IELNDMH - Chapter 82 < Promise to Rebecca >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
High Priest Diat closely monitored the movements of the former Grand Duke and his wife for several days.
In the morning when he had to go to the castle, he entrusted the task to his successor, and when he returned to the castle in the early afternoon, he took charge of it himself.
Of course, what he was looking for was whether the two people were secretly looking for each other.
'If I see even a hint of that, I will separate you immediately, and if we meet again... I will attack the scene and make it impossible for you to take it out.'
At that time, no matter how much he feared the future, he planned to inform the Pope immediately.
With that in mind, he watched their movements for several days, but there was no interaction between the two, to the point where all his efforts felt in vain.
After finishing his work, Cedric was busy getting into his carriage and heading out of the castle gate.
And Rebecca was confined to the dark mansion as if she were a person with a hidden pot of honey.
Even today, the Grand Duke's carriage left the castle gate as soon as 7 p.m.
'Well, if their relationship gets better, they should be at least friends, but I guess I had some unnecessary doubts.'
High Priest Diat, who was looking out the window, drew an X in his notebook and quenched his appetite.
'That's strange. It certainly seemed like the two people were too close at the time.'
A suspicion suddenly arose that Cedric might be secretly visiting the dark mansion through the castle's back door.
...Oh, no way.
How could a Grand Duke of a great empire, especially a cold-blooded person like Cedric, do that?
Even as he shook his head, he kept feeling uneasy.
Although there are many places in the north that Cedric can personally inspect, isn't it strange that he goes outside the castle every day?
'As expected, something is suspicious. Maybe I should have followed in the footsteps of the Grand Duke earlier.'
High Priest Diat scratched the back of his head nervously.
However, the carriage had already left, and for now, there was only one way to properly confirm whether or not they had met.
‘Ha, it’s still true. A person called a High Priest should do something like this.'
A sense of self-destruction washed over him like angry sea water, but it was something he could not help.
High Priest Diat walked hurriedly somewhere, clenching his fists as if he were trying to gain his will.
“It’s surprising. I didn’t know you would come here in person.”
“...”
“Even like this...You came suddenly without even contacting me in advance.”
Rebecca's displeasure was clearly evident in her voice.
Even if the Grand Duke and his wife divorced, the administrative procedures were postponed, so Rebecca was still the Grand Duchess of the Twins family.
She is not a Grand Duchess, and it was clearly rude to suddenly find a place where the Grand Duchess was staying.
High Priest Diat had nothing to say even though he had ten mouths.
But what could he do?
He thinks he needs to see with his own eyes that the two people are not together before his anger will be resolved.
"Ja ha ha... I am truly sorry about this. After coming all the way to the north, I became relaxed and made a mistake with Her Highness.”
High Priest Diat smiled jokingly, but as it was an uncharacteristic behavior for him, it still felt awkward.
Rebecca's red eyes stared at him.
He didn't notice because she was always covered by Grand Duke Cedric's strong energy, but now that he sees it, she also has tremendous energy.
'Well, she's changed like a different person recently, but she was originally a woman known for being violent.'
It was at that time that she was just sipping tea in silence, feeling the somehow cool energy radiating from her.
“So, what is the purpose of you coming to see me here?”
Rebecca quietly put down her teacup and stared at High Priest Diat again.
“When you suddenly came here without contacting me in advance, you must have had some pretty important business.”
“Oh, that’s...”
He arrived so quickly that he couldn't even think of an excuse in advance.
It was only after some time had passed that High Priest Diat, who had been hesitating, was finally able to remove his lips.
“Well, I was suddenly worried about where Her Highness was staying after the divorce and whether His Highness the Grand Duke was negligent in treating you because you were his ex-wife, so I stopped in a hurry...”
Even in his opinion, it was an extremely pathetic excuse.
It was just deplorable that he suddenly seemed like a poor person to others, and the current situation in which he had no choice but to act like that was just deplorable.
Just as she was slightly crumpling her face in disappointment with him, a brief sound of deflation was heard from Rebecca.
“I see. The fact that the High Priest took my concerns into consideration eases my disappointment a little.”
After saying that, Rebecca slightly raised the corners of her mouth.
Looking at her expression, it didn't seem like she truly believed his excuse.
Still, it was a relief that the cool air around her had eased.
“I am grateful that you so generously forgive my indiscretion, Your Highness.”
