I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 108



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2024.02.16.

She slowly backed away. It seemed like the method of getting away by coaxing the naive-looking kidnappers had failed.

If only I could just loosen up this wrist, I think I could do something.

Cordelia waved her arms like crazy while the two men talked. However, the ropes were so tight that they wouldn’t move.

[Let’s kill them?]

[Huh. Who would know if we kill them and bury them in this forest?]

[T-True?]

Tom perked his ears as if he had received a tempting offer. Their gazes turned to Cordelia, who was slowly moving away. The moment their eyes met, Cordelia turned away and ran away.

“Ouch!”

[Where are you going?]

Of course, her escape ended quickly. Roku grabbed Cordelia’s arm tightly and dragged her in front of the carriage. She fought back as best she could, but it was hard to overcome the strength of a grown man. Tom grabbed Cordelia’s other arm and said.

[I have a hammer in the carriage, should I get it?]

[If there’s a bloodstain, I’ll arouse suspicion, so let’s just strangle him to death.]

[Ah, I see.]

Cordelia’s spine grew creepy at the murder plan that was being carried out so calmly.

Dying here? So absurdly?

[Now, wait! Wait! How much money do you need? If you let me go, I’ll give you my weight in gold. You only have five hundred ringlets in your pocket.]

[You must be a well-raised noble, but five hundred ringlets can feed you for more than half a year.]

[Only half a year? I’ll give you a lifetime of support. Think about it. It’s not just five hundred ringlets… … !]

The man didn’t budge despite Cordelia’s pleas and persuasion. He just silently did what he had to do. It was unfortunate for her that it was murder.

[Roku, Roku! Look at this. [This woman has a bracelet too.]

Tom, who had been lurking behind her, noticed her bracelet between the ropes that had tied it tightly, and his voice rose.

[I tried to take it off, but it wouldn’t come off.]

[It’s a bracelet, so how can it not come off? You didn’t try to swallow it by yourself, did you?]

[Then you take it off.]

“Ugh!”

Tom mercilessly grabbed the bracelet on Cordelia’s left wrist with eyes that were sparkling with greed. Of course, it was impossible, and there was only the pain of scraping flesh and bones. Cordelia grimaced and screamed.

“Let go! It’s a magic bracelet anyway, ah!”

Cordelia suddenly remembered what the bracelet was. The words that Belluce had said flashed through her mind.

“What was the stimulant? Oh. Master’s name. Leonard! Leonard!”

[What are you talking about all of a sudden? Hey. Speak in Bedos.]

[Huh? [It really won’t come off.]

Tom groaned and tried to keep taking the bracelet off, but Cordelia’s screams only grew louder. Her wrist bones were hitting each other and it hurt so much.

“Ouch! It hurts, it hurts!”

[Okay, stop it. We can just cut off her wrist after she’s dead.]

[Ugh. I’ll have to do that.]

The man licked his lips in regret and took his hands off Cordelia’s wrists. Lotto signaled to Tom.

[Hold on tighter. She keeps struggling.]

“Let go of me!”

Lotto grabbed Cordelia’s neck with both hands and began to squeeze with all his might. Cordelia immediately used a barrier spell. Lotto didn’t bounce away like before, but the magic kept causing his hands to slip from Cordelia’s neck.

“Leonard! Leonard!”

Taking advantage of the gap, Cordelia desperately cried out her master’s name once again. Perhaps she had never needed a teacher so much in her life.

Why on earth would it not work? Was it broken?

As if Evrard’s treasure had suddenly gone dead, Cordelia’s position remained the same no matter how many times she closed and opened her eyes.

[Why do my hands keep slipping?]

[It must be magic. Wow, this is amazing.]

[Ha, you’re talking nonsense. This won’t work. There’s a stream nearby, let’s drown her.]

[Okay.]

Realizing that he couldn’t harm Cordelia with physical force, Lotto pointed to the opposite side with his chin. Tom just nodded thoughtlessly.

He had survived in Delorana’s territory, where the demons were swarming, and he couldn’t die to these incompetent kidnappers. It was too unfair to die like this.

Cordelia calmed herself down and calmly thought of Leonard’s face. His shining platinum hair, mysterious purple eyes, sharp jawline, and beautifully set nose were vivid.

When she was in class, she would tease him for being crazy, but whenever something happened to her, she would run to him faster than anyone else and comfort him. She pictured him as a kind teacher, as if she was imprinting it on her mind.

