I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 147

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All eyes focused on her. Judith picked up the card at the very end without much thought.

The fortune teller’s face became even more subtle upon seeing the card Judith drew.

“You’ll take someone else’s place, and eventually receive much envy and jealousy.”

“Hmm, is that so.”

At those words, Judith’s face showed even less interest.

Envy and jealousy were things you received when you had something worth envying. Judith had nothing that others would envy.

The Ailan Baronial Family was humble, and though she was said to be clever, there was nothing she could boast about with that, and while she was pretty, she wasn’t a beauty who could shake a nation.

Moreover, Judith herself wasn’t the type to take someone else’s place. Envy and jealousy – if it was a position that would receive such things, she wouldn’t covet it even more.

“So one of the people attending this banquet will desperately frame you later and cause a big incident.”

At those words, Anais, who had been waiting behind, muttered “Ugh.”

“Instead of a romantic fortune about finding a husband among the people at this banquet, it’s a warning fortune that there’s a future enemy here? How unpleasant.”

Of course, Judith wasn’t particularly bothered.

She had already begun to distrust the fortune.

Come to think of it, she probably wouldn’t get divorced either. Her parents also had a bad relationship but lived without divorcing, each enjoying their own lives. Most noble couples were like that, and Judith had no intention of breaking such customs to pursue a progressive life.

Rather, the other side was more likely.

For example…

‘They didn’t call her to say nice things for the banquet’s entertainment.’

To match Gernet’s boast of calling a ‘excellent fortune teller,’ giving ‘harsh words to someone.’

Usually, if a fortune teller only said good things at such occasions, their credibility would decrease accordingly. Because all the spectators would think ‘She just recycled moderately decent fortunes, didn’t she?’

On the other hand, if someone heard harsh words, they would think this fortune teller was someone who spoke bad news without hiding anything and fearlessly… and would actually trust the good fortune they received.

‘It must be Gernet’s doing.’

Judith reached a conclusion.

‘Anais was acting a bit annoying earlier…’

But to tell her to give Anais a bad fortune, there was a possibility Anais would cause a scene. For someone to just ‘quietly’ listen to a bad fortune, Judith was the right choice.

Gernet also hung out with Judith occasionally, but that didn’t mean they could be considered ‘really close friends.’

“I see.”

Judith, having roughly deduced the situation, answered nonchalantly.

“If I’m going to take someone’s place anyway, I hope it’s not something half-hearted but a great position worth turning my life upside down for.”

Then Anais shrieked from behind.

“How can you talk about it like it’s nothing? You’ll be falsely accused too!”

“I’m the one who took someone’s place first.”

Judith shrugged.

“I wronged someone, so someone will wrong me too. Isn’t that better than being one-sidedly victimized? Of course, for the public good, that shouldn’t happen, but…”

“Geez, you’re really weird.”

While Anais grumbled and crossed her arms, the fortune teller slowly continued.

“…And there are signs of both pregnancy followed by divorce and relocation.”

That was truly no different from a curse. For a noble to be divorced while pregnant and leave for distant places – just how tragic would that fate be?

However, Judith was already in a state of letting the fortune go in one ear and out the other, so she hummed and replied as if joking.

“Is that so? Then I’ll have to live happily with just that child.”

“That’s not it. Looking at your fortune with children, you’ll have one son and one daughter.”

Anais’s mouth fell open.

“You must remarry! Then you’ll be raising children with different fathers!”

Then the fortune teller’s gaze turned to Anais, who had been standing behind Judith.

“Are you next, miss?”

“Me, me?”

“Please sit here.”

It seemed Judith’s turn was over. Judith stood up without regret, but rather Anais hesitated.

“Um… so… um.”

Now that Judith had heard harsh words in front of everyone, she seemed scared that she might also receive a bad fortune.

“Wait a moment. Wait. Ah, just a moment. I’ll sit, I’m sitting.”

Anais hesitated and made a fuss before finally sitting down. Even then, she couldn’t hide her anxiety and fidgeted her feet.

Judith stood up and quietly slipped out of the line.

“Give me your hand for a moment.”

“Ah, um.”

“I said give me your hand?”

“J-just a moment!”

“If you won’t have it read, leave. There’s a long line behind you.”

“I-I will have it read! I will! Just let me prepare mentally…”

She wanted to have her fortune told, but was afraid bad words might come out. While Anais couldn’t do this or that and just wasted time, Judith slowly mixed in with the people and naturally slipped away.

Because people’s gazes kept following Judith.

‘Ugh, how burdensome.’

Hearing a bad fortune didn’t matter much, but it bothered her that everyone was watching her every move with pitying eyes. Since Anais wasn’t immediately getting her fortune read, more attention was focused on her.

‘And I’m the only one with an owl mask… If I had known this would happen, I should have worn a lion mask too. Or not? Are there no lion masks among the women? Then I should have dressed as a man.’

Judith grumbled to herself and walked randomly toward where there were no people.

Before long, a quiet garden appeared. It was a place where several fountains were weakly dropping streams of water.

It didn’t seem to be a restricted area, but it wasn’t particularly beautifully decorated either. Judith sat down near the most decent-looking fountain, thinking to catch her breath before leaving.

“Hmm.”

The content of the fortune, which seemed like it couldn’t get any worse, had already been hazily erased. However, she didn’t feel like going back in front of people.

Gazes would surely follow again with words like ‘That owl mask is the person who got that terrible fortune!’ Probably some young ladies would hear the news ‘That’s Judith’ and come to add a word or two.

She was just tired of all that.

“I want to go home.”

Judith muttered without realizing it. But she couldn’t go home.

‘Judith, you said you’d be at the banquet until late evening today, right?’

‘Ah, not until late evening…’

‘Play for a long time and come back.’

Her mother wasn’t even curious about which banquet she was going to. Well, since she didn’t even buy her a mask, it was natural.

What was important to her mother was the fact that Judith wasn’t at the Baron’s Manor. Her father obviously wouldn’t be stuck at home, and she would have sent out all the few servants.

At the Baron’s Manor now, there would be only her mother and that servant her mother favored, just the two of them.

‘A guy from within the household is better than going somewhere and getting involved with some other troublesome fellow.’

After her father’s casual remark to the butler became known, whenever Judith had plans to go out, her mother would conspicuously empty the Baron’s Manor like this. Her mother had also noticed that if it was something that ‘ended within the household,’ it didn’t matter.

‘Is Judith really my daughter? Well, maybe not…’

Perhaps her father’s indifference toward Judith was also due to that suspicion. At least a questionable daughter born by a wife he didn’t love much was less interesting to her father than gambling.

“I want to go home… I want to go home.”

Despite being in a situation where she couldn’t even enter that ‘home,’ Judith kept muttering.

Even so, she couldn’t move a single step and just watched the weak fountain stream rise pathetically and fall back down.

That’s when it happened.

“Oh, there was a place like this?”

“Are we allowed to come here?”

“Didn’t we take a wrong turn?”

A group of lion masks was coming toward the fountain garden.

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