I Became the Wife of the Hero Who Killed Me - Chapter 94

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#Episode 94

“Your Majesty, I have arrived.”

“Nigel.”

The man who suddenly appeared exchanged light greetings with the Emperor before turning his gaze toward me.

He had a sharply handsome impression. Pale skin, gray hair, a sharp nose bridge and thin lips.

He certainly had decent looks, but somehow he didn’t give off a likeable impression.

Well, in this situation, whether he’s likeable or not doesn’t matter.

“It’s been a while, sister.”

“Yes.”

“I didn’t know sister was so skilled in foreign languages.”

“It’s just a beginner level, hardly worth calling skill.”

Unlike Rosalind who used ambiguous semi-formal speech, Nigel clearly spoke respectfully to me.

But just because he spoke respectfully didn’t mean he was favorable toward me.

According to Edwin, Nigel was the brain of the Imperial Palace and the real political power, so it was too early to feel relieved.

Sure enough, his pupils narrowed like a snake’s as he looked at me.

“Sister, I heard an interesting rumor.”

“Oh?”

“That sister is fluent not only in Marsen Language but in various languages.”

I tilted my head as if this was the first time I’d heard such novel nonsense.

However, the problem was that there were parts I could guess at.

‘How did he find out?’

During my stay in Bellamare, I had freely conversed with merchants from various regions.

Originally I hadn’t planned to, but the Officials’ interpretation skills were so pathetically poor that I couldn’t stand pretending not to understand and it ended up that way.

Unfortunately, I had past work experience, so not only daily conversation but even technical terms flowed out smoothly.

Fortunately, the people around me were completely absorbed in the brilliant(?) misconception that I had been hiding my abilities by pretending to be stupid to survive in the Imperial Palace, so no one found it strange.

So I let my guard down, and the result was quite something to see.

“This is the first I’m hearing of it. But well, I do have quite a lot of rumors following me around, don’t I?”

“This is information from a reliable source.”

“Seems like it’s time to change sources.”

Even if he asked in a foreign language, I could just pretend not to understand and that would be that.

But my plan didn’t flow smoothly.

It was because the Emperor interfered.

“If what Nigel says is true, I’m truly curious too! Just how good a teacher Duke Lombard was.”

“You flatter me, Your Majesty.”

Even before I could deny it, Edwin intervened.

He walked leisurely up onto the platform, parting through the crowd, and stood beside me.

“But it wasn’t that I was a good teacher, rather my wife was a more excellent student than I could have imagined. I merely gave advice.”

“Wh-what are you doing right now?!”

Edwin, whom I thought was my savior, was alternately throwing me into cold and hot baths.

First, just having Edwin by my side made me feel much more at ease.

But Edwin’s mouth was doing the opposite, pushing me into boiling lava.

I secretly pinched his forearm. It was so solid I couldn’t tell if it was a human arm or a rock, but I tried anyway.

Nevertheless, Edwin continued his conversation with the Emperor without batting an eye.

“Just in time, an envoy has arrived from the Holy City Arzenbach. Why don’t you have a conversation with them?”

“Elisia will surely meet Your Majesty’s expectations. Elisia?”

“…”

Edwin, who had turned to look at me with a smiling face, flinched when I remained coldly silent with only the whites of my eyes showing.

But he didn’t seem to have any intention of changing his mind.

Instead, he even gripped my hand tightly from behind as if to encourage me.

‘Damn it, if I get caught by the Inquisitor, know that I’ll shout your name first.’

His coaxing gaze asking me to stop being angry wasn’t very trustworthy, but he was still a Lombard in name.

Guessing that Edwin must have something in mind, I nodded.

Then, Priests wearing pure white cloaks embroidered with the Great Cathedral’s emblem approached.

“Following the command of His Holiness Pope Leonel II, we greet His Majesty the Emperor of Baldin.”

“What precious guests have come! Truly welcome.”

The Priests who received the Emperor’s hospitality introduced themselves in turn.

