The Villain Is Obsessed With His Fake Wife

‘The prince is tired just thinking about it…’

Because he was a human who gave her unimaginable scandals and trials. She hated just the thought of getting hooked up again.

‘But what are the chances of meeting at the masquerade ball?’

She remembered the date of the masquerade ball in her mind. There were still a few days left.

‘I can think about it then, well.’

She fell asleep as soon as she got to her room, overcome with fatigue. And woke up a few days later.

* * *

When she opened her eyes, John was right in front of her.

“Ma’am? Did you come to your senses?”

Fortunately, she didn’t have any dreams this time, so she just had to look at his excited face.

“What happened to me?”

For some reason, the questioning voice was slightly hoarse.

“What happened?”

John clenched his teeth. The eyes were unusual.

“Madam, you haven’t woken up for three days.”

“I slept that long?”

She opened her eyes wide like a rabbit.

‘Somehow, it was so refreshing…’

Her body felt too refreshed to say she was sick. Even the parts that were usually a little tired were neatly cleaned up, so she even felt refreshed.

‘If I feel better this far, I’ll be okay with sleeping for a few days.’

Contrary to her carefree thoughts, however, John opened his mouth in a low voice.

“I thought you wouldn’t wake up like this.”

“I just slept for a while. Thanks to that, I am in really good shape now.”

“…”

“It’s real. I think she could go out and play right away.”

Personally, it seemed that she could guess a little what caused her to sleep for so long.

‘It’s probably because I’m a fairy.’

She once asked the tree once.

-You are still between a human and a fairy. I don’t know if it’s because of the curse or because you grew up with humans for too long.

-Is there such a thing as fairy power? Of course there is. However, the curse weakens your body so much that it seems the fairy powers are being used to protect you.

Perhaps it was the effect of waking up from a long sleep this time.

“My wife…”

John’s eyes darkened slightly.

“No. I’m glad you’re feeling well.”

For some reason, John was silent. She asked, tilting her head.

“Is there anything you want to say?”

“There are many things I want to say.”

John nodded and smiled softly.

“But I don’t think my wife will be able to answer me if I ask you all now, yes?”

“That… Yes.”

When he suddenly asked why she slept so long, she had no words to answer.

‘If I say that I’m a fairy, the misunderstanding will clear up.’

If that happened, she would lose the only card she could use to escape.

“Tomorrow is the day of the masquerade we planned to go to.”

John, who sat down, sighed and asked.

“Can you go?”

“It is already tomorrow. I guess it doesn’t matter if I go…”

She was in good shape, but people around her might think otherwise. According to common sense, if she went to the party right away, it seemed like it would stop her too.

“In my mind, I want to stop you, but if my wife wants to, I have to.”

“Isn’t it possible to go without any preparation?”

“In case you didn’t know, I prepared everything. So that I can be present when you wake up.”

John brushed her hair and tucked it behind her ear.

“Aren’t you hungry?”

“I think I am a little hungry.”

“I’ll tell them to bring your meal from the kitchen right away.”

Hearing that, she felt something strangely hot in a corner of her chest. After sleeping for a long time, it seemed that the menstrual phenomenon has not been resolved.

“Oh, then I’ll wait a minute.”

John let her go as soon as she looked toward the bathroom. As soon as she entered the bathroom, she put a handkerchief over her mouth. Then black blood poured out of her mouth.

‘Ah, is this proof of fighting the curse?’

It seemed that her fairy powers were fighting very hard. In fact, after spitting out black blood, her body felt much better. It was a very refreshing feeling.

‘I’m glad I solved it without anyone knowing.’

She quickly washed her hands, disposed of the bloody handkerchief, and left. John was already right at the door. He had a serious expression on his face and narrowed his eyes.

“Ma’am, what happened?”

She smiled softly, wondering if he had noticed something.

“What’s going on?”

“From Mrs…”

His red eyes scanned her all over.

“I smell blood.”

Her body trembled. But she tilted her head pretending nothing was wrong.

“Well, I’m not sure.”

Maybe it was for his dark magic but he could smell the smell of blood very well.

‘If I get caught, there’s no way to explain it.’

At first, she pretended not to know anything and smiled brightly. John inspected her face, hands, and clothes with a ferocious gaze. Fortunately, she spat the blood on the handkerchief and there were no blood stains anywhere else. It probably won’t take even if you look at it like that.

