My Contract Husband Demands a Divorce - Chapter 56

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He agreed with Papilion’s judgment that it was useless to keep hanging onto deciphering the notebook.
“It would be more accurate to slowly decipher the notebook and instead visit the region to check it out myself.”
“Are you planning to move personally?”
He had to.
The people in the Southern Region could no longer be moved at Yulisian Kleinheits’s will.
It was the same for Papilion Cortius and Tristan Wigras. If they used Yulisian’s subordinates, the traitor inside might report the situation to Kildian.
Originally, he had planned to make an excuse to Kildian, head down to the Southern Region, handle the traitor, and tour the estates of the people Scheit Huniswald had assassinated…
But Amarynthis Rootsild weighed heavily on his mind.
“Once my wife’s matter is resolved.”
“…Understood.”
Papilion looked like his mouth was itching to say something, but in the end, he held his tongue.
Yulisian cleared his spot and stood up.
When he returned to the Mansion, the bedroom door was locked.
“My lady.”
When he called softly, the sound of the lock clicking open echoed.
Even though she knew it was a time when no one was around, he could sense her hesitation to open the door.
Yulisian opened the door himself and stepped inside.
“You’re still awake.”
Normally she should have been asleep by this hour, and though she looked exhausted, she didn’t seem drowsy.
“I couldn’t sleep.”
Yulisian’s gaze drifted toward the bed.
Sindy was fast asleep.
He wanted to tell her to get some sleep since he would station guards.
However, Amarynthis was not in a good state right now.
Even if she fell asleep for just a moment, she had nightmares and couldn’t even swallow food properly.
To put it bluntly, she was in no condition to nurse and care for someone else.
“Wouldn’t it be better to send the maid to the Rootsild Family? That would be safer.”
It was cruel, but true.
The Mansion was full of Kildian’s people.
It had been revealed that Lucretia was the one behind inciting the stoning to trigger her trauma, tearing the dress, and framing her.
In other words, she could meddle with the affairs of the Huniswald Mansion as much as she pleased, whenever she wanted.
Furthermore, Lucretia’s maid was also in the mansion.
Even if she had been dismissed, the memory of being subjugated by violence once was bound to be intense.
There was no telling how she would act if Princess Lucretia threatened her.
“Even so…”
Amarynthis mumbled, trailing off as she lowered her head.
Just then, a small voice drifted over from the bed.
“The Baron is right.”
“Sindy, you were awake?”
Amarynthis approached the bed.
Sindy sat up, propping up her upper body. Then she grimaced, as if pain had shot through her leg.
“Don’t move.”
Despite the worried voice, Sindy stubbornly straightened her waist and took Amarynthis’s hand.
“If it’s alright, could I go now?”
Once daylight broke, people would see. Then rumors would inevitably latch on again.
As Amarynthis bit her lip, Sindy added.
“I feel like I’ll heal a lot faster if I see Master Arpeggio!”
Sindy spoke brightly, just like her usual self.
There was a playful hint in her tone, but it was a voice that clearly knew she would only be a burden in her current physical state.
Left with no choice, Amarynthis nodded.
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Yulisian didn’t order anyone else and dropped Sindy off personally.
Seeing him, Arpeggio quietly hid Sindy away and made a request.
“Take good care of Lintis, brother-in-law.”
Yet there was no time to grant his request.
Amarynthis hid herself away inside her room like a snail, refusing to let anyone in.
Not even Yulisian.
At first, he waited.
Since she was someone who valued her reputation like life itself, this situation of being falsely accused must be unbearable for her.
On top of that, the maid she relied on had been severely injured, so the shock must be immense.
He paced in front of her room all day long.
He forbade the servants from coming up and personally brought her meals, setting them down outside the door.
“You must be hungry, so please eat something, my lady.”
Even when he spoke to her, there was no answer, and the door remained locked.
The meals Yulisian brought were left abandoned in front of the room, only cleared away after they had grown completely cold.
Once a full day passed, he gradually grew anxious.
‘No matter what, shouldn’t she at least eat?’
