IELNDMH - Chapter 101 < Cedric's Only Weakness >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
“Woman, what are you going to do now? All your plans have gone to waste!”
Duke Bold, who was roaring like an angry bear, nervously peeled off Camilla's mask.
“You’re so confident, but in the end, you make things happen like this and what happens afterward? Huh?"
A bright light flashed across his eyes.
He then did not hesitate to grab her by the front and shake her.
“Answer me, Camilla! If Rebecca gets a whiff of what happened today and strikes back at me in the future, how will you be held accountable?”
Camilla, who had been frightened all along, swallowed dry saliva as she looked into the glowing eyes of Duke Bold, who was right in front of her.
His angry face was beginning to resemble Rebecca before she turned her back on her, and also her ex-husband.
Now, to Camilla, that face that looks like she's seen the entire ball game and is so sick of it.
If she saw that face in Duke Bold, he would take revenge on her in a more cruel way than Rebecca and her ex-husband.
Even if she tries to hide from his eyes, he will persistently find her.
So she will be anxious to somehow give back as much as she has received.
Duke Bold was a person who was worse than anyone else when it came to gaining and losing, and Camilla knew that from the beginning, but she held his hand.
With the idea that it was the last bet.
'If I lose momentum to Duke Bold now, I'll lose everything down to the last card.'
Fortunately, there was still a chance.
Duke Bold's distorted face looked like a fiery old man, but at the same time, he looked like a very frightened child.
Camilla decided to place her hopes on the frightened child.
“Duke, you don’t really think I went this far without even thinking about what happened next, do you?”
As she asked softly, she felt the fists that were holding her front dress gradually losing strength.
“I expected this kind of unexpected situation.”
At her words, Duke Bold's stiff face began to soften little by little.
But even for a moment, his eyes froze with suspicion again.
“...Ha, how can I believe that? How do I know if you're just saying superficial things?”
Even as he said that he seemed to be waiting for Camilla to continue.
There was no way he wouldn't notice Camilla.
Camilla gently grasped Duke Bold's hands, which were holding on to her front buckle with a weak amount of strength, and lowered them.
Duke Bold glared at her with his brows furrowed, but Camilla did not avoid his gaze and just stared at him.
“The Duke isn’t the only one who wants to eliminate Her Highness the Grand Duchess. I want that too more than anyone else. Don't you remember? That’s why I sought out the Duke first.”
“So, but why do things like this... !”
Camilla leisurely interrupted him with her eyes lowered.
“So, can I really be like that?”
Camilla's captivating eyes, as she spoke emphatically, slowly rose like the sunrise toward Duke Bold.
“Would I have done this job that I consider so important without any plan?”
“..."
“You really don’t think like that, do you?”
Duke Bold's angry expression began to noticeably soften due to her sly attitude.
Camilla, confident that she had finally won, smiled as she gently held his hand.
“You must trust me, Duke.”
She had a face that made her feel trustworthy, like a mother looking kindly at her misbehaving child.
The problem was that Duke Bold was not an emotional person who could be swayed by such things.
Isn’t this a person who doesn’t even have affection for his own daughter and is trying to kill her?
Camilla added another plausible statement.
“I’m not a fool, so why would I tell a lie that will soon be found out?”
“...”
“If you think about it with common sense, it’s true.”
Fortunately, this time it seemed to have definitely moved Duke Bold's heart.
The Duke, who had been silent the whole time with a cool expression on his face, soon nodded.
“Well, I guess... Because there would be no human being who wouldn’t stop before his deathbed and would instead run straight ahead.”
‘Unless you’re a fool, with common sense, anyone’s like that.’
If it is such a reasonable situation, ordinary people will eventually trust the other person.
Of course, Duke Bold was one of them.
Meanwhile, the funny thing was that there were people in the world who would tell lies that would be discovered the very next day to avoid the crisis right in front of them.
For example...
Like Camilla Dmitry.
“Mrs. Greenwood, I really appreciate your presence today.”
“You’re welcome, Your Highness. Then, I hope to see you again next time when there is a good opportunity.”
After seeing an old woman as the last guest, the banquet hall was already empty.
It was already late, so Bianca had long since gone back to her room.
High Priest Diat, who had always been with Cedric and me, went back to his room early for some reason, and the employees also left the banquet hall one by one.
Suddenly, Cedric and I were the only ones left in the large banquet hall.
“...”
“...”
The place that was once filled with noise was now filled with emptiness.
