The Earl’s Bad Wife - Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Direct confrontation with Erich Von Weimar!

Immediately after I returned home, I quickly wrote up a letter to my future husband.

Since it has been a while, I decided to use a stationary with a lovely floral pattern.

This time, I thought of sending a simple letter.

Id written it quickly without taking too much time.

Erich Von Weimar-dono

I have something Id like to discuss with you.

Ill wait for you at the Reutlingen residence tomorrow night.

From Hermina Von Reutlingen

Since the maid heated essential rose oil for me, I dabbed the fragrance onto the letter.

I then inserted it into a envelope, tilted a small candlestick at hand, and spilled the wax on the closed spot. After that, I stamped the seal that contained the Reutlingen family crest onto it.

Since there was probably a chance that he wont read it even if I send it to his house, I decided to have it delivered to his workplace. Three hours after I sent the letter, I received a reply. Along with a polite greeting, of course, Im delighted was written in it.

The letter even had two pages. To think hed go so far as to reply back with a long letter to that brief message, that person really is no ordinary man. I feel like I was a little defeated.

Tomorrow, I have to challenge him in a perfect condition, I thought.

The next day.

Erich Von Weimar turned up right on the promised time. Maybe this was on his way back home from work, hes wearing the knight uniform today.

The atmosphere was a complete 180 from when hes in civilian clothes, maybe its because his hair was perfectly arranged, he had a gallant appearance.

With him like that, I apologized.

Im sorry for calling you out so suddenly

No, Im glad

Without alluding to any of my faults, hed said, Its good that no work came up.

It seems he was still busy as ever.

But even in this situation, he didnt come here empty-handed.
He took a bouquet of vivid red roses that a servant had been holding and handed it over to me.

Since it looked beautiful when I caught sight of it at town, I thought of Hermina-sama

My, how wonderful

I love roses.

I received it with pleasure. After I admired the splendid flowers and enjoyed their scents, I handed them over to the maid to have them planted in a vase.

Thank you for the beautiful flower of roses.

Im happy that you like it

Even with this, I ended up feeling impressed. He was a pro with regards to delighting women. His ingenuity at casual tricks probably cant be copied by just anyone. Thats what Id expect from a guy whod been a ladies man for 27 years.

Those roses are named Queen Roses, so I thought it fit Hermina-sama perfectly

Is that so?

Yes

If there was something called honey roses, wont you be the perfect fit

Honey

Nothing, dont mind me

I ended our chit-chat here and moved on to the topic at hand.

When we met before, you told me youll grant all my wishes, right?

Yes

No mistakes?

None, he says clearly.

With that being the case, I decided to try talking about the child I heard from Keira Von Weigand yesterday.

I met with Keria Von Weigand-sama the other day

His face, which hadnt stopped smiling since wed met, froze in place. He showed me a clear change in his expression. Seeing that he was clearly upset, I hurriedly concealed the smile threatening to show on my face with my fan.

Did she call you out, Hermina-sama?

Well, who knows?

His expression swiftly turned serious and he pressed me for answers. In any event, it looks like the matter with the child was a taboo subject.

He continually asked me things like what did she tell you? or was she alone?, but I didnt offer him any answers. Today was as much my time to ask my future husband for a favor, after all.

I cant believe Madame Weigand would do something like contact you

Rather than that, I have a favor to ask of you

He placed a hand on his forehead and wore an agonized expression on his face, but he looked like he suddenly got what I meant when he heard my words.

Could he have guessed it?

Since he directed a burning look in my direction, a broad affirmative smile crept up on my face.

Thatyou musnt

My

So he really wont recognize the child.

But you did tell me youll grant all my wishes, didnt you?, when I told him as much, the crease in his forehead grew even deeper.

If you adopt her child, Im sure in the near future, youll likely regret it

How will I regret it, specifically?

Thats I cant tell you

It seems he cant explain the situation in detail because of a strong pressure from somewhere not to do so.

Was he being forbidden to speak about it by the viscount family? This peerless ladies man, Erich Von Weimar-sama?

