IELNDMH - Chapter 69 < You Didn't Know About Engraving? >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
"Haha! Sir Elaine, is that really true?”
Henry burst into laughter among the crowd of people.
His body, already heavily intoxicated, was swaying little by little.
A servant carrying a silver tray carefully approached his side.
“Count Bart.”
"Hmm... ?”
Henry drank the remaining champagne in one gulp and looked to the side.
The servant handed him a small note.
“This is a note addressed to the Count.”
"To me?"
Then Sir Elaine, who had been talking with Henry just now, burst into laughter.
“That couldn’t possibly be a message from the hidden government, right?”
At Sir Elaine's playful words, Henry's face hardened slightly, but then he smiled skillfully.
“It can’t be. How can I have a mistress with my wife, who is such an angel, by my side?”
After saying that, Henry looked lovingly at Lobelia, who was standing on his right.
Lobelia still had an impassive face.
‘Did you really even notice the relationship between me and Camilla...?'
When that thought occurred to him, Henry feigned a more relaxed attitude and confidently checked the note as if he had nothing to hide.
“Ah, I guess Lord Levart is looking for me. Now that I think about it, I haven’t encountered him yet.”
Then he put a note in his inner pocket and spoke skillfully.
“Lobell, I’m sorry, but can you be alone without me for a moment? It only takes a moment..."
Henry said gently, taking Lobelia's golden hair and putting it in her ear.
But Lobelia kept her lips tightly shut and only nodded her head slowly.
He felt sorry for her, but Henry smiled skillfully this time and looked back at the people around him.
“I’ll be back soon. Please take care not to make my wife bored. Then...."
Henry, who said that, took a step back.
And how many stairs did he climb to the upper level of the banquet hall?
He took out the note he had kept in his pocket and unfolded it again.
“Come to the third floor where I am right now. If you continue to ignore me, I will inform Lobelia of our relationship.”
The note was sent by Camilla.
If it had been written that far, Henry would have ignored it, but he couldn't do that this time.
The last two lines are written on the note.
It was because that damn sentence got on his nerves.
"Don’t be complacent and think that I can’t do it. Because now I... There's nothing to lose."
His body, already heavily intoxicated, was swaying little by little.
A servant carrying a silver tray carefully approached his side.
“Count Bart.”
"Hmm... ?”
Henry drank the remaining champagne in one gulp and looked to the side.
The servant handed him a small note.
“This is a note addressed to the Count.”
"To me?"
Then Sir Elaine, who had been talking with Henry just now, burst into laughter.
“That couldn’t possibly be a message from the hidden government, right?”
At Sir Elaine's playful words, Henry's face hardened slightly, but then he smiled skillfully.
“It can’t be. How can I have a mistress with my wife, who is such an angel, by my side?”
After saying that, Henry looked lovingly at Lobelia, who was standing on his right.
Lobelia still had an impassive face.
‘Did you really even notice the relationship between me and Camilla...?'
When that thought occurred to him, Henry feigned a more relaxed attitude and confidently checked the note as if he had nothing to hide.
“Ah, I guess Lord Levart is looking for me. Now that I think about it, I haven’t encountered him yet.”
Then he put a note in his inner pocket and spoke skillfully.
“Lobell, I’m sorry, but can you be alone without me for a moment? It only takes a moment..."
Henry said gently, taking Lobelia's golden hair and putting it in her ear.
But Lobelia kept her lips tightly shut and only nodded her head slowly.
He felt sorry for her, but Henry smiled skillfully this time and looked back at the people around him.
“I’ll be back soon. Please take care not to make my wife bored. Then...."
Henry, who said that, took a step back.
And how many stairs did he climb to the upper level of the banquet hall?
He took out the note he had kept in his pocket and unfolded it again.
“Come to the third floor where I am right now. If you continue to ignore me, I will inform Lobelia of our relationship.”
The note was sent by Camilla.
If it had been written that far, Henry would have ignored it, but he couldn't do that this time.
The last two lines are written on the note.
It was because that damn sentence got on his nerves.
"Don’t be complacent and think that I can’t do it. Because now I... There's nothing to lose."
- Camilla, D
***
An outdoor corridor on the third floor filled with only silence and darkness.
