Villainous Husband [Ofline Reading Only]

33

It wasn’t time for me to adore Sylvia. All of a sudden, I was now thrown into a situation where I had to favor Duchess Nerma instead.

‘I’m sorry, Sylvia—!’

I promised to try my best to take good care of you though!

With that thought, I glanced down at Duchess Nerma with a face that was suddenly disturbed.

“Yes, I see.”

The Duchess smiled a little more as my voice trembled slightly with tension. At the same time, her face was as if saying, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t show your weakness like that.’

…Scary.

Seeing her like that, I resolutely stretched my shoulders so as not to reveal my weakness before I felt like words of praise were conveyed through her eyes.

“The etiquette of social gatherings is the same in all countries, so I don’t think there will be any major problems.”

“Oh, my gosh. That’s a reasonable statement. You were a princess when you weren’t married yet.”

Duchess Nerma covered her mouth with her fan and chuckled after saying that.

On the other hand, I laughed at myself as I spoke. What would be the same thing? This was a crazy country, not my home country…! In my memory, Unro Kingdom was a bit small, and the people had a common sense even if they had bad bones in their bodies.

I added quickly, thinking that I might be overly arrogant.

“However, since the Actilus Empire has its own customs, there might be slightly small, subtle differences from my home country. So for that part, I’ll leave that to you.”

I thought I had said it was so that it wouldn’t feel like I was begging her for anything, right?

While I wanted to quickly turn my gaze to Cisen to confirm that I was speaking well, I didn’t, fearing that the act itself might be an act of revealing ‘weakness.’ Instead, I focused my gaze on only the Duchess, who was still smiling.

It seemed my choice was correct.

Duchess Nerma was still sitting at my feet, not even paying attention to the dust on the ends of her dress before opening her mouth again.

“I’m glad, Your Majesty. Actually, it’s presumptuous though I was waiting for you to order it. I’ve been spreading rumors in the social world…”

It felt ominous for her to speak with a shy blush on her cheeks like that…

I asked cautiously.

“…What did you say?”