IHMEB - Chapter 24 < To Protect My Wife >
Having An Enemy's Baby
“You look sad that you couldn’t die.”
I was embarrassed.
It's a sad expression on his face that I couldn't die. Is that what he means? Of course, if I can survive, it is better to be alive.
Assuming it doesn't hurt.
“Well, that’s not it. I’m surprised I'm alive.”
“Are you surprised that you're alive?”
“I thought I was dead, but why?”
“I can’t listen to you anymore.”
Kaian said to Hannah.
“From what your Master said, she looks just like she did before she fell. She doesn't seem to be out of her mind, seeing as she talks nonsense. Go and get a doctor.”
Hannah just smiled excitedly.
"Yes, My Lord.”
After receiving his order, she went out to call the butler and Kaian sat back down in his chair.
“You don’t die. I won’t let that happen.”
"Why? I’m from Vermont.”
Kaian glared at me, seemingly dissatisfied with my answer.
“I can’t allow stains in my life. Do you think I’m someone who will live with the dishonor of holding a bride’s funeral three months after getting married for the rest of my life?”
So, no matter what, he didn't seem to have saved my life specifically for my sake.
Still, it looks like they treated me somehow.
It had been so long since I had felt painless that my spirit felt like it had wings.
I was so light and transparent in body and mind that I didn't think about anything.
I was so moved that I couldn't even say I was happy or anything like that.
"Thank you."
“That’s all we’re looking at. Don’t even think about using illness as an excuse to hang out in my castle as my wife.”
I nodded quickly.
Oh my God!
Even though I move my head up and down, I don't cough.
At that time, Hannah, the butler, and the doctor entered the bedroom.
The doctor smiled when he saw me sitting up.
"Oh, oh. You've finally woken up. I was worried because you kept not regaining consciousness.”
"Is it so? How long have I been lying down?”
“It took three days before you took the medicine, and after the Lord got the medicine, it took a day to brew the medicine, and then you stayed in bed for ten days.”
Hannah interrupted the doctor's words.
“It’s been two weeks.”
"That long?"
“But after taking the medicine, you got so much better that you stopped coughing and was breathing more easily.”
"I see."
Rather, that person got the medicine?
I tried to look at Kaian again beyond the people surrounding me, but he had already disappeared.
Recovery was smooth and fast.
Before lunch, I practiced walking in my spacious bedroom.
I was bitten by a crocodile and the wound healed cleanly, leaving only a scar left by the large teeth, like a few pink flower petals falling off.
At that time, I could not take off the bandage or walk properly, but after the Herzol healed, I was lying down without being able to wake up, so I had no energy for the first few days, but my strength gradually returned to my body.
There was no pain in my chest or in my legs. When I lifted the blanket, the bandage had already been removed and I was in better shape than I thought.
“I think we can stop practicing like this now.”
“Still.. You have to practice this to know whether it’s okay or not.”
Hannah's eyes sparkled as she saw me walking slowly and straight without a limp.
“That medicine is such a great medicine.”
The doctor said that it was probably because the heart of a wild water buffalo calf that Kaian had rescued was a great elixir.
The injured area had poor circulation, but I was talking excitedly about how the blood circulation was affected by the medication.
“Young Lord is a really good person.”
“Hannah, since when did you call the Duke ‘Lord’?”
Hannah made her eyes look like triangles.
“I will now serve Temnes. The Duke of Vermont, who did this to you, is now my enemy. Eowen Castle is the best place to work because he can pursue both personal grudges and family honor.”
Hanna seemed very sorry for Kaian, but after I woke up, she was completely loyal to him.
“Compared to that, what a wonderful person he is, My Lord. Nice. He wished he had seen the Lady in person. It’s because you fainted.”
Kaian looked at Claudel with deep affection and said in his sad voice, 'Claudel, open her eyes.'
As she fell on the floor, he carefully placed her on her bed as if she were treating something very precious and precious.
