I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 91



Only Krnovel

Contract with the Devil
2024.01.30.

“Lydia… … .”

“I tried too. I tried! What did you do for the past month? I studied every day except when I was sleeping. I used my magic like he told me!”

“That?”

Lydia, who had been shouting with all her might, suddenly closed her mouth. She quickly straightened her face and smiled as if nothing had happened. The sudden change in attitude was creepy.

“Sorry, Blay. I’m a little tired today, so can I go in first?”

“… … Okay.”

Rosenblu wanted to grab her sister right away and ask who ‘that’ was, but she held it in.

To be honest, she was afraid of arguing with her sister, whom she had only found after a month. She had no choice but to be even more careful because she didn’t know why she left home and came back.

She had prayed every day for the past month. She wouldn’t wish for anything if Lydia returned safely.

So Rosenblu hid his distress and pretended to be indifferent as he took Lydia to her temporary room. Then he said to her with all his heart,

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

Then Lydia smiled innocently.

He thought he knew a little about his sister, who was his closest blood relative, but he couldn’t figure out Lydia’s feelings.

As soon as the door closed, he went straight to find Matilda. Matilda was the head of the Triska School, which mainly studied demons, so she might be able to give Lydia advice on her situation.

As he was going down the stairs, he met two happy faces.

“Oh, Rosenblu. It’s hard to see you these days. You must be very busy, aren’t you?”

“There’s something going on with Elfenbaum, Master. It’s been a while, Cordelia. How have you been?”

Kanon chuckled and lightly patted Rosenblu on the shoulder. Rosenblu barely opened his stiff lips. Cordelia greeted him with a bright face.

“How have you been? By the way, did you meet Lydia?”

“I just saw you.”

“You two seem to know each other well. Well, it’s strange that you don’t know each other,

since you’re Atile’s disciples.” “I find it more interesting that Cordelia and your master are together.”

Rosenblur looked back and forth between Cordelia and Kanon.

“Oh, you didn’t hear that. Our Cordelia, you know.”

Kanon’s eyes lit up when he said “our Cordelia.” Rosenblur was a little surprised by the overly friendly title.

“Well, she got a perfect score on the first round of the intermediate wizard exam and passed the second round with flying colors. Isn’t that amazing? And our Cordelia has only been learning magic for a year.”

“Master Kanon… … .”

Cordelia, who wasn’t used to receiving compliments, lowered her head in embarrassment. Of course, Kanon didn’t care. He spoke ceaselessly as if he was bragging about his grandchild.

“I was the second examiner and she destroyed a seven-layer magic circle in one minute. I doubted my eyes even while watching. Do you think that was the end? Our Cordelia has even done a five-layer stack.”

“Cordelia has already passed the intermediate wizard exam?”

Rosenblu’s gaze turned to Cordelia. Cordelia smiled shyly and said,

“You were lucky. The second exam was about magic circles.”

“Hehehe. Magic circles are so hard to learn. You’re the only one who would say you were lucky.”

“My master always teases me, saying that I can only do that much.”

“Teasing? How dare you tease Cordelia? That bastard Atile. You don’t even know how precious a student is!”

Kanon grumbled. Then he looked at Cordelia earnestly with eyes filled with regret.

“Haa, why did such a talented person have to go to Acheron… … Why on earth!”

Kanon cried out as he looked up at the sky.

Rosenblur, who had been feeling uneasy because of Lydia, was able to smile for the first time at his master’s appearance.

“You said you were going to do quadruple stacking two months ago, but your skills have improved again since then.”

“What? So you’re saying you’re going to do quintuple stacking in just two months? Are you crazy? Cordelia! Why didn’t you tell me that important thing?”

Kanon’s eyes were about to pop out. Rosenblur could completely understand his feelings. He had also been very excited when he first learned of her talent.

In contrast to her intense reaction, Cordelia seemed to be indifferent.

“Huh? Um… … Didn’t I tell you?”

“I didn’t tell you! My goodness, it takes years for others to go from quadruple to quintuple. Now there’s something else to brag about. Ugh, it’s too bad. It’s too bad! If you weren’t Atile’s disciple, I would erase the seal and bring you to Diduacel.”

Kanon continued to look at Cordelia with a deep sense of regret. Rosenblu found it amusing and understood his master’s feelings.

“By the way, is Lady Matilda in the lab?”

“Matilda is now in the meeting, meeting!”

Kanon suddenly turned his body the other way as if he remembered something.

