Don't Get Caught by Your Husband!

“…It was pitiful. Her arms and legs were abnormally thin, and her deeply sunken cheeks looked pitiful. I didn’t think I could leave her like that, so I took her out that way and bought her a lot of food, spending the most money i had ever had in my life.”

It was pitiful…

So, as soon as Escalion saw Scarlett, did he feel pity for her, and did that feeling grow deeper and deeper until he reached this point?

As she listened to him talk, her heart strangely ached.

“At first, I just wanted to save one person. It was funny how she would shake her head and say shr didn’t need food, but when she put food in both hands, her eyes would quickly change and she would eat it hungrily.”

“…….”

“That’s how i took care of her. I liked seeing her gain weight, her hair becoming shiny, her body growing, and fitting new clothes.”

Escalion’s expression softened.

Despite his seeming comfort, Belladonna felt a prickling sensation in one side of her chest and a suffocating sensation in her throat.

She didn’t want to hear any more stories.

Just listening to the story of Escalion developing feelings for Scarlet Layton was uncomfortable and difficult.

It occurred to her that she had started for nothing, but Escalion didn’t stop.

“Because i was living the life of a mercenary, wandering around here and there, i couldn’t stay by Scarlett’s side forever, but it wasn’t a bad thing that when I returned after wandering around for a few months, the girl who had grown up into a full-fledged lady welcomed me.”

“…….”

“But maybe because she resembles someone else, she is picky and sensitive, so even when I try to be nice to her, she gets irritable and irritated, and I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to treat women, so I’ve given up a lot now.”

As I listened, I noticed something strange.

Is she irritable and irritable? So Scarlett doesn’t have feelings for Escalion?

So what on earth is the relationship between these two?

Escalion is one-sidedly pursuing his unrequited love…?

Belladonna looked up at him with a puzzled look on her face. Escalion shrugged his shoulders and opened his mouth.

“But what can I do? She is my only blood relative, so I have to take care of her until the end.”

Blood relatives…?

Belladonna blinked her eyes blankly at the words that entered her earholes.

Wait a minute, you’re taking care of your flesh and blood…?

“We’re not real brother and sister, but half of the same blood flows through us, so we can’t live without paying attention.”

“Now, wait a minute.”

“Huh?”

As Belladonna raised her voice, Escalion stopped.

She stammered as she cleared her mind and opened her mouth.

“Blood relatives? Half…. same blood flows?”

“Oh, didn’t I tell you? Scarlett Layton is my half-sister.”

“You didn’t say anything!”

When did you say that! Such an important story!

Belladonna looked up at him, feeling somewhat aggrieved. Well now…

Escalion spat out with an incomprehensible look on his face.

“I told you last time, but I’m not good at talking. It looks like i left out the most important story.”

“Hah……”

“Scarlett is my sister from a different mother. Because her biological mother was a single mother, her last name, Layton, was taken from her biological mother, not her father.”

“…….”

“If I were to be honest, my father probably didn’t know either. He died before he knew the child existed.”

Belladonna, who had been listening to his story, shook her confused head and extended her palm to him.

“Wait a minute. So, you mean Scarlett Layton is your family? She’s your little sister?”

“Yes.”

“How many people know that?”

“Hardly any. The servants who have on Griblata for a long time will know this. Because I regularly send Scarlett pocket money and daily necessities.”

Belladonna remembered Scarlett’s name written in the thick ledger that kept the firewood.

Oh, so her name is there…

“Before you came, Scarlett stayed at Griblata’s castle for a while. She complained about a water leak in the house she was currently living in, so she stayed there for a while until the repairs were completed. Even then she was, although we didn’t become friends.”

Belladonna also remembered the unclaimed necklace she found in a drawer on her first day at Griblata.

So was it Scarlett’s too?

“Why on earth are you hiding that fact? It would make you feel better if you revealed that Scarlett is your younger sister. You can avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. A lot of the people in Griblata Castle probably misunderstand Scarlett.”

“She doesn’t want it.”

Escalion added immediately.

“Is it because she don’t like being associated with people like me? Besides, I didn’t want to be found out as a weak point by creating a family for no reason. At that time, I wasn’t as strong as I am now, and I thought I wouldn’t be able to properly protect even my younger sister. I have so many unnecessary enemies.”

“…….”

“But it’s different now, Bella.”

Towards Belladonna, who was left speechless, Escalion spoke affectionately.

He reached her hand under the covers and pulled her towards him.

“Now I have so much power to protect you. i have a safe and strong castle, and a large order of knights. I have a lot of money. So, I hope you don’t have to worry unnecessarily.”

“….I’m not worried about that.”

Belladonna said as she pressed herself against Escalion.

