Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband — Chapter 6

G-GUILDMASTER!

AT THE WESTERN ENTRANCE OF TOWN...

A LARGE MONSTER APPEARED!

WHAT...?

IT SHOWED UP OUT OF NOWHERE AND IS DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!

IT IS ADVANCING FAR TOO QUICKLY...

FERRARIUM WAS FAMOUS AS A PLACE WHERE MONSTERS DID NOT APPEAR.

IN OTHER WORDS, THAT MEANT IT HAD NO PREPARATIONS AGAINST MONSTERS AT ALL.

DOES THIS MEAN THIS PLACE IS NOT A SAFE ZONE ANYMORE?

GOOD GRIEF, THEY SAY MONSTERS ARE INCREASING IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN REGIONS.

AT THIS RATE, COULD MONSTERS START SHOWING UP IN THIS REGION TOO?

I AM SURE THIS PLACE STAYED SAFE UNTIL THE VERY END IN THE "ORIGINAL STORY"...

I WILL HAVE TO FIND THE CAUSE LATER.

GUILDMASTER, BEFORE THIS PLACE SUFFERS DAMAGE TOO, YOU NEED TO HURRY AND ESCAPE!

NO, VERONICA.

I WILL GO.

I WILL GO AND HOLD IT OFF,

SO NICA, PLEASE GATHER THE SCATTERED COMBAT MERCENARIES.

IT IS TOO DANGEROUS!

L-LORD NOAH... YOUR HUSBAND WILL BE WORRIED...!

IF YOU ARE THAT WORRIED, THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO HURRY BACK, NICA.

GUILD MASTER...!

THEN I WILL GO AHEAD FIRST!

A MONSTER THAT SIZE IS USUALLY SOMETHING YOU WOULD ONLY SEE WHEN GOING FAR AWAY FOR A SUBJUGATION...

UGH. OF ALL THINGS, IT HAS RED EYES LIKE NOAH. HOW UNPLEASANT...

STILL, SINCE THERE IS NO PURPLE JEWEL ON ITS FOREHEAD,

I SUPPOSE WE AVOIDED THE WORST.

THEN I MUST FINISH THIS QUICKLY!

OVER HERE, YOU BRUTE!

IT REALLY IS NOISY.

GOOD. HURRY UP AND COME THIS WAY.

WHAT I AM USING NOW IS DIFFERENT FROM THE “TARGET-TYPE ILLUSION ART” I USED ON NOAH.

THIS IS “AREA-TYPE ILLUSION ART.”

ITS TRAITS

ALLOW ME TO SHOW ILLUSIONS TO EVERYONE WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE,

DECEIVE THE TARGET'S BRAIN

SO THIS THORNBUSH FEELS REAL,

AND EVEN MAKE THEM BLEED.

AND IF I APPLY THAT...

I CAN EVEN DO "THIS"!

OVER THERE, OVER THERE!

THE GUILDMASTER IS FIGHTING ALONE OVER THERE...

PHEW~.

THE MONSTER FELL!

SHE TOOK DOWN THAT HUGE MONSTER ALL BY HERSELF!

MY GOODNESS. IF SOMEONE SAW HER, THEY WOULD THINK SHE WAS AN IMPERIAL KNIGHT!

THIS IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE...

EVERYONE IS PRAISING ME TOO MUCH.

WHY DO YOU THINK I CAN USE ILLUSION ART FREELY IN FRONT OF OTHERS

EVEN THOUGH I AM A FUGITIVE?

THERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH PEOPLE IN TH EMPIRE WITH SKILLS LIKE YOURS!

KNOW YOUR PLACE LIKE THE COMMONER YOU ARE!

IS IT NOT BECAUSE I HEARD THINGS LIKE THAT UNTIL MY EARS WERE WORN OUT DURING MY KNIGHT DAYS?

It is not like I am the only illusionist in this world~

BESIDES, THEY WERE NOT WRONG.

IF I WERE THAT OVERPOWERED, WOULD I HAVE APPEARED AS A SUPPORTING CHARACTER WHO DIED FROM OVERWORK?

