Surviving as the Wife of the Swordsmanship Clan’s Troublemaker - Chapter 71

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Episode 71

“Junel. Can’t I fly too?”

It had been about ten minutes since I wrapped myself in a robe and rode on horseback. I had finally reached the outskirts of the castle. Once I escaped this place, I would finally be out of Bloodmere’s territory.

I already felt my legs starting to ache.

[I’d love to pluck off my wings and attach them to you, but that’s impossible.]

“Sigh. I’ll try to endure it. If I can just get out of the territory.”

I had run away from the wedding ceremony.

I had succeeded in catching the traitor as promised to Nikolai, but since I was connected to that very traitor, I couldn’t remain in Bloodmere.

[But Hallara. Do you really not know that guard captain guy? He seemed to know you quite well.]

“I don’t know. I really don’t remember. And even if we knew each other, or even if my memories return, I have no intention of joining them.”

[Right. That’s how it should be. The you that I know isn’t that kind of person. I’m truly curious about what happened in the past though.]

Even as he said this, Junel ground his teeth as if his head hurt.

[So Bloodmere really could have been destroyed.]

“That’s what I’m saying. I just didn’t know I’d be so deeply connected to it.”

I had only stayed there to somehow find a way to prevent its destruction, following Junel’s request.

But this had turned into helping the Holy Church.

[Hallara. Can’t you ask Docheop for help? Promise that you’ll never join them in the future! That guy might listen to you.]

“Would he believe those words?”

[He might believe you since you caught the traitor! Besides, you and that guy are married, aren’t you.]

“Today’s wedding was just an act to catch the traitor. I’m actually just a woman he’s keeping temporarily. I’m not his real wife.”

Docheop had only taken me in because of his sense of responsibility after spending one night together.

‘Because Docheop is someone with deep affection and a strong sense of responsibility.’

Having read the novel, I knew this better than anyone.

He was someone who would fall into the pits of hell just to save his comrades every time.

[No. There was affection in the way that guy looked at you!]

“Even a thousand years of love would freeze like ice in front of the Holy Church.”

I might beg for forgiveness for other wrongs, but the Holy Church was on a different level.

Moreover, I had inherited the blood of the Brinihanta family.

If this fact became known, it would be like making the entire world my enemy.

After bickering with Junel for a while, I reached the gate leading out of the territory.

“At least it’s fortunate that the castle is near the estate entrance.”

I could see people lined up in the distance.

Bloodmere Castle had a small entrance gate, so it took time to enter and exit.

Fortunately, the inspection wasn’t very strict when leaving.

I quickly squeezed into the crowd.

Morgan would probably be caught soon.

I felt no guilt about reporting him.

The current me had no connection to him whatsoever, and the fact that he was a traitor was true.

I had simply kept my promise to Nikolai.

“Next.”

The checkpoint line moved quickly.

“Next.”

“Here. This is my resident certificate.”

I handed over Hallara’s Bloodmere territory resident certificate.

“You may pass.”

Contrary to my worries, the gatekeeper looked back and forth between the certificate and me, then gestured with his chin.

Since Bloodmere Castle was currently bustling and excited about the lord’s son’s first wedding, the inspection seemed more lax than usual.

“Thank you.”

“Next.”

The gatekeeper let me through without particularly asking why I was leaving. I pulled my robe down deeper and exited through the gate.

As I left the castle gate, a vast forest spread out before me.

The dense forest path, with no visible end, made my breath catch.

But I also thought it was rather good.

Since it was a forest, there would be many places to hide and things to eat.

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“The young madam is nowhere to be seen.”

Meanwhile, at the wedding ceremony where Hallara had disappeared.

May held the red dress that had been left alone in the powder room and spoke as if about to cry.

Hallara had disappeared.

She had asked May for something simple to eat, saying she was hungry, but during that time she had vanished, leaving her clothes neatly folded.

“The banquet hall? The annex? Did you search everywhere thoroughly?”

Karl was the first to hear this news.

The banquet was still in full swing. Soon the wedding cake would be ready, and the bride and groom were supposed to cut the cake together and exchange rings.

