Divorce Manual

Chapter 69

Wow, I'm so tired.

"Are you going to wash up?"

While I manage to escape him from the dining room, Charles Diago breaks into my bedroom.

"Of course."

"Then take a shower. I'm not done with my work."

No, if you have to work, then why did you stop here?

I stare at him in bewilderment.

"Your Excellency."

I forcibly pull on the end of my mouth and laugh.

"You're busy with work, so you don't have to come. I am not lonely!"

"..."

Smiling, I use both of my hands to emphasize my point.

"You must be very tired due to work, so don't come all the way here and just sleep in your bedroom next to the office..."

"I want to sleep in my bedroom."

"I know!"

I was so glad to hear him say that so my hands clap with a very welcome sound.

"Sleep in your luxurious, comfortable bedroom next to your office on the 4th floor."

"This is the only bedroom I have."

I don't know what nonsense this is.

"...What?"

My eyebrows pucker together.

'Why is your bedroom only here?'

I question, raising my voice.

"I took the bed out of my bedroom."

He stares at me and laughs. He then swallows a vain, serpentine smile as if saying, 'Didn't you know this?'

"So there is no place to sleep if it's not here."

"Oh, I see."

I guess I'm supposed to believe that lie now since this is not a single room at Eunjung's house anymore.

"There are about 100 bedrooms in Lapel Castle alone, but there is only one bedroom here?"

"Because the only bed is here."

"Then you can buy another one and put it in."

"I want to buy it now, but I can't buy it for a while."

"Why?"

"It's a limited edition, sold out bed."

"Nonsense."

I stare at him with my arms folded to see what kind of lie he's trying to innocently tell me. No matter how much he beats around the bushes, he's a man the type to take everything.

"Then, you can take the bed."

I answer straightforwardly.

"Do you really need to do that? You can sleep here."

He, too, straightforwardly declines my offer.

"It's inconvenient."

"It's not uncomfortable between couples."

"Ah......."

All this is my fault. Somehow, I shouldn't have brought such a dog's sound out of my mouth, saying that I was lonely.

If I didn't, he wouldn't have come into my domain like this.

Like when he lived a reasonable distance from Abella.

But now, I fell into the hole that I've dug.

That's right.

Haha—

"Yes., as a couple."

"......."

Ha. Now this conversation pattern is boring, too. You always sleep with me in the bedroom.

Get out.

Why are you sleeping here?

Go to your room. Why are you sleeping with your clothes off?

Get dressed and go to bed.

This kind of conversation.

Along with my inner conflict of wanting to touch his naked body someday.

Aren't you bored of it by now?'

Do you think I'll die?

"I got it."

Let's end the debate here.

"You said that you couldn't finish your job. Let's get back to it."

I force myself to laugh and head to the bathroom.

When he returns from the capital, there will be two beds in this room.

Let's hold on until then.

Yes, plus in a few days, when he goes to the capital—

The big bed will be all mine.

Nice.

Just thinking about that makes me feel good enough to push all these uncomfortable feelings aside as I hum happily.

"Kung!"

Leo jumps out of the bathroom, barking loudly.

It's Leo!

My arms open wide to hug Leo, who's like a large cotton ball.

However,

"Abella!"

It becomes embarrassing to stretch out my arms to hug Leo.

Because what I hugged is not the fluffy cotton ball Leo, but the back of Charles, which is like a hard board.

"..."

Just what I said right now doesn't describe the situation well, right?

Here's what happened.

Leo said, "Kung!" as soon as he came out of the bathroom. I stretched out both hands, and Charles, who was surprised by the wolf that came out of nowhere, pulled my stretched out left arm and put me behind himself.

Centrifugal force.

It was a formula that I learned in physics class, but I don't remember the action that caused me to turn around and hug his back.

"... "

Isn't it absurd?

Am I the only one thinking so?

Now that my face is buried into his back, what is this situation?

My head stops making a beeping sound, and I can't recognize the surrounding situation well.

But, my heart is beating loudly and my face feels hot as if I have entered a sauna. Leo sits in front of the bathroom, looking up at Charles, and tilting his head as he sees me hiding behind Charles.

"Who—"

I feel a bit embarrassed about this scene.

"Your Excellency?"

