IELNDMH - Chapter 59 < Irreversible Possessiveness >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
I leaned against the window looked down at the garden for a while, and eventually went outside alone.
It was a rare day in the north where the sun shined as brightly as today, so I was excited.
The midday sunlight was spread across the dark garden.
I walked around the garden alone like that for a while.
As was my habit, I approached the 'Devil's Gift' flower field and played with the purple petals, but then I was startled and took a step back.
“W-what is this?”
It was a northern giant bee that was terrifying even from its name.
It was about the size of a thumbnail and was hiding in the flower petals when it suddenly started attacking me aggressively.
True to its name, it was menacing from the moment it appeared.
“I don’t like it... Ugh!”
A scream came out of nowhere.
A straw doll without eyes, nose, and mouth would have been better. Insects were really rat poison.
I threw up my arms and screamed repeatedly.
Immediately afterward, the gatekeeper, who was standing in front of the main gate of the dark mansion, rushed to my side in a huff.
He was a young-looking man who seemed to be in his early twenties.
“Your Highness, what’s going on!”
“Bee, bee… … It's also a very large bee...!”
I couldn't even speak properly.
How many times did I wave my arms while turning pale?
The gatekeeper suddenly grabbed both of my arms and lowered me, whispering softly as if warning me.
“Right now it’s sitting on Your Highness’s hair.”
"What? Over my head?!”
"Shh. I will take it off, so please wait a moment, Your Highness.”
"Yes....”
I held his trembling hands tightly and closed My eyes, and he began to approach me cautiously.
The moment when the distance between the two people gradually became closer.
Percussion!
My eyes suddenly opened at the sound I suddenly heard.
“Did you catch it?”
However, when I quickly looked up and looked, what I saw was an unexpected person.
“...Cedric?”
Cedric suddenly appeared and stood glaring at the gatekeeper, holding his wrist tightly.
“For what reason are you trying to lay hands on the Grand Duchess?”
Cedric's voice as he asked sounded lifelike.
As the chill in the blue eyes gradually deepened, the servant's expression became more contemplative.
“Your Highness, the Grand Duke... !”
The employee was frightened and his cheeks were trembling.
As he slowly opened his hand, which was being held by Cedric, the dead bee's body fell down.
“Well, I just... To remove the bee from Her Highness...”
The employee barely managed to stutter.
But Cedric still just glanced at him with a wary expression.
Then, as if he didn't like something else, he tightened his grip on the servant's wrist once more.
“Ugh...!”
Seeing the employee's distressed face, I hurried forward.
“That’s right, Cedric! I was looking at flowers when suddenly a huge bee appeared.”
"....”
“That’s why this person helped me when I was shocked!”
I said, trying to separate Cedric from the employee.
Cedric gritted his teeth and glared at the gatekeeper for a while, then roughly withdrew his hand and took a step back.
'They said he's been feeling uncomfortable lately, so I guess it was true.'
Only then did I properly look at Cedric's face.
Perhaps it was because the area under his eyes had darkened, but his already harsh eyes became even sharper and gave off a decadent look.
It was only for a moment that I looked up at his familiar yet unfamiliar face.
I slowly open my mouth.
“Has something unpleasant happened to you these days?”
Cedric looked at me and was silent for a while.
Contrary to his tightly closed lips, numerous words passed through his blue eyes.
“...It was like that.”
“...”
“But fortunately, I felt better for a moment a while ago.”
I didn't know that Cedric's gaze would leave my face for a while as he said that.
For a long time, Cedric turned his gaze to the gatekeeper again.
From his lips, a voice that became colder than before came out.
“Then I saw ‘someone’ again and felt uncomfortable again.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the servant's cheeks trembled.
“Well, I just... To help Her Highness...”
The servant seemed to instinctively know that ‘someone’ meant himself.
The corners of Cedric's lips curled up ironically as he looked down at him.
“Ah, really? You were trying to help the Grand Duchess....”
“...”
“I’m so grateful that I think I should at least give you a reward to ease my anger.”
A languid yet threatening attitude, like a wild beast targeting herbivores.
Cedric eventually broke the suffocating silence and spoke forcefully.
“Follow me to the office right now.”
The air in the office became even cooler than before.
The source of that atmosphere, Cedric, sat in front of his desk and flipped through document after document with a cold, stern face.
One piece, one piece.
Every time Cedric leisurely flipped through the documents, the shoulders of the gatekeeper in front of him trembled.
“You’re from the Demon World Genovia region?”
"Yes...? Ah, yes! Yes!"
The gatekeeper hastily answered.
Cedric glanced at him from his folder and frowned.
The personal details of a single gatekeeper could not have been of interest to him. It wasn't something important enough for him to personally call his office and ask about it.
