Echoes of a Debt Repaid

To repay for one meal, he willingly served as her invisible husband for ten years, devoting all his efforts to helping her achieve success. When betrayal and humiliation pushed him to the brink of despair, he chose to fake his "death" to cut ties with the past. When he returned, he had become a ruler standing at the top. The kindness had been repaid, and all past bonds were severed. Though his ex-wife knelt in repentance, he had already been reborn from the ashes and found his happiness.