I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 53
Only Krnovel
Forecast Delim
2023.12.23.
“Master!”
She pulled Leonard’s sleeve hard. Of course, Leonard didn’t stumble back, but instead tilted his head back a little, but that was enough.
Cordelia said urgently.
“Mr. Rosenblur is just joking, joking.”
“I’m not joking or joking, Cordelia.”
“I’m not that kid?”
Leonard was still glaring at Rosenblur with a menacing look. Cordelia pulled Leonard’s sleeve again.
“That’s what I hear? There’s no way I’d take that seriously.”
Fortunately, her short words seemed to have caught his attention. Leonard finally turned to her. Cordelia smiled as brightly as she could and sat him down on the sofa.
“Now, now. Hurry up and sit here. Here, sorbet. Bring me another sorbet.”
“Yes.”
The maid behind her quickly disappeared as if she had read Cordelia’s urgency.
“Try the peach sorbet. I tried it here for the first time today and it was really delicious.”
“Huh. You’re not a newborn or anything, are you new to this?”
“That’s right. You’re living comfortably because you met a good teacher.”
Cordelia didn’t let her guard down. That’s why she deliberately turned her body completely toward Leonard and didn’t even look at Rosenblu.
“Leo… … I’m so glad you look healthy.”
Just then, Lydia spoke to Leonard with tears in her eyes. Cordelia let out a sigh of relief.
“Yes. It’s been a while, you too.”
“Do you know how much I cried when I heard you died? I should have told you in advance. I, I really knew what had happened to you… … .”
For the first time, she realized that even a beautiful woman could be beautiful when she cried. Lydia shed tears as if she were the main character in a play, and Cordelia felt her heart ache when she saw her.
But her master, who had no heart, no sense of humor, or neither, didn’t even blink an eye.
“Worrying is useless. What are you doing at a funeral without a body?”
“Leo. Lydia was worried about you. She thought you weren’t dead, but you were badly injured and couldn’t show up.”
“Oh, right.”
Leonard was indifferent, to the point of indifference. How could he be so cruel to someone crying? Cordelia, who was standing next to him, felt embarrassed.
She turned her head toward Leonard and frowned.
“The smell of blood… .”
“What?”
“No. It’s just that I smelled blood somewhere.”
“You’re just being sensitive to your nose. Do you know how many times I’ve gone into the forest because of you?”
“The forest? Were you hunting?”
“If it’s hunting, then it is.”
Leonard leaned back and snatched Cordelia’s sorbet and ate it.
“Oh, that’s mine.”
“Where is yours here? Everything in this mansion is mine.”
“That’s true, but… … . It’s too much.”
“It’s your first time in the capital. Your first time in Sorbet. You’re saying this is your first time going to a ball?”
“It’s your first time.”
“… … What?”
Leonard said with a laugh, probably intending to tease her, but sadly Cordelia couldn’t argue.
“There were a few when I was little, but I was too young to attend.”
“You must have had a coming of age ceremony, right?”
“Where would we have the money for that? Besides, I was sold to Abrams as soon as I became an adult, um. I got married.”
For a moment, she thought it was just the two of them, so she almost used the word sold. She had become quite close to Rosenblu, but they weren’t close enough to reveal her indecency.
Rosenblu’s expression hardened immediately.
“Oh. So this is your first time going to the Saracen Ball in a few days? What about your clothes? Did you get your dress tailored?”
“No? Why? Attila Townhouse thankfully made a lot of clothes for you, so you can wear any of them.”
“Why are you telling me that now?”
Leonard glared at Cordelia, setting the sorbet down on the table. Cordelia found the question quite absurd.
“You didn’t ask me?”
“Of course that would be… ! When is the Saracen banquet?”
“Two days from now,”
Cordelia said, blinking. As soon as she heard that, Leonard tugged at the string in annoyance. Not long after, Anna, the head maid, came in.
“Two days? Oh. Why are you telling me that now… .”
“You called, my lord.”
“Anna. Get all the tailors in Yevo Delrim right now.”
“Huh?”
“I have to have the dress made in two days.”
“You mean the dress that Cordelia will wear?”
“Wait a minute, Master. I’m fine. Just whatever. You can wear what you’re wearing now.”
“This is going to be the place where I introduce you as my disciple, and you’re wearing such low-class clothes?”
“Class? Seriously, these are all made in Attila.”
Cordelia was speechless. Up until then, she hadn’t even cared about whether or not she was going to the Saracen banquet, so why was she suddenly making such a fuss?
