I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 120



Only Krnovel

My First and Last
2024.02.28.

My head is getting complicated. This time, I really need to catch or kill Maximilian, but she alone is not enough.

The best thing to do is to move the Elector Count Embly… …

Cordelia tapped the handle of her chair with her finger and then jumped up from her seat. I guess we should meet and talk things out.

“Where is the Elector?”

“Yes? He usually works in his office, but today, he said the priests were arriving, so he must have gone to the main gate to greet them.”

“Guide him.”

“Ah. Yes.”

Chelsea looked uneasy, but she didn’t dare to block Cordelia’s path. At Embly Castle, Cordelia’s position was not that of a hostage, but as a guest who was treated with the utmost respect.

As she followed Chelsea, she arrived at the castle gate before she knew it. She had only walked around the garden near the main castle, but this was her first time coming here, so Cordelia looked around.

“He’s over there.”

Following Chelsea’s fingertips, a group of people in white and Anton were seen there. Cordelia straightened her clothes and approached them.

Anton was the first to notice her presence.

“Why are you here?”

“I heard that some distinguished guests have come from Yerathcus.”

Cordelia answered somewhat shamelessly and turned around to bow to the pilgrims. She bowed her knees in the manner of the Leman religion she had learned from her nanny when she was young.

[Le Ari. May the blessings of all things be piled up.]

[It seems you haven’t forgotten the greeting I taught you.]

“Huh?”

A voice that she could never forget rang out from among the pilgrims. Cordelia was startled and lifted her half-bowed head.

“No way, Rani?”

“Miss. How have you been?”

“Rani!”

Even though it had been ten years, Cordelia immediately recognized the owner of the voice. When Cordelia saw the face of her nanny who had protected her during her childhood, she ran to Rani.

“Oh my, it seems like only yesterday that you were at my side, but now you’re a real lady.”

“Rani! Did you go back to Yerathcus? Why didn’t you write? Do you know how much I’ve missed you?”

Cordelia’s eyes were already red. She checked Rani’s face and hugged her tightly.

“I missed you too.”

Rani smiled kindly and hugged Cordelia back.

Anton and the other pilgrims watched the tearful reunion of the two in confusion. One of the pilgrims whispered to Rani in Bedos’s language.

[Ah, ahem. Father Epio. How about greeting Elector Count Embly first?]

“Oh, dear. I’m sorry, Elector Count. I never imagined I would meet Lady Cordelia here, so I’m sorry for being rude.”

“How do you know her?”

“When I was staying with Vasquez, I took care of the young lady and Master Dennis as a nanny.”

“You were a nanny at Vasquez?”

Anton looked back and forth between Cordelia and Rani, expressing surprise.

“Yes. Madame Vasquez mercifully took me in when I was in distress. It’s all thanks to the grace of Ari. But what is your connection to Embly and why are you here?”

“Ah.”

Anton licked his lips as if embarrassed because he couldn’t tell the truth. Cordelia smiled brightly and answered instead.

“The Elector Count of Embly invited me. That’s right, Rani. I became a wizard. Just like my mother.”

“A wizard? I guess a lot has happened to you since I left.”

“Let’s go inside first.”

Anton stepped in between them politely. Only then were the priests able to step into the castle.

Cordelia clung to Rani and chattered like a child. Rani, too, couldn’t hide her joy and happiness, and held Cordelia’s hand tightly. Anton looked at her and said quietly,

“I thought it would be difficult for you to visit this year, but you’re not. The day of the High Priest election is just around the corner.”

“What difference would it make if I were there? Everything will be done according to Ari’s will.”

Rani left a faint smile and words. Cordelia didn’t understand their conversation, but she walked along without saying a word. Rani stopped at a fork in the road.

“I’m staying at the East Wing. Come anytime.”

“East Wing? Oh, yes.”

Cordelia nodded and waved until Rani and the other priests were out of sight. Anton waited for Cordelia without leaving. When they were completely out of sight, Cordelia lowered her hand and looked back at Anton.

“Did you call the priests for Miss Embly?”

“… … Yes.”

“To pray for the repose of his soul?”

Anton kept his mouth shut. His heavy lips still showed no sign of what he was thinking. Cordelia wanted to urge him on, but held back.

