This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 71

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Chapter 71

“Eek!”

Potter, startled, trembled and staggered backward. It looked like his trauma was flaring up again. Noticing her husband’s poor complexion, Cosette immediately stepped forward to block him.

“What’s the matter?”

“You’re asking because you don’t know? I came because I have something to repay you bastards for.”

The Vice-Captain, who had dismounted from his horse along with the knights, swaggered over and approached me first.

“Turns out this Miss did something quite outrageous. If you commit a crime, you should be punished, shouldn’t you?”

The Vice-Captain suddenly reached out his hand to grab me.

But I was never caught in his grasp. Raven and Baron had quickly stepped between me and the Vice-Captain.

“What are you guys? Get out of the way.”

Raven smiled peacefully.

“Ah, this is troublesome.”

And Baron crossed his arms.

“It’d be better not to lay a hand on Nuna.”

“…What?”

The Vice-Captain, his face twisted in anger, threatened Raven and Baron.

“Do you guys want to get beaten up too?”

The Vice-Captain raised his pot-lid-sized hand high. He looked ready to strike Baron at any moment.

“Kyah!”

Startled, I quickly jumped out and pushed the Vice-Captain away with all my strength.

“What are you doing to my kid! Back off right now!”

Perhaps not expecting my action, the Vice-Captain staggered backward. In that moment, I pulled Baron close and hugged him tightly while warning the Vice-Captain.

“You were the one who bullied Mr. Potter first, weren’t you?”

“Huh?”

“If you touch my kid, I won’t let it slide.”

At that moment, I caught sight of Potter, Cosette, and Carter’s very flustered expressions.

“H-Hailey! What on earth are you trying to do by acting like that toward the Vice-Captain?”

Potter asked me with particular trembling. He looked very anxious.

“I don’t know about that. But I know one thing.”

I deliberately hugged Baron tightly to hide my trembling hands.

“…Nuna?”

“It’s okay, Baron. Nuna will protect you.”

I glared fiercely at the Vice-Captain.

The Vice-Captain flinched under my gaze. Fortunately, he was overwhelmed by my momentum.

‘Right, fighting is all about momentum.’

I glared at the Vice-Captain while thinking of a high-ranking noble lady with very bad character in my mind.

“You! Do you know who I am?”

“…What?”

“Ha, you’re not afraid of what the future holds, are you?”

The Vice-Captain’s eyes rolled left and right.

“W-who are you?”

“I am…!”

A reader who got possessed after enjoying romance fantasy novels!

When I shouted angrily, the Vice-Captain flinched again.

I glanced around.

There were many people, but everywhere was quiet. Everyone, including Baron and Raven, was focused on me, waiting for what I would say next.

Among them, Potter’s complexion caught my eye. He didn’t look as afraid of the Vice-Captain as he had earlier.

‘Could it be that seeing him being overwhelmed gave him courage?’

If so, I needed to put in more effort.

“Hmph. No, I can’t reveal my identity to such lowly creatures.”

Actually, I don’t know what to do after this.

‘I hope he gets intimidated and backs down.’

Though my mind was racing, I deliberately let out a long sigh as if trying to control my anger, then glared at the Vice-Captain again.

“Anyway, just try touching them. I’ll make you regret it for the rest of your life.”

The Vice-Captain took a step back.

‘Oh.’

That sight gave me hope.

‘Will he back down if this goes well?’

But soon the Vice-Captain’s brow furrowed deeply.

“Who you are, whether I’ll regret it or not – I’ll find out after I beat you up!”

The Vice-Captain loosened his scabbard and raised it high. It looked like he intended to use it as a club, which was disappointing.

‘Ugh, is this a failure?’

I sent Baron behind me. It would be terrible if Baron got hit.

“Nuna?”

Just as Baron’s eyes widened.

“No!”

Cosette ran out and blocked my way. In both her hands were well-baked plating dishes.

She held them up like shields and glared at the Vice-Captain.

“This is private property. As Hailey said, you’re the ones causing trouble. If you go any further, we won’t stand for it either!”

The Vice-Captain laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

“Ha? What will you do if you don’t stand for it?”

