The Reason For Divorcing The Villain

“I won’t see you again in the future.”

 

“What?”

 

“As far as I can confirm, there is only one person left in the Bolshake family, and that person is currently on the brink of death.”

 

Asili looked at Ludwig blankly and recalled the conversation before the party.

 

‘What? Bolshake?

 

‘Yes.’

 

‘So he is a noble, right? From a noble family?’

 

‘It is a ducal family.’

 

Asili, who had been silent for a moment in response to Ludwig’s answer, pressed her chest and asked with a feeling of uncertainty.

 

‘Are you going to introduce me as the daughter of a duke?’

 

‘Yes. In fact, we will also go through the registration process.’

 

‘This… Register? That means I’m officially joining that family. For real?’

 

‘Because if I don’t register you, I can’t say that you’re a Lady of Bolshake.’

 

‘Yes. You’re strict.’

 

Of course, in a world of caste systems, the laws against impersonating nobles were strict… Asili was confused because the tone made it seem as if writing Asili’s name in the register of a noble family, or even a duke’s family, was as easy as picking up a bite-sized cookie.

 

“At the time, I didn’t know what it was, but it wasn’t the time to choose cold food, hot food, or sour food, so I passed it on without thinking much about it. You ended up registering my name, right?” asked Asili, shaking her head and coming back to reality.

 

“Yes.”

 

Asili consciously lowered her voice with a shocked expression on her face.

 

“Isn’t it a scam?”

 

“It is common to adopt an adopted child as the successor to the family.”

 

“It’s a scam after all.”

 

Ludwig furrowed his brows again and laughed quietly, and Asili, who narrowed her eyes, also stopped laughing as if she was contagious.

 

“No, seriously. How did you do it? No matter how great a duke he is, he comes from a duke family, and even though my knowledge is limited, I know the Duke Baekjanam by heart. I understand that duke is the highest rank among nobles under the emperor.”

 

“It’s not wrong. It is the highest position among nobles.”

 

“But you can invite people in as easily as you like by slurping down cold water?”

 

“Because I have been given full authority over the Bolshake.”

 

Asili opened her eyes wide.

 

“Bolshake’s only bloodline delegated all rights to the family to me before he became comatose like he is now.”

 

It was a really neat, but also very convenient answer. Ludwig, who sensed her still reluctant feelings, grabbed the end of her hair and added,

 

“Furthermore, with this hair color and eyes, you may really be a lost descendant of the Bolshake family, so it is too early to conclude that it is a fraud.”

 

Bolshake’s symbol, fiery red hair and transparent blue eyes.

 

“As you said, there are many people in this world with various hair colors, but no one has such vivid red hair other than Bolshake. Normally is cloudy or faint.”

 

“With just hair color…”

 

“It’s the same with the eyes. Bolshake: From generation to generation, people are born with blue or violet color. And…”

 

He tugged Asili’s red hair next to her blue eyes.

 

“There was no other person who appeared at the same time like this other than Bolshake.”

 

“What kind of monster gene is that?”

 

“Gene?”

 

“You can think of it as flowing from blood to blood. At a small scale, everything from facial appearance to skin, hair color, eye color, and even medical history is passed down through blood.”

 

To be precise, it is not related to blood, but there is no need to explain genes in detail to Ludwig in this world. Ludwig knew that Asili was just vague, but he also passed on without asking any questions. Her world and this world were so different that it was not uncommon for things that were taken for granted there to become unfamiliar here. If he had been as curious as his now unconscious Bolshake matriarch and best friend, he would have been anxious to hear her story. As if to confirm his thoughts, Asili spoke in a voice filled with laughter.

 

“The prodigal son who went missing and came back. No way, that can’t be possible. Did you forget? I am from another world.”

 

“Couldn’t they be descendants lost to another world? And just to be clear, that guy… No, even if the Bolshake family head was fine now, it wouldn’t have changed your decision to become the daughter of the Bolshake family.”

 

No, rather, I would have been anxious to have Asili, who had fallen from another world overnight, by my side and listen to her story. It was clear to her that if she had asked, not only would she have registered, but she would have actually handed over the position of successor to her family. A faint, bitter smile spread across Ludwig’s lips as he remembered the last blood of Bolshake, who had been sleeping and motionless for three years.

 

“Ludwig. Did you have any friends?”

 

“Well. I don’t know if he still thinks that way.”

 

“What, that’s not right. Not while talking. What’s going on… No!”

