I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 40

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Judith’s heart sank with a thud. She blinked for a moment and then said.

“I’m sorry. I was just about to go to sleep. I went out early this morning and I’m a bit tired…”

Since Master had revealed himself, she really had no choice.

But what surprised even herself was that she wasn’t particularly angry at Master’s unilateral appearance.

“If it’s not urgent, could we talk about it tomorrow?”

Judith said gently. From outside, Huyd’s disappointed voice could be heard.

“Ah, yes.”

Huyd’s footsteps faded away. When Judith sighed, Master nonchalantly shrugged his shoulders.

She suppressed the joy she felt inside and whispered primly.

“Are you in your right mind?”

Master slowly walked out from the bookshelf and sat in front of Judith, saying.

“Definitely not. I admit it.”

“You admit it so easily that I have nothing more to say. Wait. Since I said I was going to sleep, I should turn off the lights to keep up appearances.”

Judith slowly got up and extinguished the lamp. Watching her, Master said cheekily.

“Ahem. To interrupt such an important time of choosing dresses. Huyd Ramis, no, Huyd Soden is quite rude.”

It was truly a shameless thing to say. Judith couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

“Who do you think is really interrupting right now?”

“I’m originally rude.”

“Hmm, I don’t think you used to be this outrageous before.”

Judith laughed in bewilderment. Then Master crossed his arms and muttered.

“I’ve decided to become a bit twisted from now on.”

“What? Are you suddenly going through adolescence?”

“I found out today that I was thoroughly abandoned by my birth mother.”

“Hm?”

“I already knew she didn’t like me much because I was an unwanted child, but I didn’t know she would go to such elaborate and meticulous lengths to screw me over.”

Since all the context was cut off, Judith couldn’t understand the situation at all. However, she could instinctively feel that he wouldn’t answer even if she asked.

Master muttered in a tone that was more absurd than sad.

“Still, she’s the one who gave birth to me, so I guess I was wrong to expect anything.”

“That’s right. You shouldn’t have had expectations.”

“Aren’t you agreeing too easily?”

“I just don’t want to see Master get hurt. From now on, just don’t have expectations.”

Judith said with a deep sigh.

“I’ve also been disappointed after having expectations of my mother. If you unconditionally expect love just because someone gave birth to you… in the end, the one who gets hurt is yourself.”

Master flinched. In the moonlight, Judith carefully patted his shoulder.

“I don’t know the details, but anyway, don’t mind what your mother says. The more that happens, the more you need to actively find happiness yourself.”

“Even if that mother’s words have too much influence?”

“Even so. If I were you, the more rebellious I felt toward my mother’s words, the more I’d become happy in my own way.”

Judith smiled, clenching her fist tightly as if to cheer him on.

“I told you before. My mother abandoned me, but I will never abandon my child. I will definitely create a beautiful family. So Master, don’t get swept up in such words and find your own happiness.”

Master didn’t give any particular response. He just quietly looked at Judith from behind his mask.

The atmosphere became awkward for a moment. Feeling strange, Judith unnecessarily flipped through the catalog.

Yesterday she had told him not to come, but in truth, she didn’t want to have another cold argument like that.

“Since you’re here, want to help me choose a dress before you go?”

Judith said while busily spreading out the catalog she hadn’t really been interested in.

“Originally I was thinking of wearing something in red tones… but I’m also thinking of wearing brown tones to match Huyd’s hair color…”

She had happily accepted Huyd’s escort proposal from earlier.

From the beginning, Judith didn’t think of Huyd as a romantic interest at all. To her, Huyd was just a good friend.

Huyd was planning to express his feelings from now on, but Judith had no idea that their relationship would develop in that direction.

She just thought he wanted to repay the favor of helping her find her birth parents.

“Brown, that’s really the worst. I don’t think it would suit Judith at all.”

Master immediately showed his distaste. Flipping through the catalog, he clicked his tongue as if displeased.

“Why is there so much exposure…”

“By Master’s standards, covering from head to toe, it would certainly seem like a lot of exposure.”

Judith cheerfully brushed off his complaints.

“Anyway, since I’m pregnant, these designs in the back would be better than this kind, right?”

At the word ‘pregnant,’ Master’s fingers, which had been slowly tapping the table, stopped. Judith tilted her head and looked at Master’s mask.

“What? Don’t tell me you think it’s pitiful that I’m pregnant but going to the Imperial Banquet without my husband?”

“Well, you’re not actually pregnant… but anyway, the appearance isn’t very good.”

“I wonder. Why would I be pitiful? If we’re talking about being pitiful because of the banquet, Ekian Meius Marquis would be worse off.”

“What?”

“How much will he be cursed as trash at the banquet? What will everyone think when they see a pregnant woman who came without her husband?”

Judith shrugged and laughed.

But Master, who she expected would laugh back, didn’t particularly laugh. Instead, he took a deep breath and seriously opened his mouth.

“Judith.”

“Yes.”

“What do you think… would happen if Ekian Meius returned?”

It was a serious question, but Judith’s expression didn’t change much. She answered nonchalantly.

“That won’t happen though?”

“No, he could return, couldn’t he?”

“I’m telling you that won’t happen. It’s sad to say, but I think Ekian Meius is probably no longer of this world.”

“What? No, what do you mean…”

“Really.”

Since Judith truly believed this, she stated it without any hesitation.

Of course, she couldn’t talk about the original story or the last priestess’s power or anything like that. So she explained as logically as possible.

“If Ekian Meius were alive, wouldn’t he literally be trash?”

In the original story, even when the Marquis and his wife were poisoned and Karl became the head of the family at a young age with great difficulty, Ekian didn’t appear.

If he had been alive in that situation, she could only see him as a really bad person. Judith continued harshly.

“Because of this poisoning incident, mother and father passed away and Karl could have suffered greatly too. If he just watched that happen, could you call that human?”

“No, that’s illogical. First of all, they almost got poisoned, but that situation never even came to pass… And probably if Ekian Meius were alive, he’d still be watching over his family from behind.”

“Then he’d be even more trash.”

Bart eventually committed suicide in the underground prison. The evidence that could be openly presented to the Emperor had disappeared.

No matter how powerful the Meius family was, they couldn’t confront the Emperor without proper evidence. Therefore, this matter was just buried within the Meius Ducal House.

“If he witnessed the whole truth of the incident where the Marquis couple almost got assassinated, shouldn’t he naturally come? It was an incident where the Emperor openly targeted the Meius Ducal House.”

Judith’s eyes shone with determination.

“His beloved family is being threatened by none other than the Emperor himself, and he’s just staying put? Isn’t that too cowardly? Obviously this won’t end with just this once, and who knows what the Emperor might do.”

“…”

“The Meius Marquis isn’t lacking in ability either, so naturally he should come and support his father, right? Right now, father and mother don’t have the luxury to stand against the Imperial Family because of the Marquis’s disappearance.”

“But, there might be unavoidable circumstances…”

“What circumstances. If he keeps hiding in a situation like this, isn’t he really a terrible bastard? He’d either be an unfilial son who abandoned his parents, or a coward who ran away because he was scared of the Emperor.”

As if the very thought was horrifying, Judith gritted her teeth.

“Really, if he’s alive, he’s definitely a complete bastard.”

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