I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 103



Only Krnovel

Contract with the Devil
2024.02.11.

“Cordelia!”

Before that voice reached her ears, Cordelia’s body floated slightly and was pushed to the side.

“Ugh.”

When she turned around, sharp nails were stuck in the floor.

If she had been even a little later, Nazabut would have definitely cut her in half. Her spine was chilling. When the attempt failed, Nazabut twisted her mouth and looked back.

Of course, Leonard was glaring at her, panting heavily.

“You’re annoying me to the end.”

Nazabut raised his hand once more. However, soon the twelve snakes Leonard had created wrapped around Nazabut and bound his limbs.

“This is trivial!”

The devil raised his hand and cut off all the snakes that had wrapped around his body. Leonard took advantage of the gap and stood in front of Cordelia.

Cordelia was gripped by fear that Lottie, who had fallen to the floor bleeding, might have died. However, she could not stop there. She held back her tears and continued her magic.

“I’ll kill you all.”

“Whoever you want.”

Nazabut and Leonard fought again. However, as time passed, Leonard was at a disadvantage. Although Nazabut’s strength was greatly weakened by Cordelia’s magic, he did not fall easily.

Nazabut raised both hands. Sharp blades of wind were created from the tips of his fingers. One of them flew towards Cordelia’s neck.

Leonard noticed this and hugged Cordelia’s body and rolled on the floor.

“Master!”

The smell of hot blood vibrated everywhere. Leonard grimaced and let out a short groan.

“Ugh.”

“Attila!”

“Leo!”

Screams erupted here and there. Leonard turned around. Then, he gathered all his magic power and swung his fist at Nazabut’s abdomen, which was nearby. The series of events happened in the blink of an eye.

“Ugh, human!”

Nazabut stumbled back a few steps with a groan, having been hit from a fairly close distance. Matilda and Kanon’s magic, which came running late, hit Nazabut’s back exactly. Nazabut fell forward from the blow.

Leonard didn’t miss that gap and created his sharpest and coldest spear. The white snake opened its mouth wide and pierced Nazabut’s heart.

“Ah!”

Nazabut rolled on the ground, impaled by the spear. Cordelia looked up at the sky, shivering. The sky, which had been dark as if covered with dark clouds, gradually brightened. In addition, the magic that had been sucked around Nazabut completely stopped.

‘Is it over?’

However, as if mocking her thoughts, the demon staggered back up. Nazabut laughed, holding a spear the size of a grown man’s forearm in his left chest. His smile was eerily beautiful.

“See you later, Cordelia.”

Nazabut spread his wings and flew into the sky. It was so fast that Cordelia thought it was teleportation. Nazabut disappeared from sight in an instant. Only then did Cordelia relax and stop her magic.

[Sob.]

“Lotti, Lotti!”

Lotti, who had been crouching on the ground, panting, suddenly twisted his entire body. Then, there was a cracking sound, as if his bones were breaking. Cordelia was startled and knelt down to Lotti.

“Lotti, are you okay?”

[I need to rest a bit.]

Fortunately, it seemed that this process was part of the recovery. Lotti’s expression became much more relaxed than before.

I thought I had let go of my worries, but this time Leonard could not straighten his body. When I looked closely, his back was completely soaked in blood. His complexion was also very pale.

“Master, Master.”

It was clear that he had wrapped me around and hurt me. Cordelia burst into tears. But Leonard instead looked around Cordelia and asked,

“Where are you hurt?”

“It wasn’t me, it was your Master. The doctor, that is, the healing magic…”

Cordelia looked around and stamped her feet. At that moment, Kanon clicked his tongue and approached Leonard.

“Tsk, tsk. Come here.”

He muttered a short healing magic on Leonard’s back. Fortunately, the bleeding had stopped, but Leonard had difficulty standing, so he kept staggering and soon collapsed on the floor. Cordelia hurriedly clung to him.

“Lean on me. I’ll take you to the magic… …”

“Master!”

Baron finally appeared. An old man who seemed to be the doctor followed him hurriedly. Cordelia hurriedly motioned to the doctor.

“Here, come here quickly. Your back is badly cut.”

The tears that she thought had finally stopped flowing out again, wetting her eyes. Cordelia was anxious that something might go wrong for Leonard because of her.

Baron looked at Leonard’s back and said with a rather serious expression,

“Oh, the wound is quite large. Should we move to the mansion? The Magic Faction is not open to outsiders, so it would be better for you to recover from your wounds.”

