Surviving as the Wife of the Swordsmanship Clan’s Troublemaker - Chapter 24

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Episode 24

 

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One hour ago, in the annex kitchen.

 

“But I’m really curious. In a way, this is the young master’s first scandal that we’ve been waiting for. All our young masters have always avoided women.”

 

The kitchen was still buzzing with endless speculation about me.

 

I hadn’t intended to deceive them, but now it felt awkward to come forward and say ‘I’m that woman.’

 

I put more effort into making dessert to quickly escape from here.

 

Sizzle-!

 

I brushed lukewarm syrup over the well-fried dough with a brush.

 

As the sweet aroma spread, everyone stopped chatting and gathered around. Hotsen asked curiously.

 

“Isn’t that the maple syrup I gave you earlier?”

 

“Yes. I added cinnamon and boiled it down.”

 

“You added cinnamon. You put the powder you made earlier in the dough and now in the syrup too.”

 

“Ta-da. The yakgwa is now complete.”

 

I proudly held up the flower-shaped yakgwa.

 

“Yakgwa? Another food I’ve never seen before. A pastry fried in oil and brushed with syrup.”

 

“Originally, it should be soaked in syrup for about a day, but I made it simply since there’s no time.”

 

Instead of soaking it in syrup, I made the dough a bit sweeter and finished by brushing syrup on top.

 

I used cinnamon instead of cassia bark, maple syrup instead of grain syrup, and butter instead of sesame oil.

 

This created a unique yakgwa aroma that filled the kitchen.

 

“The flower shape is nice, but it’s quite rough. The color is brown like the bread we usually eat.”

 

Hotsen didn’t seem very pleased.

 

This is a fantasy world overflowing with desserts that are gorgeous and colorful in appearance.

 

But what matters is the taste.

 

“I think it looks delicious though? You can clearly see the crispy surface, and it’s glossy thanks to the syrup.”

 

May, who had been quietly watching the cooking, spoke up.

 

“Right! It looks more delicious than madeleines to me?”

 

“Me too. A snack fried in oil sounds totally intriguing!”

 

The maids also expressed their agreement.

 

“I made some for you all too, so eat them once the syrup dries a bit. I made some for the other maids as well.”

 

While I was at it, I filled a small basket. At times like this, I really benefit from my previous life’s mother-in-law.

 

“What? In such a short time!?”

 

Hotsen’s eyes widened when he discovered the pile of yakgwa behind me.

 

“I’m quick with my hands.”

 

“No, more than that, what if you use up all the flour I gave you to make dessert for that person!”

 

“There was plenty. It’s better if we all eat together. That person would probably prefer that too.”

 

“What nonsense are you talk—mmph!”

 

I stuffed yakgwa into Hotsen’s mouth as he was nagging. His furrowed brow from the intense sweetness on his tongue gradually began to smooth out.

 

I knew it. I quickly took advantage of Hotsen’s dazed state to wrap several yakgwa in clean cloth.

 

“I have something to do, so I’ll be going now.”

 

“Where are you going with those!”

 

“Since the head chef seems worried, I thought I’d take them directly to that person myself!”

 

I grabbed several yakgwa and escaped from the kitchen.

 

I quickly changed clothes in the laundry room in case Hotsen tried to catch me again.

 

‘It’s so uncomfortable having them talk about me right in front of me.’

 

My identity would be exposed before long, but I wanted to move around comfortably until then.

 

[Hallara, this is truly magical.]

 

As I walked out of the laundry room, Junel came fluttering over. In one hand, he held yakgwa dripping with syrup.

 

“Delicious, right? It’s a snack I used to love. It’s simple to make and tasty.”

 

[This is the first time I’ve experienced such a taste in a thousand years.]

 

Junel, munching away with his mouth covered in crumbs, looked as happy as if he’d arrived in paradise.

 

“By the way, Junel, is it okay for us to be this leisurely?”

 

While the family’s destruction was actually unrelated to me, I wondered if it was okay to just sit back and watch.

 

[It’s not okay. I’ve made up my mind. I will live forever with you, Hallara, in Bloodmere overflowing with sword energy!]

 

Is that a proposal?

 

While I’m grateful for the promise to stay by my side reliably.

 

“Please exclude the ‘forever’ part.”

 

[Why! Is the room too cramped? You’re the one who chose the small room!]

