I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 147



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2024.03.26.

Are you dead? All of you? When on earth? I didn’t hear anything?

Then did the Master die too?

Cordelia was so shocked by the sight of so many people collapsed that her thoughts didn’t work out properly. The words coming out of her mouth were not sentences but just a few broken words.

“Why, why? When?”

Lydia slowly approached her.

Lydia was as pure and beautiful as when they first met. If it weren’t for the blood all over her, she would have thought this was a dream.

The reason she wasn’t Nazabut was because the atmosphere was completely different. Even in this situation, her quiet voice and smile were dazzling, and she was worthy of being called the most beautiful woman in Ershe.

Cordelia couldn’t calm her trembling body and looked around so quickly that she could hear her head turning.

“You, you killed them? All of them?”

“Yes.”

Lydia walked slowly and kicked Matilda who was lying on the ground without any sincerity. Her horribly distorted face was filled with fear.

“Lady Matilda!”

Matilda’s face was covered in blood from her nose.

Lydia didn’t stop there. She bent down and grabbed Beluche’s head, making Cordelia meet her eyes.

“This insolent knight too.”

“Beluche, Beluche!”

A huge sword was stuck in Beluche’s chest. The black-haired knight seemed unaware of his own death, his mouth and eyes both half-open.

“Now you’re the only one left.”

“Why! Why! Why!”

Cordelia wanted to run to Lydia and tear her to pieces. Her hatred boiled over her like fire set on dry grass. Despite her anger, Lydia smiled as pure as a bell.

“Why? Because I hated you. You took Leo away from me, and you took everything away from me.”

“Take it away? What did I take away from you?”

Cordelia asked back with a snort. Lydia’s smile, which had been drawn, crooked for the first time.

“My whole life is a mess because of you. Leo was originally supposed to marry me, but you showed up and ruined all those plans.”

“Don’t blame others. You had it all from the beginning. A brother who loves you, a beautiful appearance, a wealthy family. You’re the one who’s trying to bring down the devil and destroy the world because you don’t have Leonard.”

“Now you call him by his name. You’re the daughter of Vasquez, who’s falling apart.”

“What, how dare you? How dare you?”

“If it weren’t for Leo, you wouldn’t have even seen Yevo Delim. Vasquez, who has a father like a worm and a younger sibling like a parasite, marrying Attila. How can that be possible? If it weren’t for your pitiful talent, you would never have gotten there.”

The caustic remarks that followed were more than Cordelia could have imagined. It was creepy to think that with that gloomy face. It was so absurd that I couldn’t help but laugh.

“What does it have to do with you that I don’t get along with Leonard?”

“It does. It doesn’t make sense for someone like you to be Attila’s disciple, but Madam? To be Attila’s wife and take his place? That’s absolutely impossible.”

“So what about you?”

Cordelia stopped mid-sentence. She realized why Lydia was reacting so violently.

“You’re jealous of me.”

“Oh my God, jealous. Who?”

“Did I summon the devil because I was jealous? If she simply didn’t like me, she could have just used her power, ah. talent… Yes. She was jealous of my talent.”

“You’re delusional.”

“You’re not denying it.”

Now it felt like the puzzle was finally coming together. If she simply didn’t like Cordelia being next to Leonard, there would have been many ways to deal with her. But Lydia chose to summon the devil.

The day Lydia went crazy with her magic, Matilda’s words came to mind.

“I don’t know exactly why Lydia Elfenbaum made a contract with the devil, but it could be because she was jealous of you. Jealousy is usually shown to those close to her.”

At the time, she just ignored it. It felt ridiculous that Lydia Elfenbaum was jealous of her.

But when she saw Lydia’s face stained with jealousy, it hit home.

“That’s all you need to do to be jealous and summon the devil? You’re really out of your mind.”

“Don’t say it’s all you need. Why should I feel miserable because of you? You should have been better. If you were someone I could acknowledge, wouldn’t you have felt this way?”

Cordelia felt unrealistic having this conversation with Lydia. They were talking about jealousy and misery while looking at a dead body lying on the floor.

“And even the scenery is unrealistic.”

When did the sun set?

The moment that thought occurred to Cordelia, her mind suddenly snapped. It felt like a splash of cold water on her head. Just a moment ago, she had been drawing a magic circle to seal Nazabut, but that too was nowhere to be found.

[Get up now.]

A stranger’s voice was heard in the empty air. Cordelia looked around carefully with her mouth half open. Just a moment ago, she had been angry at the sight of Matilda and Beluche’s corpses, but those emotions had broken like waves and disappeared without a trace.

