Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 91

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Chapter 91

Ram examined the scribbles written in the margins with a puzzled feeling.

He thought that by looking at the traces left in the book, he might naturally be able to get clues about its owner.

It wasn’t a wrong judgment.

Ram soon figured out who had written those words.

Even though the content wasn’t easy to digest, it happened naturally. It wasn’t that it was difficult to understand, he just didn’t want to understand it.

As his hand slid down the paper, Ram’s face gradually hardened frighteningly.

He suppressed the urge to crumple up the page before his eyes and read through the last paragraph that Levi had pointed to.

[But Evnia… she’s really dead, right? She didn’t go there and tattle on us about everything out of revenge, did she? If the monster comes looking for me because it absolutely has to eat me…

Ah, please let all duties and suspicions have disappeared into the monster’s mouth along with that child.

Shouldn’t you grant at least this much prayer, God? Otherwise, what was all the suffering I endured hiding for the past 10 years?]

Ram roughly slammed the book shut.

Looking back at Levi with bloodshot eyes, he barely managed to open his stiff lips and asked.

“…You, where on earth did you get this…”

“Drawer in the closet, caw! Bag in the drawer, caw!”

Then Levi proudly shouted “Klaus Sidoer’s hidden secret!” and began preening his tail feathers with a pleased expression.

These too weren’t difficult words to understand.

Ram finally understood what had made Klaus chase Evnia all the way here.

Why he had asked when they first met if it mattered as long as she was just a daughter of House Hessen, why he had spoken self-deprecatingly about Evnia being a good child,

And even the reason why Evnia had lowered her head in embarrassment upon hearing those words.

It wasn’t modesty but shame.

She knew how that young heart had ultimately been trampled and abandoned.

Ram glanced sharply at the closed book once, then turned and left his room.

Whether what he had just confirmed was a lie mocking only him, or the truth that had deceived everyone.

Whether he could blame all of this on fate’s tricks, or whether he should see it all as mistakes stemming from his own stupidity.

He had to confirm it right now.

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Click—.

It was the moment when Evnia was carefully closing the door, being mindful not to make any sound.

A gloomy voice suddenly came from behind.

“Where are you going at this dawn?”

Evnia felt as if her heart would drop as she turned around.

Fortunately, she hadn’t encountered the person she was trying to avoid, but the feeling of surprise remained.

After confirming the other person’s face, Evnia forgot even to lower her voice and shouted his name.

“Lord Giyermo!”

Evnia had just been leaving her bedroom.

This meant Ram was not far from here.

She couldn’t understand what courage had driven Giyermo, who had been living rough by the riverbank to avoid his master, to approach so close to Ram.

Since yesterday she had only provoked Ram’s anger rather than calming it, the situation where he shouldn’t be seen would still be the same.

“How did you get inside the manor? What about Lord Ram? If you get caught like this, what are you going to do…”

“It doesn’t matter. The master left Litberg Castle late last night.”

Perhaps there was a good reason why he, who had been running away from Ram, had set foot in the castle interior.

Giyermo quickly reassured Evnia, who was anxiously looking around.

His explanation made Evnia’s feelings even more puzzled.

‘He didn’t say anything when we came home together yesterday.’

What on earth had happened that Ram went out so late at night and still hadn’t returned?

Of course, there was no need to worry about Ram’s safety, but his sudden outing felt somewhat unexpected.

This was the first time, at least as far as Evnia could remember, that he had left without giving any hint.

“Do you know where he went too?”

“Well, I’m not sure about the destination… but what’s certain is that his presence isn’t detected anywhere in the Southern Region. Since he went far away, he’ll probably return late. In the meantime, I can stay under a roof too.”

As if he had no interest in where Ram had gone, Giyermo only lamented his own situation with a troubled expression.

These were completely incomprehensible stories about how the night air had been cold lately making things difficult, or how the mandarin fish kept being territorial and he had barely restrained himself from killing them all.

If he hadn’t provoked Ram first, he wouldn’t have been kicked out of the house, but she couldn’t understand why he acted as if he hadn’t expected it at all after bringing misfortune upon himself.

Thinking that there would be no end if she stood there listening, Evnia began walking toward the stairs.

“So from now on, try to make an effort to stay in the castle as much as possible. They say leaving home means hardship.”

“What good does it do if I make an effort? The master kicks me out.”

“I was saying you should be careful not to get kicked out by that master…”

“I don’t think that will happen for a while anyway. Well, I won’t have to recommend an unwanted married life to the master anymore.”

Giyermo clasped his hands behind his back and naturally followed behind her.

It seemed he still had more to say to her. Or perhaps he was planning to go outside together with her.

Both were guesses not far from the truth, as was proven the very next moment.

It was just as Evnia was inwardly puzzled by his words that sounded somewhat meaningful.

He uttered something that made her doubt her ears.

“Are we having lessons outside today?”

Evnia almost reflexively stopped in her tracks.

Nevertheless, she forced herself to continue walking because a strange sense of crisis washed over her that if she froze in place, she might be caught by him.

Evnia asked, trying her best to sound calm.

“Lessons?”

“Didn’t I tell you everything yesterday? That there’s something I want to learn from you.”

“So now… surely you’re not trying to say that what you said yesterday was serious… or something like that?”

“Oh, that sounds like you’ve been thinking of my proposal as worthless nonsense not even worth considering.”

She hadn’t thought that far, but strictly speaking, it wasn’t wrong.

Yesterday he had told Evnia that he wanted to monopolize her. That he would no longer cling to connecting Ram and her, and from now on he would get to know her directly himself.

Since he wasn’t an ordinary person and his intentions were probably very different from normal cases, she had been able to dismiss it as a joke, but otherwise it would have been behavior deserving of a slap.

Evnia asked in a disbelieving voice.

“…Lord Giyermo, by any chance, was the marriage culture in the plays you watched… a bit different from reality? Um, I mean. Did it seem natural there to interact with the opposite sex other than one’s spouse…”

“Are you asking if adultery seemed common?”

“…Yes.”

“It’s true that I saw several such works, but I know that it’s something that can’t normally be condoned.”

She had worried that since he mainly learned about human life through creative media, he might perceive extramarital relationships differently from reality, but fortunately or unfortunately, that didn’t seem to be the case.

Though she still couldn’t understand why he had made such a proposal to her knowing it was unacceptable behavior.

Perhaps reading that thought from Evnia’s face, Giyermo narrowed his eyes and said.

“But your relationship with the master is a bit different. Didn’t you both marry unwillingly? Especially the master’s side is much more dismal. He’s tied to the expectation that his dead wife will be reborn and can’t move forward even one step.”

“…”

“Since it’s a marriage bound by a pact, divorce would be difficult, but when even the husband has someone else in his heart, is there any reason the wife can’t do the same? Seeing that the master has gone on about his former wife so much and still hasn’t died, the pact doesn’t seem to be much of a problem either.”

She had no intention of following his proposal, but it was true that there were aspects of his opinion she could somewhat relate to.

Though they were bound by a pact, Ram and Evnia had never really felt its effects except for the moment they got married.

Now she was beginning to suspect, as Giyermo said, that the pact might be an easy promise that wouldn’t be a problem as long as they didn’t divorce.

‘To risk one’s life to break such a thing. Isn’t the price too high?’

Evnia, who was about to ask Giyermo more details about the pact, stopped speaking and came to a halt.

She could see someone standing guard in front of the foyer far below at the bottom of the stairs.

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