Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband — Chapter 12

HELLO, I AM ONE OF LORD KAILUS'S SUBORDINATES.

LATELY, I HAVE DEVELOPED ONE CONCERN I CANNOT TALK ABOUT.

IT IS ABOUT WHAT TITLE I SHOULD USE

SUBMITTED FOOTAGE

FOR LORD KAILUS'S WIFE.

SINCE SHE IS A WOMAN LORD KAILUS MARRIED TO TAKE REVENGE FOR STEALING HIS SOURCE OF FUNDS,

SUBMITTED FOOTAGE

AT FIRST, IT DID NOT MATTER WHAT WE CALLED HER.

BUT HERE IS THE THING.

I WANT TO KNOW

AS TIME WENT ON, WHENEVER IT SEEMED LIKE SOMEONE MIGHT ADDRESS THAT WOMAN CARELESSLY,

LORD KAILUS'S GAZE SEEMED TO GROW STRANGELY SHARP.

SHE IS CLEARLY SOMEONE HE WILL GET RID OF SOON, SO WHY DOES HE LOOK AT US LIKE THAT?

IN THE END, I DECIDED TO SOFTEN IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

AND CALL HER "THE CAPTIVE."

WELL, ONCE HE GETS RID OF HER SOON, THIS WORRY WILL DISAPPEAR TOO, RIGHT?

I SINCERELY HOPE THIS TROUBLESOME ACT ENDS QUICKLY.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND...

WHILE PERFORMING THIS RIDICULOUS PLAY,

MY MASTER HAS BECOME RATHER GENEROUS,

SO DEEP DOWN, I ALSO KIND OF HOPE IT LASTS A LITTLE LONGER.

I DO NOT LIKE IT,

BUT THE PERSON WHO RETURNS GREETINGS THE BEST

Huh?!

Hello~

IS THAT CAPTIVE.

THEN, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERN.

THE OWNER OF THE DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE IS THE CAPTIVE... MY LORD'S WIFE.

AH,

MY WIFE USED TO BE PART OF THE IMPERIAL KNIGHT ORDER.

THERE IS NO CHOICE, THEN.

THE CROWN PRINCE'S SIDE IS WATCHING OUR BACK ALLEY BUSINESS ANYWAY,

SO IT WOULD BE BEST TO AVOID FRICTION FOR THE TIME BEING.

WAIT, EARLIER HE CLEARLY SPOKE AS IF HE DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE CROWN PRINCE...

IN ANY CASE, FIND OUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER DIVINE PURIFICATION STONES.

THIS DAMNED HEADACHE...

WHEN WILL IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?

FOR TEN YEARS,

OR PERHAPS EVEN LONGER.

LORD KAILUS HAS SUFFERED FROM A MYSTERIOUS, UNPLEASANT HEADACHE.

HE EVEN FEELS IMPULSIVE, MURDEROUS URGES.

HIS MOOD WILL SUDDENLY PLUNGE TO THE BOTTOM,

OR HE WILL BECOME DEEPLY CONSUMED BY SOME DESIRE.

LORD KAILUS IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS EVERYTHING TO MOVE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.

MOREOVER, HE HATES LOOKING UP TO ANYONE,

AND HAS A NATURE THAT ENJOYS RULING OVER OTHERS.

SO HOW UNPLEASANT MUST IT BE FOR HIM TO BE UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS OWN MOOD?

WE HAVE SEARCHED FOR SEVERAL DOCTORS,

BUT NONE OF THEM COULD FIND THE CAUSE,

AND NO MATTER WHAT METHODS WE TRIED, NOTHING WORKED.

THEN, A FEW YEARS AGO,

HE HAPPENED TO HOLD A DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE

THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FROM ANOTHER NOBLE IN PLACE OF A DEBT,

AND HE WAS FREED FROM THAT LONG -LASTING HEADACHE.

HOWEVER, LORD KAILUS'S "IMPULSES"

COULD NOT BE COMPLETELY ERASED,

BECAUSE ONE DAY, HE LOST HIS REASON AND THE DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE BROKE.

THE PROBLEM WAS THAT HE HAD NO MEMORY OF THAT NIGHT AT ALL,

SO WE DID NOT KNOW WHY HE HAD BECOME FURIOUS ENOUGH TO LOSE HIS REASON,

OR HOW IT HAD BROKEN.

SO WE TRIED AGAIN AND AGAIN TO OBTAIN A PURIFICATION STONE THAT WOULD REMOVE HIS HEADACHES,

BUT THE ONLY THING THAT HAD ANY EFFECT WAS THE RARE AND POWERFUL DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE.