'If I can't save you, who will save me!'
Of course, the subject was not Claudel but medicine. He said that if he couldn't save her, there would be no one in Oberon who could save the heart of the buffalo. He was a man who knew very well that he was great.
And what did they say at the end?
To Hannah, who recklessly decided to go get medicine, ‘Hannah. Take care of my wife while I am away. The only person I can trust with Claudel is you.'
It's a sad expression on his face that I couldn't die. Is that what he means? Of course, if I can survive, it is better to be alive.
Assuming it doesn't hurt.
“Well, that’s not it. I’m surprised I'm alive.”
“Are you surprised that you're alive?”
“I thought I was dead, but why?”
“I can’t listen to you anymore.”
Kaian said to Hannah.
“From what your Master said, she looks just like she did before she fell. She doesn't seem to be out of her mind, seeing as she talks nonsense. Go and get a doctor.”
Hannah just smiled excitedly.
"Yes, My Lord.”
After receiving his order, she went out to call the butler and Kaian sat back down in his chair.
“You don’t die. I won’t let that happen.”
"Why? I’m from Vermont.”
Kaian glared at me, seemingly dissatisfied with my answer.
“I can’t allow stains in my life. Do you think I’m someone who will live with the dishonor of holding a bride’s funeral three months after getting married for the rest of my life?”
So, no matter what, he didn't seem to have saved my life specifically for my sake.
Still, it looks like they treated me somehow.
It had been so long since I had felt painless that my spirit felt like it had wings.
I was so light and transparent in body and mind that I didn't think about anything.
I was so moved that I couldn't even say I was happy or anything like that.
"Thank you."
“That’s all we’re looking at. Don’t even think about using illness as an excuse to hang out in my castle as my wife.”
I nodded quickly.
Oh my God!
Even though I move my head up and down, I don't cough.
At that time, Hannah, the butler, and the doctor entered the bedroom.
The doctor smiled when he saw me sitting up.
"Oh, oh. You've finally woken up. I was worried because you kept not regaining consciousness.”
"Is it so? How long have I been lying down?”
“It took three days before you took the medicine, and after the Lord got the medicine, it took a day to brew the medicine, and then you stayed in bed for ten days.”
Hannah interrupted the doctor's words.
“It’s been two weeks.”
"That long?"
“But after taking the medicine, you got so much better that you stopped coughing and was breathing more easily.”
"I see."
Rather, that person got the medicine?
I tried to look at Kaian again beyond the people surrounding me, but he had already disappeared.
***
Recovery was smooth and fast.
Before lunch, I practiced walking in my spacious bedroom.
I was bitten by a crocodile and the wound healed cleanly, leaving only a scar left by the large teeth, like a few pink flower petals falling off.
At that time, I could not take off the bandage or walk properly, but after the Herzol healed, I was lying down without being able to wake up, so I had no energy for the first few days, but my strength gradually returned to my body.
There was no pain in my chest or in my legs. When I lifted the blanket, the bandage had already been removed and I was in better shape than I thought.
“I think we can stop practicing like this now.”
“Still.. You have to practice this to know whether it’s okay or not.”
Hannah's eyes sparkled as she saw me walking slowly and straight without a limp.
“That medicine is such a great medicine.”
The doctor said that it was probably because the heart of a wild water buffalo calf that Kaian had rescued was a great elixir.
The injured area had poor circulation, but I was talking excitedly about how the blood circulation was affected by the medication.
“Young Lord is a really good person.”
“Hannah, since when did you call the Duke ‘Lord’?”
Hannah made her eyes look like triangles.
“I will now serve Temnes. The Duke of Vermont, who did this to you, is now my enemy. Eowen Castle is the best place to work because he can pursue both personal grudges and family honor.”
Hanna seemed very sorry for Kaian, but after I woke up, she was completely loyal to him.
“Compared to that, what a wonderful person he is, My Lord. Nice. He wished he had seen the Lady in person. It’s because you fainted.”
