CH 31

Chapter 31

Despite the absurd request to cut the veil in half, Estelle did not say anything more. She replied that she understood and that she would fix the veil.

In fact, it wasn’t long before she made the half veil and gave it to Elysia. It was in a state of being complete, down to the base.

“The rest of the week… There will be no special training.”

“Yes.”

“You have worked so hard. Lastly, I look forward to your cooperation with the veil.”

It was cut in half, so it would have been finished quickly even if it had been someone else though it was Elysia, so it would take her at least five days.

“The finishing work will be done the day before the wedding.”

“I understood. Well done, Estelle.”

Glancing down at the dark blue fabric that was on her lap, now, it was really a battle on her own. Elysia forcefully swallowed the sigh that was about to come out of her temple.

“Even if it was cut in half, that’s a huge amount.”

For her, whose embroidery skills were poor, even if the amount was cut in half, she had to put a lot of effort into it. The good news was that the dragon’s size had been reduced…? Other than that, nothing seemed to have changed. It was still difficult for her.

“Estelle is amazing.”

Although when she actually asked to cut her in half, Elysia never thought she would be able to get it back so soon. She thought it would take at least two days. However, Estelle brought a veil that she finished the foundation in only half a day, saying she had help from others.

Nonetheless, it was at an incredible pace.

“Great! Now I have to work hard!”

Elysia lifted the needle with a stern look. The unusually sharp-looking needle had a good foreboding.

“Ah!”

What she thought was a good feeling, it seemed, was a bad feeling. She had just started embroidering, yet she stabbed her finger again. Elysia tried to bring her finger to her mouth, seeping the drops of blood.

“I’m sure I told you not to do it.”

“Your Grace…?”

When and how he got into her room—

How Damon grabbed her fingers like that so quickly… Elysia was so amazed that she couldn’t keep her mouth shut.

“How…? Where did you come from?”

She obviously didn’t hear any windows or doors open. He was neither a fantasy nor anything, it was hard to believe that he was the real Damon. After all, he came to her just when she was stabbed by a needle…

“By the way… I guess the wife doesn’t listen very well either?”

She tried to get her hand out of his grasp as he spoke as he looked at her bloody finger. But, she never thought that the gripped fingers would ever fall out.

“Well, this…”

“Didn’t I tell you not to do it?”

His voice was so calm and low that it was impossible to think that he was angry. Still, she knew that he was in a state of utter anger. She was so scared that goosebumps all over her body. It was as if the voice was speaking directly into her ear, even with a somewhat eerie feeling.

“…So, I cut it in half.”

“What?”

“Your Grace told me not to do it, so I cut the length of the veil in half.”

Elysia showed him the veil that had been cut in half with her remaining hand that had not been caught.

“Isn’t this a condition that both you and I can satisfy?”

“Really… I can’t stop the wife.”

She wondered where on earth this courage springs from within her. Even though Elysia said she was scared, she told him everything she wanted to say to him strangely. Could it be that she already had a date to die?

She was terrified to learn that she was destined to die one way or another anyway, but she wanted to avoid dying quietly while doing nothing.

Of course, it would be best for her to get away from him and divorce him if at all possible. She didn’t know if she would be able to escape from this man in front of her first, though.

“And, how did you get here? Apparently, I didn’t hear the door open.”

“Are you curious about that?”

“Yes.”

If she knew where and how he came in, she would lock the entrance tightly. Elysia was not happy that he came so suddenly. Even if she locked the entrance, there was a chance that he would break in and enter…

Though instead of answering, Damon just smiled.

“…Why did you come again?”

Elysia did not know how to react to Damon, who came back after only two days.

“Do… Do you keep coming back because you regret your decision to get married?”

If not for this reason, he wouldn’t have come to her. Does he keep coming to see her because he wanted to cancel the marriage even now? It could have been that he was coming to kill her.

“What…?”

“You want to cancel the marriage, so you’re coming here like this?”