ORDINARY PURIFICATION STONES WERE COMPLETELY USELESS.

STILL, WAS IT A BLESSING IN DISGUISE?

EVER SINCE HE MET THE CAPT... HAZEL, THAT WOMAN,

LORD KAILUS SEEMED TO SUFFER FROM FAR FEWER HEADACHES.

AS IF HE NO LONGER NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE A DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE.

BUT THAT WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY METHOD.

WHEN HE IS AWAY FROM THE CAPTIVE, THE HEADACHES RETURN,

AND HAZEL LOVE IS SOMEONE WHO MUST BE ELIMINATED,

SO WE NEED A SUBSTITUTE.

BUT OF ALL PEOPLE, IT IS TIED TO THE CROWN PRINCE'S FIANCÉE.

IF THE ORIGINAL DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE HAD NOT BROKEN,

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO REASON FOR THINGS TO BECOME THIS TROUBLESOME.

THEN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT?

AH, YES.

WE CAPTURED THE LAST OF THE SUBORDINATES WHO BETRAYED YOU AND HAD MANAGED TO FLEE.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO...?

IT IS TIME FOR HAZEL TO LEAVE WORK.

...MY LORD?

WHAT NOW?

...SHOULD WE DISPOSE OF THE SUBORDINATE WHO BETRAYED YOU?

PREPARE THE CARRIAGE FIRST. HANDLE THE REST YOURSELF.

HE USUALLY ALWAYS HANDLES TRAITORS HIMSELF...

BUT HE IS LEAVING IT TO ME?

...I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ANYMORE. I SHOULD JUST PREPARE THE CARRIAGE.

YES, SIR!

I AM HEADING OUT NOW!

WHY IS HE TOUCHING MY HAND SO MUCH TODAY?

IS HE TRYING TO MEMORIZE MY FINGERPRINTS SO I CANNOT RUN AWAY?!

It is absurd, but weirdly plausible.

BEFORE I ESCAPE, I SHOULD CHANGE THE FINGERPRINT REGISTRATION AT THE BANK FIRST...

UM, LORD NOAH.

I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REPORT... MY APOLOGIES.

IS SOMETHING THE MATTER?

IT SEEMS HE HAS RETURNED FROM THE TASK I GAVE HIM DURING THE DAY.

I WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

THAT SUBORDINATE... HIS NAME WAS SID, RIGHT?

CONSIDERING HE IS THE ONE I HAVE RUN INTO MOST OFTEN AMONG NOAH'S, NO, KAILUS'S SUBORDINATES,

HE MUST BE HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN.

IT MIGHT BE AN IMPORTANT REPORT.

YES, BECAUSE IT COLLAPSED FROM THE RAIN THAT DAY...

IT TOOK A FEW DAYS...

AGAIN...

REPAIRS TODAY...

WHAT? WHAT COLLAPSED?!

I cannot hear them well~!

COULD HE MEAN THE HOLE THEY PLANNED TO BURY ME IN COLLAPSED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN,

AND THEY REPAIRED IT AGAIN?

PUT IT ON HOLD FOR THE TIME BEING AND ... PROCEED.

YOUR ORDER...

UNTIL...

GASP... "ON HOLD"?

HE SAID ON HOLD JUST NOW, RIGHT?

HE MUST HAVE ORDERED THEM TO PUT THE OPERATION TO GET RID OF ME ON HOLD FOR NOW!!

AS EXPECTED, THAT GIFT MUST HAVE SOFTENED HIS HEART A LITTLE.

HALLELUJAH! DEAR GOD! KAILUS, YOU REALLY ARE HUMAN AFTER ALL!

I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ROOM TO MAKE MY ESCAPE PLAN.

I WAS SECRETLY WORRIED I MIGHT MAKE A MISTAKE IF I RUSHED IT,

BUT NOW I CAN BE MORE THOROUGH.

GREAT.

SO THE ROAD REPAIRS SHOULD BE FINISHED BY TOMORROW,

AND THE FENCE YOU ORDERED TO BE MADE STURDIER SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS.

IF IT DOES NOT RAIN, IT MAY EVEN BE POSSIBLE TO COMPLETED WITHIN A WEEK.

I LIKE THAT.

IT IS A LITTLE LATE, BUT...

I WILL BE ABLE TO PROPERLY GIVE MY WIFE

HER "WEDDING ANNIVERSARY GIFT."