Kaian looked at Claudel with deep affection and said in his sad voice, 'Claudel, open her eyes.'
As she fell on the floor, he carefully placed her on her bed as if she were treating something very precious and precious.
'If I can't save you, who will save me!'
Of course, the subject was not Claudel but medicine. He said that if he couldn't save her, there would be no one in Oberon who could save the heart of the buffalo. He was a man who knew very well that he was great.
And what did they say at the end?
To Hannah, who recklessly decided to go get medicine, ‘Hannah. Take care of my wife while I am away. The only person I can trust with Claudel is you.'
Did he say that?
Anyway, after regaining consciousness and overcoming the illness, Claudel listened to Hannah's story over and over again for several days, but she could not believe it.
For Hannah, who loved Claudel so much, the fact that Kaian saved her meant so much to her that he seemed to be greatly glorified.
Hannah would never have guessed that he would have saved her from the end of the marriage, which would have brought disgrace to his own life.
She was worried that Hannah, who was staying at Rowan Castle and did not hide the negative words and actions toward Kaian, would be scolded harshly, so Claudel kept her mouth shut, saying that good things are good things.
“Medicines that can be obtained like this. I don’t even think about looking for the Duke of Vermont.”
At the same time that Kaian became a serving Lord from a Duke, the Duke of Vermont was downgraded to a Duke.
As Hannah began gritting her teeth as she remembered Claudel's uncle, she sighed.
"Hannah."
"Yes?"
“I think I’m hungry.”
Claudel said the magic words that would make Hannah forget her anger.
"Oh. It's already time like this. Wait a minute. I’ll get ready quickly.”
Hannah hummed her tune and went out.
“I really can’t stop you.”
I, who was looking at the back, smiled.
It's not that it wasn't, but when I thought it was time to eat, I felt hungry.
Since Herzol's symptoms did not appear suddenly, I had noticed a loss of appetite a month before I knew I was ill.
Then, when the illness started, I lost the sense of wanting to eat anything, and later on, whenever I tried to swallow something, my throat and chest hurt, so I couldn't eat properly.
Now, when I thought it was time to eat, my stomach suddenly started churning and asking for something to eat.
“I have a beggar in my stomach.”
There was a difference in energy after just a few spoonfuls of soup that Kaian forced me to eat.
These days, I have felt that my health is improving with each meal.
Moreover, I didn't know because I hadn't eaten properly for nearly two months after coming to Rowen, but honestly, the food at Rowen Castle was much more delicious than the food at Vermont Castle.
Of course, since it was a Lord's castle, the dishes served at Vermont Castle were also excellent.
I realized for the first time when I came here that the same dish tastes so different when the ingredients are different.
Valmonde's estate was located in the northern frozen area next to a mineral vein and a port.
The reason why they cannot become independent from Oberon's kingdom even with that wealth is because what they cultivate and produce in Valmonde's land is not enough to feed the people of the territory.
Those who worked in mines and forests had to eat very well because they used a lot of energy.
During our ancestors' time, we had been at war with Temnes, the kingdom's food storehouse, so we could not procure food without King Oberon's mediation.
Even after Kaian blocked the export of food during a drought to pressure Vermont, they were barely able to survive because King Oberon returned enough food to the north to prevent them from dying in the middle.
Anyway, no one was starving in the Lord's castle.
Even if you harvest in Rowen and get to Valmonde quickly, it will take two weeks.
It was natural for products that arrived after traveling a long way to wither or spoil to some extent.
In Rowen Castle, grains, fruits, and vegetables were presented to the Lord when they were freshest and the best, so here even a sip of water with a slice of lemon seemed different.
These days, I joke that I feel like a newborn.
Because I had nothing to do except eat and sleep.
However, perhaps because I was so starving, I was so dishonestly obsessed with food that I felt embarrassed inside.
I feel like I live only waiting for food.