There were more than a few things that were hard to believe were real. Only then was Cordelia able to look straight ahead without being swept away by her emotions.

“It’s all an illusion.”

“If only you weren’t in this world, I wouldn’t have fallen for Maximilian’s trick, and I wouldn’t have given my body to the devil. It’s all your fault. You just have to die. You. You.”

Lydia, who just blamed everything on Cordelia without any reason, was now pitiful. This exhausting conversation itself felt meaningless.

“Die, die!”

Lydia grumbled in frustration and soon rushed at Cordelia. Cordelia cast a strong shield magic and looked around the sky.

“Is this an illusion shown by the devil? How can I get out?”

[You have to realize that this is not reality.]

“I already realize it.”

[It’s different from what you know in your head. You have to believe it yourself.]

Lydia’s claws rushed towards Cordelia’s neck, but were quickly stopped by the shield. Cordelia continued the conversation with the voice that was probably Servette.

[What you see before your eyes is just an illusion.]

“I know.”

[But why are you wearing a shield?]

The moment she heard those words, Cordelia’s head felt numb as if she had been hit by a hammer. Servette was right. If all this was really an illusion, nothing could harm her.

Cordelia released her shield magic and stood in front of Lydia. Then she looked straight at Lydia.

When Cordelia exposed her body defenselessly, Lydia didn’t miss the moment. She rushed forward and dug her nails into Cordelia’s heart. No, she tried to poke it. However, she couldn’t go any further as if she was blocked by some kind of wall.

Soon, small cracks began to appear in the air like a broken mirror.

“Die, die, die!”

Lydia was filled with fear and tried to somehow hit Cordelia, but the world collapsed even faster the more she did.

Soon, the ground beneath her feet collapsed. Cordelia struggled unconsciously as her internal organs fell. At that moment, someone grabbed her hand tightly.

“… … Leah.”

“Gasp, gasp.”

“Wake up. You have to come out now!”

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Matilda’s face. Her face was gaunt and tired, but Cordelia felt relieved just by seeing her alive and moving.

As I looked around, the shadows of Nazabut were growing larger and larger, covering the ground. There were human screams and blood.

“I, the sealing magic circle.”

“Yes. I just need to make that magic circle happen for Nazabut.”

Matilda pointed with her hand to a black object in the distance.

At first, I didn’t know what it was. It was just a black liquid that was flowing down, so if Matilda hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have noticed that it was Nazabut.

“Cordelia! Now!”

It was Leonard’s voice. Cordelia didn’t have time to look around anymore and immediately poured all her magic into the magic circle.

When she first designed it and put her magic into the magic circle, it was at most a stream, but now she could pour an enormous amount as if she was pouring a river. What was even more surprising was that she didn’t get tired after doing all that. Instead of getting tired, she became even more powerful and her eyes sparkled.

A magic storm arose around Cordelia.

As she stretched out her hand, the magic circle that filled the sky gradually decreased in size and ran toward Nazabut. It was a strange expression, but it really felt that way. It was as if each letter engraved on the magic circle had legs and ran toward Nazabut.

“Ah, keueuuuuck!”

Nazabut struggled and tried to run away as the magic circle approached her. Cordelia ran toward it in one stride.

“Wait, Cordelia! It’s dangerous!”

Someone said that to stop her, but Cordelia intuitively knew that she had to go forward.

The sealing magic circle immediately attached itself to Nazabut’s head, arms, and legs. An incomparably stronger magic power than before flowed out through Cordelia’s heart.

“How dare you, how dare you, you stray worm!”

Nazabut ran toward Cordelia. Black liquid covered Cordelia’s arms.

Cordelia’s arm quickly turned black with the burning smell, but she didn’t care. She was surprisingly not afraid of anything. She just stared straight at the collapsing demon with her clear eyes and said,

“Now is the time to pay for your sins. Be trapped in eternity alone and experience endless suffering.”

“I alone, ugh, do you think I’ll fall into that hell alone?”

Nazabut squeezed all his strength and clung to Cordelia tightly. The magic circle was tightening around him. Even so, Nazabut somehow held onto her and didn’t let go. Cordelia tried to shake him off, shaking her hands, but it was no use.

“If I’m trapped in hell, you’re trapped too! Let’s go together into that eternal suffering!”

As time passed, the letters of the sealing magic circle stuck to Cordelia’s hand. Leonard, who noticed it first, ran over, shouting urgently.

“No! No! Cordelia!”

Cordelia looked back. Then she looked forward again and closed her eyes.