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

The maid Esia was sent back to Arpad by my order. After I told her to go back to the crown prince, she knelt in front of me for hours and begged for forgiveness, but I did not accept it.

“My thoughts were short. Please forgive me, Your Highness.”

“Is that also the will of His Highness the Crown Prince?”

“…!”

“…Absolutely not!”

Esia, whose complexion turned white, seemed to have belatedly realized that her actions of trying to earn her forgiveness were hurting me even more. In the end, she bowed her head and apologized again to me, and then she was no longer seen near me.

“I’m really, really sorry. My thoughts were very short.”

After that, the rumor spread quickly. Esia seems to be a person whose status is quite high within the royal family. She was kicked out because she valued Arpad more than me, and Arpad didn’t say anything about it. This had the effect of making the royal courtiers aware of this fact.

‘Arpad is not my master.’

And.

‘At least those who serve me directly must be those who put my order first.’

I haven’t been stabbed in the back by a subordinate once or twice. Even though I had yet to have anyone of my own, it was already difficult for everyone around me to prioritize Arpad’s orders.

* * *

“Are you going to leave it alone?”

Arpad tilted his head in response to the secretary’s question.

“Why shouldn’t I just leave it alone?”

Yulken answered, looking in the direction of Indigo’s bedroom with eyes full of suspicion.

“Isn’t that the same as blatantly kicking out His Majesty’s person and rebelling against him? That… How can I trust you?”

Arpad knew that Yulken was about to say ‘that kind of person’, but when he saw the look in his eyes, he quickly changed his words to ‘that kind of person’. He chuckled and gave his suspicious aide the answer he wanted.

“If he doesn’t have a good confidant, he won’t be able to do his job properly. A bowl that small would not be considered worthy of a crown princess.”

Arpad muttered as he looked at the pearl necklace placed on the table in his office.

“…Even in the empress’ seat.”

“…”

The secretary’s face was still full of worry and doubt. Without a decisive incident, it would be impossible to remove the cloud of suspicion from Yulken’s eyes.

‘And that… It is only meaningful if you do it with your own strength.’

There was no point in helping him. In that sense, he could have passed step 1 simply by not asking for help in taking control of his close associates.

‘Of course, stage 2 hasn’t even started, and it won’t end with just stage 2.’

Would his lovely wife be able to pass all the ‘tests’?

So he was really curious about whether she could prove herself worthy of the position of crown princess.

* * *

And the day after I sent Esia back.

I received shocking and upsetting news, but the answer I expected. The palace servant, who had a pale and embarrassed expression, looked closely at me and relayed the news.

The answer to my order sent by Delphine’s butler.

“What? He said he couldn’t send the two people I ordered you to send?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Anger surged through my head.

‘It’s just as expected but…!’

At a time when Ludwig was still on Delphine’s master position, I did not expect the butler to obediently follow my orders. Only when there is a protest that makes no sense to anyone can I have a reason to get angry and take action.

I hoped this would happen, so I calculated and ordered it. But that didn’t mean I couldn’t be angry.

The hands on the dressing table trembled, and the courtiers who noticed the scent all knelt down.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness!”

“Because our abilities are not enough!”

It was rewarding to send Esia back yesterday. At least he won’t blatantly refuse orders in front of me or fail to check my mood. But not the courtiers or other nobles, but Delphine’s employees ignored me. Actually, this was nonsense.

I was the only heir to the Delphine duchy.

‘So, under any circumstances, the employees of the Delphine family must give priority to my orders.’

But that wasn’t the case.

That’s because I noticed Ludwig’s point of view. Delphine’s butler was said to have responded as follows.

“I can’t give those two away.”

“I beg your pardon? This is what Her Highness has ordered.”

“I have no choice because His Highness Archduke Ludwig does not allow it.”

Then, he closed the door without listening to the courtiers’ response.

I couldn’t bear it anymore and slammed the table in the living room.

“What nonsense!”

This too was a performance just for show. That I was this angry and deserved to take action.

Delphine had to be sorted out as quickly as possible. It made no sense that Ludwig was still holding on to Delphine.

‘And while we’re kicking Ludwig out, we’ll also have to evict Evangeline’s room!’

