I Became the Wife of the Hero Who Killed Me - Chapter 75

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#Episode 75

“You’re quite thorough.”

“Haha, not to that extent.”

As if the cold glint I saw earlier was just my imagination, Edwin laughed lightly.

“And now I have Eli, don’t I? If something happens to me, Eli will rule Lombard as the duchess.”

“What? Don’t push such a scary thing onto me. If something happens to Ed, I’ll get myself a suitable territory in the Southern Region from that very day and live comfortably.”

“….”

Edwin’s lower lip jutted out.

He seemed inwardly disappointed by my answer that I would leave Lombard without any regrets.

Though it’s a somewhat irreverent expression, he looked like a big black shepherd who was sulking at his owner, pretending not to hear when called and only showing the whites of his eyes.

So I couldn’t help but laugh.

“If you don’t want me to leave, then don’t get hurt or die and live a long life. That’s all there is to it, right?”

“Still….”

“Don’t you trust me?”

“If a handsome man as radiant as the sun god Leto appears, you seem like you’d leave without any regrets.”

That was so long ago, yet he sure holds a grudge.

As I was inwardly clicking my tongue, thinking his long-held grudge could be spun into thread to weave fabric, I suddenly realized that Edwin’s words weren’t entirely impossible.

‘We have no justification to hold onto each other.’

Of course, the Pope wouldn’t permit it so divorce would be impossible, but if we didn’t care about the family’s honor, adultery or separation would be entirely possible.

Moreover, I was in a position where I didn’t need to worry about the Lombard family’s honor.

‘It would be different if there were children.’

My thoughts naturally flowed in another direction.

And the moment I reached that obvious premise of who would have to bear the children—

“It’s, it’s hot!”

My cheeks felt like they were burning.

Though I’d never experienced romantic relationships due to being buried in official duties, that didn’t mean… I, I wasn’t completely ignorant about the process of making children.

I had never thought about Edwin and me doing such, such, such things.

“No, not hot, I think I’m sleepy. I should go to bed now.”

“Then I’ll escort you to the bedroom.”

“No! Ed must be tired too, so it would be better to ask someone else. Sir Gareth! Sir, are you outside?!”

Fortunately, he seemed to be nearby.

Gareth entered the reception room with a puzzled expression.

Edwin strongly insisted that considering the duchess’s dignity, he should personally carry me rather than some knight, but I was originally someone without honor anyway.

I was grateful for his concern, but right now being held by him would be more troublesome.

“My lord is glaring at me as if he wants to kill me.”

“That must be your imagination.”

“Hmm, if Madam, who is smarter than me, thinks so….”

Having completed the outsourcing of his thoughts, Gareth easily lifted me up.

I really hoped my fractured ankle would heal quickly.

* * *

Meanwhile, Edwin, left alone, glared at the innocent back before slumping onto the sofa in dejection.

He tried to retrace whether he had said something wrong, but finding no problematic parts, the anxiety that had become one with his body began to eat away at his mind.

‘Is she trying to avoid me again?’

According to Gareth’s report, Elisia had asked about Lombard’s elite forces today.

It wasn’t difficult to guess it was because of past events.

It would be natural for her not to want to face again the criminals who, blinded by desire, had delivered innocent her into the hands of the ‘duchess.’

‘Looking back on it….’

Edwin lowered his gaze.

Losing his left arm with the ring had been the beginning of all disasters.

‘My lord, are you alright?!’

‘Those demon bastards got his arm…!’

Lombard experienced large-scale earthquakes periodically.

The cause was certain special-type demons burrowing underground and creating fissures in the earth’s crust.

The Empire’s finest engineers were mobilized to devise ways for the Northern Wall to withstand earthquakes, but there were limits, so they had no choice but to inspect periodically and repair when problems arose.

That day was the same.

Upon receiving reports of an earthquake, he immediately set out, but the damage was much greater than expected, with nearly half the Northern Wall collapsed.

