Today's Goal is a Safe Divorce!

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Chapter 10

The reason why Damon continued to be courted despite the retaliation. Why everyone was afraid of him, but wanted him…

He was too seductive.

His handsome looks and an irresistible quaint atmosphere made Damon irresistible. Even now, the maids were mesmerized by his beauty.

Yes. Damon Raphael was a man who people knew was dangerous, though had no choice but to fall for. His irresistible charm blinded people’s eyes and ears, and he enchant people, leaving them unable to notice anything. It made them not feel how dangerous a man he was, and how cruel he was.

By the time anyone realized that Damon was a dangerous person, it was already too late…

“I have never seen the Grand Duke. So, I can neither like you nor hate you.”

“Never seen me… That’s right, we’re meeting for the first time today.”

Elysia trembled slightly at the sight of Damon smiling, saying that it was the first time they had met. It seemed less frightening if he just revealed his true nature. The appearance of him speaking respectfully and smiling only made her even more antipathetic.

“You don’t like me?”

Her expression changed strangely when Damon said she didn’t like her. Elysia couldn’t understand him pretending to be a good person and acting docilely.

“Don’t like…?”

“Yes.”

“I can’t understand what that means.”

Damon decided to marry Elysia because of Raphael’s rules. She just accidentally married him at this time, so she was chosen—meaning that, he didn’t have to try to look this good.

“You seem uncomfortable to be called wife, so I’ll call you Lady Elysia.”

“Thank you, Your Grace.”

He did not seem likely to have withdrawn her title because of her previous reply, though he suddenly corrected her title. Damon was never a character who listened to anyone. If people were against his opinion, he would kill them, but he would not change his opinion.

…But, that Damon changed his mind?

Damon’s sudden change made her even more frightened.

Elysia silently gazed into his eyes. She was afraid that he might sneak into her room at dawn. While sleeping, her neck might separate from her body.

With his skills, he could have separated her neck and body cleanly before she even felt pain. Of course, despite having such great skills, Damon preferred to make the other person feel the pain as much as possible when he killed. He enjoyed crushing the bones and flesh of the body and seeing the blood flow like fountains.

It really was an act that could be called a psychopath, so that was why he was nicknamed ‘trash.’

“….”

It felt like her mind was being dug out by his sharp gaze, who just stared at her without saying anything. She knew Damon couldn’t read minds, but her stomach churned as if everything was being uncovered.

Still, just being in the same room with this man made her feel bad. It probably was because she knew her own ending was being poisoned by him to death.

Elysia’s complexion turned pale at the feeling of her five internal organs being twisted.

“Are you always this scared?”

“Pardon…?”

“I think Lady is afraid of me.”

By now, her knees were trembling. Startled, Elysia stopped her trembling quickly, but she couldn’t avoid Damon’s suspicious gaze.

“This… Chills, I have chills—”

“Yes, you said so, so I have to believe it.”

Nonsensical excuses and actions that anyone can see that she was terrified. Nonetheless, Damon smiled pretty and replied that he would believe her.

Elysia was more afraid of his answer.

“Re, really?”

Damon was never merciful enough to fall for lies. He hated people who lied to him the most. So it was never beautiful for the traitors who betrayed him. Even if it was a small lie, he would not tolerate it.

“By the way, you look cold in your dress.”

“Ah… This…”

Damon had come so suddenly that Elysia was still wearing an indoor dress.

The fluttering indoor dress was very poor in heat retention. It was disrespectful to greet him dressed like this, although it was because the Countess did not inform her of his visit in the first place.

Perhaps, it was the Countess’s plan to seduce him even in quirky clothes. That could also be her thought to use such a shallow trick, but the Countess was wrong. The man named Damon Raphael in front of her was no ordinary man who could fall for that trick.

“Of course, you’re dressed like that, so you’re getting chills.”

He was interested only in the pleasures of slaughter. Damon had no interest in women as much as a fingernail. To him, men and women were nothing more than chunks of meat to be killed. In the first place, she wondered if he was treating anyone other than himself as human.

Imagine being alone in a room with the worst killer ever. Who can really stay sane? The reason it ended like this was because he was unrealistically beautiful. His captivating and beautiful features that make her forget her fears make her brain stop working for a while.

If he had had a normal appearance, Elysia wouldn’t have forgotten that he was a killer.

“Your, Your Grace…?”

Turning her head, she was startled by the sudden weight sitting on her shoulder. Damon’s justaucorps was hung there.

“I can’t just watch you tremble.”

“It’s fine. When I return to my room soon…”

“Will you not accept my sincerity?”

At his words, Elysia bit her lip.

Is it possible to deny Damon’s sincerity…? In the first place, he wasn’t a person who showed a favor to anyone easily. If so, then this was the first time he was being considerate of the other person.

There was no way she could survive if she rejected his sincerity. Even though it was burdensome, she had no choice but to receive it in the end.

Sweat seemed to form on her palms. The navy blue justaucorps, befitting his status as a grand duke, used very colorful jewels for decoration, and the fabric looked very expensive. It was a coat with a design that the Countess couldn’t even dream of.

“I won’t.”

“Oh, that’s good. I was worried that Lady would not accept my sincerity.”

Elysia could never understand why Damon was behaving this way. He felt no sympathy for anyone. Had he had compassion, she would not have had such horrific events. It was she who made him a psychopathic killer who felt no emotion.

For Damon Raphael, there was no compassion to sympathize with anyone.

However, when he sees she’s cold, he puts his coat on…?

It wasn’t that he was indifferent to the feelings of others, it was that he couldn’t feel them at all. So, it was normal for him not to even care if she shivered in the cold in front of him.

“Why would I refuse your sincerity?”

No matter how much she looked back on her memories, she couldn’t remember whether he really wanted to get married. It had been twenty years since she was born here, and the problem was that he had no interest in an extra named Elysia Caitlin.

“I think it will hurt my heart if I get rejected twice.”

“Twice?”

She and Damon met for the first time today, so she couldn’t turn him down twice. That meant someone else had turned down Damon’s favor before her. That way, everything was explained. He was still at least pretending to be a normal human.

“Yes, maybe it’s because the first meeting wasn’t so good. They left immediately.”

“Is there anyone in the Kaeser Empire who can reject the Grand Duke?”

“There was.”

It wasn’t just women who wanted him because of his looks. Even men wanted Damon because of his overwhelming power. If not, it would have been ridiculous for them to create a force that supported Grand Duke Raphael more than the Emperor.

“Lady also told me not to call you wife…”

His disproportionately weak appearance made her disbelieve.

Damon Raphael, of all people in the world, is pretending to be pitiful…!

“Actually, it is because we are not married yet. I apologize if that made you sad.”

“Hmm…”

Elysia acted as politely as possible in case she was caught. She didn’t know when Damon would change his attitude when she made a mistake.

“Lady seems to be uncomfortable, so I will leave for today.”

“No, not at all…”

“Your complexion doesn’t look good.”

Saying that her complexion didn’t look good, Elysia’s body trembled at the touch of him stroking her cheek. This was an unavoidable instinctive act. It could be said it was a defense mechanism that could not be endured.

“You are…”

“….”

“Deadly pale.”

Her body trembled violently.

In nature, poisonous things are more conspicuous and colorful because it has to deceive predators with their beautiful appearance. It was the same with this man in front of her now. With his beautiful appearance that no one could deny, he deceived people and made them feel nothing.

When they were dazzled by its beauty, they wouldn’t even realize that it was already too late.

“Ah…”

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