Translated by Wook
Edited by Wook
“Hey, Veldemer, I have a question for you.”
“What is it?”
“That…”
Renier was startled by Veldemer’s gaze that was shot at her. His eyes stopped Renier’s breath every time.
It was as if once she let go of her tension, she would be eaten by the darkness that lurked in his eyes.
“What’s the question? Why are you taking so long?”
When she opened my mouth, she didn’t have the courage. ‘He wouldn’t be trapped in a statue if he didn’t do anything. He must have done something very terrifying, right? Maybe after hearing the reason, I can’t go back to before I listened to it?’
“Why can’t I touch Veldemer’s body?”
Renier asked another question that was different from what she really wanted to ask. Actually, she was a little curious about this too.
“Looks like you want to touch my body.”
Veldemer asked her with an expression as if he had seen it coming.
“Isn’t it enough to just own me?”
‘No, you see, I didn’t think like this when I made the wish, but since you’ve become my husband, wouldn’t it be better to hold my hands and hug me?’
“No, I’m just curious. Can you tell me why?”
Renier, who felt like she was seen through, coughed in vain and muffled her words.
“Yes. You are my wife, so you should have a right to know the reason.”
Renier’s ears perked up. Why shouldn’t she touch him? He said he was a great wizard, so maybe it was because of a very special reason.
“Because I feel uncomfortable.”
“Yes?”
“I feel uncomfortable when someone touches me. I can’t do my research properly when I feel uncomfortable.”
‘That’s the only reason? Because you feel uncomfortable?’
“Be careful not to do anything that affects my research.”
For that reason, Veldemer had never properly held hands with anyone until now.
“Oh…”
Renier was nodding her head pretending to understand even though she didn’t really understand.
“By the way.”
“What else?”
“Since you’re not doing research right now, can I touch you?”
At Renier’s question, Veldemer sighed dryly.
‘Yes, surely you’d want to touch me. Want to hug me.’
When she wished for him to be her husband, he was not ignorant of her desire contained in the wish.
“I can’t let you touch me, but I can let you see me to your heart’s content.”
“Y- Yes?”
“I hope you are satisfied with this.”
Veldemer began to unbutton his shirt.
“Think of it as touching with your eyes.”
***
His mother’s illness was getting worse day by day. Unable to watch his dying mother, Edwin abandoned his knighthood to become a mercenary.
When her mother learned of this, she was greatly shocked and the disease got worse. It was then that Koronne reached out to Edwin.
All he asked for was,
‘Marry my daughter, Sir Edwin.’
For his daughter and Edwin to get married.
The wedding was done hastily. And after he got married, he found out that Koronne was worse than he thought.
This ugliness only made Edwin uncomfortable.
So he couldn’t love Renier. Because he could see Koronne in Renier. And he couldn’t love himself, because he, too, live on the money Koronne gave him.
Edwin didn’t give his heart to anyone, except for Priya.
“Wait for a divorce, Priya.”
Priya was similar to Edwin. She came in as a slave to pay off her debts. If there is anything different, is that Priya is living up to her neck.
But that was all.
She was stronger than him.
“There are circumstances in which we cannot get a divorce right now. I want to tell you why, but…”
So Edwin wanted to protect Priya, so that Priya can continue to live bright without being broken.
“Is it because of Miss Emily’s marriage?”
“That is just a cover. Actually, there is another reason. But I can’t tell you right now.”
The reason why he couldn’t openly tell Priya about his circumstances was also because he wanted to protect Priya. He didn’t want her to get involved in something dangerous.
“It’s okay if you don’t tell me.”
Priya always understood him. In this place, she was the only one who could fully understand him.
“You don’t have to get a divorce.”
“It’s not because I don’t want a divorce. I’m getting a divorce, sooner or later. I’ve sent Badil to look for a house.”
Badil was a servant he had brought from the Rafoor family.
“A house? What for?”
“The house you will live in. You don’t have to live here anymore.”
He didn’t know if Renier’s request for a divorce is sincere or not, but they will eventually get a divorce.
Edwin wanted Priya to get out of the stage and be comfortable in the meantime.
“I wish I could tell you to go to where your family is, but it’s too far from there.”
If it was too far, he could not protect Priya.
“How about telling your father and sisters to come here?”
“About that… Young Master, hold on a second.”
Priya paused for a moment as if trying to understand Edwin’s words.
“I’d like to stay here.”
“It will be difficult for you to stay here. Besides, you don’t have any debt anymore, so you don’t have to work here.”
At Edwin’s worried words, Priya shook her head.
“I will still be here.”
Priya bowed her head shyly and whispered low enough to be heard by Edwin.
