Grand Duke, Please Stop Obsessing Over Your Wife! - Chapter 58

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58.

The young boy’s eyes became even sharper.

His face turned red and blue with anger.

Annelize still didn’t answer. Just because she could speak didn’t mean she had anything particular to say.

She ignored him like avoiding a street vendor soliciting customers at the market.

After learning that Annelize was under the Duke’s protection, the boy’s expression became even more irritated.

He circled around Annelize as if determined to uncover the identity of this unknown human.

An interesting glint passed through his gaze as he examined her carefully.

“Wait, you… you look quite similar to someone I know?”

The boy approached Annelize step by step.

A twisted smile played at the corners of his mouth.

“Her soul would have been shattered and destroyed long ago, so it can’t be that woman…”

At that point, Annelize became curious about the boy’s identity.

The boy clenched and unclenched his hands as if itching for action.

“I should ask for you. You’d make a good toy. It’s been a while since I’ve indulged in old memories.”

She had been listening quietly as told not to answer, but the boy before her was a more unpleasant existence than she had thought, despite his normal appearance.

Treating people as less than disposable objects made it hard for her to just listen quietly.

“Consider it an honor.”

‘He only said not to answer.’

There was a protective barrier too,

Annelize quietly looked the boy up and down slowly. Then she shrugged her shoulders and turned her head away.

“How dare you! I’ll burn you to ashes with lightning right here!”

Isaiah, standing between the boy and Annelize, stretched out his arm protectively in front of her.

Upon spotting Isaiah, the boy softened his expression and stepped back.

He seemed to be acquainted with Isaiah.

“Isaiah.”

“It’s been a long time, Lord Ainan.”

Ainan?

‘That brat is Ainan?’

Hearing Isaiah’s words, Annelize’s eyes widened.

‘No way. It must be someone with the same name?’

There’s no way God Ainan, the Empire’s guardian deity who governs the sun, could be such an ill-mannered brat.

‘Though I did feel he was capricious every time I read the scriptures at the temple. I secretly thought he was petty when I saw him punishing humans who even slightly displeased him.’

Wait. The personality does seem similar?

Annelize had experienced too many unrealistic events to deny her speculation.

The fact that the boy before her was the sun god Ainan was entirely possible.

If he really was Ainan, this was no longer a situation for Annelize to intervene in.

Annelize decided to quietly hide behind Isaiah’s back and observe the situation.

“Perfect. Tell your master this: I’m taking her. I’ll teach her proper manners thoroughly.”

“That would be difficult, Lord Ainan. As you can see, my lord has meticulously protected her so that not even a fingertip gets hurt, hasn’t he?”

The boy, Ainan, crossed his arms with a displeased expression.

“He’ll give her to me anyway if I ask. He doesn’t care about anything.”

Isaiah shook his head firmly.

“Unfortunately, this time will be different. This person is my lord’s companion.”

“Companion? He took a companion? When?”

Ainan pressed Isaiah with a surprised expression.

“About two months. It hasn’t been long.”

“Has he received notice of his death date? He’s doing things he never did before.”

Upon hearing that she was the Duke’s companion, Ainan no longer demanded to have Annelize.

Instead, his eyes took on an even more sinister gleam.

He slowly looked Annelize up and down.

His lips were filled with mockery.

“Your master still has such strange tastes.”

Annelize regretted all the donations she had made to the temple.

Isaiah grabbed Annelize’s arm without lowering his guard.

Holding onto her, he carefully began to move.

“My lord is always consistent. Well then, it was nice meeting you. Since my lord will worry if we’re late, I must take this noble lady back now, so please excuse us as we take our leave.”

Even while walking, Annelize could feel the red eyes boring into her back.

A moment later, the two stopped in the middle of an empty corridor.

As soon as she caught her breath, Annelize asked Isaiah.

“That kid is the sun god Ainan?”

“Unfortunately, yes.”

“He was throwing a fit about being ignored – am I going to be struck by divine punishment now?”

“What? No. As long as you’re under my lord’s protection, Lord Ainan would have taken offense at whatever you did anyway. Don’t worry. Since ancient times, he hasn’t been able to use his power freely in the human world. There are restrictions. He can’t cause chaos like he used to.”

It was reassuring words. She didn’t want to die from being struck by lightning either.

“As long as my lord protects you, you’ll be safe. That’s also why I told you not to answer in the first place. Ainan hates being ignored the most.”

Annelize clicked her tongue.

“Wow, Sir Isaiah…”

He wasn’t the Duke’s right hand for nothing. The level of his cunning was different.

“So what are your impressions of meeting the Empire’s guardian deity?”

“His temper is really awful… But Sir Isaiah, you seemed quite friendly with the sun god.”

Isaiah shrugged nonchalantly.

“Well, in a way, he’s the one who made me who I am today.”

He must have fallen from his position of receiving all the people’s adoration because of the sun god, yet Isaiah was indifferent about Ainan.

“In a way, he should be your enemy, but you don’t seem particularly upset?”

Isaiah laughed as if amused.

“Too much time has passed for that. I’m not the type to hold onto past emotions for long.”

Do past emotions fade when too much time passes?

Annelize nodded in understanding.

“How did you end up offending the god’s mood?”

At Annelize’s words, Isaiah turned his head.

Isaiah’s silver eyes slowly swept over Annelize.

While looking at Annelize, his gaze was hazy as if recalling something other than her.

Various emotions that Annelize couldn’t grasp passed through his eyes.

“I was offered a wager. A wager so interesting I couldn’t refuse.”

Isaiah’s hand lifted the hood of the cloak draped over Annelize’s shoulders to cover her head.

So Annelize couldn’t see what expression Isaiah had at that moment.

Isaiah offered his arm to Annelize.

“Shall we hurry along? The moon has been properly restored, so there’s no problem. Let’s go back now.”

When Annelize placed her hand on Isaiah’s arm, he began to move.

Following Isaiah’s lead, Annelize stole glances at his neat and handsome features.

I wonder what he was like during his days as king. A crown would have suited him incredibly well.

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“Sir Isaiah, before returning to the Duke’s castle, may I briefly stop by the monastery to see my younger brother?”

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