Newlywed Life Begins with a Mistake - Chapter 83

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Chapter 83

At the pointed question, Evelyn hurriedly covered Pupu’s mouth.

“Be quiet. We’ll get caught at this rate.”

Seeing Evelyn subtly avoid answering, Pupu bit her finger out of spite.

“Ah!”

“Tch! I hate Bell!”

Fufu puffed out her cheeks in a huff.

“I get it, so be quiet. We’ll really get caught at this rate!”

Evelyn put her index finger to her lips, telling him to be quiet, but the sulking Pupu turned around and left the courtyard on his own.

“Wait, Pupu!”

Perhaps because it had been so long since they met.

She had forgotten about Pupu’s temperament.

Evelyn, who had been busy chasing Pupu into the thicket, stopped walking when she saw lights and an unexpected place appeared.

“What’s this? Was there a place like this near the main manor?”

“What’s this? Was there a place like this near the main building?”

“Bell! Look over here! It’s huge!”

Pupu, whose anger had somehow subsided, opened his mouth wide in apparent amazement.

Evelyn also opened her mouth in amazement and joined in watching the spectacle.

“A hunting ground…?”

In the clearing that stretched between the dense trees, long tents, flags, and birdcages were positioned.

“Whoaaa! It’s really huge!”

Having discovered a new space, Pupu began bouncing around with his tiny body as he set out to explore in earnest.

Unlike the excited Pupu, Evelyn looked around warily, showing her guard was up.

‘Ugh, I don’t have time for this. Fortunately, it looks like there are no articles about it?’

Candles were lit everywhere, so I thought there would be a gatekeeper, but no one was there.

“Indeed. About two people could sleep there.”

Simple daily necessities were placed on one side, as if someone occasionally stayed there.

“Alright, we’ve seen everything, so let’s go. Otherwise, I’ll drag you away by force.”

“Alright, you’ve seen everything, so let’s go. Otherwise, I’ll drag you out by force.”

“Let’s just look over there and go! I want to see the puffin!”

Unfazed by the hawks with their fierce, piercing gazes, Pupu tugged at Evelyn and headed toward the birdcage.

Fortunately, the carrier pigeons were quiet.

Seeing the quiet birds, Evelyn felt relieved and examined the cage.

“So this was the place where they communicated with the spies.”

I had been wondering how you get information so quickly, and my question has finally been answered.

Feeling sorry for disturbing the birds in the middle of the night, Evelyn opened the drawer attached to the birdcage to give them food.

But.

“What is this….”

Piles of paper scraps came tumbling out of the drawer.

Feeling a sense of déjà vu, Evelyn steadied her trembling heart and reached for the note.

Among them were secret letters bearing the imperial seal, and parchments marked with the crest of House Hetis.

“No. You shouldn’t look at other people’s things without permission.”

Getting away is the priority, so let’s hurry and leave.

I definitely promised myself that.

“Gasp! What Cecilia said was true? They’re going to destroy the North!”

An even more shocking statement pierced my ears.

“What are you talking about?”

Whip. Evelyn’s head turned quickly at Pupu’s words.

Under the fierce gaze, Pupu sat on the carelessly unfolded note and shook his head from side to side.

“It’s nothing!”

Pupu hastily tried to take back his words, but it was too late—the damage was already done.

Evelyn’s expression hardened as she pressed Pupu’s cheeks firmly and spoke coldly.

“Give me that note you saw. And tell me exactly what that woman said, Pupu.”

“The imperial family and the House of Hetis are going to eliminate the north?”

At the same time. Ian, who had been packing his belongings into a box to move to a new hideout, stopped what he was doing at Cecilia’s words.

“Yes. To be precise, the Emperor is planning to announce the elimination of disloyal elements during the Hetis banquet.”

“The target is officially Viscount Hetus, but unofficially the North?”

“That’s right. They intend to use this opportunity to eliminate all forces opposing the imperial family. That must be what they mean.”

As Cecilia finished speaking, Ian was so dumbfounded that he muttered in disbelief.

“The practical justification aside, the current Count Heteus has no connection to the North.”

“It seems the Duke thinks of that person as Count Heteus.”

“Really? I’m going to end up in trouble just from cleaning up after my younger sibling.”

As Ian burst into a sneer, Cecilia pointed out the facts.

“Even if that weren’t the case, you’d still be a target anyway.”

“True, it was something that was bound to happen eventually. My intention to rebel is still valid even now.”

Ian shrugged his shoulders and asked Cecilia while putting items back into the box.

“So that’s why you sent Bel there? To find out what was discussed between the Emperor and the Duke?”

“Yes. At the very least, we can’t let the same situation repeat itself.”

Just as I once deceived and approached you.

While Cecilia quietly swallowed the confession she couldn’t bring herself to voice, Ian observed Cecilia with sharp eyes.

