I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 11



Only Krnovel

Teacher and Student
2023.11.11.

“I have no strength. Even if I wanted to escape this damn hell, all I can do is endure and hold on. I have to pretend to be okay, to pretend that nothing is wrong, so that I can endure it.”

Tears poured out like an overflowing dam. Cordelia tried to wipe her wet cheeks with both hands, but it wasn’t enough.

She cried like a child. Everything she had been holding back burst out.

“I, I may seem pathetic and cowardly to you. But I’m doing my best, my best… … .”

“… … .”

Leonard stared at Cordelia without saying anything. He

realized belatedly how much the words he had carelessly blurted out had hurt her.

He always laughed no matter what he said, so he really thought she was fine.

“… … Sob.”

“You’re right. No one has the right to judge others so carelessly.”

“I, I also have pride, ugh, you know. It’s not because

I’m really stupid.” “I’ll apologize for what I just said.”

Leonard said seriously. Cordelia’s emotions subsided little by little when she heard those words.

He stared at Cordelia, who was still sniffling, and then suddenly said something.

“In return, I’ll give you strength.”

“What, uh, what are you talking about…?”

“I’ll accept you as my disciple.”

The words came out of his mouth somewhat impulsively. Leonard himself didn’t understand this choice, but he didn’t regret it.

“Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Cordelia, who was too busy crying, didn’t understand what he was saying at first. So she just stared at Leonard with wet eyes.

“You said you were ignored because you had no strength. If you become my disciple, at least you won’t be treated like that. So tell him you forgive him.”

“Huh?”

“Quickly.”

He was shameless, as if he had come to apologize rather than to be forgiven. Cordelia couldn’t resist his urging and pressure and said.

“Hmm, y, forgive me.”

“Good. Then do as I say. Oh, I need a witness before that. Baron, come out.”

“You called.”

Baron, who had been waiting for his chance, jumped out from above Cordelia’s tears.

“This is a moving moment. To see my master accept a disciple in my lifetime!”

Baron exclaimed, pulling out a handkerchief from inside his coat and handing it to Cordelia. Cordelia wiped the remaining tears from her eyes with it.

“Hmm, thank you, thank you.”

“Now, now. Stop crying. How can you be crying on such a happy day?”

“Do as I say.”

Leonard grabbed Cordelia’s hand as swiftly as a magpie. Then he began muttering an unknown spell.

“What are you doing? Do as I say?”

“Uh… . What are you, uh, doing?”

“You want me to take you as your disciple? Are you hiccuping right now? In the middle of a sacred ceremony?”

“What is a ceremonial, huh? What is it?”

“I never thought I would take someone who doesn’t even know what a ceremonial is as my disciple. Haa. This wasn’t the first ceremonial I imagined. What is this? There are no flowers or rings, and the only disciple is someone who cries and hiccups.”

Leonard frowned as he spoke, seeming annoyed. He grumbled that this was the worst ceremonial he had ever seen.

After that, a very long and complicated spell followed.

It took a long time for Cordelia to follow the spell because her hiccups wouldn’t stop.

When she stuttered and finished the last sentence, Leonard suddenly lost his temper.

“Ah, stop the hiccups!”

“No, huh, it’s stopping, huh, what do I do?”

“Both of you, stop. Now, all you have to do is swear an oath.”

Baron finished the oath with a big smile.

At the same time, a strong light enveloped her entire body. Complex and strange patterns were carved into her entire body.

“Huh. What, what is it?”

“It’ll be over soon.”

Leonard said indifferently. As he said, the light quickly faded. Fortunately, the patterns carved into her body also disappeared without a trace.

Cordelia looked over her body with a trembling face.

She thought there would be some kind of great change since it was shining so dazzlingly, but there was nothing special before or after the ritual.

“Is it over now? But why is becoming an apprentice so complicated? Wasn’t it just teaching you magic?” “What? You didn’t

even know what it meant to be a wizard’s apprentice and asked me to do it?”

“Uh… … . If you learn magic, you don’t become an apprentice?”

Leonard was taken aback by the surprisingly naive remark. Baron licked his lips and tried to suppress his laughter, but failed.

“Ha. I can’t help it.”

“Congratulations, Master. You’ve finally found the disciple you’ve been dreaming of.”

“Shut up.”

“Haha, there are as many wizards as the stars in the sky who want to be Leonard’s disciple. If the wizards of the Magic Alliance find out, they’ll all envy Cordelia.”

“Oh, yes. Well.”

