How To Get My Husband On My Side

Chapter 116

To be honest, even I was surprised by what Cesare did this time, and I thought I would know vaguely why he was so reckless as if he were misled, but the Pope wouldn't have tolerated his actions either way.

He wasn't such a stupid nobleman, and most of all, it was against his ambitious plan to make me Queen of Britannia and keep the North in my hands.

Would that be included in the circumstances that my father-in-law just said?

I carefully selected the words in my head.

But he shut me down before I opened my mouth.

"It was a sweet offer, not something I was into, as you seem to know already."

"Ah..."

"I don't know what you think of me, but I'll have to be honest. Whoever is the Pope, no matter how corrupt, is not worthy of interest to the Omertas. When I was young, there was a time when I was burning with a passionate sense of justice and patriotism, but well, what does that mean to a man who couldn't even keep his family? To a man who made even his wife, who was on the brink of killing herself, leave like that."

"......."

"When the king, who is my brother-in-law, announced that he would have that woman as his wife, I pretended to dissuade him like others, but I was smiling inside. It would be a lie if I didn't say I'd been looking for the opportunity to throw him out of the throne all along. Well, it was the same case when Romagna asked for Britannia's reinforcements... The reason why I pretended to accept the proposal to honour the engagement with his daughter was purely because I guessed how my son would react. I actually wanted to take this opportunity to change my arrogant son's habits, aside from the excuse to be able to get back at His Holiness in the future."

I already knew that, but I didn't understand why he was saying this.

No, did he always talk like this?

I wasn't sure if it was just me being awkward or him wanting to share.

"That was how you came to us. Back then, I was just... It's obvious even if I don't explain it. I will refrain from giving excuses about how I really felt in the past. My attitude was bad, and it wouldn't have worked out anyway. However, what should I say? You really did manage to shock me in ways I never expected."

"...what?"

"You only pulled out unexpected acts. So at some point, I don't know why.... God, I don't know what I did and said. I'm sorry, this became a rant. As I get older, I often get sidetracked. My eyesight has also weakened."

"......."

"I was confident that I could see through everyone, but it was only the misjudgment of an arrogant old man. It's only because that cheeky brat hates his father...."

"Father-in-law."

I called him calmly, halting his blabbering.

He turned his head and coughed loudly, then looked at me with a slight shudder.

"Don't say that. Father-in-law is one of the few people who has seen through me more accurately than anyone else."

Of course.

I vividly remembered the conversation we had by the stable the other day.

His expression, inspecting me to see if there was any hope for his son.

Alright. I get it now.

Unlike back then, when it was unclear, every piece came together now.

I could vaguely see what he was really worried about at that time and how his deceased wife, who had nothing in common with me except for an eating disorder, had something to do with it.