IELNDMH - Chapter 3 < I Begged You To Embrace Me >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
I looked down in confusion at the horns growing on the maid's head. This child... She was a mixed race demon.
What kind of people are mixed-blood demons?'
Since some of their blood and flesh were received from humans, their appearance was no different from that of humans. However, their physical abilities were so superior that they easily exceeded those of humans by two or three times. The appearance and brains of a human, and the strength and magic power of a demon.
After the Emperor of the Western Empire unified the continent with the help of the mixed-blood demons, who had everything. The number of mixed-blood demons migrating to the human world was gradually increasing, but they were still somewhat unfamiliar to humans. The fact that they came from an unknown demon world seemed to make them feel mysterious, fearful, and wary.
'For me, It's closer to fear.'
They are the ones who set fire to the tower and killed Rebecca.
Recalling Rebecca's miserable end, an unpleasant shiver ran through my body.
"Your Highness... Please, please have mercy just once..."
The young maid eventually burst into tears at the end of her words. I looked down at the child holding her head and thinking.
There is no need to feel unnecessary hatred towards mixed-race demons. Plus, I'm going to get divorced soon, so I don't even have to pretend to be Rebecca the Mad Dog.
I smiled the sweetest smile I could.
"It's okay to have a little champagne on it, so stop crying and get up."
Then she became meditative and her body trembled as if the maid had seen something she could not see.
But, if the crazy dog suddenly becomes friendly, she might actually become more fearful. I nodded my head slowly in agreement. Then the maid shed tears with an expression that said everything was over.
"Are you really going to cut off my horn?"
"Cut off the horns? What was that from earlier..."
Her mouth fell silent due to her ominous premonition...
It's clear that Rebecca has a record of cutting off the horns of the half-blood demons. It was a reasonable guess just looking at the actions of the other maids who left the bedroom all at once as if they had made an appointment. For mixed-blood demons, horns were considered a symbol of pride in their race. Cutting off those precious horns was tantamount to insulting their race itself.
'I felt uneasy for some reason!'
Could it be that Rebecca's reputation among the mixed-race demons is already at an all-time low?
Yes. The mixed-race demons did not explode simply because of the sacrificial incident. If the horns had been cut off for trivial reasons, the situation would have already been serious even before that.
Rebecca's newly realized bottom was becoming deeper and deeper.
'At this point, the only person close to me is Camilla, right?'
She has to draw her line with that girl and it's so bad...
In order to understand her situation, I decided that I had to first calm down and capture this precious little half-blood demon maid.
'Anyway, Camilla, the maid, won't be by my side for a month, so I need to get someone on my side.'
After thinking, I hurried to the dressing room and returned with a small jewelry box.
"Hey, what is your name?"
"Well, my name is...This is 'Mina', Your Highness."
"Yes, Mina. I'm not going to cut off your horns, so get up quickly."
"Yes...?"
As I spoke affectionately, the maid's shoulders, which were bowing down to me, trembled even more violently. Not only did she not believe me, she seemed to think I was testing her.
'Oops, was I being too friendly this time?'
I felt like it was best for now to look like the original Rebecca. I tried to muster up my frustration by remembering my past husband's sluggish ass.
"Ugh, get off your butt and get up right now! Can't you sit on the sofa right now?!"
"Oh! Yes yes!"
Mina then got up in a huff and sat down on the sofa across from me. I had to say it so harshly... I'm secretly tired of living as a villainess. Still, let's do what we do right.
I sat with her legs crossed, crossing my arms as much as I could, and made a haughty voice.
"It's okay if you dropped the champagne glass, now just sit back and listen to me."
"Yes? Yes, please tell me..."
"I will generously forgive your mistake,"
"Yes?"
"Okay. Instead, Mina, you must become mine from now on."
Mina's eyes shook uneasily after hearing my words.
"What do you mean, forgive me?"
Mina's head seemed to freeze for a moment when the word 'forgiveness' came out of my mouth. It might still be difficult to completely believe what I say. As expected, scaring a helper wasn't enough to recruit her.
