IHMEB - Chapter 10 < Marital Relationship >
Having An Enemy's Baby
“...Blood.”
The emotion I felt the moment I saw it was close to joy.
All the human emotions that I had felt a moment ago, that I was sad and mean towards Kaian, were gone.
'I could die soon.'
My heartbreaking death of my parents, the insomnia that had plagued me for ten years, and the last few months when I kept my mouth shut and coughed to keep my illness from being noticed. Even enduring the pain of scratching my chest.
It was also sold into an arranged marriage with Temnes.
The contempt suffered at Rowan Castle.
It would all end when I ended My life. What happened next was none of my business.
The path a dead person had to take was one in which life and existence were forgotten.
My weakened heart pounded harder than usual.
Why is the sound of the trumpet of death, heard at the moment when one falls to the bottom of life, so sweet?
The last symptom that appeared while suffering from Herzole was coughing and vomiting blood.
I died within a month after vomiting blood, indicating that the disease had progressed to the point where it could no longer be treated.
I, who got up from the bed, was enthusiastic, unlike my usual lethargic attitude.
I quickly changed my clothes, balled up the blood-soaked bedding, and hid it in a laundry basket maintained by the watchful maids.
Hannah busied herself with the laundry before coming down from the maids' floor and I lay back on my bed.
I watched the sunrise more clearly than before, emitting a brilliant light, and I prayed to God.
'Please take me away at least one day sooner.'
I hoped it would be as short as possible to give me time to suffer.
Antjone was very encouraged.
“I never thought a day like this would come.”
All the servants and Temnes bloodlines throughout the castle sided with her.
Until Claudel entered the castle as a bride, Antjone would pass over her claims, saying, 'I will be Kaian's bride!'
It is not as if Temnes usually takes a wife within it, but this is because the ancestral Duke also married into the royal family.
Kaian's mother, Lady Elise, was a Princess of the Kingdom of Oberon.
The late King had no sons and only two daughters; the first, Princess Silvia, and the second, Princess Elise, were born as twins.
The King was very fond of his daughter, who looked just like him and was as lovely as a doll.
Moreover, he was even more satisfied because their blonde hair and blue eyes resembled the King himself.
Princess Silvia took the King of Luxen as her sire. However, because she herself had ascended to the position of Queen, she could only spend time with her husband, who was a Grand Duke, for only one or two months a year.
On the other hand, Princess Elise married the Duke of Temnes and lived a wealthy and happy life as Lord's wife.
In fact, the marriage to the Princess must have had a big impact on the fact that the balance between Vermont and Temnes was soaring due to the revival of the Temnes family.
In any case, the general opinion within the estate was that Antjone ran wild like a wild cat and cracked down on the maidens who admired Kaian, but she didn't know how to deal with people, so she had to wait to see who the Duke would marry.
It was like that until now.
The previous Duke had taken the royal Princess as his wife, and there was one person who was slapped by Antjone for making a fuss about how it was out of character for Kaian, who had already surpassed his achievements, to take as his wife the daughter of a Berang family in the estate.
However, when the visible 'Vermont' appeared, the people of Temnes and Rowan Castle came together and sided with Antjone.
How difficult would it be to say a word to encourage and flatter Vermont, whom she hated, by saying, 'You should have been the Duchess,' to give her a slap in the face?
Antjone decided to enjoy the situation.
Vermont can't last long here anyway.
After being told not to show up again by Kaian, she went back in anger and tried to quietly wait for her chance, but that moment came sooner than expected.
She heard that the funny woman had taken off the buttons on Kaian's dress and stolen them.
“The standard is really low. Kaian is probably already regretting getting married hastily.”
After hearing the story of being humiliated in front of the maids and servants, Antjone was convinced that today was the day to put her plan into action.
The guards, who had been keeping a close watch on Kaian's bedroom door for a while, had no disagreement with the fact that if she captured Kaian's heart, they could drive Vermont out of the castle, so they stopped at the door without even accepting her gold coins. They got out of the way.
