I Became the Wife of the Hero Who Killed Me - Chapter 110

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#Episode 110

 

The horse that had leaped down from the high slope in one bound crashed into the arena fence and charged toward the spectator stands.

 

It happened to be the section where lower nobles and citizens of humble status were gathered.

 

“Everyone get away!”

 

“Q-quickly, run!”

 

Someone was mercilessly trampled by the horse’s hooves, while someone else desperately tried to flee but was pushed down by the crowd.

 

Screams and cries mixed together, creating literal pandemonium.

 

The faces of the competitors watching the situation, including myself, turned pale.

 

“Lady Rosalind!!”

 

“Good heavens, dear God…”

 

If it had been the opposite side where the Imperial Family and high nobles were seated, it would have been resolved relatively quickly.

 

High-ranking generals and elite soldiers with authority were guarding there, and the spectator stands had ample spacing that allowed for swift evacuation.

 

But where the horse had charged was the commoner section that was specially opened only during festival periods.

 

It was just flat ground with no structures except for fences, and only a few low-ranking soldiers were stationed there for maintaining order, so the chaos grew in an instant.

 

The ladies-in-waiting could only stomp their feet anxiously from a distance.

 

“Lady Rosalind!!”

 

“Your Highness Princess, you must raise your upper body! Grab the reins!”

 

Their desperate cries didn’t seem to reach Rosalind’s ears.

 

It was a situation where she couldn’t help but panic.

 

Though she barely avoided being thrown from the horse, she had completely lost control of the horse in the process of leaping down the steep slope in one go.

 

Rosalind was clinging to the horse’s neck like a lifeline, having even dropped the reins.

 

But the tighter the neck was squeezed, the more frightened and frenzied the horse became.

 

‘This is dangerous.’

 

Someone had to take control of that situation.

 

But the ladies-in-waiting only raised their voices without seeming to have any intention of stepping forward, and it would take time for cavalry to arrive.

 

Moreover, the infantry nearby couldn’t do this or that.

 

Because the rider happened to be Rosalind.

 

If even a single hair on her head was harmed in the process of subduing the horse, all the soldiers present would lose their heads.

 

Depending on the situation, even their entire families might.

 

So they had no choice but to act even more passively.

 

“Save us!!”

 

“Mom, where are you?! Waaah…!”

 

I finally made up my mind.

 

It wasn’t because I liked Rosalind or wanted to help her.

 

I simply didn’t want to leave terrible nightmares for the citizens who had entered the Imperial Palace holding their families’ hands with excited hearts.

 

It was solely for their sake.

 

“I have to go.”

 

“Lady Elisia?!”

 

“You know that when a horse is agitated, a bigger and stronger horse needs to step in to calm it down quickly. Hyah!”

 

Before anyone around could stop me, I stepped into the stirrup and mounted the saddle.

 

And I rode without hesitation straight into the center of the chaos.

 

“Evacuate the citizens! The clearing is actually dangerous, get them inside the buildings!”

 

“Duchess Lombard?!”

 

“Hurry!!”

 

“Yes, yes…!”

 

The soldiers who had been in confusion finally began to move, but there was no time to delay any further.

 

Even now, the damage was growing by the moment.

 

Rather than trying to straighten her posture to calm the horse, Rosalind was now practically strangling the horse’s neck as she clung to it.

 

It would have been more helpful in reducing harm to the citizens if she had just fallen off the horse.

 

I cautiously approached the outer perimeter of the horse’s rampage.

 

“Rosalind, straighten your back!”

 

“If I could do that, I would have done it already… Kyaa!”

 

“The horse is getting more agitated because you’re strangling its neck! I’ll help you, so grab the reins and straighten your back!”

 

“I can’t! I can’t do it!!”

 

She was throwing a tantrum even when offered help, so she must still be doing fine.

 

Eventually, I moved closer to the outside of the rampaging horse. And I ran alongside it, matching its speed.

 

When the larger horse came alongside, the horse instinctively recognized the presence of a leader and began to show signs of gradually calming down.

 

“Neigh!”

 

“That’s right, stay still.”

 

I gradually herded Rosalind’s horse toward one corner.

 

I could feel its ears, which had been pinned back, slowly turning forward. Now the horse was automatically matching its running speed with my horse, the leader.