“That would be good. That demon will need quite some time to recover from such a wound.”

Leonard frowned and took a deep breath. He turned to Cordelia, who was sobbing beside him, and wiped her wet cheek. His hand was very gentle.

“Stop crying. You crybaby disciple. This is barely enough to keep you from dying.”

“But because of me, because of me… .”

“What did you do? The one who cut my back was that demon called Nazabut or something.”

“A demon?”

Baron asked with wide eyes, not knowing the whole story. Leonard briefly explained what it was and what had happened. In the meantime, the councilor continued to apply simple treatments to Leonard’s back, sweating profusely.

As Leonard continued to speak, Baron couldn’t stop sighing.

“Oh my goodness. A descent. I’ve only seen it in books, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in real life.”

“I never thought Lydia would do something like that.”

Leonard also let out a low sigh, as if he had not expected it. By chance, Rosenblur’s eyes met Leonard’s. Rosenblur approached him, limping, as if he had a leg injury.

“Leo. Are you okay?”

“You’re not going to die.”

“… … I’m sorry.”

Rosenblur’s face was distorted in pain. Or it could have been regret, sadness, or disappointment. With so many emotions rushing in at once, it was impossible to guess what he was feeling just by looking at his expression.

“Your brother did it, not you.”

“No, it’s all my fault. I wish I had gotten Lydia sooner… … .”

He shook his head repeatedly, writhing in guilt. Leonard cut Rosenblur off bluntly. The tone was cold, but the content was not.

“No matter what you did, Lydia would have made the same decision. So stop talking nonsense and just take care of this.”

“Okay. Leave this to me and get some rest. Cordelia has had a hard time too.”

“Of course.”

Rosenblu saw them off with a faint smile. Cordelia carefully took care of Lottie, who was panting on the floor, and followed her master.

The place the group arrived at was a mansion not far from the magic hall. It was smaller than the Atile Town House, but it was still impressive.

The pain that made Cordelia want to faint at any moment weighed on her, but she held it in by clenching her fists. Leonard was much more important than that. As

they entered, the servant who managed the mansion came running. He was very surprised to see Leonard’s bloody clothes and panicked.

“Oh my god, should I call the senator?”

“No problem, I’ve already brought him. Rather, let’s make the bedroom tidy so that the master can rest.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Baron calmly sorted out the situation. Leonard lay down on the bed, breathing slowly.

The doctor tore off his clothes and began to treat him in earnest. Cordelia watched from a little distance.

When he took off his clothes, the wounds were clearly visible. Cordelia unconsciously held her breath at the long cut that crossed more than half of his back.

“Take this. It’s an anesthetic.”

Baron handed Leonard a bottle from his bosom. Leonard grimaced and took it in one gulp. The doctor wiped the sweat from the bridge of his nose and began to stitch up the wound.

As she watched the process, Cordelia felt her body tingle. No, it wasn’t just a feeling, her whole body really ached.

Cordelia’s body wasn’t normal after using strong magic three times in a row. However, her pain was nothing compared to Leonard’s.

Cordelia endured it and held on until Leonard’s treatment was finished.

His legs were shaking and cold sweat was running down his back, but he felt like he had to see with his own eyes that Leonard was okay before he could feel reassured.

The doctor who had finished the treatment took a deep breath and said,

“You absolutely have to lie down and rest for a few days. If you’re not careful, the wound could burst open again. This is an ointment to apply and this is medicine to take every day.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Baron took the medicine the doctor gave him and sent him away. Cordelia hid her trembling hands and approached Leonard. She coughed several times because she couldn’t make a sound.

“Master, are you okay?”

Leonard couldn’t see Cordelia’s face because he was lying face down. So he didn’t realize that she was shedding tears.

“I told you, it’s okay. It’ll get better in a day or two.”

“… … Don’t do that again.”

“What?”

“When the moment of danger comes, ugh, don’t protect me,”

she said, wiping her tears with her sleeve. Leonard’s expression instantly turned sour.

“Is it so hard to say thank you for saving my life?”

“Your life is more important than mine, Master. So don’t do that. If something happens to you because of me… .”

“Who said that?”

“Yes?”

“Who said my life is more important than yours?”

Leonard sat up without listening to her any longer. He looked Cordelia straight in the eye and said,

“You are more important to me. Do you understand?”