I Thought You Were A Time-Limited Husband (Novel)

Chapter 21

Ten days later.

Alice was riding the carriage with Young Lady Meltain to the temple.

Young Lady Meltain had been going to the temple for ten consecutive days without missing a single day. Alice also had to go to the temple, which was quite a good thing for her. Although Madam Quillian’s blood rises every day.

Fortunately, nothing special happened for the past ten days. Madam Quillian and Young Lady Meltain fought whenever their eyes met, but since they saw each other practically every day, they learned how to naturally ignore each other.

Ah, there was one thing bothering her. That her priest application form disappeared. She returned to her room before sunrise that day Kaillus was seriously ill, and Alice noticed that her application form was gone. At first, she was freaked out when she thought of going back to Kaillus’ bedroom again, but the servant who cleaned the room that morning told her that he didn’t find anything strange in the room.

She wondered if the servant was lying and glanced at the garbage bag he was carrying, but she didn’t see anything besides dust. She skimmed through the hallway, skipping breakfast, wondering if she had dropped it while she was on her way to get Helkin in his office. But there were no traces of the paper anywhere. Of course, it wasn’t even in Helkin’s office. She threatened Helkin in case he stole it, but he cried and insisted on his innocence. She couldn’t see the lie on his ugly face.

Alice slightly frowned as she thought of that face. In any case, Alice was anxious as she couldn’t find it for nearly two days no matter how much she looked for it. She was afraid that someone would pick it up and deliver it to Madam Quillian. But nothing happened after a few days.

If it was given to Madam Quillian, she would have gone and looked for Alice with her character. So… that means that it didn’t end up in Madam Quillian’s hands. She didn’t know where the paper had gone, but she’s sure that it had disappeared.

She wondered about the whereabouts of the application form, but anyway, she wouldn’t need it unless Madam Quillian found it. This was because she realized how dangerous it was for her to turn in her application form and become a priest.

“What are you thinking, Madam?”

Alice stopped thinking in that clear voice. Young Lady Meltain was smiling at her.

“Ah…. I just thought the weather was exceptionally warm today.”

“Spring is in full swing now. We have to go out on such a nice day like this. Don’t you think so?”

“It is. But now… it’s a pity that mother didn’t allow it.”

“When the Duke recovered his health… even Madam Quillian wouldn’t be rude to the Duchess.” Young Lady said regretfully. Her green eyes looked at Alice with pity.

Maybe those eyes weren’t lying. Becoming extremely anxious these days, Madam Quillian was openly annoyed with Alice regardless of the surroundings. Alice passed it over as a dog barking, but people around her thought that she was a daughter-in-law being bullied by her mother-in-law. Alice carved her lips into a smile as such a position wouldn’t be too bad.