This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 44

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Chapter 44

 

Oh my, how shocked these young children must have been to see blood.

 

I only wanted to convey that I empathized with Kyle’s wound…

 

I’ll have to be more careful from now on.

 

“They said it’ll heal quickly. Sorry for startling you.”

 

“…Yeah. Ha.”

 

Baron let out a quiet sigh, and the moment we left the hospital, he shot a sharp glare at Raven.

 

This is all because of you.

 

“!”

 

Whether he flinched at the resentment that showed without words, Raven wiped the cold sweat dripping down with the back of his hand.

 

“Really, I’m truly sorry. I deserve to die.”

 

On the way home, Raven bowed his head to me countless times.

 

He said that when he briefly went outside the hospital with Baron earlier, he heard about why I got hurt. Since then, he had been continuously apologizing to me whenever he got the chance.

 

“As you said, Hailey. Even if the world is like that, I will absolutely never say such things again.”

 

His apology was filled with sincerity.

 

But perhaps because Raven’s statement itself was too shocking. Even though he quickly brought me to the hospital and paid for the treatment, my heart didn’t ease easily.

 

Since it was ambiguous what to say, I kept my mouth shut, and Baron’s eyes glaring at Raven became even sharper.

 

“Sigh, what should I do to ease Hailey’s heart?”

 

Raven, who had been rolling his eyes in thought, eventually made a suggestion to me as if he had a good idea.

 

“Ah, don’t worry about the broken teacup.”

 

What? It’s okay?

 

“And would it be enough if I protect Baron and Kyle’s lives so that no one can threaten them?”

 

“Huh? Really?”

 

Without even time to think, my heart smoothly softened.

 

“If Kyle becomes safe, that’s great! Our Baron will become even safer too, right?”

 

At my reaction, Baron’s glare softened. At the same time, Raven also showed a relieved smile.

 

“Yes, I’ll do that.”

 

Raven walked with a much more relaxed face.

 

“Baron is already safe since no one is particularly tracking him. For Kyle, we just need to not send him to the orphanage.”

 

I thought anew that Raven was really a good person.

 

At his words, Baron’s eyes widened.

 

“If you don’t send him to the orphanage, what will you do?”

 

“Hmm. First, we’ll clean his identity… let’s think about whether there’s a place to raise him.”

 

“Clean his identity?”

 

“Wouldn’t it work to hide that he’s a child of the Frediki family? Also, since I said I’d protect him, it would be good if he lived nearby.”

 

At those words, Kyle suddenly grabbed my hand.

 

“Then I… I’ll abandon my status. And I want to live with Nuna.”

 

“That won’t work.”

 

It was Baron who answered firmly.

 

“Nuna already has a hard time raising just me.”

 

* * *

 

‘Ha. This shameless little brat.’

 

Baron crossed his arms to hide his trembling fists.

 

‘Since he said he’d abandon his status anyway, should I have a ghost take him to a very distant orphanage?’

 

If Baron intervened, Kyle wouldn’t face contempt or abuse even without revealing his original status. Rather, he could live receiving some support.

 

Since he had talent, he could someday receive knighthood and be reborn with a new status.

 

‘As soon as we return, I’ll have Raven completely silence Linda’s mouth, then handle things one by one.’

 

It was when Baron made up his mind.

 

-My lord. An unexpected situation has occurred.

 

The voice that rang in Baron’s head was Kimarise’s.

 

Baron immediately shared Kimarise’s vision. Before his eyes, he could see the scenery of both places where Baron was now and where Kimarise was, and hear sounds from both locations simultaneously.

 

Where Kimarise was located was the clearing in front of Hailey’s cabin where temporary barracks had been set up. But there were strangers there.

 

Judging by how they came on horseback leading soldiers, the status of the man and woman at the front was clearly at least nobility.

 

Moreover, since Kimarise specifically mentioned it to Baron, it seemed like a situation that required focused and careful confirmation.

 

Baron immediately stood up and said.

 

“Nuna, I’m thirsty. I’m sleepy.”

 

“Huh? Suddenly?”

 

Hailey’s eyes widened as she lowered herself to match Baron’s eye level.

 

“We’d have to go a bit to find water… Should I carry you first?”

 

At first it was utterly bewildering, but now how sweet and attractive the offer to carry him sounded.