There was nothing to eat inside the room.
The water pitcher on the nightstand was likely empty too.
Including the period she had been unconscious, it was already the third day.
It meant she was just curled up without eating or drinking properly.
Unless she was scooping up and drinking the bathwater.
He would rather hear her crying so he could think ‘at least she’s alive,’ but the inside of the room was entirely silent.
His insides felt like they were burning up.
He had given her plenty of time to be alone. Amarynthis had weak stamina, so she would surely collapse if left like this any longer.
In the end, he knocked on the door again.
“My lady, how long do you intend to stay only in your room?”
As expected, there was no reply.
It was a predictable reaction.
“If you refuse to open it, I’ll have no choice but to unlock the door with a key and enter.”
When he issued the threat, only then did he hear signs of movement inside.
Soon, a faint voice leaked through the crack of the door.
“Please leave me alone.”
“You’ve already been alone long enough.”
“That’s for me to decide.”
“If your condition had improved, I would have respected that decision, but since you aren’t getting any better, I can’t just stand by and watch.”
“…….”
“Go horseback riding or something. A breath of fresh air will make you feel better.”
“…I can’t ride.”
She couldn’t. It was that answer again.
Just as she couldn’t open the bedroom door out of fear of people’s eyes, she had become unable to ride a horse out of fear of almost being trampled by one.
Yulisian, who had been leaning his back against the door, straightened himself up.
“Very well.”
“Pardon?”
Leaving her confusion inside behind, he strode away toward the stable.
Then, reading the nameplates written with the horses’ names, he looked for Silfina.
It was the horse Amarynthis usually cherished.
Yulisian checked Silfina’s condition.
The illness she suffered while adapting to the feed had long since cleared up completely.
“My lord? Why Silfina…”
“I’ll take her out for a moment.”
He brought Silfina out and mounted her.
Trotting lightly, he entered the central hall of the mansion through the open entrance.
When a horse entered the indoors, the servants shrieked in surprise. The Butler stared in utter horror.
Yulisian bypassed them and headed straight upstairs.
And then, his eyes met Amarynthis’s.
When she heard the screams from downstairs, she had opened the door slightly out of worry, only to run right into Yulisian.
Discovering Silfina, Amarynthis stepped back, completely forgetting to even close the door.
Yulisian slowed down and approached Amarynthis’s room.
Spotting her master, Silfina nudged the door with her head.
Even upon seeing her horse showing signs of joy, Amarynthis kept stepping backward.
Perhaps because she had lain only on her left side without moving, her always perfect curly hair was flattened only on the left.
A thin negligee and a nightgown hastily thrown over it.
It was a disheveled appearance with no semblance of formality.
“Did you just… bring a horse into the room?”
“That is correct. Get on.”
“What?”
“Didn’t you say nothing beats horseback riding when it comes to changing one’s mood?”
“That may be true, but…”
Silfina clattered her hooves, drawing closer to her master.
She snorted happily, but Amarynthis seemed terrified.
Reading her master’s fear, Silfina stopped in her tracks. Sensing something was strange, she shook her head and refused to budge.
Yulisian stroked the horse’s mane.
“Don’t you find it unfair?”
“What do you mean?”
“That you did nothing wrong, yet you are letting fear rob you of your joy.”
“…….”
“Why do you let terror plunder your happiness?”
The shoulders that had been wound tight slowly dropped.
Her long eyelashes blinked a few times. Yulisian quietly watched the gleam return to those misty lavender eyes.
Then, he extended his hand.
“If you stand against your fear, I will gladly be your ally.”
Amarynthis hesitated. As if she was still afraid, her exhaled breath trembled, and her ribcage rose and fell irregularly.
However, she closed her eyes tightly once, opened them, and slowly stepped forward.
As her master drew near, Silfina lowered her head.
With a trembling hand, Amarynthis gently stroked the horse’s muzzle.
Taking a deep breath as she did so, she grasped Yulisian’s hand.
Stepping onto a nearby sofa, she swung one leg over the saddle first.

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