Henry expressed his dissatisfaction as soon as he met Camilla's face.
“Camilla, what are you going to do if you summon me here, where all the nobles of the empire are gathered?”
Perhaps because of the alcohol, her anger could not be suppressed.
Meanwhile, Henry kept looking around to see if anyone would suddenly appear.
Camilla let out a bitter sneer as she looked at him like that.
“If you didn’t like that, you shouldn’t have avoided contacting me, right?”
Camilla's expression became even more vicious.
“I have sent you countless letters since the day you left my inn room. But you... You haven’t responded to me even once!”
Henry tilted his head and rolled his eyes wide.
“Wow, you really make people turn away! I told you, this is not the time!”
Camilla also screamed in anger.
“I’m in no position to just wait! Don’t you know that it wouldn’t be strange if I were abandoned by my husband right now?!”
Henry's face suddenly turned cold at her shout.
There was even a chill in the silence that followed.
Camilla bit her fingernails as if she had belatedly realized her mistake.
She just rolled her eyes nervously for a long time. She grabbed Henry's hand with both her trembling hands.
“Henry, all I have left now is you, Henry...”
Her eyes were confused.
“I don’t have time to wait... We need to kick Lobelia out right away, right now.”
Camilla's eyes flashed as she held onto Henry's block-like arm more tightly.
"That... Yes! There is also a way to kill Lobelia completely. Right, Henry?”
Camilla looked more desperate than ever before.
Henry's brows slowly furrowed as he looked at her indifferently.
“...What?"
“Of course, that’s the easiest! It’s the most convenient and reliable way.”
“...”
“So, so that I can become Countess Bart as soon as possible if we kill Lobelia together...”
Henry roughly took away the hand that was being held by Camilla.
Camilla, who was talking gibberish like a crazy person, suddenly stopped moving.
“Let’s kill Lobelia together?”
One corner of Henry's mouth turned up at an angle as he asked back coldly.
"Why me?"
Camilla's pupils shook greatly.
Tsk.
Henry clicked his tongue in confusion and took something out of his jacket pocket.
It was a note from Camilla.
Henry immediately tore it into small pieces and splattered it all over Camilla's face.
At the same time, Camilla's face turned pale.
"...Henry!"
It was a note from Camilla.
Henry immediately tore it into small pieces and splattered it all over Camilla's face.
At the same time, Camilla's face turned pale.
"...Henry!"
Despite her desperate cries, Henry rolled his eyes at her with a smirk.
“Still, I thought I’d hold on a little longer since I still have old feelings. Ha...”
He trailed off, but soon wrinkled his nose and tapped Camilla's cheek with his finger.
“I can’t do this anymore, Camilla Dmitry.”
It was almost like a mocking attitude.
No, that was clearly ridiculous and joking.
They have been friends for a long time since childhood, and they also spent many nights together as lovers.
Even though Camilla had expected Henry's betrayal countless times and eventually saw it with her own eyes, it hardly felt real.
Camilla felt her thinking circuit shut down and she slowly closed her eyes.
"That is... What are you talking about?"
“..."
“Oh, no? Just... Are you so angry right now, Henry?”
Henry just looked at her like she was pitiful.
Camilla grabbed the hem of his sleeve tightly as if clinging to her last rope.
But her desperate touch was immediately shaken off.
“We are done, Camilla. So don't bother bothering me anymore. Especially the thought of becoming an obstacle to me.”
Henry got close to Camilla's ear and spoke in a whisper.
“If that happens, the one I will kill will not be Lobelia... Camilla, because it will be you.”
“... !”
Henry stepped back slightly, glared at Camilla, and then immediately turned his back.
As she watched Henry leave her, Camilla could not forget his words for a while.
She just drops her lower jaw.
It wasn't that she was scared.
A sense of betrayal that made her teeth tremble.
That made Camilla silent for a while.
“...If you leave like this, neither you nor Lobelia will be left alone.”
Soon, her voice echoed eerily throughout the corridor.
At the same time, Henry's feet suddenly stopped.
He stayed silent for a moment. He snorted slightly and continued.
“Dreaming is free. Try it out to your heart’s content. Let’s see who will die first.”
With only those words left, Henry left the corridor without any regrets.