The Secretary of State and his Attendants who assist the Pope and handle diplomatic affairs, the Minister of Evangelization and his Attendants who oversee missionary work…

‘This is manageable.’

I was standing leisurely and nodding when I suddenly flinched.

It was because the last to step forward was the Minister of the Inquisition Holy See… that is, the Minister of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and his Attendants.

The direct superior of Brother Vincent, the Director of the Inquisition!

‘No, why is that terrifying man here?!’

I, who had been fine even in front of the Emperor, began breaking out in cold sweat as soon as I heard the name of the Inquisition Holy See.

It wasn’t in the realm of reason but just instinctive fear.

Edwin, who was holding hands with me, looked at me as he felt my palms getting moist.

“Elisia?”

“This won’t work. This isn’t right. Um, I mean… I’m not feeling well.”

I gradually took steps backward, attempting to escape.

But the Emperor introducing me to the ministers was faster.

“This is Elisia, my most beloved niece. She recently married Duke Lombard, and it would be joyful if you could give Elisia your blessing.”

“For the peace of both nations, we would gladly—”

The Priests who were looking at me following the Emperor’s gesture all stopped moving at once.

Their eyes, which had been staring at me, began to widen as if they might burst.

At the same time, the amount of cold sweat flowing on my palms also increased.

‘What is it? No, what is it?!’

The Priests rubbed their eyes and trembled as if they had seen some apparition, and the Minister of the Inquisition Holy See even prayed and made the sign of the cross!

The Emperor, who had been watching this, suddenly stood up from his seat.

“Priests from the Holy Capital! Everything is God’s arrangement, so quickly tell us what you have seen!”

“Ahh…”

The Secretary of State, who let out a long groan, approached me without giving me a chance to escape.

“Such a pure soul!”

“Oh God, I have never seen a soul so innocently clear except for His Holiness the Pope.”

“A talent who should devote herself to religion. Are you interested in establishing true justice in this land?”

“No, I’m not. You’ve got the wrong person.”

I stepped back with a serious expression.

There wasn’t a single word that didn’t grate on me, but I absolutely couldn’t let the last proposal from the Minister of the Inquisition Holy See slide.

I was just now finally starting a stable new beginning with my companion gold coin.

Though I had been wounded, I was trying to gradually wash away past pain with my companion gold coin’s warm love and constant care and move toward the future.

But ‘establishing true justice in this land’?

This is exactly what those Inquisitor bastards always say!

“My eye for people has never been wrong. Sister, you have talent.”

“No, sir! What talent?!”

“Indeed, it was just as Brother Vincent said.”

“Vincent? Wait, what Vincent? What did that guy say?!”

Every time the minister opened his mouth, objections automatically burst out of me.

Actually, Vincent was a very common name. It was because he was the Prophet who received the first revelation from the sun god Leto.

So if you grabbed a passing Priest, at least one in five would be named Vincent.

Even the Minister of Evangelization’s baptismal name was Vincent.

But I had an ominous premonition that the ‘Vincent’ the Minister of the Inquisition mentioned was very likely the same ‘Vincent’ I knew.

‘Wait, let me calm down.’

I belatedly remembered the gazes around me.

I had rushed at him with the momentum to grab the Minister of the Inquisition by the collar, not caring about the watching eyes.

At this rate, my carefully built social reputation would—

“Ah, so it really is Lady Elisia.”

“Marriage alone wouldn’t change that temperament.”

“Who would have thought she’d cause such a scene even with the Minister of Faith Doctrine.”

…My reputation was already ruined, yes.

No matter how I was, I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed about causing a scene in front of so many nobles, and against the Minister of the Inquisition no less.

Having barely escaped from the priests, I holed myself up in a shady corner throughout the banquet and fended off all approaches from those around me.

Throwing aside the rule about wearing masks, I glared with crazy eyes like a mad dog whenever anyone approached.

Eventually, the nobles began to subtly avoid me.

‘Sob sob sob sob.’

Right, who was I to act all noble? Let me just live as I used to!

I sincerely wished everyone would leave since I wanted to be alone.

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