She leaned her forehead against his chest and let out a small, rough voice..

“Until now, I’ve been worrying a lot because of Scarlett Layton.”

“Did you?”

Escalion, hearing Belladonna’s voice, smiled as if he were winded.

“Because you didn’t tell me that, I made an unnecessary misunderstanding.”

“What kind of misunderstanding did you have? Did you think Scarlett was the woman I was hiding?”

He asked, as Escalion lowered his head to see Belladonna’s face.

Belladonna snuggled further into his arms, trying not to show her expression.

Ugh…

“Huh? What did you misunderstand? Did you think I was such a bad guy?”

Escalion kept asking, but Belladonna persistently refused to answer.

By the way, Scarlett is Escalion’s half-sister…

To be honest, I felt good. I felt relieved and everything became comfortable.

The fact that Scarlett Layton, who had been tormenting her so much, wasn’t her husband’s mistress but his family was good enough news for her to shake off all her troubles and worries.

‘I don’t have to go back to Astanya.’

Belladonna thought with a much lighter heart.

‘Not next to the Pope, but next to Escalion… I can keep living like that.’

“Bella.”

At that time, Escalion called her name in a low voice.

Belladonna slowly raised her head in a different mood than before.

“If you keep pressing your body close to me like that and breathing hot breath…”

“……?”

“I made up my mind again. I really wanted to let you sleep this time.”

“What…….”

The question didn’t last until the end.

There were many more things I wanted to ask about Scarlett, but he didn’t seem to have the heart or space to answer.

Belladonna was trapped beneath him, who covered her mouth with his thick lips and began to wrap his thick arms around her waist. She had to speak out again for a long time.

* * *

“Bella.”

“…….”

“Wake up for a moment, Bella.”

Ah, I’m sleepy….

Belladonna frowned and opened her eyes.

Through the pale dawn light, she could see Escalion looking down at her.

Let’s get some sleep, okay? Seeing her dissatisfied expression, Escalion smiled lowly and opened his mouth.

“You’re a lumpy baby bird again. Sorry for waking you up. But I have to go out soon. But we can’t put it off any longer.”

“……”

Belladonna looked at Escalion sitting in front of her with a frown.

Escalion carefully sat her up and wrapped her entire body with a blanket.

What are you going to do… Belladonna sat quietly and watched him do it.

Escalion wrapped tightly around her, and she slipped her hand through the gap, leaving only her arms out, her blanket and Belladonna’s body becoming one with the blanket.

“I’m sorry I’m late.”

He took Belladonna’s hand, took out something shiny from inside his arms, and put it on her ring finger.

A thick and heavy feeling wrapped around her ring finger. This…

“It’s a ring. I should have put it in yesterday, but I was in a rush.”

Belladonna looked down at the ring shining on her finger in silence.

The ring fit perfectly on her finger, as if it had been tailored to her measurements, and there were three sparkling diamonds in the exact center.

The round diamond in the center and the two diamonds decorating either side looked pretty like a ribbon.

‘Wow, it’s pretty….’

When I turned my head slightly, I saw a ring with a similar design on his finger.

There were no diamonds, but a simple ring made of the same material.

Bella blinked her eyes, feeling her heart warming for some reason.

Her heart beat happily. Now that she had shared rings, she finally felt like she and him were the perfect couple.

“I’m done with my business, so go back to sleep. I’ll be a little late today. There is knight training and a lot of backlogged work.”

Escalion lightly kissed her cheek and nudged her back.

Belladonna was pushed by him and sprawled out on the bed.

Belladonna, lying facing the ceiling, nodded her head toward Escalion, who was about to leave, and he lowered his face to her.

“My wife is really quiet. I guess I just have to say what I have to say and that’s it.”

“…….”

“Except at night.”

Woo, really… Belladonna narrowed her eyes and glared at him with no hate.

She might develop bad habits, and it might lead her to make mistakes outside of herself, so she was determined not to raise her voice as much as possible in the future.

She even explained the circumstances… Escalion tilted his head to the right and asked with a mischievous look in his eyes.

“So you’re really not going to say goodbye?”

“….See you later.”

Escalion, with a satisfied smile, raised hi finger and, speaking in a very quiet voice, touched Bella’s cheek.

“What about a goodbye kiss?”

“Well, that’s….”

“Hurry.”

Escalion bent down and brought his cheek close to her lips.

Bella closed her eyes tightly and she placed her lips on his cheek.

“Is this okay?”

“Ah… I really don’t want to go out.”

He let out a sigh, lowering his head onto the blanket.

“Will my wife’s stamina be able to withstand it?”

“W-what are you talking about! Please be careful!”

Bella also blushed, but she quickly got into her blanket and hid herself.