I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 84



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What do you think of me?
2024.01.23.

The ones most surprised by those words were, of course, Cordelia and Leonard.

Since it was a great stain on one’s reputation for a noble lady to disappear without a reason, few people, except for those close to her, knew that Lydia had disappeared. That was why Hayden’s expression did not change much from before.

“Lydia Elfenbaum is here? I thought that guy Rosenblu was not in the Magic Alliance right now.”

“Where is she?”

Leonard asked the wizard who brought the news. He took a deep breath and opened his mouth.

“Stay at the entrance. I came to tell you the news because you were looking for Leonard.”

“How do you know I’m here? No. You’ll know once you go and talk to him.”

“Let’s go quickly. Master.”

Cordelia also stamped her feet at the news of Lydia and urged her on.

The two of them walked to the entrance of the Magic Alliance in unison. They could tell where Lydia was from afar. A group of young male wizards surrounded her in a circle.

“Lydia!”

Cordelia pushed her way through them. Lydia greeted Cordelia with her usual gentle and affectionate smile.

“Cordelia. How have you been?”

“How have you been? That’s what I was supposed to ask. What’s been going on?”

“There’s a place near the magic confederacy where we can have a proper chat. Let’s go there.”

Leonard interrupted. Cordelia shut her mouth in a huff. There was no need to reveal to everyone that Lydia had disappeared and returned.

“Can’t we go inside and talk?”

“You know that only wizards are allowed to enter the magic confederacy.”

“I’m a wizard now, too.”

Lydia created fire in the air with a snap of her fingers.

Cordelia was surprised to see it. Now that she had some knowledge of magic, she knew that lighting that small flame was no easy task. She had to do three things at once: distributing magic power, calculating, and manifesting it, but Lydia did it as naturally as breathing.

“… … How? Didn’t you quit magic when you were very young?”

“Yes. But when I think about it, it’s a shame. That you quit like that.”

Leonard couldn’t understand this situation, so he just stared at Lydia’s face. On the other hand, Cordelia, who was next to him, congratulated him with sparkling eyes.

“That’s great! Now I can study magic with Lydia.”

“… … Let’s go in and talk for now.”

There were still many people coming and going at the entrance. Leonard had many questions and things he wanted to ask Lydia, but he held back and went inside the magic hall. Cordelia explained things to Lydia, saying she had been there once.

“That’s the Hall of Stars. There used to be sixteen, but eight years ago, the Master added new stars.”

“I heard about it. From Blay.”

“Ah… … . I, I see.”

Now that she thought about it, Lydia had known Leonard for more than ten years, so it was strange that she didn’t know such a famous story.

Cordelia felt embarrassed for no reason and kept her mouth shut. Lydia passed Cordelia and went to Leonard, who was walking ahead.

“Leo. Are you going to your lab?”

“No. You can’t go there. Instead, there’s a place where we can talk.”

“That’s too bad. I wanted to take a look.”

“No one but Acheron can enter, so you’d better give up on that dream.”

Leonard spoke with a cold, firm tone. Cordelia, who was listening, felt disappointed.

“Hey, there’s not much to see, so why don’t you show Lydia around?”

“Why me? You’re already overwhelmed. My one disciple went into the lab and immediately met the most expensive person, Evrard… … .”

“T-Teacher! Weren’t we supposed to just let that go?”

Cordelia was flustered and quickly cut off her teacher. Leonard found her reaction amusing and laughed lightly.

After climbing the stairs endlessly, he stopped in front of a door.

“This is a place used by high-level magicians, so no one will be listening.”

The interior was neither flashy nor shabby. It was a moderately decorated space.

When Leonard lightly waved his finger, a teapot and teacups flew in from somewhere and landed on the table. Cordelia stared at the teapot filling its own teacups with curious eyes.

“Now tell me. Where have you been and what happened?”

“I met someone… …”

Lydia began slowly, as if recalling a very distant past.

“He awakened the magic inside me. A talent that was hidden deep inside me.”

“Unleash the magic? Who was he?”

“I don’t know who it is either. It just suddenly appeared and disappeared.”

“That’s ridiculous… …. So the reason you disappeared until now is because you were with that person?”

“Yeah. I had to learn how to use magic from that person. It was harder than I thought, but I got used to it.”

