I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration

“Thank you for your words. Then let me ask you a favor.”

 

“It’s a good thing to hear.”

 

“Ca-can you give me that hot pot that Rize brought? Because it’s so cold…”

 

Perhaps because she was moved to tears earlier, she now had a runny nose. And Killian seemed to have finally realized her condition.

 

“Wear my coat, but take off that coat! No matter how hard I tried to camouflage it, where did that come from…!”

 

Killian told her to take off her coat and then took off the fur coat he was wearing as well. And while he was putting it on her, he grabbed her forearm to steady her as she stumbled.

 

“Ahh!”

 

She screamed without realizing it. This was because it was the place where Sophia had whipped her and it was the place that hurt the most. She was panting in pain to the point of breaking into a cold sweat, and Killian’s complexion seemed worse than mine.

 

“Go right now and tell them to call a doctor! Hurry!”

 

At his shout, what appeared to be the youngest of the knights standing far away ran out in a hurry. Lise, who was looking at this scene, was looking at Killian in bewilderment with a tear-stained face. Well, she said she cut herself, but she also saw her own blood.

 

“Lise, you should go and show the doctor.”

 

Cliff wrapped his arms around her and spoke soothingly, but Lise’s devastated expression did not improve. But suddenly, her vision seemed to turn upside down and she felt dizzy. Killian was holding her.

 

“Where on earth did you get hurt…”

 

She could only hear his voice so far, unable to tell whether he was complaining or worried. 

It felt like her whole body was falling to the floor, and she lost consciousness again. But unlike before, she felt at ease. She was confident that Killian would protect her while she was unconscious. She fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.

 

* * *

 

As he carried the fallen Edith out of prison and laid her down in his room, Killian suffered from extreme regret and self-blame.

 

‘I was so stupid. I am the stupidest person in this Ludwig family!’

 

He was so angry at himself for being so ignorant of Edith’s situation that he wanted to beat himself up. He was also angry at Lise. He didn’t understand why Lise tried to frame Edith, but if he hadn’t cleared Edith’s name at that time, Edith could have been taken to the execution site again. No, if Cliff believed that Edith almost caused something terrible to happen to Lise, he would have done anything to cut off Edith’s head.

 

As he was looking at Edith’s pale face, lost in miserable thoughts, one of the knights who had arrested Edith came in carrying a cheap leather bag.

 

“This is the bag that Lady Edith had when I found it at the carriage station.”

 

“Who was searching?”

 

“No. I brought it with me.”

 

“I get it. Leave it behind.”

 

When the knight said bye and left, the room became quiet again. Killian glanced at Edith and then carefully opened the bag. And the moment he checked the object revealed between them, he let out a sigh.

 

“Oh my…!”

 

The tears fell without any time to hold them back. On top of what she packed in her bag, there were three small, cooled potatoes wrapped in paper. Even Killian, who didn’t know much about the lives of commoners, knew that these were potatoes sold as snacks at carriage stations.

 

“Did you take this as a meal? Just something like this…?”

 

It felt like his heart was being crushed. A person who suffered from merciless assault and cold could not even eat properly because she was so anxious that she might be caught. It took his breath away when he thought about how she warmed her hands with the warmth of carrying cheap potatoes in a paper bag that only people walking on the street could eat.

 

“Shit…!”

 

As Edith looked at the luggage she had packed in her bag, his heart ached even more. To avoid being noticed, it contained rough clothing that commoners would wear and travel tools such as portable lamps, flints, and utility knives. They were all flimsy items, and it was clear that Edith would have suffered indescribably if she had started a long-distance trip relying on just these items.

 

‘How did Edith feel when she packed this baggage?’

 

He felt like he knew it without having to think about it for a long time. Probably, she was lonely enough to die. So, she probably chose to stop at the long-distance carriage station and return there to die. Killian squeezed his chest as he imagined Edith’s cold and sad heart. His heart ached so much.

 

‘There was not a single person in the world on Edith’s side. I wonder if her family members were trying to kill her, and he, as her husband, always pushed her to take the other woman’s side…’

 

There was no need to criticize the Rigelhof family. Even the Ludwig family did the same thing to her. When had they ever given priority to their daughter-in-law, Edith, over Lise? No, rather than that, he was busy doubting everything. As the head’s family was like that, it was reported that even the employees of the mansion were keeping their distance from Edith. At that time, everyone thought that Edith was not worthy of their care. Really foolish… But at that moment, Anna suddenly came to mind.