However, Cedric's current judgment was completely distorted. To the point where he felt so petty that he wanted to put pressure on the employee by asking even a useless question.
Percussion.
Cedric closed the folder as if he had nothing more to look at, then raised his head and glanced at the employee again.
An ordinary impression that would normally be overlooked...
It was a rare day in the north where the sun shined as brightly as today, so I was excited.
The midday sunlight was spread across the dark garden.
I walked around the garden alone like that for a while.
As was my habit, I approached the 'Devil's Gift' flower field and played with the purple petals, but then I was startled and took a step back.
“W-what is this?”
It was a northern giant bee that was terrifying even from its name.
It was about the size of a thumbnail and was hiding in the flower petals when it suddenly started attacking me aggressively.
True to its name, it was menacing from the moment it appeared.
“I don’t like it... Ugh!”
A scream came out of nowhere.
A straw doll without eyes, nose, and mouth would have been better. Insects were really rat poison.
I threw up my arms and screamed repeatedly.
Immediately afterward, the gatekeeper, who was standing in front of the main gate of the dark mansion, rushed to my side in a huff.
He was a young-looking man who seemed to be in his early twenties.
“Your Highness, what’s going on!”
“Bee, bee… … It's also a very large bee...!”
I couldn't even speak properly.
How many times did I wave my arms while turning pale?
The gatekeeper suddenly grabbed both of my arms and lowered me, whispering softly as if warning me.
“Right now it’s sitting on Your Highness’s hair.”
"What? Over my head?!”
"Shh. I will take it off, so please wait a moment, Your Highness.”
"Yes....”
I held his trembling hands tightly and closed My eyes, and he began to approach me cautiously.
The moment when the distance between the two people gradually became closer.
Percussion!
My eyes suddenly opened at the sound I suddenly heard.
“Did you catch it?”
However, when I quickly looked up and looked, what I saw was an unexpected person.
“...Cedric?”
Cedric suddenly appeared and stood glaring at the gatekeeper, holding his wrist tightly.
“For what reason are you trying to lay hands on the Grand Duchess?”
Cedric's voice as he asked sounded lifelike.
As the chill in the blue eyes gradually deepened, the servant's expression became more contemplative.
“Your Highness, the Grand Duke... !”
The employee was frightened and his cheeks were trembling.
As he slowly opened his hand, which was being held by Cedric, the dead bee's body fell down.
“Well, I just... To remove the bee from Her Highness...”
The employee barely managed to stutter.
But Cedric still just glanced at him with a wary expression.
Then, as if he didn't like something else, he tightened his grip on the servant's wrist once more.
“Ugh...!”
Seeing the employee's distressed face, I hurried forward.
“That’s right, Cedric! I was looking at flowers when suddenly a huge bee appeared.”
"....”
“That’s why this person helped me when I was shocked!”
I said, trying to separate Cedric from the employee.
Cedric gritted his teeth and glared at the gatekeeper for a while, then roughly withdrew his hand and took a step back.
'They said he's been feeling uncomfortable lately, so I guess it was true.'
Only then did I properly look at Cedric's face.
Perhaps it was because the area under his eyes had darkened, but his already harsh eyes became even sharper and gave off a decadent look.
It was only for a moment that I looked up at his familiar yet unfamiliar face.
I slowly open my mouth.
“Has something unpleasant happened to you these days?”
Cedric looked at me and was silent for a while.
Contrary to his tightly closed lips, numerous words passed through his blue eyes.
“...It was like that.”
“...”
“But fortunately, I felt better for a moment a while ago.”
I didn't know that Cedric's gaze would leave my face for a while as he said that.
For a long time, Cedric turned his gaze to the gatekeeper again.
From his lips, a voice that became colder than before came out.
“Then I saw ‘someone’ again and felt uncomfortable again.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the servant's cheeks trembled.
“Well, I just... To help Her Highness...”
The servant seemed to instinctively know that ‘someone’ meant himself.
The corners of Cedric's lips curled up ironically as he looked down at him.
“Ah, really? You were trying to help the Grand Duchess....”
“...”
“I’m so grateful that I think I should at least give you a reward to ease my anger.”
A languid yet threatening attitude, like a wild beast targeting herbivores.
Cedric eventually broke the suffocating silence and spoke forcefully.
“Follow me to the office right now.”
***
The air in the office became even cooler than before.
The source of that atmosphere, Cedric, sat in front of his desk and flipped through document after document with a cold, stern face.
One piece, one piece.
Every time Cedric leisurely flipped through the documents, the shoulders of the gatekeeper in front of him trembled.
“You’re from the Demon World Genovia region?”
"Yes...? Ah, yes! Yes!"
The gatekeeper hastily answered.
Cedric glanced at him from his folder and frowned.
The personal details of a single gatekeeper could not have been of interest to him. It wasn't something important enough for him to personally call his office and ask about it.
