Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There - Chapter 67

Chapter 34.1

As his face was incredibly close, I could feel his breath right under my nose, so I couldn’t help but avert my gaze and lower my eyes.

“…Do it Your Majesty’s way.”

He had real power, so it didn’t matter. Though on the contrary, all I had was a fragile illusion.

‘I’m in a position to reign over.’

That was what Raniero said, but…

Turning my head back slightly and gazing at him, I could remember clearly. He sat me down on the throne and enjoyed it. Still, I couldn’t be on the same line with him forever. I understood and knew my position the most acutely.

My personality wasn’t even bold enough to brag, so I needed armor to protect me—the armor called information. Besides, I wasn’t going to be within his influence forever because I’d be running away before I ever became his winter prey.

…Even then, I need to study for that time.

When I glanced at Duke Nerma’s notebook that he had left on the floor, Raniero, who saw where my gaze was directed, shook his head slightly and brought his lips close to my ear.

“Why can’t you use my methods?”

His cool lips grazed my ear.

“I’m the only one who knows that you’re so weak.”

His tone sounded like he was very satisfied.

Somehow, my spine shivered and my body stiffened with a slight strain. Even though Raniero moved a little further away from me, that didn’t ease my tension. With his hands wrapped around my cheeks, he stroked my eyes with his thumb, keeping me from turning my head away.

“And, if you really want to make armor, learn to control your expressions instead of memorizing the names of nobles and trivial information.”

…This was a point that was too poignant. I had a personality where my thoughts were written visibly on my face.

I mumbled.

“Perhaps, God Actilla also gave Your Majesty the privilege of reading people’s minds…”

“You’re just too easy to understand.”

While I was about to say, ‘Still, Your Majesty is too specific,’ I only bit my lips and held those words back. Let’s engrave it again. Words such as ‘but,’ ‘still’ and ‘even so’ were forbidden words, and it meant that Raniero’s words must be absolutely correct.

Thanks to the Emperor’s personal visit, my stress was slightly rising again.

The next moment, I glanced at the table with resentful eyes… well, it was too arrogant actually to look at Raniero with such eyes while still biting my lips. Though in front of me, I could hear a sudden chuckle that seemed to be saying, ‘easy to understand.’

I bit my lip harder.

“Don’t do this.”

Raniero uttered in a voice mixed with laughter.

“It will only hurt you.”

My eyes naturally turned to his lips at those words. The wound on his lips had healed, leaving only a few traces. With his lip wounds healing so quickly like this, it was a scary thing with Raniero’s resilience.

“By the way, the wound you put on my lips…”

I replied quickly.

“Haha, you’re all better.”

“Still, that doesn’t mean that there won’t be any scars.”

“…Sorry. I’m sorry.”

“Even the words of an apology that you easily spewed out won’t solve all the responsibility for injuring my body.”

…He had tightened around me like a snake, as usual.

It had only been a little bit since I was advised to take care of my facial expressions, but I couldn’t help but feel like crying already. Every time Raniero did things like this, my heart rate rose too dangerously, and it felt like my eyes were spinning.

In addition, strangely, heat surged up my cheeks. Was it because it was summer? I trembled a little and opened my mouth.

“Then, Your Majesty also wounded my lips.”

Narrowing his eyes, he only stared at me quietly. If he had been satisfied, he would have laughed right away.

Ha.

I answered quickly because it was idiocy to delay answering for a long time in front of him. Still, the batting average of the answers seemed to be not very good these days. I then shut my eyes tightly, thinking, ‘it was broken’ before quickly adding.

“I-I apologize! Was that too strange? Haha, what’s the point of my lips hurting? It’s not even on the same level of equivalence with me injuring Your Majesty’s body…!”

When I thought I was doomed, I couldn’t stop rambling.

As I carefully opened my eyes again and glanced at him, it was difficult to comprehend how he was feeling. Raniero tilted his head slightly and parted his lips with an unknown expression.

“You always have such a simple pattern, and you’re very talkative.”

At his words saying that I talked a lot, I shut my mouth. It also bothered me when he said my pattern was simple… that meant that it was boring, after all. Even while he was saying things like that casually, Raniero just easily took my breath away.

Couldn’t help it, I grabbed my seat a little with a vague feeling that no matter what I said, it didn’t seem like the right answer.

Then, he spoke to me.

“Close your eyes.”

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