IELNDMH - Chapter 80 < Welcome Walking in On Your Own >

IELNDMH - Chapter 80 < Welcome Walking in On Your Own >

I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband

News has arrived that the watchdog of the 'unholy lover', High Priest Diat, has arrived in the Grand Duchy of Twins.

It had been four days since the Pope's letter arrived.

Soon, the news that the carriage he was riding in passed the entrance to the Grand Duchy was also relayed through the Mansion of Light to the Mansion of Darkness.

It takes just over a couple of hours to get from the entrance to the Grand Duchy to Twins Castle.

There was still a while until High Priest Diat arrived, but I decided to head to the Mansion of Light in advance.

I wanted to watch the Twins family with a little bit of peace of mind.

No, to be exact, I was to see Bianca.

'Right now, I want to avoid anything that catches Cedric's attention as much as possible.'

As I remembered the hardships I had experienced over the past four days, my entire body vibrated.

It was because of Cedric, who didn't want to be away from me for even a moment.

Needless to say, he haunts the dark mansion all the time, and he appears unexpectedly even when taking a short walk or heading to the foundation.

His argument was that the 'quota' should be filled in advance before the High Priest Diat came.

‘Let’s head to the Princess Hall as quietly as possible. If I catch that person's attention today, I won't be able to spend proper time with Bianca.'

I entered the lobby of the Mansion of Light as quickly as possible.

The head butler saw my face and approached me, unable to hide his joy.

“Your Highness! Are you here already?”

"Shh!"

"Yes? Ah, yes... Shh."

The head butler could not hide his puzzled expression, but he followed me and lowered his voice as much as possible.

“Butler, please keep my arrival a secret from His Highness the Grand Duke. Right now I want to spend time alone with Princess Bianca.”

“Ah, such a deep meaning...”

A wave of unnecessary emotion rose in the butler's eyes.

He then nodded his head as if he had made up his mind and signaled to the people around him to be quiet.

“I will take responsibility for this place, so don’t worry, Your Highness.”

A determined expression, like someone who has taken on an important task.

I smiled awkwardly at him and went straight up the central stairs.

When I finally arrived at the Princess Hall, I was greeted with a cute and lovely smile as always.

“Your Highness!”

Bianca ran to my arms and hugged me as if she had made a promise.

As soon as I picked her up, the child wrapped her arms around my neck in a familiar way.

“I didn’t expect you to come now, but it’s even better to suddenly meet you like this!”

As she spoke, Bianca's black hair had several light curls.

I continued talking while stroking Bianca’s white, round cheeks.

“Our sweet Bianca, were you getting ready to welcome the guests?”

Then Bianca nodded as if she remembered something.

"Ah! Did you come here after receiving that news?”

“News, what news?”

Bianca tilted her head at my question.

“You came after hearing that High Priest Diat had arrived... Isn’t it?”

“Already?”

When I asked in surprise, Bianca nodded her head a couple of times.

“That’s strange. I heard that he passed through the entrance to the Grand Duchy a little while ago...”

“They say there was a delay in delivering the news due to a problem in the middle.”

As Bianca continued speaking, her lower lip stuck out for an instant.

“I had just started preparing and couldn’t even greet the guests....”

The nanny, who was smiling kindly next to me, took Bianca from my arms and hugged her.

“It seems that His Highness the Grand Duke thought that the situation in the Grand Duke’s Secretariat was not much different from here. I guess they intentionally didn’t tell me to prepare slowly.”

"Yes....”

“Yes, since His Highness the Grand Duke is already spending time alone with High Priest Diat, he told the Princess to only attend the banquet with Her Highness.”

No wonder. Normally, no matter how quietly I passed through the lobby of the Mansion of Light, Cedric would have found me right away.

It was strange that he was still quiet.

'He was already greeting the High Priest Diat'

What kind of conversation are these two enemies having?

I don't know, but I couldn't help but laugh as I remembered Cedric's sullen face, suppressing his displeasure.

'I feel sorry for Cedric, but thanks to him, I got some time with Bianca.'

Bianca seemed to think the same way.

The child, who had already come down from the nanny's arms, opened his short arms wide and hugged the hem of my skirt.

“We spend the rest of our time alone! I'll get ready quickly. Did you understand, Your Highness?”

“Haha, good. Then can I watch from the side while Bianca gets ready?”

"Sure!"

A smile as bright as sunlight spread across the face of the child who answered energetically.

***

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the Grand Duke's reception room was quite different from the warm atmosphere in the Princess Hall.

Cedric and High Priest Diat.

What lay between the two men was a tea table, a teacup, and stark silence.

“The weather in the North is harsher than I thought.”

“Well, it’s kind of like that.”

After they exchanged words once, silence came again, as if they had made a promise.

High Priest Diat came all the way to the North to separate the Grand Duke and his wife, but at this moment, he desperately wished that Grand Duchess Rebecca was here with him.

It was so uncomfortable to be alone with Cedric.

However, Grand Duke Cedric actually had an emotionless face that did not even feel the slightest awkwardness.

However, there was no way he would feel comfortable with himself.