 

“No. I have no intention of living with a man forever. I’m going to live as a shining single woman.”

 

Marriage is just a temporary protective measure for me.

 

[You don’t like that guy Docheop Bloodmere. He may look like a playboy, but he’s actually not… Tsk. Poor child born into misfortune.]

 

I knew that too. Docheop before his awakening was a lonely and pitiful person. So in a way, I wanted to help Docheop properly protect his family.

 

But.

 

“Didn’t you see back then? He was totally playing with me.”

 

[Playing with you? He likes you, but he’s sulking because you won’t say you like him back.]

 

“What are you talking about? Why would he like me?”

 

[You’re pretty. Kind, and good at cooking too.]

 

That’s true.

 

[And you spent a hot night together!]

 

“Please stop with that story!”

 

Giggle giggle.

 

Junel clutched his belly laughing and fluttered away.

 

[Honestly, just looking at faces, isn’t he the best of the three?]

 

Even so, he kept promoting Docheop.

 

While the three brothers were similar, in terms of appearance alone, Docheop was definitely number one.

 

Well, he is the protagonist after all.

 

“A man’s face isn’t everything.”

 

[As expected, you think the same as me. Indeed, a man needs strength, right? If only that guy had excellent swordsmanship, he wouldn’t be overpowered in terms of strength.]

 

“Mm, he should at least be able to protect me, right?”

 

But to protect me specifically, he’d need to be at least an emperor.

 

Someone who could embrace an already extinct race would need to be at that level.

 

Living with me would only be a loss for Docheop too.

 

The reason I liked that novel was because I envied Docheop’s freedom.

 

I envied him traveling the world, finding like-minded companions, going on journeys together, laughing and crying.

 

It was perfect vicarious satisfaction for my suffocating life as a daughter-in-law.

 

Now that I’m here, I want to live like that too.

 

[We should go see that guy!]

 

Junel grabbed my arm and pulled.

 

“Did you think of some clever plan? Like a way for that young master to overcome his constitution.”

 

[Hmm, a method does exist, but it’s impossible with my power.]

 

Never mind then.

 

“This family has many hidden famous swords and such. Wouldn’t it be better if he used something like that?”

 

[It’s the opposite. If an amateur who can’t even handle his own body properly touches a famous sword, the sword will dominate his body. Eventually, his soul will be sold to the sword.]

 

Tch, I was going to secretly bring a famous sword to Docheop since Junel said there were some, but it would be useless.

 

“Then how do you plan to save the family?”

 

[First, let’s go to that guy Docheop. You never know. If we meet and examine him carefully, maybe some method will come up?]

 

“Really?”

 

I looked at Junel with suspicious eyes.

 

[The mana in his body is so weak it’s hard to detect, but anyway, the second son is over there!]

 

Junel turned his head and fluttered his wings.

 

I decided to follow him, pretending to believe.

 

Following him endlessly along the outer wall path, I finally saw the family banner.

 

The shield emblem that protects Bloodmere.

 

[He’s in the 3rd Division.]

 

“The Third Knight Division?”

 

I had seen it in the novel.

 

The 3rd Division of the Bloodmere Knight Order was a training facility that educated novice knights who joined the family.

 

And the knight there named Moldorf was formerly the captain of the 1st Knight Division, a comrade-in-arms who had fought alongside the current Duke before he rose to his position.

 

“Docheop is here?”

 

But to think Docheop was here.

 

Docheop’s encounter with Moldorf had happened right after the family’s destruction.

 

No, could that even be called an ‘encounter’?

 

It was when Docheop, who had wailed for a long time after seeing his mother’s corpse, finally pulled himself together and began organizing the bodies of his family members one by one. He discovered Moldorf in the training grounds, standing dead with dozens of swords piercing his body.

 

“The face of his master, whom he met after 10 years, was covered in blood beyond recognition.

 

-From Chapter 1 of ‘The Scoundrel of the Renowned Swordsmanship Family Returns'”

 

And there, he took as his first companion a novice knight who had barely survived by hiding among the corpses.

 

In a way, this place was the beginning of the great epic.

 

But it was unexpected that Docheop would be at the place he hadn’t visited for the past 10 years.

 

What surprised me even more wasn’t just that.

 

Clang-! Clang-!

 

Docheop was exchanging swords with a bearded knight in the middle of the training grounds.

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