I Became the Wife of the Hero Who Killed Me - Chapter 49

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#Episode 49

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“Madam, you’ve made an excellent decision. You’ll be able to see quite a spectacular sight.”

“Oh really.”

“You absolutely won’t regret it!”

Ramon, who was following behind me, chattered away obliviously.

Regardless of what he said, I grimaced. My head had been throbbing since morning.

Today was supposed to be a day I had decided to rest for once. The fatigue from visiting Barg Mountain the day before yesterday still hadn’t gone away.

Therefore, I had made a plan that anyone would envy.

When the sun reached its zenith, I would wake up and roll around in bed with Nero, then eat a late breakfast-lunch and roll around, then eat dinner and roll around until I naturally fell asleep—it was a perfectly wonderful plan.

I had no doubt it would truly be a blissful day.

Until early dawn, when Ramon started crying out like a nightingale from outside.

‘Madam! Madaaam! Madaaaam!’

‘Berry, chase away that disgusting nightingale… Oh, I sent her on vacation.’

Half-awake, I buried my head in the pillow and screamed.

Since I had no intention of leaving the bedroom today, sending Berry home to rest as well had been a fatal mistake.

After the Lady Olden incident, I had dismissed all the servants and kept only Berry by my side, so to chase away that damned nightingale, I had to move myself.

‘Madam, good morning!’

‘Does that bluish sky look like morning to you?’

‘Aren’t you practically the law of Lombard, Madam? If you’ve woken up, then it’s morning.’

Ramon possessed excellent administrative abilities but unfortunately lacked a great deal of tact.

Though it made sense since he was of a status that didn’t particularly need to read others’ moods.

Anyway, the nightingale who had naturally followed me in without even being given permission to enter was now throwing a tantrum, saying there was a very good spectacle happening at the training ground and asking me to go watch it together.

‘The training ground from the crack of dawn?’

‘You must already know how excellent Lombard’s knights are, Madam. According to intelligence I secretly obtained from Sir Bertol, today…’

I walked back to the bed, letting Ramon’s explanation go in one ear and out the other.

I planned to lie down and fall back into sweet sleep.

But Ramon’s chatter wouldn’t stop, didn’t quiet down even after I threw all the pillows from the bed, and even made Nero, who couldn’t stand it anymore, pant and attempt to run away through the window.

Around this time, I realized that only by going out myself could I make the nightingale shut his beak.

And so, with the spirit of self-sacrifice for others, I was dragged from the crack of dawn to the training ground, which was quite far from the castle—Lombard’s military facilities were built in isolated areas for security.

“Is it going to snow? There’s thunder.”

Walking through the corridor of the Knight Order Headquarters, I was awakened from my reminiscence by the rumbling sound in the distance.

I could see terrifying flashes of light continuously flickering in the dim sky.

Ramon also seemed puzzled and scratched his chin.

“I’m not sure either. The weather is clear for now…”

The entrance was strictly guarded by knights, but the interior was eerily quiet.

I couldn’t find a single soul, as if something had happened.

How long had we walked?

At some point, the sound of people murmuring grew louder, and soon a group of knights gathered in one place with serious expressions came into view.

“Madam, I’ll quickly go and find out what’s happening.”

“Take your time.”

Ramon, who took my sincere words as a joke and laughed, approached the people with his usual brazenness.

I considered waiting for Ramon but decided to just keep walking.

‘What could possibly happen in Lombard’s military camp?’

The closer I got to the end of the corridor, the clearer the rumbling thunder became, loud enough to make my ears ring.

Then thud, thud, the entire building shook.

“Could it be an earthquake?”

If so, the earlier atmosphere made sense.

I remembered hearing before that when earthquakes occur, buildings can collapse, so you should go to an open area if possible.

Coincidentally, the end of this corridor led to the center of the military camp, the open training ground.

I quickened my pace, almost running.

And then—

‘What, what is this.’

