I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 100



Only Krnovel

Contract with the Devil
2024.02.08.

“Oh, it’s okay.”

She stood up straight, using his arm as support. The pain that was squeezing her heart disappeared as if it were a lie. It must have been just a passing pain.

“What’s okay? Stand here. Where does it hurt?”

“It’s nothing. I just suddenly feel a little out of breath.”

“Ah!”

Leonard’s interrogation didn’t last long. A woman crawled to Cordelia’s feet, covered in blood.

“Save me, save me. Please save me… …”

Upon closer inspection, the woman’s abdomen was cut in a straight line as if by a sharp blade. A lot of blood was pouring out through it. The corner of her mouth was covered in foam. Cordelia was so shocked that she knelt in front of her.

“Oh my god, wait a minute!”

Cordelia hurriedly tore the hem of her skirt to try to stop the bleeding. He held out his hands to the two men in turn.

“Master, Baron. Please lend me your sword.”

“… … Lady Cordelia.”

Baron bent down and placed his hand on the woman’s neck. He slowly shook his head.

“She’s already dead.”

“What? We were just talking… … talking.”

“I guess it was the last bit of strength I had.”

Baron closed the woman’s eyes that she hadn’t noticed and took off his coat and covered her.

Too many things had happened in an instant. When Cordelia, frozen by the death she had seen before her eyes, couldn’t get up, Leonard wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

“Let’s go.”

“Who on earth would do something like this… … .”

“It’s strange for a wizard to do it. It looks like he was cut by a sword.”

“Yes. Strange.”

Cordelia walked forward, almost buried in Leonard’s chest. After walking a few steps, the pain that she thought had disappeared suddenly came back.

“Ouch.”

“Cordelia!”

This was the first time she felt this way, so she didn’t know how to express it. It was much stronger than the first time I felt it. It felt like someone was squeezing my heart with their hands. My heart was beating abnormally fast.

Leonard hurriedly sprayed healing magic on her body, but it was no use.

“Baron! Find a nearby senator right now. Hurry!”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Cordelia, look at my eyes. Where does it hurt? Huh? Why are you acting like that all of a sudden?”

Baron realized the seriousness of the situation and ran over quickly. Now Cordelia was so weak that she couldn’t even stand on her own two legs.

Leonard moved her to the bench and laid her down neatly. He was surprised by her sudden change and didn’t know what to do.

At that moment, Lottie, who had been trudging behind the group, stood upright on all fours and looked somewhere.

[Coming.]

That short sentence sounded like lightning to Cordelia. She turned her head with difficulty and looked at Lottie.

Lottie’s blue pupils narrowed vertically like a snake’s.

Gradually, the pressure pressing down on his heart grew stronger. Cordelia struggled, clutching her left chest.

“Ugh, ugh, ugh.”

“Cordelia, Cordelia.”

Leonard’s face turned pale. He held her hand tightly and tried to ease the pain, but there was nothing he could do.

A chilling wind blew. A chilling cold air flowed down his spine. Leonard raised his head and looked around. For some time, even the sound of birds had stopped.

Someone’s footsteps broke the terrible silence. Leonard stood in front of Cordelia, tense. Lottie took a couple of steps forward.

But what appeared before them, contrary to expectations, was an unexpected person.

“Lydia?”

“Hello. Leo.”

She greeted him lightly. She had a cheerfulness that did not fit the situation.

Lydia was wearing a white hat decorated with fresh flowers and a yellow dress, but more than half of the dress was soaked in blood. The sight was so bizarre that anyone who saw it couldn’t help but feel it was strange.

“Will you step aside? I have something to say to Cordelia.”

“What do you want to say? Cordelia is sick right now, so let’s talk later.”

“Sick? Why? Aha. It’s because of me.”

“It’s because of you?”

Lydia smiled brightly. The afternoon sunlight poured down on her head. For some reason, the sight made him feel chills. Leonard knew that Lydia was very strange now, but he didn’t know why.

“Sometimes, when you’re sensitive to the devil’s energy, you end up sick like that.”

“Lydia, what did you do?”

“What did she do?”

“This girl?”

It was an unfamiliar title, as if referring to someone else. Lydia stretched out both hands to the side. An arrow was created so quickly and concisely. She made a gesture of aiming it at Leonard, then caught it with her mouth and made a sound.

“Keep!”

The magic arrow flew past Leonard’s head. It disappeared only after hitting the back of a man who was running away in fear.

Lydia giggled.

“Oh, this is exciting! I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve been in the human world. And it’s so perfect.”

“… … What are you?” “Are you

asking me that now?”