Camilla watched blankly as Henry left.
He was her only hope for returning to a happy life.
But everything was cruelly destroyed.
Because of that man, none other than Henry Bart.
“For me, it was to suggest the final path for both of us to be happy... I can’t help it if you do this, Henry.”
Henry Bart could never be happy alone.
Especially now that Camilla herself is stuck in her own gutter.
'Because I will never let that happen.'
Camilla, who had been so determined, finally saw her first opportunity to take down Henry Bart.
"Henry...? Where on earth have you gone?”
At the end of the dark corridor, a blonde woman seems to brighten up the surroundings.
It was Lobelia.
Camilla, spotting her, furrowed her brows in her customary manner.
And then for a while. Soon, a good thought occurred to her, and the corners of Camilla's lips curled up.
“...Lobelia?"
Camilla picked up her hour hand and walked to Lobelia's side.
“Lobel, it’s been a while. How have you been doing?"
“Ah, Camilla....”
“I sent a letter these days, but there was no reply... I was worried that you might be avoiding me on purpose because of the rumors.”
Camilla deliberately told Lobelia her words that would make her feel guilty.
As far as she knew, Lobelia was so sorry that she didn't know what to do after hearing those words.
“... It’s not really like that.”
But for some reason, contrary to her expectations, Lobelia's attitude was quite indifferent.
'Did you really notice our relationship like Henry said?'
When that thought suddenly occurred to her, several questions arose.
Then why has Lobelia been pretending not to know the relationship between Henry and her until now?
No way... If Lobelia just waits patiently, Henry will return home?
'It's so disgusting. That innocent face that says it doesn't know anything.'
It felt like the couple was on fire together.
Camilla thought this to herself but smiled with her wide eyes.
“Henry probably went to the top floor.”
She had no reason not to smile.
Anyway, today will be the end of seeing that unknown face.
Soon, a sinister smile spread across Camilla's lips.
“Shall I take you there?”
***
After quickly finishing my conversation with the Duchess, I went straight up to the second floor.
I wanted to escape the noise and rest alone for a little while.
However, the tables placed here and there in the hallway were already full of old ladies chatting.
'Isn't there room at the table on the other side?'
At that time, I was leaning on the railing in a corner of a huge U-shaped hallway and looking at the hallway across from me.
“Your Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Twins, is that correct?”
A polite yet unfamiliar voice came from behind.
When I turned around, I saw a man with shining blue-purple eyes who looked exactly like Adrian.
“Oh, you... ?”
“Thank goodness you recognized me. This is Elliot Monter, Adrian’s older brother.”
Elliot, who introduced himself, bowed his head politely.
Then he looked up again and smiled softly.
“Maybe because you are brothers, your smiles are very similar.”
“Haha, I’ve heard a lot of stories like that. Of course, Adrian is much more beautiful than me.”
Elliot let out a faint laugh and then spoke again.
“It is truly an honor to meet here the mistress of the Twins family, the head family of our half-blood demons.”
“Nice to meet you too, Sir Monter.”
Elliot looked at me softly smiling for a moment, then slowly nodded his head.
“As expected, Adrian was right.”
“... Did Adrian even see my scars? As rumored, my personality is extremely eccentric?”
When I told him a joke with my serious face, Elliot burst into cheerful laughter.
“It can’t be. There was nothing but praise for Her Highness. He said that you were a woman with an upright mind and a strong heart, but also a kind-hearted person who thought of others more than anyone else. And he has a deep respect for such a secret Highness.”
“...”
“That guy really cared about Her Highness.”
Elliot, who was silent for a moment, took a deep breath and spoke again.
“For your information, we, the Monter family, have no insistence on bringing in a bride chosen by Manakin. If Adrian truly cares about someone, he will do whatever the child wants. That’s also how I met my current wife.”
A faint smile crept onto Elliot's lips as if he was remembering her own wife.
"Of course... She would have to be an unimprinted person.”
After saying that, Elliot glanced at me.
Meanwhile, I couldn't understand half of what Elliot said.
I, who had been drawing a lot of question marks in my head, eventually asked with a sheepish smile.
“But what about engraving? What is that?"
Elliot couldn't hide his surprise.
“Your Highness, no way... You didn’t know anything about engraving?”
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