Let's wiggle my left wrist out of his hand—

"What is that?"

Charles, who has even pulled out his sword, points the tip at Leo with a fierce temperament.

"It's Leo!"

The hand that was held by Charles is released, and I hug onto Leo's neck, placing myself as a wall between the two.

"Quickly put the sword away! You're scaring the child!"

"Child?"

The word 'child' is absurd, so Charles frowns as if he's amazed.

"Does it only look like a wolf in my eyes?"

"He looks like a wolf. I think he's a silver wolf."

"Do you know how big this beast will be?"

I know that.

"He's not a beast. He's Leo."

"Leo?"

With the word Leo, Charles narrows his eyebrows, comes closer, and grabs my wrist again.

"Is that the suin who hurt you that time?"

"Yes, but let go of my wrist. It hurts."

When I frown at his action of grabbing my wrist as if to pull it out, Leo growls and raises his ears.

He looks like a small Yorkshire Terrier hopping in front of a large Siberian Husky-class dog.

'No, Leo.'

I shake my head in a whisper.

Leo quickly droops his ears and hides his sharp teeth aif he has never growled in the first place. Instead, he's back to his gentle appearance.

'Well done.'

I touch his cheek with my freed hand.

"Leo didn't hurt me. It was because of my own carelessness."

I glance at Charles.

"If only I was more careful—"

"But that doesn't change the fact that you were injured by bumping into it."

"If I had looked and moved properly, I wouldn't have fallen."

"Abella, I don't think you're in a situation to brush this under the rug."

"That was my mistake. Leo was trying to protect me. Oh really, let go of my hand."

Even when I look at him with a scowl, he has no intention of releasing my hand.

"... "

Charles looks at me and Leo alternately—

"What are you looking at?"

I ask out of the blue.

"I think his 2nd sexual stage has been fulfilled. Has he gone to the 3rd?"

"No."

"Then, is he still a child?"

"Yes."

Charles has a dissatisfied expression as he tilts his head slightly, as if he's suspicious of my answer,

"Look, he's a baby. A baby."

I turn Leo's head and points him towards Charles.

"Baby...he doesn't look like what you're saying. What young wolf is this big?"

"Ha."

If you sleep in a house like Leo did, you would only grow half as big as he has.

This is too much.

I click my tongue and glance at Charles.

"He looks like a 4-year-old."

"It's a man."

"Boy."

"It's a man."

"A boy."

As his head is filled with the strange conversation between them, Charles asks another question.

"But why does it pop out of the bathroom?"

"I decided to let him stay in the room next door."

"If it's the side room, do you mean the one connected to the bathroom?"

"Yes."

"No."

I turn my head at the 'No' that came out before my 'Yes' could even be spoken.

"Why not?"

"The room next door is used by maids."

So? Leo wants to use one of the side rooms that the maids used. I don't understand why he shouldn't.

"If he's a suin, he should stay outside the castle."

Charles looks at Leo as he says it. Leo droops his tail and buries the tip of his nose at my feet.

He looks so down.

"You are not listening."

"If there was a second sexual stage, he wouldn't be a child."

I can't exactly say something like the teenage stage exists.

"What is the problem?"

"The side room on the third floor is not allowed."

"Then?"

"I'll give him a side room on the first floor where Curtis stays."

"... "

What is the difference between the first and third floor?

I ponder for a moment and look at Leo.

I'm supposed to stay with you all the time—

If I was to look at Charles' current mood right now, it seems that he might throw him out of the castle.

"Good."

First, let him stay on the first floor while Charles is here.

Once I go to Charles later, I can bring this topic back up.

"Alright, let's do it."

After I looked at Leo, I nod once again at Charles, who pulls the fluttering strings.

"Pope, bring Curtis."

"Yes, Your Grace."

He looks very dissatisfied with me, who's still hugging Leo.

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TN: Charles really thought he was being slick by getting rid of his bed and knowing that Abella would have no choice but let him stay like y'all... He GREW 2 brain cells.

Until Leo shows up and his plans are ruined. Lol Jealousy over a child, how the mighty have fallen. Also, is this not what you guys all thought in the exchange between Leo/Charles:

As always, thanks for reading. 

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P.S. Chapter 69 and we got nothing~~~