I would have become a protagonist who smashed everything.

ANYWAY, I AM SURE EVERYONE WAS JUST SURPRISED BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN A TOWN WHERE NOT EVEN ONE MONSTER APPEARS.

IN ANY CASE, THAT IS NOT WHAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW.

WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS...

HAZEL.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST HEARD?

WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THE FACT THAT NOAH IS ANGRY ABOUT THIS.

I HEARD THAT SOME GUILDMASTER, APPARENTLY, WITHOUT EVEN HER SUBORDINATES,

DEFEATED A MONSTER THAT APPEARED IN TOWN~

DOES THAT NOT SOUND TERRIBLY RECKLESS? HUHUHU...

N-NOAH, LISTEN.

YOU NEED TO HEAR ME OUT ON THIS.

YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD NOT GET INVOLVED IN DANGEROUS THINGS, DID YOU NOT?

I WONDER WHO SUGGESTED THAT PROMISE FIRST~?

UGH...

RIGHT. I DEFINITELY HAD MADE THAT PROMISE BEFORE.

NOAH!!

THAT BLOOD... WHAT IS THAT?

AH.

...IT IS NOTHING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NOTHING...! DID YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN A FIGHT?

NO, DID YOU RUN INTO A MONSTER OR SOMETHING?

HAZEL. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GOOD PUBLIC ORDER, AND THERE ARE NO MONSTERS.

TH-THEN WHAT IS THAT?

I ACCIDENTALLY SPILLED SAUCE WHILE COOKING.

PHEW... IF THAT IS THE CASE, I AM GLAD.

LISTEN, NOAH.

LET US MAKE A PROMISE TO EACH OTHER.

NEVER,

ABSOLUTELY NEVER... DO ANYTHING DANGEROUS.

...YES, HAZEL.

I SWEAR.

...BUT THAT WAS A PROMISE I MADE BACK WHEN I DID NOT KNOW NOAH WAS KAILUS!!

Thinking about it now, I would bet my entire fortune that it absolutely was not sauce!!

WHY IS THIS MAN GETTING ANGRY AT ME USING THAT PROMISE?

He is really committed to acting out the devoted husband concept.

DO YOU KNOW HOW SHOCKED I WAS WHEN I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER?

YOU SHOULD THINK OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORRY ABOUT YOU.

ARE YOU NOT PLANNING TO KILL ME? IF I DIE ON MY OWN WITHOUT YOU LIFTING A FINGER, YOU WOULD BE LUCKY KAILUS!

WHAT, DO YOU HAVE TO KILL ME WITH YOUR OWN HANDS OR SOMETHING? HM?

Just try dying to someone else. I will not let that slide.

KAILUS PERSONALITY CONTROVERSY

HAA. ANYWAY, I CANNOT LET HIM FIND OUT THAT I AM PLANNING TO RUN AWAY,

SO I SHOULD JUST PLAY ALONG AND KEEP A LOW PROFILE...

I WILL NEVER GET INVOLVED IN DANGEROUS THINGS AGAIN,

SO COULD YOU PLEASE LET IT SLIDE JUST THIS ONCE, NOAH?

MY BELOVED HONEY, HUSBAND, DARLING, SWEETHEART, NOAH, I WAS WROOOONG.

IT IS NOT AS THOUGH I CAN CARRY YOU AROUND ON MY BACK EVERY DAY BECAUSE I AM ANXIOUS.

IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN,

THEN...

...IN ANY CASE, PLEASE KEEP YOUR PROMISE, HAZEL.

MHM, YES...

HAA... SURVIVING IS SERIOUSLY HARD...

YOUR GRACE.

EVERYTHING YOU REQUESTED IS READY.

DO YOU PLAN TO DEPART TOMORROW?

YES.

HAZEL DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE NOTICED ANYTHING.

ALL THE MORE REASON THERE MUST NOT BE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST MISTAKE.

DO NOT WORRY.

YOU HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AFTER ALL.

EVEN SO, I CANNOT LET MY GUARD DOWN UNTIL THE VERY END.