Chapter 51
“Eek!”
Startled, Asil gasped in a breath. What to do, there are too many humans!
It was the first time since she had just been summoned that she encountered so many unfamiliar humans like this.
Her legs trembled with tension. The path back to Arcian was blocked by the nobles.
Although she thought she had overcome her fear of humans while living in Monlepe, that was ultimately limited only to people whose faces she knew.
When she faced unknown humans, her body still stiffened automatically and her fur bristled stiffly.
But encountering such humans without even the time to mentally prepare made fear surge up.
‘Scary.’
Asil trembled and stepped backward.
It was then that someone grabbed such Asil’s hand firmly.
“This way.”
It was the voice of a young male human.
It was a very familiar voice she had heard every day since coming to the human world.
Asil escaped through the path he had opened among the people.
And following him, she walked until she stopped in a place with fewer people.
The other person said softly.
“Take a deep breath in and out.”
“Huuu. Haaa. Huuu. Haaa.”
As she did as instructed, her heart, which had been pounding like a small drum, gradually calmed down.
Asil took a few more deep breaths and cautiously opened her eyes. And she saw Edenber standing in front of her.
He had the same cold expression as before.
But in one corner of his face, a warmth he couldn’t quite hide was visible.
‘Wow.’
Husband saved Asil!
The admiration was short-lived; Arcian appeared from behind..
His face, having lost his daughter in the blink of an eye, bore an embarrassed expression.
He quickly took care of Asil.
“Thank you for taking care of my daughter. Asilian, you should greet the Duke.”
“Asilian Erjeebbet .”
“Erzébet .”
“Erzébet .”
It was a fairly decent greeting, but Edenber stared piercingly only at Asil without responding.
Sensing something off, Arcian tried to quickly whisk his daughter away.
“Thank you for your precious time. Please enjoy slowly.”
However, due to the following restraint, he couldn’t step away and had to stop.
“Wait. I have something to say to the Count.”
“Please speak.”
Edenber’s gaze briefly swept over Asil. It seemed like he was confirming something.
But soon, without lingering, he withdrew his gaze and said firmly.
“I have no interest in your daughter at all. So if you have any ulterior motives using your daughter, it’s better to stop.”
At those words, Asil forgot she was in human form and received a big shock.
Asil had said she would sleep 99 more nights because she was sad about separating from her husband, but the husband has no interest in Asil!
‘Too much!’
Asil thought of her husband as an extremely close friend, but apparently, the husband didn’t think so.
Asil drooped her head dejectedly.
* * *
When upset, it’s best to eat delicious things to lift your mood.
Asil headed straight to the table with food. And with a very sulky face, she ate various desserts.
She drank juice too, and dipped pure white marshmallows into the chocolate fountain and chewed yum yum yum yum.
While doing so, she thought firmly.
‘I won’t play with husband anymore.’
I won’t sleep 99 nights here.
I won’t be the boss of Monlepe anymore, won’t give strawberries. I’ll destroy all the doors and walls too!
……she thought ambitiously, but.
Eating one more chocolate-covered marshmallow, upon rethinking, it seemed too cruel.
So she decided to change it a little.
‘I should only sleep 98 nights.’
Won’t be Monlepe’s boss for ten nights.
Will give exactly one strawberry, won’t destroy doors and walls. Because husband shouldn’t become a beggar.
‘In the world, if there’s such a kind dragon beastman, tell them to come out!’
After organizing like that, sadness welled up again.
Asil is thinking of her husband this much, but how can husband…
“Hing.”
Asil looked depressed at the chocolate-covered marshmallow skewer and drooped her gaze dejectedly.
Arcian, who had been anxiously watching such Asil, cautiously broached the subject.
“My daughter, should dad scold the duke?”
“Nooo.”
She was upset, but she didn’t want Edenber to be scolded by dad.
Asil shook her head firmly. Still, eating delicious things improved her sad mood quite a bit.
‘Yeah, husband doesn’t know anything, so kind Asil has to let it go.’
But what is husband doing now?
Munching on the last marshmallow skewer, Asil looked around for Edenber.
Then soon, she discovered Edenber confronting some young lord with a heavily furrowed brow.
Eek.
‘Husband is fighting!’
Asil pretended not to be interested and perked her ears toward that side.
Then an unexpected statement was heard.
“Does it feel good to show off in front of Lady Erzébet?”
……? Why is Asil’s name coming up here?
Asil popped the strawberry cookie she had just picked up into her mouth in one bite.
Gotta eat this before going.
Then she started sidestepping stealthily toward the direction of the two people.
And Arcian next to her also crab-walked along as a bonus.
* * *
The one picking a fight with Edenber was Cedric Starrafit, the heir to the Starrafit Duke family.
Edenber replied without even looking at Cedric.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“I mean earlier. I was going to help the lady first, but you pushed me aside and went, right?”
Even for the young Duke of Starrafit, it was overly rude speech toward a duke.
Moreover, Edenber hadn’t pushed him. He had just reached out to Asil first.
However, Edenber didn’t bother to point it out one by one. Because he didn’t feel the value in dealing with him at all.
He treated Cedric as if he didn’t exist and passed by.
“Ha, openly ignoring?”
Cedric, whose mood soured, scowled.
He really disliked Edenber, who was completely different from him.
Since Edenber’s mother was a woman of unknown origin, his bloodline was much inferior to his own.
Not only did he annoyingly act aloof, but he became duke first, putting him in a position to use honorifics.
Moreover, though fake, he even obtained a divine beast.
Even recently, he tarnished Starrafit’s honor and stole the family’s yellow sapphire mine.
In the midst of that, when he tried to help Lady Erzébet who had taken an interest, but even that slipped away, his suppressed anger exploded.
“Ha, fine. Be as gentlemanly as you want. But that doesn’t change the duke’s dirty bloodline.”
Edenber stopped abruptly in his tracks.
Though he tried to pass by patiently, Cedric inevitably scratched at his temper.
“The previous duchess, from a brothel, right?”
Edenber was silent for a moment.
His fist trembled with anger, but it didn’t turn into action.
Cedric found that appearance even more annoying.
He, who absolutely wanted to see Edenber emotionally shaken, ultimately touched on the sensitive part.
“That’s why people say the divine beast ran away. Well, running away is better than serving dirty blood; if it finds out, won’t the duke’s lizard run away soon too?”
“Stop.”
“Why? Worried? Well, I’m curious what reaction that strong guy who can knock down a phoenix would have if he knew his master’s blood is dirty.”
“Last warning. I said stop.”
“If I were it, I’d find a much better master. Wouldn’t anyone else do the same?”
“…….”
Edenber, who was about to shout, closed his mouth.
In his mind, the image of Count Erzébet kindly treating Asil and Asil looking at such Count with friendly eyes flashed by.
At that moment when despair was slowly settling into Edenber’s eyes.
A frail voice was heard.
“No. Asil won’t leave!”
The gazes of Edenber, Cedric, and those watching the fight concentrated on one side.
Asil, clutching Arshian’s collar tightly, was glaring at Cedric while huffing.
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sorry for being late 😭 the university crushed me out🥲🥲
I’d also like to suggest a few novels from my translations that you might enjoy:
-The Ruffian and the Mad Warrior Get Married.
-The Goal Is Five Divorces.