However, Cedric's current judgment was completely distorted. To the point where he felt so petty that he wanted to put pressure on the employee by asking even a useless question.
Percussion.
Cedric closed the folder as if he had nothing more to look at, then raised his head and glanced at the employee again.
An ordinary impression that would normally be overlooked...
No, in fact, he was a man who was close to being pale. But now, to Cedric, who was wearing glasses of jealousy, he seemed to have a very decent appearance.
His old-fashioned appearance was transformed into a youthful look, and the red freckles on his cheeks became an attractive point that further highlighted his freshness and healthy beauty.
'Rebecca said her tastes have changed. Does she like a guy with that image now?'
When Cedric thought about that, he hated seeing the person in front of him even more.
Cedric, who was glaring at the gatekeeper with eyes full of wariness, secretly gritted his teeth.
“It would be better for you to move to a townhouse in the capital.”
"Yes? Your Highness, uh... Why!"
At that moment, the employee realized that his hair was full of pain.
Being reassigned to a townhouse where members of the Twins family did not reside meant ‘demotion’ among the residents.
“I did something wrong! So... So please allow me to remain within the Grand Duke’s castle, Your Highness!”
The gatekeeper’s expression became even more desperate.
However, seeing that, Cedric only tightened his jaw even more.
“Why can’t you be here?”
“Well, of course...”
“Is there anyone you want to stay and see forever?”
"Yes? What do you mean, I want to see you forever?”
At that moment, when Rebecca's face came to mind, Cedric unconsciously ground his teeth again.
“How dare you let me...”
Cedric's insidious muttering soon stopped.
The words ‘Are you trying to take Rebecca away from me?’ almost came out in a voice.
Cedric, surprised at himself, was silent for a while.
'Why am I behaving like this?'
For a long time. A light crack gradually appeared between his eyebrows.
This was because an image of Rebecca in the past, who had lost her temper and ran wild, appeared in his mind.
'How dare you try to take His Highness away from me? What is it with you that you stay by Cedric's side all the time?'
'Fire that bitch, right now!'
Jealousy boiling like lava, a possessive desire that cannot be suppressed by the power of reason.
And the extreme obsession that results.
Cedric could not deny that Rebecca in the past now resembles him like Decalcomania.
“...”
He looked embarrassed and lowered his head for a moment.
Is his current self going crazy because of the imprint, or...
'Rebecca, because of her?'
Even the moment Rebecca's name came to mind, the thought of wanting to see her face crossed my mind.
'Whatever the cause, it's clear that I've gone completely crazy.'
Cedric mocked himself helplessly.
A faint sigh escaped his lips.
“Okay, let’s go back now.”
Then the employee's eyes twinkled as if he was relieved.
“Um, are you sure? Are you really allowing me to remain in the Grand Duke’s castle?”
At those words, Cedric's eyes cooled for a moment and then calmed down again.
“...Yes."
The employee repeatedly lowered his head.
"Thank you! Thank you, Your Highness!”
What is it about being thankful for a subject who was dragged in without a crime and even interrogated for no reason?
Even though he knew he was not guilty, Cedric somehow felt sorry for him again.
“Okay, get out now before I change my mind.”
Cedric's eyes, which he was barely holding back, became harsh again.
Then the employee ran away as if he was really afraid that Cedric might change his mind.
How long has it been since the gatekeeper left?
Cedric, who had been standing there silently for a while, finally sat down weakly, leaning against the desk in his office.
He remained silent for a long time.
“Leman.”
At Cedric's call, an aide came to his side.
“Change the employee’s affiliation to the Mansion of Light.”
"Yes? But, Your Highness...”
The aide blinked his eyes, showing a look of confusion.
“Being assigned to the Mansion of Light is not a demotion... It’s no different from a promotion, is it?”
Just a moment ago, Cedric was ready to demote that employee or, if that didn't work, to fire him right away.
Leman didn't know what it was, but he thought that if His Highness was directly involved in the affiliation of a single employee, that person must have committed a serious crime.
'Suddenly… … Promoted to a Mansion of Light?'
He was a veteran aide, Leman, but even he found it difficult to grasp the current situation.
However, Cedric actually answered as if it was obvious.
"I don't care. It doesn’t matter where it is, as long as it’s not a dark mansion.”
Leman could feel some nervousness on his face as he answered that way.
Lost in thought, Cedric tapped his temple a couple of times with his long index finger and then looked at his aide again.
“The number of knights guarding the castle entrance has probably increased, right?”
“Yes, as you ordered, we are thoroughly checking not only those trying to come in but also those leaving.”
“There should never be any gaps. There should be no neglect of security, even during shift times.”
“Yes, of course.”
Cedric glanced over the document containing Rebecca's schedule again and spoke again.