“I want to go out together with you. I don’t like it because it feels like we’re going to break up if I live alone.”
“Priya…”
At Priya’s words that implied she didn’t want to get separated from him, Edwin was shaken.
Edwin tried to convince Priya further, but in the end it was Edwin who was persuaded.
It was terrifying.
***
If Shapiro had not come, Renier would have really touched Veldemer’s body with her eyes.
“I’m telling you, human’s desire is a really nasty thing.”
Shapiro closed Veldemer’s shirt again and glared at Renier. Someone might misunderstand this scene as Renier taking advantage of her husband.
“Not until the wedding.”
“But…”
“You should be grateful to be able to call Master your husband.”
Shapiro rolled his eyes like a slippery mother-in-law.
“How are the wedding preparations going?”
Shapiro asked Renier, who pouted her lips. Veldemer also stared at Renier, curious about the progress of the wedding.
“Well, it’s going well.”
She went to the most sparsely populated beach, and hired a priest to perform a fake ceremony just for money.
“Now we just have to go and have a banquet.”
“How’s the wedding dress?”
Veldemer, who had been listening quietly, asked.
“Didn’t you say that there is a wedding dress you want to wear? Did you get the wedding dress you wanted?”
“Huh? I mean, yes.”
‘I thought you wouldn’t mind the wedding dress.’
Guilt seemed to poke Renier, because the wedding dress was going to be a re-enactment of what she wore on her wedding with Edwin. Renier somehow felt like he was doing something very bad.
“I’ve prepared a very nice wedding present, so you can look forward to it, Lady Renier.”
“Ah? Ohh, thank you.”
As Shapiro, whom Renier thought didn’t like her too much, added these words, Renier’s heart became infinitely heavy.
***
The wedding day, which was prepared in haste, had arrived.
“Young Madame— No, I mean, my lady— No, not that either… Renier.”
It was more difficult for Any to change how to address her than to prepare for her fake wedding. Veldemer only thought Renier was working for a merchant. It would sound strange to Veldemer, who had been in the statue for a long time, if a mere staff member could be called a lady.
Hence, Renier introduced Any as a close colleague. Any, who was suddenly told to call the person she had called ‘my lady’ all her life by her first name, was confused and went crazy.
“It’s very windy. You’ll have to be careful not to blow the veil.”
“I guess I’m not meant to be married.”
At the first wedding, the husband died. But this time, the weather died. The wind blew hard in the gloomy sky, as if it was going to rain soon.
But one cannot postpone the wedding just because of this.
So Renier went out with a bang.
“… …”
The wind felt like a slap in the face, and the veil kept sticking to her face.
Any was busy pulling down the hem of her flying dress and putting her fluttering veil back to her head.
However, on the other side, Shapiro looked so relaxed that he even clapped his hands. Even in this harsh wind, Veldemer was not disturbed. It was as if the wind was avoiding him.
“You look great too, Master.”
To the point it looked like the west wind was blowing.
“He looks so handsome, my lady— I mean, Renier.”
Any looked at Veldemer and whispered in her ear. Renier thought so too. The man was insanely handsome even with only a piece of cloth.
“I will go to the guest seat now.”
Witnesses to this wedding were Saphiro and Any. As they stood in the audience, Renier stood alongside Veldemer on the white carpet.
“Hold my arm.”
Renier, who had unintentionally folded her arms and was about to enter, was startled, because before this, Veldemer always said he didn’t want his body to be touched.
“Let’s stand side by side.”
“That’s a good idea.”
Renier turned her outstretched arm to Veldemer and held the bouquet lightly with both hands. A bride and a groom marched arm in arm.
Well, it’s a ceremonial wedding, so of course.
“May the bride and the groom enter.”
Renier and Veldemer took their steps slowly at the priest’s voice. Even though the ceremony was not held properly, Shapiro was already in tears.
“My master is marrying a woman like that.”
Shapiro’s murmur could be heard clearly by Any, who was standing facing the white carpet that could only be walked by at most two people side by side.
“My lady— I mean, what’s wrong with Renier?”
Renier only had one more husband. Doesn’t everyone have such flaws?
“A small blemish is still a blemish!”
In any case, he meant that Renier was not good enough for Veldemer, to the point of shedding tears.
“It ruins the mood on a good day,” Any spoke to herself.
Hearing that, Saphiro stopped wiping his tears with his silk handkerchief and stared at Any.
“Hmph. It’s only a good day for the bride.”
“What did you say?”
Their quarrel was interrupted by Veldemer and Renier, who had arrived right in front of the priest. They stood with a blank face and listened to the priest’s officiating.
The priest was somehow hasty. He finished hurriedly and said, “Now, at last, the bride and the groom may do a kiss of oath.”
