The hated wife wants to divorce the Hero General! I don't believe in suddenly returning and become doting

Chapter 05: I'm going to be eaten!

A gorgeous carriage that rattles and wiggles.
The well-cushioned seat is clearly a luxury item.
Even in the past, when my father's business was in full swing, I had never ridden in a carriage as comfortable as this one.

Twice I had accompanied the princess to her tea party and found it as comfortable as the carriage I'm riding in.
The decorations were modest, perhaps because it was strange for a General to ride in a decorated carriage.

"Isn't it a dream, Soaris, to have you by my side again? To have you by my side..."

"Huh."

It's odd.
I'm wondering if I'm dreaming, too.

For some reason, a large man who looks like the young master Alendio (I still can't believe it's him) is sitting next to me in the large carriage, and he's giving me a charming smile.
His hand has been holding mine the whole time.

"I never thought you'd be working in the castle. But it allowed me to meet you again so quickly. I heard you were in the castle, working as safe keeper, and at that same moment I decided to go there to see you."

No matter how you look at it...
The expression on his face says he likes me, and he speaks in a gentle tone, Alendio is very a different person!!

The color of his lustrous black hair and blue eyes, as well as his face is like the Alendio I knew... even so, with his current appearance and aura, no one would doubt that he is a General.

If I keep quiet, I feel that he still has a shadow of his old self.
His cool eyes are exemplary beautiful, with a shade of dignity.

However, his attitude and words, especially his sweet stare ... are uncomfortable!
Coming from him, all I can remember is the sullen glare from my 15-year-old fiancé.

Even at the time of our farewell, he was so curt and turned his back on me without a care in the world...
Really, I don't know what happened to him in the last ten years.

... I don't understand, and have no idea what happened to him, so I can only give him a distracted response.

"I hear you've been a safe keeper for five and a half years now. Everyone's been complimenting you on your work."

"Huh ... that's very kind of you to say."

No matter how much I stared at him, I couldn't tell who or what he is!
The questions only deepen in my mind.
Um, let's get the situation straight first!

Where are we headed?

He said previously...

"I'm sure we have so much to talk about, it'll take hours, so let's go to the mansion"

After that, we got into the carriage, but currently there is no mansion in the Royal Capital, not that I know.
I live in a dormitory in the castle grounds, and it isn't a mansion.

"Mister Alendio, where exactly is the mansion...?"

Doesn't he know that the Lindor family has fallen?
He seems to have found out today that I work at the castle, so he doesn't seem to know about the downfall.

Ah, but I guess... nobody can say as something usually that a noblewoman is working there, without explaining it right.

Mr. Alendio is a general, but he doesn't act all pompous, and he explained to me gently.

"His Majesty has bestowed upon me a mansion as part of my reward and that it's ready for me to live in after I returned to the Capital. So we're on our way there."

"Reward??? You received a mansion?!"

It's a huge bounty!
By now, I can gradually understand that it's true that Alendio played an active role in this war.

Receiving a mansion in the capital, I think the only reward that can be better than that is receiving the hand of the princess in marriage... or receiving a noble title.

In short, it's something to appeal to those the King that he doesn't want to let go, those that he want to keep close.

It's proof that His Majesty is very pleased with what you did.

By the way, the princesses of this Kingdom are 10 and 5 years old, so there is no possibility of they to marry someone.
Their age is too far away from Alendio.

Also, a noble title is not given immediately, so receiving the mansion is the best reward that can be given in a short period of time.

"That's great....!"

Considering the poor Earl of Heathland, I'm surprised he's been given a mansion in the Royal Capital.

"I hope Soaris likes it."

"Eh, What?!! Why? Me?"

I've been listening to it as if it were someone else's business, and I suddenly realized.
That's right, in the eyes of the world, we are a married couple. So that means I'm going to live in that mansion too...?

... It's like a real married couple.
A chill ran down my spine.

"Are you going to live with me?"
"Isn't it obvious?"

He gets a pouting look on his face.

Oh, is he crazy? Why does he think he's going to move in with you as a matter of course?

"It's going to take a while to move all your things there... it's something expected."

"Wait, wait, wait!"

That's not the point! It's not because I don't like the waiting.
I thought you didn't like me, even though your current attitude was too much of a leopard hunting a prey... the past memories were blown out of your mind in the middle of a fierce battle or something??!.