Besides, all the clothes she had now were newly made by a tailor after she moved to the Attila townhouse.
“Hmm. Two days might be tight, but I think I can somehow make it fit if I get the finished clothes altered.”
“It has to fit, no matter what. I’m going to the Saracen banquet in two days.”
“I really don’t care?”
“Yes. I’ll call the tailors first.”
Sadly, Cordelia’s opinion was ignored by both of them. Cordelia grumbled in a small voice.
“You haven’t paid any attention to me since you came to Yebo Delrim… … .”
“You weren’t having fun because I didn’t pay attention to you?”
“Oh, no?”
Cordelia quickly looked into the distance and did something else because it was an undeniable fact. Leonard immediately made a face.
“Don’t be lazy because I’m not checking, and study diligently. I’ll be heading down to Wilarth as soon as I finish my work here anyway.”
“Already? The social season is just starting.”
“Why would you be in Yebo Delrim during the social season? You’re not getting married.”
“That’s true, but… … .”
Cordelia shook her head in regret. The capital city she had come to for the first time since she was born was full of new things. She had thought she would stay a little longer.
Lydia also asked with surprised eyes.
“You’re going down that quickly? You only just arrived in Yebo Delrim?”
“I got a call from the Magic Association yesterday. They must have heard that I’m alive.”
“Oh, well, there must have been quite a ruckus in Ropal too.”
“I have to go and make sure she’s my successor. There’s so much to take care of.”
He pointed at Cordelia with his chin.
“Acheron finally has an official successor.”
“I’m worried because her head is a rock, but I’ll figure it out somehow.”
“That’s too much, Master. A rock.”
Cordelia, who was listening right next to him, pouts. Rosenblu laughed lightly.
“Even if you say that, it seems like you really care about Cordelia. That bracelet on your wrist, is it Evrard’s treasure?”
“Oh. This is… … .”
“I remember Leo struggling to find it for over a year, and now he’s giving it to Cordelia. Isn’t that the epitome of favor?”
“… … Not favor.”
She couldn’t bring herself to say that Leonard didn’t give it to her, but rather took it from her. She smiled awkwardly and looked at her Master’s expression.
“I don’t really need it anyway.”
“Why did you go looking for it when you didn’t need it?”
Rosenbler teased Leonard, but Leonard just snorted and didn’t mention that Cordelia had accidentally given the bracelet away.
As they talked, Anna told them that the tailors had arrived. Cordelia got up first. The siblings bid her a fond farewell.
“See you at the Saracen banquet, Cordelia.”
“It was so nice meeting you today, Lady Cordelia.”
“Me too. It was nice meeting you both… .”
“What are you doing? Don’t linger and go quickly.”
“… . Now I won’t even let you say hello.”
She couldn’t even finish her greeting because of her master’s interruption. Cordelia stared at Leonard with her lips pursed and left.
As soon as she left the room, Leonard smirked and stared at the place where Cordelia had left for a long time.
* * *
I heard that the Saracen ball was in the evening, but the maids were making a fuss from the morning. Thanks to that, Cordelia woke up at the crack of dawn, bathed in rose water, and applied perfume all over her body.
“Thank goodness. You look so good on me.”
The dress, which had been completed by the five most famous tailors in the capital, was too extravagant and beautiful in Cordelia’s eyes.
On top of that, the capital’s makeup skills were so excellent that it was almost like magic. Every time Cordelia woke up from a short nap, her face looked a little different.
Her hair, which had always been messy, was now shiny and bouncy, and her eyebrows were also neatly trimmed, making her look much neater. Her lips were also shiny, as if she had done something to them. Her cheeks were bright red and full of life.
“I’m hungry.”
“Oh, wait a minute. I prepared it in advance.”
Leila smiled without a trace and handed over a cookie the size of her palm. Cordelia stared at it for a long time.
“What is this?”
“Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
“… … .”
After such a grueling preparation, surprisingly, it was just before she went to the ball.
Cordelia was unsteady on her feet because she had put on high heels for the first time in a long time. She stood in front of the mirror, supported by her maid.
“Is this really me? A new person?”
“Haha. It’s not that bad. The countess is always dressed plainly, but the ladies of the capital dress up even more extravagantly.”
“You’re all so diligent.”
Cordelia stuck out her tongue. Just then, a servant came by.
“The master is asking when you’ll be ready.”
“I’ll go down now.”
When they went down to the first floor, Leonard was standing there with a bored expression. He was also dressed in formal attire, and although he was handsome even in his usual attire, he looked like he had a halo around him.
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