The Vice-Captain gestured to the knights with his chin.

That’s when it happened.

“Argh! What do you mean what! You idiot!”

The voice that shouted angrily was Potter’s.

“Even a delicate young lady is protecting a child! A wife is being threatened and what the hell is her husband doing!”

Potter, gritting his teeth, slapped himself across the cheek. Then he strode forward, grabbed a shovel, and stood in front of Cosette.

“Back off right now!”

What followed was a warning directed at the Vice-Captain. Cosette was startled by his appearance.

“P-Potter?”

“Cosette, it’s dangerous, so take the guests and stay inside the workshop.”

Potter was gripping the shovel so tightly that veins bulged on the back of his hands.

‘Ah.’

Seeing that, I realized.

Just as Potter had rushed into the forest where monsters were said to be without hesitation to protect his beloved Cosette, he was now trying to overcome his trauma for her sake.

“Sister-in-law! Do as brother says!”

Then Carter also stood beside Potter, holding fireplace rakes in both hands.

“The more I think about how they bullied my brother, the angrier I get. Let’s settle this once and for all, beat this bastard, and go see the Lord!”

The Vice-Captain let out a hollow laugh at their actions.

“How dare you bastards?”

The Vice-Captain drew his sword from its scabbard.

“You need to die before you come to your sen— Argh!”

Just as he was about to raise his sword and swing it, the Vice-Captain let out a painful scream and his sword fell to the ground with a sharp sound.

The Vice-Captain’s hand was already caught by Raven and twisted behind his back.

“L-let go of this?”

“I told you this would be troublesome.”

As if he had never smiled with a gentle expression, an eerie voice rang out. Dark shadows formed strongly around Raven’s eyes.

At that moment, the Vice-Captain also flinched. He seemed to sense that the atmosphere was not ordinary.

“Even when I try to resolve things peacefully, they can’t understand words. This is really something.”

Raven lightly pushed the Vice-Captain, who was frozen stiff and unable to move due to his intimidating presence.

“Ugh! Oh my!”

Contrary to how it looked, the pushing force seemed quite strong. The Vice-Captain rolled on the ground a couple of times in an unsightly manner.

“V-Vice-Captain!”

He must have hit a stone wrong, as blood began flowing from both of the Vice-Captain’s nostrils.

“Eek!”

The Vice-Captain unconsciously raised his hand to wipe his nose, and upon confirming the nosebleed, veins bulged prominently on his face.

“To use such violence against a feudal knight! This is tantamount to a declaration of war! Everyone, capture and bind them!”

At his command, the knights drew their swords.

“If they resist, cut them anywhere!”

The knights began approaching with large strides.

But they soon hesitated. Baron had stepped forward and suddenly raised his hand to point behind them.

“If you’re the Feudal Lord’s Knights, shouldn’t you deal with that first instead of tormenting innocent domain residents?”

“That?”

“Hihihihihing!”

Just as the Vice-Captain was about to turn around in response, a horse’s scream-like cry echoed.

“Ah, ahhhhh!”

Simultaneously, the knights scattered to both sides in terror. This cleared the blocked view.

“!”

Without exception, we all covered our mouths with our hands in shock.

When it had appeared, no one knew, but next to the horse the Vice-Captain had ridden was a black monster with large blade-like shapes undulating on its back and both arms.

Startled by the monster’s appearance, the horse reared up on its front legs and began frantically fleeing. Then the other knights’ horses nearby also hurriedly ran away in confusion.

“Ah, ahhh!”

At that moment, the knights also screamed and scattered. The black monster had begun charging toward the knights.

“B-Baron! This way!”

I was also startled and grabbed Baron’s hand, pulling back. Cosette, Potter, and Carter, who seemed to snap to their senses at my voice, also hesitantly retreated following me.

I looked at Raven. I remembered him saying he could handle monsters.

But rather than paying attention to the monster, Raven was checking on me.

“Lady Hailey, are you alright?”

“…What?”

“Why do you have that expression?”

I looked at the Vice-Captain and knights who were screaming and running around everywhere. After being chased by the monster for a while, they changed direction and came running toward us.

“Uwaaaaaahhh!”

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