Grand Duke, Please Stop Obsessing Over Your Wife! - Chapter 46

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46.

 

⟡Chapter 12⟡

 

Frost Monster

 

‘What should I do, what should I do.’

 

Pamine sat across from Annelize, breaking out in a cold sweat.

 

Annelize took out beer bottles from the basket Pamine had brought.

 

One bottle in front of her, one bottle in front of Pamine. Alcohol was placed at each of their spots.

 

“Since we have alcohol, shall we start having an honest conversation?”

 

While Pamine was pouring beer into his mouth, Annelize’s question reached his ears.

 

“Sir Pamine. You’re not human, are you.”

 

He involuntarily spat out his beer.

 

“Pfft-”

 

Pamine wiped his face with his sleeve, pretending nothing happened as he spoke.

 

“Wh-what? What did you just say? Haha. My hearing isn’t very good-”

 

Annelize grabbed the wolf ears drooping over his head with an expressionless face.

 

“Sir. You have four ears, so how could you not hear?”

 

Pamine couldn’t move with one pair of ears caught in her hands.

 

A drop of cold sweat trickled down his temple.

 

‘Anyone, please, just save me from here.’

 

“Haha, you’re mistaken-”

 

“Sir. That thing stuck between your legs isn’t a feather duster.”

 

Under Annelize’s continued interrogation, he couldn’t hold out any longer.

 

Pamine buried his face in his hands with a trembling voice.

 

“I, I understand. Yes. I’m not human…”

 

He muttered.

 

“I’m screwed. That bastard Isaiah is going to kill me. He’ll tie me to an eternally spinning wheel and make me taste endless suffering…”

 

Isaiah’s punishment preferences were really hardcore.

 

Annelize responded as if finding it interesting.

 

“So Sir Isaiah told you to hide it, I suppose?”

 

Gulp. Pamine’s Adam’s apple moved violently.

 

He knelt down in complete defeat.

 

“Please keep it secret from Isaiah. Please! If he finds out I was discovered, he’ll kill me!”

 

Annelize snorted.

 

“I’ll decide based on how much I like your answers to my questions.”

 

“Wh-what questions.”

 

“If you’re not human, then what are you? Reveal your identity.”

 

“I was originally a wolf. After that, I made a contract and became my lord’s familiar.”

 

Annelize blinked.

 

“Wait. Then why did you lie? Sir Pamine, you said you used to enjoy eating grapes. If you were a wolf, wouldn’t you die from eating grapes?”

 

Ah. About that. Pamine shyly raised his finger.

 

“A fun fact for Lady Annelize! Dogs can’t eat grapes, but wolves can eat them just fine.”

 

Instead of an answer, he felt Annelize’s cold stare.

 

“…Fun fact, over. I’m sorry…”

 

He shrank his shoulders and lowered his head.

 

* * *

 

Despite suddenly receiving shocking news, her face remained calm.

 

“You’re not as surprised as I expected, Lady Annelize.”

 

Pamine looked at her curiously.

 

“What can I do about it.”

 

Unlike her seemingly fine face,

 

Annelize’s insides were actually not fine at all.

 

She looked at Pamine prostrated across from her and shook her head.

 

‘Thinking about it. It was full of strange things from the beginning.’

 

The Duke with suspiciously strong power, his severely lacking common sense about human society, the absence of a heartbeat, and those damn puppy ears on top of it all.

 

It was complicated.

 

‘My intention to look without prejudice actually made me turn away from the truth.’

 

But Annelize felt somewhat wronged too.

 

‘Usually when there are rumors about someone being a monster, they’re supposed to not actually be a monster, right? Where does it make sense for them to actually be a monster as rumored? This is cheating. It doesn’t make sense.’

 

To think the capital nobles who cursed the monster Duke were seeing the truth.

 

‘No. Just because I was wrong doesn’t mean the people cursing the Duke were right. It’s true that the Duke isn’t human, but you can’t call him a monster. A monster… a monster is…’

 

There was a separate monster.

 

Her thoughts reached the Frost Monster.

 

“Sir Pamine.”

 

Annelize asked a question. This question was particularly sharp.

 

“Then is His Grace the Duke a Frost Monster?”

 

Pamine made a bewildered face.

 

It was an expression that showed he hadn’t expected Annelize to deduce that far already.

 

“When did you figure that out?”

 

“Because he’s afraid of camellia flowers just like the Frost Monster?”

 

Even as she said this, Annelize seemed not completely certain yet.

 

“Honestly, I still don’t really know. They’re too different, so I think I’d need to see with my own eyes to know for sure.”

 

This problem was difficult for Pamine too.

 

How should one treat an existence that is their lord, yet not their lord.

 

“You could say that’s correct, but you could also say it’s not… His Grace doesn’t remember when he was a Frost Monster. You could call it split personality.”

 

“I thought so. His Grace said he’s never seen a Frost Monster even once until now.”

 

Pamine roughly tousled his own hair.

 

“Yes… Anyway, it’s quite complicated. His Grace has no idea that he’s a Frost Monster.”

 

He added with a hopeful heart.

 

“You can’t say the monster and my lord are completely different beings, but since they don’t share memories, you must be careful. You shouldn’t expect the monster to treat Lady Annelize the same way my lord does.”

 

“I understand.”

 

Annelize nodded. She moved on to the next question.

 

“To summarize, you used to be a wolf, and the new servants are dogs?”

 

“Yes. That’s correct.”

 

Hearing his answer, Annelize made an indignant expression.

 

“I thought so. When I asked, Sir Isaiah said it was nonsense and dodged the question.”

 

Ahem. Pamine cleared his throat.

 

“So about that.”

 

He shyly put his hands together.

 

Annelize looked at Pamine and seemed to sense something ominous as she became wary.

 

“Why, what is it.”

 

“Now that my identity has been revealed.”

 

“So?”

 

“Well, now that this has happened, can I have you scratch my chin or play fetch with me? You refused when you thought I was human.”

 

Pamine looked up at Annelize with expectant eyes.

 

“Ugh… I’m really raising a dog, aren’t I.”

 

Annelize sighed and scratched Pamine’s chin.

 

Suddenly, she made an expression as if realizing something.

 

“Sir Pamine. Then how many humans are there total in this Duke’s Castle? Don’t tell me it’s just me?”

 

“Two people.”

 

“Who else besides me?”

 

“It’s Isaiah.”

 

“…Ha.”

 

Annelize laughed helplessly and downed her drink.

 

“What about the other village residents?”

 

“Humans and monsters are mixed together. Village Chief Alriksen is human, but your maid isn’t, just like that.”

 

“I thought Village Chief Alriksen seemed human. So Elli married a human? Is that… possible?”

 

“Of course. The lord married you too, didn’t he?”

 

“Ah. That’s true.”

 

The conversation between the two continued for a while.

 

How much time had passed?

 

They had drunk enough for serious talk to emerge.

 

Pamine looked at the beer he had made and spoke up.

 

“I’ve been watching you for a while now, and I think your power doesn’t simply involve plant growth alone.”

 

“Really?”

 

He chose his words carefully to find the right expression.

 

“How should I put it, it seems to work more fundamentally. Unlike my power. Even when making beer, your power seemed to influence me.”

 

Annelize made a puzzled expression.

 

‘I’ve never used my power on Sir Pamine though. Yet he was influenced by my power?’

 

Pamine explained his theory.

 

“Think about it. Isn’t it strange? When I first decided to make yeast, I didn’t even know what beer tasted like. But with just a single recipe, I made proper beer.”

 

It had been a mysterious experience.

 

His body had moved on its own despite never having tasted beer before.

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