Having achieved a victory with many scars, I turned my back on the burning heat without any regrets.
Then, with my shoulders drooping, I trudged to the place where Paimon instructed to remain at quietly.
It’s my duty…
Who knows if they will spread rumors of having an affair after trying to prevent my adoptive son from killing his brother?
I didn’t even have the energy to continue standing. Paimon appeared after 10 minutes as I was lost on the dirty ground. And with a smiling face too.
[“Eve! I’m done with what I did! Hehe!”]
I reached out to Paimon.
Knowing that I was calling him, Paimon rushed towards .
[“What’s the matter? Pull you up?”]
Instead of answering, I stretched out my hand, and Paimon leaned down and said.
[“I did well, huh?!”]
At that mont, I grabbed Paimon’s hair.
I grabbed it and shook with all my might.
“You really want to die! How can I face Aedis!”
[“Eve?! Didn’t I co back after doing well?”]
How can you say you did well after spreading rumors of the Grand Duchess having an affair!
I punished Paimon, who was dumbfounded.
“You should die along with Gilbert’s aura too!”
When I retaliated with the montum to pluck out all of his hair, Paimon felt upset.
[“Okay, wait a minute! What did I do so wrong?”]
“This damn spirit! Who would not misunderstand if you say sothing like ‘to spend the rest of your life together’!”
[“I said that while thinking of you, Eve……!”]
“I know that, so do you think that it’ll end with just plucking your hair out!”
Paimon ekly gave up his hair, but his lips fluttered.
[“But, since this is a transformation, my hair is also made of magical power, ahhh! Even if you give a headbutt, Eve, only you will get hurt?! Anyway, I’m sorry!”]
***
I think it was just past midnight. It was nice to sneak back into the Cyclan castle through the window.
But just in front of the hallway, I was at a loss.
And it was exhausting.
It was Paimon who burned the aura, and Paimon who brought here, but only I was exhausted.
What do I say to Aedis?
Don’t be surprised if rumors of the Grand Duchess having an affair suddenly spread.
That the other person was Paimon who transford into the First Grand Duke?
I felt like I was going to cry, so I rubbed my eyes.
“Aedis’s magic, how can I get through the night safely?”
[Note: Maevia is speaking to the key that hold Aedid’s magic]
As I moaned while holding the key that gave off a blinking light, the dragon-shaped spirit, who had shrunk to the size of a gargoyle stone statue, took a quick look at .
Even after being hit by like that, Paimon said he didn’t want to separate and stuck to .
[“Hey, Eve. Did I do sothing so wrong? I really said that because you were the first precious person I ever t……”
It was very pitiful to see the spirit begging until now.
I couldn’t criticize Paimon any more and gave a faint smile.
“It’s okay. If the spirit lives for more than 500 years, that might be the case. Co on, let’s pray that Aedis’s heart will be as wide as the sea.”
[“Hey, Eve? Did sothing happen to your eyes?”]
I stroked Paimon.
Even the vague touch that was neither comforting nor beating seed to be pleasing to Paimon.
Paimon murmured, “I don’t know,” and put his body in my hands.
After stroking Paimon for a while, I managed to walk to Aedis’s bedroom.
It took a while to gather my courage to knock on the door, but I finally knocked anyway.
“Aedis, are you here? Can I co in?”
I carefully grabbed the doorknob.
The door opened and I pushed my head in first.
Aedis greeted with a slightly puzzled face.
“I thought you weren’t coming back today.”
“Ahahaha……”
I walked into the room very slowly.
I didn’t have the confidence to make eye contact with Aedis.
Watching my humbly bowed head, Aedis asked a question.
“So, how big of an accident did you cause to be so hesitant?”
“That’s……”
[“Don’t trouble Eve, you demon king!”]
All of a sudden, Paimon gathered the courage the size of my magical power and shouted.
Aedis’s eyes slid in Paimon’s direction for a mont.
Paimon was startled and hid behind my back.
Hey, it’s you, Paimon, who troubled the most today……
“Are you going to keep standing like that?”
Aedis called , who was still crouching at the door.
It was a pretty…… gentle voice.
There was no sign of anger.
Then soone knocked on the door.
Ah, that surprised .