High Priest Diat quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
'Phew. This damn castle is full of thorns no matter where I go.'
His gaze immediately turned to Rebecca's lap.
"... Are you raising it?”
He had the intention of changing the topic of conversation, but it was also something that had been bothering him for a while.
Rebecca realized the meaning of the question and looked down at her lap.
An awkward smile soon spread on her face.
"Ah... Yes, it just so happened to be like that.”
On Rebecca's lap was a black cat with blue eyes, curled up around her.
From the time he first arrived at the dark mansion, it had been following Rebecca around.
Eventually, when Rebecca sat down on the sofa, it naturally went to sit on her lap, and it watched the whole time as if it was watching him struggling in front of Rebecca.
‘What a sight to see the cat. I must be mistaken.'
He looked down for a moment and made eye contact with the cat again.
Then it looked at me sullenly, then turned its back as if it was turning away and burrowed deeper into the Grand Duchess' arms.
And it seemed so upset that it even slapped his tail.
Embarrassed, High Priest DeArt blinked his eyes, and Rebecca rolled her eyes awkwardly.
“This kid is a little shy.”
"Yes...”
The feeling of being ignored by even a small creature was not very pleasant.
However, since he had been rude to the Grand Duchess, it seemed necessary to appease her by at least praising her.
“The cat looks very cute.”
It was at that time when he said that and smiled slightly.
The cat, who had just turned its back to him, suddenly turned its head and glared at him as if it were going to kill him.
It was as if it understood what was being said.
At that moment, he felt a chill in the cool eyes.
It suddenly got up from its seat, walked across the table, and came right in front of him.
Then, it hit his share of the teacup and dropped it.
Clink!
High Priest Diat, who had been looking down at the broken teacup at his feet, slowly looked up again.
Then his eyes met the cat sitting politely on the table.
It was obviously a hallucination, but the arrogant expression on its face that seemed to look down on him felt as if it was laughing at him.
'Is that... Is the gangster a reincarnated creature?'
It was a time when he became quite serious about a stupid hypothesis.
"I'm sorry...Huh. Cats often do this. It is just curious, innocent animals, so please be generous and understand.”
Rebecca could barely speak, her face suppressing laughter.
True to her word, he knew right away that cats were creatures beyond comprehension.
However, it was a problem because he felt like he could sense some impure ‘intention’ from that black cat.
‘Could a cat do that? Am I a little out of my mind after spending a few days in an uncomfortable place?'
Even if it was his imagination, it was true that the cat was unlucky.
Even a mere creature is so unlucky.
It was clear that the Twins family and he had been enemies since his past life.
Meanwhile, the Bold Dukes of the South.
Duke Bold's face turned bright red as he read the newspaper article.
Today's newspaper slowly crumpled in his hands.
It was a page containing a friendly sketch of Cedric and Rebecca attending the opening ceremony of the Half-Blood Demon Welfare Foundation.
“Rebecca, you’re going to the end!”
Throughout her married life, Rebecca had been upset by her discord with Cedric.
It seemed like her relationship with Cedric had improved dramatically in the past few months.
'That is clear from the fact that the Grand Duke of Twins threatened me not to harass Rebecca at the imperial banquet.'
His blue eyes were glaring at him as if he would kill him at any moment. And when he remembered Cedric's face, with his murderous spirit all over him, he got goosebumps again.
Kwaang-!
“But Rebecca, why are you doing this? She still hasn’t kept her promise to me!”
Of course, what he was looking for was whether the two people were secretly looking for each other.
'If I see even a hint of that, I will separate you immediately, and if we meet again... I will attack the scene and make it impossible for you to take it out.'
At that time, no matter how much he feared the future, he planned to inform the Pope immediately.
With that in mind, he watched their movements for several days, but there was no interaction between the two, to the point where all his efforts felt in vain.
After finishing his work, Cedric was busy getting into his carriage and heading out of the castle gate.
And Rebecca was confined to the dark mansion as if she were a person with a hidden pot of honey.
Even today, the Grand Duke's carriage left the castle gate as soon as 7 p.m.
'Well, if their relationship gets better, they should be at least friends, but I guess I had some unnecessary doubts.'
High Priest Diat, who was looking out the window, drew an X in his notebook and quenched his appetite.
'That's strange. It certainly seemed like the two people were too close at the time.'