“Leonard.”

In an instant, her stomach grew extremely hot. The blood flowing through her veins writhed as if it were exploding.

At the same time, the floor that had been supporting her feet disappeared in an instant and she fell endlessly towards somewhere. She wanted to scream, but all that came out of her mouth was air.

“Huh.”

She took a deep breath. Even without opening her eyelids, she could tell that the magic had succeeded. Her shaking internal organs found their place. At that moment, someone suddenly hugged her.

“Cordelia!”

The embrace and scent were so familiar that Cordelia choked up a little.

“Master… … .”

“Cordelia, Cordelia.”

Leonard was a little surprised to see Cordelia suddenly falling from thin air, but soon hugged her tightly.

He kept mumbling her name and patted Cordelia’s back. He looked as if he had not had water for a long time, desperate.

“Ugh, s, master. My, arm. Please let go of my arm.”

“Arm?”

He realized belatedly that her arms were tied behind her back and simply cut the knot with just one finger. It was so frustrating that he had struggled so hard to untie them.

When her arms were finally free, a tingling sensation surged through her frozen upper body. Cordelia patted her shoulders and arms and gasped for breath.

“Haa. I really thought I was going to die.”

“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“My arms are a little sore, but everything else is fine. How long has it been since I disappeared? Yes, Baron?”

Leonard was too busy examining her body to answer the question. He immediately cast a healing spell on her left wrist, where Evrard’s treasure had been hanging, when he saw that it was bruised blue.

That wasn’t all. The hand that had been sweeping Cordelia’s face brushed her arms and back. Cordelia was a little taken aback by the touch, which was so intimate. She pushed his shoulder away.

“S-Master.”

“Why? Where does it hurt?”

“No, it’s just that we’re too close.”

They were so close that his hair, which was bowed down, touched her cheek.

Leonard raised his head. His eyes met with clear purple ones. Cordelia felt a little embarrassed as the worry and concern overflowed in them. She quickly averted her gaze.

“Thanks to the bracelet that the Master gave me, I was able to escape quickly. You’re not hurt.”

“Thank goodness, thank goodness.”

He sighed in relief only after confirming that she was safe. Leonard frantically mumbled “Thank goodness” and hugged Cordelia again.

“How many days have I been missing?”

“No. It was this afternoon.”

Then she must have been kidnapped for less than a day, but he acted as if he had disappeared for months and returned. Cordelia was about to laugh it off, asking why she was overreacting, but she closed her mouth at Leonard’s next words.

“When I heard that you were missing, I thought my heart stopped beating. I didn’t know if something had happened to you or if you were alive… … . “ I was so scared.”

“Master.”

At first, I didn’t notice it, but his voice was trembling slightly. The fear he must have felt could be felt on her skin.

Of course, I thought that if it was the Master, Cordelia would act calmly even if she was kidnapped. I thought he would click his tongue and snort, saying that he was stupidly kidnapped.

But this kind of weakness.

Cordelia couldn’t find the words to say at the unexpected reaction and just moved her lips.

“Cordelia.”

“Yes.”

“I don’t know how to treat you.”

“… … .”

“You don’t know how much patience I have whenever I want to just hide you in the lab, or in the deepest part of Attila’s nature.”

At this point, Cordelia vaguely felt that his feelings for her were different. It was an overwhelming torrent of emotions that were too much to simply think of as a student being kidnapped and then returned. It was

as if he was looking at her as a woman… … .

The tips of his fingers touched her cheek. If it were normal, she would have just ignored it, but the atmosphere and tone were so meaningful that she was startled and took a step back as soon as Leonard’s hand touched her.

“Hey, I. I…”

“Say.”

Leonard’s voice was lower than ever.

She had only taken a step away, but Leonard had taken two steps closer. In other words, there was no space between them.

She lowered her head. She didn’t have the courage to look him in the eye. She didn’t know what else to say. Her heart was just beating so fast it was scary.

Then, like a ray of light from the sky, a knock was heard. Cordelia pulled out of Leonard’s embrace and quickly answered.

“Come in.”

“Lady Cordelia?”

The Baron recognized her voice and hurried inside. His forehead was soaked with sweat, so you could tell at a glance how busy he had been.

“My goodness! How, you’re safe, you’re safe. I’m so glad. I’m so glad.”

The old man stood before Cordelia with reddened eyes and bowed his head.

“It’s my fault. If only I hadn’t left you like that. I’m so sorry.”