Contract Marriage Interrupted - Chapter 68



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Episode 68. Preemptive Seizure in the Wild
2023.09.24.

In fact, Odette had a guaranteed life that she could seize whenever she wanted. She

had outstanding magical abilities, decent social skills, and moderate insight.

Furthermore, since she became Cedric’s confidant, she was in a position where she could seize power at any time.

In fact, Cedric had recommended it several times.

– I know why you want to hide the fact that you’re holding hands with me. It’ll be much easier to gather information that way. But isn’t it a little frustrating? If you strengthen our relationship a little more, the empress won’t be able to treat you so carelessly.

Odette refused for two reasons.

First, because she didn’t completely trust Cedric.

No one knows if Cedric’s words were meant to test her ambition.

‘Even if what you’re saying is true now, people’s hearts can change at any time.’

So, second.

It was because Odette wanted to trust Cedric.

– I’m fine. As I said, I don’t want anything. When the time comes, I just want to leave the palace and live quietly.

– But… … .

– Above all, if I reveal that I’m your man, I’ll naturally gain power. Then, can you not restrain me or suspect me?

– … … .

Cedric didn’t answer Odette’s words.

So Odette didn’t ask Cedric, “If you ever suspect me, can you guarantee that you won’t kill me?”

Cedric and Odette had a strange relationship. They were kind to each other, but they couldn’t completely trust each other.

That’s natural. They were in a relationship where they could threaten each other at any time.

So in order for Odette to completely trust Cedric, and in order for Cedric to trust Odette, one of them had to leave the palace.

And Odette simply said that she would do that job willingly.

In the palace, no one could be trusted, and no one could be by her side.

Odette was sick of all that distrust and self-interested relationships.

If there was anyone who was most unsuited to the ecosystem of the palace, Odette could be sure that it was her.

“No beast of burden sits under a tree without fruit, and no bird can find a land without ears of grain. That was my goal.”

You could call him a scarecrow, or a bright apricot.

A person without greed would not be swayed by the wrong people, so at that time, I wanted to live trusting and caring for my people.

I had promised myself to trust the people next to me no matter what happened.

Yes, this was a story about trust.

Odette brought up the purpose of the story she had been telling.

“So… Walter, I hope you don’t deceive me.”

Her gaze, which had been directed outside the car window, soon turned to the man sitting across from Odette.

He had an uncomfortable expression even before his gaze rested on me, but when his gaze finally came to me, he turned his gaze away for the first time.

“… … I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“I mean, about going to the masquerade.”

“There was nothing false in what I told you.”

“Of course, I’m not saying you lied. What you don’t say can’t be a lie. But lies aren’t necessarily the only things that can deceive people.”

In short, Odette was telling Walter

that she sensed that he was hiding something.

“I don’t think it was a lie that you went to the masquerade to investigate bootlegging. That it was related to Count Clovis, and that it was for your brother Cedric.”

But none of those were enough reasons for Odette to keep quiet about going to the masquerade.

Not that they were inappropriate, but ‘insufficient.’

So Odette had buried those questions last night, and now she had brought them up.

She wanted to talk about them when she was completely out of the palace, in case Blake interrupted her.

“Whatever you’re hiding… … you don’t have to tell me. It might not necessarily be something I need to know.”

This was the last line Odette suggested.

It was enough to distrust someone in the palace.

“Don’t fool me, Walter.”

“… … .”

Instead of answering Odette’s words, Walter stared at her with a slightly furrowed brow.

With a unique gaze that made it impossible to know what he was thinking.

After a brief moment of silence, he sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.

“You say you have no greed, but you ask for the most difficult thing.”

“… … Is it difficult?”

“Of course. Isn’t it difficult to ask anyone to be sincere? Right now, we are deceiving our grandfather.”

“Oh, yes.”

“That’s why I’m asking, you.”

Walter coughed a little awkwardly and then asked.

“Do you have any thoughts about Choya?”

Choya.

The moment she heard that word, Odette opened her mouth without realizing it.

‘That’s right, Choya… …!’

Unfortunately, she had completely forgotten.

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Choya.

In other words, the first night of her marriage.

As soon as that word came to mind , Odette felt the turmoil that had been creeping up on her disappear in an instant.

In other words, she came to her senses.

‘I was so out of it that I didn’t even think about it!’

As an excuse, Odette had been thinking about Choya quite a bit until a few days ago.

She had even brought Elina Emma to discuss Choya

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“This is the underwear you wear on the first night!”

“Ellie, isn’t this too revealing?!”

