Surviving as the Wife of the Swordsmanship Clan’s Troublemaker - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

 

In the end, I had no choice but to enter Docheop’s room.

 

After arriving at his room, Docheop first locked the door.

 

“Why are you locking the door?”

 

How scary.

 

“What were you using that warehouse-like room for?”

 

He asked again. It seemed he found it strange that I was using the most secluded room in the annex.

 

“A warehouse? It’s just a room no one was using, not a warehouse.”

 

After sweeping and cleaning it, wasn’t it more spacious and comfortable than my house from my previous life?

 

“I chose that room myself.”

 

“So, why.”

 

“Why? I chose it because I liked it. You can see the garden right outside, and it’s quiet without being woken up by the sound of people passing by.”

 

“It’s quiet and cramped.”

 

It was the smallest room in the annex.

 

But that’s what I liked even more about it.

 

“It’s enough for one person. It gets warm with just a little firewood.”

 

“You chose that room to save on firewood?”

 

“It’s also easy to clean. Since it’s small.”

 

“So you chose that room to clean it yourself? To make things easier for the maids?”

 

“I was just cleaning up the mess I made. Usually May does it diligently.”

 

I didn’t want May or the annex maids to get in trouble because of me.

 

Docheop seemed quite displeased with my answer. His eyes looking down at me while crossing his arms looked very annoyed.

 

“Who is that guy Hotsen?”

 

“As I told you, he’s the head chef of the annex. I’m helping him with cooking research.”

 

“He must have been going in and out of that room often. Even when I came looking, you naturally called his name first.”

 

His voice became persistent.

 

I was very flustered by this situation.

 

“Are you suspecting something now?”

 

“You still don’t seem to know who I am.”

 

Docheop tilted his head sideways.

 

“You’re the second young master of Bloodmere.”

 

“Not that.”

 

“A scoundrel?”

 

Is that what you’re talking about?

 

Then Docheop let out a hollow laugh.

 

“It’s hard for you to think of our relationship that way.”

 

“Let me say this in advance, don’t tell me to live here. I like the annex.”

 

I saw earlier that he was telling May to pack my things.

 

“I have no intention of leaving the annex.”

 

“You’ve really decided to settle down in the annex permanently.”

 

“I have many close friends there. Madam Michelle is there too.”

 

How many meals had I shared with the annex servants?

 

And I couldn’t live together in Docheop’s room. We may have ended up getting married, but we’re not exactly in a romantic relationship.

 

Then Docheop suddenly lifted me up in his arms.

 

“What are you doing!”

 

“You said you like the annex.”

 

And he unlocked the door and went out again.

 

“Young, young master. What is this about?”

 

Docheop spoke to a servant who happened to be walking from across the corridor.

 

“Prepare a large bed.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“We’ll be getting married soon. It wouldn’t do for newlyweds to live separately.”

 

With that, Docheop once again headed toward the annex.

 

Flustered, I pinched his chest and asked.

 

“A large bed… why are you having that prepared?”

 

There were too many eyes watching to raise my voice.

 

“If you don’t like it, shall we sleep together on the small bed in your room? I don’t mind that either.”

 

“No. No!”

 

“Then it’s settled. I’ll have a big, sturdy bed prepared, so don’t worry.”

 

Docheop smiled. Nothing about this was okay.

 

***

 

The sealed region where the sun no longer rises.

 

The ruins of the fallen angel.

 

Seraphim’s Paradise.

 

“My lord. As you commanded, we have tied down Duke Bloodmere’s feet.”

 

A man in white robes knelt before Johannes and continued his report.

 

After Brinihanta was destroyed, Johannes had released surviving Holy Church members throughout the four empires, taking advantage of the weakened seal.

 

They hid in regions chaotic from war, became part of the local community, started families, and had children. And they secretly instilled the Holy Church’s doctrine and continued its legacy in secret. Among them were those who had taken root in Bloodmere, where wariness of outsiders was severe.

 

Even now, hundreds of years later, they carried on their ancestors’ will and served Johannes. They believed he alone was the true salvation of this world.

 

They created their own network and gathered information from all over the world.

 

Johannes also held the Northern Emperor’s fatal weakness.

