IELNDMH - Chapter - 42 < The One Who Dies Today Is You >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
"This shameless thing!"
Duke Bold grabbed my shoulders tightly and shouted.
Surprised, I gritted my teeth and tried to push him away. However, it was not easy to overcome the strength of a sturdy middle-aged man.
"Let go of this!"
"You kept putting off your promise to me and made me wait for 5 years! So, are you going to fill other pockets now?"
Duke Bold roared, glaring fiercely as if his anger had surged again.
"Was this your plan from the beginning? Were you trying to use me to take over the position of Grand Duchess and get your share of the money?"
"Stop it! Stop talking nonsense and let this go!"
I struggled with all my might to escape Duke Bold's grasp. Then Duke Bold gritted his teeth even more rushed at me, and began to press hard on my neck, which was pushed against the wall.
"Ugh..!"
Duke Bold's grip on my neck gradually became stronger. I punched his hand and tried to kick him with my foot, but all was in vain.
Duke Bold, who was glaring at me fiercely, soon began to giggle like a person who had lost his mind.
"Do you think you can easily escape my clutches even if you dare use me?"
"Ugh..."
"If you come out here, all I have to do is make your divorce, add a daughter from my mistresses to the family, and make her the Grand Duchess again. But what teeth about you?"
An unpleasant, murderous look seeped into his bent eyes.
"Do you think I'll let you live like this?"
I felt like I would suffocate at any moment.
For a moment, he leisurely looked down at me as I suffered. Duke Bold relaxed his grip slightly, came closer, and whispered in my ear.
"So, when I say nice things... Bring 'Lillian's Heart' before me."
He had a foul smell with alcohol in it. When I glared at him, becoming even more irritated at hearing this for the first time, Duke Bold gritted his and shouted right in front of me.
"Otherwise, I will kill you right here... Ugh ?!"
At that moment, Duke Bold's head suddenly tilted back along with his single scream.
"Who do you dare kill in the Dark Mansion now?"
Released from Duke Bold's pressure by the woman's cool voice, I bowed my back and let out a heavy breath. It took me a while to recover my breath.
"This... I can't let this go!"
Soon I heard Duke Bold's frightened voice, so I slowly raised my head and checked my surroundings.
Mina?
It wasn't just Mina. Several maids in charge of the Grand Duke's secret service were also present. Unlike usual, where they wore skimpy maid uniforms, they were all dressed in black activewear. The only thing that was different from usual was the outfit. Their smiling faces were nowhere to be found. All of them were just glaring at Duke Bold with a cruel look on their faces that I had never seen before.
Duke Bold's face turned white in an instant as he faced those faces. He also seemed to feel the murderous energy flowing from them.
"Oh... Do not come!"
Duke Bold shouted to the maids gradually approaching him. However, they just continued to approach him, slowly warming up like wild beasts that have found their prey. Mina sneered slightly at the frightened Duke Bold.
"Oh my gosh, what should I do? It is not our Highness who dies here today.l "
And whispered softly in his ear.
"I think it's the Duke?"
Duke Bold, who was trembling while being held by the back of his neck by Mina, soon shouted harshly.
"I can't let this go! How dare you do this knowing who I am!"
Then, a maid standing behind Mina came up and bent Duke Bold's arm back.
"Ahh...!"
"Duke, did you really know who this person was and have treated her so carelessly?"
The maids gritted their teeth with even more ferocious faces.
"Ugh, this... Let go!"
Duke Bold stepped back, suffering from pain. Then Mina put his neck roughly like throwing trash and came towards me.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
Unlike before, my face was smiling sweetly, like my usual self. I looked at Mina's face in bewilderment. I thought she was hiding her power from me all this time, but when I actually saw it in person, I was just dumbfounded.
"Your Highness, just give orders. If you were to just let Duke Bold go, I would regret it, but I would just let him go...?"
"..."
"Fortunately, if I were to bury it, I would bury it with a happy heart in a sunny place in the Demon World Forest!"
Mina smiled brightly.
"Then no one will know!"
As I raised my thumb high in admiration, Duke Bold's face became even more pale.
"This... Holy shit! Everyone is crazy! How dare you say something like that to someone!"
Duke Bold screamed as if his arms were bound by the maids. His lower jaw was constantly trembling.
I don't know if the reason is extreme anger or fear of the gazes of young women.
"How dare you say such a thing to the late Duke of the Empire! The wife of the mixed-race demon, the wife... A shallow nature can get you nowhere!"
The maids' faces became even colder at his provocation. That moment where lifeless silence continued for a while.
"... Ugh!"
Duke Bold, who was grabbed by his collar in an instant, let out a single moan. I held onto his collar even more tightly and walked up to Duke Bold's nose to make eye contact.
