Duke's wife

Chapter 138

Afterwards, I asked Sir Oliver and Sally if they could not attend the wedding celebration. Naturally, they shook their heads.

"....... hah"

I thought with a sigh. So, why can't I be the only one at the party?

I didn't want to see her hurt and troubled by people's cruel curiosity. She was also afraid that she would do the same, just like all the young girls who had become weird since attending the wedding celebration.

So I said I would attend alone, and I was surprised by my words and replied to her.

"How long will this bride go crazy, when and how will this Duchess Felix die?"

"......!"

"I'm not going to say it outright, but I'm sure everyone will look at her with that cruel curiosity. Do you have what it takes to deal with those stares?"

"...... Oh."

"Besides, I have heard that it is the Duke of Alberton who bestows his blessing on us. I have heard that you have an uneasy relationship with the Duke of Alberton and his clan."

At the words that followed, she blushed faintly and looked thoughtful.

I waited in silence for her to gather her thoughts. I wondered what he was thinking, how he was feeling, but I had no right to know.

After thinking about it for a while, she finally decided to come to the party with me. In addition, he said that he was already accustomed to people's cruel curiosity, and he smiled weakly.

With that, I could clearly feel how she had been treated by the Alberton family. I tried my best to feign nonchalance, but I stared at her with a faint fear on her face, and then clicked my tongue briefly.

'If I had a little more strength, she wouldn't have to look like this.'

But instead of protecting her, I was only going to make her point of being pointed at even more, so I told Leon in her arms.

"Leon, get out of your arms. Your arm must be sore."

Without a word, I stepped down from her arms, patted Leon on the head as he walked toward me, and said goodbye to her. He looked at her awkwardly as she greeted me for a moment, then quickly made his way to the East Tower. I had to get ready for the party.

I took Leon's hand and turned to Sir Oliver, who was following me, and said in a low voice:

"Call all the jewelers and craftsmen I have right now and bring them before me."

"I see. Your Excellency."

If she had to attend a party, she wanted to make sure that no one dared to mock her, that everyone would marvel that she was the most beautiful person in the empire.

I was willing to give everything I had for her. After all, this was all I could do for her right now.

I laughed at myself for being so helpless and pathetic.

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Time passed again, and before I knew it, the morning of the wedding party dawned.

I had been going through the list of knights, servants, and maids who had been to accompany me since early in the morning, discussing the possibility that spies might be lurking in them, and making preparations, and then, with the help of the servants, I changed into my robe.

When I was ready, I went to the outbuilding to escort her and knocked on the bedroom door.

"Are you ready, ma'am?"