I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 106



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Love
2024.02.14. “Well. Do you think

I’ll ever get married again?” “Why would you assume there won’t be? You ’re still young. Who knows, a really nice guy around here might propose to you.” Cordelia laughed as soon as Leonard finished speaking. If anything, it was closer to mockery. “Who do you think I’ll marry again, Master?” “That’s right.” “I don’t like it. Once is enough, that kind of horrible experience.” Her face showed blatant disgust. Leonard had no choice but to keep his mouth shut, as she showed a more negative attitude toward marriage than he had expected. Cordelia took the towel off his back as if changing the subject. “I think this will be enough. The doctor said it’s not good to do it for too long.” “Yes.” “I’ll go check on Lottie. Take a rest.” Cordelia smiled brightly, unlike just now. The warmth of the hand that had touched her gradually disappeared. He somehow felt uncomfortable looking at Cordelia’s face. * * * “I have a question.” Cordelia said as she gave Lottie a piece of dried duck jerky. Lottie lay down on the couch and ate them one by one. [What is it?] “Why are you protecting me? It was the same in the Delorana estate before, and now that I think about it, there’s no reason for you to risk your life to protect me for no reason.” [You’re asking that now. You’re really quick, young human.] “Oh my. It’s only been a few days since I’ve been able to talk to you like this.” When I first brought Lottie to this mansion, all of her ribs were crushed and I wondered if she would survive, but it seems that being a high-level demon wasn’t a lie, she almost recovered in just four days. Furthermore, for some reason, Cordelia was able to communicate smoothly with Lottie after the Nazabut incident. “Is it because I took such good care of her? Is it a favor, or something?” [You’re making such a fuss over just a few pieces of meat.] Lottie snorted, finding it rather funny. “Aye. Otherwise, I can’t think of any other reason. Then what’s the reason?” [Made a contract.] “A contract? Even demons can make contracts? What kind of contract is it?” [I can’t tell you the specifics. That’s also part of the contract.] “Then who made the contract with you?” Lottie silently snatched the last piece of jerky from Cordelia’s hand and munched on it. Cordelia realized that he was avoiding the question and gave up asking further questions. “Thanks anyway, Lottie. If it weren’t for you, I would have died many times over.” [Hmm.] Lottie looked a little embarrassed and turned her head away, avoiding eye contact. Cordelia found that cute and thankful, so she lightly patted Lottie’s body. Normally, she would have avoided it, but today, she quietly accepted her touch. I felt strangely pleased. It seemed that he had opened his heart to Cordelia a little. Knock. There was a polite knock outside. The door opened when he told her to come in. “Baron?” “Can you spare a moment?” “Of course. What’s the matter?” Cordelia got up from her chair and approached Baron, leaving Lottie behind. He smiled kindly and said, “The weather is nice. Would you like to go for a walk outside? I think I haven’t properly introduced you to Willas yet.” “Good!” Cordelia smiled and quickly grabbed her hat and parasol. Lottie followed her and got up. Seeing this, Cordelia quickly stopped him. “I’m fine. Lottie. You haven’t recovered yet. Get some rest.” [What are you talking about? I’m just going to get some water.] “… … .” Then that’s right. Cordelia pursed her lips and left the mansion with Baron. As Baron said, the walk was quite enjoyable thanks to the moderate sunlight and cool breeze. In addition, he was very knowledgeable and knew the sad legends surrounding the statues erected on the road, which was interesting. After walking for a while, they passed the park that Nazabut had ruined. The scattered piles of stones and broken tree remains here and there told the urgency of the day. Cordelia stopped in front of it for a moment. “Why did Lydia make that choice?” “It is human greed to want to fill a hundred even when you have ninety-nine.” “Is the last hundredth one you, Master?” “You know very well.” Baron stared at the black, dried blood stains left on the park ground for a long time. Cordelia’s eyes also turned in that direction. At the same time, she thought of Lydia, who had been completely possessed by the devil in both mind and body.

When I first saw her, she was the most perfect woman in the world. What on earth made Lydia a monster?

Love?

Could such great love have dragged her down to the bottom like this?

