I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 101



Only Krnovel

Contract with the Devil
2024.02.09.

[Almost done.]

Lottie said. It was so difficult that she probably would not have been able to complete it in one go if she hadn’t seen the magic. Her muscles were stiff because she had used so much strength in her entire body.

[Never let your body loose or stop your will. If you do, you’ll get blisters.]

“Okay.”

After finishing the calculations and starting to distribute the magic in earnest, her body trembled like an aspen tree. Cordelia gritted her teeth and held on.

Fortunately, her efforts were working, as Nazabut’s movements became noticeably dull. Leonard noticed this and launched a fierce attack.

[Hold on.]

Lottie said somewhat coldly, sensing Cordelia’s weakening will. Cordelia was about to say yes, but she shut her mouth tightly. Her teeth were chattering so much that she felt like she would bite her tongue if she spoke.

It seemed like her magic was working well. Nazabut began to be pushed back unilaterally. Leonard finally seized the opportunity. He stretched his hand into the air and immediately created a long ice

spear. With his other hand, he tightly grabbed Nazabut’s shoulder to keep her from running away. Just as he was about to pierce Lydia’s heart with it, a phoenix flew in from somewhere and broke the spear in half. “Leonard Attila!” Rosenblur, who arrived late, shouted and immediately blocked Lydia and Leonard’s path. Rosenblur roughly pushed Leonard away. “Are you crazy?” “You’re the one who’s crazy. Do you know what’s inside your sister’s body?” Leonard snapped, breathing heavily. “What are you talking about?” “B, Blay. Save me. Sob. Leoga, Leoga.” Nazabut hid behind Rosenblur and shed tears. In Leonard’s eyes, who knew everything, it only looked disgusting. “Don’t hide, come out here. I’ll crush your head.” “What the hell is wrong with you? What did Lydia do so wrong?” “What did she do wrong? She descended a demon with her own body. Do you need more words?” “Descent? That’s ridiculous… … . How on earth can Lydia descend? She’s just a low-level magician.” Naturally, Rosenblu didn’t believe Leonard’s words easily. It wasn’t just because they were family, but in a normal situation, it wasn’t easy to think of the word ‘descent.’ There was a reason why Matilda and the other Sirius hadn’t expected a demon to descend even after such a great collapse. The last descent had been over a hundred years ago. Now, it’s a remnant that has completely disappeared into history. “Ask your sister. How did she do that?” Leo concentrated his magical power into his palm and hit Nazabut’s head with it. Nazabut let out a weak scream and rolled around on the ground. “Whoa!” “Lydia!” Then Rosenblur immediately counterattacked Leonard. Leonard blocked it with a shield, but Rosenblur was also a high-level magician. Some of the shock struck Leonard’s body. “Ugh.” “Even you, I can’t forgive you. How dare you touch Elfenbaum? And Lydia at that?” Rosenblur’s face turned as cold as ice. Cordelia was watching the situation from afar. She wanted to run over and explain the whole story, but moving would break her concentration and she couldn’t do it. The magic that Loti had told her was to loosen the connection between demons and bodies possessed by demons, so she had to continuously maintain the magic in order to see the effects. Then, by chance, her eyes met with Nazabut’s, who had fallen to the ground. It was you. Nazabut grinned and smiled. While the two men were arguing, Nazabut staggered and slowly approached Cordelia. “Cordelia… “Somehow, my body kept losing strength, and it was strange, was it you?” Lottie blocked Cordelia’s path, who was unable to move. [Don’t come any closer.] “Why has this dog been interfering with everything since a while ago?” [Don’t worry about me and focus on your magic.] Lottie turned around briefly and spoke to Cordelia, then immediately ran towards Nazabut. Cordelia nodded slightly and focused all her energy on maintaining her magic. “Ouch!” Nazabut shook her arm off as if it was bothering her, but the gray dog ​​bit Nazabut’s arm and hung on tenaciously. Cordelia’s head felt like it was going to burst due to the excessive use of magic, and her stomach rumbled, but she held on tight. ‘Just a little more. Just a little more.’ Lottie fought well, but there was no way Lottie would easily defeat an opponent that even Leonard couldn’t easily defeat. No matter how hard Cordelia tried to realize her magic, her limits were clearly visible. “Troublesome!” [Snap!]

With a thud, Loti flew and crashed into the tree. The moment she saw that, her mind was distracted. Nazabut approached Cordelia, laughing heartily.