 

And when the right moment came, I succeeded in catching the reins that were fluttering in the air.

 

“Whew, got it.”

 

“…”

 

“Rosalind?”

 

Even though I had regained control, Rosalind was still hanging onto the horse’s neck. I threw a few words at her, but she didn’t seem to understand at all.

 

She really was no help at all.

 

With the feeling of cleaning up after a child, I moved her to the arena outskirts.

 

Right now, the priority was getting away from the citizens above all else.

 

“Neigh!”

 

“…”

 

Before long, the horse finally stopped walking.

 

A heavy silence descended for a while.

 

Rosalind’s face was so horribly contorted as she shakily raised her upper body that I was about to say something but just stopped.

 

“Your Highness the Princess!!”

 

“Duchess Lombard!”

 

Just then, the Imperial Guard appeared, panting heavily.

 

Considering the vast expanse of the Imperial Palace Arena, they must have run here with the determination to burst their lungs.

 

I handed the reins I was holding to the knight who arrived first.

 

“Help support Rosalind. She doesn’t even look like she has the strength to walk.”

 

“Are you alright, Your Grace?”

 

“Me? Well.”

 

I thought there was no problem, but I belatedly realized that my limbs were trembling, perhaps due to being extremely tense even for that short time.

 

And it had to happen just as I was dismounting from the horse.

 

Just as my knees buckled and I was about to fall pathetically, a familiar warmth firmly caught my waist.

 

“Elisia.”

 

As I was feeling relieved by Edwin’s appearance, I suddenly sensed something strange.

 

The voice calling my name was a little lower than usual.

 

It was even my full name.

 

“….”

 

Feeling guilty, I slowly raised my head.

 

As expected, Edwin’s expression was dark. I was about to tell him I was fine, seeing his obvious worry, but he spoke faster.

 

“Don’t even think about saying you’re fine.”

 

“I really am—”

 

“If something had happened to Elisia, I wouldn’t have been able to bear it.”

 

During the brief silence, the muscles in Edwin’s jaw bulged. He was surely imagining all sorts of worst-case scenarios in his head out of worry for me.

 

How pitiful.

 

Why does he worry so much? What am I to him?

 

“I’m sorry for always making you worry. And thank you. For many things….”

 

Just as I was carefully stroking the tense muscles in his jaw.

 

Right beside us, the cheerful sound of horse hooves echoed.

 

It seemed Sir Gareth had followed Edwin and was taking my horse away.

 

Thanks to that, the atmosphere became a bit awkward, but I didn’t mind and carefully intertwined my fingers with Edwin’s.

 

I could see the corners of his mouth lift slightly.

 

This works well.

 

“Today’s tournament has been canceled. His Majesty has already returned. Elisia must be tired too, so how about going in to rest first?”

 

“Lady Caterina and Lady Isabella in the spectator stands must have been very shocked. I think it would be good to go and reassure them that I’m safe.”

 

“Then I’ll go with you.”

 

“Good. But even if Lady Caterina’s expression is funny, pretend not to notice.”

 

“…?”

 

Anyway, we were about to head back toward the arena when the citizens who had taken refuge inside the buildings spotted me and came running out in a rush.

 

They looked flustered from all the chaos, but their eyes looking at me were all filled with relief.

 

“Your Grace, I will never forget today’s kindness for the rest of my life.”

 

“That was really amazing! When I grow up, I want to become a wonderful person like you, Your Grace!”

 

“Earlier, my heart was really trembling with fear… If you hadn’t stepped forward, we would all have been dead.”

 

I patted each of their hands one by one without saying much.

 

Normally, this would have been a situation where I might have been a bit proud, but there were too many injured people in the spectator stands for that.

 

The closer we got to the arena, the more horrific scenes came into view.

 

Especially at the point where Rosalind’s horse had first crashed, many people lay collapsed, with what appeared to be their families wailing around them.

 

“Has Gilbert entered the Palace?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

I knew it would be like that.

 

There’s no way Edwin, who worries about me so much, would just leave Gilbert alone on a dangerous(?) day like the tournament.

 

As if he realized what I was about to say, Edwin continued with an awkward expression.

 

“He’s already urging my subordinates to move the patients.”

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