Newlywed Life Begins with a Mistake - Chapter 75

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Chapter 75

In the northern region shrouded in white snowy mountains, there was a lowly monster covered in mud at her feet.

She had left the castle to take a walk for digestion.

She didn’t know where it came from, but a small monster that could fit in her palm was caught under Evelyn’s feet, panting heavily.

“Who are you?”

When Evelyn bent down and poked it with her finger, the monster bared its teeth and went wild, making a purring sound.

“Get your dirty hands off me! How dare you touch the great Lord Pupu!”

“What are you saying. You look like a lowly monster to me.”

“You, you! You just insulted me!”

“You’re an idiot who can’t even speak properly.”

“No! Pupu is not an idiot!”

After exchanging this silly conversation, Evelyn often talked with Pupu from that day on.

She didn’t go looking for him on purpose.

It was just a series of chance encounters.

“Bell, are you an outcast?”

“Are you introducing yourself, Pupu?”

She became friends with the arrogant monster to the extent of exchanging light jokes.

Before she knew it, Evelyn had come to rely on Pupu enough to confide her inner thoughts to him.

“Pupu, what should I do? I don’t want to marry the Emperor.”

“If you’re really frustrated, why don’t you disguise yourself as a man and live a new life.”

Right? Why didn’t I think of that?

Pupu had said it casually, but those words stuck in my mind.

“What if I create a fictional character to act as, and call that person my husband?”

“Wouldn’t you have to show people the two of you together? What would you tell your family?”

“That’s…”

“Hmm hmm, this great Lord Pupu will lend his power to help the outcast Bell!”

Seeing Evelyn wrapped in worry, Pupu told her not to worry and showed her his ability.

With a pop! sound, an amazing sight unfolded.

Seeing this, Evelyn immediately made a contract with Pupu.

“Lend me your power.”

From that day on, Evelyn secretly bought a title and created a new identity.

“From now on, I’m Count Heteus. Call me Count.”

“Hmph! I’m a count too, you know?”

“Then let’s both be counts.”

Evelyn, who needed powerful authority to refuse marriage proposals, went around the underworld building her influence.

She fought desperately so that no one could look down on her.

“Die!”

“Ugh! How dare a mere newcomer!”

She repaid those who stabbed her in the back with the same methods, and fought fiercely by dragging down those who blocked her from rising up.

“Please, please spare me!”

“I’ll give you a chance.”

Sometimes she rescued abused women and freed innocent people trapped in blind spots.

“Puaaa! Bell! No, Count Heteus! We got a new hideout! It’s awesome!”

“That’s right. This will be our base from now on.”

As a result of her hard struggle, her organization grew rapidly in size and she was able to form a solid force.

Evelyn, who had established herself in the west, found stability and continued her male disguise.

Then one day.

“Bell, you’re pretty good.”

Ian, who had belatedly received the news, barged into the west without warning.

Contrary to expectations that he would interfere, he didn’t stop her escapade. Rather, he only showed interest.

“Do well.”

“Mind your own business.”

Evelyn, who had passed by Ian, silently put her plan into action.

“If not this person, I’ll live alone and die single for the rest of my life!”

She put on an act with Pupu and strongly refused the marriage proposal with the Emperor.

“Do as you wish.”

Fortunately, her parents didn’t show any particular reaction.

“But honey…”

“If she says she doesn’t want to, there’s nothing we can do. Isn’t that right, Ian?”

“That’s right, Mother.”

Unlike her worried father, her mother replied indifferently as if it didn’t matter.

Her brother Ian also remained silent.

So she thought everything had been resolved.

“Pupu, take this.”

“What is this?”

“A weapon to protect me.”

On the wedding day, Evelyn handed over evidence containing Glenn’s weaknesses to Pupu and returned to her room, saying they would meet at the ceremony. Just in case the Emperor tried to steal the evidence.

“Lady! Pu, no, the Viscount left first!”

“What about the family?”

“Something urgent came up, so it seems the three of them will arrive later.”

“I see. Let’s prepare as well.”

“But will you be alright? Even if security is important, there are too few guards.”

The maid asked with concern as she looked at the desolate manor.