‘What exactly does she know?’

He had acted friendly to probe her intentions, but the more they conversed, the more a strange sensation gnawed at him.

It was like déjà vu or as if he had experienced this somewhere before.

Yet he had no memories of this woman whatsoever.

‘Strange.’

He kept feeling that sense of déjà vu.

As if she knew him well, Cecilia accommodated everything about Ian.

As if she couldn’t ignore the years they had spent together.

“Whatever the case, now that Bel knows the truth, she won’t stay quiet.”

Ian cut off his wandering thoughts and redirected his train of thought. Toward Evelyn.

‘Will Bel finally come to her senses?’

According to Cecilia’s words, it was clear that Casian and Evelyn would become irreparably estranged.

Given Evelyn’s temperament.

“Far from quietly escaping, she’ll make a scene.”

Events that hadn’t yet occurred and future happenings were clearly visible to him.

That’s why Ian had to prepare. For the prelude to the coming war.

“I need to return to the North.”

Having finished organizing, Ian closed the hideout with those words and erased all traces from the surroundings.

* * *

“So that’s how it is.”

As Pupu finished his confession, my hands trembled uncontrollably.

I couldn’t believe it. The Emperor and Casian had been planning to eliminate the North all along.

And using me to do it.

“That can’t be right. Pupu, you must have misunderstood.”

To deny Pupu’s words, I frantically searched through the drawers. Looking for evidence to refute it.

But the more notes I unfolded, the heavier the truth became, suffocating me.

【Keep Evelyn Seldian under close surveillance for the time being.】

【How is the South? The sunlight in the capital is so intense it’s troublesome. Seeing things that were hiding in the shadows slowly creeping out, summer must have arrived. What I requested isn’t ready yet? The patient’s condition is most important, but being tied down for too long isn’t good either.】

Though there were no replies from Casian, the Emperor’s messages alone were enough to deduce the situation.

That he really had been planning to eliminate me and the North.

“It’s really true…”

As I grasped reality, my vision became hazy.

“Bel!”

My legs gave out and I collapsed onto the grass field.

“Ah… ah…”

Indescribable emotions crashed over me like a tidal wave, making it difficult even to swallow my groans.

“So it was true after all.”

It’s a lie.

It can’t be.

I had repeatedly denied it, trying somehow to preserve my memories with him in a positive light.

But Casian had deceived me from beginning to end.

“Sorry… Bel. Pupu shouldn’t have said anything…”

As the dejected Pupu offered an apology, I slowly shook my head.

“No, I’m the one who’s sorry.”

In the end, it was all the result of wrong choices.

No matter how much I had lost my memory, this situation must have arisen because of my ignorance.

“Wait, come to think of it, we were in the middle of escaping, right? Bel, let’s hurry! We don’t have much time left!”

Pupu, belatedly realizing the situation, tugged at my clothes urgently.

But I pulled Pupu away and stood up from where I sat.

“No. I’m not going. Tell the Cardinal I’m sorry.”

She had tried to escape quietly, but the situation had changed.

If the Emperor and Casian want to eliminate me and the North, then I must respond accordingly.

“Pupu, tell my confidants. I’m completely revising the plan.”

* * *

Around the same time.

“What time is it?”

Casian, who had fallen into a deep sleep, opened his eyes.

He had dozed off while talking with Evelyn, and when he woke up, the dim dawn was greeting him.

“Must be accumulated fatigue.”

Though he had stayed up all night to handle the piled-up work, it had been a long time since his body felt this light.

However, unlike his refreshed body, his mood was extremely unsettled.

“I shouldn’t be able to fall asleep easily unless I take sleeping pills…”

Why had he fallen into such a deep sleep as if waiting for it after Evelyn came to visit?

He felt like he had missed something important.

Casian lightly brushed his face with his hand and looked around.

The study’s scenery was the same as usual.

The table in front of the sofa where the tea set and fresh flowers had been placed was now neatly cleared away.

“I must have been overworked these past few days.”

Not wanting to suspect anyone unnecessarily, Casian suppressed the rising speculation and got up.

But then.

“A flower?”

There were chamomile petals scattered on the floor.

Casian picked up the white petal and fingered it.

Just from gently rubbing it, white powder came off the petal.

“…”

Casian stared intently at the powder on his finger, then after a moment, shot up from his seat and rushed out.

“My lady!”

With an urgent cry, Casian ran quickly.

He went to Evelyn’s quarters, but she wasn’t there.

“Search everywhere thoroughly.”

“Yes, Your Grace!”

Summoning the Valhalla Knights, Casian searched the Duke’s Mansion like hunting for mice, desperate to find Evelyn.

The servants woke up one by one from the loud commotion, but Casian paid no attention and continued the search.

Then, in the midst of it all.

“Honey, what’s wrong?”

Evelyn appeared.

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