My Contract Husband is Going Crazy Because of My Iron Wall - Chapter 38.1

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Chapter 38.1

“Why are you two like this? Who should I listen to first?”

“Listen to me before you listen to him.”

“Since I asked first, you should listen to me, aunt.”

“Hmm…”

Seemingly lost in thought, Camilla silently fanned herself. Soon, she finished her contemplation and looked at Amil.

“Since Amil asked first, I suppose I should hear Amil’s story first.”

* * *

Amil, who had finished the interview with Camilla alone, exited with a satisfied expression.

‘…Did he give up on the information about the second awakening?’

Reinhardt glanced at the portable recording device in Amil’s hand once before entering the room where Camilla was waiting. As expected, his mother’s expression wasn’t good.

He gulped and sat down opposite her.

“Can you take a look at this?”

Just as Amil had relied on the power of the portable recording device, Reinhardt decided to use the power of an object as well. The object he chose was the popular novel, ‘We Fell in Love Through Our Contract Marriage!’

“Have you read this?”

“Yes.”

“I’ve already read it. It’s a famous book.”

“Then it should be easy to explain.”

Reinhardt pushed the book aside and began to speak.

“Just like the protagonist in this book, I want to go beyond the contractual marriage with Irovel and become a couple who truly love each other.”

“What are you talking about? A contract marriage?”

Camilla asked in shock, but he was also slightly surprised by her question.

“Didn’t you hear it all from Brother Amil?”

“…Amil just kept badmouthing his father.”

“Excuse me?”

What was she talking about? Wasn’t he supposed to play the recording of Irovel mentioning the marriage of convenience?

“He came in with a recording device. Did he not play it for you?”

“He just played a song he sang. He said he doesn’t want to inherit the marquisate and wants to become an actor, but his old-fashioned father won’t allow it, so he asked me to persuade him.”

“….”

So, that was all he had to say?

Reinhardt felt a bit deflated. Shouldn’t he blurt out about the marriage of convenience?

“But what do you mean by a marriage of convenience? Can you explain it to me slowly?”

When Camilla asked gently with a smile, he realized that she was very angry.

‘It’s no use regretting it now.’

Reinhardt had no choice but to explain how he came to have a marriage of convenience with Irovel and what had happened since then. Of course, he left out the part about Irovel being a half-demon for her safety.

“…So, as I said before, I want to have a relationship with Irovel where we truly love each other.”

“Haha! How dare you speak of a loveless marriage in Erestein? Did you think I protected you from ruining Erestein’s identity?”

After the incident where Roselina hit Reinhardt in the calf, Camilla confessed her atrocities to the late emperor, but he had not taken any action.

Enraged by this, she had poisoned both the late empress, Roselina, and the late emperor.

Although she was finally able to escape her status as a consort thanks to the emperor’s death, Camilla could no longer inherit the Grand Duchy of Erestein as she had become a member of the imperial family.

With such an ambiguous status, she would not have the means to protect Reinhardt from Gerard when he grew up.

So, she pleaded with her father to pass on the grand duchy to her.

“You want me to give back what you threw away?”

However, her father didn’t look kindly upon his daughter, who had chosen the late emperor over Erestein.

Fortunately, her father did recognize Camilla’s excellent qualities.

Thanks to this, Camilla was able to inherit the grand duchy only after she swore to her father several times that she would ‘never forget the spirit of Erestein and pass it on to Reinhardt.’ She was shocked that the son she had protected had violated the spirit of Erestein.

“Why on earth did you do that? What did you have to gain by accepting a proposal from a young lady you had just met?”

Although the biggest reason was that he thought it would help him defeat the demon, Reinhardt now knew that there was another reason.

“I fell in love at first sight.”

A calm confession followed without the object of his affection present.

“Her delicate features, refreshing height, balanced posture, and confident demeanor naturally caught my eye. I didn’t notice it at the time, though.”

As he spoke, the corners of Reinhardt’s mouth turned up involuntarily. Camilla carefully observed her son’s face.

“When Irovel asked to speak with me, I was disappointed, thinking that she was just like the other young ladies who only saw my appearance and wanted to confess… But when I talked to her, it wasn’t like that. I realized that I was wrong, and I was amazed by her. I was shocked by how she could stare at me with such a serious face and shower me with compliments about my appearance, and I wondered what kind of person she was.”