“Sorry. It must be my misunderstanding.”

John, who had been scanning her for a long time, seemed to find nothing out of the ordinary, and relaxed his expression, patting her shoulders.

“The meal is ready. Let’s go eat.”

Even though the situation was over, she was a little worried that John might notice something strange. So, while eating, she quietly asked.

“If you are too concerned about my condition, I will not attend the prom. I don’t want to go that far.”

There was no particular reason to go to the masquerade in the first place.

“No, I want to go to the masquerade ball with my wife.”

“Really?”

“Yes. You never know when you can go again.”

Was it her imagination that John’s eyes looked sad? She pretended not to know anything.

“Why? You can go whenever you want. Will you not go to the prom with me from now on?”

“…no. I said something strange again.”

But again, John seemed to misunderstand her symptoms.

‘Even if it’s not blood, there are many things that look strange.’

The day of the masquerade was just like that.

* * *

While Estelle couldn’t wake up. John hardened his face when he heard the diagnosis drawn by Dr. Henry.

“My wife… An incurable disease?”

“Yes. Tragically, yes.”

Henry nodded his head with a heavy face.

“The most likely disease is the sleeping princess. And this disease… There is no way to get better at this time.”

John couldn’t straighten his distorted face, and he bit his teeth.

“So, you don’t even know how long my wife’s life will last.”

The reason the Sleeping Princess was a scary disease was that it was difficult to predict the situation with current medicine. It was impossible to guess when the patient would die in his sleep. Estelle could not have woken up like this. John tightened his fist as he looked at his still unawakened wife.

‘I was a little suspicious from the beginning.’

Estelle said she was simply on the weak side. However, Estelle’s condition was too serious for her to be seen simply as a weak person.

‘Especially the symptoms of falling asleep like this.’

There was only one sleeping princess. A disease for which there was no cure. Now he couldn’t even do what he wanted to leave Estelle alive. At some point, John felt as if the existence of Estelle had escaped from his grasp. It was a sensation that instinct rejected.

“Does she even know that she is a patient?”

“I guess… Looking at the reaction, I guess you guessed it. But she didn’t seem to want to let anyone know.”

There must be one reason why this stupid woman wanted to do that.

‘She is afraid she’ll be a nuisance to those around her.’

Estelle’s face flashed in his mind when she was told to go to the masquerade ball.

‘Maybe she thought it would be her last?’

She may have wanted to fulfill her dream in a situation where she did not know when she would die.

“Get up quickly.”

Estelle was silent. Only small breathing proves that Estelle was alive and well.

“So let’s go to the masquerade together.”

This woman did not even give John time to confirm his feelings. The cautious John’s mind was plunged into greater confusion. And Estelle woke up. She was the wife who burned his insides for three days.

“What happened to me?”

Estelle just smiled softly.

‘Did you already know about the incurable disease?’

Normally, one would be shocked to hear that they slept for three straight days.

“I just slept for a while. Thanks to that, my physical condition is really good right now. It’s real. I think we can go out and play right now.”

Seeing Estelle smiling casually, John made up his mind.

‘If you want that.’

For now, he would pretend he didn’t know.

* * *

In the ballroom, wearing a rabbit mask, she carefully held John’s hand and entered. Even knowing that it was a hand that might hurt her someday, she felt reassured.

‘At least for now, he’ll protect me.’

She asked while looking at John that, unlike her, was wearing a plain black half-mask.

“But why am I wearing a rabbit mask?”

“Because you resemble a rabbit.”

“…me?”

Occasionally John would speak incomprehensibly. It was very fancy because it was a banquet held in the imperial family. Even the fountain from which the water sprang was adorned with jewels. It was a scene where you could see more brightness than daytime even in the background of the dark night. Fortunately, people only glanced at her, and it seemed that they didn’t know about her true identity yet.

‘I guess it’s because I’m wearing a wig.’

Still, being among people, she couldn’t help but feel nervous.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve decorated like this.’

After marrying Duke Blanchett, there was no forced decoration. When she was with the Duke of Libertan, she forced herself to wear Yestella’s style of dress, and she had to pretend to be Yestella. She was punished if she strayed in the slightest, saying that she, too, could not hide her lowly birth. But now the situation was completely different. It seemed like it had been a long time since she had decorated as she wanted without any restrictions. John took her back to the masquerade. It was a place where people couldn’t see.

“It’s difficult.”