“It’s fine. Any reasonable person wouldn’t target a bride before her wedding. They would have made their move at the ceremony or toward the West instead.”

Evelyn looked at the maid who was surveying the surroundings and released her aura that had been blocking sound as she cautioned her.

“There might be listening ears, so let’s be careful from now on.”

“Yes, Lady!”

As the maid nodded, Evelyn put on her best performance as a bride eagerly awaiting her wedding.

“Princess, what earrings would you like? Since it’s a wedding, shall I bring diamonds?”

“Since we’re holding the ceremony at the Temple, sapphires for accent would be nice too!”

It was while she was wearing a white dress and selecting jewelry.

“This is terrible! We’re under attack!”

“Princess, please take cover immediately!”

The knights guarding the manor came running with panic-stricken faces.

‘What? Did the plan go wrong?’

“They say they’ll break in soon!”

“There’s no time, Lady!”

“We must hurry!”

Upon hearing that assassins had infiltrated, the maids grabbed Evelyn’s hands and fled in haste.

As soon as Evelyn got into the carriage, the coachman quickly drove the horses.

“Why did this happen? The Emperor was definitely watching the other side…”

“That’s not what’s important, Lady! Even if the Duke’s Mansion is desolate, the knights guarding the manor are seasoned warriors!”

“That’s right! And they’re talents raised in the West too!”

That’s right. Instead of reducing guards, Evelyn had selected excellent mercenaries and stationed them as security.

“Unless they’re skilled and ruthless assassins, they wouldn’t be easily defeated…”

Could it be… the Emperor?

There was only one person who would commit such a reckless act.

“Ha, crazy bastard.”

Upon reaching this absurd conclusion, Evelyn spat out a curse.

That’s when it happened.

“Lady, be careful!”

Bang! The carriage shook violently with a loud crash.

“Ugh!”

Losing her balance, Evelyn hit her shoulder against the wall and let out a groan.

The knights stepped forward to protect the carriage, but it was useless.

They died one by one under the merciless blades.

The maids in the carriage fled with Evelyn, but they too lost their lives.

“No. I can’t die here!”

In the horrific scene, Evelyn hastily tried to activate her aura. If only one of the assassins hadn’t put restraints on her arm.

“Wait, let this go! Let go of me!”

“It’s over now.”

The assassin who had forced Evelyn to kneel in the grass field raised his sword high.

In the end, that marked the end of her life.

“If I’m given another chance, I’ll really kill you then, Glenn.”

Making that vow.

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“Gasp!”

Consciousness returned.

I had escaped from a long dream.

“Madam! Are you alright?”

“Huuung! You suffered from high fever all night and are just now coming to your senses, Madam!”

“It’s the Duke’s Mansion.”

As I raised my body drenched in sweat, the maids made a fuss on both sides.

“Oh my, look at this cold sweat! I wiped it an hour ago but you’re sweating again!”

“Let’s hurry and get you washed, Madam!”

With Rose and Mary’s help, I tidied my disheveled hair and changed into a new chemise before lying back down on the bed.

In the meantime, they must have changed the bedding as I felt a fluffy yet dry texture.

“Please rest well today!”

“That’s right~ If you need anything, just call us!”

“Yeah. Thank you. Go on now.”

Once the maids left, I could finally breathe.

“It seems you’ve fallen ill right after arriving.”

I don’t know what state of mind I was in when I returned to the Duke’s Mansion.

And to the enemy’s den, no less.

“Of all things, why did I have to lose my memory.”

As my incomplete memories returned, complicated emotions swept through my mind.

The world I believed to be a novel was actually my past.

Though I had briefly visited another world, I eventually returned to where I originally belonged.

“According to the original plan, I should already be dead… Should I consider myself fortunate to be alive?”

Though I was pursued by the Emperor, in this life I caught Casian’s eye and saved my life.

“If I had known this would happen, I should have recovered my memories sooner…”

While preserving my life was a good thing, regret came flooding in belatedly.

A relationship that couldn’t be gathered back up, nor could it be undone.

Only after crossing the river did I realize it. That my relationship with Casian couldn’t be reversed.

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