I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 93

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Judith didn’t know the name Haines Olan. However, she was well familiar with the surname ‘Olan’.

During her childhood at Ailan Manor, Elizabeth, who was her mother, had assigned all sorts of teachers to her. Countess Olan, who taught her classics, cherished Judith dearly.

The memory of Countess Olan warmly embracing Judith while saying ‘I also have a granddaughter like you…’ was vivid.

“Where is your granddaughter now?”

“She’s with my son. They live far away in the provinces.”

She left for the provinces where her son lived when Judith turned 15. Though Judith’s eyes welled up with tears of regret, she truly thought it was for the best. Countess Olan had always seemed lonely.

‘Haines Olan… could he be Countess Olan’s son?’

After Countess Olan left, she had never seen her again. Naturally, she hadn’t heard any news either. When she opened the envelope, a letter in unfamiliar handwriting fell out with a thud.

[To Judith Meius Marquise.

Greetings, my lady.

I am Haines Olan.

I heard that you learned classical literature from my mother during your childhood.

My mother always spoke as if it were her habit about a student named Judith who was clever and kind, whom she cherished greatly. She would sometimes count the days, eagerly waiting for when she could go to the capital to see her.

But sadly, my mother seems to be leaving this world soon.

As her child, I searched for that student to fulfill my mother’s wish. But that student from my mother’s memory has now become the Meius Marquise.

I hesitated to ask such an esteemed person to travel so far, but when my mother briefly regained her strength, she said this:

There’s a ‘letter to my future self’ buried on the hill behind Ailan Manor that she buried together with Miss Judith. She said she wanted to see that letter again, which was full of memories with Miss Judith.

If it wouldn’t be too presumptuous, could you possibly retrieve and send that letter?

As my mother walks her final path, I want to show her everything she wishes to see, so I shamelessly send this letter.

I await your response. Thank you.]

Judith blinked in surprise for a moment.

Five years ago, when parting with Lady Olan, they had indeed written and buried letters together in the backyard.

“Come now, let’s write letters to our future selves here. We’ll both live our best lives so we won’t be ashamed of these letters. Understood?”

“Oh my. It’s just like 【In the World of Living Again】.”

“I got the inspiration from that very book. In it, the master and disciple perform this ritual when they part. Promising to live without shame to each other. Let’s definitely read this together again later.”

But Ailan Manor was already owned by someone else. It would be difficult to reach the hill through the manor.

To get to the hill behind the manor without going through it, she would have to take a long, remote detour. Since she couldn’t remember the exact location, she would have to go there herself and retrace her memories.

Just as Judith was tilting her head in thought, the maid knocked again.

“Excuse me, young madam. Another letter has arrived in succession…”

“Really?”

It was truly strange for letters to arrive this frequently.

Though Judith found it puzzling, she accepted the letter without a sender. The letter that arrived in succession was written in unfamiliar handwriting:

[This is Anton from the Grey Information Trading House.]

Anton was the person who guarded the entrance of the Information Guild. She had first told him Master’s age and earned the qualification to go upstairs.

Since then, she had frequented the establishment so often that naturally she and Anton were acquainted. Judith read the rest of the letter’s contents with half anticipation and half surprise.

[Master left a request before departing. He said to definitely check and track the sender if any letters came for Miss Judith. Especially to watch out for someone called ‘Ron Dale’.]

Ron Dale?

She couldn’t not know that name. He was her mother’s longtime lover.

When Elizabeth was with Ron, she would ignore Judith even more.

Judith also knew the anguish that crossed Ron’s face when he looked at her. So Judith avoided Ron on her own.

Since her father, Count Ailan, was often away from home, those two would openly enjoy their secret meetings. Each time, Judith felt like an impurity.

As if she had become someone who interfered with those two people’s happiness.

The letter continued.

[The letter you just received was sent by Ron Dale.

It seems like a letter meant to lure you out of the Duke’s Mansion, doesn’t it?

If so, please be careful until Master returns, and it would be best not to leave the Duke’s Mansion if possible.

If necessary, it would also be wise to inform the Meius Ducal House and request help.]

Ron Dale fabricated it…

Judith swallowed dryly and reread the letter Haines had sent.

Thinking that Ron had sent this letter, she began to see it differently.

The ‘letter to my future self’ was indeed something Judith and Countess Olan had buried together. However, Countess Olan had clearly said ‘let’s read it together again’ at that time.

‘We did exactly as it appeared in 【In the World of Living Again】. In that story, the disciple and master dug the ground together. There would be no meaning in digging it up alone and sending it.’

It was an act they did together, inspired by classical literature. But there was no reason for Countess Olan to specifically want only that letter.

‘Someone who hadn’t read that book, if they had watched me and Countess Olan bury the letter from afar, could plausibly fabricate this story.’

The more she looked, the more obvious it became that Ron had fabricated it. But why…

Judith, who had been pondering, realized something and opened her eyes wide.

The backyard of the manor that could only be reached through a narrow, rough path. Naturally, it was a remote route difficult to bring many people along.

Even if Judith moved, she would only bring minimal escort, and if they ambushed after lying in wait, it would be difficult to handle with few people.

‘But what were they planning to do in an environment where it would be hard to hide my corpse?’

The answer came quickly. A secluded place, if she died immediately after moving with the Meius Ducal House’s servants…

‘If they prepared thoroughly, they could frame the Meius Ducal House.’

A chill ran down her spine. Thinking of the child in her womb made it worse. More than her own death, the thought that Master’s child, who hadn’t even seen the light of the world, had almost been in danger made her heart pound even harder.

‘Master arranged this much for my sake.’

Judith took a deep breath and thought. If Master hadn’t prepared measures regarding ‘Ron Dale’ before leaving, she would have gone to find the letter even if she felt something was slightly off.

In the midst of this, her heart warmed. She was grateful that Master had been so considerate before leaving.

‘Baby, your father saved us.’

What was fortunate in this situation was that the person targeting her was Ron, not Elizabeth.

If Elizabeth had directly targeted her, she felt she would have suffered considerable psychological damage. It would have been terrible to think that the mother who gave birth to her showed such malice.

Rather, because it was Ron, with whom she hadn’t had a particularly good relationship from the start, the psychological impact was less. Considering the child in her womb, that was truly fortunate.

‘Anyway, since another danger is coming toward us, I need to prepare.’

She hurriedly pulled the bell cord.

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