 

“…Meanwhile, Master Cliff has been interrogating all the occupants of the mansion. The atmosphere was so intense that everyone had no choice but to say what Master Cliff wanted to hear or say they didn’t know. Ah! It is said that only one person, Lady Edith’s maid, Miss Anna, stood by her lady’s side until the end.”

 

According to the guard’s report, which he heard as he was bringing Edith out of prison, Anna was interrogated for several days because she was Edith’s maid, but she defended Edith until the end. In her own way, she was faithfully carrying out the orders he had given her before he set out to battle her territory.

 

“Call Anna.”

 

Killian urgently ordered the servant waiting outside. Anna was called here and there for several days for interrogation, and she was even sentenced to imprisonment for failing to testify against Edith. He wanted to let her rest, but for now, the only person he could safely leave Edith to was Anna.

 

A moment later, Anna came running, neatly dressed as always in her maid’s uniform.

 

“Did you call me, master?”

 

She may have been pretending that nothing had happened, but her sunken cheeks were representative of her hardships.

 

“I’m sorry for calling you so suddenly, but once again, there is something I can only entrust to you.”

 

“Please order.”

 

“Edith…”

 

At the name ‘Edith’, Anna lifted her head without realizing it.

 

“Miss? Has the lady come back?”

 

Those longing eyes made Killian think that Annawas as good to Edith as him.

 

“Okay. I have to show her to the doctor soon, but her body is very damaged. I think we need to change her clothes and clean her…”

 

“I will prepare in a moment. Previously… Can I see her for a moment?”

 

Killian nodded, allowing Anna to come closer to the bed. Anna came up to her, her face tense, and she covered her mouth with her hand, gasping at the sight of Edith sleeping with her pale, bruised and gaunt face.

 

“Sophia… that girl tried to kill Edith. She should have been maimed instead of just kicked out…”

 

Killian muttered, filled with regret, and Anna clenched her molars to suppress the surging emotions.

 

“I’ll bring some acupuncture clothes and a towel to wipe her body.”

 

“Yes, please.”

 

Anna got out of the bed, and Killian gently stroked Edith’s cheek as he closed his eyes. Her body was so cold that he wanted to massage her arms and legs, but considering her reaction when he grabbed her forearm, it felt like she had a lot of wounds here and there on her body, so he couldn’t. And unfortunately, that prediction came true. The moment he took off Edith’s clothes with Anna, their eyes simultaneously lit up.

 

“I should have torn it to death! “They should have killed him by tearing his head off instead of cutting him off!”

 

There were widespread purple bruises on Edith’s forearms and thighs. Her forearm, where the whiplash had been especially severe, had not yet fully healed wounds, and the skin was crusted over from the cold, and two toenails were shaking on his feet, which had been walking for a long time in uncomfortable shoes.

 

“How… How can this be… miss… !”

 

Even Anna, who was famous for her expressionless expression within the mansion, shed tears and was unable to touch Edith’s body. Killian also felt like he was going crazy. He felt like he was seeing the weight of life that Edith’s delicate body was holding on to. He didn’t know why he was finally seeing all of this clearly. Why now…!

 

‘I put Edith through hell. I didn’t make any effort to find out more about her because she seemed innocent, so it’s no wonder that Edith didn’t lean on me!’

 

Killian felt like his heart was being crushed. He hurt Edith by failing to fulfill his responsibilities as a husband and judging her based solely on what he saw. At the same time, he thought he knew everything and was proud that he was smarter than Edith.

 

‘I’m disgusted with myself! It’s terrible!’

 

Killian continued to curse himself in his mind as he and Anna cleaned Edith’s body. He was extremely careful with his touch, like wiping a newborn baby, fearing that Edith might get sick if he applied even the slightest force. And after barely putting Edith in a bathrobe, he heard the news that the doctor had arrived.

 

“Bring it here right now. Tell Cliff that if he tries to take the doctor first, I will kill him.”

 

The staff’s eyebrows fluttered as they saw Killian’s atmosphere becoming more brutal than ever before, so they ran to fetch the doctor. And as soon as the doctor who had almost been taken away saw Edith’s condition, he turned to Killian with a face filled with astonishment.

 

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