But the bride, today’s main character, was missing.

“I searched. She’s not anywhere to be seen.”

“Who knows about this?”

“Do, Docheop, young master. The young master spoke first. He said the madam had disappeared and he needed to go find her, so please buy him some time…”

They had learned of Hallara’s disappearance because of Docheop’s words. Karl let out a gasp.

“That means even the young master is gone!”

“Yes? Yes…”

At May’s answer, Karl held his forehead. What kind of situation was this!

Francesca had gone to the trouble of inviting even people from hero families for a grand wedding ceremony.

And the main characters had disappeared!

“What on earth is this. What should we do about this.”

Karl’s legs trembled.

He couldn’t tell Francesca either.

Francesca was having dinner with the ladies from Tearfall and the Cardia family.

She had said there was a separate reason for inviting them and that she planned to have an important conversation, adding not to disturb her until the wedding cake came out.

But if he told Nikolai…

“Both of them disappeared?”

“Eek! Young master!”

At that moment, Karl screamed upon seeing Nikolai as if a ghost had appeared.

“Did they run away?”

Nikolai asked with his arms crossed.

“That, I don’t know. What circumstances there might have been…”

“As expected, she was just a commoner with a big mouth. That woman.”

Nikolai sneered as if he had expected this.

He had no expectations from the beginning.

What could that commoner woman do to catch a traitor?

“We shouldn’t have trusted Helbeorn from the start either.”

We shouldn’t have believed Helbeorn’s talk about seeing Holy Knights at the border.

After hearing that, Francesca had asked the Emperor to check Seraphim’s Paradise, but hadn’t he said there was nothing unusual?

Helbeorn had been strange lately too.

Didn’t he say he would support Hallara and Docheop’s marriage?

Recently, hadn’t he become a monster, surrounded by strange sword energy?

‘The family has been acting strange ever since that woman came.’

The traitor business and everything else might have been something Hallara orchestrated.

Nikolai’s thoughts had spread that far.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for Hallara to bother running away.

‘She probably thought that if she pretended to run away saying she wasn’t qualified since she couldn’t catch the traitor, that stupid fool Docheop would chase after her and forgive her.’

In fact, didn’t Docheop go after that disappeared woman? Not even knowing he was dancing in the palm of her hand.

‘This is why I’m sick and tired of things like love. It turns even decent people into fools.’

Nikolai ground his molars.

“Young master… For now, I’ll report to the madam and…”

“The wedding is over.”

“Pardon?”

Nikolai turned around.

“I said the wedding is over.”

There was no traitor.

He too had stupidly been played by that woman.

As he turned around with such thoughts, May blocked his path.

“Young master! Please wait a moment.”

Nikolai’s lips twisted at the maid who stood in his way.

May trembled at his sharply hostile gaze.

She gripped the sleeves of the dress Hallara had made for her tightly and spoke.

“Young Master Docheop left a message before he went out.”

“It’s not worth hearing.”

Nikolai withdrew his gaze.

However, the maid dared not step back from in front of him.

“No. He insisted I must deliver it.”

“Do you want to die?”

Nikolai uncrossed his arms.

It seemed like if she said just one more word, he would crush May’s face with his hands.

Karl was about to step forward to stop him.

“The traitor is Morgan! Captain Morgan of the guards!”

May had carefully caught what Docheop had casually mentioned before leaving.

“If I happen to be late, tell Nikolai. That Hallara caught the traitor by the scruff of the neck. That it’s Morgan.”

She didn’t know why Hallara had caught the traitor or how it happened, but she clearly knew now was the time to deliver that message.

If it was the ‘Morgan’ Docheop mentioned, there was only one person.

Bloodmere’s captain of the guards.

He was a person with deep trust from the family, and there wasn’t a servant who didn’t know him.

That he was the traitor – even May couldn’t believe it. He was a loyal guard captain who always greeted people kindly and frequently checked on the annex.

But she trusted Hallara more than Morgan.

Hallara was a more necessary existence to her than Morgan.

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