Marriage With A Suspiciously Demure Husband - Chapter 112

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Chapter 112

Fay, who had been watching in amazement, suddenly caught the collapsing Angella and hoisted her onto her shoulder.
“Damn, she’s heavy.”
Still, they’d come this far—there was no turning back now.
Muttering complaints, she settled Angella fully against her shoulder and began chanting a spell under her breath before anyone could appear.
A magic circle bloomed beneath Fay’s feet, crackling with sinister energy.
It was a Teleportation Magic Circle—one drawn with Dark Power, the kind no ordinary human could ever conjure, wielded only by Followers.
In the next instant, Fay vanished with Angella into darkness.

* * *

The hour crept toward midnight.
The bedroom lay still and serene.
I had been toying with Kailas’s hand for a long while now.
“Kailas.”
“Hmm.”
I could have let things rest where they were and been content, but there was more yet to do.
For the sake of growing stronger, for our future together.
I sat him down on the edge of the bed, withdrew my hand, and rose to my feet.
When he moved to stand as well, I pressed lightly on his shoulder.
“Wait a moment. There’s something I want to show you.”
I slipped into the Study for a moment and returned with a ring that Tene had given me.
She had said all the former Duke and Duchess’s belongings had been destroyed, but one thing remained.
Tene had received it as a gift when she served the previous Duke and Duchess.
She had mentioned that in those days, there had been a group of Worshippers devoted to the former Duke and Duchess.
All of them had been rooted out, save for the head butler and head maid, and none remained now.

“They are all dead now, and only I and Dello remain. If my lady feels uneasy, I shall depart. I have stayed only to witness that my lord lives. If my lord is happy, then I will have fulfilled my purpose.”

Faced with such words, I could say nothing more.

“If my lady will trust me, I can do anything. You said you possess a special ability—Illusion Magic. You may use it on me as well.”

Tene had offered evidence of her faith by foregoing any Worshipper’s ritual, allowing me to confirm it through Hypnosis.
Afterward, I received both trust and this ring from her.
I returned to the bedroom, ring in hand, and sat facing Kailas.
At my movements, Kailas’s eyes narrowed in confusion.
“Kailas.”
“Hmm.”
“There’s something I want to tell you. I hope you’ll listen and be honest with me.”
……
Kailas’s pupils trembled with bewilderment. I watched his broad shoulders grow taut with tension, just as they had when I’d cupped his face and begun speaking moments before.
“What I can promise you is this: no matter what answer you give, I will not leave you now.”
“…Hazel.”
I slowly opened the hand in which I held the ring and held it out toward him.
As Kailas’s gaze dropped, his face went rigid.
“Why do you have that……?”
“Tene gave it to me.”
I saw him begin to rise, so I gripped his hand tightly with one of mine.
“She said it was something the former Duchess had given to her.”
……
“Kailas.”
“Hazel, I’m truly sorry.”
Unable to meet my eyes, Kailas finally rose from the bed.
Watching him move toward the door, I wrapped my arms around his broad back.
His body went rigid as stone.
“You have to, Kailas.”
“Hazel.”
“I chose to trust you, and I chose to forgive. So we had to talk about it.”
That’s why we needed this conversation.
…….
“This isn’t impulsive, and I wasn’t saying I love easily on a whim.”
I began with myself.
My suspicions about him, the trip to the warehouse, everything I’d discussed with Tene.
I held nothing back, laying it all bare before him.
Even if tonight became a wound that refused to close, I was prepared for it.
The next morning, long after the sun rose, we still hadn’t left the bed.
Wearing the same clothes as yesterday, we stayed wrapped in each other’s arms, talking without pause.
“Your eyes are swollen.”
Kailas gently touched the corner of my eye.
In that single gesture, apology, gratitude, tenderness — countless emotions seemed to pour through.
“…I’m fine now.”
I’d cried listening to his story all night, but even now the smallest touch threatened to break me open again.
As I sniffled, my stuffy nose clearing, Kailas cradled the back of my head.
Held against his broad chest, I pressed deeper into his embrace.
“Don’t cry.”
“I said I’m done crying.”
“…It still feels like a dream.”
“It’s not a dream. Thank you for not running away and telling me the truth.”
Kailas held me again.
“I won’t hurt you again. I won’t wound you.”
“Neither will I.”
He kissed my forehead and the bridge of my nose, and I giggled, closing my eyes.
Lying like this, it felt as though I’d truly returned to those early days in Ferrarium.
No — knowing who he really was, I felt even closer to him than before.
Kailas brushed away my tears again and again.
I smiled and met his gaze, drowning in the ruby depths of my husband’s eyes.
“Hazel.”
“Mm?”
“Should we just rest today?”
“Today?”
Nothing was urgent, but it wasn’t as though we had no work at all.
“Yes. Right now I want to be with you alone. I don’t want anyone to intrude.”
I hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Time like this seemed worth extending a little longer.
Kailas kissed my forehead again.

