Marriage With A Suspiciously Demure Husband

“…That’s enough for now I guess. I’ll know more when I meet her.”

Muttering that, he stared at her portrait, which seemed to resemble a small herbivore with a large golden-colored eye. Her face seemed like a rabbit running in the snow or a scared deer.

“She doesn’t seem to have that kind of preference at all. If I look at her, I wouldn’t have thought about it. Other than that… she wanted a handsome man.”

Kairos brushed his lips again.

“She wanted to have someone that cooks well and could take some time off to have a date with her once a week… Ha, that’s tricky.”

His subordinate, who had been listening for a long time, closed his ears as if he didn’t want to hear it any longer.

“…Does such a man exist in this world?”

“He definitely exists…”

“Huh? Where?”

“Here he is.”

“So where…”

Sid scrunched his face as if he had drunk a lot of salt water when he realized what he meant. However, when Sid thought about it again, it wasn’t wrong, so he couldn’t use anything to refute him. Likewise, he was also afraid that even if he agreed, he would get hit.

“Your Excellency…”

“What?”

“Your personality is… would it work?”

Sid managed to add with a little courage.

“What’s wrong? What’s so hard about pretending to be so sweet?”

Yes, of course.

Listening to what he said, Sid nodded in response to that.

“Yes, well, as long as it’s just acting, I think you’ll be fine. Have you ever cooked before? You never go to the kitchen…”

“There’s nothing I can’t do. I can try that once or twice.”

Yes, yes. Of course.

Sid smiled broadly, acting as if everything made sense.

“Yes, you’re right! But, isn’t Your Excellency busy?”

“If I think of it as work, there is nothing I can’t do.”

“All right. Though are you really going to move yourself? Wouldn’t it be better just to let the others get rid of her?”

“Then, how could you fail? Because of her magic?”

“….”

At that, Sid hiccuped and shut his mouth.

In the end, Kairos had to take this matter into his own hands. He had to figure out how this fearless and cunning woman knew and stole his information and how much she knew.

After that, it was exactly one week since he left for Ferrarium.

* * *

He couldn’t believe it had been a year.

Kairos put the papers back in. The Hazel Kairos had seen so far was completely different from the kind of person he expected.

She was better than expected.

Still, it wasn’t clear how she came to know his information and funds, but he succeeded in getting her into his hands. Moreover, he didn’t have to worry because she was so into him that she couldn’t get out of his hands.

Maybe because she was pale, she sometimes looked like a white rabbit jumping in front of him with a red hairpin. She was also pretty cute.

“Cute? Ha.”

He thought to himself and let out a laugh.

Yes, she was kind of cute, but that was all. She was the one who was in love, not him. The act was disgusting, and she was a woman that needed to be dealt with soon since there was no reason to drag on for a year like this.

It was actually too long. He didn’t expect it to be this long because he had some fun, but he had to wrap it up now.

At the thought, Kairos glanced up at the clock.

“Oh, pumpkin pie.”

She said it reminded her of him. It seemed to be worth remembering to her since as soon as he served it that day, she ate it so deliciously that she finished two pieces at once.

In fact, Hazel liked to eat, whilst he didn’t eat much.

Even though she was full of desire to eat a lot, she couldn’t eat more because she was full, so he often laughed seeing her disappointed eyes. When he removed the bowl in fear of her getting sick, it was actually one of the parts that he enjoyed.

Her eyes would keep following his hand.

Well, if she finished both pieces on the spot, it meant that Hazel thought it was very good. He thought he had to make this today and let it cool all night for tomorrow morning. She liked crispy pies, so he had to prepare them first.

While Hazel liked to eat it with vanilla ice cream, he couldn’t feed her cold food in the morning as she could have a stomachache.

“It’s better to prepare the ice cream in advance.”

Of course, the reason for this behavior was because it was part of the plan.

Kairos left the office hurriedly, unlike his relaxed behavior until now.

* * *

My eyes twinkled. Seeing that, Noah disappeared after a brief nap, he must have gone to work again.

I couldn’t miss this great opportunity.

Thinking so, I got up in a hurry, roughly opened the door, and came out into the hallway before rushing to my office as fast as lightning.

