
The faint orange light from the fireplace flickered over his face.
‘We’ll probably see each other often from now on.’
Rebecca’s soft voice echoed clearly in his ears.
He wasn’t sure if her words were sincere, but at least he could dare to hope again.
All the way back to the Mansion of Light, crossing the path between the two mansions, Mina couldn’t hide her happy expression.
“Are you that happy?”
“Of course! I saw Adrian after such a long time. Adrian is so popular in the demon world!”
Her cuteness made me smile too.
“Yes, he is handsome.”
“Handsome? Adrian, a second son from a very prestigious noble family in the demon world!”
“Really? Then why is he working as a butler?”
At my question, Mina, swinging her rattan basket excitedly, suddenly stopped and tilted her head in thought.
“Indeed, why? I heard he came to the human world for practical training and then stayed on at the Grand Duke’s house. Why he stayed, I really don’t know…”
She paused, about to continue.
“……Huh?”
Mina, glancing behind me, slowly widened her eyes.
Her face looked as if she had encountered someone she never expected to see.
Earlier, when the carriage was entering the gates of the Twins family castle.
Lost in thought, Cedric had opened the envelope he was holding.
Divorce papers with the seals of the Emperor’s court and the Papacy.
As Emperor Letitz said, now only the signatures of the couple were needed, and their marriage would be officially over.
It was what he had always wanted, and the end was finally in sight.
Yet…
Cedric couldn’t understand why he felt so uneasy.
‘A person loves the most when that love starts to fade away. The Grand Duchess loved you so much, now there’s no regret left!’
It was a passing remark.
The old Cedric would have thought Emperor Letitz naive for mentioning ‘love’ in matters he knew nothing about.
But after hearing the Emperor’s words.
Strangely, he kept thinking about Rebecca from that night.
Especially her emotionless eyes and voice.
She had said she no longer loved or wanted him.
“…….”
Until then, Cedric was convinced that Rebecca agreed to the divorce for some other motive.
She was playing her last card to change his mind, he thought.
But now, he felt…
Her attitude was too carefree to have any other ulterior motive.
“As if she truly awaits the divorce.”
That realization made Cedric ponder over Emperor Letitz’s words repeatedly.
“…Did Rebecca really love me?”
Cedric’s brow furrowed deeply as he was lost in thought.
What did it matter now if Rebecca had truly loved him?
Their relationship as husband and wife had been irreparably damaged long ago.
‘Rebecca must have come to accept this fact and moved on, albeit belatedly.’
Even after calmly assessing the situation, a sense of discomfort kept surfacing.
His logic and emotions seemed to be moving independently.
It was an unprecedented experience for Cedric, who had always relied solely on rational decisions.
‘It’s all rather unsettling.’
It was then, as he was fidgeting with his eyebrows, that he glanced outside the carriage window.
Far off, a woman with red hair was seen walking out of the Mansion of Darkness.
For a moment, he thought it was an illusion, but it was unmistakably Rebecca.
The red hair, the pale skin, the lavish attire.
Everything was as before, yet something had unmistakably changed.
Rebecca… was smiling.
Her smile shone brightly, like lilac blossoms in full bloom on a spring night, illuminating everything around her.
Cedric’s gaze, fixated on that smile, seemed unable to look away for a long time.
“…I’ll get off here.”
It was around then, almost unconsciously, that he had the carriage stopped.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