“Your Grace, I have brought you a al.”
al?
It was Sarah’s voice.
Paimon dropped an ornant on the floor and hid in a corner.
I was just in front of the door, and opened it.
Sarah, who was waiting outside, widened her eyes.
“Oh, Your Grace? I heard you went out for a while. When did you get back?”
“Just now.”
I paid attention to the food Sarah brought.
The sll of well-cooked at almost made faint.
But why did Sarah bring a al at this ti?
Wasn’t Aedis having dinner with Regen?
But it turned out that Sarah’s target was .
“Sit down, Your Grace! It’s a little late, but you should have sothing. I’m worried because you look weak.”
Sarah made sure I was seated, set a light al at the table, and then she backed away.
The words were simple, but to , who skipped dinner and suffered a great psychological shock, it was a true feast.
Aedis said in a voice that made it obvious that he wanted to laugh.
“Please eat.”
I wouldn’t refuse, but I tilted my head.
“How did you know I was starving?”
“Your steps were slow.”
It must have been that he paid attention the mont I returned to the castle.
Ho, did he even hear the conversation with Paimon?
I put the at in my mouth, experiencing both the tingling in my heart and the cooling of my stomach at the sa ti.
Paimon, who had been vigilant in the corner until Sarah left, sprinted towards again.
[“Eve, is it that good?”]
Maybe it’s because he’s short, and Paimon, showing off his tearful eyes, looked so cute.
It felt completely different from when his body reached 15 ters in length.
Even the scales now look lovely.
You must never transform yourself into the first Grand Duke again.
It must have been a strong impression, but the image of the first Grand Duke that remained in my mind was nothing but ragged muscles.
“Paimon, would you like one too?”
[“Ah no. Eat a lot, Eve.”]
Since Paimon is a spirit, he had no problem living even without food for hundreds of years, so he rejected the favor and sat down at my feet.
Ooh, that’s really cute.
Thanks to Paimon, who gave the disease and the dicine, my tension subsided a little.
I mustered up my courage and looked at my husband, who was sitting like a classic masterpiece.
Aedis didn’t ask anything, waiting for to speak first.
“Um, Aedis?”
“Yes, Eve.”
The way he smiled at was no different than usual.
I put down my fork and said.
“I asked Paimon to burn Gilbert’s aura. I thought it might be a more moderate solution than cutting his limbs.”
“Is that so?”
“I thought it would be better for to do it than to ask you to. It will be the sa for Regen.”
The blue-eyed man, whose depth cannot be judged, stared at .
Even without any explanation, Aedis understood what I ant.
“Wife doesn’t have to be the villain.”
Soone must stop Gilbert, and that inevitably becos an act that hurts Regen.
So I decided that if there was no choice but to have soone hurt Regen, it would be better for that soone to be and not Aedis.
I thought it was a…… reasonable decision.
It will hurt less if a bond that has been built for only a month or two breaks compared to a bond that has been built for 8 years.
There was a risk of the spread of the unexpected affair of the Grand Duchess, but it was fortunate that I had succeeded in deterring Gilbert at least.
When Gilbert, who has lost his aura, returns to Cyclan Castle, he would want to present Paimon, who had transford into the first Grand Duke. Well. Of course I won’t give it to him.
Even if I gave Paimon up, there was no way for Gilbert’s aura to return.
The irreconcilable destruction that Paimon caused was like that.
I heard that it is a very special ability that has been a hot topic for a while even among the spirits.
When Aedis was about to say sothing more, I opened my mouth.
“And I had an accident.”
“…”
My heart beat faster.
By not hiding my trembling, I appealed as much as I could that this was really an accident I did not expect.
“When Paimon burned Gilbert’s aura, um, he briefly changed into a human form.”
“…”
“A human, but a man of an older age.”
Aedis’s eyes narrowed.
“It’s understandable.”
“…”
“He must have changed into the form of the first Grand Duke Kalakis.”
“Gasp.”
[“Gasp.”]
Paimon and I inhaled at the sa ti.
How did he know?
“I would have been unable to choose what to say or not to say on such a subject.”
“Gasp!”
[“Gasp!”]
……No, Paimon, why do you keep getting surprised just like ?!
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