Like his father, Edwin was in a situation where he had to stake everything to fight and protect Lombard.

The fierce battle continued for over twenty days.

His stamina was gradually reaching its limit due to not being able to eat, wash, or sleep properly.

Edwin became afraid. Of course, it wasn’t death itself that he feared.

‘That I might lose Elze because I couldn’t properly stop the demons….’

Elze, who would be watching the situation with worried eyes from below the mountain, drove him to move despite being pushed to his limits.

Though he eventually lost an arm to a demon’s surprise attack, Edwin survived.

The contingency plans he had established in advance when inheriting the ducal position also proved effective, with rescue forces dispatched from both the Holy Capital and Imperial Capital, and surrounding territories surrounding the mountain range to prevent damage to residential areas.

While the Holy Knights completely drove back the demons, engineers began reconstructing the Northern Wall.

Having watched this far, Edwin finally relaxed his tension belatedly.

The wound on his left arm, bitten by demons, had already begun to fester, and the excessive blood loss and his battered body brought him down.

Afterward, Edwin wandered between life and death for several days before opening his eyes.

Upon awakening, he immediately asked about Elze’s safety, but by then everything was already over.

Truly everything….

“My past self was truly naive.”

He had believed that if he became a strong lord and kept faith, his subordinates’ loyalty would also be eternal.

But the truth he discovered belatedly was devastating.

His chief aide Cedric was ‘Elisia’s’ lover, and was even so completely bewitched by her that he unhesitatingly offered up his lord’s severed left arm.

He even used the family head’s seal to mobilize elite soldiers.

Elze, innocent her… he dragged her to the duchess’s feet to die miserably.

Afterward, Edwin went completely mad.

He killed everyone involved. More painfully than Elze, savoring their desperate pleas to be killed as he slaughtered his enemies day by day.

Even with one arm lost, Edwin was still the continent’s strongest knight, so there was no one who could stop him.

The Lombard River was stained red with blood.

But even after completing all his revenge, he wasn’t satisfied.

Edwin, consumed by irrepressible self-blame, cried out Elze’s name and eventually even thought of ways to bring her back.

He touched the Holy Temple’s Forbidden Arts.

Thus he walked into the Northern Wall himself.

“…Whew.”

Edwin, who had been recalling this life’s elite forces that had rebelled after falling for his manipulation, raised his gaze.

How much time had passed—the dim dawn was breaking.

‘Pull yourself together. She’s by my side now.’

Under the same sky, she was sleeping soundly, dreaming of a new Lombard without a care in the world.

Then he too had no choice but to do what he could right now.

* * *

“My goodness, what is this?!”

“Do you like it?”

Edwin pointed to an unidentifiable structure erected in the middle of the garden with a proud expression.

If I had to describe it, it looked rather strange—like a very small single-person carriage with the roof and frame removed, leaving only the chair and base.

As I blinked my eyes in bewilderment, Edwin, who was holding me, went outside with an expectant expression.

“I heard you’re planning to inspect Bellamare City District today.”

“That’s true, but…”

“I prepared this hoping it would be of some help to Elisia, since your ankle isn’t well.”

Today, I was supposed to meet Gibson and finish the conversation we couldn’t complete yesterday.

I had excitedly agreed to the suggestion that we might as well inspect nearby areas while we were at it.

I was so excited that I woke up at ten o’clock, which was practically the crack of dawn.

“Don’t tell me Edwin made this himself?”

“I did borrow the craftsman’s hands for the more intricate parts.”

“Really?!”

“Would you like to try sitting on it?”

Edwin carefully seated me on the carriage.

Then he placed my ankle on the cushioned footrest and secured it well so it wouldn’t shake.

“I reduced the size compared to regular carriages so it can enter even alleys, and I also lowered the wheels a bit so you can comfortably talk with the citizens.”

“…”

Edwin was explaining enthusiastically, but none of it was registering in my ears.

At this unexpected consideration, one corner of my heart silently stirred.

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