I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 93



Only Krnovel

Contract with the Devil
2024.02.01.

Cordelia looked at Rosenblu, unable to answer easily. Mathilda noticed her gaze and asked Rosenblu,

“Is this something Cordelia shouldn’t hear?”

“No. It’s okay. Lydia is also Cordelia’s friend.”

“Then come in.”

Matilda stood in front of the door. Two eyes appeared in the center of the door. Le Can looked at Matilda, Rosenblu, and Cordelia carefully and spoke to Cordelia in a friendly manner.

“See you again. Vasquez.”

“Oh, hello.”

“Yes. Come and be my chatting partner sometimes.”

Unlike Candias in Leonard’s study, Le Can had a gentle and calm personality. Cordelia laughed awkwardly at Le Can’s words and went inside. Matilda sat down and said,

“What would you like to drink?”

“I’m fine. Cordelia?”

“I’m fine too.”

“Hmm. Yes. “You have something to ask about Lydia Elfenbaum? About the devil’s pact she made?”

Matilda seemed to already know why Rosenblu had come here. Rosenblu asked back, a little surprised.

“Did you know?”

“A few days before you came, there was a magic outburst at the restaurant. If someone who quit magic more than ten years ago suddenly had enough magic to cause a magic outburst, there’s only one conclusion to draw based on the circumstances.”

“A magic outburst? Lydia?”

“You didn’t know. I heard Cordelia was there at the time.”

“Oh. Yes. That’s right.”

“You were there when Lydia had her magic outburst? Are you hurt?”

He was a thoughtful and kind person. Rosenblu showed affection by worrying about Cordelia first even when he heard that his sister had gone berserk. Cordelia shook her head.

“I’m fine. The power of the magic outburst was small, and I blocked it well with a defensive spell. By the way, Lydia is not in big trouble either. “It was a short period of rampage.”

“Thank goodness. But ha. To the point of causing a rampage of magical power… … .”

Rosenblu’s sigh deepened. Matilda, who read the agony on his face, asked.

“Explain from the beginning. Do you know which demon Elfenbaum, or Lydia, made a contract with?”

“No. She denies the contract itself. She said she never made a contract.”

“That could be true. As you know, there are negative views on gaining power by making a contract with a demon.”

Matilda remained silent for a while, leaving that as the only answer. Rosenblu’s silence unbearable, she opened her mouth.

“Would it be difficult to break the contract?”

“You need to know what the terms of the contract are first. There are plenty of ways to do it as long as it’s not risking your life, so don’t worry too much.”

Matilda seemed to know his impatience and calmly reassured him. Rosenblu’s expression brightened slightly.

“Then what I have to do is.”

“Convince your brother and find out what kind of demon he made a contract with. Breaking the contract comes next. After all, Lydia was only a low-ranking or apprentice. The contract she could make would be with a low-ranking demon. So breaking the contract wouldn’t be that difficult.”

“Yes. I understand. Thank you, Lady Matilda.”

“By the way, do you know why Lydia made a contract with a demon?”

Cordelia, who had been listening quietly from the side, asked cautiously. Rosenblu shook her head.

“I don’t know either. Why on earth did Lydia make that choice?”

“There are usually two types of magicians who want power. Those who are not satisfied with their own power and want to rise above it, and those who are blinded by jealousy.”

“But neither of these fit Lydia’s situation. Lydia didn’t originally follow the path of a magician, so she wouldn’t want more power. Jealousy? Why would Lydia be jealous of anyone?”

Matilda quietly looked into Cordelia’s eyes at her rebuttal.

As expected, they were not alike. Not with Gritta.

“I don’t know because you have overwhelming talent, but many ordinary people get frustrated and jealous when they see someone like you.”

“Huh? Me? No, no. Lady Matilda. I always get told off by my teacher for being stupid.”

Cordelia waved her hand, trembling. She honestly thought she was average or slightly above. Isn’t that what a true genius is like for someone like Leonard?

“Your teacher should be left out of the equation. Atilius was far beyond human realms.”

“That’s right. So, um, I’m not average?”

“… … I’d like to side with Cordelia, but that’s too much to ask. She passed the intermediate wizard exam after only learning magic for a year. And destroying a seven-layer magic circle in a minute is far beyond average. We usually call someone like that a genius.”

“Uh… … Is that so?”

“Humility should be moderate, otherwise it will look like deception,”

Matilda said gently but sharply. Cordelia was a little embarrassed.