There was a friend of mine that had a brilliant motto. She said that faith, loyalty, and love all came from money. It was rather strange to say that she was my friend, but I could trust her because she’d never betray me when money would get involved.

And now, I had the money.

Even though I needed to go through Dylan Banker to get in touch with her, I couldn’t help it. I took out a pen and paper and wrote quickly.

[ Hello, Dylan Banker.

Long time no see. How are you? This is Hazel. Actually, I need Annie’s help. Can you do me a favor?

I beg you!

H. LV ]

Finally, I folded the paper quickly and signed it like how I had signed the reports before. There was no one to impersonate me, but just in case, I signed it so Dylan Banker would know for sure.

I then took out a piece of gold and put it in the letter together. Annie would move with money, so I showed her money in advance for the request.

Fairy tales for relatively easy missions, silver for little more difficult missions, and gold coins for difficult missions. I didn’t have to send gold coins because I had already worked with Annie once, but it was also a silent pressure meaning that I was in a hurry.

After that, I opened the window to check if there were any servants outside. Although I could call or send letters using a communication tool, there was a chance to leave traces as people could check the records of exchanges.

The mere thought of getting caught sending the letters to Dylan made me dizzy, so I decided to use a traditional method just in case.

When the wind blew in the air, a small blue bird appeared, showing off its feathers.

It was a personal messenger made by my powers. It was impossible to check right away like a communication tool, and there was no risk of being caught on the way so one would know and see the traces except me.

When I held out the letter, the bird, who was crying, tweeted with its beak.

“Go ahead.”

At the end of my words, the bird flew quickly through the air.

It would never get lost unless Dylan Banker moved out of the Capital into a very distant place or quit his job. There was no choice left but just to wait and see. It wasn’t until the blue light disappeared that I closed the window.

I left the office with sleepy eyes as if I had never done anything as I headed for the bedroom.

A few days later, a letter flew in from Dylan Banker. Dylan sent me the letter the same way as I did. Since I was worried that I should visit him in person if I couldn’t reach him, it was a relief.

[ Hazel Love.

Yes, it’s been a while. You bad girl! You only contact me only when you need me. Isn’t it too much?

Anyway, I’ll send Annie soon. I want to go there in person, but I’m very busy.

There are a lot of monsters on the outskirts of the Capital. I’ll go and see you before fall. I hope you stay healthy until then.

To my annoying friend.

Dylan Banker. ]

I smiled. Honestly, it hadn’t been that long since I’d spent time with Dylan Banker. He was originally Hazel Love’s colleague, not my friend. And not long after I possessed this body, I quit the Imperial Knights.

Before I quit, I worked with him for a very short time and ran into him a few times, so I found out that we get along pretty well.

After that, we hung out together for some time.

Dylan Banker was not a difficult person to get close to because he was also close to all his colleagues. He became an older brother to everyone, and he claimed himself as someone who would help us at any time.

He was also the one who helped me when I was in trouble because Jed didn’t process my resignation. Of course, Dylan held on to me until I said I was really tired and wanted to rest.

“I’ll say thank you next time.”

As soon as I burned the letter, I opened the safe and set aside some gold and gold coins.

“Ah…”

Did he say that the monsters were going crazy outside the Capital? That was what Dylan Banker said in the letter she just burned.

Seeing that the monsters also appeared here and had already begun to appear outside the Capital, they seemed to be everywhere now.

In order to find out, I frequently looked into the number and types of requests by military guilds in other regions. I was certain that the number of requests for dealing with monsters was also increasing spontaneously.

While there was no such request here yet, there was no guarantee that there would be no more since one had already appeared. It was good to see it as a job, but it was not a good thing for me, who knew the content of the original story.

I wanted this place to be safe. I settled in Ferrarium to avoid it in the first place, after all. No followers had appeared yet, but the monsters seemed to be moving faster and more than I thought.

It was as if it was bent on doing something.

It was the main character’s job to eliminate all evils, so Dylan Banker must’ve been busy.

“….”

I put my hands together.

Even if the final villain appeared, the main characters would get rid of him on their own and have a happy ending… so why did it bother me?

Whenever I had a hunch like this, it bothered me.