It didn’t make sense and was awkward. It wasn’t enough to explain why you disappeared for nearly a month.

“Lydia. Be honest. Did that person force you? You have to tell me so I can help you.”

“No. Everything happened because of my choice.”

“You followed someone whose identity you didn’t even know and found your hidden talent? Do you think that makes sense?”

“There are more things in this world that you don’t know than you think. Look.”

Lydia ignited her sparks again as if to prove her point. And there were more than one, and they danced around in the air before disappearing.

“You still don’t believe me?”

“What I don’t believe is not your magical talent, but the process by which you acquired it. There is an unchangeable law of nature in the world, but you ignored it all and got the result.”

“So what? Isn’t the result what’s important?”

“Ha, Lydia. What on earth happened in the past month? Why are you suddenly trying to learn magic? What do you regret?”

Lydia shut her mouth tightly and stared at Leonard for a long time before slowly speaking.

“I just wanted to learn. Can’t I?”

“I’m not saying you can’t. If you really want to learn, you can come to the Magic Association and learn. Why did you disappear for a month without saying anything? Don’t you know how damaging it would be to your social reputation if news of your disappearance spread?”

“I didn’t know Leo would care about my reputation. He didn’t even blink when news of our engagement started going around.”

Lydia responded to Leonard’s words somewhat sharply. An inexplicable tension flowed. Cordelia looked back and forth between the man and woman, then quietly sipped her tea. Leonard

opened his lips as if he were going to say something, but then let out a short sigh.

“… … Did you contact Blay?”

“No. Not yet. You should do it now.”

“What? Do you know how desperately Blay searched for you? If it was your choice to leave, you should have at least told me in advance. Why are you acting so irresponsibly, so unlike you?”

“Hehe. Since when did you start being so interested in me? I’m beyond your control anyway. Didn’t you just not care what happens?” This was

definitely not like Lydia. Cordelia had only known Lydia for a short time, but she was not the type to use such a cynical and negative tone.

Leonard’s face hardened.

“Lydia. You… … .”

“Okay. It’s boring, so let’s stop talking about this. And don’t worry, I’ll contact Blay separately.”

That was all there was to the explanation for the disappearance that had been bothering everyone for the past month. No matter how much you pressed, she would usually change the subject.

Leonard stopped asking questions and sorted out the situation.

“Don’t bother Blay by getting in his way and stay here until he comes back.”

“Okay.”

Lydia nodded with a smile. They left the room and guided Lydia to the guest room. Before parting ways, Cordelia spoke first.

“Lydia. I’m glad you came back safely.”

“I can’t tell you how happy I am to see Cordelia again. I missed you so much.”

“Me?”

Lydia’s reaction today was somewhat cold, but Cordelia didn’t have any doubts.

“Yes. By the way, did the funeral go well? I’m asking this because I’m so out of it.”

“I’m on my way back from the funeral at Abrams. Craig.”

Cordelia made a sad expression on purpose and lowered her head slightly.

“He was a good person, so he must have gone to a good place.”

“A good place. Well. He must have gone to a good place. So did Cordelia return from Abrams to Vasquez?”

“Ah… … . Yes. I guess.”

“Hmm.”

Lydia seemed to be thinking deeply about something and then went into her room. There wasn’t even a word of condolences, as was customary. Cordelia was so taken aback by her reaction that she couldn’t close her mouth for a while.

“Lydia has changed a little… … .”

“A little? Not just a little. She

seems like someone whose soul has been switched.” “You think so too, Master? Of course, I haven’t known Lydia for long, but I’m sure she wasn’t like this.” If

someone who knew Lydia saw her now, her personality would have changed a hundred and eighty degrees, making them bewildered.

The two headed to Leonard’s lab. They didn’t even have to put a key in it, but Candias flashed in the middle of the door.

Cordelia was surprised even though she already knew. The eyes still had an overwhelming presence.

Candias squealed as soon as she saw Leonard.

“I thought you were alive! You damned bastard!”

“Open the door. One-eyed.”

“You unlucky bastard. Even God is heartless. Why would you put something like that in the human world?”

“I don’t understand why a devil like you would seek God. Stop talking nonsense and open the door.”

Candias opened the door while spewing all sorts of curses. Nothing had changed. Even the blanket Cordelia had been sitting on was still there.