Evangeline frequented Delphine. So much so that I used the best guest room as my own. Naturally, there were many of Evangeline’s henchmen in my mansion.

If Delphine’s situation became known, there was a high possibility that I would be blamed.

‘They would say that if I can’t properly control my own family, how can I handle the position of crown princess?’

I could clearly see that they were going to bite me like a piranha. So I had to play the player.

I stood up and gave an order to the courtiers.

“I need to change my clothes and freshen up. I have to go see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”

* * *

When Hylia dressed up brightly and visited Arpad’s office, naturally, Yulken was looking at her with suspicion in her eyes. Moreover, Yulken already knew the answer that came to Hylia from Delphine.

The people by Hylia’s side were still all Arpad people after all. Naturally, all related reports were uploaded and passed through Yulken’s hands.

Arpad knew too.

‘Could it be that she came running to ask our Highness to take care of her household affairs?’

As soon as she heard the news, she dressed up nicely and immediately ran to Arpad. Of course, as a third party, it had no choice but to look like this.

‘Just ask your majesty to take care of Delphine’s business for you. I will speak without holding back.’

Yulken was a person who did not hold back what he wanted to say even in front of Arpad. He had nothing to say, much less in front of Hylia. As he was pouting, Hylia’s pale pink lips opened.

“I came because I have something to ask you, your Highness.”

“What is it?”

Yulken, who had been watching the two, had just opened his eyes and opened his mouth. Hylia said with an apologetic and shy expression.

“It looks like Your Highness will have to sleep alone tonight, so I came to tell you in advance.”

“…?”

Even Arpad tilted his head for a moment. He quickly got over his embarrassment and answered.

“Well, it’s really unfortunate for me, but what happened?”

“I have to go to my parents’ house.”

“Your parents? You mean Delphine?”

“Yes. I’m going to check on the house for a while.”

Hyllia saw Agrippina’s tears rolling down on Arpad’s table, and she smiled slightly.

“I don’t know what to do with you since you cherish my gift so much and have it always by your side.”

Arpad burst out laughing when he saw the moment when the down payment was turned into a gift of love.

“Well, this is the first item I received from you. I can’t help but want to keep it by my side always.”

“I still clearly remember the day I gave that pearl.”

It was an affectionate conversation between a newlywed couple that couldn’t be overlooked by strangers. But the content inside was completely different.

‘Do you have a good down payment? You didn’t forget that you were hired by me, Mercenary King?’

‘How could I forget? It was such an absurd experience that even if I wanted to forget it, it was impossible.’

Hylia smiled brightly and approached, she whispered in Arpad’s ear. In a voice so low that not even Yulken could hear. Arpad’s red eyes widened in surprise.

Then, as if in surprise, Hylia lightly kissed Arpad’s cheek. It was so natural, as if she approached him just to kiss him, not to talk to him.

Yulken’s mouth dropped open as she watched Hylia run away from the office, her cheeks blushing shyly.

‘What? just now? Is it really a love marriage? No way? That can’t be possible? But she didn’t go there to ask for help with Delphine’s work…?’

Arpad stood up, leaving the secretary in a state of confusion.

“Uh, where are you going, Your Highness?”

“Do I have to report my whereabouts to you one by one?”

“…!”

Yulken, who was distracted for a moment, realized his mistake. He got down on one knee and apologized to his master.

“Sorry. I made a mistake.”

Arpad left without any response. To begin with, his master was a man with many secrets, even to his closest subordinate.

Then Arpad disappeared as if following in Hylia’s footsteps.

In hindsight, Yulken went crazy with this thought.

‘No way… You didn’t follow Princess Delphine, did you?’

Pr, probably not.

Could it be that it was a true love marriage, and the Crown Prince, who suddenly became a wealthy man, was going to help control his wife’s household? It was something that gave him chills just imagining it. But Yulken recalled a conversation he had seen a little while ago.

The conversation between that crazy couple.

‘No… Right? I guess so?’

This suspicion itself was something he could not have imagined until Hylia came.

* * *

I boarded the carriage with the Crown Princess’s seal on it to go to Delphine. And I smiled brightly when I saw the person who had set up camp and was waiting there. Because he was the person I was waiting for.

 

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Translator Note:

Sorry but next week I won’t release any new chapter of this story. I will be back soon!