I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 133

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Hello, my name is Ann Taylor. I’m the daughter of the third most delicious bakery in this domain.

Today I wore my prettiest dress. I also put on my precious new shoes. I even let down my hair neatly, which I usually just tie up roughly every day.

Because today is the wedding day of Crown Prince and Meius Duchess!

Ah, that sounds a bit strange.

Calling Yus, no, Teacher Judith as Meius Duchess when they haven’t gotten married yet.

But we all had no choice but to call her that.

Because Meius Duchess was already pregnant before the wedding, and she moved into the Marquis’ Estate as soon as the Marquis returned.

The adults in the domain, including my father, used to curse about the father of Meius Duchess’s child as ‘the worst scoundrel in the world,’ but we decided to keep that fact a secret forever.

“Well, there must have been circumstances among the nobility.”

“Even saying she was his former wife. There was some misunderstanding, right? It seems there was some mistake rather than a divorce by mutual agreement.”

The people of the domain were confused but accepted the fact anyway. The capital is quite far from here, and they say all sorts of things happen there.

Without going far, Crown Prince also does many incomprehensible things.

The day he returned after defeating the barbarians, he had a brief conversation with some strange woman and then just drove her away…

No one still knows the identity of that woman. Why she came to our domain and did such strange things.

Well, from what I overheard, only that woman’s daughter is pitiful. Whoever she is.

Ah, there’s one more pitiful person.

“Only Teacher Huyd became pitiful, well.”

“But Crown Prince can’t do anything against Meius Duchess either. Now I don’t particularly feel sorry for Teacher Huyd.”

“Still, he’s attending today. He agreed to become the child’s godfather. Of course, he was bedridden for several days because of that fact.”

“What a good heart… And he’s still going to be the godfather?”

“Ah, there seems to have been some misunderstanding. The one who was bedridden was Crown Prince.”

Crown Prince, who didn’t fall ill even after sweeping away all the barbarians, was bedridden because of that fact.

It’s truly unbelievable. The adult world is really difficult.

I no longer receive lessons from Meius Duchess. Her Highness is really busy now. Still, she worked hard to build a school and brought in teachers from outside domains, so not only I but many children are learning well.

But I miss Meius Duchess, so I often visit the Marquis’ Estate.

Sometimes I would see Meius Duchess and Crown Prince together. At those times, unlike Crown Prince who always had a glowing face, Meius Duchess looked very tired, and when I asked what was wrong, Crown Prince would answer like this:

‘Learning something from the teacher and practicing.’

‘Huh? What?’

‘What your teacher used to study very diligently every day at the Duke’s Mansion… The ultimate goal that countless books spoke of.’

‘At the Duke’s… Mansion? Then isn’t that incredibly difficult?’

‘Well, in some ways you could say that. It’s very difficult to stop and finish.’

Then Meius Duchess would interrupt with a serious expression.

‘Shut that mouth right now.’

Although Meius Duchess occasionally cursed, the relationship between the two seemed good.

So much so that I didn’t think of Teacher Huyd, who returned to the charity hospital as soon as Crown Prince came back.

But that Teacher Huyd is also coming today! Apparently he’s Meius Duchess’s closest friend.

Father and his friends didn’t believe that at all before, but nowadays they believe it like a religion.

“Right, right! The two of them were just friends!”

“Anyone could see they were friends! Ahahaha! I didn’t feel any romantic emotions at all!”

That’s the only way to save Teacher Huyd’s life.

Anyway, today is a good day. Because it’s a wedding. Even precious people from far away came to the domain.

Not only Meius Marquis and the Duchess, but also Young Master Meius Marquis attended.

Young Master Karl Meius was so handsome like a prince from a fairy tale that my face turned red as if it would burst.

‘Is, is this first love?’

My goodness.

He was incomparably cooler than the boys from the domain I saw every day. I know he’s an unreachable tree, but he really was such a beautiful boy…

“Sister-in-law!”

Karl ran straight to Meius Duchess and hugged her tightly.

“It’s really a complete mess, chaos, mayhem, a situation too amazing for a boy who just turned nine to handle… But I’m still so happy. Congratulations.”

Ah.

Oh no.

That tall and handsome boy’s age is… nine years old?

My goodness. My first love ended just like that. I’m thirteen years old! If he’s four years younger, well, he’s just a little kid.

Maybe because he eats well, or because Meius Marquis and the Duchess are both tall, his development is so good that I mistook him for my age.

But the distinguished guests weren’t just the Meius Marquis Family.

“Judith! Congratulations so much.”

My goodness.

Emperor Alteon and Melanie Empress, who were recently enthroned, also came.

Melanie Empress was in her final month of pregnancy with a belly that looked ready to burst, but she insisted on attending. It seemed she had such a close relationship with Meius Duchess.

As expected, Meius Duchess…

Even though she wore simple clothes due to personal circumstances, we felt that Meius Duchess was definitely special. She was so smart and wise.

If such a Meius Duchess chose him, we can trust and live with Crown Prince!

Emperor also seemed to know the whole situation and said with an awkward smile:

“Oh my. I wanted Ekian to be recognized in the domain so that the duchess could be naturally accepted… but it seems the opposite happened. Anyway, thank you, Judith.”

Emperor spoke to Meius Duchess in honorifics with a gentle tone. He didn’t have to, but he’s really a gentle person. I heard he cried and grieved so much at the late Emperor’s funeral.

Precious people kept arriving one by one, so I held my mom and dad’s hands and watched frantically.

Of course, I have a very special relationship with Meius Duchess, but I know I’m not of high enough status to join in such occasions.

Just being formally invited and keeping my seat is an honor. Actually, most of the domain residents want to watch this wedding and are filling the distant hills. Just getting a seat is an enormous privilege.

But that’s when it happened.

“Anne.”

Meius Duchess, who was surrounded by precious people, called me with a gentle voice.

“Anne, you look so pretty today? Won’t you come closer and show me?”

My heart started pounding and my face began to heat up. My goodness, my goodness!

I went to Meius Duchess while catching my breath. To be honest, Meius Duchess herself was beautiful like an angel.

“Y-Your Highness.”

My voice trembled like a fool. In the end, I said while sniffling:

“Congratulations, really. You must be happy.”

Ugh, so stupid, right? I didn’t know what to do because I was so pathetic. Then Meius Duchess gently stroked my head.

“Thank you.”

As soon as I met her beautifully folded green eyes, I somehow felt relieved.

“Since Anne said that, I will definitely be happy. Will you watch over me?”

Meius Duchess, no, my most precious teacher, really seemed sufficiently happy. I nodded my head vigorously.

“Yes!”

Sunlight was gently pouring down. Meius Duchess and Crown Prince turned their gazes to each other again and smiled at each other.

Certainly, both of them were definitely perfectly happy.

【The End】

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