“Love is truly scary.”

“What Lydia Elfenbaum did was not love.”

Cordelia turned to him because Baron spoke so firmly.

“It was just stubbornness and obstinacy combined with greed. I gave the fancy name of love to the act of forcing my feelings on the other person.”

It was a somewhat sarcastic and blatant criticism. Since he was always the type to laugh and speak in a roundabout way, he knew how to express it appropriately this time as well. Cordelia looked at Baron in surprise.

Baron continued without stopping.

“To her, my master is nothing more than a sparkling jewel that is not easily obtained. If my master had been lower in position than her, I would have done terrible things. Oh. You have already done it.”

“You are throwing away everything you have just because of greed?”

“Haha. “People tend to throw everything they have into vain things.”

Baron smiled kindly. Despite his kind tone, his content was somewhat cynical. Cordelia suddenly became curious.

“Then, what is love?”

“It’s not difficult. Love is simpler than you think.”

The conversation seemed to be going in an unexpected direction, but Cordelia was happy. They gradually moved away from the park that still smelled of blood.

“I want to do and give everything for that person. Even if it means putting myself in pain.”

“Hmm? That’s it?” She

expected Baron to say something like some extremely noble sacrifice, but Baron’s answer was surprisingly concise.

“Of course, each person’s definition of love is different, but that’s what I do.”

“I want to give everything.”

“Is there anyone who feels that way?”

“Well.”

Cordelia looked back on her life carefully. Thinking about her father and younger brother still made her teeth chatter. Her feelings toward her deceased mother were deep longing and nostalgia. And when she thought of Leonard… … .

“I don’t think there is any yet.”

She placed her hand on her left chest and then shook her head.

Baron looked at Cordelia with mysterious eyes. However, he never rushed her. If it had been something that could be resolved quickly, Cordelia would have walked the wedding road in Attila long ago. There is an order to everything.

“I see. I hope that love will come to you, too, someday.”

Cordelia smiled at Baron’s words.

The two walked for quite some time after that. As the sun rose above their heads, it became hot and difficult to walk.

“Shall we turn back?”

“That would be good.”

They were about to turn around and go back the way they came. Baron suddenly stiffened. He quickly glanced at the quiet road they had walked. Cordelia became tense at the sight.

“What is that?”

“No way. Wait, wait here for a moment.”

“What is it?”

“It’s nothing. I just need to check something.”

He took Cordelia to an outdoor café near the street. He then quickly disappeared somewhere, leaving only a message to wait here, saying that he would be back soon.

Cordelia sat on a chair and wasted her time. It was quiet around her, and few people passed by.

“Hello, ma’am. Could you buy me just one flower? My younger siblings are starving at home.”

At that moment, a boy approached her, hesitating. Wilarth was wealthy, so there weren’t many beggars on the street, but that didn’t mean there weren’t any.

He looked sorry for the dirt on his face. Cordelia dug into her pocket and handed her a one-ring coin.

“Just one flower.”

“Thank you! Thank you, ma’am!”

The boy handed her the flower and ran away.

Cordelia looked at the flower the boy had given her. It was a white daisy, a common sight anywhere. She

put her nose to it and sniffed it. It had a faint sweet scent along with the scent of unripe grass.

The moment I smelled it, I knew it wasn’t the scent of daisies.

“Huh?”

The ground tilted. Or, more accurately, my body tilted helplessly.

Cordelia waved her hands in the air. It was a futile effort to keep herself steady, but the world was falling apart.

The floor was rapidly approaching. Cordelia squeezed her eyes shut. Fortunately, her body stopped just before she hit the ground. Someone’s strong arms were holding her.

When she turned her head to check on her opponent, she couldn’t see his face well because of the backlight. It wasn’t just because of the backlight, but her body kept losing strength and her eyelids were sinking, so she didn’t even have the strength to see anything.

It felt like her body was falling into an endless abyss.

“It’s been a while.”

That voice.

Cordelia instantly remembered where she had heard the voice hitting her ear. However, she couldn’t say the name of the voice’s owner.

She tried to maintain her consciousness, but her mind went black.