The Villain's Sickly Wife Dislikes Being Overprotected - Chapter 2.4

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The characteristic of my illness was that once I got sick, I would become perfectly fine again as if nothing had happened.

That was the point that doctors couldn’t understand even in my previous life. Everything was normal except for when coughing fits, hemoptysis and nosebleeds occurred.

“My lady, are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine now.”

The maid Lia returned to the room.

“There’s chaos downstairs right now.”

Lia lowered her voice and spoke, shuddering as if disgusted.

“Oh? Why?”

“It seems His Grace is quite angry. He gathered all the servants earlier to inspect all the food you’ve been eating.”

“Is that so?”

If there’s a problem with the food, it concerns him too, so I guess he’s checking thoroughly.

“His Grace is really scary when he’s angry. I heard the chef came out with torn clothes and bleeding from his thigh.”

Kyron is indeed a merciless person. Didn’t he cruelly kill his half-brother?

I nodded in agreement with Lia’s words about how scary he is.

“I wish he’d leave soon so I can be at ease.”

“Who?”

“Who else? The person you just said was scary.”

Lia tilted her head with round eyes.

“But you always used to be happy when His Grace said he was coming, didn’t you?”

Well, that’s because Ekette was always alone at home, so she welcomed even her husband’s visits. And perhaps she had a faint hope of getting closer to her husband.

“Not anymore, Lia. I’m used to and comfortable without a husband. I don’t want to get close to him anymore.”

“R-really?”

“Yes. Instead, I’ve become interested in something else.”

“What is it?”

What else, enjoying a life of wealth.

“Seeing how I collapsed several times earlier, it seems my body has weakened a lot. So it’s important to fill my stomach well and gain some weight.”

“That’s right!”

Lia, who had always tried to feed Ekette more, brightened up at the mention of filling my stomach.

“Make a list of the finest restaurants in the capital, especially those famous for being excellent. I want to visit them all one by one.”

“Oh, that’s wonderful! I’ll make the list right away!”

Lia was overjoyed when I showed a strong desire for food for the first time in a year of marriage.

“From now on, please take care of yourself and become healthy, alright?”

“Of course, of course. I know well. So your task for today is to find out about the best restaurants.”

“Yes, don’t worry! I’ll find out well, so you just focus on your health, my lady!”

Lia and I seem to get along very well.

She left, saying she would make the list right away.

I’ll start my golden spoon life by enjoying the finest restaurants I couldn’t even dream of in my previous life. Starting from tomorrow.

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The next day. I woke up refreshed to bright sunlight. There were no signs of coughing or hemoptysis yet.

The first thing I did as soon as I woke up was to ask about Kyron’s schedule.

“When is my husband leaving?”

Thinking that Kyron’s attendant would know his schedule better than Lia, I asked the servant in charge of his room. They would know when Kyron leaves for room cleaning.

“His Grace is set to leave in about an hour.”

Oh, he’s leaving early!

My lips curled up at the news of him leaving in the early morning.

“Shall I ask His Grace when he plans to return as well?”

The servant was about to tell me the return date, but I already knew it would take a while. And that the exact date hasn’t been decided yet.

I was worried that the servant might get on my ill-tempered husband’s bad side by asking unnecessary questions.

“No, the return date isn’t certain yet, right? It’s okay, thank you. Good work!”

The servant looked like he had more to say, but I cheerfully left the front of his room.

An hour passed quickly. It was finally time for Kyron to leave.

It would have been better if he had left yesterday, but the variable of my illness came up, so it couldn’t be helped. But he will surely go today.

Originally, Kyron wasn’t the type to take plans and promises lightly. He was someone who always kept his word once he made a decision.

I went to the entrance to confirm Kyron’s departure. And to give a dry greeting on the way out.

“My lady, have you come to see His Grace off?”

A servant who spotted me first made small talk.

“Well, yes. Where’s my husband?”

“He’s just about to depart outside the entrance.”

As expected, he was going to leave without even seeing my face. Just like the indifferent husband, he is.

It wasn’t surprising, as it was typical of him.

I quickly ran out to the entrance. There was one carriage waiting for Kyron, and he was in conversation with his aide.

Judging by the absence of luggage bags and servants carrying luggage, it seems the luggage has already been sent off in another carriage. Perhaps they sent it ahead yesterday?

The aide seemed to be reporting something to Kyron while looking at a long document. It looks like there are things to confirm right before departure. I wonder what’s keeping him so busy.

Kyron had never once told his wife about his destination.

Ekette was always excluded from his world.

At least I knew, thanks to having read the original work, that he was creating and training a secret organization in the north to find the sub-male lead hiding in the temple.

The sub-male lead he’s looking for is none other than his second half-brother, Grego.

Kyron was trying to completely make the Duke’s family his own, even by killing his second brother.

The escaped second half-brother, Grego, was able to be accepted by the temple thanks to his slight, albeit insufficient, holy power.

The corrupting temple, blinded by the wealth Grego brought, accepted him despite his somewhat inadequate holy power.

The temple was slowly losing in its long-standing confrontation with the imperial family. Moreover, as faith in the temple among the imperial citizens was declining, the temple’s status was deteriorating day by day.

Nevertheless, Kyron couldn’t arbitrarily capture and kill a member of the temple. The imperial law protecting the temple still existed.

That’s why Kyron was devising a grand plan to bring down the temple itself by joining hands with the Crown Prince.

The male lead of this novel, the Crown Prince, participates in bringing down the temple along with Kyron to strengthen imperial power. This plan also included his long-standing love for the female lead, the Saint.

The Crown Prince dismantles the temple and pulls the female lead down from her title as Saint, confining her in the imperial palace.

The female lead resists, unable to accept the fact that the temple has fallen, but she can’t overcome the Crown Prince’s obsession and madness.

While the Crown Prince and the Saint’s devastating love rushes to its climax, Kyron kills his second half-brother.

Fortunately, I know this story; how frustrating would it have been if I didn’t know anything?

While I was thinking this, Kyron noticed me and approached.

“Why did you come out to see me off?”

He frowned, asking why I came out.

I came down here thinking of him, yet all I get in return is this cold response.

“There’s no need to come out to see me off with your sick body.”

“You should be grateful when I come out.”

It’s not like I came out because I wanted to. My main purpose was to confirm that he was definitely leaving.

And once he left, I was planning to head straight to the number one restaurant on my gourmet list.

“You’ll be late at this rate, hurry and depart.”