How To Get My Husband On My Side

Chapter 11

Ellenia had been out since early morning, so there were only cold-faced household servants left in the castle.

After telling the maid who came to wake me up that I didn't need breakfast, I went out for the first time, feeling content, and no one came looking for me at all.

Tch, heartless people.

Still, I felt a little better after lying in bed all morning.

But spending my day in bed felt like a waste of time, so I eventually got up and headed to the bathroom. Thankfully, I knew how to bathe by myself. I washed off the sweat with lukewarm water and entered the dressing room. The dresses here weren't meant to be put on by your lonesome, but some of the simple and casual clothes I had I could wear without having to call for a servant.

After slipping on the chemise, I tightened the strings of the corset by myself and got into a simple green dress with white puffed sleeves. I should practice getting dressed on my own. I didn't know what would happen if a maid saw the scars.

I put on a little makeup to cover up my pale complexion, combed my long hair until it glowed, and quietly left the room. As I walked down the stairs through the white marble corridor covered with rugs and tapestries, I saw guards in front of the entrance, standing still like statues.

"Is there anything we can help My Lady with?" One of the two men, holding on to his spear tightly and staring hard at me, finally spoke out loud, probably thinking that he couldn't take my gawking anymore.

"I'm sorry to have interrupted your duties. Do you perhaps know where my husband is at the moment?"

"I apologize, My Lady, we do not know where Lord Izek is."

The other guard secretly elbowed the one who had answered. Did they just exchange glances?

"I'm not sure, but Lady Ellenia said she'd stop by the Port of Elmos with Lady Furiana around lunchtime today."

"Ah..." The mood felt strange.

"... As My Lady might know," the guard hesitated, "Lord Izek is in an awful mood right now, and only the two of them can calm him."

I see. Those two girls are the only ones who can soothe that irate man. That's too much information for something I didn't even ask, though. I'm sure you meant that it was my fault that he was not feeling well. Yeah, yeah, I know my place.

Looks like everyone seemed eager to see me be jealous of Freya.

It appears to be that they were of the opinion that Freya should have been in my place, but were they really expecting me to make a scene right now?

I could see why Rudbeckia in the original novel was particularly hard on Freya.

With a reputation like hers, it would have only been natural for Rudbeckia to so easily have been provoked into committing such childish behavior by everyone in this castle.

Anyways, Izek must be at the harbor then. "I see. Thank you."

No one said anything for a while. I kept staring at them with a happy-go-lucky grin on my face, making the guards shuffle their feet in embarrassment and they eventually went back to being statues.

I must have made them uncomfortable, because it didn't take long before a taut voice rang out, "I will arrange a carriage for My Lady if she needs it."

"Thank you, sir. You are very kind."

He grimaced as he heard my reply.

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The Port of Elmos, the first place in Britannia I had set foot on, was a peaceful and picturesque place where the fresh sea breeze was always blowing, the scenery of the docks was brilliant, and the lighthouse, nearby inns and bars were always busy.