“Especially if the Grand Duchess goes out without a schedule, report it to me immediately.”
As Cedric spoke forcefully, a strong will appeared again in his eyes.
“You must never let Rebecca out of the castle gates without my permission.”
His old-fashioned appearance was transformed into a youthful look, and the red freckles on his cheeks became an attractive point that further highlighted his freshness and healthy beauty.
'Rebecca said her tastes have changed. Does she like a guy with that image now?'
When Cedric thought about that, he hated seeing the person in front of him even more.
Cedric, who was glaring at the gatekeeper with eyes full of wariness, secretly gritted his teeth.
“It would be better for you to move to a townhouse in the capital.”
"Yes? Your Highness, uh... Why!"
At that moment, the employee realized that his hair was full of pain.
Being reassigned to a townhouse where members of the Twins family did not reside meant ‘demotion’ among the residents.
“I did something wrong! So... So please allow me to remain within the Grand Duke’s castle, Your Highness!”
The gatekeeper’s expression became even more desperate.
However, seeing that, Cedric only tightened his jaw even more.
“Why can’t you be here?”
“Well, of course...”
“Is there anyone you want to stay and see forever?”
"Yes? What do you mean, I want to see you forever?”
At that moment, when Rebecca's face came to mind, Cedric unconsciously ground his teeth again.
“How dare you let me...”
Cedric's insidious muttering soon stopped.
The words ‘Are you trying to take Rebecca away from me?’ almost came out in a voice.
Cedric, surprised at himself, was silent for a while.
'Why am I behaving like this?'
For a long time. A light crack gradually appeared between his eyebrows.
This was because an image of Rebecca in the past, who had lost her temper and ran wild, appeared in his mind.
'How dare you try to take His Highness away from me? What is it with you that you stay by Cedric's side all the time?'
'Fire that bitch, right now!'
Jealousy boiling like lava, a possessive desire that cannot be suppressed by the power of reason.
And the extreme obsession that results.
Cedric could not deny that Rebecca in the past now resembles him like Decalcomania.
“...”
He looked embarrassed and lowered his head for a moment.
Is his current self going crazy because of the imprint, or...
'Rebecca, because of her?'
Even the moment Rebecca's name came to mind, the thought of wanting to see her face crossed my mind.
'Whatever the cause, it's clear that I've gone completely crazy.'
Cedric mocked himself helplessly.
A faint sigh escaped his lips.
“Okay, let’s go back now.”
Then the employee's eyes twinkled as if he was relieved.
“Um, are you sure? Are you really allowing me to remain in the Grand Duke’s castle?”
At those words, Cedric's eyes cooled for a moment and then calmed down again.
“...Yes."
The employee repeatedly lowered his head.
"Thank you! Thank you, Your Highness!”
What is it about being thankful for a subject who was dragged in without a crime and even interrogated for no reason?
Even though he knew he was not guilty, Cedric somehow felt sorry for him again.
“Okay, get out now before I change my mind.”
Cedric's eyes, which he was barely holding back, became harsh again.
Then the employee ran away as if he was really afraid that Cedric might change his mind.
How long has it been since the gatekeeper left?
Cedric, who had been standing there silently for a while, finally sat down weakly, leaning against the desk in his office.
He remained silent for a long time.
“Leman.”
At Cedric's call, an aide came to his side.
“Change the employee’s affiliation to the Mansion of Light.”
"Yes? But, Your Highness...”
The aide blinked his eyes, showing a look of confusion.
“Being assigned to the Mansion of Light is not a demotion... It’s no different from a promotion, is it?”
Just a moment ago, Cedric was ready to demote that employee or, if that didn't work, to fire him right away.
Leman didn't know what it was, but he thought that if His Highness was directly involved in the affiliation of a single employee, that person must have committed a serious crime.
'Suddenly… … Promoted to a Mansion of Light?'
He was a veteran aide, Leman, but even he found it difficult to grasp the current situation.
However, Cedric actually answered as if it was obvious.
"I don't care. It doesn’t matter where it is, as long as it’s not a dark mansion.”
Leman could feel some nervousness on his face as he answered that way.
Lost in thought, Cedric tapped his temple a couple of times with his long index finger and then looked at his aide again.
“The number of knights guarding the castle entrance has probably increased, right?”
“Yes, as you ordered, we are thoroughly checking not only those trying to come in but also those leaving.”
“There should never be any gaps. There should be no neglect of security, even during shift times.”
“Yes, of course.”
Cedric glanced over the document containing Rebecca's schedule again and spoke again.
“Especially if the Grand Duchess goes out without a schedule, report it to me immediately.”
As Cedric spoke forcefully, a strong will appeared again in his eyes.
“You must never let Rebecca out of the castle gates without my permission.”
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