His family was an Earl family and it was even a distinguished family that continued since olden times. Id thought his social status should be pretty high for that to be a problem

As for me, I cant make a judgment if I cant hear your reasons either

Im very sorry, right now, I cant tell you

Is that so

Me, regret it? What on earth will I regret about it?

I thought really, really hard on it, but I couldnt think of why I would.

Come to think of it, I noticed Ive never regretted anything in my life. When I told him this, he asserted if thats so, then this would become the first in your life to me.

Those words sparked something in me.

I wonder, why are you arbitrarily deciding my feelings for me?

Thats Im very sorry

Turning his face to away, Erich Von Weimar apologized.

He had an uneasy expression. Who knew that even he would have a human side to him? I ended up staring fixedly at him.

Shall we continue our discussion?, when I asked, I got a strong gaze shot my way.

Hermina-sama, I ask that you reconsider. If you simply want to adopt, there are other means to do so

Erich Von Weimar was the second son, so he says theres no need for a child of his own to be his heir.

Ill make sure youll inherit everything I own once I die, after all

Yes, thats good, but

He looked anxious when he saw my expression. I guess he noticed that I wont be swayed from my decision.

With a Hah, he let out a big sigh.

I understand

In the end, he eventually yielded. He says that hell adopt Keira Von Weigands child.

Taking this opportunity, I put forth another request.

I have another thing Id like to ask of you

Im afraid to hear it

Its nothing big. If you compare it to my first request, that is

The second request. Was something that was still related to the child.

Im thinking about a nanny

Once again, Erich Von Weimar looked like he quickly understood. Hes too good at figuring things out.

I want to make Keira Von Weigand

Its better to abandon that idea too, you know

Why?

If others in high society finds out, youll be placed in a bad position

Adopting the husbands love child and furthermore inviting the woman he had the child with, into the family. It does sound like an act of insanity. It wasnt something a happily married woman would do.

Should we adopt the child in secret, then?

When he heard my request, he placed his hand on his forehead.

To think I was able to put him on the spot to this extent with the matter of legitimizing the child, Im quite surprised.

But, a point that I was curious about came to mind.

I dont sense that he felt passion or love towards Keira Von Weigand at all.

I had been under that impression as she said there was love between the two of them, but could it have been one-sided? I really dont know.

Well, the possibility that the action was done without love was also likely. That would be quite harsh, though.

Since he wore a pained expression when I happened to look at him, I decided to give some words of apology.

Sorry, Ive been forcing unreasonable demands on you from the very beginning

I believe youre the only one in the world who can put me on the spot like this

Oh my, is that so. You sure have it tough

Though hed said that, he eventually gave me his approval over the matter of the nanny too.

Theres nothing that can be done about the rumours spreading to high society, but are you truly alright with it?

Certainly

Maybe Ill be called something like, a lunatic of a bride, behind my back.

He wound up cocking his head to the side after asking whether its something to go that far for.

Not long ago, hed told me there wasnt a need for an heir. We could even just get along as a couple who simply goes through the motions of being husband and wife without one.

But, I cant abandon a person in trouble.

She wasnt a person I was acquainted with, but I want to help her out somehow.

That Keira Von Weigand, who looked like a shivering kitten.

She looked a little like the chestnut-haired kitten I used to raise.

It might be hypocrisy to give her a helping hand. But, I ended up thinking, thats fine by me.

You with your reputation as a philanderer and me being eccentric. I think well be a good match

Thats

Well make it work

A husband and wife share the same fate.

Lets do our best from now on, I said, offering my hand.

Once I flashed him a smile to dispel his wariness, he extended the clutched hand he had on his knee towards me.

Even though I thought of shaking hands, he placed his hand gently on top of mine while wearing an embarrassed look on his face.

No, I dont mean that kind of shake.

Note: Below is the shake Hermina is talking about

FIRI: He did declare that hell be Herminas dog, lol.

I had to liberally change some parts to make it flow easier in English. If there are any experienced Japanese readers here, please let me know if there are better ways to translate some parts of this chapter.