Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 25

Chapter 13

Raniero smiled joyfully while I had an embarrassed face.

“Why do you have that face?”

“Y-Your Majesty…”

Astonished, I closed my wide mouth with my hand, trying to process what he had said before slowly lowering my hand and asking back.

“I’m not good enough for hunting. A hunter, how—”

“You couldn’t even be a hunter even when you have the upper hand over the prey?”

Well, seeing the men who haven’t caught a single minnow in half a day call themselves anglers, there is nothing that makes me not a hunter… Still, aren’t the prey assigned weapons as well? What if I get stabbed to death…?

“You have nothing to worry about. Prey can’t harm the hunter, that’s the rule.”

Lies.

Deer released as prey on the hunting grounds sometimes pummeled the hunter’s chest. And, for ‘Flowers Bloom In The Abyss,’ this was unquestionably the worldview where this would happen, as was the case with the human hunting game.

What did His Majesty say earlier?

“…Conditional, as expected.”

He roughly said something like that, right?

…Did he know about this? Was he expecting this to happen?!

Of course, I could only question Raniero in my mind.

Regardless, the Jacques mother and son were destined to die there. It was because even if they endured it for three hours, would they really survive? In the first place, the hunter was Raniero… how much chance would they have against him? They may not be able to put their hands on the Emperor or their daughter, Sylvia, but I, the person who was the culprit of everything based on their standards? As a last resort, they might try to take me to the next world together with them…

So, what was the point of setting a rule that prey couldn’t kill the hunters?

‘Honestly, if I was them, I would make the empress my companion in the afterlife as well.’

There was no way Raniero, who was much more intelligent than me, couldn’t have realized this fact. So, it means that even though he knew everything, he still arranged this rule because he thought it would be ‘fun.’

…If I was unlucky, I would die, and if I was lucky, I would be chased badly by the prey.

After all, the life and dignity of the Empress weren’t at all important to him. In the first place, the Empress hardly contributed to the authority of the Actilus Imperial Family, so whether I die or not…

‘Still, I only have one life… and I won’t die like this!’

Of course, I was pondering all this with tears internally.

If I were to die, I always thought it would be because I touched Raniero the wrong way and my head would fly away. Even though I was trying to be very muted around him, I didn’t think that the danger of death would come this soon.

“I want you to show me a good performance.”

Somehow, his voice seemed to have a caring tone when he spoke to me. He then kissed my forehead lightly and whispered.

“I’m looking forward to it.”

“…W-with all due respect, when is the hunt? I haven’t heard of the date—”

“Oh, I forgot to mention that.”

Raniero laughed as he combed my hair with his fingertips.

“It’ll be during the summer solstice. You’re going to be very busy.”

I felt lightheaded.

…It was only one month in the future.

Moreover, if it were during the summer solstice, many guests would visit the Palace, and the considerable number of guests would be under the impression that I am calm and competent!

ﾟ· : * ✧ * :· ﾟ

Plans to tidy up the palace gardens and hold social gatherings have been canceled. Originally, the purpose was to establish friendships with the nobles before the summer solstice festival, but I wouldn’t want to lose my life trying to make friends right now. Following that, I gathered the maids and thought about how to convey the words, though in the end, I just opened my mouth plainly.

“I think I’ll need to learn how to handle weapons.”

At my words, the maids glanced at each other.

There was a significant light in their eyes as if they knew why I was saying this.

“You all have been under the protection of the God Actilla since birth. I know you must have cultivated some kind of power.”

Everyone in Actilus had learned martial arts, and even if they didn’t have money to learn martial arts, they would learn street stoning. Moreover, given the atmosphere of the Kingdom, what nobles learned wasn’t a fancy martial art used for ceremonies or rituals. Rather, it was for practical use because the Actilus Empire even allowed women and children to be mobilized for war.

Presumably, I would be weaker than a ten-year-old child of the Actilus Empire…

Needless to say, the Vice Minister, Marquis Jacques, and the head handmaid, the esteemed Madam, were no exceptions.

…Huu.

‘This is terrible.’

I tried to calm down my frustration and resumed my words again.

“I’d like to ask for a good teacher within two days. Meanwhile, I’ll learn from you all during the two days of the waiting period.”

I sighed as I watched the maids bowing their heads all at once to me. At the same time, I only pray that Angelica’s body is good at physical training.

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