I expected Cedric's warm voice to take his place soon, but he just stared at me with his mouth tightly shut.
It was sometime later that his lips, which had been closed, opened.
“It was because of High Priest Diat.”
Even without the introduction, it was not difficult to understand the meaning.
I guess it bothers me that a little while ago, he suddenly came next to me and acted viciously.
“It’s okay, I know why you did that. We promised in advance that we would do that at today’s banquet.”
I nodded slowly with a smile on my face.
“Of course, I was a little surprised. When did you say you couldn’t do it, and I thought you really hated me because I was so good at acting?”
As soon as I joked, a sound of air coming out of Cedric's lips came out.
“...Is that possible? How afraid I was.”
He reached out his hand, which was in his pants pocket, and wrapped it around my waist.
“I’m afraid that seeing that will make you remember what happened before and make you hate me again.”
I naturally fell into Cedric's arms and looked up at him with a smile.
But my laughter soon died down.
The blue eyes I met seemed a little sad for some reason.
Until today, he had cleverly avoided my suggestion to pretend to be at odds in front of High Priest Diat.
Why did Cedric suddenly change his mind?
I looked at his dark face and carefully opened my lips.
“Maybe it wasn’t because of High Priest Diat, but for another reason...”
“That’s absolutely not true.”
Cedric strongly denied it, as if he had been waiting for those words.
Feeling a subtle sense of discomfort, I looked up at him with suspicious eyes.
"Really?"
“...”
“Is this true?”
In response to my question, which was slightly filled with anxiety, Cedric simply raised the corner of his mouth.
“...Yes. So you have nothing to worry about, Rebecca.”
Cedric immediately took Rebecca in his arms.
As soon as he couldn't see her face, Cedric's expression hardened.
She asked him if he was serious and found it difficult to give her a proper answer.
If Rebecca found out that someone was trying to take her life, it was obvious that Rebecca would be burned inside.
Moreover, now that the fact that they are divorced is about to be announced to the entire empire.
For Rebecca, who would soon be living outside the Twins Castle and free from Cedric's protection, it must have been painful to face the fact that someone was trying to kill her.
'Until Rebecca finds out about this, I must find the person behind it and destroy them.'
Cedric's eyes became even harsher as he buried his lips into the nape of Rebecca's neck.
The poison of mixed-race demons had subtle marks that could identify an individual, like a human fingerprint.
However, the more capable he was, the better he was at hiding his marks.
The unfortunate thing is that the creator of the poison that was almost used on Rebecca was also a very talented person.
Therefore, it has become very difficult to conceal its identity...
Cedric immediately gathered the best poison experts in the Demon World and instructed them to uncover the identity of the culprit.
No matter how fast and long the creator of the deadly poison was, his opponent was the Duke of Twins, so it was only a matter of time before his identity was revealed.
Cedric's one and only weakness and annoyance, is the Rebecca Twins.
It was him who was threatened by the killer, and Cedric gladly accepted the challenge.
The creator of the poison or the culprit behind it.
While looking for them, Cedric felt like his heart was melting due to the burning death.
She wants to tear something to death right now.
That was the only thought in his head.
His eyes occasionally had an eerie glow, and the area under his eyes gradually darkened.
For those few days, no one other than his aides was allowed around the Twins Grand Duke for safety reasons.
Not only High Priest Diat but even his lover Rebecca.
It was around this time that Cedric's eyes gradually became similar to those of the cruel past, when information about the creator of the poison finally came into his hands.
Cedric barely managed to squeeze out the last of his sense of reason and immediately called his cousin Vincent.
“Vincent, I’ve called you because I have something to ask of you.”
Although he didn't say anything, Vincent seemed to have guessed Cedric's current condition just by looking at his appearance.
Cedric knew that too, so he didn't add more words than necessary.
Inside Cedric's office, which always shined brightly.
Before they knew it, darkness had filled the place, and the only light was a little sunlight coming in through the curtains.
With the desk across from them, Vincent put his face right in front of Cedric's nose.
One corner of his mouth curled up at an angle under the faint sunlight.
“Cedric, you... You need my help to keep from going crazy, right?”
***
“Mrs. Greenwood, I really appreciate your presence today.”
“You’re welcome, Your Highness. Then, I hope to see you again next time when there is a good opportunity.”
After seeing an old woman as the last guest, the banquet hall was already empty.
It was already late, so Bianca had long since gone back to her room.
