My Husband Hates Me, But He Lost His Memories - Chapter 8.2
Chapter 8.2
Translator: Yonnee
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I decided to dispose of almost all the jewelry I brought with me after getting married, leaving only a few.
My father gave these to me as wedding gifts, but he wouldn’t care about what I did with them anyway. In the first place, these gifts were only given for Everett to save face.
Anyway, since these accessories were quite expensive, I was able to get a considerable amount of gold in exchange.
Now, it would be enough to hand these over to the administrator so that they could be added to the territory’s treasury, but they would be opposed to it…
If the bride, who had married into the family less than a week ago, would be seen selling her jewelry and giving it like this, the pride of the Valentino Duchy could be hurt and they would think, ‘How dare this hypocritical daughter of Everett disregard us.’
For this not to happen, I had to use a different method of using this money effectively in the right place. For instance…
“……”
I took out a small box. It was something I brought from the Everett estate.
As the lid opened, a silver object contained within the box shined under the indoor light on which it reflected.
This was the magic tool that Owen gave me.
’If you need to investigate Valentino’s Young Master secretly, use this. It’s a magic tool that allows you to change your appearance into the person you have in mind. There might be a problem if you couldn’t remember the right physical characteristics of that person, but you have a good memory, so…’
I didn’t know that manipulative crazy bastard’s schemes would help me in this way.
Of course, Owen gave me this magic tool with an insidious reason in mind. But at the end of the day, I didn’t wish to dig up the secrets of the Valentino Duchy as Owen instructed me to. I’d just say I tried, but I’ll just say I couldn’t get anything and pretend to be incompetent.
For Owen, Hessen and Father, my incompetence was a given, so they wouldn’t even doubt this.
Above all, Owen firmly believed that he had complete control over me.
With one corner of my lips tilted up, I smirked.
The magic tool took the form of a necklace, and so I hung it on my neck. The oval pendant was just the right size to hide under clothes.
With this, I can turn into either a maid or a knight and go distribute food. I can prepare the food with the money I got from selling the accessories.
One way or another, this was a good method.
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However, even as I thought I hid my tracks well enough, the merchant opened his mouth at will and the news reached my Theodore.
I can’t believe that mouth still opened when I paid him enough to shut him up.
Facing my husband, I sat in front of him and sipped tasteless tea. It’s not that I couldn’t taste anything, but the tea itself didn’t have any flavor. Maybe my tongue had been paralyzed.
Even if this tea had poison, there would be nothing strange about it…
“I heard you sold your jewelry.”
Hearing Theodore’s voice, I looked up.
It didn’t seem like his pride had been hurt. He didn’t seem angry, but he looked annoyed. Even if he thought that I was doing something useless and incomprehensible, I touched my teacup and replied quietly, without hesitation.
“I don’t like those anymore. I want to buy new jewelry.”
Of course, this was a lie.
The fact that I was secretly distributing food was something that only Charlotte knew.
With his brows furrowed, Theodore scoffed loudly, then he retorted.
“You don’t have to sell your old jewelry to get money. No matter how bad the situation of the land is, Valentino is still the reigning Duchy of the north. You can buy enough jewelry without having to stain your dignity.”
“……”
What did he mean?
Theodore was someone who was concerned about the territory and his people’s lives more than anyone else. He must be bluffing in front of me. Perhaps because it was the unwilling spirit to lose to Everett. Well… It didn’t matter. I wasn’t going to tell him the truth anyway.
“I apologize… I’ll be careful next time.”
“……”
When I spoke with a small voice with my head down, it seemed like he had nothing more to say to me. I glanced up and looked at his face. Come to think of it… His condition didn’t look good.
“Are you sick? Your face is so pale. Is it that your compatibility with your contracted spirit still isn’t good?’
But I had no right to utter these words.
“Then you may leave. We have no other business.”
At his order, I stood up from my seat. He looked at me in a way that made me nervous. I didn’t want to be under that gaze anymore, so I tried to rush out.
However, the moment I grabbed the doorknob, he spoke again, as though he had just remembered. It was the clear tone of ridicule.
“After taking a look around my territory, you were so surprised that you wish to be comforted by jewels. Truly, you’re Everett’s daughter. Please be at ease—you will not need to go on such crude sightseeing anymore in the future.”
He didn’t even ask if I had been scared that I was almost choked by that wrathful villager.
No… I believe he would have been rather happy if I was strangled to death right then. I would be one less nuisance to him, and he wouldn’t need to raise a hand himself.
“……”
I bowed silently and left the room.
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And it was a few days after this that I saw Theodore acting unusually.
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