Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 3

Chapter 2

“It, it can’t be! How dare I do such a blasphemous thing!”

Hurriedly jumping to my feet, I protested.

However, I leaped up so hastily that I stepped on the hem of the wedding dress I was wearing and fell forward.

“Ahh…”

Although I fell unseemly, I was glad that my body responded swiftly. After all, in front of Raniero, everything must be done quickly. How much he tormented the heroine, Seraphina, for not answering quickly? Moreover, how many servants have lost their heads because they didn’t quickly correct his disdain?

All answers must be made within five seconds!

Most importantly, the words ‘But,’ ‘Although,’ and ‘However’ were absolutely forbidden words!

“Raise your head.”

I raised my head as I was told.

Even in the middle of the darkened room, there was still an illuminating presence. With one hand on his waist, Raniero tilted his head and glanced down at me before he trampled the hem of my dress with his boots.

“I’ll give you a chance to explain, Empress.”

As he narrowed his eyes, a laugh rang inside his neck. My fingertips were cold. Not knowing what to do, I just shut my eyes tightly and shouted whatever came to my mind.

“I-I… I have a chronic disease that causes fainting when my eyes are open, Your Majesty!”

“Oh, are you shouting in front of me?”

I immediately corrected the parts that Raniero didn’t like.

‘…Yes. Whisper, whisper.’

“I-I… I have a chronic disease that causes fainting when my eyes are open, Your Majesty!”

“Ho? I hadn’t heard of such a story when I received a letter about you from Unro Kingdom?”

“That, that—It doesn’t happen that often…”

…This is going to be a full brain power operation.

My head was spinning as I scattered to find the correct answer.

“Ah, perhaps because Your Majesty’s presence is so intense… so maybe, I couldn’t stand it as a small person…”

“I see. So…”

Raniero smiled sweetly and patted my dress with his heel before finishing the sentence.

“It’s my responsibility?”

Argh…!

…Yeah, of course. If he let it go like that, it would not be Raniero.

The next moment, I decided to place my palms on the floor and lowered my head. That’s right… the so-called ‘Please kill me’ pose.

“I-if anyone looks directly at the sun, they will become blind… However, no one would ever say that the sun is guilty.”

“Oh. I see, then…”

Ahh!

Stop it…! No more! I’m already using up all my wits today!

…What else is he going to say now? As I lay down on the floor with my forehead almost touching the floor, I took a deep breath to control my pounding heart.

‘Still, I’m glad I haven’t received an order to bring a knife yet.’

When I was thinking about something else for a second, I could hear a voice above me again.

“Are you saying that you’re not going to look at my face for the rest of your life because you’re going to faint?”

“N-no. Of course, with pleasure, if Your Majesty allows it…”

“I’ll allow it.”

…Huh?

What?

So, was he saying that he allows me to not look at him or that he allows me to look? Regardless, my decision had to be made within five seconds. Under the pressure and tension beyond pressing the last box of the minesweeper, I…

…I chose to raise my head and peered at Raniero’s face.

He had already fallen on one knee in front of me before I knew it. As he slightly towards me, his hair draped over my face a little.

‘Wah…’

He was a really handsome man. Still, I didn’t feel any fluttering excitement at all because I didn’t know if I had made the right choice or not… At this moment, when I didn’t even know the future, I came to think that the original Empress might have been much wiser than I thought. Right? Every moment was like the ending quarter of death, so being able to survive for months in this outlandish situation is a skill.

Seeing me glancing at him with my frozen, trembling eyes, Raniero smiled.

It wasn’t a smile that only raised his lips which he had shown so far. Not only that his eyebrows curled down, but his eyes also dented downwards a little, and even his thin lips were symmetrically drawn with soft arcs. Had this person not been Raniero Actilus, that angelic smile would have melted me.

“Good job.”

“Gasp.”

“It was fun. That was a good choice, it wasn’t boring.”

“Heuk—”

“Are you making that sound because of a chronic illness?”

Hearing that, I shook my head.

No, it was because he said it wasn’t a bad choice. I was feeling relieved and happy, knowing that I was safe and wouldn’t die. Life is very unfair. If I make the wrong choice to raise my head or not, I might die. This is too stimulating of a thrill for me, who couldn’t even ride a roller coaster or a gyro drop in my previous life.

A hand that handled swords, bows and even axes, dug down my neck.

Holding my neck in his hands, he made a strange act of squeezing the pulse under my ear with his thumb before chuckling as if he was happy. If he put any more strength in his grasp, I would be strangled right away. I trembled like I did at the wedding, thinking that it would be much better to just stand side by side in front of a lot of people.

Being alone with him isn’t good for my heart.

“I’ll reward you for making me feel better.”

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