I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 9



Only Krnovel

Teacher and Student
2023.11.09.

Even though she told herself that, she couldn’t help but feel something inside her being torn apart.

Every time she bowed her head to them and was insulted in front of them, she felt like her feet were crumbling.

Cordelia hid her trembling heart and greeted them gently.

“Thank you for your hard work getting here, Lily.”

“Huh!”

No matter how many times she snapped, Cordelia smiled and responded, so Lily lost interest and went into the castle with Helena.

When she arrived at the reception room, the maids quickly brought out tea. Three cups were served, but one of them went cold. No one offered Cordelia a seat.

She was so used to being treated like this that she didn’t even think it was strange.

“By the way, how’s Craig?”

“Ha, don’t say anything. My body has recovered a bit and I can walk around.”

“But?”

“The most important thing is my head. My head.”

“Why? How is it?”

“It’s complicated, if I may put it another way. Even without that, they say that lynxes are coming to the castle to take over the count. Oh, my head.”

Helena put her hand to her temple as if she had a headache. Lily’s face instantly turned worried.

“How serious is your condition? I thought you were better by now… …”

“Then how much better.”

“Instead of sitting here drinking tea, I should go to Craig right away.”

“What? Wait, Lily! Lily!”

Helena got up from her seat and tried to stop her, but it was no use. She had already opened the door and run down the hallway, and her skirt was nowhere to be seen.

“Oh, you stubborn girl. What are you doing standing there? Why don’t you hurry up and chase me?”

Helena shouted at Cordelia, who was standing there blankly.

“Me?”

“Then who am I talking to? Why can’t you hurry up?”

Cordelia reluctantly and very slowly headed to Leonard’s bedroom. When she

arrived at his room, Lily’s voice could be heard through the crack in the door.

“… … Can you?”

When I opened the door, there was a heroine of misfortune.

Lily’s eyes were moist and she looked as if she would shed tears at any moment.

“How, how could you forget our childhood together?”

She acted like a woman abandoned by her lover. Leonard, on the other hand, frowned and frowned.

As soon as he met Cordelia’s eyes as she entered the room, he pointed at Lily with his chin.

“It’s noisy, so let this go.”

“Craig! You really don’t remember me? Huh?”

“Lily. Craig just woke up and is tired. Don’t you want to go have tea with the lady…?”

“Where do you dare touch me?”

Lily shouted angrily and slapped Cordelia’s hand away. The force was so strong that Cordelia stumbled backward slightly.

Of course, Lily didn’t look back. Cordelia sighed faintly and approached Lily again.

“Lily.”

“Hey. Do you think you’re the real mistress of this castle now that I’m leaving? If it weren’t for your great blood, you wouldn’t even be a maid in this castle, you know?”

“… … .”

“How dare you, you lowly thing. Don’t bother me and get out. I have something to talk to Craig about.” She had

heard those words countless times, so she thought it wouldn’t hurt anymore, but it seems that calluses don’t mean they don’t hurt.

Cordelia tried to ignore the feeling, even though one side of her chest prickled.

“Just think of it as a dog barking.”

“I’m sorry. Lily. Your high lady.”

“What are you?”

“Craig? It’s me. Lily. Your sister Lily.”

“No. You get out of here.”

Leonard, who had been lying on the bed the whole time, got up. He looked Cordelia straight in the eye and said.

“You open your eyes wide and say everything you want to say in front of me, so why are you acting so docile all of a sudden?”

“… … Craig.”

“Craig?”

The two women looked at him at the same time. Leonard got up from his seat.

“Just say what you want to say and live. “If you hold it in, you’ll get sick.”

“Craig!”

Lily screamed at the continued ignoring. Then Leonard made a face that was clearly annoyed.

“Your ears are itching. Hey. You’re the loudest and most vulgar person in this room. You get out.”

“What? Craig. What do you mean? I’m Lily. Your sister Lily… .”

“Yeah. I know you’re Lily or something, so get out. I don’t want to talk to a vulgar rich kid.”

“Wh, what? Vulgar person?”

“What’s so great about inheriting the Abrams bloodline that bought the nobility with money?”

Of course, compared to Attila, Abrams was no different from a commoner, but Craig’s body, which inherited his bloodline, had absolutely no words to speak of.

Lily was too embarrassed to find a word to refute. She just stuttered the same words.

Meanwhile, Cordelia, who was standing next to her, had to pinch her thigh to keep herself from laughing.

“Do you even know what the sacred eight families are? Even if he looks a little stupid, he’s Vasquez. He’s on a whole other level than someone like you who has no foundation or anything.”

