I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 84

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At those words, Huyd’s eyes widened greatly. Even though he knew she was at the Duke’s mansion with the heart of an employee, he never thought she would talk about divorce so readily without any lingering attachment.

“Ah, I… I see.”

Huyd felt his heart swell while also finding it hard to believe. He asked in a bewildered voice.

“You had the honor of meeting even the Crown Princess as the wife of Meius Marquis, but to put all that down and get divorced… in a way, that’s truly remarkable, Judith.”

“It was never mine to begin with, so what’s remarkable about it.”

Judith said cheerfully. Huyd always thought that lightness of hers was amazing. Huyd, who had been staring intently at Judith’s face, chuckled and said.

“You look good somehow. It seems like you’ve gained some weight too.”

“Maybe it’s because I’m thinking about divorce, but I feel lighthearted. Since Ekian Marquis has returned, it feels like I’ve done my part too… so maybe that’s why my appetite has been good lately?”

That’s when it happened.

The door creaked open, and a woman wearing a hood entered with a maid. It was Melanie.

“I greet the Crown Princess.”

“I greet the Crown Princess.”

As Huyd and Judith bowed simultaneously, Melanie waved her hand and smiled.

“That’s enough. This isn’t an official occasion, so let’s stop with the uncomfortable formalities.”

Then she immediately held out blood to Huyd.

“This is the Crown Prince’s blood I mentioned. Don’t you need to examine this quickly before it coagulates?”

“That’s correct.”

Huyd quickly opened his bag and took out various reagents. Swift hand movements followed, and Melanie and Judith watched quietly, wrapped in tension.

How much time had passed?

Huyd, who had been sweating while devoted to the analysis, sighed and straightened his back.

Then he said in a low voice.

“The Crown Prince is indeed poisoned. Several poisons are mixed together, mostly ones that disable the body and deteriorate one’s condition. There are also components that slowly kill a person mixed in.”

He glanced at Judith and added.

“It has similar aspects to the poison that the Meius Marquis and his wife consumed before.”

“…Ha.”

Since it was expected, Melanie wasn’t greatly surprised. However, she took a deep breath with a quite frustrated expression.

“Can you… detoxify it?”

“First, it’s important not to ingest the poison. Don’t you know where or how he’s consuming it?”

“He can’t not eat food at all… I don’t know what to do. Ah, what about me? Am I perhaps being poisoned too?”

“Let me examine you for a moment.”

Huyd drew Melanie’s blood on the spot and began testing again.

Fortunately, Melanie showed no signs of poisoning. It seemed they left Melanie alone, fearing that if they poisoned both people equally, there might be talk of assassination later.

After all, Melanie’s family background wasn’t that great either, and if only Alteon died, she would be a person without much influence.

“Then… I should say that since I’m pregnant, I keep craving food. Since it’s true that I’ve been eating more since becoming pregnant, I should say the child in my belly increasingly wants food.”

Melanie said with a sigh.

“So I’ll have no choice but to share food with the Crown Prince. Since I can’t tell what to trust and what not to trust.”

Then Judith asked carefully.

“How long can that last… The child will eventually come out.”

“Well.”

Melanie answered ambiguously.

“For now, I have to buy time even like that… Then how can we detoxify?”

“I need to mix various herbs, so it’s difficult to make right now, but I can write a prescription. There are no herbs that are very difficult to obtain.”

“Then I’ll ask you to do that. If you just give me the prescription, I think I can ask my father to prepare the medicine.”

Although they were having this secret meeting, the Emperor’s information network was indeed frightening.

It was safer to make the person who wrote the prescription, the person who bought the herbs, and the person who made the medicine all different.

“Yes, understood.”

Huyd began writing the prescription on the spot. Melanie watched and said.

“Thank you, young master of Soden Marquis. We will never forget this kindness.”

“Kindness? Please don’t think of it that way.”

Huyd, who had quickly written the prescription, answered as if this was nothing.

“Since it was Judith’s request, I gladly fulfilled it. You don’t need to feel burdened.”

At those words, Melanie’s eyes narrowed slightly. She naturally thought the Soden Marquis family was cooperating like this because they wanted to establish connections with the Crown Prince’s side.

But instead of taking credit, he said it was ‘Judith’s request’?

‘This is, somehow.’

Melanie quietly observed Huyd’s face.

‘Was the original purpose not me, but her?’

Actually, she had heard the entire situation from Alteon.

That Ekian was Alteon’s half-brother, so he immediately stepped forward to meet Judith’s mother, and from there would move to the Eastern Region to directly strike at the Emperor’s neck.

However, Ekian had asked them not to tell Judith.

He was hiding many things from her, and he was concerned that if he revealed everything, she might worry. He said it wasn’t a difficult matter, so he wanted to come back and explain everything to her carefully.

‘Right, that’s right. You can’t tell her such things. Judith is pregnant.’

Of course, since Ekian hadn’t revealed everything to Alteon, Melanie and Alteon still believed without doubt that Judith was pregnant.

‘And Ekian Meius Marquis truly loves Judith… It seems like he can’t fully convey those feelings due to various complicated circumstances!’

Blood is thicker than water, so even though Melanie didn’t know much, she was supporting Ekian’s love for now.

But in this gap while Ekian was away for a long time, suddenly a man who seemed to have deep feelings for Judith appeared!

Moreover, this man was the young master of Soden Marquis, capable, and had been close friends with Judith for a long time.

‘Judith wouldn’t develop other feelings while pregnant, but still, what’s uncomfortable is uncomfortable.’

Melanie and Alteon were in a state of guilt and regret for having sent Ekian to the Emperor.

Therefore, for Ekian’s sake too, Melanie absolutely could not leave Huyd and Judith alone together.

‘Normally I would have left first, but…’

Actually, since the business was now finished, it would be right for Melanie to return to the Imperial Palace quickly. But if Melanie left first, wouldn’t only Huyd and Judith remain?

Looking at it, both of them came without bringing any attendants, claiming to meet secretly.

‘I’ll protect my sister-in-law.’

Melanie resolved inwardly. She would absolutely not leave the two alone.

“Um, Soden Marquis.”

So she said very gently.

“Miss Judith and I met after a very long time. It’s only our second meeting, but I felt tremendous attraction to Miss Judith.”

“…Ah, yes. Is that so?”

Huyd seemed a bit bewildered but responded normally for now. Melanie firmly grasped Judith’s hand and declared resolutely.

“So I don’t want to part with her. Since we met after a long time, I want to stay for a long while.”

“Ah… please do so. I have plenty of time as well.”

No, that was supposed to be telling him to leave first…

Finally, Melanie took a deep breath and said.

“I mean I want to be alone with Judith. Just the two of us. I want to purely feel our friendship.”

Now even Judith’s expression became strange.

Melanie put on a shameless expression but was inwardly very embarrassed. It was a conversation that anyone would find strange.

It was natural to feel grateful to her, but she wasn’t obsessed to that degree.

But to separate Huyd, she had no choice but to speak like this.

“Ah… I, I see! I also thought the Crown Princess had a very good… impression?”

Judith awkwardly went along with the atmosphere. Melanie wanted to cry inside.

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