 

Asili brought her story back to square one as she was about to go down a side road again.

 

“Anyway, they say something like a lost child…”

 

As the words to stop her nonsense were on the tip of her tongue, Asili froze at his next words.

 

“It is said that in the history of the Bolshake family there are also people from other worlds.”

 

“What? What did you just say? Another world? Could it be that it came from the same place as me? .”

 

Her eyes widened, and as she was about to open her mouth in a hurry, there was a knock on the door again.

 

-Knock. Knock knock.

 

Ludwig, who was staring at Asili, who was gently kissing her lips before eventually closing her mouth, opened her mouth.

 

“Come in.”

 

Sebastian came in behind the open door and stopped. It was because the man and woman in the room were too close to each other for anyone else to enter. She was sitting on his legs, her body almost glued to his, but Ludwig didn’t seem to mind, and she didn’t cling any further as if embarrassed or showing off. They were so used to each other that they often forget how those things appear in the eyes of others.

 

“Sebastian.”

 

Only after Ludwig’s dry call did Sebastian enter the study, hiding the embarrassment that appeared on his neat face.

 

“We have prepared a reception room for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. And…”

 

“And?”

 

As Asili tilted her head, Sebastian spat out harsh words in an extremely calm voice.

 

“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince broke his previous promise again and came in as he pleases.”

 

“Tell me to wait.”

 

“You are singing that you want to meet the lady. The workers are complaining that their ears are bleeding, so please consider this.”

 

In response to Sebastian’s plea, Asili openly clicked her tongue and raised her body. Indeed, this world, that is, the main character of the novel. Even in the area of conflict and darkness, isn’t his prestige amazing? Ludwig then raised his body and offered her hand to Asili, and she walked lightly, placing her hand on top of his hand, carrying the elegance that had become quite familiar to her over the past few days to her fingertips.

 

* * *

 

-Suddenly.

 

Sebastian arrived in front of the prepared living room and before he could knock, the door opened wide. Asili squinted her eyes reflexively.  When opening the door, the golden hair of the protruding figure caught the sunlight and sparkled excessively. Was this some sort of halo for the main character? Along with her nonsensical thoughts, an incredibly refreshing voice reached Asili’s ears with arsenic on her lips.

 

“Older brother!”

 

The Crown Prince smiled brightly and hugged Ludwig’s shoulder, but Ludwig did not call him or hug him.

 

“I… majesty! Ah, to meet His Highness the Grand Duke.”

 

And the crown prince’s aide, who appeared later, pulled the crown prince’s arm and quickly bowed to Ludwig. Despite the aide’s efforts, the crown prince smiled and patted Ludwig on the shoulder in a friendly way.

 

“My brother is my brother. Rather, he said that the lady who was to become his sister-in-law was… Eup, eup!”

 

Ludwig covered the Crown Prince’s mouth with one hand and walked quickly into the drawing room. The crown prince, who had been pushed backwards into the drawing room by his strength, opened his eyes wide. Because he found Asili hidden behind Ludwig. All he could see was her red hair flowing against the backlight and her small figure, but she had a strange air about her.

 

Asili entered the drawing room, completely ignoring the crown prince’s blatant gaze.

 

“Puh-ha!”

 

Ludwig almost throws the Crown Prince onto the sofa and wipes his hands with the handkerchief Sebastian gave him. The Crown Prince stood up and walked towards Asili, his eyes sparkling with curiosity. And the next moment.

 

“I… Brother, I can’t see Lady Bolshake.”

 

“Go away.”

 

At Ludwig’s low voice, who had already blocked Asili’s path, the crown prince took a step back, showing both palms. And at the same time, from behind, the crown prince’s aide opened his mouth with an angry look on his face and closed his mouth. Grand Duke Caliente’s actions toward the crown prince were clearly rude, but the crown prince, who came long before the prearranged time, did not do anything very well either. If the other person wasn’t the Grand Duke of Caliente, he would have said something, but a family was just a family.

 

The person in front of him is the Grand Duke of Caliente.

 

“Ludwig.”

 

The crown prince’s aide threw away all his thoughts and opened his eyes to the size of a tray.

 

Lu… Ludwig? Ludwig?

 

Although she must have heard that at the party she was called the Lady Ballsheik and that she was called by the Archduke’s name. Asili gently held Ludwig’s arm and smiled brightly.

 

“I can’t stand like this forever, so would you please introduce me?”

 

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