IDEFYEM - Chapter 77
Black Man, I'll Do Everything For You Except Marriage!
"Kael, I like you."
The eyes that made my heart flutter were still the same, but strangely, his face looked very dangerous today.
So much so that I couldn't suppress this strange impulse.
It may be an illusion, but there were times when I felt a weak side in this man who seemed to have everything in the world.
He seemed like a person who would leave somewhere at any moment if I didn't reveal the deepest secrets in my heart.
I made up excuses, not sure if they were sincere or not, to soothe my burning cheeks.
What if, really, if he gives a positive answer.
Tomorrow, we will be able to truly hold hands and enter the wedding hall. I didn't know if I could happily nod my head to the ringing wedding vows.
It was a great excitement, but my thoughts were already going one after another.
'We can continue to have fun days together even after the wedding.'
First of all, it would be a good idea to lift his curse and show a playful condescension to Kael, who has returned to a healthy state.
After that, should we go on a trip?
Just as Kael introduced me to a whole new world, I also wanted to show him a new world.
I also have to participate in the hunting banquet every year. This time I will sacrifice the game.
It also protects him so that he never has to be in trouble in the cave again like before. All dangerous things will disappear now, so just live in peace.
In one gulp, dry saliva passed over.
I pretended like nothing was wrong and kept imagining happy things in my head. In fact, it was a struggle to somehow not feel afraid of the continued silence.
It was because he didn't answer for a long time with an expression that was difficult to read.
If positivity returns, our future will be full of joy.
It was the easiest way and everyone knew it. But if Kael refuses. What happens to us then?
***
"Kael, I like you."
Raphael didn't know what expression to make when he heard those words.
The first confession was heard under a false name. Is it really aimed at Raphael Kronhardt?
'No, that can't be possible...'
The woman he loves waits for an answer with an innocent face. She didn't even know she had just put her head in the animal's mouth.
When Raphael saw that expression, his mouth kept getting dry.
If he were a beast based on instinct, he would have kissed her right away. He must have swallowed the soft lips and left a mark as if engraved on the white skin.
"..."
There were more than a hundred words he wanted to say.
Calm down, Raphael.
She just chose the one person in this world she shouldn't love the most.
Don't be fooled by fake affection.
Many people in the world would support a beautiful and brave woman like her.
She can leave him at any time and live a better life, so why...
Yes, Raphael felt the same way when he first met her.
From the beginning, he never intended to keep Enrica by his side. One day, an aide asked Raphael this question.
"Are you sure you're okay? You deceived your fiancee with a false identity until the wedding."
"It's not a bad thing for her either."
The aide looked at him like he was trash, but Raphael was sincere. Until then, he hadn't really considered Enrica's feelings or his feelings. Since Ilhe had already paid a large dowry to the dukedom, he thought it was no different from hiring someone to lift the curse.
And he planned to divorce her one day if the curse was lifted.
He can't live with a woman who fears him so much. If she agreed, he was willing to send her to another kingdom with compensation. Starting a new life with a new identity, isn't it romantic?
It was something everyone could dream of at least once, and he could do everything she wanted. Raphael thought it was a good deal for both parties.
When did that promise start to break?
He held out hope that Enrica would not want to divorce even after the curse was lifted.
When did he start thinking about wanting to continue being with her?
What is certain is that today was not the day he realized that he loved her.
Raphael thought about it even on the day when there were only two weeks left until the ceremony.
It's too late to reveal the truth now.
He was arrogant enough to underestimate his own love and believed that the string holding on to the opposite sex was still strong.
"Kael, my head hurts."
Just looking at her lying down sick made him anxious for days and it was difficult to endure every minute and second.
Raphael has seen all kinds of bad things in the world, and he couldn't do anything all day long because she was sick.
How could he have thought that it would be okay for Enrica to look at him with contempt when his true identity was revealed?
***
Raphael blinked again.
Enrica looked a little uneasy. Her expression gradually changed.
Since she didn't get a reply after confessing her feelings, it was clear that she was having strange thoughts like him.
Raphael tried to calm his mouth somehow but eventually gave up. What he needed to say and what he wanted to say were all mixed up in his head.
Enrica Wintersoar has no idea how much of an impact she has had on his life. All the things he did because he thought he was born as a heartless monster anyway.
Enrica doesn't know about all the political schemes he planned after he ascended to the Grand Duke's throne after annihilating his family. Those were the days when Raphael didn't mind hurting others or being hurt by them.
Boom.
His heartbeat for the first time in front of her and everything changed.
"Actually. I'm a wizard. I just recovered after not being able to use my magic for a while."
Raphael clearly remembered the day she first showed him her magical powers.
As a child, Raphael grew up as a black magician's test subject, and he was tired of seeing magical powers. He vaguely remembered that magic was something dirty and unclean, something that hurt when touched.
It was his first time knowing that it could have such a warm glow. It was the last thing he wanted to see if his life came to an end someday.
The feeling of someone trying to save him was quite tickling.
"Is there anything you like?"
"No, even if I were to blindly ask you to choose..."
Enrica must have thought I was doing her a great favor. But in reality, it was he who was really favored.
If it weren't for her, would that kind of light have come down to him even once in his life?
Walking down the downtown street on a sunny day, seeing someone happy for him. Raphael felt like he was a different person.
Instead of being the monster people said he was, he seemed to have become the perfect and kind savior she thought he was.
So he wanted to remain under the name Kael only in front of her.
Thump, thump.
His heart was beating like crazy before she kissed his lips.
What does this heartbeat, which only he can hear, have to do with the curse?
Now, it would be nice to say that he would never be able to explain that phenomenon.
Even a minor coincidence was okay. If only this relationship could be packaged with the word fate he hated.
If Raphael and Enrica were bound together by a bond that could not be broken for the rest of their lives.
What if Enrica, who truly despises and fears him, has no choice but to return to him in the end?
"..."
Raphael chewed his lips.
Born at the bottom of the world without holding anything, he picked up and wore armor one by one with his own hands. So that he never becomes weak again, so that no one can hurt him again.
Growing up, he was calm despite his brothers' repeated assassination attempts. Because he knew that more people in the world wanted him dead anyway.
That's how he lived, and whether it was poison or a blade. Raphael gritted my teeth and endured it.
He can't believe he's so helpless in front of a woman half his size. It was okay if everything he had built collapsed like a sand castle.
The tears that flowed down her cheeks were more frightening than any threats or threats.
“Enri.”
He chanted in a trembling voice. Her eyes widened slightly.
Raphael only thought about it now.
'I wish I had had courage at least once.'
He will explain to you that there is no need to be afraid of the Grand Duke, that he is nothing more than a servant to her anyway.
Even if everyone calls him a monster, it won't be the same to her.
Now he would do anything to see her smile.
If someone were to laugh at him when they saw him burning, Raphael would gladly go into the fire pit with a smile. That he would mercilessly throw away his life to become a moment of entertainment for her to enjoy.
He should have told her sooner.
The moon rose high in the sky. The day has already changed and the wedding is now today.
"Don't do that, Enri."
Raphael only then moved his tongue.
The woman who was waiting for an answer to her confession looked like she couldn't understand.
It was the worst rejection in the world.
"Run away."
Don't run away. Even as she thought that he pursed his lips with difficulty.
She will definitely run away.
Raphael said this even though he knew that shock would soon appear in her transparent pink eyes.
With the thought that he might never see the smile that saved his life again.
The wounded animal growled as if giving a final warning to its prey.
"I am Grand Duke Kronhardt."
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