Cordelia knew that the Magic Alliance was short for the Ropal Magic Association in the Wilas Archipelago, but she didn’t know anything about this world, so she wasn’t impressed. She

was just happy that she could finally learn magic.

“So, am I now your disciple?”

“Master.”

“Yes?”

“Now that we’ve officially signed the contract, call me your master and treat me with respect. Do you understand?” “You

already treat me with respect, so how can I do more? Oh, I got it! I will serve you. I said I will serve you.”

Leonard glared at Cordelia with his eyes wide open.

It was clear that she had become his disciple in exchange for forgiveness, but she felt like she had been granted some great favor.

When Cordelia pouted and grumbled, Leonard shouted.

“You, the Grand Duke of Levice, knelt for three days to become my disciple! Ha. Enough, enough.”

“Yes, yes. I will serve you, Master.”

She smiled with swollen eyes.

Things went awry, but as planned, she became Leonard Attila’s disciple.

* * *

“Well done.”

The day after she officially became Leonard’s disciple, Baron suddenly came to visit. Baron appeared from above a water glass and said, splashing water excitedly.

“I didn’t know Cordelia was such an excellent actress.”

“Acting? What acting?”

“What I said to Leonard yesterday. Didn’t I tell you? The sun is better than the wind when it comes to taking off a traveler’s coat. Cordelia has been restless for days since she didn’t come home.”

“Ah.”

Cordelia shrugged, finally understanding what Baron had said.

“That wasn’t an act. I was so angry that I completely forgot what Baron said.”

“… … Oh. If those words were true, you must have been very upset.”

“It’s okay. It’s actually good. Now I can finally learn magic.”

Cordelia grinned. At that time, she was so angry that she couldn’t see Leonard or anything.

She thought it was okay, but it wasn’t. Or maybe Leonard’s presence was bigger than she thought.

Baron got out of his water glass and approached Cordelia. He smiled kindly and said,

“Write it all down.”

“What?”

“Those who insulted Lady Cordelia. When we leave this mansion, no one will be whole.”

“Thank you.”

Cordelia smiled back kindly.

“But I want to get a fair price and leave, rather than vent my anger on the insult. I just want to get out of this damned hell as soon as possible.”

“Is that so?”

Baron looked regretful, but did not respond to Cordelia’s words.

* * *

This was the magic Cordelia had imagined.

She thought that when she moved her fingertips, twinkling stars would appear, and whenever her skirt swayed, flowers would bloom in the fields.

But reality was cold and chilling.

“Can’t you do that?”

“Why on earth do you have a head? Did you need something to cover your neck?”

“Don’t write it down on paper, do the math in your head. How many times do I have to tell you?” “

What good is it if you can see the movement of magic? You’re crazy.”

These were the words she had heard countless times in just three days.

Sadly, Leonard was very talented at learning, but not at teaching.

“Oh, just do it! Just do it!”

Thanks to this, Cordelia’s personality was becoming increasingly bleak. Leonard’s one eyebrow went up.

“What? What, what? You’re going to swear at me later?”

“Huh? How dare I, Master, who is as good as heaven.”

Cordelia quickly tucked her tail between her legs and smiled at him. Then she changed the subject.

“So what happened to you?”

“What?”

“How could someone as strong as you, Master, do something to your younger brother… … ”

“He’s not even your younger brother.”

Leonard cut him off sharply. Cordelia shrugged her shoulders slightly.

“Yes. So what happened to him?”

“I used my dead mother as bait.”

“What?”

Leonard sat on the window sill, laughing bitterly.

“That vile bastard dug up my mother’s grave and took out her remains.”

“Wow… … .”

It was an unimaginable act of indecency. Cordelia gaped and focused on Leonard’s words.

“And he used that to set a trap and kill me.”

The sharp metal that had pierced his body was still vivid. Leonard ground his teeth.

“If I can just get out of here, I’ll tear that bastard into six pieces and feed him to the dogs.”

“Oh, um, yes. Good luck.”

Cordelia responded timidly to the terrifying words.

It was a short time, but given his dirty nature, it was certainly not an empty promise.

“Whether you tear him up or feed him to the dogs, do it after you’ve recovered. You barely ate today, did you?”

“Don’t even mention that dog food. It’s disgusting just thinking about it.”

Moreover, he was so picky that if there was even the slightest smell of meat, he would not even put it in his mouth, saying it was dog food.

He was a very picky teacher.

Cordelia clicked her tongue inwardly and sat down at her desk for class.

While cleaning up the messy desk, she found a thick document titled .