CH 86

Frey showed no reaction.

At first, Frey thought Daniel was playing a joke on their wedding anniversary, but now his eyes are more serious than ever.

‘I don’t think he was drunk on the wine he tasted a little while ago.’

Suddenly, the distance between him and herself narrowed. Frey’s head felt dizzy. Daniel enjoyed Frey’s strange reaction.

“Frey. Will you let me if I seduce you?”

“Well, it seems difficult to give a definitive answer…”

The red eyes lost their way and wandered around. Daniel was well aware of what caught her attention.

Tak,Tak!

Each time his hand went down, the buttons came undone, exposing the wide chest tucked under the shirt.

Frey held her breath for seven seconds, then managed to exhale.

“Wait a minute, don’t take off your shirt, you’re the grand duke!”

‘I didn’t even think about taking it off.’

Daniel smiled and withdrew his hand. 

‘I liked the way Frey seemed to have no time to think of anyone else.’

“Frey. You said it was good because I was promiscuous.”

“Daniel. I don’t think showing off your pectoral muscles is nice to see.”

“You don’t have to just watch.”

When he said that, Frey’s face turned red like a tomato.

“Alright, since we’ve arrived, I’ll get off.”

Because the carriage just arrived, Frey rose from her seat as if she were running away without an escort.

“Are you going to my room right away?”

“My things are in my bedroom.”

‘I need to put the bedroom together as soon as possible.’ he thought to himself.

“See you later in my room, Frey.”

Daniel pretended to be calm and sat there for a while in the carriage.

Frey, who was just staring at Daniel with nothing on his upper body, overreacted to his provocation.

“….”

‘When I thought so, my body reacted reflexively.’

An animal and low-grade reaction that makes me wonder if it is a body that is obsessed about being noble.

“I dropped my pen in the carriage. I’ll find it soon and get out.”

Without anyone asking, Daniel was the first to go around.

* * *

Around the time the carriage in which Grand Duke and Duchess Prause rode had just returned.

The wizards sighed in succession at the mansion where undead monsters and the fog of Fall were collected.

“What the hell is the Magic Tower going to do by collecting so much fog of Fall…”

Vikram looked at Elisha. However, other wizards, including Elisha, could not come up with a definite answer.

“Senior Vikram, we moved to Prause because we were less involved in the production of the fog of Fall. If we were core members, we would have been washed up in the river with the corpse of the owner of the magic tower by now.”

“Well, yes.”

Vikram scratched his head in frustration.

‘Shit. If I had known I would see the divine power, the sacred tower, and the Grand Duke Prause’s dragon from so close up, I would have focused on researching the fog of Fall.’

If he had had extensive knowledge about Wizard, the situation would not have been as difficult as it is now.

“Starting today, we will change our field of research. Into the fog of Fall. I’ll find out what Gelon was up to with a budget that could have been my research fund.”

[“That’s right. Vikram is competent. Because I sincerely felt that way while working together this time.”]

‘What the Grand Duchess said to me instilled a sense of responsibility.’

It was Vikram who didn’t care about other people’s evaluations or praise, but it felt good to be praised by a talented person.

“Senior. Shall we take a break?”

“A competent wizard does not close his eyes until the results come out.”

‘How can I say what he said is not the truth to satisfy people?’

It was a thought that would frighten Elisha, who knew what Vikram’s personality was like.

“What the hell is Gelon going to do…”

Vikram looked at the undead monsters, muttering the same question again like a broken machine.

Crashh!

Then he accidentally broke the bottle glass containing the Fog of Fall.

The glass shattered with a loud bang, and the wizards and knights who were surprised at the same time rose from their seats.

But the real surprise happened later.

Arrrrgh…!

The undead monsters who had been quietly locked up in the cages suddenly stood up and rushed towards the place where the Fog of fall was exposed.

Thud!

“What? Are you licking the fog of Fall?”

“wait a minute. Aren’t they stronger than before?”

“The magic power emitted has also become much stronger.”

The wizards moved in perfect order, recording and analyzing new responses.

“Some monsters start having convulsions. It’s a reaction similar to that of humans who abused the fog of Fall.”

“However…”

‘Normally, if you consume a large amount of Fog of Fall, you should die immediately after experiencing an abnormal reaction.

However, two out of ten suffered only a little and did not die.’

Vikram sorted out the situation by looking at the few surviving monsters.

“So, if you spray the Fog of Fall on undead monsters, you get a stronger object with a certain probability?”

