I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 14



Only Krnovel

Master and Disciple
2023.11.14.

“First of all, I need to get my body back. I can’t be trapped in this piece of trash forever.”

“Can I use soul transfer magic with my current body?”

“Well. I’ll have to try it out.”

Leonard, who was always confident, trailed off for the first time.

In fact, the soul transfer magic he had performed before he died was nothing short of a miracle. The problem was whether such an amazing miracle could happen twice in a row.

Baron, who knew this well, spoke with a worried face.

“Master. If I were to perform high-dimensional magic in this state, it wouldn’t be enough even if I brought all the magic stones in Ershe.”

“There’s Lancel’s last flower in the lab. The saint’s tears and the red dragon’s breath. If I use them well… … .”

Everything Leonard said was a precious relic that had been passed down like a legend. It was hard to determine the value of each one.

However, Baron shook his head.

“No relic can compare to your original magic power. Furthermore, your current body cannot contain that great magic power.”

“So? Are you telling me to give up everything and stay in the countryside? Watch that bastard Maximilian succeed Attila?”

Leonard glared at Baron with wide eyes. The old man blinked quietly and then opened his mouth.

“How about using Lady Cordelia?”

“… … What?”

“If I pour all the three relics and all the magic power I have into Lady Cordelia, I should be able to perform the soul transfer magic.”

“What you mean is that I should use her as a medium.”

There are two ways to perform magic. One is for the wizard to perform the magic himself, and the second is for the magic to be realized through a medium.

Leonard looked out the window with his mouth tightly shut.

The sun was setting. He could see Cordelia walking slowly down the red-tinted corridor.

“As you know, I am too old to accept the relic. Your body is not suitable for containing magic. However, Cordelia is different. She is young, talented, and has the perfect body to accept magic.”

“… … .”

“Of course, the medium will no longer be able to contain any magic after this, but if you take responsibility for the rest of her life in gold, Cordelia will understand.”

“You were surprised earlier by the birth of the great wizard, but now you want to take away her magic?”

Baron nodded with a surprisingly kind smile.

“Nothing is more precious to me than your safety, even if it is the birth of the future great wizard.”

* * *

When Cordelia returned to her bedroom, the sun had already set.

When she opened the door, exhausted, three maids rushed to greet Cordelia.

“Welcome back, young lady.”

“Huh? Who?”

“My name is Rachel.”

“My name is Mary.”

Two maids, whom she had never seen before, bowed to her. Emily, who was standing behind her, added with a bright smile,

“Well, the head maid called me today and said that it would be difficult to serve the lady alone, so she gave me two more maids.”

It was strange. The head maid had always paid minimal attention to Cordelia because she was concerned about Helena’s feelings.

That’s why there was only one person to serve her, Emily, and now she’s giving me two more maids?

Before she could resolve that question, the new maid acted coyly and served her clothes. As she was taking off her clothes, something fell out.

“Oh, I dropped a letter, my lady.”

Rachel picked up the crumpled letter and handed it to her master. Cordelia

sighed reflexively. She hesitated for a long time as if she had been handed something very unclean, and then opened the envelope.

[Dennis is short on funds for his academy admission, so please send him a hundred thousand ringgit as soon as possible. There is no time limit, so don’t delay. [I married you off to such a great place, so it’s only natural that I should do this much as a daughter.]

The content was always the same. This time, he was asking for money.

I’m sick of it

. At first, he replied. He said that he was not in a position to send money here.

Every time that happened, his father would get angry and think that he was ignoring him.

So at some point, he just ignored letters from Vasquez. That actually made him feel better.

“Just burn this.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Rachel took the letter without saying anything. Then she smiled brightly and asked,

“What about dinner? Should I tell him to bring it to the bedroom? Since it’s late, should I prepare something light?”

“Would you like to take a bath first? I told you to heat up some water.”

“Uh… … . Hmm.”

It was so kind that it was embarrassing. Cordelia barely managed to shake them off and went into the bathroom with Emily.

“Are those two people like that?”

“Hehe, well, it’s because the castle has heard that the young lady has been spending all day in the count’s bedroom lately.”

“Huh?”

“And you haven’t even called those lowly maids back.”

Emily laughed lightly and poured warm water on Cordelia’s body.

Only then did she realize why the people in the castle had been so kind to her, almost like the tongue in her mouth.

“The count must have finally realized how sincere you were. After all, since the day you collapsed, the young lady has been by the count’s side every day and prayed for him to wake up.”

“Hmm. Is that so?”

In fact, it was a prayer for him to please die, but Cordelia couldn’t say honestly, so she just laughed.

“Especially that day, the day the grand lady and the count had an argument.”