 

“As per your lordship’s command, we blackmailed him using the secret of the Northern Emperor’s birth as leverage, and the matter was easily resolved. The Emperor quickly sent the Imperial Army to the border. The battle will likely continue for a long time.”

 

It was unprecedented for an emperor to send his own knights to a battle already lost.

 

But faced with the crisis of his fatal weakness being exposed to political enemies who constantly coveted his position, the Emperor recklessly sent his knight order. Never dreaming that Johannes was behind it all.

 

Even during the continued report, Johannes remained leaning against a collapsed pillar, gazing beyond the barrier.

 

The shimmering landscape visible beyond the barrier had been the same for hundreds of years.

 

However, Johannes had never found this scenery so boring and uninteresting.

 

“Tell them not to kill Duke Bloodmere until we find Lara.”

 

Johannes spoke slowly.

 

“Yes, my lord.”

 

“But don’t you have other news to report?”

 

He meant news related to Hallara.

 

The man in white robes lifted his head slightly and answered.

 

“We have someone inside Bloodmere Castle. A report came from him.”

 

Finally, when a useful report came, Johannes’s head, which had been frozen like a statue, turned.

 

“I apologize. The honor knight we sent to Bloodmere Domain has been captured.”

 

“For what reason?”

 

“While interrogating Lady Hallara’s neighbor, Bloodmere’s third young master suddenly intruded and took him away.”

 

“The one who killed my knight at the border?”

 

“Yes, that’s correct. Being an 8th-star practitioner, he seemed to notice immediately… Of course, we handled it cleanly.”

 

Johannes wore a bored expression.

 

“So, what about news of Lara?”

 

“Our person who has long been rooted in Bloodmere is thoroughly searching the domain, so please wait a little longer. Since Lady Hallara is not in the domain’s entry and exit records, she’s probably within the domain.”

 

“And so?”

 

At the curt response, the man’s body trembled once.

 

“I will send another messenger! Even if I stake my life on it, I will definitely, definitely find her!”

 

The fact that his life hung in the balance could be felt in the very air.

 

If Johannes moved even a finger, my throat would be severed in an instant.

 

“I must not have spoken clearly, causing you to confuse the timeframe.”

 

A heavy voice echoed through the air.

 

“Three days. That’s how much time remains for your life.”

 

The hooded man bowed his head deeply at the mercy he had been shown.

 

“I will offer my soul, my lord!”

 

***

 

“M-Madam?”

 

May, who had been busy packing in Docheop’s room, blinked at the sight of us entering together as one.

 

“There’s no need to move the luggage. You can organize later, so go ahead and leave.”

 

At Docheop’s command, May put down the clothes she had been holding. Then, reading the room, she left.

 

I tried to jump down from Docheop’s arms, but couldn’t as he moved.

 

He carefully set me down on the sofa. Then sat down beside me.

 

“The sofa is cozy and nice.”

 

Pat pat, he tapped the sofa.

 

“Why are you really acting like this?”

 

“You said you dislike the main building. Then I should move into the annex.”

 

“Why would the young master do that?”

 

“Because I’m a scoundrel?”

 

He shrugged his shoulders.

 

This person, really.

 

Then I’ll be shameless too.

 

“So what if you’re a scoundrel. What are you going to do about it?”

 

“I’ve lived as a scoundrel until now, so I should stop that lifestyle and live properly. I’ll be getting married soon anyway.”

 

“Is living properly necessarily camping out in my room?”

 

“They say newlywed homes originally start in small houses. This is perfect.”

 

He skillfully dodged around the topic.

 

“I’m asking why you’re suddenly acting like this.”

 

“You’re the one acting strange now. After confessing to me and asking me to marry you.”

 

Docheop leaned his elbow against the sofa armrest and spoke as if he found it absurd.

 

“That was!”

 

I was at a loss for words.

 

As he said, I was the one who had proposed marriage.

 

‘Could it be he’s mistaken, thinking I really like him?’

 

Is he spouting these ridiculous romance novel male lead lines right now?

 

This won’t do.

 

‘Let’s tell him the truth.’

 

That the wedding was a lie to catch the traitor.

 

“That was!”

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