“… … .”

“If you go back a little further, he’s no different from a commoner. He doesn’t even know the subject.”

Leonard looked at Lily with the cold eyes of disgust and contempt that he was so good at.

Lily’s face distorted terribly. Cordelia lowered her head so that she wouldn’t be caught laughing.

“You, you’re too much. Ugh. I, I’m just, ugh.”

“It’s noisy, so go outside and cry.”

The last words were the final blow.

Lily ran out of the room crying as soon as she heard Leonard’s barbed words.

Cordelia’s shoulders shook for a while after Lily completely left.

“Why are you trying to please that kind of thing?”

“Lily, heh heh. This is the first time I’ve seen Lily make that kind of expression.”

“You’ve probably never seen that before. She must have been crying all this time.”

Leonard replied bluntly. Cordelia, who had been laughing for a long time, straightened her back.

She had been laughing so hard that tears welled up. She wiped the corners of her eyes, which were slightly wet, and said,

“Oh, it feels good. It’s been a long time since I’ve laughed like this.”

“If you’re going to get a divorce anyway

, why are you bowing to that woman?” “Are you asking because you don’t know, or are you just teasing me?”

“What?”

“I can’t get a divorce right away, and I don’t have any money saved up. But why would I stiffen my neck in front of this household?”

Cordelia said with a self-deprecating smile.

“That’s why you brought me here anyway.”

“For this purpose?”

“I’m not a human being in this castle, I’m just a medium for Vasquez’s blood. There’s no reason to treat someone like a human being.” That

kind of thing.

It was too cold and indifferent to express herself.

She pretended as if nothing had happened, but Cordelia’s eyes were stained with wounds.

She quickly wiped them away and added cheerfully.

“And no matter how much I hate it, I can’t leave this house naked. If I want to receive even a penny more in compensation, the one who is in trouble has to bow down.”

Leonard roughly scratched the back of his head and asked in his usual blunt tone.

“How much money do you need?”

“Huh?”

“How much do you need to say yes or no?”

The insignificant question made him gasp.

“Money? So, ah.”

She could have just said it as if it was nothing, but she was afraid that he would laugh if she told him the amount.

It was just a meaningless number to him, but to her, it was a life-or-death amount, so it

was miserable. Why was the pride that she thought she had thrown away raising its head here?

She could have just smiled and told him the amount like she usually did. That would have been fine… … .

Her heart was complicated and her stomach was churning. Cordelia bit her lips and couldn’t speak for a while. Leonard, who noticed the slumped atmosphere, said,

“Hey. I… … .”

“I’ll go.”

She forced her drooping lips up and took a few steps back.

“I thought I had thrown away all my pride, but I guess I still have some left. I won’t be back for a while.”

“Just a moment.”

“Take a rest.”

Cordelia left the room with an expressionless face.

It was the first time. Cordelia had left the room before Leonard told her to leave.

Leonard stared at the spot where she had left for a long time and then looked back.

“Did I say something wrong? “ I just asked how much you needed.”

“Oh my, master. Of course your pride is hurt when you ask how much you’re worth.”

Baron, who had his face sticking out of the water glass, shook his head.

“You’re really too much. Cordelia has been helping you so diligently all this time… .”

“Oh my. What did he help you with? All he did was chitchat and leave.”

“My goodness, he came every single day without fail to serve you and keep you company. How is that usually easy?”

“Did I make you do it? You came voluntarily because you wanted something from me, right? Is this the first time I’ve seen people like that?”

Leonard snorted. Baron pretended to sob more earnestly.

“Poor Cordelia. You’ve been hearing such mean things from such a heartless master… … .”

“Sis Cordelia, since when have we been so close?”

“You treated the person who took over your husband’s body with the utmost hospitality, and all you get in return is this kind of insult.”

“Are you even listening to me?”

“Even after you found out who your master was, instead of contacting the outside world, you treated him kindly. Where in the world can you find someone like that? In Attila, which is full of lynxes and wolves, this is unimaginable.”

“Oh, right, right. Just because you said one wrong thing… … .”

Leonard finally raised both hands to Baron’s persistent attacks. Baron placed his hand on his wrinkled forehead and urged him earnestly.

“No matter how fallen he may be, he is Vasquez. The second son of your great-grandfather, Delon Attila, formed a relationship with Vasquez.”

“I know, I know.”

“When Cordelia comes next time, give her a warm welcome.”

Leonard replied that he would do so, half annoyed and half resigned. Sadly, however, he could not keep his promise,

because Cordelia kept her word.

She stopped coming to his room every day as if it had been a lie.