Villainous Husband [Ofline Reading Only]

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Seeing that it was the archbishop who came to the Empire, it seemed that the description that the external affairs were handled by the archbishop and the internal affairs were mainly resolved by the saint seemed to be true to some extent.

The archbishop was an old gentleman who looked kind and upright, but now, that didn’t matter.

Thump, thump.

‘…I can’t believe he’s here.’

My heart began to beat faster.

Behind the archbishop were several priests and paladins. I wasn’t sure if all of them were here, but it seemed like a few were. Still, I recognized him at a glance.

…Seraphina’s first love.

A young man born with a miserable fate to have his head cut off at the hands of a tyrant for the sin of gaining her love.

Eden.

An upright young man with dark blue hair neatly cut stood in the third row with his head slightly bowed.

‘Right… of course, Eden would come.’

It was because he was a paladin.

Perhaps, I was staring too intently, and when Eden raised his head slightly, our eyes met. When his black eyes stared intently at me, I quickly turned my gaze to the archbishop. Thankfully, Eden also lowered his eyes when I avoided his gaze at the same time.

A sweet yet eerie voice could soon be heard next to me.

“Welcome to the realm of Actilla, believers of Tunia.”

I flinched.

Since I was distracted by Eden for a moment, I was overwhelmed by the presence of my husband sitting to my right. His reclining upper body slowly tilted forward.

“Those who ask for help, you must have brought me the sincerity to offer?”

‘…He looks like a real villain.’

Even though the circumstances of the Temple of Tunia were all well-known facts and should be understandable… well, Raniero was the villain regardless.

The benevolent archbishop opened his mouth with a stiff smile on his face.

“Of course, great son of the God Actilla. It’s small, but…”

“No.”

Raniero interrupted him and smiled lightly.

It was a rude attitude.