Recently, Magnus had a hard time hurriedly building a greenhouse to prevent her from leaving the house, even though she had canceled the divorce.

‘I never thought she’d want to set up a workshop outside.’

Of course, her words were right.

It would be nice to have a place to go to work regularly. Drukan is also there as a guard. There shouldn’t be much danger.

Nevertheless, the reason he couldn’t let her go was…

A feeling.

Intuition.

The intuition that if he let her go like this, it would be difficult to see her face even once a week.

Magnus usually trusted his intuition.

So he hurriedly volunteered to build a greenhouse. He made sure all the work was done in a week.

It was the first time he had poured so much money, pushed people so hard, and invested so much manpower.

“Why go to such lengths?”

“I don’t want to be apart from you.”

“…No, even so, at least a workplace…”

“I’m lonely without you.”

Serena made a face that showed she really disliked it, but with such honesty as above, Magnus obtained her consent.

Thinking about it now, it was a wise choice.

If not, she really would have… probably not come back to the mansion under the pretext of being busy with work.

Even now, that’s the case.

Magnus sat at the table, staring at her back as she put down her book and prepared for a bath.

It’s only very recently that they’ve become accustomed to sharing a room.

The pattern is mostly similar.

As soon as Serena arrives, she goes into the bathroom to wash, and Magnus has a light drink in the meantime.

When Serena comes out after washing, Magnus goes in to wash.

Since neither of them receives bath attendance, that was enough.

Anyway, after washing like that and coming out, Serena would either be reading a book or already asleep.

They don’t talk to each other after going in to wash.

Whether it’s to enjoy their own time, or because they’ve fulfilled their duty of conversing during meals and now keep their mouths shut, honestly, Magnus didn’t like it.

‘She certainly wouldn’t have come in.’

The moment a workshop was created outside, seeing her face would have become quite difficult.

Thinking about that, a bumpy feeling popped up.

“Shall we bathe together?”

“Huh?”

The reason he asked so calmly was because he had learned quite a bit about ‘married life’ from Pamel and Drukan.

Thanks to them teaching him quite directly, using explicit words without hesitation, Magnus felt like he had seen a somewhat new world.

Anyway, between married couples, anything was okay.

As long as it wasn’t the coercive kind without mutual consent.

Magnus couldn’t understand well why his father always held his mother in his arms when he was young, but now he seemed to understand a little.

Certainly, she who fits snugly in his arms… has a feeling that makes one warm and satisfied.

“…You’re asking to bathe together so suddenly?”

Serena asked, blinking her eyes.

She couldn’t understand. Why, when they’ve been washing well separately until now?

“Is this also part of the marital relationship you mentioned?”

Magnus frowned at Serena’s question.

Because she found all acts so unfamiliar, he added that it was something married couples should do, and since then, she started to ask for confirmation like this.

It sometimes made Magnus uncomfortable, as if someone without the right of refusal was asking if it was an obligation.

“It is something married couples do, but if you don’t like it, feel free to refuse.”

“Honestly, I don’t mind either way.”

She shrugged her shoulders.

“If you want to, let’s do it together.”

Magnus narrowed his eyes, rested his elbows on the table, and propped his chin on the back of his hand.

‘Strangely, she doesn’t seem to be very embarrassed about these things.’

Of course, when the actual situation arises, her face does seem like it’s about to explode, but when he made such proposals, she was quite calm.

‘Is it like a mixed-gender hot spring?’

There are also family baths, so it’s not something to be embarrassed about.

Serena thought and nodded her head.

Originally, after sharing the same room and seeing all sorts of appearances, now she had no thoughts at all.

She was so shocked when she realized that she was sleeping nestled in his arms every night.

‘If Magnus hadn’t said that this was normal for him, I would have hidden in a mouse hole.’

There’s a lot she was grateful for to Magnus.

Even the fact that she was able to sleep soundly recently is all thanks to Magnus.

Because she often couldn’t sleep deeply and woke up frequently in between.

Serena turned her head slightly to see him taking off his top. She went inside first and immersed her body in the water.

‘It would be good to go out, read a book, and meet the Marchioness once.’

Thinking this, she slowly closed her eyes while submerged in the water.

‘…But isn’t something strange?’

Serena opened her eyes wide.

Magnus, who was lightly washing his body and entering the bath while she was thinking with her eyes closed, hesitated when he saw Serena looking at him.

“……”

“……”

He looked at Serena once, bowed his head once, and then immediately frowned.

“D*mn it, what’s wrong with you!”

Finally, after confirming what was at the end of her gaze, Magnus shouted as he sank into the bath with a bright red face.

Serena giggled.

Magnus frowned.

Anyway, the feeling of being played with every time is not very pleasant.

He sighed and ran his wet hand through his hair.

“…No, why aren’t you embarrassed about this?”

“Embarrassed? About what?”

“…Whenever I say something, your face turns as red as a ripe tomato.”

“That’s because I’m not used to it.”

Serena said, slightly blushing her cheeks and avoiding his gaze as if remembering something.

“……”

Magnus was at a loss for words, breaking out in a cold sweat at those words.

‘Then, does that mean she’s used to men’s bodies?’

While Magnus was burning white-hot inside,

‘Well, I’ve dissected men’s bodies often enough.’

Serena thought indifferently and yawned.

A man’s body was nothing to her.

“……”

Magnus was at a loss for words, not knowing how to ask or what to say.

“……”

Serena, thinking he had decided to keep silent now, also became quiet.

‘…What reason could there be for her to be familiar with men’s bodies? Why is she so nonchalant? Being so nonchalant means there’s nothing on her mind…’

‘I wonder if I can make the medicine properly? By the way, when will the wedding invitation arrive… It should come soon so this man can find his place. But he said he didn’t like the saintess, I wonder if it’ll be okay?’

Serena and Magnus thought.

Of course, they were thinking completely different things.

‘…What should I ask to get an answer? What if she thinks I’m doubting her? Why is she so immune to looking at bodies like they’re wooden blocks while being so vulnerable to words of affection? Why is her immunity filled with grass?’

‘Well, it probably doesn’t matter. Everything will flow according to the original work anyway. The Marquis of Lavernia will chase me out again once the Marchioness gets better. By then, the business should be on track, so there won’t be anything to worry about. Should I look for a house in advance? Somewhere outside the capital.’

They were digging with different thoughts. Both of their expressions remained the same as usual.

‘If I say I want to embrace her and she responds as if she’s familiar with that too, it would be shocking. Of course, I don’t think she would… No, why is she so nonchalant about seeing someone else’s body? Am I the only one who feels like my heart is about to burst?’

‘But I don’t know why he said he loves me. Is it the original work’s forced power to make the villainess me look too comfortable and push me further down? Or is there something left to get from me? Ah, maybe it’s because of the business? I’m not sure. It doesn’t matter, I’ll exit the story when the time comes anyway. I just need to prepare for that time.’

The fact that they both controlled their expressions so well that nothing showed became the cause of their downfall.

‘…My head is so complicated.’

‘…My head is complicated because there’s too much to do.’

It was truly a case of different dreams in the same bed.

The two people who finished bathing quite plainly came out to the room and immersed themselves in their own tasks.

Magnus habitually took out whiskey, and Serena buried herself in bed with a book.

Clink–

Flutter–

The sound of ice hitting the glass and paper fluttering as it turned over was heard.

“……”

“……”

A long silence stood between the two people.

‘…It feels a bit bleak.’

‘…Something feels a bit strange.’

Magnus and Serena thought simultaneously.