Published at 30th of November 2020 02:15:11 PM
Chapter 9: 9
She scratched the floor in terrible pain . It felt like her intestines were burning, and all her nails were falling out .
Poisonous wine killed her in a long-suffering struggle .
Foresight is the most horrible of gifts to bear .
Rurutia had been obedient to her father all her life . She thought she was being punished for killing her mother .
“I don’t want to put up with this anymore . ”
If you keep your mouth shut as always, you will learn to regret it, she told herself .
Rurutia was very strong . It felt like another lifetime ago when she was lying in the hospital room, waiting for death .
“I hate Count Hyde . ”
“What? What did you just say? Rurutia . I think I misheard you . ”
“Father! I just became an adult . I hate Count Hyde because he’s too old . ”
“You are trash, born of the Brucke family, and unable to properly use magic . You’re a girl who couldn’t even be chosen by Count Hyde himself!”
“I know… I am . ”
“After feeding and raising you for nothing, are you now rebelling against my orders?”
“Thank you for raising me, but I want to decide for myself who I marry . ”
“Rurutia!”
Boom! Gael, who hit the desk hard, got up from his seat . Scared, Rurutia shrugged but did not stop speaking .
“I would rather be cast out of my family, then marry Count Hyde . ”
Gael’s expression was as terrifying as a fierce beast .
She had no regrets because she had said what she wanted to say .
If I get married, I will die, right?
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Suddenly, she wanted to close her eyes, being once again comfortably surrounded by her favorite things .
Silence continued . She felt weighed down by the heavy atmosphere .
The weak body was vulnerable to stress . Her breathing, exposed to Gael’s blatant life force, gradually faded .
She shuddered away as though she was about to fall .
Gael, who was gritting his teeth, gave out a warning .
“Don’t think of running away without my permission . There’s no place in this land where my hands can’t reach!”
Gael was the Duke of Brucke, one of the three most prestigious families of the East Empire . He had the largest territory and was allowed to have soldiers .
In addition, though sales weren’t the same after Gust left, the Top of Bruque continued to remain on top .
Wherever people lived together, the Top of Bruque existed . All the upper echelons were buzz over their exceptional inventory . Due to the Top of Bruque’s success, it was such that Duke Brucke’s influence was felt all across the realm .
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“If anyone hides you, I will tear them apart and kill them all . No one will help you because I’m the most feared man in the empire . ”
Unfortunately, Gael’s words were true .
The Duke of Brucke had nothing to fear . No one in their right minds would lend a hand in helping Rurutia Brucke after knowing about her insolence .
She struggled for her life, but she couldn’t beat Gael by her own sheer will alone .
She knew from the head and the heart that she didn’t have what it takes . She held back her tears and clenched her fist .
Gael issued his last warning to his disobedient daughter .
“Anyway, a wrecked body with a mana will help no family in the end . ”
She swallowed her tears and looked straight at Gael .
Not afraid of his weak daughter, who had no strength, he looked away and went back to his work .
Having no power to postpone the wedding, she chose to hold out, but couldn’t keep back the inevitable .
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Eventually, she burst into tears and was put into the wedding hall like a cow being dragged into the slaughterhouse .
***
“Congratulations on your marriage, Sir!”
Rurutia had learned a few days before the wedding that the dream of unknown meaning that she often had was from the future .
She didn’t have time to make plans, so she kissed the officiant, not her prospective husband .
As a result, Count Hyde, who was supposed to be a husband, rolled on the floor with swollen hands .
Something fell on the floor because of his violent movements .
“It’s a wig!”
“How could there be so little hair?!”
Thanks to the Count’s smooth bald head, which was revealed to the whole world, the guests opened their mouths and laughed . The red-faced Count Hyde slowly got up and picked up his wig .