Surviving as the Wife of the Swordsmanship Clan’s Troublemaker - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105

The moment had come.
There were truths we needed to confront between us.
I had interfered in Casio’s trial and uncovered a sacred relic that no one had found for years.
And Docheop had gone to find flowers for an offering, only to return with a pendant—and somehow he’d even prepared a counterfeit.
‘It’s been strange all along.’
Honestly, Docheop was nothing like the pre-awakening version I’d read about in the novel.
In the original story, he was obsessed with awakening and cared about nothing but swordsmanship. But the Docheop before me was different.
I’d considered that his change might be because of me—like the butterfly effect, where a single flutter of wings transforms everything. Since I had changed, perhaps he had too.
But today’s events were a different matter entirely.
There was no way he could have known about Casio’s mother’s keepsake before we’d even become allies.
“We should.”
I gathered my thoughts and sat down across from him slowly.
I studied him for a moment.
“Please speak first, my lord. About what happened today.”
I tapped my fingers against the table. I was afraid he might hear my heart pounding. This was the most tense moment since I’d possessed this body.
“Casio’s mother’s pendant. How did you know about it?”
My voice trembled slightly.
Noticing this, Docheop’s eyes narrowed.
“How did you know there was a sacred relic inside the Saint’s statue?”
Instead of answering, he turned the question back on me. It seemed he had no intention of speaking unless I went first.
[Hallara, should I send this bastard away?]
Junel asked worriedly, sensing my anxiety. But avoiding this now wouldn’t solve anything.
For the catastrophe that was coming, I had to bare the truth.
I looked at him directly.
A suffocating silence stretched for several seconds.
And it was Docheop who spoke first.
“…As I thought.”
He murmured quietly.
“I found it strange.”
I blinked several times.
“What?”
“From the moment you claimed to have lost your memory after that one night and didn’t recognize me at all, until now.”
Docheop slowly leaned forward. He uncrossed his arms and rested them on the table.
“You showed no fear, no hesitation. And you seemed to know things that others didn’t.”
He looked directly at me.
“I’d rather you drop the spirit excuse.”
Docheop’s eyes pierced through me. It was as though he could see right through my soul.
“Hallara, you know the future, don’t you?”
I wanted to deny it. But I had already revealed far too much.
“…Yes.”
“From the moment we met again.”
“Yes.”
The way he pinpointed that exact moment made it clear he knew my memory loss was a lie.
“How much do you know?”
“Roughly six years ahead, sir.”
I spoke carefully. That was how much time had passed from the beginning of the original story to its end.
I feared what expression he might be wearing, but his face remained utterly blank.
“And you’re not the real Halara Seheb.”
Instead, he struck at the truth with surgical precision. My mind went white. I hadn’t realized he’d seen through me this far.
“…Was I really that different from the original Halara Seheb?”
“Even a casual acquaintance would have recognized it immediately.”
I’d done my best to mimic someone from this world, but apparently it hadn’t worked at all.
“You’re right. From where I was, I glimpsed this world. This world where you’re essentially the protagonist. And then suddenly, I became Halara Seheb.”
“The moment you entered the Manor and met Mother—or more precisely, the instant you told her you were pregnant—that’s when you changed?”
He knew the exact timing down to the moment.
“How did you know?”
“Because the original Halara Seheb would never have backed down like that.”
“Yes…?”
How could he possibly know that?
That the original Halara was someone who never retreated.
I drew a breath.
“Young Master….”
Surely he wasn’t like me.
“I returned through time.”
“You mean you regressed?”
“It seems so.”
Wait.
Regression?
“When did you return, sir?”
The Docheop in the novel I knew had never done anything like regression.
“When I stood at the pinnacle of the world. When I had achieved everything and completed my journey.”
That meant the ending. The conclusion of the novel I had never witnessed.
After the ending, he had returned once more. To the very beginning of everything.
“How, Young Master? Surely you didn’t learn a regression skill?”
In the latter half of the novel, Docheop gained the power to dominate the world. There was nothing he couldn’t do.
“No. Like you, I returned suddenly. Probably at the moment you became Halara Seheb.”
One person regressed. One person possessed a body.
The feeling was utterly surreal.
What in the world is this place for?
“I had my suspicions….”
But now the mystery had finally unraveled.
Entering Kernhol and returning alive.
Awakening up to the seventh star.
A relaxed demeanor and manner of speech.
“Could it be that I married you because I’ve changed from my past self?”
And on top of that, forcing through the marriage with Halara Seheb, whom I had vehemently refused.
Everything was strange.
“At first, I thought you had returned like me. That’s why I wanted to keep you close. If you had returned, I thought I might understand why I had returned too.”
Docheop let out a bitter laugh and shook his head.
“But gradually, I realized that wasn’t the case. If the real Halara Seheb had truly turned back time, there’s no way she wouldn’t have recognized me, nor would she have been leisurely browsing the Market in that village.”
Good heavens….
Because I was the protagonist, he had seen through me completely.
“Why didn’t you ask all this time?”
“You weren’t going to tell me anyway.”
That was true. If I hadn’t been caught so clearly today, it would have remained my secret for life.
I couldn’t help but laugh at how absurd it was.
“What? You knew all along.”
If only I had known.
“If you’d known, you should have told me sooner!”
My chest felt completely unburdened. Knowing the future alone was an advantage in surviving this mysterious world, but on the other hand, it had been terribly lonely. Knowing that the Bloodmere Family would fall, there were so few things I could do with my limited power.
“To be honest, I don’t know why I came here. But I think I understand why you returned, my lord.”
I looked at him. Perhaps it was because I knew he had experienced the future I had seen. Though Docheop seemed different, somehow my heart felt at ease.
“There must have been one thing you couldn’t protect that weighed on your mind.”
Docheop’s eyes widened slightly.
I smiled at his reaction.
“By the way, I don’t know anything about myself. To be honest, I was shocked when I discovered Junel and realized I was from the Brinihanta Clan. That’s why I even ran away on my wedding day.”
Then Docheop slowly opened his mouth.
“Halara Seheb.”
“Yes.”
“I think I understand why you became Halara Seheb.”
Docheop’s eyes softened with warmth that seemed different from usual.
I blinked.
“Why?”
Docheop gazed at me for a moment.
“To me….”
His words stopped there.
Then he slowly rose from his seat.
I didn’t even have a chance to ask anything. He walked around the table and came to my side. And without a word, he reached out his hand.
I brushed my hair back behind my ear.
His hand lingered there, resting gently behind my ear.
“…My lord?”
Docheop looked down at me.
“Perhaps.”
“Speak.”
“Did you send me here because you were lonely, my lord?”
Docheop’s eyes wavered for a moment.
It was a plausible guess, wasn’t it?
“…Is that what you think?”
I nodded earnestly. There was something I needed to address now.
“I’m on your side, my lord. Look at us now—we threw ourselves into rescuing Casio the Priest on our honeymoon. What does that mean? It means we’re allies.”
Docheop gazed at me for a long moment.
Then he laughed softly.
“Fair enough. For now, at least.”
I grasped his approaching hand firmly and spoke.
“Think about it—it’s incredible. Look at us. I know the future. You also know the future, and you’ve already reached the pinnacle of this world. What could the two of us possibly fail to accomplish?”
“Nothing.”
“Exactly!”
I broke into a radiant smile. He finally burst into laughter as well.
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“…Where are we?”
Clatter, clatter.
Inside the carriage, the noise echoed loudly.
As dawn broke, Casio opened his eyes.
“Priest, you must have been exhausted. You didn’t even notice when I carried you.”
I greeted Casio, who had finally awakened, with a morning salutation.

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