Even though it was only the two of them in the bathroom, Emily whispered in a low voice.

“Because there were so many eyes watching, the rumor spread quickly. They were talking openly in the kitchen that it was time for the Lady to retreat to the back room.”

Emily said excitedly, perhaps pleased with Helena’s fallen status.

She hadn’t noticed because she was busy with her magic lessons, but now that she thought about it, she hadn’t seen Helena since that day.

‘Well, it would be hard to walk around with your face held high after being so embarrassed.’

If Craig had really taken Cordelia’s side and kicked Helena out, her life might have been a little easier. However, Leonard was inside her body, and he might leave at any moment.

Her mind was complicated.

Cordelia soaked her head in the bathtub. The water had cooled enough to bear it.

“Would you like me to wash your hair?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, right. That’s what you asked me to find out before. I found them both.”

“Really? Who are they?”

“One is a woman with red hair and a slightly crooked nose, and the other is a woman with black hair, black eyes, and a mole on her neck. What was her name?”

Cordelia listened to the information Emily had given her and sorted out her troubled thoughts.

After bathing, she sat at her desk and solved a mountain of equation problems, and her distracting thoughts gradually disappeared.

Although she complained to Leonard that it was hard, she actually enjoyed learning magic.

She was happy because she felt like she was becoming a more useful person the more she learned magic.

“Young lady. It’s already midnight.”

“Oh, really? Already?”

“You haven’t eaten. Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. I’ll just finish this and go to bed.”

Cordelia smiled and waved her hand. She eventually fell asleep deep in the morning.

Morning had come, but it was too hard to open her eyelids. Even when she washed her face with washcloth, her eyes were half-closed.

As she was nodding off and changing her clothes, the maid who had come yesterday quietly approached her.

“Excuse me, young lady.”

“Why? Haaam.”

“The great lady contacted me to have breakfast together.”

“Breakfast?”

It was an unexpected call, even though we usually didn’t even have a cup of tea together, let alone a meal together.

I knew what she would say next, but I couldn’t ignore Helena’s call.

“Would you please tell Craig that I’ll be a little late?”

“Yes, my lady.”

I changed into neat clothes so as not to be criticized and left the restaurant.

When I arrived at the restaurant, not only Helena, but also Arnold, Lily, and Baron Lancaster were all sitting at the table.

It was an unusual combination.

“Sorry for being late, my lady.”

“No. I’m late. Hurry up and sit down.”

I reflexively apologized, but Helena smiled brightly and offered me the seat in front of her instead. Cordelia felt a slight sense of anxiety upon seeing that smile.

“Good morning, Countess.”

Lily and Arnold didn’t even look at Cordelia, and only Baron Lancaster got up from his seat and greeted her.

“You’ve been taking care of Craig all this time, and you didn’t even say thank you.”

“Huh? Oh. No. It’s something I should have done naturally.”

“Where in the world is anything natural?”

Helena was suspicious when she heard her say such normal things.

Was it because Baron Lancaster was next to her?

Cordelia was a little flustered, and instead of answering, she laughed awkwardly.

“Oh. The food is getting cold. Eat quickly.”

“Yes.”

The servant brought out the tomato soup. Cordelia silently scooped it up with a spoon and ate it.

Helena asked with a smile still on her face.

“Yes. Are you having a hard time these days?”

“What could be lacking when the great lady always takes care of you?”

“Haha. Well, compared to your humble home, this place is like heaven.”

Cordelia’s lips stiffened slightly. But she tried to keep her expression in check.

“Oh, by the way, have you been exchanging letters with your father lately?”

“No. I haven’t contacted you separately.”

“How can you lie so naturally?”

“I guess you’re born with it, mother.”

Lily openly mocked Cordelia. Cordelia was taken aback by the sudden change in tone.

“… … Yes? What do you mean?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know what I mean? Or are you pretending not to know? Have you forgotten that Elector Vasquez ordered you to steal?”

Cordelia had no idea what Helena was talking about.

Then Helena took something out of her bosom and began to read it.

“Dennis’s tuition is insufficient, so send him a hundred thousand ringgit as soon as possible. The time is urgent, so don’t delay, Rani. It’s outrageous.”

“I shouldn’t have brought that beggarly thing into the house. A hundred thousand ringgit? How brazenly stealing?”

Lily said, pointing her finger at Cordelia. There was contempt mixed in there that she couldn’t hide.

“Madam!”

Cordelia couldn’t stand the insults that followed and shouted.

What Helena had recited in front of everyone was the letter she had received from her father yesterday. She

clearly had told her maid to burn it, but since she had it in her hand, it seemed that Helena had bribed the maid.