I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 38



Only Krnovel

Maximilian
2023.12.08.

Fortunately, it seems that the crisis has passed. Leonard’s expression, which had been very grumpy, has slightly relaxed. As he was sighing in relief, Baron appeared.

“Lady Cordelia. You’re back.”

“Baron. Haa. I really thought I was going to die because it was so hard today. Lottie, I missed you!”

“Hehe. What happened?”

As soon as she saw Baron, the sadness she had been holding back poured out like a waterfall. She patted Lottie’s back and poured out everything that had happened to her today.

The time when she was ignored at the entrance because she didn’t know what a seal was, the time when she was dragged away by Menupio and other Sirius. And the time when she went to Maximilian’s lab and received poisoned lamb.

“Oh my. Are you hurt anywhere?”

“I’m fine. Maximilian, that guy killed his own student instead.”

“That bastard hasn’t changed.”

“I survived thanks to my master. If it weren’t for peanut magic, I would have eaten it without thinking.”

“Not peanut magic, but discernment… … Well, anyway, the harsh training was worth it.”

Leonard said with his arms crossed.

This time, Cordelia nodded diligently to her master’s words. If it weren’t for him, she might have really died.

“But when he saw my seal, he noticed that it had been engraved not long ago. So he said that my master must be alive and asked where I was now.”

“Oh.”

Baron’s expression immediately became serious.

“Can you tell when it was engraved by looking at the seal?”

“I can tell. But how did Maximilian know that? It’s Acheron’s seal?”

“T-what if that man sees me and chases me? If he finds out that my master is here… … .”

Cordelia stamped her feet in vague anxiety. He could have easily tailed her. She was worried that she had to leave Willas right away.

“It’s already happened. If they’re following me, I can just get rid of them. What about the lab? Did you go to the lab?”

“Oh. Yes. I brought everything you asked for.”

Since Leonard didn’t seem to care much, Cordelia felt a little relieved.

She quickly took out the pouch she had carefully brought and handed it to Leonard. He checked what was inside and gave a short smile.

“Good job. Is your one-eyed eye still attached?”

“One-eyed? Oh. Candias? Yes. She’s fine. But she also believed that the Master wasn’t dead.”

“Well, Candias has a contract with me… … Wait a minute. I’ve seen this somewhere before.”

Leonard’s gaze drifted to Cordelia’s left wrist.

Cordelia quickly hid her left hand behind her back. Then she decided to leave as shamelessly as possible.

“Why? What is it? I bought this, uh, at the market in front of here.”

“Show me again. You look strangely familiar. I think I’ve seen you somewhere.”

“What are you looking at? I must be mistaken. It’s just a common bracelet.”

“Oh, let me hold your hand for a moment, I said?”

While Leonard and Cordelia were bickering, Beluche entered the inn.

He looked at the two of them, then strode over to grab Cordelia’s left wrist and turned it toward him.

“Ouch!”

The problem was that the direction was unnatural. Cordelia screamed and stumbled. On the other hand, her broken hand hurt so much that she couldn’t even breathe properly.

Beluche, on the other hand, held her wrist in front of Leonard without any expression, as if she had caught an ant. Leonard’s expression hardened in an instant.

“Beluche!”

“That’s right. Evrard’s treasure. It’s the bracelet that my master has been looking for for over a year.”

“Let go of my hand.”

“You said that once you put this on, it won’t come off until the owner who recognized it dies. “Should I cut off my wrist just in case?”

Beluche took out a dagger from his bosom with his other hand. Leonard hurriedly pulled Cordelia out of Beluche’s hand.

It was so painful that natural tears flowed down Cordelia’s cheeks.

“Oh, it hurts. It hurts so much.”

“Hold on.”

He muttered something short to her wrist, and a white light appeared and soon subsided.

The pain had subsided a lot, but it hadn’t completely disappeared. Baron touched Cordelia’s wrist and let out a short sigh.

“Fortunately, it wasn’t broken, but my muscles seemed to have been shocked.”

“This woman touched my master’s belongings without permission. And Evrard’s treasure at that.”

“So?”

Leonard helped Cordelia sit on the chair. Then he glared at Beluche fiercely.

“Cordelia is my disciple. Don’t you know what that means yet?”

“Master. I have accepted that woman as my disciple anyway.”

“Veluce.”

This time, Baron interrupted Veluce in the middle of his sentence. And then he gently rebuked him.

“I think it would be better to stop and go.” “

How can you go in? Apologize to Cordelia properly.”

“Do I have to bow my head to a thief?”

Veluce’s body flew away with a thud. The chair and desk behind him also fell down. Cordelia was so shocked that she burst into tears.