“Look at my mind. The Sirius meeting was called and I was on my way. I completely forgot because I was talking to you. If you see Matilda in the conference room, I’ll tell her that you’re looking for her.”

“Thank you, Master.”

“Go ahead, Kanon.”

Kanon hurried to the conference room, leaving Cordelia and Rosenblu’s greetings behind. When he opened the door and went inside, there were already four people sitting.

“Hurry up and go. Do we have time?”

He was scolded before he could even sit down. Kanon glared at Hayden and muttered.

“Why do you come early every day?”

“What?”

“Are you old and deaf already? Why are you picking on me for being late once?”

“Picking me up? What did you say to me when I was five minutes late? Huh? If you’re going to be that late, just close the coffin lid and go inside! You should just close the coffin lid and go inside!”

Hayden shouted. Leonard could only yawn because this sight was so familiar.

They were old enough and high-ranking in the Magic Alliance, but they were fighting like apprentice magicians.

“Stop it. Didn’t you call this meeting to watch the two of you fight?”

Matilda, who was sitting in the middle, said politely, and only then did the childish sparring end. Hayden and Kanon glared at each other, grumbling.

“As you all know, a massive collapse occurred in the south of Ershe in the past twenty years. I called you here to tell you about the results of my investigation with my disciples.”

“Has the contract holder been identified?”

Kanon asked. Matilda shook her head quietly.

“We’re not sure who the contract holder is yet. However, we do know who summoned the demon.”

“What do you mean? Can the contract holder and the demon summoner be different?”

“Theoretically, it’s not impossible. It was my first time seeing this, so I was surprised, but if it was Maximilian Attila who summoned the demon, it would be different. As you know, he lost all his magic power.”

“What?”

Menupio, who had been sitting silently, opened his eyes wide and straightened his back stiffly.

Maximilian was Menupio Alpan’s most beloved disciple.

It was even widely rumored that Maximilian would be the next successor to the Rhiannon School. However, after it was revealed that he was the culprit who killed his brother, Menupio could only watch in despair as Maximilian lost all his magic power and was brought to trial.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. Maximilian’s unique calculation formula was discovered during the summoning ritual. However, as you know, if there is no magic power, the contract cannot be made, and if this truth has not changed, it means that he is not the contract holder.”

“Hmm. The key is who the contract holder is.”

Hayden said, stroking his bushy beard. Matilda nodded lightly in agreement.

“Based on the scale of the collapse, at least fifty demons must have been summoned. That would be difficult for even a low-level magician to handle, so at the very least, a mid-level or higher magician would have made a contract.”

“Even without that, his traces were found in Angsene and we were tracking him.”

Leonard, who had been quietly watching the situation, spoke for the first time. Everyone’s eyes were focused on him.

“What are you going to do, Attila?”

“We have to find him and kill him. Whether it’s summoning a demon or whatever, he’s just a normal person who lost his magic powers.”

“Tsk, tsk. That’s why you’re needlessly keeping him alive just to have a trial, and this is what’s going on.”

Kanon clicked his tongue and said. At that moment, Menupio looked straight at Leonard and said,

“I’ll join the pursuit party.”

“Do you really need to see him act so dirty?”

“I raised him with my own hands. It’s only natural that I end him with my own hands.”

Menupio’s eyes were stained with pain and responsibility. Leonard thought for a moment and then nodded.

“Understood. I’ll send someone else.”

“I wonder if that contractor is with Maximilian?”

“We have to find him and kill him as quickly as possible. He must be out of his mind since he made a contract with such a strong demon.”

“With so much power coming in at once, he might be massacring innocent civilians somewhere.”

Hayden and Kanon growled whenever they looked at each other, but sometimes their thoughts were surprisingly in sync.

“I’ll kill him as soon as I find him.”

Leonard shrugged lightly.

“Matilda. Do you have nothing more to say?”

“If you’re done, let’s go eat. My stomach is sticking to my back.”

“Wait. I still have something to say.”

Matilda slowly got up and sat the people who were about to leave back down. Hayden grumbled.

“What else?”

“About Cordelia Vasquez, Atili’s disciple.”

“Huh? Why our Cordelia?”

Kanon, who had been bored throughout the meeting, immediately reacted to Cordelia’s name. Hayden snorted.

“What about our Cordelia? Is she one of your school?”

“You get out of here. Matilda, tell me. What is it? Are you also coveting our Cordelia?”

“She might be half-demon.”