A suspicion suddenly arose that Cedric might be secretly visiting the dark mansion through the castle's back door.
...Oh, no way.
How could a Grand Duke of a great empire, especially a cold-blooded person like Cedric, do that?
Even as he shook his head, he kept feeling uneasy.
Although there are many places in the north that Cedric can personally inspect, isn't it strange that he goes outside the castle every day?
'As expected, something is suspicious. Maybe I should have followed in the footsteps of the Grand Duke earlier.'
High Priest Diat scratched the back of his head nervously.
However, the carriage had already left, and for now, there was only one way to properly confirm whether or not they had met.
‘Ha, it’s still true. A person called a High Priest should do something like this.'
A sense of self-destruction washed over him like angry sea water, but it was something he could not help.
High Priest Diat walked hurriedly somewhere, clenching his fists as if he were trying to gain his will.
***
“It’s surprising. I didn’t know you would come here in person.”
“...”
“Even like this...You came suddenly without even contacting me in advance.”
Rebecca's displeasure was clearly evident in her voice.
Even if the Grand Duke and his wife divorced, the administrative procedures were postponed, so Rebecca was still the Grand Duchess of the Twins family.
She is not a Grand Duchess, and it was clearly rude to suddenly find a place where the Grand Duchess was staying.
High Priest Diat had nothing to say even though he had ten mouths.
But what could he do?
He thinks he needs to see with his own eyes that the two people are not together before his anger will be resolved.
"Ja ha ha... I am truly sorry about this. After coming all the way to the north, I became relaxed and made a mistake with Her Highness.”
High Priest Diat smiled jokingly, but as it was an uncharacteristic behavior for him, it still felt awkward.
Rebecca's red eyes stared at him.
He didn't notice because she was always covered by Grand Duke Cedric's strong energy, but now that he sees it, she also has tremendous energy.
'Well, she's changed like a different person recently, but she was originally a woman known for being violent.'
It was at that time that she was just sipping tea in silence, feeling the somehow cool energy radiating from her.
“So, what is the purpose of you coming to see me here?”
Rebecca quietly put down her teacup and stared at High Priest Diat again.
“When you suddenly came here without contacting me in advance, you must have had some pretty important business.”
“Oh, that’s...”
He arrived so quickly that he couldn't even think of an excuse in advance.
It was only after some time had passed that High Priest Diat, who had been hesitating, was finally able to remove his lips.
“Well, I was suddenly worried about where Her Highness was staying after the divorce and whether His Highness the Grand Duke was negligent in treating you because you were his ex-wife, so I stopped in a hurry...”
Even in his opinion, it was an extremely pathetic excuse.
It was just deplorable that he suddenly seemed like a poor person to others, and the current situation in which he had no choice but to act like that was just deplorable.
Just as she was slightly crumpling her face in disappointment with him, a brief sound of deflation was heard from Rebecca.
“I see. The fact that the High Priest took my concerns into consideration eases my disappointment a little.”
After saying that, Rebecca slightly raised the corners of her mouth.
Looking at her expression, it didn't seem like she truly believed his excuse.
Still, it was a relief that the cool air around her had eased.
“I am grateful that you so generously forgive my indiscretion, Your Highness.”
High Priest Diat quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
'Phew. This damn castle is full of thorns no matter where I go.'
His gaze immediately turned to Rebecca's lap.
"... Are you raising it?”
He had the intention of changing the topic of conversation, but it was also something that had been bothering him for a while.
Rebecca realized the meaning of the question and looked down at her lap.
An awkward smile soon spread on her face.
"Ah... Yes, it just so happened to be like that.”
On Rebecca's lap was a black cat with blue eyes, curled up around her.
From the time he first arrived at the dark mansion, it had been following Rebecca around.
Eventually, when Rebecca sat down on the sofa, it naturally went to sit on her lap, and it watched the whole time as if it was watching him struggling in front of Rebecca.
‘What a sight to see the cat. I must be mistaken.'
He looked down for a moment and made eye contact with the cat again.
Then it looked at me sullenly, then turned its back as if it was turning away and burrowed deeper into the Grand Duchess' arms.
And it seemed so upset that it even slapped his tail.
Embarrassed, High Priest DeArt blinked his eyes, and Rebecca rolled her eyes awkwardly.
“This kid is a little shy.”
"Yes...”