As she talked, it seemed that there was no other way to explain it other than this reason because he had no reason to visit her other than the marriage.

“I wonder if that’s why you’re telling me not to make the veil, as I’m not going to use it anyway…”

After she spat it out, somehow, it felt like everything was explained to her now. Perhaps, there was another reason for her not to make the veil.

“If you want to cancel now, I don’t care.”

It was a veil that she wouldn’t be using, yet seeing her constantly hurting and making it, he must have wanted to give her a hint in advance not to make it.

“If the wife wants to make it, then make it.”

“Yes…? If I’m not going to use it, wouldn’t it be more efficient not to make it?”

“It doesn’t matter if you wear a veil that day.”

Elysia’s face was full of question marks when he suddenly told her that she could wear the veil.

Wasn’t that what he meant…?

However, the clear nuance meant that he wanted to cancel the marriage. In particular, there was no reason for him to come all the way here to talk.

“Is it okay to wear the veil all of a sudden?”

“Yeah, you’re the first woman ever to have to get anything you wanted in this way.”

She couldn’t understand what he was saying at the moment. She thought what she was thinking was right, though it seemed that it wasn’t the case.

“I just didn’t want you to get hurt. You are a very precious person to me.”

When she heard that she had become a precious person, Elysia couldn’t even tell a lie. So, when she saw his acting, she had to manage the expression that was trying to harden. He didn’t think of others, she knew better than anyone else.

To Damon, other people were people who were about to die or people who hadn’t died yet.

If they go further, how many people he wouldn’t kill or he would kill?

It was an unbelievable word to say that she was such a precious person to him. Rather, she might have passed it if he had only given a proper compliment.

“Thank you for thinking about me.”

“It doesn’t look like that at all.”

Even though she thought that she was taking care of her expression, it seemed that there was a mark on her face.

But, when she faced him, Elysia was terrified, and there was no way to stop her face from hardening on its own. In a way, this was a very natural reaction. There was no one who wouldn’t tremble in the face of a predator at the top of the food chain.

“It’s because I’m tired. Why did the Grand Duke come to see me?”

She also wondered why he was sneaking around like a thief in the middle of the night. Last time, he disappeared without telling her why he appeared or why he laughed.

“Why did you come like a thief tonight?”

“If I am a thief, what is the wife?”

By the time she noticed the distance with Damon getting closer and closer, he was already close to her nose.

“What…?”

“I asked if I am a thief, what is the wife?”

So close that they could feel each other’s breath, Elysia couldn’t come to her senses.

She used to have a hard time keeping her sane because of his mesmerizing looks, though it was even more so now that he got closer. Her head was pounding at his beauty, which distracted her so much that she couldn’t even think of anything.

“I….”

“It’s a joke. I’m in trouble. I made the wife so uncomfortable…”

Elysia was dazed at his act of backing away cleanly as if he had always done so, and she just continued to blink. She couldn’t figure out what the hell had just happened.

“If I was a thief, wouldn’t the wife be an accomplice?”

“Yes?”

“Because you hid me. You’re not calling anyone, right? When a thief comes in, you have to scream right away and ask for help outside.”

At Damon’s words, Elysia was slightly taken aback and lost her words. If she screamed and asked for help, she knew what would happen… Before she could even scream, she would have died a horrific death.

“When someone you don’t know comes, you have to ask for help…”

“You’re not someone I don’t know.”

When she told him he was like a thief, she was pointing out that he appeared out of nowhere, like a stray cat.

“So, does that mean that you will accept anyone who enters the room, unless it is someone you do not know?”

“Yes…?”

“If the person is just an acquaintance, does that mean it doesn’t matter?”

Damon’s behavior and his absurd remarks made her speechless. Elysia couldn’t understand what the hell this man was talking about.

“Grand Duke is the one who’s going to marry me, right? You’re not in everyone’s category.”

If it hadn’t been for their marriage, she would have screamed out loud when he showed up. As she screamed, she might have been running around trying to run away.

“….”