Antjone, who hid in Kaian's bedroom, waited for him for a while and fell asleep.
When she opened her eyes, dawn was breaking.
Antjone was perplexed.
Kaian didn't come to the bedroom at all.
She excitedly rolled around on the Lord's large bed and after a good night's sleep, she tried to sneak out of the room, embarrassed and disheveled.
But isn't there a fighting cock from Vermont standing in front of the door with strange eyes?
'Aha. I guess the Duke didn't go to that woman.'
If that were the case, this fighting cock wouldn't have been chasing him here and waiting for him.
Then Antjone's head spun rapidly.
Sbe felt very relieved after pouring out all kinds of harsh words.
“After all, people have to say what they have to say.”
By the time she left the castle, the morning sun had fully risen, shining down on her as if to bless her.
Antjone looked at the blue diamond in her hand in that light.
“Soon it will be mine.”
Claudel, seen from afar, looked thin and gaunt as if she had been sick.
Antjone hope that after hearing the story told by the fighting cock, her stomach explodes and she quickly dies.
So, Antjone hopes Kaian will take her as his wife as soon as possible.
Antjone returned home with a desperate heart.
After the wedding banquet was over, time passed quickly.
It wasn't just the three-day banquet at Rowan Castle that was the problem; it took nearly a month for Kaian to travel to Valmonde Castle, a long 15 days away, for the wedding.
The Rowan Territory was a land shaped like a diamond from left to right in the southern part of the Kingdom of Oberon. Because Rowan Castle was located in the middle, it took a lot of effort to manage both the eastern and western sides of the territory.
Kaian abandoned his carriage and rode his horse to the Castle de Valmonde in three weeks, but it was a busy time as it was the summer fruit harvest season.
During this time when he was so busy, Kaian thought of Claudel in his spare time and ignored her in his spare time.
The butler looked like he wanted to say something to him, but he didn't ask.
Kaian didn't have to worry or worry about other people's feelings.
Of course, he has never done anything like that.
However, after he humiliated Claudel in front of his subordinates, it was difficult for him to clean up after her.
“I thought that was better than being embarrassed.”
The situation seemed even more strange after causing great embarrassment with a very small and flimsy button decoration.
After a few days, he thought, ‘Okay. I gave it to you. If he had said, 'Don't make a fuss and go away,' the people of Temnes, who would have jumped into a fire pit if he had said so, couldn't help but say, 'Ah, that's right.'
It was also sold into an arranged marriage with Temnes.
The contempt suffered at Rowan Castle.
It would all end when I ended My life. What happened next was none of my business.
The path a dead person had to take was one in which life and existence were forgotten.
My weakened heart pounded harder than usual.
Why is the sound of the trumpet of death, heard at the moment when one falls to the bottom of life, so sweet?
The last symptom that appeared while suffering from Herzole was coughing and vomiting blood.
I died within a month after vomiting blood, indicating that the disease had progressed to the point where it could no longer be treated.
I, who got up from the bed, was enthusiastic, unlike my usual lethargic attitude.
I quickly changed my clothes, balled up the blood-soaked bedding, and hid it in a laundry basket maintained by the watchful maids.
Hannah busied herself with the laundry before coming down from the maids' floor and I lay back on my bed.
I watched the sunrise more clearly than before, emitting a brilliant light, and I prayed to God.
'Please take me away at least one day sooner.'
I hoped it would be as short as possible to give me time to suffer.
***
Antjone was very encouraged.
“I never thought a day like this would come.”
All the servants and Temnes bloodlines throughout the castle sided with her.
Until Claudel entered the castle as a bride, Antjone would pass over her claims, saying, 'I will be Kaian's bride!'
It is not as if Temnes usually takes a wife within it, but this is because the ancestral Duke also married into the royal family.
Kaian's mother, Lady Elise, was a Princess of the Kingdom of Oberon.