Leonard’s face was as cold as ice. He pointed at Cordelia with his chin without saying anything.

Veluce spat out the blood that had gathered in his mouth along with saliva, then calmly got up and approached Cordelia. And then he bowed his head quite politely.

“I apologize for touching you so carelessly.”

“Oh, no.”

Cordelia also bowed her head halfway. Veluce bowed deeply to Leonard and went up to her room.

Baron got some medicine from somewhere and applied it carefully to Cordelia’s left wrist.

“Don’t use your wrist for a few days.”

“Yes. Thank you, Baron.”

Cordelia glanced at Leonard and then mumbled.

“Um, Master. Actually… I was just going to put it back on after wearing it for a little while. But the bracelet shrank in an instant.”

“No problem. I didn’t really need it anyway.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to touch it carelessly.”

Cordelia bowed her head and apologized in a small, depressed voice. Leonard sighed and said,

“It’s nothing, so get up. We’ll leave early tomorrow morning, so go inside and get some sleep.”

She felt even more sorry when he brushed it off as nothing. Cordelia got up hesitantly, bowed, and went up to her room.

* * *

The next day, the group left the inn just as the sun was rising. They weren’t usually very talkative, but today was unusually quiet. Maybe it was because of yesterday, so Cordelia was more cautious than usual. Loti followed her.

Delorana’s territory had to take a ship from the Wilas Archipelago and head south again.

That would mean leaving the Northern Continent altogether.

Since the Southern Continent had completely different currency, language, and culture, Cordelia felt nervous and excited at the same time.

Fortunately, she could speak Bedos, the language commonly used in the Southern Continent.

“You speak Bedos?”

Baron asked, surprised when he found out. Cordelia answered casually.

“Yes. When I was young, my nanny was from Yeratcus. She was a devout believer in the Reman Church. So I learned a lot of things. Like the Reman Church doctrine and etiquette.”

“That’s strange. Vasquez is the northernmost part of Ershe, but there’s someone from Yeratcus.”

“Rumor has it that he was a high-ranking priest in the Reman Church, but was driven out after losing a factional fight and wandered around until he ended up in the Vasquez territory.”

“No matter how much of a nation worships a god, the places where people live are all the same.”

While chatting lightly with Baron, they arrived at the dock. Belluce silently carried his luggage, then suddenly stood up. Then he glared fiercely at his surroundings.

“What’s wrong, Belluce?”

“No. It’s a bit strange. It feels like someone is watching me.”

“Do you think I’m being followed?”

“I don’t think so.”

Belluce trailed off and carefully looked around again. It was just before the sun rose, so there was no one at the dock.

“I guess I was mistaken.”

Cordelia checked his expression and carried her luggage herself.

“First, when we arrive at Angsene, we’ll get clothes, a carriage, and food and continue south.”

“Do I have to buy clothes too?”

“You haven’t been to the Southern Continent. It’ll probably be twice as hot as it is now. You’ll probably understand what I mean when you get to the port.”

Baron’s advice struck me as terrifying. Cordelia, who was from the north, couldn’t stand the heat of Wilarth, but it was going to be twice as hot.

I guess I should throw away my winter coat and buy a couple of thinner clothes.

While I was sorting out the clothes I would throw away and the clothes I would wear in the cabin, someone knocked on the door.

When I opened the door, an unexpected person was standing outside.

“They want me to come up for dinner.”

“Oh, uh. Yes. Thank you. Beluce.”

Since I was doing it with one arm, I wasn’t finished unpacking my luggage yet. I hesitated at the entrance, wondering if I should go now, but Beluce made a face.

“What are you doing? You’re not moving?”

“I’ll go.”

At his urging, Cordelia quickly closed the door and followed Beluce.

“I, yesterday.”

“… … .”

“I didn’t really intend to steal this bracelet. I just thought it was so pretty that I wanted to put it back after wearing it once. But I didn’t know it would come off like this.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll definitely get it back when you die anyway.”

“… … Yes. Belluce will definitely attend my funeral.”

Cordelia tried to make peace with him, but soon gave up. She realized that no matter what she did, Belluce would never be kind to anyone except Leonard.

“Don’t get cocky because the master treats you specially.”

“When have I ever gotten cocky?”

“It’s all over once we go to Delorana’s territory anyway.”

Cordelia followed him, her ears perked up at Belluce’s babbling. The word “end” particularly stuck in her ears.

“End? What do you mean?”

“… … .”

“Tell me. What do you mean?”

“You wouldn’t know.”

He turned his head sharply and walked away quickly. Cordelia ran faster than him and blocked Belluce’s path.