My Contract Husband is Going Crazy Because of My Iron Wall - Chapter 36
Chapter 36
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“Reinhardt. I will never leave you to die… Leave this to me.”
My dream self said with determined eyes.
‘…What the heck? Why is Reinhardt dying? And what am I supposed to do?’
As I was about to be overwhelmed by confusion, I woke up from my dream and thought to myself in a daze.
‘This must be a precognitive dream, too…?’
I had heard that ‘abilities’ only manifested in high-ranking demons… It seemed that my ability was probably to predict the future through dreams. Did it mean I have the blood of a high-ranking demon?
I wished I had been born as a pure-blood human, even if it meant being born into a lower status. Even if I had an ability, since I was a half-blood, my dreams were not very vivid, and since the gate to the Demon Realm had been closed, I couldn’t even meet my parents…
What good was being a half-blood of a high-ranking demon?!
‘But if Reinhardt might die…’
“You’re awake.”
At that moment, Reinhardt came out of the dressing room attached to the bedroom. He had just gotten out of the shower, and his hair was naturally tousled, and he was wearing a bathrobe, so it seemed like he had just changed.
“…Yes.”
We slept in the same bedroom every day, but today, I was embarrassed to show him my nightgown, so I wrapped myself tightly in the sheets.
Yesterday’s events came to mind.
The hand that had grabbed my waist as I collapsed on the bed, the sensation of his lips against my thin nightgown.
“It’s a pity it’s not bare skin.”
A low chuckle and a handsome face.
All of those sights filled my head. Then, I asked, my face half-buried in the sheets.
“Reinhardt. When are you going to the north?”
“According to the messenger who came yesterday, the remaining Tartars have been dealt with, so it seems like I won’t have to go back for the time being… Are you asking because you want me to go to the north?”
“Yes.”
“….”
Reinhardt gasped at my honest answer. Then, he asked with a face full of shock.
“Why…?”
“To be honest, I was a little, no. I was very flustered because of yesterday’s events… What if I end up falling for you for real like this?”
“Ha…”
Reinhardt let out a long sigh and, for some reason, let out a small chuckle, looking amused.
“What did I do? I was just giving you a massage.”
“I told you I’m weak to physical contact! I can’t help but get flustered when our bodies touch!”
“Then, out of all the men you’ve been flustered by up until now, how flustered do I make you yesterday?”
“You rank thirteenth…?”
“Last time, it was fourteenth, right? I’ve moved up one. But…”
He suddenly hardened his face and asked, “Who was that man?”
“That man?”
“The man you said you couldn’t let go of.”
“Ah… He was first love.”
He was the person I had loved the most in that world.
“…If you’re going to put me behind a man you can’t even remember properly, then maybe you weren’t flustered at all.”
“No? I was! My heart was pounding!”
“Then, how flustered were you with that man you put first?”
Reinhardt spat out his words, and he seemed angry for some reason. I thought there was no way that was true, but I asked anyway.
“Reinhardt. Are you angry?”
“Why would I be angry? Am I jealous? I don’t even like Irovel, so there’s no way I would be.”
Reinhardt spat out his words as if he were offended by my misunderstanding… He was this obviously upset, but I guessed I must have been mistaken again this time.
“I see. I’m sorry if I offended you.”
“Be careful in the future. It’ll be very difficult if you keep thinking that I like you.”
After saying that, Reinhardt left the bedroom without even saying goodbye. When he left in such a hurry, it seemed like he really was offended.
‘I really have to be careful from now on.’
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Stepping out of the bedroom, I found Amil leaning against the door with his back to me.
‘Why is Amil here?’
“I will have someone follow Amil. I will instruct them not to let him meet you, so you do not have to worry about hearing nonsense like marrying her.”
Didn’t Reinhardt specifically say that?
“Hehe… If it isn’t the Grand Duchess.”
Seeing the knight who was supposed to be guarding the Grand Duke’s bedroom standing at ease and with his arm around Amil, I seemed to understand the situation.
‘Amil must have given him a drink.’
Was it okay for a knight guarding the Grand Duke’s room to act like this? I glanced at the knight and Amil in turn.
“What are you two doing?”
“I apologize, Grand Duchess… Hehe.”
“He didn’t even refuse the drink I offered him but took it right away. If it were me, I would not have such a person under my command.”