The feeling of being ignored by even a small creature was not very pleasant.
However, since he had been rude to the Grand Duchess, it seemed necessary to appease her by at least praising her.
“The cat looks very cute.”
It was at that time when he said that and smiled slightly.
The cat, who had just turned its back to him, suddenly turned its head and glared at him as if it were going to kill him.
It was as if it understood what was being said.
At that moment, he felt a chill in the cool eyes.
It suddenly got up from its seat, walked across the table, and came right in front of him.
Then, it hit his share of the teacup and dropped it.
Clink!
High Priest Diat, who had been looking down at the broken teacup at his feet, slowly looked up again.
Then his eyes met the cat sitting politely on the table.
It was obviously a hallucination, but the arrogant expression on its face that seemed to look down on him felt as if it was laughing at him.
'Is that... Is the gangster a reincarnated creature?'
It was a time when he became quite serious about a stupid hypothesis.
"I'm sorry...Huh. Cats often do this. It is just curious, innocent animals, so please be generous and understand.”
Rebecca could barely speak, her face suppressing laughter.
True to her word, he knew right away that cats were creatures beyond comprehension.
However, it was a problem because he felt like he could sense some impure ‘intention’ from that black cat.
‘Could a cat do that? Am I a little out of my mind after spending a few days in an uncomfortable place?'
Even if it was his imagination, it was true that the cat was unlucky.
Even a mere creature is so unlucky.
It was clear that the Twins family and he had been enemies since his past life.
***
Meanwhile, the Bold Dukes of the South.
Duke Bold's face turned bright red as he read the newspaper article.
Today's newspaper slowly crumpled in his hands.
It was a page containing a friendly sketch of Cedric and Rebecca attending the opening ceremony of the Half-Blood Demon Welfare Foundation.
“Rebecca, you’re going to the end!”
Throughout her married life, Rebecca had been upset by her discord with Cedric.
It seemed like her relationship with Cedric had improved dramatically in the past few months.
'That is clear from the fact that the Grand Duke of Twins threatened me not to harass Rebecca at the imperial banquet.'
His blue eyes were glaring at him as if he would kill him at any moment. And when he remembered Cedric's face, with his murderous spirit all over him, he got goosebumps again.
Kwaang-!
“But Rebecca, why are you doing this? She still hasn’t kept her promise to me!”
A look of nervousness soon appeared in his eyes, which were burning with anger.
Duke Bold has been receiving considerable support from his home country, the Kingdom of Katsis, without the Emperor of the Western Empire knowing about it.
Of course, the condition was to take Lillian's heart from Cedric and deliver it to the King of Katsis.
Katsis was an old nation that dates back to ancient times when the human world and the demon world still interacted.
Therefore, that dynasty secretly shared from generation to generation the characteristics of demons that were not well known to the human world.
At a time when the fall of the kingdom was predicted, the King of Katsis urgently summoned his ministers and gave them detailed information about the engraving and Lillian's heart.
And he commanded.
'Remain in the unified Western Empire and marry the daughter of the head of the mixed-blood demon race. And use the engraving to get Lillian's heart. If only that were possible, our Katsis dynasty would regain this continent in an instant. Then, I promise that I will nominate that person as the Grand Duke of the new country.'
The King also added that he would not spare any material support.
However, most of the ministers who received the proposal did not accept the King's order.
No matter how loyal they were to the country and how good his status and wealth were, they seemed reluctant to send their daughter to a place where she would face death if the truth was revealed.
Except for one person, Duke Bold.
‘Acquiring treasure requires sacrifice, Your Majesty. I will uphold that command.'
Of course, it was not because of loyalty to the dynasty.
Duke Bold's loyalty was only towards gold and power.
It wouldn't be a great sacrifice for him to put his daughter Rebecca on the line to get it.
In the past, the Duke and Duchess of Bold had no affection for each other, so they created their own mistresses and lived together.
Was that why?
Although both the couple treated their children with mistresses well, they did not have the slightest affection for their only daughter, Rebecca.
The Duchess of Bold, who has now passed away but was alive at the time, had no interest in who Rebecca married.
Therefore, the marriage to Rebecca was naturally within her control, and she intended to marry her to Cedric even if she had to beat Rebecca up badly if she refused to do so.
'Yeah, that's what I was thinking. However....'
But contrary to his expectations, unexpected words came out of Rebecca's mouth.
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