In any case, that was too far outside the etiquette that a Duke's wife should follow.
'But it's delicious.'
Ever since I made eye contact with Kaian while eating yesterday, I had been nervous for no reason.
Because he stared at me for emptying my bowl too cleanly.
I didn't know until then that I had eaten everything that was put in front of me.
When I looked down and saw Kaian's gaze, I realized that I had completely emptied everything and my face became hot.
It was common sense for any Young Lady who learned proper etiquette to leave at least half of the food in her bowl.
Anyway, after regaining consciousness and overcoming the illness, Claudel listened to Hannah's story over and over again for several days, but she could not believe it.
For Hannah, who loved Claudel so much, the fact that Kaian saved her meant so much to her that he seemed to be greatly glorified.
Hannah would never have guessed that he would have saved her from the end of the marriage, which would have brought disgrace to his own life.
She was worried that Hannah, who was staying at Rowan Castle and did not hide the negative words and actions toward Kaian, would be scolded harshly, so Claudel kept her mouth shut, saying that good things are good things.
“Medicines that can be obtained like this. I don’t even think about looking for the Duke of Vermont.”
At the same time that Kaian became a serving Lord from a Duke, the Duke of Vermont was downgraded to a Duke.
As Hannah began gritting her teeth as she remembered Claudel's uncle, she sighed.
"Hannah."
"Yes?"
“I think I’m hungry.”
Claudel said the magic words that would make Hannah forget her anger.
"Oh. It's already time like this. Wait a minute. I’ll get ready quickly.”
Hannah hummed her tune and went out.
“I really can’t stop you.”
I, who was looking at the back, smiled.
It's not that it wasn't, but when I thought it was time to eat, I felt hungry.
Since Herzol's symptoms did not appear suddenly, I had noticed a loss of appetite a month before I knew I was ill.
Then, when the illness started, I lost the sense of wanting to eat anything, and later on, whenever I tried to swallow something, my throat and chest hurt, so I couldn't eat properly.
Now, when I thought it was time to eat, my stomach suddenly started churning and asking for something to eat.
“I have a beggar in my stomach.”
There was a difference in energy after just a few spoonfuls of soup that Kaian forced me to eat.
These days, I have felt that my health is improving with each meal.
Moreover, I didn't know because I hadn't eaten properly for nearly two months after coming to Rowen, but honestly, the food at Rowen Castle was much more delicious than the food at Vermont Castle.
Of course, since it was a Lord's castle, the dishes served at Vermont Castle were also excellent.
I realized for the first time when I came here that the same dish tastes so different when the ingredients are different.
Valmonde's estate was located in the northern frozen area next to a mineral vein and a port.
The reason why they cannot become independent from Oberon's kingdom even with that wealth is because what they cultivate and produce in Valmonde's land is not enough to feed the people of the territory.
Those who worked in mines and forests had to eat very well because they used a lot of energy.
During our ancestors' time, we had been at war with Temnes, the kingdom's food storehouse, so we could not procure food without King Oberon's mediation.
Even after Kaian blocked the export of food during a drought to pressure Vermont, they were barely able to survive because King Oberon returned enough food to the north to prevent them from dying in the middle.
Anyway, no one was starving in the Lord's castle.
Even if you harvest in Rowen and get to Valmonde quickly, it will take two weeks.
It was natural for products that arrived after traveling a long way to wither or spoil to some extent.
In Rowen Castle, grains, fruits, and vegetables were presented to the Lord when they were freshest and the best, so here even a sip of water with a slice of lemon seemed different.
These days, I joke that I feel like a newborn.
Because I had nothing to do except eat and sleep.
However, perhaps because I was so starving, I was so dishonestly obsessed with food that I felt embarrassed inside.
I feel like I live only waiting for food.
In any case, that was too far outside the etiquette that a Duke's wife should follow.
'But it's delicious.'
Ever since I made eye contact with Kaian while eating yesterday, I had been nervous for no reason.
