I’ll Be the Heroine’s Competent Divorce Partner - Chapter 157
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Chapter 157
Amidst the dust rising thickly in the air.
A man appeared, loosely holding his sword at his side.
Sharp violet eyes were piercing in this direction.
“Joshua!!”
Elodie raised her voice like a scream.
At the same time, Joshua’s ice-cold expression instantly softened.
“Elodie?!”
She had no idea where such strength came from.
Elodie, mustering every ounce of strength she had, ran wildly and leaped straight into Joshua’s arms.
Clang!
Joshua dropped the sword in his hand to the floor without hesitation.
He pulled her into a tight embrace with all his strength.
“Elodie, are you hurt anywhere?!”
“No, no!”
Elodie nodded her head frantically.
However, Joshua wasn’t satisfied with just that answer and carefully examined his lover in his arms.
Though her complexion was haggard from the long confinement, and her dress was a complete mess with dirt and dust.
Still, she didn’t appear to be seriously injured from what he could see.
‘Thank goodness.’
That was enough.
Joshua, who had let out a sigh of relief, suddenly raised his head.
The Marquis stood there as if rooted to the spot, staring at them with wide eyes.
His expression was utterly bizarre.
A face stained with despair and emptiness.
And then.
“Ha, haha, hahaha… Yes, the world was unfair from the very beginning.”
Suppressed laughter flowed from between Marquis Bartsen’s lips.
“From the moment you and your brother monopolized the throne, the world was always cold to me. I was always the one being robbed.”
Joshua’s eyebrows hardened with a twitch.
That exaggerated manner of speaking, like an actor on stage.
That attitude of believing without doubt that he was the victim was disgusting.
At the same time, the Marquis suddenly raised his head.
“Fine, if it’s going to be unfair anyway…”
Clatter!
The dagger fell from the Marquis’s hand.
Elodie looked puzzled.
‘Why is he dropping his only weapon?’
At the same time, the Marquis suddenly pulled something out from his coat.
An elongated object with a fuse attached to the end.
Everyone froze in place instantly.
That’s right.
It was a bomb.
The Marquis raised the hand gripping the bomb high above his head.
“Nobody move!”
His eyes gleamed with madness.
Click!
The Marquis lit a lighter with his other hand.
And without hesitation, he lit the fuse.
Sizzle-.
The fuse began burning fiercely.
Along with that, the Marquis burst into maniacal laughter.
“Haha, let’s all die together!!”
At that moment.
Joshua pushed Elodie behind him and picked up the sword he had dropped on the floor.
He swiftly charged forward.
His movements were so agile that they could barely be followed with the eyes.
Elodie screamed.
“W-wait!!”
The sword’s blade flashed sharply.
Slash!
After the sound of something being cut rang out.
Immediately, a tremendous explosion struck their eardrums.
BOOM!!!!!
The intense shockwave violently shook the surroundings.
Not only Elodie, but all the security officers surrounding the area were knocked to the ground.
Whoosh, then a fierce hot wind blew.
It was the aftermath of the explosion.
“Ugh!”
“Is everyone alright?”
“What about His Highness? What about Marquis Lucerno?!”
While everyone was frantically checking on each other.
Elodie, still fallen on the ground, suddenly raised her head.
“Joshua!!”
Into her shocked gaze came the view of the completely devastated warehouse interior.
Materials that had once been warehouse supplies fell down as fragments.
Since it was a small bomb, the warehouse hadn’t completely collapsed.
But it couldn’t prevent the warehouse from being half-destroyed.
Torn and broken objects lay scattered hideously across the floor.
And then.
“Aaaahhh!!”
A desperate scream echoed.
The startled people turned toward where the scream had come from.
The owner of the scream was Marquis Bartsen.
“My, my wrist.”
One of the security officers muttered quietly in a sickened voice.
And for good reason, as the Marquis’s wrist had been cleanly severed.
Just before the bomb exploded.
Joshua had cut off the wrist holding the bomb and sent it flying far away.
That split-second quick thinking had saved everyone.
On the other hand, the Marquis had not only lost his wrist, but had also been caught in the explosion.
His entire body was battered and broken.
“It hurts, it hurts! Ugh…”
The Marquis lay sprawled on the floor, trembling convulsively.
He looked like a broken wooden puppet.
But then.
“Well, the Marquis’s victims must have suffered far more.”
A cold voice rang out.
Step.
A young man stepped forward with calm, measured steps.
At the same time, intense relief spread across Elodie’s face.
‘Joshua!’
Joshua’s clothes were only slightly singed, but he wasn’t hurt in the slightest.
Joshua strode forward and raised his sword, pointing it directly at the marquis’s throat.
“Marquis Bartsen.”
“Gurgle…”
Bloody foam leaked from between the marquis’s lips.
But Joshua paid no attention to his wretched appearance.
He simply continued speaking calmly.
“As a member of the imperial family and a noble of the Empire, you had a duty to set an example, but you committed all manner of crimes and threw the nation into chaos.”
“P-please spare me…”
“All your crimes will be clearly judged in court, and you will be severely punished.”
Having made this declaration, Joshua gestured to the security officers.
“Take him away.”
“Yes!”
The security officers rushed forward and surrounded the marquis.
After giving emergency treatment to his severed wrist, they lifted him up and dragged him away.
Joshua watched him briefly before striding toward Elodie.
His face, which had been cold enough that not even a needle could penetrate it, instantly softened the moment he faced her.
It was a dramatic change, like spring sunlight illuminating a snowy field.
“I’m sorry, Elodie.”
Joshua smiled sheepishly.
“Were you very frightened?”
In response to that question, Elodie answered with actions instead of words.
She burst into tears.
“…Sob.”
Joshua was startled and quickly pulled Elodie into his arms.
“Elodie?!”
“How could you just rush in recklessly like that?! If you had gotten seriously hurt…!”
Elodie couldn’t finish her sentence and sobbed heavily.
Joshua didn’t know what to do and patted his lover’s back.
“I-I was wrong. Okay?”
“You’re really too much. I was so… sob…”
“I’m sorry. The situation was so urgent that my body moved before I could think.”
Joshua, who had been making excuses reflexively, suddenly stiffened his shoulders.
It was because Elodie had roughly pushed away from his embrace.
She glared at Joshua with tears welling up in both eyes.
Joshua obediently surrendered.
“I’m truly sorry for acting dangerously, Elodie.”
“…”
Only then did her tense expression relax somewhat.
Elodie approached Joshua with quick steps.
She pulled her lover into a tight embrace and buried her face deep in his chest.
She could feel his warm body temperature.
She took a deep breath.
The fear that had been eating away at her heart gradually subsided.
“…Still.”
Her arms tightened around Joshua as she held him.
A muffled voice flowed from her buried face.
“I’m so relieved that we can meet again like this, that you weren’t hurt…”
Joshua chuckled softly and gently stroked Elodie’s back.
“I really missed you, Elodie.”
At those words, Elodie lifted her head.
She met Joshua’s gaze and smiled brightly with tear-filled eyes.
“Me too.”
That smile made Joshua’s heart swell with emotion.
He felt relief that everything had finally returned to its proper place.
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