22 - My Husband is My Favorite, But I Think I'm Going to Get Divorced
Episode 22
Delano thought that if Euclid hadn't so firmly enlightened him, he would never have realized his mistake on his own.
The thought that he might have unknowingly made a mistake upon arriving at House Basilian sent a chill down his spine.
At the same time.
'Ah, how can there be such a benevolent person?'
Everyone at Rudion Castle respected their gentle and kind master, but Delano, whose symptoms were severe, began to praise Euclid deeply as a habit.
And despite it being a loveless arranged marriage, he earnestly prayed that the Basillian Duchess, no, the future Duchess, who would be welcoming such a man who respected his wife and her family, would know how fortunate she was.
Just then, Euclid, who had checked outside through the carriage window, quietly began to organize the reports he had set aside and put them in his bag.
Seeing this, Delano realized that there was not much time left until they reached their destination, the Vasillian Duke's Residence.
He straightened his back, which was already upright. He felt inexplicably thirsty.
"Ahem, ahem. Are you not nervous, Duke?"
Delano asked Euclid, who looked as calm as ever, as if trying to ease the awkward atmosphere from earlier.
He had never seen him show any particular interest in or concern for women, but he thought that he couldn't be completely unmoved at the moment of first meeting the woman who would become his wife.
"Nervous? Well, I suppose I am a little."
But unlike Delano's expectations, the Duke Ludion's response was rather lukewarm.
It felt like he was just giving an answer that met expectations because he had been asked a question.
"I hear that the Basillian Duchess's beauty is the best in the empire."
Although it had not received much attention due to her notoriety, there were widespread rumors that many young masters had greatly suffered from heartache due to her mature and alluring appearance when she had her coming-of-age ceremony and debutante.
Of course, no one dared to send a marriage proposal after it was revealed that the Imperial Family had marked her as the Crown Prince's future consort and that she had been close to the Crown Prince like a childhood friend since they were young.
"Yes, I think I've heard that too."
Delano, who had been worried that he might have mentioned the future Duchess's appearance too lightly because of the earlier reprimand, was relieved to see Euclid smiling subtly at his more polite tone and the first good comment.
However, this answer was not very satisfactory either.
He respected his ability to never lose his composure, but he also wanted to see him a little shaken, he lamented for a moment, then felt the carriage stop briefly and then start moving again.
"Duke, it seems we have passed the main gate of the Vasillian Duke's Residence."
Euclid, who had already prepared to get off, nodded at Delano's words.
In fact, he had told Delano earlier that he was a little nervous, but in reality, he was not nervous at all.
She was just the other party in an arranged marriage that would not last long, in which they would have no affection or even interest in each other.
Of course, he felt sorry and pitiful.
He didn't know the details, but he knew that she had someone else she liked, but she had to marry another man.
And that the other party was himself, who had no expectations at all.
Euclid, with a familiar smile on his face over his slightly clouded expression, took a step out of the carriage door, which had already been opened wide.
He did not expect that the composure he had maintained until now would collapse in an instant.
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Today is the day I've been waiting for, the day I meet my ultimate favorite!
I knew I should get a good night's sleep, but I was so nervous and excited that I couldn't fall asleep easily.
Then, after finally falling into a light sleep, I woke up in the early morning and inadvertently looked in the mirror, and I stopped breathing.
"W, what is this?"
Until I went to bed last night, my skin was flawless!
It was a smooth and shiny cheek that even a bug would slip right off if it mistook me for the Crown Prince and sat on me for a moment!
"Could it be a pimple?"
I stared with my mouth open at something hard and painful and red in the middle of my cheek.
My body went limp at the unbelievable reality.
No, why?
At this historic moment of my first meeting with my ultimate favorite, I even picked out a bright dress that I don't usually wear to look a little prettier to him, and I even asked Ann, with a straight face, to give me a facial treatment that's good for my skin!
...Could that be why?
"Sniff, the elders were right after all!"
I remembered what my grandmother, who raised me, used to say as a habit. That is, too much is as bad as too little!
I guess the problem was that I was greedy, wanting just a little more, just a little more.
Usually, my skin was shiny and radiant even if I didn't do any skincare.
Hehe, I sat down on the floor and laughed in vain, but honestly, I couldn't hide my despair.
In the meantime, there were subtle dark circles under my eyes because I hadn't slept well.
"I'm doomed. I'm doomed. Why today of all days..."
I washed my face in a hurry, but when the pimple didn't change at all, I was just biting my lip when it happened.
Ann, who knew like a ghost that I had woken up, knocked on my door.
"Princess. You woke up early..."
As soon as she saw my face, Ann was so surprised to find the pimple that she covered her mouth with both hands.
"Oh my. The Princess's flawless skin..."
"Ann. I wish you wouldn't say it with such a shocked face."
I was already surprised and frustrated, and Ann's reaction made me even more discouraged.
"I'm sorry. It's the first time this has happened while I've been serving the Princess, so I was so surprised... It seems that something in the pack I gave you yesterday didn't suit your skin."
Ann was sulky, saying that she thought she had made a mistake because I don't usually do any special skincare.
"Now is not the time to argue about who's to blame. Is there any way to get rid of this? Should I just pop it..."
"No! That will only make it worse. I'll try to calm it down as much as possible for now."
As soon as I nodded, Ann quickly moved and brought this and that.
I felt a professional touch when she did the pack yesterday, so I was filled with anticipation.
I received a message that he would arrive around noon, so maybe I could restore my skin to its original state before then.
And a few hours later.
"Evgenia, what on earth did you do to your face?"
Lionel, who didn't seem to care about women's appearances, let alone criticize them, stopped and asked as soon as he saw me coming out to the front door.
I had been doing makeup to cover the pimple until just before I ran out of the room, without even looking in the mirror, so I blinked, bewildered.
"Didn't you call a makeup maid?"
"A makeup maid?"
"...Never mind."
Lionel sighed and turned his head, thinking that I was deliberately not answering properly.
Sensing something unusual, I looked at Ann, who was standing behind me.
Then Ann flinched and avoided my eyes.
'Ann, don't tell me...?'
A sense of unease crept over me, and I quietly asked Melissa.
"Melissa, do you think my face looks weird too?"
"Yes? W, well. I, I think it's okay."
Melissa, you're not good at lying.
Feeling depressed, I looked for the next target.
Then I saw Duke Basilian, who was standing in front of me, flinching and desperately avoiding me, as if afraid that I might talk to him.
'Hmm. I should be glad that Alexis isn't here, or not.'
If he were here, he would have grabbed his stomach and laughed, telling me exactly what was wrong with me, but he would have told me honestly.
I was agonizing over a problem that I couldn't easily judge, but only for a moment.
"Oh, a carriage is coming in."
Finally, I heard the sound that my ultimate favorite had arrived.
At the Duke's words, I quickly turned my head, and I saw a carriage passing through the main gate and entering the main building of the mansion.
It was the Magic Carriage that I had asked the Duke to send to the Ludion Ducal Family.
The moment I saw this, my heart, realizing that I was about to meet my ultimate favorite, began to beat like crazy, out of my control.
