IDEFYEM - Chapter 78
Black Man, I'll Do Everything For You Except Marriage!
"I am Grand Duke Kronhardt."
Kael, no. According to what I just heard, it would be Raphael Kronhardt.
His expression was serious, and he didn't look like he was joking at all.
But no matter what, such nonsense...
No, that doesn't make sense.
This must be a dream. It has to be a dream. Yes, I am so confused. Because of the cough that lasted for several days, my chest felt tight every time I took a breath. Perhaps because it was early in the morning, my fever slowly rose.
I felt unwell as if I was going to pass out at any moment. The body fell backwards with at hud. A soft pillow touched my head.
“Enri? Enri!”
Kael's voice calling me rang in my ears.
It's the day before the wedding. It's a big dream.
Tomorrow will be a better day.
***
Huh.
A few hours later. I woke up breathing heavily. As I frantically turned my head, the first thing I saw was Sarah's face.
She asked.l, looking at my expression in confusion.
"Why are you doing this, Lady?"
I couldn't say anything and just blinked blankly.
Looking around, I could see that it was early morning. The stars were still out, and the cold air of a late summer night came in through the cracks in the windows.
The cold that touched my skin gave me goosebumps, and I came back to my senses from my half-asleep state.
'Why was I so surprised just now?'
That's strange. Lastly, I don't even remember how I fell asleep.
I shook my head several times and quenched my thirst with the water Sarah gave me. With my mind sobered, I opened my mouth and began to speak.
"I think I had a very strange dream... I don't remember, Sarah."
I narrowed my brows and continued speaking.
"Do you know the feeling of being hit in the back of the head with a hard club?"
I frowned as I rubbed the back of my head, which had no pain, with my hand.
"It was as if I had received a huge shock."
Even though I knew it would seem strange, I continued to pour out explanations. Did I have a nightmare due to the cold?
I felt very uncomfortable because I couldn't even remember the exact details.
Sarah said with an expression that she felt sorry for me like that, but that there was nothing she could do.
"Miss, even if you don't feel well, you need to get up first."
"What's the matter?"
"We have to prepare for the wedding!"
There was no mirror, but when I looked at Sarah's expression, it seemed like I was asking if it was today. Sarah shook her head and grabbed my shoulder to help me up.
"I have a lot of work to do."
She blindly led me, who was still confused, to the bathroom. About five or six maids were already waiting for me there.
My body fell into the bathtub without any time to understand the situation. The steam rising from the hot water made me dizzy again.
Someone asked me kindly while I was dozing off.
"Is the temperature okay?"
"Ugh, it's warm and nice."
As my body grew tired, I forgot about the unknown dream.
'Yeah, seeing as I don't even remember the contents, it must have been nothing special.'
Since it was the day before the wedding, I was probably just so nervous that I had trouble sleeping.
By the end of the bath, my sore body felt much refreshed and I felt better.
Strangely blind trust.
At that time. I was so in love with him that I couldn't even think of getting away.
After reassuring myself, I dozed off and sat in front of the dressing table as the maids led me.
I tried to ignore the feeling that a small corner of my heart was shaking with anxiety.
"You should put up more eyelashes."
"Should I leave this curly hair as is?"
I could hear the maids trying something different. In particular, it seemed like they put a lot of effort into my pale skin after staying in my room for several days.
Strange words that were difficult to put into my mouth pierced my ears.
"If we make her cheeks a little more reddish, she'll look like a forest fairy attending a wedding in the human world."
"That's right. Because she has a strong sense of love from the beginning."
Did the usually silent and cold maid think of me like that?
My face was turning red enough even without putting any makeup on my cheeks.
The result was truly fantastic.
"..."
When the final touch was removed, even the maids who had been working on my face took a step back looked at me, and soon lost their words.
Meanwhile, after dozing for a while, I sensed a strange atmosphere and opened my eyes. When I looked at the mirror dire ctly across from me, my pupils immediately widened.
"You're beautiful, Miss."