The late King had no sons and only two daughters; the first, Princess Silvia, and the second, Princess Elise, were born as twins.
The King was very fond of his daughter, who looked just like him and was as lovely as a doll.
Moreover, he was even more satisfied because their blonde hair and blue eyes resembled the King himself.
Princess Silvia took the King of Luxen as her sire. However, because she herself had ascended to the position of Queen, she could only spend time with her husband, who was a Grand Duke, for only one or two months a year.
On the other hand, Princess Elise married the Duke of Temnes and lived a wealthy and happy life as Lord's wife.
In fact, the marriage to the Princess must have had a big impact on the fact that the balance between Vermont and Temnes was soaring due to the revival of the Temnes family.
In any case, the general opinion within the estate was that Antjone ran wild like a wild cat and cracked down on the maidens who admired Kaian, but she didn't know how to deal with people, so she had to wait to see who the Duke would marry.
It was like that until now.
The previous Duke had taken the royal Princess as his wife, and there was one person who was slapped by Antjone for making a fuss about how it was out of character for Kaian, who had already surpassed his achievements, to take as his wife the daughter of a Berang family in the estate.
However, when the visible 'Vermont' appeared, the people of Temnes and Rowan Castle came together and sided with Antjone.
How difficult would it be to say a word to encourage and flatter Vermont, whom she hated, by saying, 'You should have been the Duchess,' to give her a slap in the face?
Antjone decided to enjoy the situation.
Vermont can't last long here anyway.
After being told not to show up again by Kaian, she went back in anger and tried to quietly wait for her chance, but that moment came sooner than expected.
She heard that the funny woman had taken off the buttons on Kaian's dress and stolen them.
“The standard is really low. Kaian is probably already regretting getting married hastily.”
After hearing the story of being humiliated in front of the maids and servants, Antjone was convinced that today was the day to put her plan into action.
The guards, who had been keeping a close watch on Kaian's bedroom door for a while, had no disagreement with the fact that if she captured Kaian's heart, they could drive Vermont out of the castle, so they stopped at the door without even accepting her gold coins. They got out of the way.
Antjone, who hid in Kaian's bedroom, waited for him for a while and fell asleep.
When she opened her eyes, dawn was breaking.
Antjone was perplexed.
Kaian didn't come to the bedroom at all.
She excitedly rolled around on the Lord's large bed and after a good night's sleep, she tried to sneak out of the room, embarrassed and disheveled.
But isn't there a fighting cock from Vermont standing in front of the door with strange eyes?
'Aha. I guess the Duke didn't go to that woman.'
If that were the case, this fighting cock wouldn't have been chasing him here and waiting for him.
Then Antjone's head spun rapidly.
Sbe felt very relieved after pouring out all kinds of harsh words.
“After all, people have to say what they have to say.”
By the time she left the castle, the morning sun had fully risen, shining down on her as if to bless her.
Antjone looked at the blue diamond in her hand in that light.
“Soon it will be mine.”
Claudel, seen from afar, looked thin and gaunt as if she had been sick.
Antjone hope that after hearing the story told by the fighting cock, her stomach explodes and she quickly dies.
So, Antjone hopes Kaian will take her as his wife as soon as possible.
Antjone returned home with a desperate heart.
***
After the wedding banquet was over, time passed quickly.
It wasn't just the three-day banquet at Rowan Castle that was the problem; it took nearly a month for Kaian to travel to Valmonde Castle, a long 15 days away, for the wedding.
The Rowan Territory was a land shaped like a diamond from left to right in the southern part of the Kingdom of Oberon. Because Rowan Castle was located in the middle, it took a lot of effort to manage both the eastern and western sides of the territory.
Kaian abandoned his carriage and rode his horse to the Castle de Valmonde in three weeks, but it was a busy time as it was the summer fruit harvest season.
During this time when he was so busy, Kaian thought of Claudel in his spare time and ignored her in his spare time.
