The World Mistakes Me for Terminally Ill - Chapter 79
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The World Thinks I’m Terminally Ill Episode 079
Why did I do that?
I inwardly regretted it, recalling my past self.
So when I had just woken up.
‘Please give me a reward.’
The problem was that I couldn’t help but smile when I saw that man crying like that.
‘I told you not to cry.’
‘My lady…’
‘If you stop, I’ll give you a reward.’
Ahhh! Why did I do that?!
This is all because of the weakened mental state caused by side effects.
I was inwardly pulling at my hair when I felt Shubel lying down next to me and flinched my shoulders.
I turned away from him and attempted one last act of defiance.
“A reward should be something the person giving it wants to give…”
“Originally, rewards should be what the person receiving them wants.”
He’s only sharp at times like this.
I held my breath as I felt strong arms wrap around my waist along with a low whispering voice.
Warm breath touched my ear. I squeezed my eyes shut at the feeling of being enveloped in his generous embrace.
“My lady.”
“…”
“You should look at me.”
A low chuckle.
The ‘reward’ Shubel requested was ‘to let him hold me while sleeping.’
He said something about how that would help him sleep peacefully.
I had been shocked several times in the morning seeing that sight, but that happened when I was unaware, so it was still bearable.
Being in this situation with a clear mind made me want to bite my tongue hard.
‘This is all because of Erban. Because of him with all this sister and reward talk, even Shubel got strange ideas!’
I was blaming innocent Erban when Shubel whispered with a smile.
“Don’t be nervous, my lady.”
I got annoyed and muttered.
“When did I ever get nervous-“
“I don’t do things you dislike, my lady.”
I was silent for a moment, then quietly turned toward Shubel.
I didn’t have the courage to lift my head, so I buried it in his firm chest and spoke.
“…I know.”
Because he never has.
Feeling embarrassed, I scolded Shubel for no reason.
“Go to sleep quickly.”
“Yes.”
“Don’t answer and just sleep.”
“Yees.”
“Don’t joke around, please.”
What I realized after marriage is that husbands are no different from mischievous children.
Sigh, really. When will he mature?
The day after I woke up, Melina expressed her intention to return to the capital.
She was going to leave without even saying goodbye, so I secretly went out to see her off to surprise her.
“I wonder who this could be. Isn’t this Miss Melina who got caught infiltrating with a hood and sunglasses?”
“Hey!”
Melina was about to leave the Grand Duke’s Castle with her bag when she whirled around to look at me.
I approached her with a smile.
“Thank you. I heard Miss Melina paved the way to the Medical Center?”
“…Hmph. I just didn’t want to attend a funeral, that’s all.”
“Yes, sure sure. Our Miss Melina’s charm is being dishonest.”
“That’s not true!”
We were bickering familiarly as usual when the butler politely informed us that the train would arrive soon.
Now it was really time to part. I approached her and said.
“Since the Duchess has fallen, life in the capital won’t be easy. How about staying in the Northern Region a bit longer?”
This was my way of expressing my apology.
I know Melina doesn’t get along well with the Duchess, but regardless of that, since the social power that House Herman had monopolized collapsed, it would affect Melina too.
The hyenas would try to tear her apart. Just like what happened to Seton.
At my words, Melina glared fiercely as always.
“As if it was ever easy. Don’t you know that old woman even assigned people to control me because she wanted to marry me off?”
“Still.”
“Don’t regret it. It doesn’t suit you.”
When I blinked in surprise, Melina snorted.
“I’m not sorry at all about that old woman’s downfall. No. I’m actually pleased.”
“Melina.”
“Look how my mother lived. She tormented her own blood granddaughter and complete strangers like that, so how do you think she treated a daughter-in-law with no blood relation?”
Melina brought up the story of Countess Herman, who had retired early from high society and became the 3rd Prince’s nanny.
People whispered that she was obsessed with power, but sometimes what appears on the surface isn’t everything.
“Who would want to abandon their own child to raise someone else’s? It was all that old woman’s greed.”
I quietly remained silent, seeing the resentment in Melina’s eyes.
I can’t know everything about others’ circumstances. I’m not Melina Hermain.
But one thing is certain-
“Since the Duchess who connected House Herman and the Imperial Court has fallen, the 3rd Prince is likely to request breaking the engagement.”
“He would, that hunting-obsessed bastard.”
In the not-so-distant future, Melina’s married life, which should have led from 3rd Prince’s consort to Empress, was very unhappy.
She had already taken her own life before Shubel dealt with the Imperial Court.
“It worked out well anyway. It’s not what I wanted either. Can I get my mother out of the Imperial Court while we’re at it?”
I was relieved seeing Melina, who seemed to have many grievances against the 3rd Prince, chewing him out thoroughly. She didn’t seem particularly depressed.
I smiled and held something out to Melina.
“Listen.”
“Hm?”
“This is how you plan schemes.”
It was what Erban had given me.
Evidence of the 3rd Prince’s affair and photos of his adultery scenes.
You don’t necessarily need to use an assassin for actual assassination, right? There’s such a thing as social assassination.
‘I was going to check and give it to you right away, but I suddenly had to attend the tea party, then coughed up blood and collapsed, so it was a bit delayed.’
Erban seemed to have some talent for photography – the late-night scene of a man and woman passionately pressing their lips together was clearly captured.
True to the 3rd Prince’s reputation for debauchery, it wasn’t just one or two people but several… since innocent people don’t need to know such things, I’ll skip the details.
I had been looking for an opportunity ever since learning about the original story, and this time I was able to catch him properly when his guard was down while his fiancée was in the north.
Melina’s expression grew wide with shock.
“You, this…”
“Don’t wait for him to break the engagement. You dump him.”
“What?”
“Show some spirit that you’re much more valuable.”
Well, I can’t just stand by and watch a fiery red-haired beauty become unhappy because of such human trash, right?
While I’m at it, I’ll also damage the reputation of the 3rd Prince, the original story’s mastermind.
“You’re Miss Melina Hermain. You can do this much, right? Leak it to reporters without them knowing it’s you, and when interviews come, act shocked as if you knew nothing. When you think the attention is dying down a bit, cry and say you want to break the engagement.”
Normally the Imperial Court would try to cover it up quietly, but right now the Emperor is absent and it’s during the succession competition, so the impact won’t be small.
Since it’s a major scandal that will turn high society upside down, the Duchess’s affairs will be somewhat buried too.
Since it’s an incident with Melina as the protagonist, her status will recover as well. High society is originally a place where those who create issues hold the power.
“….”
Melina looked at the evidence that would end her unwanted engagement with trembling eyes, then bit her lips and snatched it away.
She said.
“…Come back quickly.”
“Huh?”
“Come to the capital quickly! It’s boring without you!”
Melina shouted angrily, then stormed out of the Grand Duke’s Castle in a huff.
The servants who were carrying out her other luggage panicked and chased after Melina.
I watched that scene and shrugged my shoulders.
“Seeing how energetic she is, she’ll do well.”
“Young Lady, this was found in the guest’s room.”
“In Melina’s room?”
I received the item from the head maid with a puzzled expression.
Since the servants would have checked the room multiple times before leaving, this was something Melina had deliberately left behind.
[Your house doesn’t have stuff like this, right? I don’t need it, so you can have it.]
Along with a childish message card, a medicine bundle containing all sorts of precious things came out.
I chuckled softly.
“She’s really not honest at all.”
People in the world call us rivals. Well, aren’t rivals friends?
From that one medicine bundle, I understood why Melina had come all the way to this distant Northern Region.
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