I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 44



Only Krnovel

Maximilian
2023.12.14.

Lottie didn’t show his teeth or growl. All he did was stare at the demons with his tail half-down as usual.

The demons growled again and rushed at Lottie. Lottie lightly jumped up this time and bit the demon’s neck.

It seemed like Lottie’s small teeth wouldn’t be able to pierce the demon’s hide, but something surprising happened. As

Lottie bit the demon’s neck and shook it left and right, the demon shook violently as if it were a dandelion seed.

Lottie bit and killed nine wolf-shaped demons without much difficulty, as if he were hunting rabbits.

“Huh… …?”

Cordelia couldn’t think of closing her gaping mouth.

‘Maybe I hit my head and passed out and am dreaming?’ She

even had a reasonable suspicion.

Otherwise, it would be unrealistic for a dog that could only reach Cordelia’s thighs to bite and kill this many demons.

Lottie, whose mouth was covered in blood, walked toward Cordelia, muttering. Then she spoke politely.

[I told you not to come to the Delorana estate. Come here. Tsk.]

“Huh? What, what? Lo, Lottie, did you say that?”

[At least you can hear me here.]

“You, you, weren’t you a low-level demon? How did you say that? No, more importantly, how did you kill that monster?”

[Ask them one by one, young human. You have plenty of time.]

* * *

“Does that make sense?”

“I didn’t believe it either. I didn’t think Lottie was actually the demon known as the Fifth Disaster… … . I thought he was just a stray dog.”

Cordelia muttered as she looked at the gray dog, which looked ordinary no matter how she looked, scratching its ear with its hind paw.

Baron also didn’t seem to believe her right away, but the demon’s corpse was proof.

Cordelia, still dazed, recalled the conversation from earlier.

‘My name is Laustonio. I am the fifth plague of Glendeni, the rainforest of denial and tears.’

‘The fifth plague? What is that?’

‘That is, hmm. To explain, just think of me as a demon who has survived for a long time, human.’

‘How long has it been?’

‘Well. By human calculations, it’s been more than five hundred years. But it’s only been a hundred years since I have formed my ego and personality.’ ‘

… If I am a demon who has lived that long, should I call you Lau… … Nim?’

‘Do as you wish. By the way, how many times have I told you not to go to Delorana’s territory. I have told you countless times that that woman is very cunning and cruel, yet you insist on coming all the way here.’

‘What? When did you ever say such a thing to me?’

‘Those with upright hearts can listen to everything I say.’

Suddenly, Cordelia, who had become twisted, stuck out her lips.

Lottie looked at the sky where the sun was gradually setting and said,

[Dilona is a sly woman. It would be better to just leave this forest.]

“Don’t worry, Lottie. The master has already broken the barrier.”

“That’s right. Besides, she has already surrendered her body to the master.”

Baron added kindly. However, Lottie clicked her tongue instead of feeling relieved.

[Tsk, tsk, tsk. You foolish humans. Do you know how Dilona absorbs the energy of living things? She pretends to be weak and pitiful, and then swallows them whole when the opponent lets their guard down. It’s really vicious.]

At that moment, he remembered her crying like a child. If that was all an act… … .

Baron shuddered. Then he turned back to the direction he had come from.

“Master is with Maximilian and Diloana right now. If what he says is true, we should hurry and go back.”

“Maximilian? Maximilian is here? How?”

“He must have followed us from the Wilas Islands. Master already seemed to know.”

“Then right away! Oh, this is… … . But what about Beluche? If we leave him like this, the devil will come again.”

“I will carry him.”

“Baron?”

Baron, who was smaller than Beluche, carried Beluche on his back without showing any signs of difficulty.

It was not difficult to find where Leonard was. All he had to do was walk straight towards the smoke and flames.

“Joe, slow down a little… … .”

Cordelia said, panting against Baron’s back as he walked away. Baron, who was carrying the young man, was faster than Cordelia.

Seeing that she had fallen behind, Baron returned.

“Shall we rest?”

“No. “I think it would be better to just walk slowly instead of that order. My side has been hurting so much since a while ago.”

Cordelia barely managed to catch her breath as she touched her left side. She was covered in blood, so even though she only touched it briefly, blood was all over it.

Baron, as she had said, significantly shortened his brisk strides.

“I didn’t ask you earlier, but how did you come into this forest?”

“After the Master broke the barrier, a magical storm occurred. Lottie and I were swept up in it.”

“Did something like that happen?”

“Yes. But it’s better, anyway. The Master needs me to use soul transfer magic anyway.”

Baron paused for a moment at the rather specific statement and turned to Cordelia.

“… … Did you know? What the hell, haa. I guess that guy behind me said it.”

“Veluce is really easy-going.”

“That’s why you’ve been looking bad for the past few days.”

Only then did he understand why her face had been so bad from the time she got off the ship until just before she came here.

“Baron. Can I ask you one question?”

“Ask anything.”

They walked diligently toward Leonard, talking. Now that the acrid smoke reached their noses, they must have gotten much closer.

“Did you accept me as your disciple from the beginning with the intention of using me?”

“Um… … .”

It was a question that she already knew the answer to, but Cordelia’s face darkened as her moans continued. Baron opened his mouth after a short sigh.

“I’ll be honest. That’s why I recommended Cordelia to you.”

If there are no expectations, there is no disappointment, but it seems that he had too many expectations from them.

He thought he had already sorted everything out, but he felt betrayed and disappointed again. It felt like all the time they had spent together had been denied.

“I see. From the beginning… … .”

“But the master was against it.”

“He was against it? Really?”

Cordelia smiled and raised her head. That alone brought the emotions that had sunk to the bottom to the surface.

“Yes. I don’t know where and how much I heard from Beluche, but the master was against that method from the beginning. “The magic power is lacking, and the success rate is not that high… … .”

He paused for a moment and stared at Cordelia’s face.

“The master cares for you very much.”

“… … .”

“You are the first to get close to Leonard in such a short time. He may seem cold and heartless on the outside, but he is very weak and soft to his own people.”

“Yes.”

“So don’t worry too much. The master probably won’t use Cordelia as a medium.”

Baron’s words were sweet as honey, and Cordelia wanted to believe them at face value. However, Cordelia knew very well how shallow human trust and kindness are.

Wasn’t that what Cordelia had been doing just a moment ago? If Lotti had arrived just a little later, she would have abandoned Beluche and run away on her own.

“Then how does the master return to his original body? Is there another way?”

“That.”

Baron didn’t know the answer either, so he couldn’t continue. Cordelia blurted out the thoughts she had been organizing for the past few days.

“I don’t resent the Master using me as a medium. I realized after going to the Magic Association. How great the Master is and how lucky I am to learn under him. Although he always bullied me, I had fun and was happy while learning, and I, so… … . I’m okay.”

“Lady Cordelia.”

“Let’s go. The Master will wait for us.”

Cordelia smiled as if nothing had happened and took the lead.

It helped that she had already been organizing her thoughts for a few days. She held back tears.

Strictly speaking, it was just going back to when she didn’t know Leonard. No, it was actually better than that, so there was nothing to be so sad about.

She consoled herself and moved forward.

Baron walked quietly with Cordelia without saying anything. Before she knew it, Leonard’s figure was visible from afar.