Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 110

Chapter 55.2

…A wall with nothing?

Hearing those words, he glanced behind him casually. The door was still there. Its shape was so evident that it could be called a door even if a person wasn’t really looking at it.

As a chill ran down his spine, Eden swallowed dryly and replied in a cracked voice.

“That’s right… it’s a wall with nothing on it.”

“What is it? This isn’t funny, hurry up and follow me. You’ll miss the hatching like this.”

The knight turned around first and strode out of the library. And even though Eden seemed to follow without a word, he looked back around again from where the knight was standing.

No matter how he looked at it, it was the door that stood there.

A tightly closed door, unlike a while ago.

˚ ·: * ✧ * :· ˚

Two days after the subjugation force left, several wounded returned to the temple.

I looked to see if Eden was among them.

‘There isn’t.’

While I was glad that I wasn’t hurt, it was a bit disappointing that I couldn’t hear the story of the sanctuary from him. Seeing that the commanders hadn’t returned, it seemed that the sanctuary had been safely recaptured. However, the faces of the returning paladins were not very bright.

If they recaptured a meaningful place like the old sanctuary, shouldn’t they be excited…?

Although I was curious about the cause of the suspicious attitude, I took care of the Actilus knights along with the two ladies-in-waiting who followed me.

‘Unfortunately,’ the knights were injured to such an extent that they could no longer participate in the subjugation held back their words at first but then began to open their mouths after I persuaded them. When I heard about Raniero’s strategy, I could feel chills running down my spine.

It was because it was an against humanity idea that no criminal could do, no matter how much the target was a demonic beast.

It felt like pouring cold water into my mind that had been soft for a moment.

Meanwhile, Sylvia’s hand, who was helping me bandage the knight’s leg, trembled starkly. For her, it must be a story that would make her heart sink. It was because she was in a similar situation to the beasts in the sanctuary. She must have remembered the time when she went into the hunting grounds to hunt her mother and brother. I don’t think it would be good for her to hear more of this story.

“Sylvia.”

She, who was trembling with unknown emotions, clenched her hands together to hide the trembling as if she had come to her senses at my words.

“…Yes, Your Majesty.”

“The knights must be very thirsty, bring them something to drink.”

It would be humiliating for someone in Actilus if I told her to go in and rest because she didn’t look well. Not only that, but to say such a thing in front of the knights, who were the most ‘Actilus-like person,’ was really tactless. So in the end, it was better to tell her to leave for a while on the pretext of running errands.

Sylvia seemed to have noticed my intentions, too. She glanced at me with a complicated expression before bowing deeply and backing away.

I asked the knights.

“His Majesty must have left the sanctuary now. Did he take the newborn beasts with him?”

The knights answered yes.

Now, I had all the information I wanted to get from them.

When she returned with the medicine tea, I decided to leave Cisen to take care of the knights and leave the infirmary with Sylvia. However, the clever and pretty Sylvia seemed to know that I deliberately avoided her. She, who had maintained her calm and steadfast expressionless expression, asked abruptly.

“Your Majesty… why do you care so much about me?”

I was taken aback for a moment by the direct question.

“What do you mean, why?”

“I’m… the daughter of a traitor and a trophy. Don’t you despise me when I was begging for my life because I wasn’t prepared to die?”

“De-despise…?”

No, such intense emotions?

“I don’t understand why you treat me so excessively…”

“Then, do you want me to treat you badly?”

Sylvia kept her mouth shut at the question, but the question still remained on her face. When I saw her appearance like that, I bit my lip softly and turned my body completely towards her.

“Doesn’t that mean you really hate me, as well? Don’t you think that I’m responsible for the fall of the Marquis’ family?”

I still doubt that Sylvia might poison my teacup. It was one thing for me to be kind to her and to be wary of her.

Sylvia’s eyes trembled and her lips, too.

Soon, she opened her mouth as if she was about to speak her mind.

“If I want to hate Your Majesty, you must first hate me.”

“….”

“When I resent you for driving my mother and brother to death, I remember the moment I stabbed my mother with my own hands… So when I defended myself so as to live, I’ll also defend Your Majesty with the same logic.”

Sylvia tilted her head so as not to drop her welling-up tears.

Still, it was futile. Her thick tears flowed down her clear, smooth skin as she frowned and smiled slightly.

“When I remember the moment when I directly encountered my mother’s murderous intent, I also vividly remember my struggle to survive in fear. At the same time, I also remember the moment when my mother’s murderous intent was directed at Your Majesty…”

“Stop it.”

Saying that, I approached Sylvia and gently hugged her on the shoulder as she buried her face in my shoulder and sobbed.

Want to read more? Up to [25] advanced chapters are available on Patreon: