Fiancée of the Wizard v02 [Light Novels Translations] by Shuri Nakamura

Author:Shuri Nakamura [Nakamura, Shuri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ichijinsha
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

It was fine to receive the ‘talisman’ from my husband, made of a demon’s core and the princess’s hair. But there certainly hasn’t been any significant changes so far.

The days pass, and every time I have a nightmare that man wakes me up. The nightmare shows up whenever I sleep. It tries to capture and imprison me day and night, but I’m always rescued just before that happen by him. Every time I wake up, I see him looking at my face with an expression full of relief from the bottom of his heart. All I can do for him is smile back like usual, and there are days I think it’s irritating.

——But, however. These past few days have been different, not just a little but bewilderingly different.

「……It really is so bitter.」

Those casually muttered words are sucked into the mountain of books surrounding me, and disappear.

I return the now-empty teacup to the saucer, letting out a sigh. I pour in more medicinal plant tea from the teapot on the low table, bringing the cup to my mouth again. The bitterness spreads through my mouth, making me want to grimace.

It’s a flavor unlikely to be popular by any standards, but this much is just perfect for me right now. This medicinal plants tea is especially made to keep me awake; its peculiar scent and taste clear away the mist of my consciousness, which feels as though I’ll be dragged into sleep if I relax.

I blink repeatedly to clear away the heaviness of my eyelids, leaning onto the back of the sofa and looking up at the ceiling. What I see is not the familiar light flower pattern of my home. It’s a simpler, plain, monochromatic ceiling. I look around my surroundings to see various books from all ages and countries, and equipment that I have no idea what it’s used for, all lined up crowded and piled up.

For some reason or another, I can’t settle down in this atmosphere completely different from my home. Trying to deceive this sensation, I bring the teacup to my mouth once again.

Now that I’ve said so much, you probably already understand.

Right now, I’m in a corner of the royal palace, in the Black Lotus Court, in that man’s laboratory.

Attending the palace not to go to the national library, not to deliver a present either – for no reason at all, really. And on top of that, walking into the head wizard’s laboratory. I may be his wife, but it’s really impossible for me to relax like this. I know that. But there are unavoidable circumstances for this.

This is all because the other day, as I was making dinner, I finally lost to my sleepiness and collapsed.

He has been coming home at a regular time since he found out about my curse, so early as if he never came home late at all. He thought it was suspicious that I didn’t come out to greet him when I usually do, so he looked in the kitchen only to see me collapsed there.

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