The butler looked like he wanted to say something to him, but he didn't ask.
Kaian didn't have to worry or worry about other people's feelings.
Of course, he has never done anything like that.
However, after he humiliated Claudel in front of his subordinates, it was difficult for him to clean up after her.
“I thought that was better than being embarrassed.”
The situation seemed even more strange after causing great embarrassment with a very small and flimsy button decoration.
After a few days, he thought, ‘Okay. I gave it to you. If he had said, 'Don't make a fuss and go away,' the people of Temnes, who would have jumped into a fire pit if he had said so, couldn't help but say, 'Ah, that's right.'
It could have been done and passed by, he also thought that way.
In any case, Kaian was poor at dealing with women, and he was even worse at dealing with his wife, and even more difficult with his wife who had married his enemy's family.
He was superior from birth and was accustomed to accomplishing anything at once without failure.
He tried to remember what the previous Duke and Duchess were like, but he couldn't remember anything.
As part of his strict training as successor, Kaian was required to study and practice martial arts from early in the morning all afternoon and follow his father, the Duke, on inspections of the estate from a very young age.
So, as a child, he had no way of knowing what kind of conversation his father and mother were having or how they were doing in the bedroom.
Still, if his mother were alive, she could have given her advice, such as talking to his wife like this or treating his wife like this.
The previous Duke and Duchess were invited to the castle to celebrate the Queen's birthday seven years ago, when Kaian had just come of age, but fell ill and died there.
Unfortunately, Queen Silvia, with whom they spent time, also contracted the same disease and died a few days apart.
The fact that the two young people from the dukedom and the royal family, who were still like newborns, ascended to the throne of Duke of Temnes and Oberon, respectively, was an unprecedented event due to the royal family's secrets, so there was quite a lot of noise for a while.
However, as the young King and Duke, who were cousins, gradually ruled the country and territory without problems, no one has spoken to them in recent years.
“Does that bastard Valquiter know this? How difficult it is to deal with a wife.”
Thanks to the close attention of his biological mothers, as a child, Kaian was friends with King Oberon, Valquiter, who were like his brothers.
He orders him to marry his enemy.
And that too on a piece of paper with the King’s order written on it without a word in advance!
The King smiled and said to Kaian, who was angry, and chased him to the castle.
'Are you kidding me to marry a Vermonter?'
‘Good. Since you're here, you can just go all the way to Valmonde, get married, and then go down to your estate at once, Duke.'
The fact that he called Kaian 'Duke' instead of 'Kaian' meant that he would not treat him as a personal relationship.
‘I will honor your wishes. 'Your Majesty the King.'
Kaian was angry at the King for drawing a line like that, so he only bowed politely and headed towards Valmonde Castle.
However, his cousin, who sent him into the world of married men, was still unmarried.
“What do you know about marriage?”
Kaian thought that if his cousin had known that this would cause him so much trouble, he would not have ordered him to get married without saying a word.
Kaian was worried the whole time.
He had no idea what to do with his awkward relationship with Claudel.
In the meantime, his body, now free from the restraint of abstinence, was crying out to be held.
How should he explain why, even though he was lying in his bedroom at night, he impulsively went to Claudel's bedroom and came to visit her so suddenly and at such a late hour?
He repeated the process of coming back several times.
“Did you know? Marital relationships are so difficult. Dear King.”
It was when Kaian, who was muttering in the air in frustration, was about to turn his eyes back to the work at the mountainous estate.
The butler who entered his office spoke to him.
“My Lord. What should we do with our hunting this year?”
"Hunt?"
"Yes. This is the once-every-three-year crocodile hunt.”
"Ah. Has it already happened like that?”
“I have compiled a list of people to invite. Take a look.”
The list brought by the butler was originally the job of the hostess of the Lord's castle.
Kaian's eyes sparkled when he saw that.
“It would be good for Claudel to see it right now."
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