Deception? She had never thought of herself as having any outstanding talent for magic. When she heard praise from others, she just thought that the wizards were generous with their compliments.

“Oh, I see. Since you were always the subject of comparison, I thought I was average.”

“If you use Atile as your standard, then that’s understandable. However, if you act too humble, others will not look kindly on you. You should act like your master instead.”

“Like your master?”

“As if I were the only one who was the most talented in the world. Everyone says I’m unlucky, but they recognize my skills.”

“Ahaha… … .”

Cordelia just laughed awkwardly. Given her personality, it seemed like she would have to be reborn to act like Leonard.

“Going back to the beginning, I don’t know exactly why Lydia Elfenbaum made a contract with the devil, but it could be because she was jealous of you. “ Jealousy is usually shown to those close to you.”

“No way. Shouldn’t I be the one who feels jealous? Lydia is a great beauty, and she’s the daughter of Elfenbaum, and she has a kind brother like Mr. Rosenblu. Compared to them, I… … .”

This time, Cordelia strongly denied it. Matilda spoke somewhat sternly.

“Don’t think that I don’t know jealousy because I have a lot. That’s an instinctive human emotion.”

“Jealousy, jealousy.”

Rosenblu, who had been listening to their conversation, muttered the word as if he was savoring it. He had never thought about it that way, but Matilda’s words made sense. Lydia had been talking about Cordelia a lot since Cordelia showed up.

Cordelia cautiously brought up the subject.

“I also have another question. Does your personality change a little if you make a contract with the devil?”

“Your personality? Well, I’ve never heard of anything like that.”

Matilda shook her head slightly and said.

“Really? Hmm.”

“Why? Is there something strange?”

“I think Lydia’s personality has changed a bit. I haven’t known Lydia for long, but she was still a very affectionate and kind person, but after coming to the Magic Alliance, what should I say? Direct? Or rather, sharper. And her eyes, no.”

Matilda turned her head and asked Rosenblu.

“Did you feel the same?”

“Well, I only talked to Lydia for about ten minutes today. But I can understand what Cordelia said. She felt a bit sharper.” “

There was a paper on the changes in the state of contractees after making a contract with the devil, and it said that they usually can’t control their power and become overconfident right after making a contract. Don’t worry too much. It’ll get better with time.”

“I see. That’s good.”

Cordelia smiled brightly, perhaps relieved by Matilda’s answer. Matilda stared into her eyes for a while before asking.

“Did Gritta live happily ever after?”

“Your mother?”

It seemed like it had been a long time since she had heard that name. Cordelia searched for her words for a while, not knowing what to say.

“To be honest, I don’t know. He and my father didn’t get along very well until just before he died.”

As far as Cordelia could remember, their relationship was always the worst.

“How arrogant. What’s so great about you that you can say such nonsense? You should be grateful that Vasquez accepted you!” “

Manson, my family, is better than Vasquez, who is nothing but ashes.”

“How dare you!”

Her mother was usually a quiet person, but when she fought with her father, it was different. She fought back and shouted at him. Every time that happened, her father would lose his temper and start screaming.

Furniture would break. When young Cordelia and Dennis would burst into tears, the nanny would rush over and cover their ears. That was a childhood memory, and

she wished her parents would stop fighting, but she wished they hadn’t.

Her wish was granted in a tragic way when her mother collapsed not long after Cordelia’s tenth birthday.

“She was also very sick. I called a doctor, but I couldn’t afford the medicine, so I couldn’t give her medicine properly for the last year.”

“Didn’t Gritta tell you about me?”

“Yes. I only found out about my mother’s sorcery when I came here.”

Cordelia smiled bitterly. Thinking back on that time, a part of her heart still ached.

The family’s finances were so bad that they couldn’t even afford her mother’s medicine, but her father had been spending a lot of money on Dennis’s swordsmanship instructor.

Her mother knew about it, but she didn’t say anything to him.

“She probably wasn’t happy.”

“… … .”

“If you hadn’t married Vasquez, you would have been much happier as a sorceress.”

“Then you wouldn’t have been born.”

“That doesn’t matter. Mother thought so too. She wished I had been born somewhere else, not in her womb.”

Cordelia’s face sank with melancholy.

“I didn’t know what that meant when I was little, but I learned as I grew up. I think Mother regretted having me. If I hadn’t been there… .”

Matilda said with great determination,

“That can’t be true.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“I’ve been watching Grita for a very long time. She has a strong sense of responsibility and doesn’t regret the things she chooses.”