I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 137



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Servet and Grita
2024.03.16.

“I don’t feel sorry for Master Dennis, but shouldn’t we get the facts straight?”

“Father. What does this mean? I, I brought him from outside? Not your son?”

Dennis’s words trembled in impatience after hearing the terrible truth.

Cordelia took a good look at Dennis’s face again. She had often heard that siblings didn’t look alike, but she thought that was because Dennis resembled his father and she resembled her mother.

Pablo’s face turned red and he screamed.

“Really? Okay, since we’re on the subject, let’s end it here. No matter what, Dennis is my son. Unlike that ungrateful woman!”

“No! Lady Grita would never cheat. Lady Cordelia is the one who is of Vasquez’s bloodline.”

“Look at those creepy eyes. And yet you say no? Our ancestors have had black eyes for generations! Just like me and Dennis.”

Pablo jumped up and down and pointed at Cordelia with his finger. Rani, with her hands on her waist, shouted without giving up.

“I’ll make sure you see that right now. You’ll regret hurting Cordelia all this time!”

“Regret? You’ve become so arrogant. Where did you dare speak?”

Rani, who was a subordinate, did not behave obediently but instead shouted back, making Pablo even more angry than usual.

Regardless, Rani didn’t blink. She took out a leaf wrapped in a cloth from her bosom. The faint golden light made it seem like a special power was flowing through it just by looking at it.

“It’s ‘Apan.’”

“Apan?”

Cordelia stuck her head out and focused her gaze on the object Rani had taken out.

“It has the ability to discern bloodlines. Of course, you have to use divine power to fully unleash its power.”

After Rani’s short explanation, she immediately placed the leaf on her palm.

“Hold the leaf with your fingertips. If you are related by blood, the color of the apan will be a deeper golden color, otherwise it will be dyed black.”

“What can you tell from this piece of leaf? How can I trust that what you are doing is true or not?”

As expected, Pablo did not trust Rani’s words. Rani had already anticipated his negative reaction, so she calmly called her maid.

“Are there any servants who are brothers in this mansion?”

“Oh, yes. Marie and Ruth are siblings.”

“If it is okay, please call them.”

“Understood.”

Not long after Leila left, two men and women who did not know what was going on came in hesitantly. They were very intimidated by the ominous atmosphere in the room.

“I heard you called.”

“Are you sure you are siblings?”

“Yes. That is correct.”

Even without checking, it was easy to tell that they were brothers because their appearances were similar. Rani brought the two people over and had them hold the tips of the leaves. Above her, as she chanted something like a prayer, the leaves began to glow noticeably brighter, then soon they began to glow in a splendid golden hue.

“Wow.”

The attendants, who had first seen this amazing sight, were so surprised that they almost dropped the apan on the floor. Lani hurriedly retrieved it.

“You see? The apan is a precious relic even in Yeratcus. Moreover, it responds only to divine power, so there can be no falsehood.”

“Hmph.”

“Now, grab the apan. It’s time to see the truth.”

Lani handed Pablo the tip of the apan. Pablo twitched his lips for a long time, then grabbed the apan with an expression that showed he was very merciful.

“Yes, since you want the truth so badly, I’ll show you. I kept my mouth shut for the sake of your mother’s honor, but today the whole world will know what a dirty woman Grita Manson was.”

Pablo looked Cordelia straight in the eye and grinned.

Lani wanted to refute that statement right away, so she opened her mouth and closed it. Everything would be revealed later anyway. Lani held back for that moment.

On the other hand, Cordelia was incredibly calm. The anxiety that had been bothering Cordelia for the past few days subsided like a calm wave.

Thinking back, the anxiety that made her anxious was trivial.

Whether she was a half-demon or inherited the blood of the damned Vasquez, nothing would change for Cordelia. The life she had lived would not be denied, and those who had been by her side would not point fingers at her and leave. Now that she realized that, her fear of the outcome disappeared as if it had been washed away.

Cordelia grabbed the tip of the leaf on the other side. Cordelia closed her eyes as Lani began to recite the spell.

“What, what?”

Pablo’s voice, filled with surprise, was the first to hit her ears. Cordelia opened her eyes.

“Look! Am I right? How many times have I told you that our young lady, Lady Grita, would never do that?”

The apan was glowing brightly in gold. Cordelia stared at it quietly. All sorts of emotions were rushing through her, and if you asked her what she was feeling right now, she couldn’t answer.

Happy? Sad? Angry? Relieved?

She couldn’t tell anything. Cordelia just blinked blankly.

Rani stopped talking and shed a few tears. Pablo couldn’t believe the golden apan, quickly looking back and forth between Cordelia and Rani, and then stammered.

