I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 42



Only Krnovel

Maximilian
2023.12.12.

“Why are you like that?”

“No. Nothing.”

Leonard shook his head. When he focused on the sound of a human voice, he could only hear the sound of the wind rustling the leaves.

“Will Beluche be okay alone?”

“If you can’t hold out alone, you shouldn’t have followed me.”

“That’s true, though.”

Baron trailed off and kept looking back. They had already met and killed more than ten demons.

If it had been Baron alone, he probably wouldn’t have lasted an hour. Beluche’s strength was similar to Baron’s, so he was worried.

“Ah, it seems like we’re really here now.”

Baron showed Leonard the red stone he was holding. The stone, which had originally been black, had now turned red as if it was going to burst. It meant that Leonard’s body was nearby.

“But how on earth did your body end up in Delorana’s territory? Didn’t you say that you were attacked near the Valley of Joy?”

“When I used the soul transfer spell, there was a magical storm. My body was probably caught up in it and fell here.”

“Even so, how could my body have been found so far away?”

Leonard also had an unsolved question, but he couldn’t solve it right away.

The two walked into the forest, following the vibrations of the stone. After wandering for a few hours, they felt a strong magical force ahead of them.

Leonard instinctively realized that his body must be there.

Baron seemed to have sensed that magical force as well. Their steps gradually quickened. After walking a little further, they saw a wide open space and a huge tree standing tall in the middle.

“Oh my. What is this…?”

“Now I understand why my body is here.”

Baron couldn’t close his mouth at the sight before his eyes.

Leonard’s body was hanging in the center of the tree, his arms and legs entangled as if they were one with the tree.

[Intruder, who are you?]

At that moment, a silver fox jumped out from behind the tree. Although she was not large, her voice was full of majesty.

“I am the owner of the body you stole.”

[Stealing. Everything on this land belongs to nature. And I am a part of nature, so that is mine.]

“How can you use someone else’s body as a medium to talk nonsense?”

[This body has already lost its soul. No matter how you use it, it will belong to the rest of us.]

Delona said shamelessly.

She was using Leonard’s body as a medium to contain magic by connecting it to her tree. It seemed that she had realized that his body was optimized for containing magic.

“My soul has not left yet and is still here. Before you burn down this forest, will you please give me my body?”

[How can you return a body that is already dead?]

“My body is not dead yet. My soul has left. Although it is very weak, my vitality remains.”

Leonard stared at his body stuck in the tree and said.

If he had really died, he should have been unable to receive the supply of Diloana’s magic and would have rotted away. However, his body still had life left in it. He

gathered his magic in his hand. A huge flame rose up and down. He didn’t expect her to listen to him anyway.

Diloana shouted at the sight. [Stop! Are you planning to burn your body too?] “No? You’re going to burn this forest except for my body? The barrier will collapse anyway. Once this forest is completely burned, you’ll return to being a tree spirit.” The silver fox’s eyes flashed with anger. At the same time, bushes quickly sprang out and attacked Baron and Leonard. Baron created a sharp sword out of water and cut them down, and Leonard burned them all. The flames were so strong that several trees caught fire. Diloana looked at the burning trees and cursed him. [The earth and the sky will not forgive you!] “You should ask me for forgiveness. “You dare use my body as a medium for magical power?” The demons summoned by Delona jumped out from all over the forest. Leonard didn’t even laugh. He simply called back the surging flames and burned the demons one by one. [This cruel savage!] Nearly twenty demons died in various ways. Even the demons he trusted died without a moment to be healed, and even the nearby old trees fell one by one. Delona eventually grumbled and then burst into tears. [Ah, I’ll give it back. Just give it back!] “If you had listened to me sooner, it wouldn’t have been tiring for both of us.” [I’ll give it back, so put out the fire first. If I really disappear like this, will you be responsible?] Delona said while sobbing. However, Leonard didn’t give in so easily.

“Take that trash out of my body.”

[Trash! It’s what sustains my energy, okay, just take it off.]

Fortunately, Delona wasn’t as strong as I thought. Delona surrendered so easily that it made the tension seem pointless. Baron was secretly

relieved, even though he was trembling as if he had to fight a life-threatening battle.