"I definitely should have warned you."
"..."
"Don't make me call you 'Duke Bold."
"Yes, you...!"
"How dare you come into the Twins Grand Duchy and threaten the Grand Duchess, and even insult the mixed-race demons?"
Duke Bold's face trembled as he looked into my eyes, which had suddenly become harsh. Looking at him like that, I let out a small sneer.
"I think my patience for you is running out."
When I spoke in a cold voice, The color drained from Duke Bold's face. But even for a moment. He shouted as if making his last struggle.
"How dare you insult me like this! I will make this matter public to the aristocratic society! I will let the whole world know how barbaric and uneducated you half-blood demons are!"
Then one of the maids cautiously came next to me and said.
"Your Highness, don't worry about it. If you wish, I can erase Duke Bold's memory before he passes away."
"Oh, really?"
When I looked at Duke Bold again with sparkling eyes, he bit his lower lip with a giddy expression.
"Well, if you dare do that to me...!"
"It's a memory you're going to erase anyway, so it might be okay to add a little more painful memory."
I looked at Duke Bold struggling and raised the corner of my mouth.
"I'll leave it in your hands from now on. Take him somewhere out of sight and do whatever you want to Duke Bold, whatever you want."
Then, a sudden tremor appeared on Duke Bold's pale face. I leisurely raised my eyebrows at the maids who were gradually warming up.
"Show me as much as you want. You guys are not someone he can dare to treat carelessly."
When my order was finally given, the maids smiled with satisfaction. Soon the women grabbed Duke Bold's arms and started dragging him somewhere in the backyard.
There was no way that a mere human, even a man, could overcome the power of mixed-blood demon women. All Duke Bold could do as he was being taken away was stamp his feet and scream.
"Let go of this! What on earth are these vulgar things going to do to me? Ugh! Please, please, don't do this...!"
Mina roughly covered Duke Bold's mouth, which was constantly making crazy noises. Finally, leaving him with a pleading face behind me, I calmly turned around and walked towards the Grand Duke's Secret Service.
'Pathetic human being. How dare you say something like that about where this is?'
Before I knew it, even the sound of Duke Bold's struggling became increasingly distant and no longer heard.
A few hours later, inside the Bold family's carriage heading south.
"... OMG!"
Duke Bold opened his eyes and looked around him with a puzzled expression. There was a lot of cold sweat on his forehead.
"Duke, are you okay?"
The aide sitting across from him looked at Duke Bold's expression and asked urgently.
The Duke is sure he headed to the Twins Grand Duchy's dark mansion a while ago, but he's in a carriage again?
Moreover, when he looked out the window, the carriage was already heading south.
"How on earth is this...Ugh!"
Duke Bold, who was about to ask his aide about the situation, suddenly screamed in great pain. His whole body felt stiff and sore as if someone had beaten him.
"They said you were drunk and fell down the stairs. The maids helped the Duke, who fainted, with difficulty and carried you to the carriage."
"I? Drunk on the stairs...?"
No matter how much he tried to remember, it was in vain. He only remembers stumbling out of the carriage and walking towards the dark mansion, but he couldn't remember anything after that.
No matter how drunk he was, his memory had never disappeared so cleanly. He tilted his head, feeling puzzled, and a tingling pain rose in the back of his neck.
"Ugh..."
"Duke!"
From his legs to his face, there wasn't a single inch of him that was healthy. There was a black bruise under his eye, the tip of his lip had burst, and his whole body was suffering from aching pain at the slightest movement. As if someone had excitedly beaten him.
At that time, the Duke frowned due to a sudden doubt. The aide took out a container of ointment from his pocket and opened it.
At the same time, Duke Bold furrowed his brow at the foul smell that wafted out.
"Ugh, what on earth is that!"
"The maids gave it to me earlier. It's an ointment made with ingredients from the demon world, and it will help treat bruises and wounds."
"It's okay! Who would buy such a vulgar item from the demon world?... Ahh!"
For a moment he was yelling with an angry face. When the wound on the corner of his mouth, which had been slightly healed by his blood scab, opened again, Duke Bold let out a single scream.
The aide let out a short sigh and approached Duke Bold, who was scooping up some ointment. Then, looking at his messed-up face, he narrowed his eyebrows slightly.
"Then, will you do it right?"
Duke Bold just gave him an indignant look, but he didn't refuse. It looked like it was quite painful.
He meets Rebecca and tries to warn her, but instead of meeting her, he gets drunk and falls alone on the stairs. It was a long journey where all he got was scars.
Duke Bold, who was embarrassed, could only show off to his aide for no reason.
"It doesn't even smell like human waste. What's so bad about the smell? Ugh...! Oh, be gentle! It hurts!"
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