Surviving as the Wife of the Swordsmanship Clan’s Troublemaker - Chapter 27

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Episode 27

 

“But it’s good for us, right? Thanks to her, we got to eat delicious meals. Today’s snacks are also tasty for once.”

 

“Munch munch. That’s right. Thanks to her, I feel more motivated to work harder.”

 

Seeing the girls grinning about what was so good, Geti was also dumbfounded.

 

She couldn’t understand the maids or the family.

 

Giving up the annex for a commoner woman, having the kitchen research special snacks.

 

“Hey!”

 

That anger was directed entirely at the easy targets – the annex maids. At the loud shout as if she had boiled and eaten a fire pot, the maids stopped their munching.

 

“Listen carefully. Snacks aren’t what’s important right now. A commoner woman just like us is becoming the young mistress of the proud Bloodmere!”

 

“Hmm… that’s true.”

 

“Have you lost even the pride of working at Bloodmere just because it’s the annex?”

 

“That’s not it.”

 

“Right!?”

 

Geti’s expression relaxed as if finally getting through to them.

 

“So we should serve the young mistress well from now on?”

 

“If we make lots of delicious things like these snacks and bring them to her, she’ll surely be pleased?”

 

“No!! That’s not what I meant.”

 

Huff-. Geti suppressed her rising anger. If she had been in the main building, she would have gotten along well with the maids there. How could this be happening in the annex…

 

“How can we, who have served only the noble and dignified mistresses of this great family for generations, serve a commoner mistress?”

 

“Hmm, then?”

 

“I heard Young Master Nikolai sent a letter to the master asking him to kick her out immediately.”

 

This was something she had overheard from the dedicated maids who served Nikolai in the main building.

 

As expected, Young Master Nikolai, being the eldest son, was reluctant to bring in a commoner woman.

 

“Probably when the master returns, he’ll kick her out immediately.”

 

“Eh? But the mistress brought her in.”

 

“How could the mistress win against the master? But conflict between the mistress and master will be unavoidable. So we need to relieve the young master and master’s worries beforehand.”

 

Gasp.

 

The maids held their breath.

 

Even if they were clueless, they weren’t so dense as to not understand the meaning of kicking out Hallara before the duke returned.

 

“Now you finally understand. Let’s show her how hard this family is to endure, how difficult a place it is for a commoner to handle!”

 

Geti absolutely could not accept Hallara.

 

A commoner daughter-in-law in a ducal house.

 

Even if she was carrying Docheop’s child, her lowly origins couldn’t be changed. Moreover, since she would be kicked out after giving birth, wasn’t this a situation where they could torment her freely without consequences?

 

***

 

The rumor that Docheop had headed to ‘Kernhel’ spread throughout the castle in an instant, centered around the Third Division.

 

And Francesca, upon hearing this news, hurriedly headed to Nikolai’s study.

 

“Nikolai!”

 

Nikolai frowned at his mother entering without even knocking.

 

“Where has the mother who valued dignity above all else gone?”

 

He was already sensitive about Docheop bringing in Hallara. He also disapproved of Francesca for allowing it.

 

“No matter how much you dislike your brother, how could you send him to Kernhol!”

 

But today Francesca also had something to say.

 

After all, her son had essentially pushed another son into a death trap.

 

“Kernhol? What are you talking about?”

 

“Didn’t you send Docheop to Kernhol! Right now Docheop is… Docheop is.”

 

Her voice trembled terribly.

 

Nikolai finally grasped reality and stood up from his seat.

 

‘Kernhol… surely, that bastard?’

 

Last time, after Docheop said he would gladly accept punishment, he had come to see him. But Nikolai had already sent word to the duke.

 

He had no intention of forgiving Docheop. Having impregnated a commoner woman and letting lowly blood flow in the family was an outrageous act deserving universal condemnation, so it was only right to expel him from the family. Now it was time to erase the stain.

 

“Punishment? Do you think you can make up for this situation with something like that?”

 

“How about entering Kernhol?”

 

It was Docheop who brought up the topic first.

 

“Kernhol? That’s good. If you survive there, I might be able to overlook things.”

 

Entering Kernhol with only 1-star power was basically saying he’d die. Nikolai thought Docheop’s words were just a show to gain forgiveness. No, he thought it would be fine if he went in and died. After all, he was just a half-wit who was all talk.

