Don't Get Caught by Your Husband!

That afternoon, as she was taking a well-deserved rest and taking a walk in the garden of the villa, she heard someone running towards her.

In an instant, the man who ran in front of me bowed deeply and shouted.

“Ma’am, I’ve been rude!”

Who is it?

Looking at him quietly, Graham lifted his head, breathing heavily.

He looked like he was out of breath and had come rushing out from his training at the temporary training center after spotting her.

‘It’s Graham.’

Bella gave him a soft smile and shook her head.

Graham looked at her face and once again looked worried.

“It looks like you drank quite a bit while dealing with me last night… Seeing you come down now, I’m worried that you must have had a terrible hangover all night.”

Oh, that’s not why I came down late…

Belladonna shyly tugged at the corners of her mouth and shook her head once more.

“What? Are you saying you gave alcohol to my lady?”

At that time, Hazel, who had followed Graham, asked in surprise.

“It’s noisy, kid. Why did you follow me instead of just training?”

“I also came to say hello to my lady. Did you sleep well, ma’am?”

Bella nodded and gave Hazel her perfect smile.

Hazel bowed his head to her in sacred mood as he received her consecration at the papal see.

After a while, he raised his head again and he spoke.

“Anyway, the leader is full of energy today. Even though he only watched the morning training briefly and went straight in, the entire knights were exhausted.”

“That guy is always full of energy.”

“No! Today was even worse. Although he has a lot of work to do, he also watches training….”

He was full of energy today too…? Are you the one who couldn’t sleep well because you stayed up all night with me?

It was new to me, but I thought his stamina was really good.

“That guy looked busy, as if he had two bodies. Well, he said he has to go back to Griblata soon, so I can understand why he’s overdoing it.”

Belladonna, who had been secretly thinking about last night, lifted her head when she heard Graham’s words.

Escalion says he should return to Griblata…?

Hazel noticed Belladonna’s eyes widen in surprise, looked at her and opened his mouth.

“Ah… Not sure yet. He may be there very briefly or very quickly. After all, the lord can’t leave the territory empty for a long time.”

“No! He said that if he goes this time, he won’t come back. That’s why he brought the Knights of Griblata here. If he had stayed, would he have called in the knights? In this safe Sirlenian villa?”

“Oh, kinda!”

Hazel hit Graham’s chest hard with his elbow as he let out a sigh.

Perhaps, it would be better to hear this directly from her husband rather than from someone else.

“Evil!”

“Because you are so tactless, you live your life getting scolded by your wife every time!”

“What? Why does the story suddenly jump out so much? Did I say something wrong?”

Belladonna, who was staring blankly at the two of her, quickly changed her expression and returned to her usual relaxed and benevolent face.

She smiled as if nothing had happened and slightly pointed behind her.

Can I go now…?

Hazel, sensing his intention, quickly nodded and opened his mouth.

“Ah, yes! Go on your way, madam. Let’s go back to the training center now.”

“I’m not finished talking yet! Madam, what I said last night was…”

“Ugh! Let’s go, let’s go! Can’t you see ma’am is busy?”

“She doesn’t look very busy…..”

“Please stop!”

Hazell clamped Graham mouth and began to drag him away.

Belladonna turned her back on them and returned towards the villa building.

He had to go back to Griblata, she wanted to hear directly from him what he was talking about.

“Uh? lady? Did you come back soon? I thought the sunlight was a little strong, so I was about to take your hat with me when I went out.”

Cindy, coming out across the lobby, asked with a puzzled look on her face.

Belladonna gave her a cursory nod and walked up the stairs.

‘…It’s always like this.’

Belladonna thought.

Escalion rarely told me his own stories.

The story of how they decided to come here to Sirlenia together, the story of the knights visiting Sirlenia, the story of the past, at least the story of Scarlett and the story that he would soon return to Griblata…!

He was a man who never said anything first.

‘Do i always have to hear his stories from other people’s mouths from now on?’

Belladonna, who was climbing the stairs, lowered her gaze for a moment and looked down at her hands holding the handle.

The sparkling diamond ring on her ring finger suddenly felt fleeting.

Sometimes she feels like she is infinitely close to him and feels like her heart is full, but at other times she clearly sees a great distance from him, as if everything about him is an illusion. I could feel it too.

“Hah…”

Belladonna climbed up to the third floor in one go, turned around without hesitation, and walked towards his office.

Knocking!

“Come in.”

When she heard his low voice coming from inside, she roughly pushed open the door.

She felt Escalion, who was sitting at his desk reading documents, raise his head towards her.

His golden eyes quickly filled with curiosity and joy.

“Bella? What’s going on?”

Belladonna took a deep breath and slowly approached Escalion.

