This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 53

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Chapter 53

 

“Ugh, seriously.”

 

As soon as Nelloa entered her bedroom prepared at Duke Snorril’s manor, she hastily removed her dress and threw it to the maid.

 

“Burn it immediately! Quickly!”

 

The maid’s eyes widened in surprise, but without saying anything, she gathered Nelloa’s dress and went outside.

 

Left alone, Nelloa immediately stood in front of the full-length mirror, shaking her hair and examining her entire body. She was worried that some sea lice might still be on her.

 

After checking several times and confirming nothing was wrong, Nelloa finally sighed and sat down on the sofa.

 

Her relief was brief, as the more she pondered the situation, the more questions arose.

 

Especially about Hailey, who lived in the abandoned house.

 

When she first saw her, she was secretly very surprised. No matter how she looked at it, she resembled Princess Adelaine Meridian.

 

When Nelloa had officially visited the Meridian royal palace for espionage, she had even come face to face with Princess Adelaine.

 

But since it was a long time ago and she couldn’t be sure if her memory was correct, she had asked indirectly if they knew each other.

 

If Hailey were Adelaine, there would have been some kind of reaction.

 

But Hailey truly seemed not to know her. Even her personality was completely different from Princess Adelaine.

 

‘That Adelaine girl was pretty, but she was incredibly timid. She couldn’t do anything without her maids, was utterly weak, would cry at the slightest touch, and couldn’t even say what she needed to say properly.’

 

As Hailey said, there are three people in the world who look alike, so it was likely a different person.

 

Nevertheless, the elegance emanating from Hailey’s gestures was inexplicable.

 

‘That was the same for the child she called her younger brother and the men who came with her.’

 

The little kid called Baron, no bigger than a chestnut, had his violet eyes gleaming brightly as he kept taking Hailey’s side. Moreover, he wasn’t intimidated at all when facing her, a princess.

 

It could have been the ignorant whim of a child, but it felt too unsettling to just ignore and move on.

 

‘Just in case, I should check her background.’

 

Nelloa sat at her vanity and began writing a letter to send to her home country. The content was to find a portrait of Princess Adelaine Meridian.

 

While writing the letter, she also thought that burning down the Meridian Kingdom’s castle had been hasty.

 

‘I burned it to completely eliminate evidence… If I had known this would happen, I should have used a different method.’

 

Then she could have confirmed Adelaine’s corpse.

 

Suddenly, she remembered Raven and Kimarise, who had said they liked sea lice.

 

When two grown men with sturdy builds said they liked sea lice, Nelloa felt like she was being mocked.

 

Just then, the Principal’s Wife suggested checking it out, and if she followed along and confirmed it was a lie, the Lord would punish them accordingly, which would be perfect for putting them in their place.

 

But as Hailey said, that place was crawling with sea lice. Instead, she was the one who got humiliated.

 

‘My goodness, what a disgusting hobby to like sea lice!’

 

The more she thought about it, the more the horrible sensation of sea lice crawling over her body seemed to come back to life.

 

‘Eeek!’

 

Nelloa unnecessarily checked her body once more, then chewed her lips and came up with her own solution.

 

‘Whether that woman is really Adelaine or not, what does it matter? I’ll just destroy her.’

 

However, since she had lost the justification to punish her officially, she had to use other means.

 

And that ‘other means’ was very easy for Nelloa. The domain would suffer damage, but that wasn’t Nelloa’s concern.

 

‘For the greater good, the sacrifice of a few is necessary.’

 

Besides, this was inside a novel. To Nelloa, who hadn’t forgotten that fact, the people here were like NPCs.

 

After changing into outdoor clothes, Nelloa checked the domain map and packed a bag of derivative gate seeds, a magic stone lamp, and a sword for self-defense.

 

Then she quietly slipped out of the manor and went down to the forest next to the Lord’s farm, as close as possible to Hailey’s cabin.

 

Passing through the wheat field ready for harvest and entering deep into the forest, Nelloa set down the magic stone lamp and used her ability.

 

Soon, with black smoke, derivative gate seeds and signal stones appeared one by one.

 

After making about ten of them, Nelloa’s entire body was drenched in cold sweat.

 

She put half of the gate seeds she made and all the signal stones into a pouch she had prepared beforehand, planted one in the ground, and left the rest as they were. Over time, the magical beasts emerging from the derivative gate would attack Hailey’s cabin first.

