I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

16. Reading by the Sword at Night! (Remember to vote at the end of the month~)

As I explained to Kefir, I plan to “change the perspective of the investigation.” However, the history of a vast empire’s predecessor is so extensive that even if it has been summarized into documents, I can’t finish reading it in a short time. So in the end, since the shop owner here welcomed us so warmly, we were not polite: Kefir packed all the documents related to the White-haired Elf Kingdom and sent them back to the Great Ying Empire, while I took the content related to the Rodema Empire back to our residence. After all, I need to finish reading this as soon as possible.

Later, because we were in public and had already been interrupted once, it was basically impossible to “create an atmosphere” again. At sunset, Kefir and I returned to our residence. If there was anything today that I couldn’t let go of, it was probably…

I slightly underestimated Kefir’s “thoughts.”

At this moment, in the evening.

Although I also wanted to experience the prosperity of this emerging empire at night with Kefir, I had more important things to do. After finding a comfortable position to lie on the bed, I immediately started to gather the historical documents about the Rodema Empire that I brought back in the morning.

I wanted to know how Nilu’s Rodema Empire was “destroyed” and how it was “rebuilt” like it is now. Between the two, I was more eager to know the latter. After all, I needed to quickly discover: how these differ from the “process” in my memory.

Although, what annoyed me a bit was: could it be that the recent events don’t count as history? The explanation about the “rebuilding” part was pitifully scarce, nothing more than “The king of the Rodema Empire returns to glory,” “She will return like lightning,” and other meaningless content…

The curious exploration made me accidentally forget the time and place, and… who was next to me. By the time I noticed, Kefir had already squeezed beside me, then leaned into my arms, looking at the document I was reading.

“Still the ones from the morning…”

However, at this moment, the attitude in my wife’s words was completely different from before. In the past, if I stayed up late reading, Kefir would definitely have an attitude of “a promising student.” But now…

Whether it was from listening or secretly glancing at her profile, Kefir’s whole body was conveying only one message to me: I came to you, and you’re still pretending to be a saint reading?

Before I could explain, Kefir waved her hand in front of my eyes. No, rather than saying she was trying to get my attention, it was more like she was showing a number in front of me, a number I was quite familiar with.

Immediately after, she pretended to casually remind me: “How long has it been since we set off for the Rodema Empire?”

“Seven days…”

You just want me to say the time out loud and then realize that the “deadline” has already passed, right? Fine, I’ll say it.

Before I could finish speaking, Kefir had already replaced the book in front of me with herself—forcefully taking the book away and then half-lying on the table like a cat.

“So, didn’t you think of anything?”

I did think of something. This is probably like the landlady coming to squeeze the hardworking and poor tenant farmers for rent again, right? However, I remember that this “deadline” was something you, Kefir, agreed to before we left. So why are you the one who can’t wait now?

“No… not really. Today, I suddenly felt like burning the midnight oil to read.”

I wanted to take the time to understand what happened after the reconstruction of the Rodema Empire. Because there wasn’t much information on this, I didn’t want to waste time and wanted to quickly find some clues to see the changes in the script.

However, I didn’t tell Kefir about this. It’s understandable that she would be unhappy with my “sudden coldness.” So, when faced with the choice of wife or script, I wouldn’t hesitate.

I decided not to dwell on it, but I had some doubts that I needed to share with Kefir in advance.

“Kefir, I have two decisions I want your opinion on. The first is: instead of looking for Nilu, we should go back…”

Just as I was about to say something, I realized that Kefir had fallen “asleep” on me.

This left me at a loss: Kefir didn’t have any strange condition that made her suddenly fall asleep. So, could it be… could it be intentional? Like, deliberately exposing some “weakness” to lure me in. Hmph, I don’t know who you learned this trick from, Kefir, but I saw through it right away.

But seeing through it is one thing, taking the bait is another. As for the doubts I wanted to share with Kefir… it’s better not to say them. Now that the death script has disappeared, I don’t want to encounter any problems and push them all onto Kefir, relying on her “protagonist halo” to solve them. I hope that if, one day, Kefir’s protagonist halo can’t cover me, I will have the ability to save her from danger.

“Alright, alright, Kefir, I’ll take the bait, okay?”

The next moment, seeing Kefir open her eyes and look at me with a somewhat confused expression, I sighed, raised my hands in surrender, and gave up resisting.

To be honest, the seven-day deadline was not only long for Kefir but also… probably harder for me to endure.

As for why I initially preferred to “burn the midnight oil” and didn’t pay attention to Kefir’s doubts…

The answer will come soon.

And the next day, it was time to get the “answer.”

Perhaps because we were “satisfied,” and with all the documents related to the history of the white-haired elves already packed and sent back to the Great British Empire, this time Kefir also suggested to me, “We can almost go find Nilu.”

So, at sunset, when Kefir and I were slowly approaching the palaces of the Rodema Empire, which were a little far from the town, and after showing the token left to us by the chaotic fairy, we soon met a familiar figure.

Sure enough, the one who came to greet us was still the purple fairy, Claudius.

“It seems you are ready to meet the master. Please come with me. The master has prepared a grand welcome for you two, and… the master does not like to wait, so please do not waste the master’s precious time.”

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“……”

Regarding everything I encountered after arriving in the Rodema Empire, and the little bit of doubt in my heart, since Kefir didn’t feel anything at all, I wouldn’t casually say anything to make Kefir nervous.

These “strange places,” this time I will solve them myself. And…

The opportunity will come soon.

It’s the end of the month, everyone remember to use your monthly tickets, otherwise they will expire~

Starting from these few chapters, the biggest plot twist of this book will begin. I’ve been preparing for a long time. By the way, I’ll briefly talk about next month’s events tomorrow, so please look forward to the November monthly ticket lottery! Because we are approaching the final content, there will be many events in November and December!