 

“Is this true? Are you certain?”

 

But he really went in on his own feet?

 

“Yes. …He’s already entered. It’s been about an hour since he went in…”

 

Sob. Francesca, foreseeing her son’s death, finally showed tears and collapsed into her seat.

 

“This can’t be. This can’t be happening.”

 

Nikolai hurriedly grabbed his sword.

 

“Where’s Helbeorn? Tell him to come immediately!”

 

“The young master is… currently away, sir.”

 

“Just at a time like this. Then gather capable knights from the First Knight Division! As fast as possible!”

 

And he ran toward Kernhol. To that cave in the middle of the rugged mountain range in the dominion.

 

***

 

The cave was already suffocatingly quiet.

 

Docheop walked following the beam of light visible in the distance.

 

Drip. Drip.

 

In his hand was the severed head of a Creckbear.

 

The duke would probably be quite disappointed.

 

After all, one punishment zone used for dealing with traitors had disappeared.

 

But for him, there was no better prey than the Creckbear.

 

The Creckbear’s heart.

 

The core that came out when he split it open had awakened Docheop to 4-star in an instant.

 

‘Thank you, Polden.’

 

He recalled the stories of fighting Creckbears that he had shared with his comrade around a campfire in the past.

 

Remembering that and moving in order, conquering the Creckbear wasn’t too difficult for him, who had awakened to 2-star not long ago. Of course, there was something strange in the middle. The Creckbear had frozen like ice for a few seconds while he was attacking.

 

‘That’s similar to that spirit’s power.’

 

It was Junel’s Sword Ice power. But since he couldn’t see him, he could only speculate.

 

Docheop dragged the Creckbear’s head all the way to its lair.

 

A spectacular sight unfolded before his eyes.

 

Hundreds of swords stuck throughout the cave.

 

“So this is the sword graveyard Polden told me about.”

 

For a long time, these were trophies the Creckbear had obtained by killing people.

 

Docheop put the brief admiration behind him and walked through them. Then he pulled out one sword that looked particularly familiar.

 

“Polden, I’ll return this later.”

 

It was his comrade’s sword. A trophy obtained from eliminating the Creckbear.

 

Docheop took that sword with the intention of returning it when he met him someday.

 

But that was only for a moment, as something warm and sticky splattered on his face with a ‘splat’.

 

Viscous saliva with a thick, sour smell.

 

It was Crackbear saliva that had been thickly coating the ceiling.

 

“…!”

 

The moment saliva slowly trickled down his cheekbones, his skin began to burn intensely.

 

It wasn’t a tearing pain.

 

It was a pain as if something was being dragged out from within.

 

Docheop’s pupils shook.

 

“Wait, a sec—”

 

Before he could finish speaking, the pain soon transformed into a crushing pressure.

 

As if someone was pushing his skull from the inside out.

 

It was a hallucinogenic poison that forcibly dragged out and shook the victim’s deepest memories.

 

Blood pounded, and his heart beat near his ears.

 

And his vision completely collapsed.

 

***

 

“He’s the protagonist, so he’ll be fine. He should be fine.”

 

Though I tried to stop Docheop until the very end, he stubbornly insisted and entered Kernhol.

 

‘I sent Junel with him, so he should be able to save his life.’

 

Junel also didn’t want anything bad to happen to him, so she readily followed him into Kernhol. Even so, anxiety crept over me.

 

Docheop was only 1-star, so his body was no different from a sunfish.

 

[Creckbears tear people apart!]

 

The words Junel kept shouting echoed in my ears.

 

“…Woman.”

 

Had it been about an hour and a half since he went in? Nikolai arrived, breathing heavily.

 

“You really brought only a woman, as if to show off.”

 

As soon as he spotted me, he roughly scrunched up his face and stopped walking in front of Kernhol.

 

“Did he really go in?”

 

He probably didn’t want to ask, but I was the only person he could ask.

 

“Yes. He went in.”

 

Nikolai was the one who told him to go in, but now that he actually went in, he seemed worried he might die. Nikolai’s face looked miserable.

 

“Exactly how much time has passed?”

 

“About an hour and a half has passed.”

 

Damn it.

 

He cursed under his breath.

 

Then he ordered the knights who followed him to prepare to enter inside.

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