Marriage With A Suspiciously Demure Husband - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105

“…Ginger? Eggmen?!”
They’re both standing right there in front of me—that’s really happening, isn’t it?
Why are you here? Why are you showing up now?
I nearly screamed their names aloud.
At that, both of them stood there with even more awkward expressions on their faces.
I save their lives, and they come back to die again?
Fear seized me before I could think, and I spun around.
……
The door to the Reception Room that Kailas himself had opened had quietly closed at some point.
No, wait. Wait just a moment. What in the world is happening here?
If it wasn’t someone wearing a mask, it was definitely Kailas himself who opened that door.
Does that even make sense?
I forced myself to take a deep breath and steady my panic, then turned back toward Eggmen and Ginger.
Still unable to believe it, I looked back and forth between Eggmen, Ginger, and the door.
It felt like I was having a hallucination.
Only after a long moment did I gather myself and move toward them.
I had to deal with this—whatever this was.
“I’m glad to see you both, and relieved you look well…”
I gripped the Dress tightly in both hands as I approached them.
My voice came out as if I’d wrung it from my throat.
Even Kailas wouldn’t eavesdrop. He said he’d make the effort directly, with his own mouth.
At least, that’s what he promised.
But…
“…What is this place, and why did you come? Did you both decide to lose your minds together?”
I’d sent them off with a promise of a year’s time, and now they appeared before my eyes—there was no way to hide my shock.
Ginger simply greeted me as if nothing were amiss.
“We thought you’d be pleased to see us, ma’am.”
“…I am pleased. I’m pleased, of course I am—you’re alive and well, how could I not be? But Ginger, I told you absolutely never to come to the Northern Region. Never, no matter what. No matter how desperate things got financially, don’t even think about joining any mercenary suppression corps recruitment…you don’t remember that?”
“Yes, ma’am. I remember every single word you said to us.”
I pressed my throbbing head with both hands.
“Good, so you understood. I was worried I hadn’t made myself clear. If you came here out of concern for me, it’s fine—you didn’t need to risk your lives coming to this place. You’ve confirmed I’m safe, so go back now. Before Kailas changes his mind.”
Ginger and Eggmen exchanged only glances but said nothing about leaving.
What was wrong with them?
I’d already given them money—they should have taken it and disappeared…
I wondered if this was the good news Annie had mentioned.
But no matter how I thought about it, this wasn’t good news.
This was the Duke’s Territory—Kailas Hadid’s estate!
“Please sit down first, ma’am. There’s something we need to tell you.”
Eggmen spoke to me in a composed voice.
Now free from his days as a Slave Gladiator, his hair had grown out a little more than when we’d parted.
Because of that, his expression had softened considerably. Was it because he no longer had to force a sword into his hands?
Or perhaps because he’d found himself at the side of someone he loved?
I let out a long sigh and sat down on the sofa.
“Fine. Ginger, tell me why you came. Quickly.”
“We came to see you, ma’am.”
……
“And we’re not going back, ma’am.”
At those words, my face must have twisted as if I’d bitten into a raw root.
“Please tell me you haven’t fallen into debt…or lost your money? You didn’t go back into the arena on your own, did you?”
“How little you think of us. We made a clean break. I wouldn’t be insane enough to go back to the arena.”
“Then what in the world…”
At that, Ginger began to speak calmly.
“The day you sent us off, ma’am, we went straight to Castalte. Without sleeping a single moment. Our parents live nearby, and we had to get as far away as possible right then.”
……
“Anyway, we stayed there for a while and then settled in Tenegal. We lived there until recently. We wanted to go to your house in Mablen, but we were afraid to, so we didn’t.”
“And then?”
I divided my attention—half focused on the door, half on Ginger—as I listened to her story.
“But I’ve heard rumors from there too—that the monsters in the Northern Region are unusually savage, and the situation is dire. Is it true they restrict movement once the sun sets?”
“…We take precautions, but it’s not that severe yet. But why are you asking?”