Didn't I know this would happen and prepare a jewelry box in advance?
"If what I say is so hard to believe, then you have to pay the price first..."
That was when I grabbed the string of my necklace and took it out of my jewelry box.
"Hmph!"
Suddenly, Mina's cheeks began to tremble.
"Ha, I will! Let me help you, Your Highness! I'll do anything! So please forgive me just this once!"
Mina even burst into tears. Why is it like that again?
As I looked back and forth between Mina's blue face and the string of my necklace, I suddenly realized. It seemed to Mina that the necklace string was an 'iron cord that would cut her horns. And... I can't believe it, really.
A sigh mixed with my fatigue escaped from my mouth.
"Mina, I just told you that I forgive you."
Without further delay, I threw a ruby necklace onto her skirt.
"See? Not an iron rope to cut off your horns, but a necklace. It's also a necklace with a very large ruby egg."
Then she stopped crying for a moment and looked at me and a ruby necklace that had fallen on her skirt with a confused expression.
"Why are you giving me something so precious?"
"It's given in return."
" ...This?"
"Yes, the price you pay for being mine."
I nodded and continued speaking.
"Do you believe me now?"
Mina, who was rolling her eyes again, soon opened her lips carefully.
"Then, I really mean to say that you will forgive me in exchange for me becoming your person...?"
"That's right. If you just follow what I say, things like this will continue to pour out in the future."
"...."
"What do you think? Do you feel like becoming my person now?"
For a moment, I rolled my eyes with a puzzled expression. Mina immediately nodded her head slowly.
"Yes..."
Although Mina still seemed intimidated, she seemed to be starting to believe me little by little. But since I don't know what happens next, I didn't forget the boring threatening comment.
"So now you owe me two things. Even the necklace and your horns."
".... Yes?"
"If you betray me, I will take back not only the necklace but also your horns, so you know that!"
"Oh, yes! yes!"
Mina nodded her head vigorously. She was still watching me, but her face looked much less tense than when she first brought me champagne.
'Then let's ask something I'm curious about now.'
I took out the sapphire necklace from the jewelry box and waved it in front of Mina.
"Good. So, from now on, answer my questions sincerely. If you answer well, I'll give you this this time."
Mina's eyes glowed subtly, unlike before. It seemed that only after the extreme tension subsided a little did the jewel begin to look like a jewel.
"Tes! I will answer honestly, Your Highness!"
"Okay, first question. How many mixed-blood demon users are there in Twins Castle?"
"Even if we can't do it, there will be more than a thousand people. If you include townhouses in the capital... It might be a little less than two thousand people."
"Why are there so many?"
"Most of the mixed-blood demons who have come to the human world are still working as employees of the Twins Castle."
"All mixed-blood demons are gathered in this family?"
"Yes."
So, you're saying that the mixed-race demons who set fire to the tower were all employees of the Twins family?
Rebecca was an icon of obsession and viciousness. It was obvious that she would treat her employees as someone to vent her anger on. The level of bullying bordered on abuse, as she had her horns cut off.
'Now I understand why the mixed race demons' complaints were so strong! She had a sad feeling.'
Even if I don't kill and sacrifice mixed-blood demons on the black magic altar, there will already be a lot of mixed-blood demons seeking my life. It was only for a moment that I let out a deep sigh.
I leaned a little closer towards Mina and lowered my voice to ask her.
"Was there any employee among them who said he would kill me if I divorced and left the Twins Grand Duchy?"
"Yes?!"
"That's right. I'm not on good terms with Cedric... they can't do it now because I'm the Grand Duchess, but things will change after the divorce."
At my words, Mina rolled her eyes here and there, as if someone had caught her mistake.
I guess it's not a spiritless thing to do. I strained and pressed Mina to her eyes.
"I'm not going to ask who they are, so just tell me roughly how many people there are."
"Your Highness, that is...."
"A hundred people? Two hundred people? You don't want to take this?"
Mina bowed her head as she shook her sapphire necklace.
"Yes, actually there are so many that I can't count them all. I think everyone who used it said that at least once..."
