Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53

Since it was still far from closing time, these were stairs he had never stepped on again except when all the guests went downstairs.

Everyone’s eyes gathered on the two people going against the flow, but it wasn’t simply because of their conspicuous behavior.

No, at least 90% of it was probably interest stemming from their extraordinary appearance.

They were a man and woman so unrealistically beautiful it was as if they weren’t of this world.

Comparing them to angels wouldn’t be an exaggeration, yet it was strange that neither of them was smiling.

Baron Schwaiger, who had been staring at them in a daze, suddenly realized that the man approaching him was the same person he had made eye contact with earlier.

He was hesitating, wondering whether he should speak first or wait for the other party to greet him first.

Countess Janet pushed past the Baron and went out to meet them.

“My goodness, you came. I didn’t see you come in earlier, but no, more than that, you wouldn’t have had an invitation, so how did you get here…?”

Baron Schwaiger, who finally came to his senses, gently grabbed Countess Janet’s arm.

When he asked with his eyes who they were, Countess Janet smiled brightly and explained.

“These people, the couple I just mentioned are these people!”

“What?”

“Come to think of it, I can’t predict at all how you got inside here. Did you deliberately not make an appointment to surprise us like this?”

After finishing her brief introduction, Countess Janet turned back to face them and began chattering welcome greetings.

Baron Schwaiger could only stare blankly at the man and woman before him, unable to even think of questioning anything.

These young, no, not just young but practically childish youngsters were those great Blessed Ones?

Even if the woman was truly on the young side, didn’t the man who was said to have performed miracles also look to be at most in his mid-twenties?

Since it was a fact he hadn’t been conscious of when their eyes met earlier, the other party’s youthful appearance felt even more unexpected.

Because he had definitely felt experience beyond that age in those eyes that seemed to see through people.

If he had to put it into words, they seemed like people who hadn’t aged rather than people who were not old.

As if they were vampires appearing in fictional stories.

“Come, please introduce yourself. This is my younger brother, Baron Schwaiger. He’s also the father of my poor nephew I mentioned before.”

“Ah, how do you do. I am Frank Schwaiger, the lord of this domain.”

Baron Schwaiger, who belatedly came to his senses at Countess Janet’s words, hurriedly introduced himself.

His effort to be polite was laughable since the other party was just observing him silently without saying anything.

The expressionless lips without any trace of laughter soon curved slightly upward.

The man’s low voice resonated heavily through the space.

“Finally seeing the Baron’s face, how truly delightful.”

Baron Schwaiger was inwardly flustered by the man’s seemingly condescending tone.

He reflexively looked back at Countess Janet, but could only confirm that she was in a similarly agitated state.

Seeing how he kept his neck stiffly raised even in front of a regional lord, was the other party actually someone of tremendous status?

Considering that he was that precious Blessed One, it wouldn’t be strange even if he was called a trusted retainer favored by the king.

Baron Schwaiger, who had finished various calculations in his head, quickly humbled himself and said.

“Well, we shouldn’t do this here, let’s move to another place first. I’ll prepare a more comfortable space for conversation right away…”

“No, a long talk isn’t necessary. We couple have already made up our minds.”

The woman, who had been quietly observing the situation while linking arms with her husband, suddenly joined the conversation without warning.

Though the woman’s voice sounded a bit strange, Baron Schwaiger couldn’t help but be pleased with her answer.

Since the other party had given their consent before he even stated the conditions, it seemed there wouldn’t be expenses greater than the existing bounty he had posted.

If they weren’t going to demand an excessive amount just because they were Blessed Ones, he could accommodate all other conditions on his side.

It didn’t particularly cost money to put up with the other party’s arrogant attitude either.

Baron Schwaiger asked in an unbelieving voice.

“Even though you’d have to go directly into Litberck to catch the culprit?”

“Of course. After all, Litberck is just a land with fancy rumors but no reason to fear at all, isn’t it?”

The woman who answered so confidently turned her head slightly to exchange glances with her husband.

Seeing the man smile as if to say why not, Baron Schwaiger felt a hopeful expectation sprouting.

How long had it been since the Monster of Litberck had holed up in his home and refused to come out?

Because of this, Baron Schwaiger had often compared Agrham to a toothless lion in front of close acquaintances, openly diminishing his prestige.

Of course, he had no confidence to face even that toothless lion, but it would be different with Blessed Ones who could move freely through space.

They had just made a statement with their own mouths treating Litberck like a playground in front of their house.

“Well then, this is just something I’m asking just in case…”

Before getting to the main point, Baron Schwaiger moistened his lips with his tongue once.

Though the thought that this seemed like a story that shouldn’t dare be spoken aloud briefly crossed his mind, the impulse to remove the stone weighing on his chest overcame reason.

Baron Schwaiger asked, lowering his voice as much as possible as if afraid others might hear.

“Would you have any intention of subjugating the master of Litberck?”

There was no reaction from the other party.

The expressionless face with even the slightest smile erased looked more like a well-made wax figure than a living person.

Baron Schwaiger instinctively felt some inexplicable anxiety washing over him but deliberately dismissed it as nothing serious. Objectively, there was no danger for him to handle.

If the other party refused, that would be the end of it, and even if they accepted, he wouldn’t be the one walking into danger.

The Monster Lam doesn’t come out of Litberck.

That was an unwritten rule that was far too old.

Even if their son had really been killed by the monster as his wife said, that too was ultimately just an accident that happened inside Litberck.

As long as he remained in Schwaiger, nothing would happen to him just like the past 20 years.

The Baron solicited the murder of the monster from the unnamed Blessed One with such thoughts.

Just as he had done to the countless domain residents he had pushed onto the testing ground in his place in the past, believing that he alone would be safe here forever.

“Baron, why are you speaking in such a low voice?”

The woman asked in a calm and clear tone. It was a voice with the power to captivate an audience instantly.

Even though she hadn’t raised her voice much, those words seemed to reach even the lower floor, and the surrounding air stopped for a moment.

While the flustered Baron Schwaiger stood frozen, the woman continued with incomprehensible words.

“The Baron always tries to stay only in safe places. So that not even a spark would fly to him even if things fail.”

“…”

“Unfortunately, I can’t grant that request. No matter how long we’ve been neighbors, I have no intention of giving up my life as well as my land to such a cowardly bastard.”

“What… What does that mean…?”

Baron Schwaiger stammered words that wouldn’t come out well.

Countess Janet, who had been quietly observing the situation, instinctively stepped back hesitantly, moving away from them.

She covered her mouth and groaned.

“My goodness, that hair color, surely not…”

Baron Schwaiger suddenly recalled a history book he had read when he was young.

In that book depicting the life of an ancient hero was written the past of a man who had already become more familiar with the derogatory title of monster.

After turning through pages filled with all sorts of absurd achievements with half-belief and half-doubt, what appeared was a single illustration.

The young Baron, thinking he might be able to actually meet him someday since they lived nearby, had looked at that picture very intently.

An imaginary painting drawn by compiling records from Agrham’s active period, his black hair and red eyes that were painted particularly vividly in it.

“Ah, Agrham Litberck…?”

Baron Schwaiger, who muttered in such a stunned voice, collapsed onto the floor with a thud.

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