Ginger lifted her shoulders in a slight shrug.
“Because you’re leaving in a year, aren’t you?”
“How did you know that?”
I gasped, my voice barely audible as I forced out the question.
When I’d sent Ginger away, I’d only said the matter had been resolved well enough—I hadn’t given her the specifics.
Only Annie knew I was leaving here in a year. She and I shared a bond that couldn’t be severed.
“I got in touch with Annie. It wasn’t easy, though.”
“Annie…?”
How had she tracked down Annie, whom I couldn’t reach unless Dylan passed along a message or I contacted her first?
I stared at Ginger with a look of disbelief.
What on earth was she thinking behind that innocent face of hers?
“The reason I came is… honestly, after I left, I couldn’t find peace. Even talking to Annie, I still felt like I hadn’t escaped that life of running. But after hearing what she told me, I decided to come repay this debt, just as you said. I’ll stay with you at least until you leave in a year.”
The last words were spoken so softly I could barely hear them.
“…….”
I fixed Eggmen with a rigid stare.
Instead of answering, Eggmen simply bowed his head slightly.
So he had come to honor his promise before he’d left—that he would repay this debt no matter what.
Ginger added that the journey here had been extraordinarily difficult and pleaded with me not to turn her away.
My headache intensified.
Ginger was incredibly sharp in the original work, wasn’t she? She had such excellent judgment.
I was now most curious about how Kailas had allowed these two inside.
“…So how did you manage to get in here?”
What could they possibly have said to gain permission?
Kailas would never have let it slide.
Ginger seemed to wrestle with the question for a while before breaking into a smile.
“Actually, I’ve been here for over two weeks.”
“Two weeks?”
“The truth is, I was caught as soon as I got near the Duke’s Territory. I thought I was hiding well, but Syde recognized me. I figured I’d have to get caught anyway if I was going to see you, so I let myself be captured.”
Two weeks.
During all that time, Kailas hadn’t said a word to me about it.
“And then?”
“Eggmen asked to be used as the representative’s guard, and I begged to be allowed to work diligently as a secretary. I was terrified I’d be killed on the spot, but he listened to our story. We swore an oath not to betray him, and that’s how we came to be here.”
Unbelievable words poured from Ginger’s lips.
So Ginger and Eggmen, who must have seemed highly suspicious in his eyes, had come looking for me and had actually held a conversation with him.
More than that, he’d extracted an oath from them without laying a finger on either of them, and then arranged for them to meet me.
Of all people, he’d consented to keeping those two—the very ones who’d helped me escape—at my side….
I couldn’t make sense of what to make of this at all.
Ever since I’d collapsed and returned from the Imperial Palace, he’d been more careful about who I spent time with, but this was a direction I hadn’t anticipated in the slightest.
After speaking with the two of them for some time, I left the Reception Room.
I asked Tene to look after them, and then I went in search of Kailas.
I wanted to hear directly from him the thoughts he kept hidden after leaving me in the Reception Room.
I stopped a passing maid and asked her.
“Yes, ma’am. You called for me?”
“Do you know where the Duke is right now?”
“My lord? Not long ago, I heard the alarm bells for monster intrusions sound from outside, and the knights went out… He likely went with them. Would you like me to find out where he is and report back?”
“No, it’s not urgent. It’ll be better if I check myself. Go back to your work.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“…….”

Kailas had indeed left hastily for the outside, just as the maid had said.
I didn’t see him again until evening drew near.
Throughout the meal he’d prepared, he said little.
I stole glances at him while fidgeting with my fork and knife.
After a long silence, I was about to open my mouth when my throat suddenly closed tight.
“Ahem.”
Kailas’s eyes immediately lifted to meet mine.
I drank quickly and set down the glass.
Right. Ask. If you’re curious, you should ask.
“Why did you… bring in Eggmen and Ginger…?”
“Well.”
“Why did you let them in?”

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