'I don't know if you're just ignoring me.'

While he found Cedric such a shameful person, he also envied his relaxed attitude.

But it was not something he could gain by daring to follow.

It's like a privilege that only they, the top predators above countless living creatures, can have.

Perhaps it was this fact that Cedric felt instinctive that continued to stimulate High Priest Diat's sense of inferiority.

The feeling of ‘inferiority’ he feels every time he sees Cedric.

Every time he recognized that name, its body grew bigger.

“The priests here must be having a hard time. Not only is it geographically a cold place, but there is also a demon world nearby... Oh, of course, it will be hard to discourage people who are afraid of the demon world.”

Every time that happened, High Priest Diat used his social status as a priest to provoke him, as he did now.

No matter how superior Cedric may be in body and mind, he secretly draws the line that it is he, the High Priest, who receives God's protection.

'Even if you think about it, it's extremely childish.'

He regretted turning back, but every time he saw Cedric, his inferiority complex was triggered, and his mouth could not stop talking.

Especially when Cedric, who has seen through his childish intentions, smiles leisurely like now.

"Well. It seems like all those great priests are busy taking money from the serfs and hoarding items from the demon world under the pretext of God.”

“Your Highness the Grand Duke!”

Although High Priest Diat was furious, Cedric still had a relaxed attitude.

In addition, small snoring sounds could be heard from the group of users.

'Kick.'

High Priest Diat looked around in annoyance, but the employees had already completely erased their smiles.

'How dare you ridicule the High Priestess of the Empire, especially a human being and a demon!'

This is so shameful!

Boredom rose all the way to the top of his head.

However, he did not come here to engage in a useless fight with mixed-blood demons.

'It's to monitor the relationship between Cedric Twins and Rebecca Twins.'

Those mixed-race demon users may not know, but Cedric must have known the inside story.

Moreover, didn’t he come here as a ‘representative of the Pope’?

It seemed like there was a need to remind Cedric of that fact.

He has to make them aware that his position is higher than that of the Grand Duke, at least temporarily, so Cedric and his employees will not act arrogantly.

“Hmm.”

High Priest Diat cleared his throat, pretending to be polite.

And with his eyes downcast, he spoke in a slightly arrogant manner.

“You know, Grand Duke, that I came to the north as the Pope’s representative, right?”

High Priest Diat slowly raised his gaze and looked at the Grand Duke's face.

Although he thought it was not a light blow, Cedric's expression was as calm as a person who had been stroked by his cotton bat.

“I know. If I didn’t know that, there’s no way I would treat the High Priest so privately.”

It was as correct as the division.

However, perhaps because those explicit words made him realize that he was carrying the Pope behind him, High Priest Diat quickly regained his confidence.

“I’m glad to hear that you realize that. I thought the Grand Duke was forever forgetting that fact because you were making me a subject of ridicule.”

“...What on earth are you talking about now? I can’t believe I made you a laughingstock.”

Cedric's brow finally furrowed.

Now was the time when he was confident that he had won.

“I just laughed because you were trying to make fun of yourself.”

With a harmless face in the world, Cedric even muttered, ‘I treated him like a guest, indeed.’

High Priest Diat could not hide his bewilderment at Cedric's snarky attitude.

How many times has he been treated like a fool since he came here?

He felt like he could hear giggling everywhere. No, he really heard it.

'If I try to mix things up further here, those villains will open my eyes and make fun of me like a cut nose. This time, I will definitely hit the vital spot.'

High Priest Diat, who had applied saliva to his parched lips, took note of his expression and opened his mouth again.

“I am here as a representative of the Pope, so I can tell you that the Pope is very worried about the Grand Duke and his wife. In particular, it is about the difficulties the Grand Duke is having because of His Highness’s violent and vicious nature.”

It was half truth, half lie.

The Pope already knew they were divorced, so he no longer worried about their relationship.

So, it was half a lie, and before that, High Priest Diat was always worried about the discord between the Grand Duke and his wife, so it was half the truth.

However, High Priest Diat decided to continue Rebecca's gossip.

Of course, it was to gauge Cedric's intentions.

The employees will also hear the story, but it won't matter much.

Their fanatical loyalty to the Twins was famous, but their hatred of Rebecca was just as famous.

So, the employees wouldn't pay much attention to gossip about Rebecca.

“What do you mean by Rebecca’s disposition?”

As soon as the story about Rebecca came out, Cedric's expression immediately cooled.

It was as vaguely expected.

'However... What is this feeling?'

High Priest Diat looked around at the eerie atmosphere that suddenly came over him.

The employees who were laughing at him just a moment ago are now glaring at him with life-threatening eyes.

He felt like a small animal surrounded by wild beasts.

At a time when it felt like the blood in his entire body was cooling quickly, a cool bass sound echoed in the quiet waiting room.

“High Priestess Dat.”

At the same time, Cedric's mouth twitched upward.

He had never dared to meet the Demon King, but it seemed like if he ever smiled, it would be like that.

“I sincerely welcome you to my castle on your own terms.”

...Oh my God.

Only then did High Priest Diat realize that he had entered the tiger’s den.

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