John raised his eyebrows and sighed.

“People only stare at you, so what if I get jealous?”

“You have this.”

Her heart was heavy because he suddenly sighed with a serious face. She waved her bracelet in relief at John’s words. Ruby bracelet elegantly studded with pink diamonds and rubies. The string itself was made of platinum and studded with brilliant rubies and pink diamonds, making it a bracelet like a work of art.

‘Especially this ruby.’

A jewelry accessory similar to the color of your eyes was a gift to your loved one. She brushed her bracelet and smiled softly.

“I heard there’s a magic to keep me safe.”

“…yes.”

“And anyway, in a little while, we’ll hold hands and return to the Blanchett duchy.”

John nodded his head.

“Okay. If you find yourself in a dangerous situation, I will go to rescue you.”

The dance of the masquerade started, and the sounds of string and wind instruments flowed from the back.

“Do you want to dance?”

In the center of the banquet hall, people were dancing in full swing.

‘Even though I came here to dance.’

She didn’t want to dance among people already. She wanted to see the banquet a little more and grasp the atmosphere.

“My throat is dry.”

John, who raised his eyebrows for a moment, nodded.

“Which drink would you like to drink?”

“Alcohol?”

“Alcohol…?”

She was at an age where she could drink as much as she wanted even though she hadn’t made her official debut. Of course, she had never drank it.

‘So shouldn’t I have at least a sip of alcohol at a party like this?’

After thinking for a while, John put his coat on her shoulder and whispered.

“I’ll bring something my wife will like. Hang in there.”

John’s figure moved away little by little. She gripped his coat and held hher heart.

‘Don’t get me wrong.’

Such precious bracelets and affectionate treatment were, after all, just fakes. Then she saw a man in the distance. Among the men gathered nearby, he was a handsome, blond haired man who stood out. It was to the point where you could tell he was handsome even though he was covered by an extravagant mask adorned with jewels.

‘Why is it so familiar?’

The moment she saw the man, her body became strangely tense. Then the man turned his head toward her at the back of the ballroom.

“You…”

As if he had found the person he was looking for, the man strode forward on long legs and stood in front of her.

“The low blood of the Duke of Libertan?”

The moment she heard that, no, the moment she saw his face, she knew his identity. Because there was only one man who spoke like that to her.

‘Crown Prince Carlos.’

The first time she met the crown prince was when she was first introduced to a social gathering of nobles. The Duke and Duchess of Libertan didn’t want to show her, but they couldn’t help it that day. Because it was the prince’s birthday. All nobles were invited to the imperial family, and she, who was on the family register of the Duke of Libertan, had no choice but to attend. As soon as the prince saw her, he did not hide his displeasure.

‘Was this imperial banquet a place where even lowly blood could interfere?’

Her body, obsessively trained by the Duke and Duchess of Libertan, assumed an aristocratic posture. However, even so, the prince despised her from the first moment he saw her. As if it’s hard to bear even being in the same place with her.

‘The Duke of Libertan is also very amazing. Proud to bring something like that.’

After that, she couldn’t be in the ballroom any longer. It was originally a banquet hosted by the imperial family. It was right for her to leave after being stamped by the prince. In fact, that in itself was nothing. Rather, she would have been more afraid to remain there. The problem was that the Duke of Libertan lost face because of her.

‘Because of you, I lost the royal family and Chuck. How did you behave yourself!’

‘With Yestella, this wouldn’t have been a problem. How on earth can he incur the prince’s antipathy?’

The Duke and Duchess of Libertan did not forgive her for embarrassing them. She had to be punished far more severely than she had ever received.

“Is it after you become an adult now?”

The prince approached her with leisurely steps.

“You already know who I am, don’t you? Why don’t you answer me?”

A strong smell of alcohol emanated from the prince. The golden eyes revealed in the splendid mask were intoxicated with haze.

‘What about John?’

She barely turned her head and tried to push the prince away.

“Majesty. You seem to be looking at the wrong person.”

“What does that have to do with me?”

“Yes?”

‘Didn’t he come to harass me because I’m of low blood, a Libertan?’

The prince smiled happily, taking off the mask he was wearing.

“It doesn’t matter either way.”

His hand approached her recklessly and gripped her chin, forcing her to look at him.

“I’ll make it special for you to be with me tonight.”

His gaze licked her face.

“If you like it, I will make you my concubine.”