Duke's wife

Chapter 89

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Chapter 89
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"According to the intelligence report, the Grand Duke of Loienne raised an army in order to obtain back the body of Princess Elektra, who was enshrined in the temple of the capital."

"...... Princess Elektra? No, wait. Why was the princess's body placed in the temple and not in Felix's castle? Normally, they are buried in a family grave or sent back to their homeland if their country requests it."

Grace asked, frowning, and Arthur replied with a wry smile.

"...... The reason her body was placed in a temple in the capital is because of me. The Duke of Alberton, who had been sent to the castle to investigate her death, had cited my curse as her cause of death. He took her body to find out the cause of the curse and to purify her body from the curse. And then I didn't give it back."

"...... Oh my god."

"Several times I went to the temple of the capital to have her body laid to rest in Felix's Castle, but each time I was refused.

The Emperor also told me that one day I would remarry, and that it would not look good to have my ex-wife's body in Felix's Castle. However, the current Archduke of Loyenne, unlike me, constantly sent me requests for her body to be returned to her home country. They were pretty special siblings."

"Of course it was that my beloved sister's body was not in her husband's estate, but in a temple in the capital. I would've done the same."

As Grace listened to Arthur's explanation and squabbled with each other, a question flashed through her mind.

Who, then, demanded that the Archduke of Lyenne be built at the castle of Plien in exchange for the return of Princess Elektra's body?

The body of Princess Elektra. The one who has the power to remove a corpse from the temple because it is cursed, and at the same time can send such a letter to the principality.

Grace turned to Arthur and asked, impressing the names of some of the people that crossed her mind.

"...... Arthur. Do you think it was the Emperor who used the princess's body as an excuse to concoct this with the Grand Duke of Loienne?"

"Yes. And......."

"And,?"

Grace asked, as if to catch the horse's tail, and Arthur averted his gaze with a confused face. She tilted her head for a moment at the strange expression, and then she realized one thing, and covered her mouth with one hand in surprise.

The one who identified Princess Elektra's cause of death as a curse, the one who carried her body to the temple, and the one who tried to kill her.

Grace said, remembering one person.

"...... He's my father."

"It's not certain yet."

"No, sir. No matter what you think, the only person who can do this is my father, the Duke of Alberton."

Grace gnashed her teeth as she thought of the Duke of Alberton.

Again it was the man's doing. In his first life, he poisoned himself because he didn't want to get married, and in his second life, he tried to poison himself. If Arthur hadn't spared his life, he would have died again.

'...... Why the hell are you doing this? Do you hate me so much? I don't even want to be alive?'

Grace inflamed her hatred with the Duke of Alberton, who endlessly tried to kill her because she was not gifted with magical abilities. He also wondered why he would go to such lengths to kill himself.