I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 107



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2024.02.15.

It occurred to her that she had been losing consciousness more often lately.

‘The Master must be worried.’

When that thought crossed her mind, Cordelia opened her eyes wide.

However, everything around her was pitch black, so it was as if her eyes were open or closed. She also realized that her shoulders were extremely sore and that her hands were tied behind her back.

She calmly looked around and groped for the last thing she had seen. The boy who awkwardly held out a flower, her vision that had wavered the moment she smelled the flower’s scent. And…

“Maximilian.”

The voice she had heard last was definitely Maximilian’s.

However, Cordelia was not sure what she had heard. How could he appear in broad daylight, and in the middle of Wilarth?

Her doubts did not last long. There were more problems to solve. As

her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she could see her surroundings, though dimly. The space was so narrow that she couldn’t even stretch her legs, so she must have been trapped in a box or something. In addition, the space was so shaky that her body kept shaking.

To make a quick guess, someone, probably Maximilian, had kidnapped her and was putting her in a box and taking her away via carriage.

With a squeak, the movement stopped. The footsteps came closer and closer.

Cordelia tense up. Her lower stomach shook as if she was going to vomit.

Someone was dragging the box she was in.

[I’ll count to three.]

[I’m starving. Can I change carriages for a bit and have something to eat?]

Bedos, used in the Southern Continent. Since Wilarth was relatively close to the Southern Continent, it wasn’t strange for Angsen people to be there. Cordelia held her breath and listened to their conversation.

[How long has it been since you last had bread, and you’re talking about bread again?]

[Not those crumbs. I want a proper meal.]

One man grumbled. I felt the box she was in float up. Maybe they were going to change carriages like they said. Fortunately, it didn’t seem like they were going to do anything to her right away.

Where was I? How much time had passed? If Baron and Leonard found out she was gone, they would be very worried.

Rather than being afraid of the situation, the first thing that came to mind was Leonard’s face looking for her.

[How can I do that when I don’t have any money?]

[Do you think I don’t know that I received a deposit from that guy?]

[What are you talking about? We agreed to get the money when I handed this over after work.]

Someone kicked the box she was carrying. Perhaps ‘this’ meant Cordelia. The conversation that started with a minor annoyance soon turned into an argument.

[You think I don’t know anything? You already know that you received five hundred ringgit from that guy! You were going to wipe your mouth off and eat it all yourself, right?]

[You’ve been talking nonsense since earlier.]

Their bickering went on longer than expected. Cordelia’s shoulders became unbearably sore.

She hesitated for a moment before kicking the box hard with her foot. It would be best to try something before they got too far away from Wilarth. They couldn’t harm her anyway, as long as they could use the shield spell.

[No more talking… … !]

[What, what is it?]

The two men’s voices stopped for a moment as the box shook violently. Silence fell. Cordelia broke the silence with her foot again.

[It seems that something inside is awake, what should we do?]

[That’s right. It’s already awake, so open this.]

[What the heck!]

The man jumped, as if he hadn’t expected Cordelia to answer in Bedos. Cordelia laughed in vain when she heard his scream. What kind of sloppy kidnappers are these?

They whispered among themselves in low voices and soon opened the box lid. Cordelia’s eyes closed for a long time, unable to adjust to the sudden light, and she finally opened them.

[How did you wake up in less than a day? You said you slept for two days.]

[I guess it’s because you slept so well last night.]

Cordelia responded rather shamelessly. After staying in one position for so long, a tingling sensation came over the tips of her feet.

[Ouch, don’t move!]

[Don’t move!]

A tall, thin man and a man with a bushy beard aimed their knives at Cordelia with tense eyes. She was a woman with both arms tied, and the kidnapper was a healthy adult man with a knife, but Cordelia seemed much more relaxed. Cordelia

quickly scanned her surroundings. Aside from these two men, she felt no other signs of life. She naturally thought Maximilian would be with them, but these two men were the only ones she could see in the secluded forest.

[Did you know who I was and kidnapped me?]

[What does that matter?]

[Yeah. You don’t seem to know. If you knew, you wouldn’t have dared do something so bold.]

At first glance, he looked like a farmer who had been plowing a field with farm equipment until yesterday evening, let alone a trained knight. His posture was so awkward that, honestly, I wasn’t scared at all.

My nerves were so relaxed that they seemed insignificant.

[How much do you guys get paid to work here?]

[Why do you ask?]

[I’ll give you double that if you let me out of here.]

[How can you believe that?]

[You idiot! You should have told me no first!]

The bearded man slapped the tall man’s head with his palm. Cordelia couldn’t help but laugh because it looked like a scene from a comedy show.

