Chapter 15 (1/2)
Chapter 15
Leticia heard a loud voice while she was sleeping.
When she lifted her eyelids slightly, she saw Erden. He came running with a lot of dust all over him.
Ugh—.
The haziness she had flushed away.
She was so tired that while she slept, Erden returned.
‘He’s here.’
Her heart skipped a beat.
Both of them went through hardship, from dramatic departure to life-threatening crisis. They naturally came to thank Leticia.
But Erden is not at the scene. He didn’t know the crisis that had befallen them. It was only mentioned in the letter that she had strange knowledge.
What if he investigated? What if he reports her to a heresy interrogator?
Erden hated demons, and I don’t know anything about his issues with demons.
For Erden, Leticia could be like a monster.
‘They could see each other as monsters.’
Leticia realized that fact and looked at Erden with her eyes full of fear.
Erden was startled to see Leticia, who had just awakened. He took a big step backwards, as if he had seen something.
“As expected—.”
Leticia’s heart became cold.
But the next moment.
She was expecting Erden to shout out ‘You witch!’ but instead, he uttered something cautiously in a range of voices.
“Maybe I, no—.”
He coughed and corrected himself.
“I think I’ve seen a different person.”
He spoke politely, holding his flustered hands in the air.
“Now that I see you, you really are a great woman, my wife.”
Hmm?
Leticia’s eyes looked dubious.
My wife—?
Erden’s reaction was completely different from what she ever imagined, which was for him to be angry and condescending. Instead, he showed an attitude like a great man.
It’s like he was implying “You defeated the demons without sacrificing your allies and won.”
Leticia had not fully figured out what this meant to Erden, the Lord of North.
That’s why she had come to a conclusion.
‘I guess I’m still half asleep.’
***
It wasn’t a dream.
My 15-year-old contract husband started acting strange.
For example, these things would happen.
Halstead Castle is so old that the floor would start to make a cracking sound when stepped on.
But there is no sound when Leticia stepped on it because she is light.
It hurts her pride, and she keeps stepping on it, then she will hear exclamations at the back when she succeeded.
“Ohhh—.”
She would hear another exclamation as she succeeded again to make a creaking noise on the floor.
“Ohhh—.”
Leticia looked back abruptly.
The presence of the Lord had disappeared. But when she would continue to walk, he would suddenly appear and follow her again.
He thought that it wasn’t stalking. If he had intended to stalk Leticia he would watch her silently and no one would ever notice him.
He is just teasing Leticia while he would exclaim ‘Ohhh- my wife ohh—.’
‘For real?’
Leticia would snort at the back of her head.
‘Are you really going to follow me around?’
Intentionally, she went to a corridor full of corners. As she zigzagged between those corners, she would twist around and turn in a more complicated way.
Erden also followed.
No matter how quickly Leticia changed her direction, but it is possible. He followed her without breaking a sweat.
Leticia muttered without even realizing it.
“You’re like a dog.”
At that moment, the air became dense.
There was a shadow that crept out from behind the post and lowered his head.
“I’m so sorry my wife if I made you feel uncomfortable.”
Hmm?
Leticia is puzzled.
What does he mean I felt uncomfortable? I don’t think I felt like that. I just muttered that you look like a dog.
A few seconds later, I realized what I said and panicked for a bit.
“No, I didn’t mean it like that—.”
It’s just he is acting like a dog.
He seemed to have misunderstood.
Leticia went on without saying anything again.
There was an apple tree in the garden.
The lower part of the tree was small and withering, and the higher part was thicker and fruitful. At the top part, the apples were very vibrant and pretty.
Erden also looked at the apple.
Something flashed the next moment.
The apple was in Erden’s hand before I knew it.