Lydia, or rather the devil inside Lydia, smiled brightly. She lightly waved her hands forward. That was all, but Leonard couldn’t even stand properly because of the pressure pressing down on his entire body.

“Huh!”

“Ugh. The sunlight is so nice. I like it when the sun is out during the day.”

Lydia spun around on the spot as if she were an actor, then slowly approached Leonard, or more precisely, Cordelia. By then, Cordelia was still lying on the bench, panting, unable to breathe properly.

Leonard quickly blocked Lydia’s way, but Lydia’s finger tapped Leonard’s shoulder, causing him to stumble as if he had been hit with a hammer.

“Don’t worry, Leo. I’ll kill you too. First, let’s kill this woman.”

“Whatever you want.”

He gritted his teeth and hurled a sharp ice spear at Lydia. Lydia quickly dodged it. She stared at Leonard, her lips slightly rounded in surprise.

“You’re amazing for a human.”

“You wouldn’t take a human’s body by contract. Is this the descent? Which demon is it?”

[Nazabut. The ninety-ninth demon.]

Lottie interrupted. Unfortunately, only Nazabut and Cordelia could hear him.

Nazabut bowed to the voice and faced Loti.

“Who are you to know my name?”

[You caused such a great collapse and didn’t know? Coming down to the human world is strictly forbidden.]

“What do you need to know? This woman called me, right? That’s why it’s my name.”

Nazabut clenched his fist and reached out toward Loti. Loti was pushed back even though their skin hadn’t touched.

“How did you know?”

[Go back! This is not your place.]

Loti scolded him harshly. As soon as Loti finished speaking, dozens of fireballs created by Leonard flew toward Nazabut. Nazabut blocked them all with a bored expression.

Leonard stood in front of Cordelia and glared at Nazabut.

“You can’t even touch this woman.”

“We’ll have to wait and see.”

Nazabut laughed like a girl and created a huge fireball behind her back. The sight felt like a rock thrown out of an active volcano in hell. The blazing fire was so strong that the surrounding vegetation dried up.

Leonard created a snake-shaped water pillar against it. The two clashed without warning. A huge amount of steam and acrid smoke came out.

By then, Cordelia had barely come to her senses. The pressure pressing down on her heart was still there, but the intensity of the pain had diminished enough that she could sit up.

Lottie came to her side.

[Are you coming to your senses?]

“L, Lottie… … Lydia has a demon descended on her, right?”

She gasped for breath and watched Leonard and Nazabut fight fiercely. Sparks flew, ice flew, and a strong wind blew as if trees were about to break. Lottie nodded lightly.

[That’s right. I don’t know how he summoned such a demon.]

“So Lydia is no longer Lydia?”

[Well. There may be a little bit of ego left at the bottom… … .]

Lottie’s negative tone rather gave her confidence. Cordelia felt miserable when her prediction turned out to be true. She

knew that Lydia’s attitude was hostile toward her after meeting her again at the Magic Association. However, she covered her eyes and pretended not to know. She floundered, deluded by the delusion that if she did better, if she acted more kindly, Lydia might smile at her again.

It was exactly the same as what her father had done to her.

When her father first started to harass her, Cordelia had blamed herself for the problem. She thought that her father was raising his hand because she was incompetent.

But now she knew. That it wasn’t Cordelia’s fault. The clumsy pity and sympathy she had shown Lydia, or the desire to be recognized as a friend, had completely disappeared.

Cordelia put her trembling legs on the floor and barely got up. Her face was firmer than ever.

“Lottie. Can’t you help the Master?”

[In principle, I can’t get involved. Instead, I’ll help you so that you can help him yourself.]

“What do you mean?”

[The descent is a very tricky process. So Nazabut might not have fully settled in yet. Furthermore, the human body easily collapses even with a small impact.]

Lottie looked at Nazabut, who was randomly throwing fireballs, and then looked up at Cordelia.

[Tsk. Maybe he told me this in preparation for times like this.]

“Huh?”

[No. Design the magic as I say. There is a magic that separates the host and the demon. It won’t completely separate them, but it will damage them.]

Lottie’s incomprehensible muttering soon disappeared from Cordelia’s mind. Instead, she focused all her energy on realizing the complicated magic Lottie had told her.

That magic was the most difficult and complicated thing Cordelia had ever done. Even though she was standing still, sweat dripped down her back.

Her senses disappeared one by one. The sound of the wind cutting through the air disappeared, and the acrid smell of burning wood also left Cordelia. I focused all my attention on controlling the massive flow of magical power that was right before my eyes.