I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 112

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The Marquis’s voice giving that order was utterly dry, but among those who still harbored trauma from ‘bring a young woman,’ an ominous atmosphere began to spread instantly.

With the addition of the somewhat bizarre preference for ‘green eyes,’ they couldn’t help but become even more tense.

“That… um, do you mean all the residents of this domain? There are quite a few domain residents, so it’s not something that can be identified all at once…”

“I’m aware of that. Take several days if needed, but check thoroughly.”

However, since they couldn’t disobey the Marquis’s orders, they began forming an investigation team while stalling as much as possible.

“And spread rumors throughout the entire domain.”

“Yes? What kind of rumors?”

“Rumors that the Master of the Grey Information Trading House is looking for his wife.”

With these additional suspicious orders, the vassals’ anxiety grew as well.

‘What a mess.’

He had expected it, but the domain was truly a mess. Just looking at a few key documents made it clear.

Well, if someone was favored by the Emperor enough to serve as his closest aide, it could be assumed that the lord had squeezed his domain tremendously.

After handling urgent matters, Ekian slowly stood up. Though he had ordered an investigation into ‘women with green eyes,’ he wasn’t particularly hopeful about it.

He had excluded red hair since it could be dyed or covered with a wig. That would make the sample size enormous.

Perhaps quickly announcing the Emperor’s death might be a way to make Judith come out. Having also spread rumors that the Master was looking for her, he had done his best.

Nevertheless, the reason he couldn’t just sit in his study and wait was simply because his heart was restless.

He put on a hood and mask, then stepped outside while concealing his presence.

Hoping for a miracle where he might encounter her by chance.

Or hoping that rumors of some masked madman wandering the domain would reach her ears.

Please, please let her be in this domain.

It was while he was aimlessly wandering the crowded streets like this.

“Hey, did you hear?”

A child ran up to another child of the same age who was watching a prop shop and said this.

“Teacher Huyd is giving a lesson today! You said your dream was to go to the Medical Academy, right? How about closing the shop and going to see?”

…Huyd?

Though countless conversations were taking place on the crowded street, the name ‘Huyd’ struck Ekian’s ears like lightning.

Huyd Ramis, the eldest son of House of Soden who was still known as ‘Felix Soden’ in the Soden Marquis’ Domain.

Though he hadn’t delved deeply into it because he was preoccupied with Judith, Ekian had a good idea why Huyd remained in the Soden Marquis’ Domain without revealing his identity as the missing eldest son.

‘He wants to build his power.’

It was a method traditionally used by noble families. When they wanted to raise a collateral relative or illegitimate child as heir.

‘Those who suddenly appear claiming bloodline rights are usually ignored. Especially if their previous status was lowly. The Soden Marquis wants to make his previous status more glamorous, and…’

Ekian’s eyes darkened as he recalled the brown-haired, kind-hearted doctor.

‘…it must be Huyd’s own choice as well.’

If he had just entered the Soden Marquis Family directly, he could have lived in luxury while being treated as the lost eldest son.

But Huyd was living as an exemplary doctor of the domain who ran a large hospital, building his own reputation. So that even if he entered as the heir to the Soden Marquis Family directly, there would be little objection from others.

Ekian had used a similar method to easily receive the position of Marquis.

Since he was already Meius Marquis, when he suddenly became a Marquis one day, people respected him. Because he had a history of being recognized.

‘Huyd Ramis was unexpectedly the ambitious type.’

He thought he understood why the commoner youth who had only been interested in feeding his siblings had become so proactive.

On the day Judith was ignored at the Imperial Palace banquet, Huyd must have had the same look in his eyes as himself.

In any case, Huyd Ramis still hadn’t revealed his identity to the outside world, so he would obviously continue using the name Huyd Ramis.

‘Hah…’

And they definitely said ‘Medical Academy.’

The thought that there might be a rival here made his blood boil.

At the same time, he had a premonition that Judith was really staying here, which made him feel terrible.

‘From the looks of it, he seems to have come to provide medical support. He would have money and status but would still be living as a commoner.’

It would be a coincidence, right?

Then there would be a high chance they hadn’t gotten involved yet, right?

Just thinking about the probability of those two being in the same space made his head spin.

Anyway, Ekian stopped abruptly to listen more to the children’s conversation.

“Let’s go, let’s go. You said you couldn’t go because you always had to watch the shop. Who knows when Teacher Huyd will give lessons again. The kids don’t really like Teacher Huyd’s lessons because they’re boring. That’s why Teacher Yus comes every day. Actually, I prefer Teacher Yus too.”

“But… still… my parents will be angry. You know my parents. They just get angry saying there’s no use learning it anyway. Even in our domain, military doctors aren’t treated very well… They told me to stop having useless thoughts and just inherit the shop.”

The boy from the prop shop stamped his feet and sniffled.

Ekian unconsciously approached the boys.

“Shall I watch the shop for a while?”

He swore to heaven that this was an action born from pure goodwill.

First, it bothered him that the child was saying ‘what’s the use of learning.’

As soon as Ekian came here and looked at the documents, he had identified that one of the domain’s biggest problems was education.

Moreover, since this would now become his domain, each domain resident caught his eye. Especially since that boy was Karl’s age, he was even more concerned.

Anyway, it was time he was wandering around looking for Judith. Since he had come out because work wouldn’t focus, he was willing to watch the shop during class time, which would be at most about two hours.

The boy from the prop shop brightened up and jumped to his feet.

“Wow, perfect!”

Since Ekian had always received favor and trust wherever he went, the child’s reaction felt natural.

It was when Ekian was about to ask, ‘Well, could you tell me what I should be careful about when watching the shop?’

“I’ll just say I closed it because I was scared that a suspicious person was trying to rob our shop!”

The boy jumped up and quickly locked the shop door.

“Since there are rumors spreading through the market about some strange masked weirdo wandering around!”

Then he ran off with a whoosh.

Ekian had to freeze for a moment in bewilderment. Following that, he felt the strange stares he hadn’t been conscious of while running around like a madman.

He… had originally intended to attract attention, but he didn’t know ordinary people would react this extremely.

Come to think of it, he didn’t usually wander around like this even in the capital, and when he showed this appearance, he was usually with nobles, so there wasn’t a single person who openly mocked him like this.

‘Ah…’

Ekian thought he absolutely must not reveal that the masked weirdo was the new Marquis for the time being.

Though he had gained great insight, since he had also heard the name Huyd, he couldn’t just let it pass.

Since he ended up unable to watch the child’s shop, Ekian decided to go check Huyd’s identity first.

That wasn’t difficult. No matter how much they had disappeared among people, it wasn’t to the extent that he couldn’t follow two boys.

He thus concealed his presence and headed toward the ‘school’ where the boys were going.

He planned to wait in front of the school, and if the Huyd Ramis he knew really came out, he would follow him.

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