Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 136

Chapter 68.2

“I told you I was tired of being surrounded by strangers. I never meant to treat you as a hindrance, though…”

My heart was pounding like it was going to jump out of my chest, but I calmly concluded my words.

“…You can understand, right?”

At my words, Countess Tocino had no choice but to reply that she understood. It was because that was the difference in power between her and me.

Finally, there were only four left to do the work. Having stood on the edge of my seat because of the difficulty of lying, I felt a little relaxed now. Lying down on the green velvet sofa that Countess Tocino cherished, I stared blankly at the ceiling.

“Let’s rest for a bit.”

When Eden, who was in charge of this escape operation, said this, Cisen also relaxed her posture and let out an earth-shattering sigh. It seemed that she was very worried.

Then, I glanced at Sylvia.

Unlike me and Cisen, she didn’t seem worried at all and rather seemed to be enjoying herself. She joined the party shortly before the escape operation was carried out. I was furious when I learned that Eden had divulged the Actilus escape plan to her without my consent. Even if she had found him first, shouldn’t he have sent her back before asking for my consent first? What if she had a different mindset? How could he judge her so arbitrarily?

However, when he told me that he believed in Sylvia’s hatred for the emperor, I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut.

…A hatred so intense that someone as intelligent as Sylvia couldn’t have resisted it without telling me, the Empress. She seemed to think that my escape would give Raniero a good shot.

‘…He’ll see his destined partner before he even realizes that I’m gone.’

I felt a little cynical, but I wasn’t about to throw cold water on her. If you think about it, he would turn around and take a hit… by the sword in Seraphina’s hand.

In fact, it was fortunate that Sylvia helped us escape while being immersed in such fantasy.

Running away was actually a small part of what Eden and I needed to do. The most important part was to get to the temple, meet Seraphina, and deliver the contents of the original work. Only then could she kill Raniero so that Eden and I could leave this world and return to the world we came from. Nonetheless, I still couldn’t figure out exactly what to say to Seraphina. I honestly thought Eden’s words would have more impact on her than mine, but…

Eden’s position was problematic.

Once he returned to the temple, having confessed his improper feelings for the Saint, it would be complicated for him to approach Seraphina.

Of course, he would try first, but if it didn’t work, I’d have to tell Seraphina a series of stories myself. I couldn’t rule out the possibility that my words would just sound crazy to her. It would be easier to convince her if there was some evidence to point her towards.

‘…I didn’t realize it would be a problem if the book in the old sanctuary could only be read by me.’

I sighed as my chest was stuffy.

Anyway, there was still time left before we reached the temple, so until then, we needed to do what we set out to do here first.

Countess Tocino’s eyes were now gone.

As I thought so to myself, I raised myself up and sat down on the sofa.

“First of all, shall we write a regards letter?”

I needed to let Raniero know that I’d arrived safely.

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There was no Angelica in the Imperial Palace.

That realization made a bigger difference than he thought. In addition, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became murderous and chilly, and Raniero was mostly to blame.

Not only that, but he had gotten a little strange.

He slept in the Empress’s Palace even though Angelica wasn’t around. Even knowing her absence, his footsteps turned in that direction every day. He found himself losing focus and daydreaming more often. No one expressed concern, but some worried that there might be a problem with this winter’s expedition.

Fortunately, those worries didn’t last long, and something ‘good’ happened by their standards. Angelica’s absence had rekindled a feral thirst in Raniero that seemed to have been temporarily quenched after their marriage.

His senses sharpened, and his appetite grew even more voracious.

He continued to complain of emptiness. There were also frequent complaints that it was boring. Because of that, preparations for the expedition, which were already at the end, were further accelerated because of his complaint.

In the meantime, two days before the departure, a letter arrived from Count Tocino.

It was a letter from Angelica.

The letter wasn’t long. It mentioned that she’d arrived safely, wasn’t ill, and that everyone was friendly. However, it didn’t mention the nightmare that he was most curious about. Raniero gazed at the letter, which was not even a few hundred words long, for about two hours.

He kissed the letter.

After crossing the mountains and conquering the territory of Sombinia, he’d go to Count Tocino’s estate to pick up Angelica before returning to the Capital.

Little did he know that Angelica was no longer in the Count’s estate.

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