I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 34

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Judith stared at the portrait in bewilderment.

[At first, I too was blinded by rage and placed a terribly great curse on that child.]

“Oh… what should we do?”

At the priestess’s voice, Judith looked out the window where wind was swirling and expressed her sympathy.

“If it’s a curse that you, Priestess, acknowledge as great, it must really be tremendously severe… Your son isn’t perhaps nearby, is he?”

At those words, the priestess made a sound like she was desperately trying to hold back laughter, then answered in a loving voice again.

[He’s not here. If he were nearby, he’d be next to you.]

“Whaaaat?”

When Judith asked in surprise, the voice spoke gently.

[After placing a great curse on the child, I died. And as soon as I died, I regretted it. Though he was the unwanted child of a hateful opponent, I had still carried him in my womb for nine full months…]

“Ah…”

[In the future I glimpsed, my child died futilely in despair. Though only my lingering resentment remained, I searched through the storm of time. For someone… who could save our son.]

Judith could perceptively realize that person had noticed her. So that was why the priestess had suddenly let her know the future one day.

Thanks to that, she had somehow carved out her future that seemed about to disappear under a pile of debt, but she hadn’t known there were such circumstances.

[That’s why I told you the future when you were young. However, since there was no way to meet you, I kept waiting. Because I wanted to face you like this just once.]

“I… see. Thank you, Priestess. Thanks to you telling me the future, I was able to save my life.”

Judith first expressed her gratitude. Then she blinked and asked.

“But how can I save your son? If you tell me, I’ll do anything.”

When she spoke with enthusiasm, a faint laughing sound was heard. Then a gentle voice continued.

[You’ve already saved him.]

“What? I have?”

[Yes. But the reason I’ve been waiting for today to face you like this is…]

The floor that had been shaking loudly was gradually beginning to grow quiet, and the voice was also growing faint.

[Because I wanted to make one personal request.]

“…Yes?”

[Please make my son happy.]

It was an incomprehensible tone.

Judith just blinked with a bewildered face.

[Now that even this shrine where I could come to reality has disappeared, we probably won’t see each other again.]

The wind visible outside the window also subsided, and the voice grew distantly faint.

[And Judith, I hope you too will be happy.]

Everything felt like a dream. When Judith couldn’t even think of getting up and was crawling toward the portrait.

[Come again when times are hard. I’ll guide you.]

That was the last.

Thud.

The beautiful portrait of the woman with brilliant paint colors fell to the floor. As if suddenly meeting the passage of time, the portrait that had been fine just moments ago faded and blurred.

“…Huh?”

It was as if she had suddenly fallen into another world.

The beautiful and mysterious shrine was gone, spider webs hung in corners, and the flowers that had been blooming brilliantly had withered miserably.

The brightly burning candles had melted away without a trace, and dust thickly covered the shelves. The shrine had instantly become a ruin.

“Priest… ess?”

When she was frozen in disbelief at this situation.

Bang, the sound of a door breaking was heard as someone entered the shrine.

“Judith!”

It was a voice she’d never heard in her life. Judith looked in surprise at the person who had grabbed her shoulders.

A solid build, white mask, jet-black hair…

“…Master? Is that really you, Master?”

Then Master flinched slightly and cleared his throat several times. Then he urgently asked while facing her.

“Are you hurt anywhere? Are you okay?”

It was the strange voice that was more familiar to Judith, disappearing as soon as she heard it. Judith blinked with a dazed face and answered.

“I’m not hurt anywhere… but Master, what on earth brought you here?”

“That’s obviously!”

“Obviously?”

“Obviously…”

Master, who had been answering spiritedly, hesitated, and someone peered through the broken door.

“Miss, you weren’t hurt, were you?”

“Are you okay? No, what is all this?”

It was the Soden Marquis and Marchioness who had been standing right behind Judith in line. Both had very kind and gentle-looking appearances.

Just like Huyd.

“What is this…”

“The inside is in chaos too.”

The Soden Marquis and Marchioness came inside and looked around. The shrine interior that had been neat and beautiful to the point of being unsettling was now completely ruined.

“First, Miss, let’s go out with your lover. This place is about to collapse.”

The Soden Marquis said in a worried voice, and Judith stood up with Master’s support, saying.

“Lover?”

The Soden Marquis laughed heartily and said.

“He was watching from a distance, and as soon as there was trouble with the shrine, he shot out like lightning? If that’s not a lover, what is?”

Judith looked at Master who was supporting her and quietly asked.

“Did you really?”

“…”

Master gave no answer at all.

Anyway, she went outside the shrine with Master’s support. She wasn’t hurt anywhere, but perhaps because she had been lying prone in such a tense state, her legs had lost their strength.

When they went outside the shrine, the outside was even more miserable. The tulips that had been blooming beautifully were all withered, and only desolate weeds filled the space. To make matters worse, as soon as they came out, with a thud, one wall began to collapse.

“Miss, are you really sure you’re okay?”

The Soden Marquis, who had been watching that scene, asked once more.

“Actually, when you cheekily ran up in front of us and sort of cut in line, I was a bit annoyed, but now that this has happened, I’m bewildered.”

The Soden Marquis and Marchioness seemed to have been conscious of Judith too, who had quickly run to get in line when they appeared while she was watching from nearby.

Judith nodded reluctantly.

“Yes, I’m fine. But I do have something to tell you.”

The priestess’s last request was one thing, but she had a separate goal in coming to meet the Soden Marquis and Marchioness. If not now, she might not even have time to have such a leisurely conversation with them.

And the priestess had also said ‘it’s fine to do as many good deeds as you want.’

“Would it be alright if I talked with you two for a moment? It won’t take long.”

“With us?”

Both the Soden Marquis and Marchioness were surprised. The Soden Marquis muttered with a bewildered face.

“Would that be okay? That lover young man looks more urgent…”

“Oh, he’s not my lover.”

Judith hastily cleared up the earlier misunderstanding and let go of Master’s hand. Then the Soden Marquis smiled and said.

“So it’s unrequited love! Miss, you should accept him if possible. Even if it’s unrequited love, it’s not common for someone to rush into such a dangerous place.”

“Ah, I’m a married woman.”

At Judith’s words, the Soden Marquis’s pleased expression instantly hardened. The Soden Marchioness beside him sighed deeply and poked her husband’s side.

“You just poked at someone’s painful spot for nothing, dear. It seems like it was an improper love that he could only watch wistfully from behind.”

“Right…”

The Soden Marquis scratched the back of his head awkwardly and spoke politely to Master.

“I apologize for the misunderstanding. But it would be better to quickly erase a woman with a husband from your heart.”

Master let out a faint sigh beside Judith. She didn’t know how he had gotten caught up in such an awkward topic, but anyway, Judith quickly changed the subject.

“Let me introduce myself first. I am Judith Meius.”

“Mei… us?”

Both the Soden Marquis and Marchioness looked at Judith in surprise at the name Meius. Even if they didn’t know Judith’s face, they naturally had to know the name Meius.

The Soden Marchioness muttered with an unbelieving face.

“By any chance… that… marriage registration, the one who did that? The one who got pregnant?”

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