“Is that something the person who gave him the drink should say?”
Amil smiled sheepishly at my rebuke.
“I wanted to see Irovel no matter what.”
“Don’t say things that could be misunderstood.”
“If no one hears it, I can say whatever I want, right?”
Amil, who had been grinning, lightly covered the knight’s ear.
“Grand Duchess, will you please make sure no one else hears?”
In short, he was telling me to get rid of the knights.
“…You have something to say to me? Follow me.”
“To the bedroom?”
“No. I don’t want to cause any more misunderstandings, so I will go where Reinhardt is.”
“I want to speak with you alone…”
“We won’t be speaking about anything alone!”
I told the knight that he did not have to follow me and walked towards Reinhardt’s office, where he was likely to be. Amil obediently followed me, then suddenly lowered his voice and asked.
“By the way, have you checked if Reinhardt is sick?”
“He said he’s not. He doesn’t seem sick at all.”
“He’s good at hiding his illness.”
“According to Reinhardt, young lord Leopold is talking nonsense.”
“Nonsense, my foot. If you don’t believe me, don’t ask him, and just take his temperature right now.”
“What difference does it make if he has a fever?”
“To tell you that, you need to tell me about the second awakening first.”
He wanted to make a deal. I snorted.
“You’ll find out yourself.”
As we talked, we arrived at his office. However, there was someone standing in front of the door before us. It was Jade.
“Ah… It’s the Grand Duchess.”
Jade, who had been glaring at me ever since I entered Amil’s bedroom, took a step back, clutching the envelope of documents in his arms tightly.
‘What is this?’
He was reacting as if there was something in the envelope that I should not see.
It was very suspicious… I wasn’t the only one who thought so, because Amil immediately snatched the envelope from Jade.
“What is the meaning of this!”
Jade quickly reached out his arm, but Amil was faster.
“Hold still.”
Amil held the envelope upside down and shook it vigorously. However, what came out of the envelope was not documents…
“What did I say?”
As he held the medicine envelope in his hand and smiled triumphantly, at the same time, the door at the back of the office opened and Reinhardt came out. He must have heard the commotion outside.
“….”
He saw the medicine envelope in Amil’s hand, and his face hardened.
“Even though I didn’t kick you out because we’re cousins, how dare you behave like this in someone else’s house?”
“You wouldn’t kick me out. You were afraid I would go to my aunt.”
“Stop it! That’s not why I brought you to him!”
I hurriedly snatched the medicine envelope, put it in the document envelope, and handed it to Reinhardt. Then, I dragged Amil and Reinhardt into the office.
“Let’s go in and talk.”
I showed Amil with my expression that I would not let this go, even though it was nothing.
“Ah— I want to talk to you alone, so why are you bringing him?”
Amil sat down on the sofa and grumbled, then suddenly saw the envelope of documents in Reinhardt’s hand and smiled strangely.
“Reinhardt. You’re sick. I wonder why? Could it be the reason I’m thinking of? Haha!”
“….”
He glared at Amil in silence, his eyes filled with intense anger and bewilderment.
‘Was what Amil said true?’
In that case, where, how, and how much does it hurt? What is the cause?
“Reinhardt… Are you in a lot of pain?”
Reinhardt gazed at me with concern for a long time, then answered with difficulty after a moment of silence.
“…No. I just have a slight fever. It’s not enough to worry about.”
“You can believe what he says.”
“Brother, can’t you just leave me alone?”
“I can’t. I have something to say to Irovel. I want to tell you to leave because I want to talk to her alone, but that would be too rude. Oh, I’ve already said it.”
He was being even more tactless than usual.
‘The second awakening has turned him nuts…’
I shook my head and sighed.
“What do you want to talk about?” I asked, thinking that he would ask me about the second awakening again, but Amil’s answer was completely different.
“I received a letter from my aunt, who heard rumors that I was causing trouble at the Grand Duchy. She said she would come to see me soon.”
“Are you not embarrassed to refer to yourself as ‘causing trouble’?”
Reinhardt sneered, but Amil pretended not to hear and whined.
“Ah—This is so difficult. I wanted to see my aunt anyway, but for her to come and see me in person like this.”
Amil placed a recording device on the table and grinned.
“It would be very interesting if I played this for her. Don’t you think so?”
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