I'm Going to Change my Husband with a Predatory Marriage

After that, she cried so hard that she almost fainted. To be exact, she pretended like that. The day before the wedding, when the dress was ruined and the bride fainted as a result, the Duke of Delphine was thrown into chaos. Thanks to this, it would be nice if the wedding was canceled or postponed altogether, but she wasn’t so lucky. Ludwig somehow managed to find a pretty decent wedding dress.

 

“Good. With this, we can hold the wedding tomorrow without any problems.”

 

“Thank goodness, thank goodness really…”

 

She smiled pitifully, as if relieved, while swallowing swear words like ‘Gen X!’ Evangeline, who was watching this, disappeared with a stern expression, and Ludwig seemed to get tired of consoling her and left. Annie, the maid who had taken her secret orders, came into her room carrying a cold towel. Only then was she finally able to laugh heartily.

 

She asked in a low voice because she was afraid the sound would leak out.

 

“Did you do well, Annie?”

 

“Yes. I did as you asked!”

 

Annie smiled forcefully and nodded her head. There were two people who would definitely come to see her tonight, right after she returned. And one of them was Annie. Earlier, when Annie came to visit, she ordered her to do ‘something’. She screamed and called people over.

 

“Leave this box in Evangeline’s guest room.”

 

In order to raise the success rate of Annie’s work by making as much noise as possible. And she planted a seed of doubt in Ludwig.

 

‘There is someone nearby who wants to ruin my wedding tomorrow.’

 

She was just telling it like it was. The reason she wanted to ruin tomorrow’s wedding was because she was here now. But Ludwig would have no choice but to be suspicious of Evangeline.

 

‘No one wants to ruin a wedding more than a mistress.’

 

What if a knife with clear marks of tearing the dress and veil was found in Evangeline’s room?

 

‘Still, can Ludwig not suspect Evangeline and not reprimand her?’

 

It’s absolutely impossible, but now she could put the cold towel that Annie puts on her swollen eyes. She sighed softly.

 

“Ha. Good night.”

 

“Tomorrow is the wedding, so what should I do if it pours like this, miss?”

 

“It’s fine…”

 

To be honest, she felt like if she could cancel the wedding, she could at least ruin her face.

 

‘But even though she ran away with another man, she eventually caught him again and married Ludwig. I don’t expect it to be changed over something trivial like this.’

 

In the first place, Ludwig was planning to marry her family, the Duke of Delphine, for their fiefdom and property. It was really a shame that her father passed away. No, it wasn’t the time when she was blaming a situation she couldn’t help. A marriage couldn’t be canceled for any reason.

 

‘Then I have to do something that isn’t quite right.’

 

She heard Annie grumbling softly.

 

“So, Lady Marquis Luce, I’ve told you several times that she’s strange.”

 

As one could see from the secret work she entrusted to her, Annie was a trustworthy maid. 

She was her dead maid’s daughter and she was her milk sister. In her three lives, she was one of only two people who had never betrayed her. She died several times for her, trying to save her.

 

Annie whispered cheerfully.

 

“I’m really glad that you seem to be having doubts even now.”

 

“Huh. Thank you always.”

 

She held Annie’s hand tightly over her eyes, where a cold towel was placed over her eyes. 

This time, she would never lose this warmth in vain.

 

* * *

 

After assessing the time, she sent Annie back to her room. The reason was simple.

 

‘Because there’s a second person coming to visit me tonight.’

 

Ludwig and Evangeline, who came earlier, wouldn’t come unless she intentionally invited them. However, no matter how the situation changed, only two people always came to her room. Annie, who I just sent back, and… 

 

Knock, knock.

 

There was a knock on the door and a familiar voice.

 

“Can I come in for a moment, lady?”

 

“…huh. Come in.”

 

The door opened, and the person who came in without a sound was a man with a sturdy physique. She called his name softly.

 

“Lord Beltane.”

 

He was the only knight in the Delphine duchy who did not betray her. He was also the party she had run away with in her third life just before.

 

“Ludwig wants to marry me for my title. Please take me with you and run away, Lord Beltane!”

 

The Delphine duchy had dozens of knights. However, most of them were more loyal to her fiancé Ludwig than to her, the direct descendant of the Delphine family. The reason was simple. It was the Emperor who became her guardian after her father died three years ago. Because the Emperor chose Ludwig to be her fiancé. In effect, the Emperor handed over the House of Delphine to his nephew. Naturally, they served Ludwig as their master for the past three years. Among them, the only person who has not forgotten his loyalty to her was Lord Beltane.