Translated by Wook
Edited by Wook
“Hey, Veldemer, I have a question for you.”
“What is it?”
“That…”
Renier was startled by Veldemer’s gaze that was shot at her. His eyes stopped Renier’s breath every time.
It was as if once she let go of her tension, she would be eaten by the darkness that lurked in his eyes.
“What’s the question? Why are you taking so long?”
When she opened my mouth, she didn’t have the courage. ‘He wouldn’t be trapped in a statue if he didn’t do anything. He must have done something very terrifying, right? Maybe after hearing the reason, I can’t go back to before I listened to it?’
“Why can’t I touch Veldemer’s body?”
Renier asked another question that was different from what she really wanted to ask. Actually, she was a little curious about this too.
“Looks like you want to touch my body.”
Veldemer asked her with an expression as if he had seen it coming.
“Isn’t it enough to just own me?”
‘No, you see, I didn’t think like this when I made the wish, but since you’ve become my husband, wouldn’t it be better to hold my hands and hug me?’
“No, I’m just curious. Can you tell me why?”
Renier, who felt like she was seen through, coughed in vain and muffled her words.
“Yes. You are my wife, so you should have a right to know the reason.”
Renier’s ears perked up. Why shouldn’t she touch him? He said he was a great wizard, so maybe it was because of a very special reason.
“Because I feel uncomfortable.”
“Yes?”
“I feel uncomfortable when someone touches me. I can’t do my research properly when I feel uncomfortable.”
‘That’s the only reason? Because you feel uncomfortable?’
“Be careful not to do anything that affects my research.”
For that reason, Veldemer had never properly held hands with anyone until now.
“Oh…”
Renier was nodding her head pretending to understand even though she didn’t really understand.
“By the way.”
“What else?”
“Since you’re not doing research right now, can I touch you?”
At Renier’s question, Veldemer sighed dryly.
‘Yes, surely you’d want to touch me. Want to hug me.’
When she wished for him to be her husband, he was not ignorant of her desire contained in the wish.
“I can’t let you touch me, but I can let you see me to your heart’s content.”
“Y- Yes?”
“I hope you are satisfied with this.”
Veldemer began to unbutton his shirt.
“Think of it as touching with your eyes.”
***
His mother’s illness was getting worse day by day. Unable to watch his dying mother, Edwin abandoned his knighthood to become a mercenary.
When her mother learned of this, she was greatly shocked and the disease got worse. It was then that Koronne reached out to Edwin.
All he asked for was,
‘Marry my daughter, Sir Edwin.’
For his daughter and Edwin to get married.
The wedding was done hastily. And after he got married, he found out that Koronne was worse than he thought.
This ugliness only made Edwin uncomfortable.
So he couldn’t love Renier. Because he could see Koronne in Renier. And he couldn’t love himself, because he, too, live on the money Koronne gave him.
Edwin didn’t give his heart to anyone, except for Priya.
“Wait for a divorce, Priya.”
Priya was similar to Edwin. She came in as a slave to pay off her debts. If there is anything different, is that Priya is living up to her neck.
But that was all.
She was stronger than him.
“There are circumstances in which we cannot get a divorce right now. I want to tell you why, but…”
So Edwin wanted to protect Priya, so that Priya can continue to live bright without being broken.
“Is it because of Miss Emily’s marriage?”
“That is just a cover. Actually, there is another reason. But I can’t tell you right now.”
The reason why he couldn’t openly tell Priya about his circumstances was also because he wanted to protect Priya. He didn’t want her to get involved in something dangerous.
“It’s okay if you don’t tell me.”
Priya always understood him. In this place, she was the only one who could fully understand him.
“You don’t have to get a divorce.”
“It’s not because I don’t want a divorce. I’m getting a divorce, sooner or later. I’ve sent Badil to look for a house.”
Badil was a servant he had brought from the Rafoor family.
“A house? What for?”
“The house you will live in. You don’t have to live here anymore.”
He didn’t know if Renier’s request for a divorce is sincere or not, but they will eventually get a divorce.
Edwin wanted Priya to get out of the stage and be comfortable in the meantime.
“I wish I could tell you to go to where your family is, but it’s too far from there.”
If it was too far, he could not protect Priya.
“How about telling your father and sisters to come here?”
“About that… Young Master, hold on a second.”
Priya paused for a moment as if trying to understand Edwin’s words.
“I’d like to stay here.”
“It will be difficult for you to stay here. Besides, you don’t have any debt anymore, so you don’t have to work here.”
At Edwin’s worried words, Priya shook her head.
“I will still be here.”
Priya bowed her head shyly and whispered low enough to be heard by Edwin.