 

‘It would be nice if the gate grew faster. Should I plant one more?’

 

Just as she was thinking that and reaching for the second seed, she accidentally knocked over the magic stone lamp onto the seed.

 

At that moment, the seed absorbed the magic stone lamp.

 

The surroundings became dark for a moment.

 

On the ground, a strange glowing pit about 30 centimeters in diameter appeared. Almost simultaneously, the seed she had planted first and the seeds left on the ground fell into the pit, making the gate grow larger.

 

Seeing this, Nelloa took out the seeds from her bag and put them into the gate. The gate expanded its size as if it had been waiting.

 

‘Wow! Growing a gate was simpler than I thought!’

 

Having gained insight from this unexpected discovery, Nelloa peeked inside the gate.

 

There was nothing there at the moment, but the inside looked quite spacious. It wouldn’t be strange if magical beasts came out soon.

 

Nelloa deliberately whistled long and loud.

 

It was partly to check if the dimension was connected to the main gate, but more than that, it was to lure the magical beasts so they could hear the sound and come looking.

 

After waiting a moment, a strange howling sound echoed faintly from far away.

 

“Perfect!”

 

Nelloa quickly left the scene.

 

Having lost the magic stone lamp, it was dark all around and not easy to walk. But even while heading toward the Lord’s manor, Nelloa’s heart pounded with anticipation.

 

With this, she could quickly punish that detestable Hailey. Not only that, but this would force Bloden to move more conspicuously.

 

That would inevitably lead to an encounter with Nelloa.

 

Grumble.

 

Her hungry stomach kept sending signals due to using her ability. She was so hungry it was painful, but Nelloa grinned all the way back.

 

‘To have such a cheat ability in a world I’ve possessed, I’m really lucky!’

 

Then this world, all the wealth and power, and Bloden, the most wonderful man in this world.

 

Everything would be hers. It was just a matter of time.

 

* * *

 

The next day.

 

I took Baron to the hospital. Previously, when he showed symptoms of heart failure, I had tried to go to the hospital, but couldn’t because Ajusshi Ben’s son was kidnapped, so I wanted to check Baron’s health now.

 

Fortunately, Baron was really healthy.

 

However, it was a bit embarrassing to face the doctor’s questioning look about why I brought such a healthy child to the hospital.

 

The doctor who heard about the circumstances that made me suspect illness shook his head.

 

“The guardian seems to be excessively worried about the child’s health.”

 

Having unintentionally become an overprotective guardian, I returned feeling awkward. But I repeatedly reminded Baron.

 

“You understand, right? If you feel even slightly unwell, you must tell Nuna.”

 

At my reminder, Baron narrowed one eye.

 

“Earlier I thought the doctor’s opinion about the guardian’s excessive worry might be too much… but now I see he was a renowned physician.”

 

“Hey! Are you going to tease me too, Baron?”

 

When I jumped up with my face burning hot, Baron laughed with an amused expression.

 

* * *

 

For a while after that, the weather was good.

 

I focused on foraging and farming, while Baron borrowed books in foreign languages from the library to read.

 

The seafood I caught while foraging was put in the tank in front of the house, and Ben would come, leave money, and take it. Since hardly anyone came to this place, there was no worry about theft even doing it this way.

 

When I had saved up a bit more money from selling seafood, I built a fence next to the field and released ten chickens.

 

I was pleased thinking that soon I would be able to get enough eggs at home.

 

The time I saved by not having to go to Ben’s stall was spent tending to the field…

 

“That’s strange.”

 

The various vegetables I had planted were growing green and healthy. Some leafy vegetables like arugula, romaine, and oak leaf looked like they could be harvested soon.

 

But the more I looked at the field, the more my head tilted in puzzlement – there were no weeds in this field.

 

‘I’ve never pulled weeds.’

 

While looking down at the field and pondering why there were no weeds, I heard Raven and Baron’s voices from the front of the house. It seemed Raven had come.

 

When I went to look, Raven was there with two workers, each pulling a wheelbarrow loaded with small bundles of plants.

 

“Hello, Lady Hailey.”

 

“Hello.”

 

After greeting Raven, I examined the wheelbarrow.

 

“What’s this?”

 

“Oh, they’re all roses.”

 

“Roses?”

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