[Are you laughing? You don’t seem to know what your situation is right now. If you don’t want to die, stay still.]

He said while swinging the knife in his hand threateningly.

[Stab me.]

[… … What?]

Cordelia acted confidently, sticking out her stomach. I was able to block Beluche’s attacks, so I can deflect all of these clumsy attacks.

[Why? Can’t you do it when I tell you to? Go ahead and try. Stab me. Are you scared?]

[T-This is crazy, isn’t it?]

[Hey, Roku. Let’s just not fight her and take her under the covers.]

The tall man stopped the man named Roku from behind, overwhelmed by her momentum. However, Roku’s pride must have been hurt, as he strode towards Cordelia.

[Do you think I can’t do it?]

He raised his right hand, which was holding the sword, high. Cordelia didn’t avoid his eyes.

[Hey! Are you crazy? What’s wrong? I told you to take her alive.]

[I’m going to take her alive. It’s not like she’ll die just because her face is a little scarred, right?]

[Yeah, so go ahead and stab her. Can’t you? Are you scared?]

[T, T!]

[Roku, hold on! Roku!]

If anyone had seen that sight, they would have held their stomachs and laughed. The man swinging his sword in the air with a blush on his face and the woman calmly sticking her stomach out in front of him did not look normal at all.

Either the man who had been holding her waist from behind to stop her lacked strength or the man named Roku was quite angry, as the sword he swung passed vertically across Cordelia’s chest. Of course, Cordelia was not hurt at all.

[Ouch!]

Instead, the two men fell backwards due to the recoil. They looked up at her blankly, not knowing why they had fallen.

Cordelia stood upright and spoke to them with a stern face as if scolding them. Her attitude completely changed as if the way she had been teasing them just a moment ago was a lie.

[My name is Cordelia Vasquez. I’m a wizard.]

[Magic, a wizard?]

[Oh my! Roku, you never said anything about kidnapping a wizard!]

[Shut up. Tom! How would I know?]

[I don’t know how much the person who commissioned it said they would give you, but if you just let me go, I promise to give you the ship. On my honor as a wizard.]

She spoke boldly and generously. If she had any offensive magic that she could use properly, she could defeat these rascals and run away proudly, but all she knows is how to create defensive barriers, draw magic circles, or identify food.

‘When I go back, I must ask my master to teach me offensive magic.’

[Excuse me, are you really going to pay me double?]

[Of course. I am the daughter of the Blue Hawk Vasquez. Lying is unacceptable.]

[Roku. Let’s just let this person go and take the money, okay?]

[Don’t be stupid. If you let this woman go here, we’ll die. Don’t you get it yet?]

Unfortunately, Roku seemed to be smarter than Tom. Cordelia bit her lip to keep from showing her disappointment.

[But if you don’t let me go here, my master will cut you into eight pieces and throw you to the dogs to be eaten!]

She kindly added an explanation for the two men who didn’t know who her master was.

[My master is Leonard Attila, the head of the White Snake Attila. Even though you are from the Southern Continent, you have probably heard of Attila’s great name, right?]

[Attila?]

[Gasp!]

Roku’s expression distorted terribly. Tom was on the verge of collapsing. It seems that the master’s name is used with value everywhere. She waved her arms wildly.

[Now, if you understand, quickly release this arm first.]

[Roku, what do we do now? It’s all because of you! If you hadn’t suggested this first!]

[Be quiet. I’m thinking.]

[I’m screwed, I’m screwed! Oh my, mother! This is how your son dies!]

Tom just sat down on the floor and started to hit the ground and cry. If someone who didn’t know saw the crying sound, they would have thought that a funeral was being held.

[Stop crying and let go of this arm. Then I’ll give you money and forgive you, right?]

[Tom. Get up. Let’s kill that woman here.]

[Heh heh heh. Hmph, what? What do you want to do?]

Roku forcibly stood up Tom, who was shedding tears like a child, and held the knife tightly. Then he took out a pouch from his bosom.

[Take this. It’s the money that came out of that woman’s body. Take it all.]

[T-When did you get this?]

Tom wiped away his tears in an instant and opened Cordelia’s purse.

[It seems like we’ve gotten into some bad luck. If we take that woman to the client, we’ll die, and if we let her go, the client will kill her. So let’s kill this woman here and return to Angsien. That’s the only way we can survive.] That

was a pretty smart choice. Cordelia was both impressed and sighed at the same time.

Of course, she could deflect their attacks with a defensive spell.

But that won’t work forever, and if you just dig up the dirt and bury her alive or push her off a cliff, there’s no way for Cordelia to survive.