“This is the kind of thing that’s important to take the initiative. Do you like it, Your Majesty?”

“… … Emma, ​​get that out of my sight right now.”

“The underwear, or Ellie?”

“… … underwear.”

Who on earth put such outrageous, embarrassing, and scandalous underwear in her closet? Considering that

over 90% of the clothes in Odette’s closet weren’t chosen by her, but were already filled when she opened her eyes, it must have been the butler Philip’s hands that touched them.

So it was somehow embarrassing to carelessly question her.

The problem was that it was too outrageous, embarrassing, and scandalous to just pass over for that reason… … so let’s just call it a pair of pajamas. Anyway, there were too many pajamas.

“No, Your Majesty! Why did you fill up an entire compartment of your underwear with these things? These are really high-quality clothes, aren’t they? Oh my, this lingerie is so soft and so transparent!”

“This underwear is quite aesthetically pleasing. The colors are harmonious while accentuating the curves, so it’s not monotonous, and the jewel decorations placed in the right places are particularly eye-catching. This must have been the work of a skilled designer. I can tell that Your Majesty has a great sense of taste since you chose such wonderful underwear!”

“… … Please, take them all out… … .”

As you said, it seems too unreliable to say, “I didn’t buy it” when you filled one of the underwear compartments with plain-leafed underwear.

Somehow, Philip’s face, smiling and raising his thumb, seemed to come to mind, so Odette tightly closed her eyes.

However, she didn’t forget to mention the question that was on her mind.

“Ellie, why are you recommending this underwear when you’re wary of Walter?”

“Of course, it’s because you’re wary of the Duke!”

Ellie’s argument was this.

In the wild, the more extravagant something is, the more dangerous and poisonous it is.

“That’s why Your Majesty should show it too! “ Your Majesty is not easy!”

“With underwear, you know… … .”

“Yes! You’d be flustered if the other person showed you something unexpected, right? You’re trying to catch them off guard in the middle of the night!”

Incidentally, the basis for this claim was a romance novel called .

The book contained the story of what happens when a handsome count, who is old-fashioned and rigid, and who places great importance on maintaining morals, takes a woman who can’t stand pretty men as his wife.

In particular, the female protagonist, who is a countess, passionately expresses her ambitious goal to somehow make her husband fall and eat him whole in every chapter, and the middle of the night story was the best.

[I’ve waited for you so long, husband… … I’ll definitely do it today. How can you say you’re a virgin before marriage with such an attractive face?]

With these words, she puts on her pajama underwear and surprises her husband.

And then he gets kicked out and tied up in a blanket and ends up spending a lonely night in the wilderness.

It’s a pretty funny story when summarized, but in reality, the level of suspense is quite high and makes the viewer bite their tongues without realizing it, making it a very tense story.

Ellie showed this scene and shouted.

“This is exactly what I’m after! I’m going to show them an example!”

“… … I’m saying this just in case, but I’m not going to fight. You know? It’s not like I have any intention of avoiding the wilderness.”

“Of course. But from what I’ve seen, Your Majesty seems to be being swayed by the Duke in ‘that way’. Am I right?”

“That’s true, that’s true.”

“That’s why we need to seize the initiative even more in times like these! Why is Your Majesty being swayed by something you don’t like? Your Majesty can swing it around! The Duke!”

“Me, Walter?”

“Of course! Put it on your palm and swing it around!”

“Swing it around!”

Emma had also been influenced by Ellie’s theory, and was shouting along with the slogan.

From her perspective, no matter what happened, it didn’t seem like the newlyweds would have any problems, so it didn’t matter who took the lead.

And in that situation, what could be wrong with Odette taking the lead?

Besides, Emma had worked at Ertmann for a long time, so she secretly wanted to see it at least once.

Walter, who even did whatever he wanted to his grandfather, could be swayed by his wife!

‘I have to see this!’

With this strange sense of camaraderie, Emma and Ellie cheered Odette on.

“I’m swinging the master!”

“You can do it, Your Highness!”

And Odette.

“… … Is that so?”

She was quite perceptive.

　
In particular, she liked the fact that she could swing Walter.

Why wouldn’t she know? That she was being swayed.

She wasn’t particularly dissatisfied, but it’s true that she wanted to take away Walter’s leisure time at least once.

In the end, after much thought, Odette approached the drawer containing the underwear in the pajamas.

And, she carefully lifted the lingerie that was incredibly revealing with her fingertips.

“This… … What do you think? Does it suit you well?”

And so the project to seize the initiative in the early night began.