After a long silence, Anton opened his mouth. However, the words that came out were unexpected.

“Rani Ephio is one of the powerful candidates for the high priest.”

“Rani?”

In Yeratcus, where religion is everything in life, a high priest is a person with power comparable to a king. Cordelia wrinkled her nose in surprise.

Rani, who had been a nanny until ten years ago, was now a candidate for the high priest. It made her realize a little that ten years had passed so quickly.

“I knew she was originally a high priest, but I didn’t know she would become a candidate for the high priest.”

“… … I can trust her.”

“Of course. Rani is such a faithful and honest person. I can guarantee it.”

Cordelia said, patting her chest. Then Anton looked at Cordelia blankly. He reached out and touched her shoulder very lightly, as if dust was settling.

“I wish Rosaline was as strong as you.”

“I’ve never seen her, but I think she’s strong enough. She protected her child until the end and left.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Anton smiled very faintly. There was no longer any pain or regret in that smile. Instead, everything seemed hazy, as if it would disappear at any moment. Cordelia, involuntarily, felt afraid and held on tightly to the hem of his clothes.

“You can’t die.”

“What?”

“You didn’t forget that you poisoned me, did you? You said I had to take the antidote every ten days. If the Elector died, I would die too. And by the way, you left behind a son named Daniel, Miss Embley. You have to watch your grandson grow up. And even if life is hell, if you endure it for a little while, it gets better someday.”

I didn’t know why those words suddenly came out. It was just that if Anton didn’t tell her why he had to live, he looked like he was going to throw himself off a cliff at any moment.

Anton took his hand off her shoulder and took a step back.

“Go back to your room.”

“Then, no… … I understand.” She

thought that today would be the day she would get a definitive answer, but it seemed that he still needed to sort out his feelings. Cordelia left Anton behind and trudged into her room.
However, when she opened the door and went inside, the curtains were all drawn, making the room extremely dark.

“Huh? Chelsea? Is anyone there?”

Cordelia fumbled and walked toward the window to pull the curtains back up. But then someone grabbed her shoulder.

“What, what?”

Her heart sank, not imagining that someone could be hiding in the darkness. No matter how friendly the people of Embly Castle were to her, Maximilian was here too. Cordelia immediately cast a defensive spell and resisted with her whole body.

“Let go of this!”

“Your reaction speed has gotten much faster now.”

“No, s, master?”

Her eyes were not yet accustomed to the darkness, so she could not clearly see his face, but it was definitely Leonard’s voice. As soon as Cordelia realized it, she ran to him. She hugged Leonard’s waist tightly and buried her face in his chest.

“Master! Why did you come now? I’ve been waiting for you so long. I really missed you. It’s true. You come to my dreams every night.”

The longing she had been holding back burst out like a flood. Tears suddenly welled up as she realized that Leonard was by her side.

She heard the man’s low laughter above her head.

“It was good that you stayed away. You even said that you wanted to see me.”

“You call that talking? I missed you more than anything in the world.”

“I missed you too, you idiot disciple.”

The warmth of their embrace was so much warmer than she had expected, and the tears that had been forming in her eyes flowed down her cheeks. Cordelia sniffled and hugged him tighter.

What should I call this feeling?

She misses him so much when he’s not around, but when she sees him again, her heart races. Was it because he was the one who saved her life?

“Do you think you can’t do that one thing, Master?”

“Ugh!”

Cordelia was so surprised that she almost fainted. It was as if she had found an intruder in a space where she had thought it was just the two of them.

She jumped and looked around. Now that her eyes were slowly accustomed to the darkness, she could distinguish shapes.

“Beluche? Wait, there’s another one… … .”

She opened her eyes wide and looked around, and there was even Garshikyeong.

Cordelia was instantly embarrassed when someone else saw her whining like a child and missing Leonard. So she tried to escape from his arms, even if it was late, but Leonard didn’t budge.

“Let me go, please let me go.”

“I missed you, so stay here. And the only one who knows I’m here is Elector Embly. That’s why the curtains are drawn.”

“The Elector already knows?”

Cordelia looked up at Leonard, her struggle forgotten.