* * *

…Four days had passed.
I still hadn’t set foot outside the bedroom.
How on earth had this happened?
It had started with me.
That was an undeniable fact.
Wanting to draw closer to him as he rested, treasuring me like something precious…….
It was just a small beginning.
But it set fire to all the restraint Kailas had been holding back.
…….
“My dear, shall we rest for just one more day?”
I’d been trying to slip away from the bed when I froze.
What, what did he say? Have I lost my mind?
I creaked around, turning my head slowly.
“No, no way. We’ve, we’ve rested plenty already? I thought it was a school holiday the way we’ve been resting.”
I must be the one who’s lost it.
We’d made up, and since I was the one who started it, I thought I’d accept it just once more—but there was no end to it.
“You need more rest.”
“No. I don’t need to rest anymore. I should go. I need to check on the Guild situation…”
“You seem to need more rest, don’t you? Yes, my dear?”
Kailas, pretending to be Noah, hooked his arm around my waist like a hook.
Even as he tightened his grip, my body began to slide backward.
This won’t do.
Yesterday I lost an entire day like this!
“No… I don’t need it. I’ve had more than enough rest.”
“My dear, don’t say that. Rest a little longer, yes?”
I gripped the edge of the bed with both hands and held on with all my strength, refusing to be pulled away.
My hands trembled.
“I—I really don’t need… to rest! No, I’ll decline, I’ll decline. I want to go outside.”
“Your husband needs one more day of rest, so you should rest with him. It’s the fashion these days, apparently.”
What kind of fashion is that?
On the day we reconciled, I’d been in such good spirits that I kept saying “my husband, my husband,” and now he was using it against me.
“Then I’ll rest alone. With both of us here, I can’t rest properly. This isn’t resting at all…”
My neck was already locked tight.
The strength drained from my trembling hands, and I was dragged into Kailas’s embrace.
Rest alone, he says…
“Just a little.”
His lips pressed against the back of my neck, soft and warm.
I twisted my body and pushed Kailas’s face away.
“Please, come to your senses. Your mind seems to have turned into a beast’s, so please snap out of it—mmph!”

Another day had passed.
I barely managed to get up, my legs unsteady beneath me, and found empty bottles scattered across the floor.
The priests probably hadn’t made recovery potions with this in mind.
Empty bottles labeled “Recovery Potion” lay strewn about the floor. My entire body quivered.
“My dear, shall we rest for just one more day?”
The moment I tried to get up, a dreadful voice came from behind.
This crazy beast of a man.
I dodged an answer and looked around desperately. A thick robe hanging over a chair caught my eye.
Absolutely not today.
I glanced back quickly.
Kailas lay on his side with his head cradled in his hand, and he was slowly beginning to lift his body.
Anyone could see he was about to drag me back to bed again.
“Hisan! Tene! Ginger! Dello! Help—!”
I threw on the robe with all my might and bolted through the door.
Behind me, I heard Kailas burst into laughter.

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“I can’t take this anymore.”
After spending all of yesterday running away, I finally returned to my normal life today.
Making up was fine, but there has to be some moderation!
After hurriedly sorting through the Guild work I’d put off, time had slipped away and evening was approaching.
Kailas had left urgently in the morning and hadn’t returned, and dinner was still hours away.
“I’m a bit hungry.”
Only crumbs remained of the cookie Hisan had brought earlier.
I gathered the documents I’d processed and tapped them into order, then handed them to Hisan.
“Will you take these to Ginger? She’ll review them and get them submitted to the Ferrarium Guild.”
“Yes, my lady.”
After Hisan left, I rubbed my stiff shoulders.
With Ginger taking on the role of secretary and the work distributed, things were a bit easier.
Still, it seemed I’d need to work at least another two hours, so I pulled the bell cord to get a light snack.
“It’s all Kailas’s fault…….”
Presently, a maid entered the room.
“Yes, madam. You called for me?”
“Would you bring me something to drink? Something cold, if you don’t mind.”
“Of course, madam! Would fruit juice suit you? We’ve had a shipment of excellent fruit come in recently, I’ve heard!”
Her cheerful smile as she asked was so endearing that my own mood lifted.
“That sounds lovely. Thank you. Oh, I’m sorry—what was your name again?”
I’d seen her a few times in the dining hall, but her name escaped me.
The maid laughed and dipped her head respectfully.
“Yes, madam! I’m Angella. You may call me Angella.”

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