Didn't you want to run away from your marriage to me so badly that you didn't want to talk about it and that you'd rather be on the battlefield?

As he stared in stunned amazement, he suddenly turned his head away and faced the windows.

"You're just as pretty as you were ten years ago..."

Cheeks stained with red. It is a reaction as if you are in love!
Why are you embarrassed? Pretty, me?

I don't get it... How is it, that I'm the same as 10 years ago??! if so, then I'm just ordinary or average!
If anything, when I was a child, I was cute because I was a "child".
Now that I'm an adult, I should be half as cute as I was back then.

"..."

I stared at Alendio for a while, and then it occurred to me.

"Ah!"

He was on the battlefield.
Now that I know why, my eyes burst into tears.

"No way...! In the war, did you lose your sight there? Or was it your head that was hit?"

It's the only way, it's possible!
It had to be!

That's why he's gone so crazy.

There's no need to flirt with me, who is not anymore the daughter of a rich merchant now.... you're not the kind of person to flirt in the first place.
I see... No! He lost his eyes and was hit on head...

"Both? It surely was a direct blow."

As I nodded repeatedly in agreement with myself and the ideas inside my mind, Alendio turned to me again and scowled at me with a muffled frown.

"I have good eyes. Eyes are important to a knight. And of course I'm sane. There's nothing funny or crazy about calling the pretty Soaris, pretty."

"It's all wrong!"

He denies it and hurriedly covers his mouth with his hand.
But instead of getting angry, he does his best to continue explaining.

"I have fought with many knights before I became a General. I've been doing this for ten years, knowing my enemies, knowing my allies, and desperately trying to figure out how to fight them and win efficiently without wasting time. That's when I realized that there is no greater waste of time than the belief of - you don't have to say it for them to understand - . If you don't say what you think, your friends won't know what to do. I'm just telling Soaris what I think now."

"No, yes... I mean, but Mister Alendio..."

You didn't like me, did you?
You rejected me because they made you marry the daughter of a wealthy man, isn't that the truth?

"Mister Alendio.... Don't call me like that, it's like I'm a stranger. Soaris, I want you to call me Alen or Alendio, or whatever you want to call me, just like a married couple does! I don't want to Mister or Master"
"Yeah."

He said it so gingerly that I became more and more confused.
And so it continued...

"What?! Don't lift my hand to kiss my fingers or the back of my hand!!"

My face instantly turned red as a blinding sensation ran through my entire body.

"You're pretty after all"

"Hee...!"

I'm scared.
I'm afraid of this man who is acting so changing toward.

What is happening?!
Really, what is happening on here!

"Soaris..."

Eyes that seemed to be buoyed by the heat.
I knew what he was going to do now. The hand on my shoulder was faintly holding me.

Little by little, his pretty face came closer, and if I didn't escape, our lips would meet.
Even a hated wife with zero experience in love, who never held hands with her husband, could see where this was going.

But trapped by the blue eyes, I can't escape.

It's no good... I will be eaten!
I instinctively felt that I was in danger.

--Clap! Crack! Clap!

"What?"
"Yikes...!"

The wheel seems to have stepped on something, and it jolts a little louder.
Alendio stopped moving, keeping his face close to mine.

"..."

We stared at each other in silence for a few seconds.
He was the one who looked away first and regained his stance.

Ta-- thank God...!
Relieved, I further distance myself from him and look out the window.
Apparently, when we passed through the gate of the mansion, the change in the quality of the cobblestones inside and outside caused a tremor.

"Is this the mansion?"

I put my hand over the window and stared at the garden with its colorful flowers.
The white walls and the garden... Looks like the residence of a high-ranking nobleman.

The carriage soon arrives at the main entrance.
Amidst an array of servants lined up to greet us, when he opened the door, Alendio was the first to get out.

Surprised at how magnificent the gates are and how many people are there, I slowly get out of the carriage as well.

"Be careful"
"Oh, thank you."

The hand held out to me was incredibly large...
It's the hand of a man whose skin has been hardened by the sword... How many years you fought with one, your hand is so tough you could crush stones with it.

It's natural for a husband to escort his wife, but I can't shake the feeling of discomfort that I'm not used to.

Ten years ago, I had never had the experience of having the young master Alendio do this for me.

"Welcome back, Mister and Mistress."

The servants bowed their heads in unison.
Overwhelmed, I struggled to keep my consciousness as Alendio led me into the mansion.

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