Chapter 110 [part 1] (2/2)

Lucia was not the type to tell Hugo every little bit of gossip in the social circle. Which is why Hugo thought that she was quite close with the Countess, seeing as she had brought up someone else’s private affairs.

Lucia lifted her head as she lay, leaning on his shoulder. She stretched out her hand and cupped his face. As she felt his skin and body temperature through her palm, she once again confirmed that this was not a dream.

Once in a while, Lucia grew afraid that everything would be a dream. The days she spent peacefully and happily in his shade seemed unreal.

“…What?”

Hugo took her hand off his face and kissed her palm. Then he gently stroked her forehead and swept a hand through her hair.

Lucia liked his affectionate touch. She took his big hand and rubbed her face against it. Because her spoiled act seemed somewhat sad, Hugo suddenly felt anxious.

“What’s wrong?”

“Please do something to prevent Count Matin from marrying the princess of the late king.”

Lucia couldn’t just let it pass and act like she knew nothing. If one of her half-sisters whose face she had never even seen, were to take her place and experience everything she had seen in her dream, Lucia felt like she would feel guilty for a lifetime.

“I know how strange I sound right now. She’s my half-sister whose name I don’t even know, but I can’t act like I cannot see the obvious misfortune ahead. I cannot let her marry that person. That man… beats his wife. And he does things even worse than that.”

“Vivian.”

Hugo tightly hugged her trembling figure.

“If I hadn’t married you, I would…I would have probably married that person.”

“Why makes you think that?”

As Lucia talked, her anger unconsciously rose as she recalled her memories in the dream and she couldn’t control her heated emotions. When he hugged her tight and stroked her back, Lucia’s boiling emotions slowly cooled down.

“It looks like you’ve talked with the Countess a lot.”

“…”

“Okay. I will take care of it, so you just forget about it.”

“…Really? You can…do it?”

Hugo was struck speechless by her question. She was asking him if he could do this mere thing? He could change the king if he wanted to.

“Of course. Your husband is very capable.”

She gave a small laugh in his embrace. Only after, did Hugo give a sigh of relief. Her anxiety spread to him too, so he was tense.

He was annoyed at the Countess of Matin who babbled about the unpleasant details of her marriage to his wife, making her worry needlessly and he was even more annoyed at the bastard known as her husband.

Translator’s Corner:

[1] This is the noblewoman speaking. She doesn’t say Countess, I put countess for context.

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