Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband - Chapter 88.1

Schedule: Wed and Sat. Nana's ko-fi, Nabi's kofi.

Chapter 88.1

For two weeks, I remained in the capital, acclimating myself to the mansion. I heard that the servants and Sid, who had been struggling to recover from their treatment at the Viscount’s residence, were gradually regaining their senses.

Still, I felt bad for harming innocent people.

In the end, my conscience got the better of me, and I sent the servants to the Viscount’s residence to collect some useful items, along with some of the purification stones I had meticulously collected in the vault.

Meanwhile, I received an invitation to Duke Dairus’ residence, and, conversely, Lily came here for tea. It was a complete departure from the original story.

The number of disappearances in the capital was increasing steadily. It seemed to be increasing not only in the capital but also in the provinces. As I looked at the list of missing persons that the Crown Prince had given me, saying that this was the situation, I couldn’t help but sigh.

It could be a crime or a simple incident, but judging from the rapidly increasing number of missing persons, the probability of it being related to the demons was high. Even the names of nobles, who normally had a significantly lower probability of disappearing, were on the list, so it was not something to be overlooked.

“Carrion Molli? Where have I seen that name… It sounds familiar.”

It must be my imagination. It’s been quite some time since she disappeared, so it’s probably not related. Anyway, I hoped that everyone on this list would return home safely.

After reviewing the list of missing persons, I turned my head to look at other documents. Dylan occasionally asked me about the atmosphere in the guild, so I had no choice but to start looking through the guild’s records one by one.

“Come to think of it, he hasn’t taken any commissions lately. Has he gone to another region?”

Gobi Eless.

He was the mercenary who took on the most S-rank commissions, so I was quite concerned about him.

Looking through his records, I saw that his name had not appeared for almost three months.

I guessed the staff wouldn’t have been so friendly if they had known. I had originally planned to treat him to a meal separately, but I changed my mind after hearing what Noah, or rather, Kairos, said.

He said that if I talked to him too friendly, he would visit the guildless often, so I decided to just increase his commission slightly. It seemed that he had disappeared right around that time. I didn’t want to tell Kairos that I would go to the guild to check on him myself, as it seemed like I would be the one losing out.

“The overall sales have increased…”

Certainly, the number of commissions to deal with demons had increased in Ferrarium as well. Even Ferrarium, which used to be a clean area, had to be on high alert, let alone Mabel, where I used to be.

It seemed that demons were really appearing simultaneously. The number of missing persons was increasing, and on top of that, demons were appearing. The problem was that in the past, many cases were closed with either the missing person being found or the body being found, but now they were simply vanishing.

In the original story, it was said that they were offered as sacrifices… Was it not just ending there?

“Come to think of it, they called me ‘that’ when they caught me.”

They also said that they deliberately showed me to the followers.

At that time, I simply thought that they were trying to resolve the matter and that I might be misunderstood, so I forgot about it.

It didn’t seem like they would just throw a hard-to-find offering to the demons. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been handled so cleanly. With this many disappearances, there must have been a problem with the disposal of the bodies after the offering, so I didn’t know how they were handling things so cleanly.

Lily’s divine power was growing stronger, and Jed was diligently doing his best to fulfill his role. The troublesome problem in the north was also resolved when the villain changed his mind…

I wasn’t much, but I helped capture the cultists, and I subtly gave Lily helpful information when I met her this time.

So why.

Why did it seem like they were becoming more active?

Combining the newspaper articles and the information Lily gave me, it seemed that the followers were desperate to find something. This part seemed to be very different from the original story.

The demons, including the followers, were said to be focusing all their efforts on expanding their territory in order to hasten the demon lord’s perfect resurrection, rather than looking for something.

The stronger the power of darkness in this land, the more the demon lord would be able to awaken with its original power. So, it was said that they focused on gathering followers and forming groups of demons to expand their influence.

What on earth were they looking for? Judging by the frequency, it seemed that demons were appearing more often in the capital, Mabel, and Ferrarium than in the north, where there were many demons.

In terms of numbers alone, the north was far superior, but that’s compared to the number that appeared before.

‘What was I missing? What have I missed…?’