Grand Duke, Please Stop Obsessing Over Your Wife! - Chapter 7

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7.

It didn’t seem like it was simply a matter of ugly appearance.

“By any chance, would it be dangerous to ask His Grace the Duke to remove his mask? Would it be dangerous to see his bare face? Would I collapse like Princess Rosellia?”

Isaiah smiled with a face that said she was worrying about all sorts of things.

“Ah. No. It’s not like that. It might be dangerous for ordinary people, but.”

That answer just reduced her desire to see the Duke’s bare face by 90%.

“That answer just made it certain. You’re different, miss. You don’t need to worry. If it’s Miss Annelize, you’ll be safe even if you make eye contact with my lord.”

He answered nonchalantly. As if it were obvious.

How can he be so confident? After saying such terrifying things just moments ago.

She couldn’t feel at ease until she heard the reason.

“Why am I okay?”

“There’s a logical reason. Because Miss Annelize is….”

Isaiah leaned his upper body toward her.

Whisper whisper. She quietly listened to his whispered words.

“Pardon?”

Annelize’s expression became strange.

It was a reason she had never thought of before.

“That’s impossible.”

“Whether you believe it or not is up to you.”

“How do you even know what the first saint looked like in the first place?”

“Ah. Now that I think about it, you’re right. I don’t know what the first saint looked like, do I?”

What is this guy.

Can I really trust him?

Annelize stared at Isaiah without hiding her bewilderment.

Seeing Annelize’s expression, Isaiah shrugged his shoulders.

“It’s not necessarily limited to appearance. As for the answer to your last question, let’s just say our Miss Annelize is special? There are very few people who can see my lord’s true face.”

It was still a vague explanation.

‘A face is a face. Are there separate real faces and fake faces?’

It seemed like there were other facts that Isaiah deliberately didn’t mention.

Just as Annelize was about to press him further.

“Ah. It’s time for me to go.”

Isaiah stood up from his seat with a regretful expression.

“Anyway, it’s okay to see his bare face, right?”

“Yes. I guarantee it.”

Somehow her head became even more complicated.

Annelize escorted Isaiah to the door as he left the manor.

“Then may you be well until we meet again.”

He bowed his waist and kissed the back of Annelize’s hand.

‘As expected, his appearance doesn’t suit a knight.’

That was her thought as she looked down at his thick eyelashes.

Not long after Isaiah left, the manor became noisy again.

The main gate burst open.

Anna Rose rushed in, breathing heavily.

“Who was that handsome man, sister? He was coming out of our house! He was incredibly, incredibly good-looking!”

As soon as she arrived, she made a fuss about having just seen an incredibly handsome man.

Annelize pointed to the lobby with her finger and replied to her sister as if accustomed to this.

“Anna Rose. You’re making my head spin, so go over there and shout.”

Anna Rose stepped back with quick steps.

“Okay! Is this distance fine to talk? So who was he, tell me quickly!”

That’s the first thing you’re curious about after coming home?

Annelize always worried about her only younger sister.

‘This girl really. She can’t help herself when it comes to blonde handsome men.’

It was the same before her regression.

She picked up the 3rd Prince from the forest, saying there was a pure blonde handsome man collapsed there.

‘Thanks to that, the 3rd Prince survived and later dethroned the Crown Prince.’

Annelize recalled her memories.

‘Come to think of it, it’s almost time for the 3rd Prince to go missing during his overseas tour. It was after the banquet.’

She didn’t know how it would turn out in this life, but she still wanted to protect Anna Rose’s love. That was her small wish.

‘Then Anna Rose will be happy too. And I’ll be happy with the backing of an Empress.’

So you should also drive out that incompetent Crown Prince and become Empress to protect me.

Don’t get distracted by other men.

Annelize fabricated Isaiah’s personal information without a shred of guilt.

“That man? He’s a peddler. He has three wives and twelve children. I kicked him out because he was trying to get me into gambling.”