 

But Baron firmly resisted the intense temptation. Right now, he needed to slow down the speed of going home.

 

“No, I want to sit somewhere and rest a bit.”

 

At those words, Raven noticed that an unexpected situation had occurred where Kimarise was. He quickly pointed to a cafe on one side.

 

“That worked out well. I’m also very thirsty. Maybe because I suddenly ran while holding Hailey, my startled heart is still pounding.”

 

“…What?”

 

“My legs are also shaking. Come, I’ll pay, so let’s rest at that cafe for a moment.”

 

Hailey’s face reddened and she couldn’t continue speaking, just opening and closing her mouth, then headed to the cafe with a look of having no choice.

 

Baron, who had settled in a reasonably soft spot, ordered cool orange juice and immediately closed his eyes.

 

When his vision was blocked, he could see Kimarise’s situation in the clearing in front of Hailey’s cabin even better.

 

Half-balding brown hair, a mustache clumped with wax, a face that looked greedy with oil dripping and even being pudgy.

 

The middle-aged man sitting on a horse leading ten soldiers was unlikable at first sight.

 

And the young noblewoman in riding clothes sitting on the horse next to him didn’t resemble the middle-aged man, so they probably weren’t family.

 

The noble man frowned as he looked at the children gathered in the clearing in front of the cabin.

 

“What are these things?”

 

Linda hurriedly came out and bowed her head deeply to the middle-aged man.

 

“Ah! My lord!”

 

From her greeting, Baron realized he was Duke Johnson Snoril, the lord of this place.

 

The lord asked Linda with an arrogant attitude.

 

“Hmm? Looking at your attire, you’re a government office employee.”

 

“Yes, my name is Linda.”

 

“But why are you here? What are these children in shabby condition and these new barracks?”

 

“Ah, about that. I believe a report has already been submitted. About the kidnapping incident…”

 

“Ah. You mean that incident yesterday afternoon when some lowly fellow came making a fuss about his son being missing or something.”

 

“A kidnapping incident?”

 

At the question from the noblewoman beside him, the lord’s attitude became much more deferential.

 

“Yes, our domain has good security so such things shouldn’t happen, which was strange. It turned out to be a crime committed by an outsider passing through the port.”

 

“Then these children are?”

 

The lord looked down at the children arrogantly.

 

“I heard children were found on a ship, so they’re probably those kids.”

 

Soon the lord’s gaze reached Kimarise.

 

“But who are you? That mask looks suspicious.”

 

-You can take it off. Since Nuna isn’t there, it doesn’t matter.

 

At Baron’s opinion, Kimarise removed his mask.

 

The moment an exotic yet quite ruggedly handsome man’s face was fully revealed, the lord’s eyes widened and Linda and the noblewoman let out sighs mixed with admiration.

 

“It’s my first time meeting you, my lord. I am someone from the Dillon Guild.”

 

Though his tone was dry, at Kimarise’s dignified greeting, the startled lord cautiously looked around and asked.

 

“Dillon Guild? I don’t think I’ve heard of it before. Judging by your demeanor, you don’t seem like common riffraff.”

 

“It’s a small guild managed by Duke Dillen. It’s not a famous place, so it’s understandable that you wouldn’t know of it.”

 

“A duke managing a small guild, you say.”

 

The Lord, who had been smirking, now began gently twirling his mustache with his fingertips.

 

“Well, then you’re nothing more than a trivial messenger.”

 

The Lord, who had muttered quietly, now arrogantly lifted his chin.

 

“If you plan to trade here, you know you’ll need to come to me for permission and pay proper taxes, right?”

 

Kimarise answered as Baron had instructed.

 

“Of course. If we do trade, we’ll come to see you right away.”

 

“Good. But what business does a member of a small guild have here?”

 

“Duke Dillen was looking for a vacation spot and ended up staying here temporarily. But somehow we ended up eliminating kidnappers.”

 

After hearing the whole story about how the children had nowhere to stay and were temporarily lodging here, The Lord looked at the house under construction.

 

“I wondered what construction was happening on state-owned land, but it turns out to be the villa of this Duke Dillen fellow.”

 

The Lord, who had been examining the construction site closely, realized that the materials were high-grade.

 

‘Even with a low title, he seems to have quite a lot of money.’

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