As she got closer, she saw his head slowly rise.

Soon, Belladonna was standing close in front of him, scanning his desk for paper and pen.

“No one is there, so you can talk.”

When Escalion noticed that she was about to start a conversation, Belladonna let out a very small voice.

“Don’t you have… any thing to tell me?”

At Belladonna’s cold words, Escalion, who was sitting in his office chair, instantly felt a chill go down his spine.

It was unfamiliar and scary to see his infinitely small and soft wife suddenly appear in front of him and give him that cold look.

Escalion spat, quickly rolling hiz head.

“…Something I want to say to you?”

“Yes.”

What have I got to say?

She definitely didn’t want to hear trivial compliments like she was cute or beautiful like I always did.

If that were the case, her expression wouldn’t be like that.

Escalion swallowed his dry saliva and forcibly pulled up the corners of his mouth.

“It’s still far away from meal time, so it’s not like we’re going to eat together. I told you in advance that i was busy with work, so i wouldn’t have made any special promises to my wife. What have I got to say?”

“…….”

Instead of answering, Belladonna tilted her head slightly and looked down at him.

Damn, there it is. I don’t know what it is, but I need something to say.

Escalion closed his mouth and was lost in thought. Belladonna, who continued to look down at him, opened her mouth first.

“When are you returning?”

“Where?”

“I heard you are returning to Griblata.”

“Ah.”

Escalion sighed briefly. He furrowed his eyebrows for a moment as if remembering his schedule, but then spat it out.

“Within this week at the earliest? Didn’t I tell you?”

“You didn’t. then… When are you coming back?”

“There’s a high probability that i won’t come back. It was quite unreasonable for me to follow you here this time.”

After confirming his answer, Belladonna sighed slightly and stared at Escalion.

Escalion got up from his seat, walked around hiz desk, and approached her with an incomprehensible look on his face.

He gently stroked her hands to ease her feelings and opened her mouth.

“Bella, are you afraid I’ll take you back?”

“……”

“Absolutely not. You stay here as long as you want to. And during your stay, you can modify this villa to your liking. So don’t worry….”

“I didn’t want to hear that from any one else.”

Belladonna said, cutting Escalion off mid-sentence.

“What?”

“I didn’t want to hear anyone other than my husband tell me that he would be returning to Griblata soon.”

At Belladonna’s small but firm words, Escalion stopped moving his gentle hand.

“Because I always sat silently, they might have thought I was just a doll or ornament.”

“Bella, it’s not like that.”

“But I’m your wife, and my husband’s schedule…… I would like to at least hear it directly from the person concerned.”

Escalion sighed at the sound of her voice, which at first glance seemed sad.

He brushed back his disheveled hair and organized his thoughts in his head.

“I didn’t know you cared this much. I thought it wasn’t an important issue since you wouldn’t be moving to Griblata.”

“How… How can i don’t care?”

“This isn’t fun. It’s not important to you.”

Belladonna shut her mouth.

Fun? important…? She felt that he and she weren’t having a proper conversation.

Aren’t we a couple now? How can we consider the fun and importance of family stories? After taking a moment to catch her breath, she exhaled slowly.

“… I am the one who decides what is important to me and what is not.”

“Okay. Okay, so don’t be angry. I really can’t get used to you being like this and I don’t know what to do.”

“……”

“So I… I’m not used to sharing my day with someone and talking about trivial matters. I thought I just had to convey my schedule to my aides and the knights of the Order.”

Escalion scratched the back of his head and continued speaking with an embarrassed look on his face.

“But now that I have a wife, I know I shouldn’t be like this. Now that you know my mistake, will you let off that scary face? Never in my wildest dreams did i know that the gentle saint had such a fearsome appearance.”

“… I’m not angry.”

“I’m not saying you’re angry, but I’m already afraid of how scary it will be if you’re really angry.”

Facing him, who was making an exaggeratedly fearful expression, Belladonna couldn’t help but relax her expression.

Escalion pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have given you anything to worry about before… I realized this just yesterday while talking about Scarlett, but then I forgot about it again.”

“……”

Belladonna raised her arms and hugged Escalion’s large back.

Escalion has offered her a sincere apology.

Before she knew it, much of the disappointment she had felt before coming here had disappeared.

His low voice rang out through his body held close to hers.

“Would you mind telling me what you want as an apology? I will listen to anything.”

“Anything?”

“Yes, jewelry or accessories… you said you don’t like those things, so anyway, tell me what you want.”

Escalion continued to rub Belladonna’s back and said.

I was willing to do anything to relieve my wife’s anger.

Belladonna answered without the slightest hesitation.

“Then please let me go back with you. I don’t want to be alone here, away from you.”