High Priest Diat, who had always been with Cedric and me, went back to his room early for some reason, and the employees also left the banquet hall one by one.
Suddenly, Cedric and I were the only ones left in the large banquet hall.
“...”
“...”
The place that was once filled with noise was now filled with emptiness.
I expected Cedric's warm voice to take his place soon, but he just stared at me with his mouth tightly shut.
It was sometime later that his lips, which had been closed, opened.
“It was because of High Priest Diat.”
Even without the introduction, it was not difficult to understand the meaning.
I guess it bothers me that a little while ago, he suddenly came next to me and acted viciously.
“It’s okay, I know why you did that. We promised in advance that we would do that at today’s banquet.”
I nodded slowly with a smile on my face.
“Of course, I was a little surprised. When did you say you couldn’t do it, and I thought you really hated me because I was so good at acting?”
As soon as I joked, a sound of air coming out of Cedric's lips came out.
“...Is that possible? How afraid I was.”
He reached out his hand, which was in his pants pocket, and wrapped it around my waist.
“I’m afraid that seeing that will make you remember what happened before and make you hate me again.”
I naturally fell into Cedric's arms and looked up at him with a smile.
But my laughter soon died down.
The blue eyes I met seemed a little sad for some reason.
Until today, he had cleverly avoided my suggestion to pretend to be at odds in front of High Priest Diat.
Why did Cedric suddenly change his mind?
I looked at his dark face and carefully opened my lips.
“Maybe it wasn’t because of High Priest Diat, but for another reason...”
“That’s absolutely not true.”
Cedric strongly denied it, as if he had been waiting for those words.
Feeling a subtle sense of discomfort, I looked up at him with suspicious eyes.
"Really?"
“...”
“Is this true?”
In response to my question, which was slightly filled with anxiety, Cedric simply raised the corner of his mouth.
“...Yes. So you have nothing to worry about, Rebecca.”
***
Cedric immediately took Rebecca in his arms.
As soon as he couldn't see her face, Cedric's expression hardened.
She asked him if he was serious and found it difficult to give her a proper answer.
If Rebecca found out that someone was trying to take her life, it was obvious that Rebecca would be burned inside.
Moreover, now that the fact that they are divorced is about to be announced to the entire empire.
For Rebecca, who would soon be living outside the Twins Castle and free from Cedric's protection, it must have been painful to face the fact that someone was trying to kill her.
'Until Rebecca finds out about this, I must find the person behind it and destroy them.'
Cedric's eyes became even harsher as he buried his lips into the nape of Rebecca's neck.
***
The poison of mixed-race demons had subtle marks that could identify an individual, like a human fingerprint.
However, the more capable he was, the better he was at hiding his marks.
The unfortunate thing is that the creator of the poison that was almost used on Rebecca was also a very talented person.
Therefore, it has become very difficult to conceal its identity...
Cedric immediately gathered the best poison experts in the Demon World and instructed them to uncover the identity of the culprit.
No matter how fast and long the creator of the deadly poison was, his opponent was the Duke of Twins, so it was only a matter of time before his identity was revealed.
Cedric's one and only weakness and annoyance, is the Rebecca Twins.
It was him who was threatened by the killer, and Cedric gladly accepted the challenge.
The creator of the poison or the culprit behind it.
While looking for them, Cedric felt like his heart was melting due to the burning death.
She wants to tear something to death right now.
That was the only thought in his head.
His eyes occasionally had an eerie glow, and the area under his eyes gradually darkened.
For those few days, no one other than his aides was allowed around the Twins Grand Duke for safety reasons.
Not only High Priest Diat but even his lover Rebecca.
It was around this time that Cedric's eyes gradually became similar to those of the cruel past, when information about the creator of the poison finally came into his hands.
Cedric barely managed to squeeze out the last of his sense of reason and immediately called his cousin Vincent.
“Vincent, I’ve called you because I have something to ask of you.”
Although he didn't say anything, Vincent seemed to have guessed Cedric's current condition just by looking at his appearance.
Cedric knew that too, so he didn't add more words than necessary.
Inside Cedric's office, which always shined brightly.
Before they knew it, darkness had filled the place, and the only light was a little sunlight coming in through the curtains.
With the desk across from them, Vincent put his face right in front of Cedric's nose.
One corner of his mouth curled up at an angle under the faint sunlight.
“Cedric, you... You need my help to keep from going crazy, right?”
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