Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 116

Chapter 58.2

I didn’t even expect him to come today. So instead of waiting for him in the temple, I passed the time flipping through books in the sanctuary. The grandfather archbishop had estimated that the subjugation would take approximately two weeks. Generally, battles tended to be prolonged longer than originally planned. This was because fatigue would set in, and unforeseen circumstances can arise.

However, considering Raniero’s formidable abilities, I dismissed the possibility of any significant delays and expected his return in two weeks’ time.

But…

Perhaps I underestimated Raniero, he returned in ten days, four days ahead of schedule.

“Then, what should you say now?”

He stood a little closer to me.

Feeling like our bodies would touch, the nape of her neck warmed up little by little. I didn’t have a clue what to say. Should I praise his ability? Still, I thought that such a thing was ‘too obvious’ and he wouldn’t feel emotion.

‘What exactly does he want to hear?’

As if I really lost my discipline, I couldn’t open my mouth even after 5 seconds. Seeing Raniero withdraw with a hard pout on his face, I hesitated and examined his face timidly.

“I’m sorry I didn’t meet you.”

“It’s fine.”

He grunted.

‘…I guess this isn’t it, either.’

Raniero’s gaze moved down my face and rested on my hand.

I was aghast. Because I was so surprised by his sudden appearance, I couldn’t even hide the book, so 「 Flowers Bloom In The Abyss 」 was still obscurely in my hand.

“What were you reading?”

“That…”

I inadvertently tried to say that it was nothing, but I kept my mouth shut again. It was because such remarks were too suspicious.

Thankfully, a brilliant idea struck me.

How about a doctrinal book? In that case, Raniero would never be interested in such a thing.

“Doctrine books. It’s just precepts.”

“But you said son of a b*tch?”

Chills went down my spine at his words.

…Did he hear that?

As the blood drained from my face, Raniero casually tried to take the book from my hand. His gesture was natural, but I was scared. Because of that, the hand holding the book unknowingly gained strength.

One of Raniero’s eyebrows rose. The way he looked at me showed a very suspicious look.

‘…I’d rather just give him the book.’

I closed my eyes tightly.

Let’s just say it was a book I didn’t know, and I just found it by accident. Of course, I would have no idea why this low-level fantasy novel existed in a place like this anyway. Common sense, right? I wasn’t sure if I would be able to say it well… because I wasn’t good at lying. Still, if I was really desperate, like the day I was caught sneaking out, wouldn’t it be possible?

With all my arrogance in mind, I handed the book to Raniero.

He accepted the book from me with a delicate expression. Suspicious eyes scanned the front and back covers of the book, and then long fingers dug into random pages.

The few seconds felt so long.

Like a child waiting to be scolded, I stood impatiently and rehearsed the lines in my head. When Raniero’s tall eyebrows wrinkled slightly, I wished he would say something quickly though he didn’t speak for quite some time and kept flipping through the pages.

Was he shocked?

I quietly took a glance at his face.

It was certain that it wasn’t a pleasant face, but it was difficult to determine exactly what kind of emotion it was. This was because only his hands moved as the expression on his face slightly frowned.

He finally closed the book.

“Are you kidding me?”

I replied urgently.

“I don’t exactly know what the book is either.”

“I thought you said it’s a precept?”

“I-I’m sorry… that’s a lie.”

“I knew it.”

“I suppose so…”

It was obvious again… well, he did hear when I cussed earlier. Cold sweat broke out on my palms. It felt like I was going to cry if I fidgeted, so I strained my eyes.

Meanwhile, Raniero tossed the book into the air and caught it before returning it to me.

…What?

Even though I couldn’t interpret his behavior, I quickly accepted it.

“Let’s go back.”

Huh?

Was that the end?

I could read his emotions as his expression finally changed a little as I glanced up cautiously.

What filled those frowning eyes was boredom.

He got bored after reading this…? It was a novel that had a terrible ending of himself after doing things to the Saint of Tunia…

I pressed down on the book and opened it to any page.

No matter which page I opened, the Raniero in the book was doing awful things to Seraphina. In fact, more than 90% of 「 Flowers Bloom In The Abyss 」 was like that.

Raniero saw me examining the contents of the book and snorted.

“What are you looking at?”

“That’s…”

“It’s blank.”

A shudder ran from my head to toe.

…What?

The question must have been painted on my face. It was because a slight hint of doubt began to appear on Raniero’s face.

“…It’s blank, isn’t it?”

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