“This can’t be. This is ridiculous. This is a lie. This is all a lie! What have you done with this leaf?”

“Didn’t you call those servants to check it out in advance? If you have such doubts, try it with Master Dennis. It will glow gold just as well.”

Rani handed the apan back to Pablo with a confident expression. Dennis grabbed the part that Cordelia had grabbed. Lani smirked and used her divine power on it.

“Now, look. Just like before… …”

“See! I told you this was wrong! Where did you get this piece of trash?”

The apan that Dennis and I caught was burning black. Instead, Pablo raised his voice in a haughty tone after seeing it. Lani was a little taken aback at first, but then laughed in vain.

“Are you pretending not to know, or are you really not? Apan never lies. The fact that Apan is black means that Master Dennis and the Elector are not related by blood.”

“What nonsense! Dennis is my son! He looks exactly like me from head to toe.”

“Black hair and black eyes are common colors. It’s hard to believe that it’s Vasquez’s. Besides, Master Dennis’s real mother was a prostitute. No one knows whose seed you conceived.”

Rani barely managed to suppress her laughter and tried to speak with dignity.

Pablo tried his best to deny it, then suddenly turned to his son. If you think about it, there were a few things that were a little strange. In the Vasquez family of tall knights, Dennis was unusually short and awkward in handling his body. Naturally, his swordsmanship was also poor.

“You can’t be Dennis… …”

“No, father! There’s no way. I’m your son!”

Pablo’s eyes shook violently. The more he did, the more Dennis grabbed Pablo’s arm. Pablo staggered and shook his arm away. Then, with a sense of loss, he said to Rani,

“I want you to try again. With everything in this room.”

“Go ahead.”

Rani generously accepted the request. Pablo even called Leila, who was quietly breathing by the wall, to grab the end of the apan. Naturally, the apan withered black.

Dennis and I tried to grab the apan a second time, but the result was the same. The only one who could make the leaf Pablo held shine was Cordelia.

Pablo was so confused that he couldn’t even form a sentence properly.

“Cordelia is my daughter, Grita gave birth to a child… … Then what are those eyes? Why?”

“Didn’t I beg you ten years ago? Not all children have the same eye or hair color as their parents. There are rare cases where they are born with completely different colors, like mutations. Just because of the color of their eyes, you insulted our young lady, Grita, so much. Now apologize. Hurry up!”

Of course, Pablo didn’t repent, confess his wrongdoings, or apologize to Cordelia. He just changed the direction of his disgust.

“I thought that son of a dirty whore was my son all this time!”

“Father, you don’t believe that, do you? It’s all a lie. It’s a trap set up to cause discord between you and me. Father, Father!”

“Don’t come near me. As soon as I return to Vasquez, no. I will rush to the court and erase your name from Vasquez! How dare you, how dare you deceive me?”

Pablo abandoned the son he loved and cared for so much in an instant. Dennis was so shocked by the sudden change in attitude that he could not control his body.

“My daughter. I have finally awakened from the lie.”

Pablo quickly turned around and approached Cordelia. He grabbed her hand.

Cordelia stared at him blankly. His wrinkled eyes and gray hair showed how old he was.

“Cordelia, my only daughter. Don’t worry. Vasquez is yours entirely. I will not leave anything to that whore’s child.”

“Thank goodness. Your father abandoned me three times, so I have no qualms about abandoning him.”

“Abandon! How could I abandon my daughter?”

A smile escaped her face as she stared at the old man, filled with earnestness. It wasn’t because she was sure she was human. This time, she felt the joy of being the first to abandon him. This time, it was over.

“I understood the first time. But the second time you sold me off, I felt sad and betrayed, and the last time you sold me off to Elector Embly for a hundred thousand ringgit, it was just pain.”

“That’s because I needed some money back then. You know my situation, don’t you?”

“I want you to experience the despair I experienced.”

Cordelia looked at Pablo Vasquez with sincerity. She wanted him to feel even a little bit of the pain of being abandoned by his family, the betrayal and sadness she had experienced.

Without any hesitation, she pulled her hand away from Pablo’s grasp. Then she turned her head and said to Leila,

“The guest is leaving. I will see him off.”

“Yes. I understand.”

As if she had been waiting, Leila called in her sturdy servants and forcibly pushed Dennis and Pablo out of the room. Dennis, who learned the secret of his birth, was so shocked that he couldn’t fight back, but Pablo, with all his might in his old body, shouted and fought back.

“Cordelia! I’m your father! How can you treat me so cruelly? Now, it’s just you and me, the Vasquez!”

“Contact me when you die. Oh, I won’t be able to contact you when I’m dead.”

Cordelia smiled and waved at him lightly.