“But it is Lydia’s wish that you be torn to pieces, so I must grant that.”

“… … Wish?”

“This woman. She is very sinister. She acts noble in front of you, but behind your back, she is jealous of you and wishes for your death. I fell in love with that appearance and came down to earth.”

Nazabut laughed as if she had told a funny joke.

She had expected it, but her disappointment surged when Nazabut confirmed her hopes through her

own mouth. ‘Was I nothing to Lydia? Was it just my delusion that she thought of me as a friend?’

“Judging from your expression, I guess she didn’t know.”

Cordelia’s tongue became dry as she took a step closer. She turned her head slightly to see that her master was still tied up by Rosenblu.

She looked at Leonard earnestly. Did his feelings get through? Leonard looked at Cordelia as if by magic.

She just opened her eyes wide, thinking that calling her Master loudly would attract Nazabut’s attention.

“But you. You smell really good.”

“… … .”

“It’s a shame to just kill you.”

Nazabut came too close and sniffed at Cordelia’s nape, sniffing like a dog. His breath gave her goosebumps and she almost stopped her magic.

The demon ran his fingers down her cheek. Then suddenly, he made his nails extremely long, almost like swords. Cordelia instinctively knew that they were the ones who had cut open the stomach of the woman who died at her feet.

“Still, I have to do what I have to do. I have to pay the price for receiving this body.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she swung her nails. Cordelia tightly closed her eyes.

“Lydia. You… … .”

Surprisingly, it was not Leonard but Rosenblur who blocked the sharp claws. He pushed Nazabut away with confused eyes.

“Are you really a demon descendant?”

“Blay, that’s not true. Don’t you trust me? That ridiculous nonsense is all made up by that woman!”

Nazabut’s expression changed in an instant. She shed tears sadly. Her acting was so natural that even Cordelia, who knew the truth, was amazed.

However, upon hearing those words, Rosenblur’s face instead became filled with pain.

“Really. Really, the descent… …”

“First, we have to capture and subdue her. Then we can decide whether to save Lydia or not.”

Leonard, who had come at some point, fired dozens of wind blades at Nazabut. Nazabut clicked her tongue briefly and moved away.

“Oh my God, what is going on?”

“Isn’t that Lydia?”

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard behind her. Cordelia barely managed to turn her head and look back, only to see Kanon and Matilda there. After all, there was no way anyone would not come out and look at the chaos in front of the Magic Association.

“Lydia Elfenbaum has a demon descend upon her body.”

Leonard gave a short explanation to the two who were shocked.

“What? A descent?”

Kanon’s eyes naturally turned to Cordelia. It seemed that he had remembered the conversation they had just had.

“Cordelia, did you know?”

She nodded instead of answering. Matilda’s expression hardened.

“Then the collapse occurred because of the descent. Yes, now the strange things are explained.”

“This is impossible. A descent? How many decades, no, how many hundreds of years has this happened?”

“There is no time to be surprised. If we don’t catch it here, we don’t know how many more lives that demon will cause. It has already killed quite a few people.”

“Yes. What should we do?”

Leonard sorted out the situation. The four of them briefly put their heads together to plan a strategy and then immediately ran towards Nazabut. Nazabut was pushed back when the four high-ranking magicians rushed in.

“Ugh.”

Cordelia, who was watching from behind, felt dizzy for a moment. The blood that rose from her throat soaked her forehead.

Cordelia realized that she had now truly reached her limit. Her legs gave out and she fell down. At the same time, the magic that weakened Nazabut was released.

“Cordelia!”

Leonard was the first to notice her condition and shouted. When Cordelia’s magic stopped, Nazabut quickly recovered his strength. He screamed and threw a ball of magic at the four of them.

“Ugh! I’ll kill you all!”

“Ugh!”

A magic power that was incomparable to before surged forth. Kanon and Rosenblu fell down at the same time from Nazabut’s attack. Leonard barely held on. Matilda exchanged words with Leonard and then hurriedly ran towards Cordelia.

“Cordelia, lean on me. I’ll move you to a safe place.”

“Oh, no. Magic, you have to keep doing magic… … .”

“Magic?”

“Separating the demon and the host, ugh.”

Cordelia stood up with Matilda’s support. And then she started to perform the magic that Lottie had taught her from the beginning.

Matilda, who was watching from the side, couldn’t close her mouth in surprise.

“You. No, how on earth did you do that magic? That’s a magic that only a few people in Trisca know.”