 

He advised her several times.

 

“Miss, Archduke Ludwig is not a trustworthy man.”

 

“And it seems like the relationship between the Lady of the Marquis of Luz and the Archduke is unusual.”

 

They were all correct. But foolishly, she did not believe Lord Beltane’s words. Rather, she scolded him and tried to stay away from him. Nevertheless, Lord Beltane came to see her the night before the wedding and tried to persuade her.

 

“It’s not that Archduke Ludwig loves you, he just wants the power and legitimacy of the Delphine family. It’s not too late now. Breaking off the engagement… ”

 

He was by her side alone with Annie.

 

‘A person I am grateful to who truly spoke for me.’

 

Lord Beltane was the same this time too. He knelt before her and gave her advice with all his heart.

 

“Miss, I know you don’t want to hear what I have to say, but I’ll say it anyway for your sake. Change your mind now.”

 

“…”

 

“It’s not unusual for the wedding dress to look like that. Moreover, Archduke Ludwig does not even publicly try to find the culprit. How carelessly does he treat the young lady…”

 

Actually, she knew. Why Ludwig didn’t actively look for the culprit who ruined her wedding dress.

 

‘It’s probably because they all think the likely culprit is Evangeline.’

 

If it becomes known that Evangeline did it, her own secrets would also be officially revealed. She also had the evidence hidden in Evangeline’s room, but she didn’t want it to become public knowledge.

 

‘I was just trying to add to the discord between Ludwig and Evangeline.’

 

Lord Beltane, who had no idea what she was thinking, asked her with all his might.

 

“For your own sake more than anyone else, please think again.”

 

“…”

 

No matter how many times he regressed, this person was always upright. He sacrificed his life to save a vulnerable woman in danger, especially his former master’s daughter… This person was more noble than anyone else. So she was very grateful and sorry. Especially… In the third life just before… 

 

She slowly shook her head, thinking about the terrible ending he had to go through because of her. Lord Belthane seemed to have interpreted this as a rejection of his own advice.

 

“Miss!”

 

She knew. He would follow any request or command she gave him.

 

‘In fact, in his last life, he ran away with me, suffered all kinds of stigma, and died horribly. Yet he never blamed me until the end.’

 

Lord Beltane’s sacrifice did not save me from Ludwig.

 

I just sacrificed him meaninglessly.

 

‘I’m not going to ask for it this time. For me and for this person.’

 

She answered calmly.

 

“It’s already too late, Lord Beltane. The wedding is tomorrow, and Ludwig will never accept a request to break off the engagement.”

 

“Miss!”

 

She woke up slowly. Then Lord Beltane seemed to realize something strange.

 

“Why are you wearing street clothes?”

 

This was the bedroom, and it’s time to go to bed. But now she was in street clothes. It was also simple clothing that only commoners would wear. Instead of granting Lord Beltane’s request, she gave him an order.

 

“Lord Beltane. As the only direct descendant of the Duke of Delphine, I will command you, a knight of Delphine. Guard me tonight.”

 

“…”

 

Sir Beltane, who looked at her blankly for a moment, immediately got down on his knees and saluted her as a knight.

 

“I follow orders.”

 

Although this was her fourth life, this was her first time seeing Lord Beltane like this. She realized it again.

 

‘At that time, I was a girl who had to be protected by Lord Beltane, not a lord.’

 

But now things would change.

 

* * *

 

Lord Beltane was the strongest of the Delphine duchy’s knights. What this meant was that she could leave the mansion without being noticed by those around him, even if he took only one person with her. This also applied when he ran away with her in her past life.

 

‘I knew that, so I asked you to escort me.’

 

If she tried to go out alone, she would probably get caught. Lord Beltane chose a place with few people and took her with him. It was purely by chance that, as she was crossing the garden, she passed under Evangeline’s bedroom terrace.

 

Wow!

 

There was a loud noise, and a poor jewelry box crashed to the floor of the terrace, shattered, and tumbled into the garden.

 

Sigh!

 

Thanks to this, she was able to see the paper knife stuck in front of her foot.

 

‘This…!’

 

It was clearly the knife with which she tore her wedding dress.

 

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