Chapter 10.1 (1/2)

Freyr Heronis, she was an ordinary aristocrat, no, an ideal woman who had never lived a life of misery. Beautiful appearance, birth that no one envy, and even the unstinting love of the family. Freyr was a woman with a lot of things, and a woman who did not know what she lacked.

It was a marriage of political convenience, but she had a kind husband, the people who treat her kindly in the mansion, and even the socialites who treat her accordingly. That’s why Freyr, as the Duchess of Heronis, did her best in her position so that she would not be a troublemaker to others.

Her kind husband was always kind to her and was a faithful person who never abandoned his duties. So Freyr started to have a feeling of love towards him and believed that they would stay happier as a couple.

“Hello, I’m Eunice. I’ve decided to work at Duke mansion starting from today. Please take good care of me!”

Until a woman who called herself Eunice appeared.

Since she appeared, her surroundings have become weird. Eunice was a woman with such clear energy, capable of making everyone in her surroundings feel good.

At first, Freyr didn’t dislike her either. She thought it was a really good thing.

Not until her husband had a gleam in his eyes when he saw her.

* * *

I couldn’t feel the warmth next to me in the bedroom from some time ago.

Waiting for him until late at night, when I opened my eyes in the early morning and saw the seat next to me empty,

When I saw him coming out of Eunice’s room late in the morning,

For the first time in her peaceful life, Freyr realized something was going wrong. Nevertheless, Freyr could not do anything about it.

Eunice, who is sweet and kind, brightens up her surroundings, and people are naturally attracted to her.

But she couldn’t just stay still.

“Honey, there are eyes around us. I don’t think it’s good to get too close to Eunice.”

Freyr thought that this was a natural right to say as his wife.

“Two adult men and women are in a secret room… Shouldn’t you be careful about that?”

“I’ll take care of it.”

“But…”

“Wife, Eunice is helping me. As you know, the capital city is very chaotic.”

Duke sighed loudly as if he was asking her to listen.

“There won’t be such a thing for you to worry about.

Her advice didn’t even work with the duke.

Duke’s answer to Freyr’s advice was cold, but since then, the relationship between Duke and Eunice seems to have become increasingly awkward.

Still uneasy, Freyr secretly hired a man to chase after Eunice.

Freyr only hoped.

Please, I hope I misunderstood the relationship between those two.

She wanted to make sure, even at the risk of embarrassing herself.

Would this not have happened if I had just held on to a little reason and waited for my husband to come back to me?

Obviously, she just tried to keep her position.

Freyr raised her head slowly and looked at the place where she was.

A desolate, narrow space that she had never been before.

‘Why did I come here?’

Freyr couldn’t keep herself sane. It was so fast that the people who were always kind to her turned their backs, and it was the same with her husband as well.

With the false accusation that she was filled with jealousy and greed, and tried to hurt an innocent person and his lover, she was confined on a spire.

“Freyr Heronis, the sin of abducting and torturing the people of the slums, and cursing at the imperial family with their blood and brought chaos in the whole empire!”

The tone of his voice was cold.

“The crime of kidnapping, threatening, and taking their lives. Hence, I shall remove Heronis’s surname from her and sentence her to life in prison.”

Her ex-husband’s voice was no longer friendly to her.

Since when has his voice been so cold to me?

Even if it was a political marriage, was it my delusion to think that it was a happy relationship?

I just wanted to confirm that the strange relationship between those two was my delusion.

Neither did I want to attack Eunice, nor did I ever order people to kidnap her.

I just… I just wanted to know for sure what the relationship between those two was.

Even though she begged, screamed, pleaded, and cried because of the unfairness, neither her husband nor the people around her listened to her.

At first, I didn’t have any suspicion.

That something was wrong.

What do you mean, the body was found in the basement of the mansion? A blood crazy-witch.

You don’t really believe that crap, do you? You don’t.

You know I’m scared to see blood, let alone dead bodies.

Please, please say no.

I wanted to believe that he was trying to get me out.

But as a week went by and a month went by, I had no choice but to realize that this was reality.

Still, I waited for him endlessly.

I believed that I could go back to my place.

Because that was the only thing Freyr could do there.

* * *

During my life on the spire, I found out that I had a present.

Freyr gently wrapped her stomach.

With the thought that he would come to find her when he learns of the child’s birth, I informed the guard.

But even after a long time, even after I gave birth to my child, my husband didn’t come to see me.

News that the Duke of Heronis got married, news of the joy of the nation,

A sarcastic remark that the Duchess of Eunice is kind and caring for many people, and that she is different from anyone else,

And even the news about the birth of the princess in Heronis Duke mansion, everyone is talking around and congratulating them.

The child in my arms… without even being congratulated, lives like this with her mother who became a prisoner.

When I asked them to call my husband or even contact my relatives, there was no answer that returned back.

As if they were asking her to die here, those acts, those words, and those gazes killed Freyr again and again.

The first insult, shame, anguish, and loneliness that she experienced in her life eroded Freyr.

She found out eventually that the only one who could get her out of this place was the Duke, so she had no choice but to search for him anxiously.

“Duke, did you really forget about me…”

Everyone cursed Freyr as a wicked woman who had gone crazy because of love.

They pointed her out as a stupid woman, a pathetic woman, who was looking for love even after receiving such treatment.

Even if she wanted to swear at them or curse them, the only thing that came out of her mouth was the longing for her husband.

As if no other words were allowed.

That’s why Freyr gave up thinking about other things.

The faint expectation that he would come to find her if she waited was the only reason she could survive.