It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 28

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Looking at Veronica’s utterly shameless face, Raphael suddenly recalled his father’s face.

 

“You’re completely different from your older brother.”

 

Discriminating parents all have the same face wherever they go.

 

However, such feelings of kinship were something only humans possessed.

 

Raphael lightly cast aside his emotions and looked at Veronica.

 

“By the way, His Grace seems to be quite… fond of our child. Isn’t that right?”

 

“…”

 

“That child was so popular in the capital! She even had six fiancés…”

 

Six, fiancés?

 

Then had Serenthia said the same things to those previous fiancés instead of him?

 

“Your facade is truly wonderful!”

 

“Well then, should I start calling you honey from now on?”

 

Serenthia, being a master of romance, could indeed have a splendid track record.

 

He understood this logically…

 

“How noisy.”

 

…his patience.

 

And…

 

Crack.

 

The quill pen he had been holding in his hand quickly disintegrated.

 

“So if you could also send some demon essence to the Rosemary Family…”

 

Veronica, who had been earnestly appealing her desires to him, suddenly froze stiff.

 

“Why, why are you…? Wh-what is that light…”

 

He hadn’t realized it because he’d only been dealing with strange women like Serenthia lately.

 

The fact that when the light of death suddenly flows from one’s hands like this, humans become frightened.

 

Raphael smiled wickedly and said.

 

“Why. Are you curious what it is? Shall we experiment?”

 

Veronica’s face, which had been shamelessly demanding money and treasures, literally turned pale.

 

“Veronica Rosemary. Do you have no affection for your daughter?”

 

“What? Of course I do! I raised her so preciously! So His Grace should pay a tremendous price for her, shouldn’t he? Ho ho ho.”

 

Emotions like anger or rage meant nothing to Raphael.

 

But even so…

 

This woman’s face felt utterly shameless.

 

Money, money, money.

 

What exactly was Serenthia Rosemary in the eyes of Veronica, that woman?

 

A source of income?

 

Raphael stared intently at Veronica.

 

That woman and Veronica didn’t resemble each other in the slightest.

 

Nevertheless, he had tried to be patient just once.

 

“Shut your mouth.”

 

A greedy human specimen he would normally never have to deal with.

 

In any case, he couldn’t eliminate this disgusting woman right now.

 

If he could just break off the engagement with Serenthia, he could completely sever ties with this woman too, but…

 

Why was it? Raphael had not made that choice now.

 

He recalled Serenthia’s cheerful face, bright as sunshine.

 

Though she had received verbal abuse from her mother, that woman probably wasn’t a beaten child.

 

Because she acted as if everything didn’t hurt at all, as if it was trauma that could be easily overcome.

 

Because she smiled like sunshine.

 

Nevertheless, Raphael looked at Veronica, his mother-in-law.

 

He had an intuition that Serenthia Rosemary must be separated from that woman.

 

“Mother-in-law. You will stay only in the outer castle.”

 

“Eh, what…?”

 

“I said stay only in the outer castle. Mother-in-law.”

 

It was a tone as if he were calling not a dear mother-in-law but a nasty mother-in-law chihuahua.

 

But since the person who said those words was Raphael Kairozen…

 

“N-no, this is unfair to me. This treatment is too harsh…!”

 

“I’m separating you from a domestic violence perpetrator.”

 

“…”

 

“…So, you shut up and behave quietly.”

 

Veronica could only agree to his words, even while grumbling heavily and continuously biting her lips.

 

Veronica Rosemary, for whom appearances were most important and who was supreme at putting on airs.

 

She wouldn’t want to be seen being dragged away by subordinates.

 

Raphael personally opened the study door and commanded.

 

“Remove her. This woman.”

 

Thus, Veronica Rosemary was humiliated and expelled in front of everyone.

 

***

 

After driving Veronica to the outer castle, Raphael immediately moved on to his next action.

 

Which was to summon Serenthia.

 

Naturally, he intended to move mechanically as usual.

 

But just before sending the messenger.

 

Raphael suddenly recalled that woman’s face.

 

A face that smiled brightly as if she had never been hurt by any storm in this world.

 

As if she had no interest in painful things like favoritism or discrimination…

 

Even her gentle face that had been smiling like sunshine.

 

‘…That woman will probably be fine.’

 

After briefly organizing those meaningless emotions.

 

He ordered her to be brought to the study.

 

Serenthia, who entered with a completely dejected face, sat on the sofa and immediately explained rapidly without even breathing.

 

“Though I did act a bit pitiful, being oppressed by my family is real. I absolutely don’t want to return to the Rosemary Family, never…!”

 

Rubbing her hands together was a bonus.

 

Despite that sight, Raphael tilted his head expressionlessly and asked.

 

“So, the conclusion.”

 

“About us, we’re getting married, right? I really can’t go back to the Rosemary Family!”

 

Tears were sparkling and shining in Serenthia’s eyes.

 

“Goldfish eyes.”

 

“Yes, I’m a goldfish.”

 

“And forced tears.”

 

“…Does it show that much? I have no talent for acting.”

 

To think she would openly surrender, saying she’d been caught acting tragic.

 

He had no idea how to handle this damn variable, this troublemaker.

 

Raphael muttered while holding his forehead.

 

“Open your eyes. And look at me.”

 

“Ah, yes.”

 

Serenthia sniffled and quickly changed her posture.

 

‘She’s amazingly strange no matter when I see her.’

 

However, even after hearing what he was about to say, would this amazingly strange woman’s expression remain unchanged?

 

“You said let’s get married. Look at this.”

 

His hand slowly reached toward a plant.

 

When the blue light flowing from his fingertips touched the plant on the table, the leaves that had been full of life turned yellow and withered.

 

“Ah…”

 

The blue light flowing from his fingertips was the light of death.

 

Countless people had been overwhelmed by depression from the dark magical currents contained in that light. Serenthia would be no exception…

 

“Yes, I saw it!”

 

“How was it.”

 

“Ooh, the withered version is definitely cooler.”

 

What on earth is this woman doing?

 

“Let me summarize. If you and I touch, you could die too.”

 

“Yes!”

 

“I just killed someone.”

 

“By any chance… my mother?”

 

Serenthia’s gaze wavered.

 

Seeing how she immediately jumped to ‘did you kill my mother,’ she must surely fear him…

 

“Wow, well done. You took revenge for me…”

 

…She definitely doesn’t.

 

“It was a joke.”

 

“Oh, that’s… disappointing.”

 

No matter what he said, her expression remained bright and she even had a smile on her lips.

 

She probably didn’t properly understand his power.

 

“…I’m trying my best to control this power within my limits, but it might not work in the future. Because…”

 

Because of you.

 

Damn it, because of you I keep learning about humanity.

 

But Serenthia, who had no idea of his feelings, blinked and said.

 

“Ah, really? Then, couldn’t we just get married?”

 

Serenthia nodded her head.

 

Well, her cheerful smile earlier could be understood as not properly grasping the situation.

 

But she was gradually…

 

‘Those are dead fish eyes, aren’t they?’

 

Her expression said she wanted to skip the useless preamble and just get married quickly.

 

Raphael said once more.

 

“I said you could die.”

 

At those words, Serenthia’s earlobes slowly turned red.

 

Finally recognizing what he meant…

 

“Yes. I want to be buried alongside my husband. Oh wait, you told me not to call you husband. I want to be buried alongside my hubby!”

 

…?

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