"All over a thousand users?"
Damn, I knew it would be like this.
"Since there was talk of divorce between His Highness the Grand Duke and me a few days ago, I guess some people are making plans in earnest?"
"......."
Silence means affirmation.
When Rebecca was imprisoned in the tower, she was a prisoner managed directly by Cedric, so no one could touch her. That, in fact, is what kept Rebecca alive until the latter part of her novel. But what if I get divorced now and move out of this grand duchy?
Yes. The moment I divorced like this and left the Grand Duchy, I would have been killed by the mixed-race demon.
'But if I persist without getting a divorce, I will offend Cedric...'
I pressed my throbbing temple and threw Mina a sapphire necklace.
"Aaaah! Thank you, Your Highness!"
"......Have you made a plan too?"
"Yes?"
"The waiting line seems to be long, so you should prepare in advance."
Mina threw up both her hands as she gave up a half-given expression and a helpless smile.
"I got offers, but I never made any plans! Hehe, actually, my specialty is making poisons, and I can make a lot of poisons that can't be detected in the human world!"
"Ah, really?"
"So I was asked to make poison... Ah! No no! But I really didn't want to!"
"Really?"
"Yes, really!"
"If you keep lying, I will take away all your necklaces? Are you planning to kill me?"
Mina, who was watching me, smiled shyly, pointing at each of her fingers.
"... A little bit?"
***
That evening, Daegongjeon's bathing room. From the wide ivory marble floor to the ceiling with a gorgeous chandelier. The inside was filled with fragrant smoke rising from a huge bathtub. The servants were all bending down, waiting for their master. How much time has passed?
Eventually, the door opened and the owner of this huge family appeared. The Twins Grand Dukes are the only family recognized as a royal family in both the human world and the demon world. And the owner of that family, Cedric Twins. Each employee looked at him with respect and adoration. Cedric was a man with the ability to elevate the Kingdom of Ruman, which was only a small country six years ago, to the Great Western Empire, and to instantly recognize the existence of mixed-race demons who had been treated as invisible people in the human world for hundreds of years.
However, the reason they loved Cedric so much was not only because of his outstanding abilities. Their owner was beautiful. In both the human world and the demon world, it was rare to see a man as handsome as Cedric. It was also one of the things that made those working in the Twins family proud. Even if you just look at it now, it was like that. Although he was just wearing a navy blue silk robe, it didn't seem to cover his square shoulders and well-muscled body lines.
Strangely, it matched perfectly with his beautiful face, black hair, and arched eyebrows that gave an arrogant yet relaxed impression, giving him a sensual charm. To them, Cedric felt like God's masterpiece, reigning over everything in the world. It was a time when everyone couldn't take their eyes off Cedric.
"Just leave now."
Their appreciation was ironically broken by Cedric's charming bass. A place where users are left with a feeling of regret. Cedric, left alone, slowly untied the knot of his gown. Then, a broad back with appropriate muscles and long, long legs soon appeared. Cedric immediately soaked in the bathtub and felt the tension of his day slowly melting away. In particular, today was the day to check the protective barrier of 'Lillian's Heart', so my fatigue was extreme.
That time he was resting against the bathtub with his wet hair pushed back. 'That name' flashed through Cedric's mind again. It was the name that had been bothering him for the past few days.
"Rebecca."
Cedric muttered lowly and slowly opened his eyes, revealing cool yet mysterious blue eyes. The day when divorce was discussed. Originally, Rebecca should have come to see him early in the morning. She said she couldn't get a divorce, so she cried and clung to him, and he said he had another woman, and she went on a rampage, and even though she begged that she was wrong, she said she was going to die, so she should have been angry.
And whatever the mayhem that started in the first place... In the end, it would have ended with her begging him to embrace her, even if it was just tonight. Because the only thing that matters to her is the 'imprint' of one night.
'Yes, Rebecca was that kind of woman'
Cedric's eyebrows slowly furrowed as he inadvertently finished thinking in the past tense.
'But why... '
That Rebecca... He hadn't found her since that day.
Huh u miss ur wifey
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