“Ew.”

Anna Rose immediately drooped her eyebrows in disappointment.

Even though she looks like that, she’s our little sister who will become Empress in the future. Annelize smiled kindly.

“Anyway, lovely Anna Rose. Weren’t you tired on the way here? Shall I make you a cup of cocoa?”

“Uh, sister…. Why are you looking at me with such burdensome eyes? I’m scared…. I brought the things you asked for properly.”

Anna Rose trembled without knowing why.

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While making cocoa for Anna Rose, Annelize explained what had happened.

“Then sister could become a Duchess too!”

“Yes. Even if I become a Duchess, the Count Solariccen title will be maintained, so our family doesn’t need to worry. When the contract ends, I’ll give up the Duchess title and return to the Solarichen Estate.”

Ordinary imperial nobles would have worried and called her crazy for marrying the monster Duke of the North, but Anna Rose was indeed extraordinary.

“Is His Grace the Duke handsome?”

You’re really consistently interested in only specific topics.

“Or is he an incredibly ugly man as rumored? What should I do. I’m so curious I can’t stand it!”

Annelize shrugged her shoulders.

“No. I don’t know yet. He was wearing a mask, so I only caught a glimpse of his eyes.”

“Next time, make sure to look properly. It’s important, sister.”

It’s only important to you….

Still, she was secretly curious about the Duke’s face.

‘From the glimpse I got of his eyes, he didn’t seem ugly. Rather, he seemed closer to the handsome side.’

“Alright. I’ll check and tell you. Now give it to me. What I asked you to bring.”

“Oh right! Here.”

Anna Rose took out a pouch from her bag and handed it over.

When she opened the pouch, there was a small box inside.

This was Aldeon’s sacred relic.

The two sisters put their heads together and observed the sacred relic in their hands.

“Why is everyone making such a fuss? It’s just an old, small box.”

Anna Rose grumbled with an incomprehensible expression.

“Still, it’s a box containing the first saint’s belongings. It must be special.”

‘The first saint.’

Annelize recalled Isaiah’s words from earlier.

[Miss, you resemble Annellarion Solariccen.]

That was Isaiah’s answer to her question about why only she would be okay seeing the Duke.

‘So he’s saying I resemble the owner of this sacred relic, Annellarion Solariccen?’

Since Annellarion’s younger sister was the founder of House Solariccen, they were distant relatives.

It wouldn’t be strange to resemble her, but it was still hard to believe.

After all, the first saint Annellarion was a figure from distant ancient history.

‘The person who gifted spring and autumn to a continent where eternal summer once reigned.’

Long, long ago. Originally, the continent was said to have only two seasons.

The North had endless winter, while everywhere except the North was said to be covered in endless summer.

Annellarion supposedly defeated the monster of the North to cool the continent’s scorching heat.

‘In return, she was burned to death by the enraged monster.’

Her sacrifice was not in vain.

Though the North became an even colder wasteland because the wounded monster hid deep within it.

Instead, spring and autumn came to all regions except the North.

‘In what way could I resemble her? Appearance? Personality? Divine power?’

There was no way to confirm it.

‘Even if I do resemble her, how does that explain why I’m fine looking at the Duke’s face?’

Her thoughts couldn’t progress any further.

There wasn’t enough information.

‘Aside from the brief records in the scriptures, almost no records about the first saint remain.’

Perhaps in the North, House of Solariccen might have records about the first saint that others don’t know about.

“Sister, sister! What are you thinking about so deeply?”

Anna Rose’s urging brought her back to her senses.

“Hm? What were we talking about?”

“About how you’re supposed to meet the Duke at the birthday banquet. The Crown Prince will be there too, so will you be okay? What if he does something strange.”

Ah. What was I saying again.

“It’s fine. I can handle that much. I’ve bribed the Crown Prince’s close associates.”

Annelize calmly sipped her tea.

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