Leonard burned another tree without any expression. Delona walked toward her tree, grumbling.

As she muttered something briefly, the tree trunk that had wrapped Leonard’s body disappeared. Leonard’s body fell down weakly.

Baron, who saw that, was overjoyed and ran to his master’s real body.

“I can finally return to my original body. Ahh. I’m so glad. Now hurry… … .”

At that moment, three different blades flew toward Leonard’s original body with a sharp sound that cut through the wind.

Baron instinctively covered his master’s body with his own body. However, no matter how long he waited, the pain did not come.

He looked up slightly and saw the flying blade trembling in the air as if it had been blocked by something.

Leonard slowly approached and grabbed the blade with his hand. He then returned it to its original owner.

“I’m tired of pretending not to know, so why don’t you come out now?”

“It’s been a while, brother .”

Maximilian limped out of the burnt-out bushes. It was as natural as if he had been with me from the beginning. Baron’s eyes widened.

“How did that guy Maximilian get

here!” “You still have that old dog? You’re the only one who has an excommunicated wizard.”

“You’re great compared to the dog that killed your brother.”

Maximilian kept a smile on his face despite the somewhat aggressive tone.

“You don’t know how much I’ve missed you, brother.”

“Really? That’s a coincidence. I’ve been missing you like crazy, too.”

The suffocating tension continued.

In the meantime, Baron thoroughly examined Leonard’s body. There was a large wound on his abdomen, but it was almost healed, perhaps because he had constantly received energy from Delorana.

Except for the fact that his breathing was very faint, his master’s physical condition was not bad.

He poured the elixirs he had brought in advance into the corner of his body’s mouth.

“Cordelia Vasquez, you say? The woman who came as your brother’s disciple.”

I thought he would ask how she was alive, but surprisingly, Maximilian mentioned Cordelia first.

“If you were going to accept me as your disciple, why didn’t you accept a proper one?”

“A proper one. I think it’s better than you.”

“You chose Vasquez as your disciple. No matter how urgent it was, what would you do if you accepted someone like that as your disciple? You’re stupid and would soon ruin your brother’s reputation.”

“A murderer of his own family is worried about my reputation. How ridiculous.”

“I’m the only one who thinks of you, right?”

Maximilian smiled happily. That smile was so clear and pure that it was hard to believe that he was the younger brother who killed his older brother.

“That’s why I purposely gave him a lot of demons. There shouldn’t be any disciples in this world who would tarnish your reputation.”

“What do you mean?”

Leonard’s face cracked for the first time. When he paid attention, Maximilian became excited and started talking.

“I saw your disciple wandering alone in the forest. So I lured the demons there.”

“… … Really?”

“He’s probably been torn to pieces and stuffed into the demons’ stomach by now.”

Baron, who had been listening to the conversation, stood up. He read his master’s mind and acted.

“I’ll go.”

Leonard blinked as an answer. When Baron left, Maximilian’s expression became strangely distorted.

“You care about that disciple. To the point of sending an old dog.”

“I’m not sure.”

“You didn’t even blink when I killed the kids who wanted to be your disciples before.”

“You’ve killed so many people, I don’t know who you are.”

“I thought you were just picking them up on the street to prevent the lab from being shut down… … If I had known, I would have strangled you myself.”

Maximilian looked as if he had lost his prey, regretting it. He licked his lips and then shrugged.

“No, that’s fine. After I kill you again, I can deal with that disciple or whatever.”

“Who cares? Do you think I’ll take it easy this time?”

“Brother. Do you really think you’ll confront me in that piece of garbage? After you killed me in your original body?”

“Well. You’ll have to try to find out.”

“You got even dumber after your body changed.”

Maximilian burst out laughing. Leonard answered by creating magical fire and throwing it.

A fierce battle ensued. It was no easy task to continuously generate fire while avoiding the wind blades Maximilian threw. With each step, the ground collapsed and terrifying blades poured down from behind.

Leonard dodged them all with his animalistic instincts, but he couldn’t stop himself from running out of breath.

“Is that all?”

“… … Haa.”

“Well, it looks like your body doesn’t have any magic power, but you’ve held out like this.”

It was just as Maximilian said.