A frighteningly overwhelming sight came into view.

In the middle of the training ground, so vast that its end couldn’t be seen, someone stood alone like a small dot.

There was only one person, with no one else around.

But every time he swung his great sword, enormous flashes of light split the sky with brilliant flickers.

At the same time, the ground he stood on shook with thud, thud.

The trembling grew stronger until it became difficult to even stand properly.

“This is impossible. What on earth is this… Ugh!”

My body swayed from the sudden vibration.

When I came to my senses, I had been thrown from the corridor and fallen onto the training ground floor.

Before my eyes, an enormous flash of light, as if it would burn everything, came crashing down.

It was the moment I instinctively squeezed my eyes shut.

“…!”

Instead of the pain I had imagined, a large shadow fell over my head.

Gasping for breath, I carefully opened my eyes and blankly looked up at the sky, which had become calm in the blink of an eye, the atmosphere that had seemed like the world was ending having disappeared.

Then I lowered my gaze.

“Are you alright?”

Duke Lombard was standing there.

The great sword he held was still crackling with eerie flashes of light.

Had he noticed my gaze? He threw away his sword—said to be like life itself to a warrior—without hesitation and knelt on one knee.

“Are you injured anywhere?”

“…No.”

“I didn’t know you had come, Madam. This is my oversight.”

Duke Lombard picked up a shoe that had fallen nearby and carefully put it on my foot.

Then he bent one arm and extended it so I could hold it comfortably.

“Can you stand up?”

“Yes, I’m not particularly injured anywh… Ouch!”

I hesitated as I tried to stand up while holding Duke Lombard’s arm.

A sharp pain spread through my palm.

Blood was beading on my palm, apparently scraped when I fell and hit the ground earlier.

It wasn’t a serious wound, but once I became aware of it, the stinging became more severe.

Duke Lombard’s startled gaze immediately turned to my palm.

Where had that terrifying momentum from earlier, which seemed like it could split the world in half, gone…

“I’ll call the military doctor.”

“It’s fine. This kind of thing will heal if left alone.”

“But you’re bleeding, aren’t you?”

“I’ve been hurt worse than this before. Compared to that time, this is too minor to even call an injury.”

I unconsciously brought up memories of the past.

Memories of when my fingers and toes combined were fewer than ten, and my entire body’s skin glistened with pus and blisters.

Those weren’t words that a precious duchess should utter. Especially not a princess who had been raised delicately like a flower in a greenhouse.

I was worried that Duke Lombard might find it strange, but fortunately he showed no particular reaction.

Perhaps thinking it was bravado, he only clicked his tongue quietly.

“Have the military doctor stand by.”

“Yes… Yes! I receive your command!”

Before his subordinate’s answer was even finished, Duke Lombard lightly lifted me up and crossed the training ground.

It was so sudden that I considered struggling to be put down, but it seemed like more of a nuisance to waste time arguing, so I decided to just stay still.

If there had been no people around, I would have acted as I pleased, but now it felt like all the eyes in the military camp were focused this way.

Actually, I was the type who was quite conscious of such things.

‘Sob sob, damn petty bourgeois mindset!’

I cried inwardly.

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Meanwhile, only after Duke Lombard and the duchess had completely disappeared did the frozen knights exchange glances with each other.

They had really thought something terrible was about to happen.

Whatever had occurred since the early dawn breeze, their lord had been swinging his sword more roughly and violently than usual, and while his intimidating appearance inspired respect, they had been anxious because they couldn’t dare to stop him.

“But as soon as he noticed the duchess was there, he withdrew his sword aura.”

“His earlier rage disappeared completely and he became peaceful…”

“What on earth is happening?”

The duchess had stopped their lord, whom no one had dared to restrain. She had prevented it from escalating into a bigger incident.

The daughter of the enemy who had driven their former lord to death.

Even though the knights had seen it clearly with their own eyes, they were dumbfounded and could only scratch their chins like fools.

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