“I want to go out together with you. I don’t like it because it feels like we’re going to break up if I live alone.”
“Priya…”
At Priya’s words that implied she didn’t want to get separated from him, Edwin was shaken.
Edwin tried to convince Priya further, but in the end it was Edwin who was persuaded.
It was terrifying.
***
If Shapiro had not come, Renier would have really touched Veldemer’s body with her eyes.
“I’m telling you, human’s desire is a really nasty thing.”
Shapiro closed Veldemer’s shirt again and glared at Renier. Someone might misunderstand this scene as Renier taking advantage of her husband.
“Not until the wedding.”
“But…”
“You should be grateful to be able to call Master your husband.”
Shapiro rolled his eyes like a slippery mother-in-law.
“How are the wedding preparations going?”
Shapiro asked Renier, who pouted her lips. Veldemer also stared at Renier, curious about the progress of the wedding.
“Well, it’s going well.”
She went to the most sparsely populated beach, and hired a priest to perform a fake ceremony just for money.
“Now we just have to go and have a banquet.”
“How’s the wedding dress?”
Veldemer, who had been listening quietly, asked.
“Didn’t you say that there is a wedding dress you want to wear? Did you get the wedding dress you wanted?”
“Huh? I mean, yes.”
‘I thought you wouldn’t mind the wedding dress.’
Guilt seemed to poke Renier, because the wedding dress was going to be a re-enactment of what she wore on her wedding with Edwin. Renier somehow felt like he was doing something very bad.
“I’ve prepared a very nice wedding present, so you can look forward to it, Lady Renier.”
“Ah? Ohh, thank you.”
As Shapiro, whom Renier thought didn’t like her too much, added these words, Renier’s heart became infinitely heavy.
***
The wedding day, which was prepared in haste, had arrived.
“Young Madame— No, I mean, my lady— No, not that either… Renier.”
It was more difficult for Any to change how to address her than to prepare for her fake wedding. Veldemer only thought Renier was working for a merchant. It would sound strange to Veldemer, who had been in the statue for a long time, if a mere staff member could be called a lady.
Hence, Renier introduced Any as a close colleague. Any, who was suddenly told to call the person she had called ‘my lady’ all her life by her first name, was confused and went crazy.
“It’s very windy. You’ll have to be careful not to blow the veil.”
“I guess I’m not meant to be married.”
At the first wedding, the husband died. But this time, the weather died. The wind blew hard in the gloomy sky, as if it was going to rain soon.
But one cannot postpone the wedding just because of this.
So Renier went out with a bang.
“… …”
The wind felt like a slap in the face, and the veil kept sticking to her face.
Any was busy pulling down the hem of her flying dress and putting her fluttering veil back to her head.
However, on the other side, Shapiro looked so relaxed that he even clapped his hands. Even in this harsh wind, Veldemer was not disturbed. It was as if the wind was avoiding him.
“You look great too, Master.”
To the point it looked like the west wind was blowing.
“He looks so handsome, my lady— I mean, Renier.”
Any looked at Veldemer and whispered in her ear. Renier thought so too. The man was insanely handsome even with only a piece of cloth.
“I will go to the guest seat now.”
Witnesses to this wedding were Saphiro and Any. As they stood in the audience, Renier stood alongside Veldemer on the white carpet.
“Hold my arm.”
Renier, who had unintentionally folded her arms and was about to enter, was startled, because before this, Veldemer always said he didn’t want his body to be touched.
“Let’s stand side by side.”
“That’s a good idea.”
Renier turned her outstretched arm to Veldemer and held the bouquet lightly with both hands. A bride and a groom marched arm in arm.
Well, it’s a ceremonial wedding, so of course.
“May the bride and the groom enter.”
Renier and Veldemer took their steps slowly at the priest’s voice. Even though the ceremony was not held properly, Shapiro was already in tears.
“My master is marrying a woman like that.”
Shapiro’s murmur could be heard clearly by Any, who was standing facing the white carpet that could only be walked by at most two people side by side.
“My lady— I mean, what’s wrong with Renier?”
Renier only had one more husband. Doesn’t everyone have such flaws?
“A small blemish is still a blemish!”
In any case, he meant that Renier was not good enough for Veldemer, to the point of shedding tears.
“It ruins the mood on a good day,” Any spoke to herself.
Hearing that, Saphiro stopped wiping his tears with his silk handkerchief and stared at Any.
“Hmph. It’s only a good day for the bride.”
“What did you say?”
Their quarrel was interrupted by Veldemer and Renier, who had arrived right in front of the priest. They stood with a blank face and listened to the priest’s officiating.
The priest was somehow hasty. He finished hurriedly and said, “Now, at last, the bride and the groom may do a kiss of oath.”
