Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

“No, I was just thinking about what a trash adult I’ve become for a moment…”

Seven, who had been muttering incomprehensible words, walked out of the room with a much more open attitude.

He blocked the door that kept trying to close with his body and asked.

“But do you really need to send that guy back? Just give him new armor and use him as your servant. Giyermo’s words aren’t entirely wrong. A noble lady needs a knight to serve as her guard.”

“But Count Max doesn’t seem to have committed a grave enough wrong to be kept trapped here. You said Count Max didn’t steal anything and was just standing outside.”

“Choosing the wrong lord to serve is also a sin. If they don’t even think about that, when will those muscle-brained fools ever use their heads?”

“Three years of unpaid labor seems to have repaid that sin well enough.”

Seven tilted his head with an uncertain expression. He seemed to be questioning whether three years was really such a long time.

Like Count Max said, he might consider three years as three weeks, but it was clear he didn’t place the same weight on that time as they did.

Instead of delving into a gap that couldn’t be resolved with a short conversation, Evnia quickly changed the subject.

“And there’s one more problem.”

“What is it?”

“Lord Levi has run out of food.”

At Evnia’s words, Seven looked up at her with an expression that said ‘Why are you telling me this?’

“That guy originally hunts and eats well on his own, so don’t worry unnecessarily. You saw how his irresponsible owner left him for ten straight years, right? The fact that he didn’t starve to death during that time says it all. If we all got dropped in some wilderness together, that crow would probably survive the longest.”

“It’s connected to that problem. We don’t have food either.”

At Evnia’s answer, Seven suddenly became quiet.

He seemed to finally understand the implication hidden in Evnia’s suggestion. They needed to reduce the number of mouths to feed right away.

“I heard from Hanna that there are no proper shops nearby, so until now Giyermo has always used magic to go far away.”

“Oh, for reference, I can’t use magic.”

“Then what role did you serve in the war, Seven?”

Evnia couldn’t contain her curiosity and asked.

Surely someone with a child’s body couldn’t have wielded weapons.

If he were a skilled fighter who transcended physical limitations that would be different, but considering he had lost to her, he didn’t seem to be the type who fought with strength.

Perhaps reading the doubt in Evnia’s eyes, Seven’s voice became sulky.

“I was a guide. If you want, I can let you experience what it feels like to reunite with civilization after a two-week march. How about it, want to try?”

Naturally, Evnia shook her head.

Seven seemed to think he was being looked down upon, but she was purely curious about what his job was.

After all, since arriving at this castle, except for Hanna, she couldn’t remember seeing anyone with a proper profession.

The lord of Litberck Castle was a sleeping princess, the butler was an imposter, and the guard knight was actually a prisoner who had come to invade this place.

They had even brought in a fake mistress, so there wasn’t a single properly functioning aspect anywhere.

Actually, that’s why Evnia was starting to like this castle even more.

“It’s fine, there’s one more person besides Giyermo who can use magic.”

“Ah, did you come to me because you feel uncomfortable seeing Lord Ram’s face? Should I go ask him for you?”

“No, he just always seems busy so I felt awkward approaching him. I was worried he might find it bothersome.”

Since falling for Giyermo’s scheme and being tricked into marriage, Ram had been holed up in the study and wouldn’t come out.

He seemed to be looking for a way to safely break the oath.

Judging by the complete lack of news for several days, there didn’t seem to be any progress.

Evnia bowed to Seven, apologizing for visiting at such a late hour.

Just as Evnia was about to turn around and head up to the study.

Seven raised his voice as if to stop Evnia and asked.

“Hey, are you okay?”

For a moment, Evnia didn’t understand what his question meant.

Well, it wasn’t that she had no idea, but since several days had already passed since the problematic dinner, his words didn’t immediately register.

Thinking that time indeed flowed a bit differently for him and herself, Evnia couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Because I’m happy. You were just worrying about me, weren’t you?”

“I said something unnecessary. You don’t seem bothered at all even after being tricked into marriage.”

“I’ve known since I was eight that I would marry Lord Ram.”

At Evnia’s mischievous joke, Seven couldn’t easily respond and closed his mouth.

He already knew from before what kind of marriage Evnia had been thinking of.

Though he had noticed early on that she hadn’t come here by choice, even he probably couldn’t imagine in detail what it was like to live as a monster’s fiancée.

People naturally view situations from their own perspective.

To Seven, Ram would never be the type to treat his bride as badly as outsiders might imagine.

Evnia continued with a deliberately light voice.

“And there’s nothing to feel bad about. I think husband material as good as Lord Ram is rare.”

“But he loves another woman?”

“If I had to pick, that’s actually what I like most about him?”

“I can’t follow young people’s thinking at all these days…”

Seven shook his head with an expression of incomprehension.

Evnia looked at him as if he were being dramatic and said.

“I’m really fine, so don’t worry about me. Thanks to that fraudulent marriage, I get to play the role of mistress in such a grand castle.”

“The outer walls here are all broken, so cold wind will blow through in winter…”

Seven crossed his arms and shivered as if just imagining it made him cold.

It was still early autumn, so winter was still months away. So for Evnia, that wasn’t much of a problem. She would leave this place before winter came anyway.

When Evnia smiled as if it didn’t matter at all, Seven waved his hand dismissively at her with a fed-up expression.

“Fine, I get it, so hurry up and go play the role of mistress of a crumbling castle to your heart’s content. And fire that thief quickly too.”

“Yes, sorry for disturbing your rest.”

“Not at all, my lady. Then I shall retire for the night.”

Seven answered with completely impolite formal speech and quickly closed the door.

Evnia thought she shouldn’t bother him at late hours in the future and continued walking.

Hoping the next person she would visit would be nocturnal.

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“Lord Ram, are you here? It’s Evnia, I have something to ask you briefly.”

Having diligently climbed the stairs to reach the study, Evnia carefully knocked on the door again.

The response to the same greeting was a bit different – instead of coming out directly like Seven, Ram opened the door with magic.

Even seeing the door handle turn by itself, Evnia wasn’t particularly startled.

It had already been five days since she started living in this mysterious castle.

She had seen a person turn into a fish, so a door that opened by itself wasn’t surprising anymore.

‘No, it was a fish that became human and then became a fish again, so should I think of it the other way around?’

While pondering this almost wordplay-like dilemma as she entered, Evnia suddenly stopped walking.

Ram was lying on his side not far from the entrance, flipping through a book.

He waved his hand at Evnia in greeting, but she couldn’t return any response.

That was understandable, since while she had seen a person become a fish, or a fish become a person, magic that transported someone instantly to a desired location, or doors that opened by themselves, this was the first time she had witnessed a person floating in mid-air.

It was something that, how should she put it, had the resonance of walking directly into a scene from a fairy tale book she used to read as a child.

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