For a moment, the mirror in front of my eyes was so unfamiliar that I couldn't even think of it as a mirror. But when I looked closely, it was clearly me who was reflected in it.
As the maid described earlier, I was as beautiful as a fairy, but I could feel a certain lack in my thin cheeks.
But for some reason, I thought it matched the dress I was wearing today.
Long, lovely pink hair that is slightly wavy and goes down to my waist.The white nape of my neck was wrapped with jewelry that Kael had given me as a gift before the wedding. Several pink diamonds shined beautifully, but I thought they looked a bit heavy on my thin neck.
The moment I leaned back to take a closer look, I made eye contact with Sarah looking at me from behind in the mirror.
For some reason, she looked at me and quickly looked away. I clearly saw Sarah's confused and shaking expression in the mirror.
Sarah, who made eye contact, pressed her lips as if she felt something strange. There were at least a few minutes left to question, but I just turned my head away.
"Would you like to get up now, Lady?"
"Is it so."
I slowly answered the other maid's questions and prepared to go to the waiting room.
Even when I looked back at that moment later, I couldn't figure out why I did that.
Well. Maybe I was really blinded by love back then.
***
All the guests arrived, and the banquet hall at the Count's residence became very noisy.
After the ceremony, a luxurious reception was prepared in the outdoor.
I checked the schedule as a whole once more and then went to see Kael.
From a distance, I could see a man with a different silhouette than usual.
Kael, dressed in a stiffly angled uniform.
Kael came closer and closer and his expression relaxed when he saw me.
When Kael sees me, he starts wallking slightly faster without even realizing it.
As expected, I like him so much.
“Enri.”
As soon as Kael got close, he whispered my nickname and hugged me. It only took a moment for my dress-clad body to be wrapped in a large embrace.
My shoe-clad feet fluttered in the air and then touched the ground.
The maid next to me was shocked and worried that my makeup would come off.
But he just relaxed a little and held on to me without any hesitation.
"Do I look okay?"
"... It's so beautiful that I want to cancel the ceremony and just see it."
As expected, it is the usual Kael.
I threw away all the anxiety I had knowingly or unknowingly felt and smiled brightly.
'After all, a dream is just a dream.'
At the right time, we heard a voice looking for us, and we thought as we walked together.
I can say without a doubt that today I am the happiest bride in the;world.
A second life in which he was abandoned by my family and scheduled to be murdered by the Grand Duke.
When I think of my future in the original, my body still trembles. But I was saved by the man standing next to me now. After the wedding, it will be my turn to save him from the curse.
While we were laughing, the servant raised his voice and announced our appearance.
"Bride Enrica Wintersoar, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wintersoar, enters!"
After a brief introduction, the servant relaxed his neck, looking somewhat nervous.
"Keuhum! He is the Lord of Lien, Kalushi, Leome, Patena, and Elrose, and the Leader of the Knights of Dawn...."
My heart was pounding like a rabbit that sensed its fate to be bitten by its prey.
I asked him in a whisper.
"Did you have this much land?"
Leaving behind the silently smiling man, the officiant continued to shout.
“He is the Count of Lucio, Canea, Clav, Lelio, Pobonnet, Ropoli, and Thanas, and Reiner. Margrave of Canard.”
I looked at the man who was supposed to be an 'ordinary Count' with eyes full of fear.
"Imperial sword, master of the Grand Duchy of Kronhardt."
For a moment. What did I hear just now?
Soon, the name I had tried so hard to avoid reached my ears.
"The groom, Grand Duke Raphael Kronhard, enters!"
Just before yelling that there was some mistake. The face of a man who looked overly satisfied came into my field of vision.
The eyes of a wild beast that has finally snatched its prey.
"Shall we go, my bride?"
Raphael smiled lazily took my stiff hand and led me.
With that face and expression that I always thought was strangely handsome.
It took quite a while for me to stop in my tracks and understand the situation. But in the end, there was only one conclusion.
I was trying to avoid the tiger and ended up in the tiger's den.
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