Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 228

Chapter 114.2

It was the first time he hadn’t returned for this long. Could it be… he was ‘taming’ me? Just thinking about it made everything before my eyes pitch black.

Again?

Shouldn’t this be enough…

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The morning Angelica discovered Raniero’s absence.

In the bathroom connected to Raniero’s bedroom, a woman rang the bell with a pained expression.

Next to Angelica’s trolley containing her meal, there stood a single Actilus knight, keeping watch over her. As she opened the elevator door and placed the food in as much nonchalance as she could muster, she kept glancing at the Actilus knight who had accompanied her.

Since yesterday, the woman responsible for Angelica’s meals was named Cisen, and she was the person in the palace who loved Angelica the most.

Cisen was granted permission to handle Angelica’s meals for the week Raniero would be away. Just before leaving, he visited the Empress’s Palace and informed her that he would be vacating his position. He then ordered her to indirectly check on Angelica’s condition during his absence and take action if she became too cornered.

The person who had previously handled Angelica’s meals was unable to perform that role, so it was entrusted to her instead.

“Because they have no ears and no tongue.”

A chill ran down her spine upon hearing the reason, but she kept her head slightly bowed and tried to hide her agitation as best she could.

Raniero briefly explained to Cisen the details of her work for the week.

“You can’t meet Angie directly. As a matter of principle, you shouldn’t even talk to her.”

However, if it became evident that Angelica’s emotions were extremely unstable, she was allowed to reveal her identity and have a brief conversation. Nevertheless, the topic of conversation was strictly limited. Given that a watcher would ‘observer’ constantly listen to Angelica’s movements from the Empress’s palace to another palace, she couldn’t break the rules.

“What if… what if a conversation in the elevator shaft doesn’t calm her down?”

“Get a kitten and send it up.”

The simple solution made Cisen feel like her throat had tightened. She wondered what would become of the cat, who would become ‘useless’ once Raniero returned.

At that moment, the shock Angelica would experience seemed unimaginable.

She nodded as if she understood but secretly vowed to herself that she would never do anything like sending a cat to Angelica.

And so, Raniero left to carry out a simple military operation in Hecata, east of the capital.

From lunchtime that day, she brought meals to Angelica. Despite ringing the bell several times with no response from her, shrill shouting came back from above. The fact that Angelica didn’t take her meals was an added complication.

Cisen collapsed in shock and burst into tears.

Even without seeing her face directly, she could sense how broken her master’s spirit was.

She felt frustrated and infuriated by how the Emperor had pushed her to such an extreme. On her way back to the Empress’s palace, she held onto the arm of the knight acting as a watcher and pleaded desperately. She insisted that he speak to Angelica, emphasizing how unsettled her emotions were.

However, the watcher responded coldly.

“Wait and see.”

“I’ve spent the last fourteen years of my life watching over her. It’ll only get more dangerous and irreversible.”

The watcher ignored her words.

Angelica skipped her evening meal and only slept. The next morning, as she listened intently at the elevator shaft, she heard sobbing. Naturally, she didn’t even touch her meal.

Even though she pleaded with the watcher once again to speak to Angelica, the watcher remained adamant.

“Wait and see.”

‘You d*mn b*stard, how long are you going to just watch?!’

Cisen clenched her teeth as she imagined stabbing the watcher to death right then and there.

At 12:30 PM that afternoon, the watcher showed up as usual.

“Go.”

As he took her and began to lead her out of the Empress’s palace, suddenly, two other Actilus knights were seen entering the Empress’s Palace. Cisen instinctively became tense. Even Sylvia, who was sitting nearby, had a wary look in her eyes.

One of them spoke to the watcher.

“Sir, the vice-captain has urgently requested your presence.”

“The vice-captain? Why all of a sudden?”

“I don’t know exactly.”

“Tell him that I’ll leave after completing the orders given by His Majesty the Emperor.”

“He insists you come immediately. We’ll temporarily handle the work for you.”

Sylvia and Cisen, who were listening intently to the conversation exchanged between the two with bated breath, grew tense.

A dry and calm voice…

It was all too familiar to them. The eyes glimpsed from beneath the hat are as deep and pitch-black with no discernible depth.

“A substitute?”

There was a hint of suspicion in the watcher’s voice.

“That’s right.”