Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 79

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Chapter 79

Klause now understood what secret instructions the Countess had given to the maids, and why she had delayed his steps so much while heading to Evnia’s room.

She had used that gap to hide the eldest daughter somewhere out of sight and tidy up the room.

They were two girls of similar age.

Since he had never visited this space before anyway, she must have thought that if she just cleared away Emilia’s traces appropriately, he wouldn’t be caught.

In fact, he had almost been completely fooled by them.

Who would have dared to expect it.

That they had raised a child they picked up from outside as their own for nearly 20 years.

“It seems the lady has guided me to the wrong person’s room. Though it wasn’t my mistake, it wouldn’t be proper etiquette toward that room’s owner to withdraw without any apology.”

“….”

“But this is strange. I understood that you two had lost all your children, but it seems one actually remained.”

“….”

“No, since there was only one from the beginning, I suppose you protected them all from the start?”

Klause exposed their shame piece by piece with a voice like frost.

Even the Countess, who had tried to deceive him with her wit, couldn’t come up with a proper excuse this time.

The Count, who had left the decision to his wife, could only look at her with resentment again this time.

The Countess bit her lower lip hard, then released it and spoke.

“I don’t know what you saw inside, but that’s….”

“Stop with the meaningless explanations. I detest wasting time.”

Klause still held Emilia’s book in his hand.

Perhaps it might have been Evnia’s for a brief moment, but Klause thought that wasn’t a very meaningful assumption.

After all, it had eventually been reclaimed by the real daughter of the Count and Countess of Hessen.

It was ridiculous.

What they truly should have gotten back was something else entirely.

The Countess also seemed to notice that Klause had discovered some clue inside after seeing him come out with Emilia’s book.

After glancing at the cover with complex eyes, she soon straightened her back confidently.

“This is not something for the Young Duke to interfere with.”

“You commit such terrible acts and don’t even want to hear criticism?”

“I know it’s something deserving of condemnation. But any parent with children would understand our feelings.”

The Countess faced Klause with a face showing not a trace of shame.

Klause felt like a fool for having thought of them as heartless parents in the past.

When Evnia wandered around the riverbank searching for her missing sister,

When she spoke of her belief that their family would be happy again if her sister returned,

When she showed a troubled smile after hearing his plea not to marry the monster.

He hadn’t realized.

That the Count and Countess of Hessen were people who cared so much for their child.

“Having never become a parent myself, I cannot understand. How you could take an innocent child as a substitute for your own and make her a sacrifice. And making her believe you were her real parents and follow you.”

“We had no choice. We had to deceive even the monster. If we offered an adopted daughter with no blood relation as a bride, there’s no way that side would accept it! There was no other way….”

“Then you should have died in her place!”

Klause finally shouted with veins bulging in his neck.

He simply couldn’t believe it.

That Evnia had believed these people were her family and headed to her death, that she had died just for their sake.

And that he himself had helped complete this perfect fraud by turning away from her.

“Let’s see if that excuse works in front of the Monster of Litberg as well.”

“….”

“Even if that creature was satisfied with the switched bride, it doesn’t matter. If she is not safe, I will return and personally punish you both.”

Leaving such an ominous warning, Klause shook off the Count and Countess who tried to hold him back and plead, then left the manor.

He immediately returned home, packed for travel, and departed for Litberck.

Though he was certain Evnia was already dead, he still couldn’t stop his steps toward her.

If she had truly been devoured by the monster, he had to retrieve even her remaining bone fragments.

He had to recover her remains in exchange for the necks of the entire Hessen family and bury her in a sunny place.

He couldn’t bear the thought of her body, used and discarded by them, rolling on the cold ground.

But as he drew closer to Litberck, strange stories gradually began reaching his ears.

Rumors that the monster, having gained a bride for the first time in hundreds of years, was finally starting to venture outside again, intoxicated with newlywed happiness.

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Evnia regained consciousness a full day later.

Seven had said she would be fine after suffering for about half a day, but perhaps because she had used her power again while sick, her recovery was slower than expected.

Seven, who came for something like a house call in the morning, clicked his tongue as if he had expected it when he saw Evnia still groaning with a high fever.

Instead of questioning what she had done to make her condition worse, he gave her a mint-flavored candy to suck on. Her mouth felt refreshed.

Evnia asked with her barely moving tongue, rolling the candy with difficulty.

“…Seven, what is this?”

“Doesn’t eating that remind you of anything?”

If she had to choose, there was something that came to mind.

Evnia swallowed and asked with clearer pronunciation.

“Did you perhaps hear from Lord Ram about our kiss?”

“…Not that, something from much earlier… Ah, forget it. What am I doing interrogating a sick kid.”

Seven muttered such incomprehensible words and left Evnia’s room.

Maybe she should have brought up such sensitive topics more carefully.

Evnia inwardly regretted being so hasty.

It had been a rare opportunity to get a third party’s opinion about what happened last night, but she had wasted it.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Ram didn’t keep her waiting long either.

Surprisingly, Ram came to see her without delay as soon as he heard that Evnia had gotten up from her sickbed.

Since he had left like he was fleeing last night and hadn’t returned, she thought she wouldn’t see his face for a while, but their reunion came sooner than expected.

Evnia thought he probably had something he wanted to explain to her as quickly as possible.

She could tell the moment she saw his face.

The fact that he wanted to make last night’s events as if they never happened.

‘Even if someone slept for 10 years straight, they’d still need to sleep again to live.’

Unlike Evnia, who regained her vitality as soon as she escaped the side effects of overusing her ability, his face was darker than ever before.

He was always a man whose skin seemed to glow, but in just one night, such deep shadows had settled under his eyes.

Evnia was inwardly flustered by the fact that he had suffered so much mentally because of her. Whatever he was worried about, Evnia had no intention of making things difficult for him over last night’s events.

Speaking for the man who couldn’t seem to open his mouth, Evnia said.

“Don’t worry, Lord Ram.”

“What?”

“I didn’t get any strange ideas. I’m not the kind of troublesome woman who expects you to take responsibility for life just because we kissed once.”

As soon as Evnia finished speaking, Ram’s face turned bright red.

“Where does a young lady learn to say such things…!”

He raised his voice to scold Evnia, then shut his mouth.

He seemed more startled by his own raised voice than anyone.

Perhaps thinking he should set an example as an elder, he composed his expression first and raised his index finger to state an objective fact.

“And in fact, I’m already taking responsibility for you.”

That was an undeniable fact.

Evnia, who had said something quite shameless for someone who was essentially a freeloader, bowed her head with a brazen face.

Just as she was about to politely convey that she was always grateful, he added words that were hard to understand.

“That ki… no, the rescue operation was also part of that responsibility in a way. So originally, the plan was.”

When Evnia sent him a puzzled look, Ram briefly explained the trick Giyermo had pulled last night.

Evnia listened to his explanation without feeling particularly disappointed.

She had already suspected that there was some reason behind his kissing her.

She was wondering if Giyermo’s plan had been hidden behind his not stopping her from treating people yesterday.

Ram apologized in a serious voice.

Ram apologized in a serious voice.

“I’m sorry. When you said you were hurt, I was so shocked that I acted without checking first and caused an accident. I can’t just blame Giyermo for this. It’s largely my fault.”

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