“Well, that reminds me of something.”

Elisha quickly retrieved her memory.

“I’ve heard that the Magic Tower moves the sedated undead monsters somewhere in the capital. At first glance, it seems that only the larger-than-average ones moved…”

“If they collected strong individuals separately, they might be able to use the Monster for troublesome things.”

Vikram used anesthesia magic to put the undead monsters to sleep.

One of Prause’s knights watching the scene recalled a story he had heard from the Holy Knights.

“Come to think of it, I think I heard that even when Lady Roselia died, undead monsters that were particularly strong and life-threatening suddenly appeared, and that His Majesty the Emperor emptied the palace.”

“Then maybe this time…”

Vikram quickly opened the movement magic circle.

* * *

Returning to my bedroom, I first looked for a mirror. Looking at it, my face was hotter than I expected.

‘I never thought Daniel would unbutton his shirt.’

It was hard to take my eyes off the already handsome man, who was also showing off his sensuality. My heart throbbed when I touched his wide chest, which was slowly revealing.

[“Frey. Let’s forget about our contract and start over.”]

His sweet voice echoed in my ears. With an honest heart. I wanted to respond to his provocation by pretending that I didn’t know anything.

Isn’t that what Grand Duke Prause is? He was transcendent and strong enough not to be defeated by others.

Although I was beaten to death by Gelon in the original story, I was able to stay with him as long as I was by his side.

The children were strong now too, and if something happened they would help instead of destroying the world.

‘Love with him seemed safe.’

‘Now that a lot has changed, wouldn’t it be okay not to hide my feelings for fear of being attacked by the prince’s aides?’

As soon as I thought of that, the words he had told me in the past flashed through my mind.

[“As the princess said, it seemed like we got divorced around that time.”]

Daniel peeked into my future several times, from the time he proposed a marriage contract.

Of course, I, who was not a Transcendentalist, did not know exactly what the future he saw would look like.

However, Daniel always said that the future he had glimpsed did not change.

‘In context, that would have meant that we were separated in every future he had peeped at.’

Of course, the future depends on what we do now.

But I had thought of Daniel as a decent person from the first time I met him, or even before that.

‘It’s not because of his heart that we broke up. And I don’t hate it.’

Considering the look in his eyes in the carriage today, it seemed unlikely that Daniel would change his mind and go through divorce proceedings.

If that’s the case, maybe something unavoidable will happen and we’ll end up getting a divorce.

‘Right now, isn’t it a situation where we haven’t even figured out what Gelon is trying to do with the Fog of Fall?’

I laughed bitterly.

‘It would be right to accept your feelings after all doubts have been resolved, right?’

Daniel was now my closest person and a loving helper. I couldn’t even imagine life without Damon and Arsene. Since they are so precious, I wanted to avoid the future where things went wrong and I lived like a stranger.

I didn’t mean to live by pretending not to know my heart forever because I was afraid of the crown prince and his aides.

‘Just until the variables that might lead to divorce disappear…’

It was just when she made up her mind and was about to leave the room.

“Vikram. What are you doing in Frey’s room?”

“Sorry. I know it’s an anniversary, but I feel like I have to give her an urgent report.”

Vikram’s voice coming from the other side of the door was unusually serious and urgent.

“Most of the undead monsters died when I fed them the Fog of Fall, but some of them were strengthened and survived.”

“strengthened?”

“Yes. And from what I’ve heard, it seems that the Magic Tower is imprisoning the enhanced undead monsters somewhere in the capital.”

‘Enhanced undead monster.’

As soon as I heard that, there was a conversation that came to mind.

[“Sorry for leaving you alone, Frey. On that day, the undead monsters were so strong…”]

‘The words my father said while recalling my mother’s death…’

It was the day he lost a loved one, so he didn’t mention it, but I hear that my father was also seriously injured by undead monsters that day.

And, now is the time when it wouldn’t be strange if undead monsters appeared in the capital.

I momentarily saw a vision of my father being severely attacked by undead monsters.

On top of that, the illusion of my mother throwing up blood and holding my body overlapped.

Fear crept in. 

My heart was pounding, and my body was trembling uncontrollably.

‘My father might be beaten by Gelon.’

but…

‘I promised Karuna that I would protect her even in this situation.’

Well, I’ve been trying not to hide like I used to in this situation.

Cklek!

Frey clenched her trembling fists and said.

“Explain to me, Vikram.”