Because he stared at me for emptying my bowl too cleanly.
I didn't know until then that I had eaten everything that was put in front of me.
When I looked down and saw Kaian's gaze, I realized that I had completely emptied everything and my face became hot.
It was common sense for any Young Lady who learned proper etiquette to leave at least half of the food in her bowl.
"Miss. The Lord has arrived.”
Kaian scolded Hannah for her words.
“How long are you planning to call her Mids?”
"Alright. I'm sorry, My Mord.”
The reason Hanna calls me “Mistress or Lady” is because she doesn’t want to acknowledge Kaian as my husband.
Even after I became a lord, Hannah continued to call her "Lady or Miss," but immediately corrected herself in front of her master, who swore her allegiance.
"Lady. The meal is ready.”
Claudel sat down, feeling a strange sense of betrayal.
'Wow.'
Today, I was at the table as if I had selected only what I thought was delicious out of all the food I had eaten.
‘If I eat all this, he’ll think it’s ugly, right? I must leave it today.'
I waited for Kaian to eat first and then she lifted my fork.
“No problem walking?”
It seemed like Hannah had just given up.
"Yes."
“Are there any other inconveniences?”
"Yes. Not yet.”
I answered what was on my mind.
“I have no problem walking, but I haven’t tried running yet.”
“What’s the Duchess going to do?”
"Dance... I don’t know if I can run.”
In the Kingdom of Oberon, grand festivals were held in each territory in the fall.
The Lord and his wife dancing in front of the people of the territory was an event marking the beginning of the festival.
The dance involved jumping with one's feet together, so after I got better, I was worried about that happening again.
He told me not to think about playing or eating in the castle, but I was wondering what he would think of his wife who couldn't even do such basic things.
“You just need to practice slowly. I will find you a dance teacher.”
"Thank you."
I felt relieved and focused on my meal again.
“...Delicious."
I unconsciously muttered as I ate mashed potatoes mixed with butter that melted in my mouth.
When I raised my head at the sudden gaze I felt, my eyes met Kaian's, who was staring at me intently.
When I suddenly came to my senses, I had eaten everything I had planned to leave behind that day.
My face burned.
'You'd think it would be ugly.'
It would have been a shame to do this while eating with other nobles.
However, Kaian cut a meat dish in front of him into large pieces, dipped it with his fork, and held it out to me.
"Eat."
Claudel just blinked, not knowing what to do.
“What do you do without opening your mouth?”
I waited for Kaian to eat first and then she lifted my fork.
“No problem walking?”
It seemed like Hannah had just given up.
"Yes."
“Are there any other inconveniences?”
"Yes. Not yet.”
I answered what was on my mind.
“I have no problem walking, but I haven’t tried running yet.”
“What’s the Duchess going to do?”
"Dance... I don’t know if I can run.”
In the Kingdom of Oberon, grand festivals were held in each territory in the fall.
The Lord and his wife dancing in front of the people of the territory was an event marking the beginning of the festival.
The dance involved jumping with one's feet together, so after I got better, I was worried about that happening again.
He told me not to think about playing or eating in the castle, but I was wondering what he would think of his wife who couldn't even do such basic things.
“You just need to practice slowly. I will find you a dance teacher.”
"Thank you."
I felt relieved and focused on my meal again.
“...Delicious."
I unconsciously muttered as I ate mashed potatoes mixed with butter that melted in my mouth.
When I raised my head at the sudden gaze I felt, my eyes met Kaian's, who was staring at me intently.
When I suddenly came to my senses, I had eaten everything I had planned to leave behind that day.
My face burned.
'You'd think it would be ugly.'
It would have been a shame to do this while eating with other nobles.
However, Kaian cut a meat dish in front of him into large pieces, dipped it with his fork, and held it out to me.
"Eat."
Claudel just blinked, not knowing what to do.
“What do you do without opening your mouth?”
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