The Villain Is Obsessed With His Fake Wife - Chapter 3

Her body shuddered as he gripped her wrists.

Johann’s intense gaze slowly reached her eyes, nose, and mouth, then returned to her eyes again. Completely nervous, she couldn’t even breathe properly as she looked at him.

But the words that came out of his mouth were completely different from what she expected.

“Don’t wipe it.”

“Yes…?”

“You don’t look well right now.”

Johann slowly bent his legs and looked at her.

“Were there any foods that didn’t fit your body?”

The tension was relieved by the sudden sense of reality.

‘Oh, this is not Libertan.’

It seems that she lost her temper for a while because of the coercive education in Libertan. It’s terrifying that it became a habit.

At that moment, a cold reason returned to her mind.

‘There’s no way that this man would speak like Libertans do.’

Because like the Duke and Duchess of Libertan, Johann was not a very understanding person.

He was trying to seduce her to get revenge, so there’s no way that such a person would be angry and yell at her.

“I’m sorry for showing you a bad side of me at the very first day.”

After talking for a while, she slowly opened her mouth.

“When I’m tired, some foods don’t sit well with me. I guess today was such a day.”

“Does it happen often?”

“No, I think I was just nervous without realizing it.”

The man’s long fingers tidied her hair and gently brushed her ear. The subtle touch, which seemed to be confused, gave off a strange feeling of enthusiasm.

‘I can see why I was deceived in the original.’

Looking at Johann’s attitude alone, it didn’t seem like he was dealing with a fake wife who would be thrown away after using it.

As he drew closer to her face, her body tensed up.

Then Johann asked in a languid tone.

“So there’s no problem with the food?”

“Yes. Rather, I was surprised by how delicious it was.”

Now she was in a state where she had to be careful no matter what she do.

‘Sometimes it will cause harm to the commoner chef who did nothing wrong.’

Frankly, she just don’t want to be a duchess who indirectly caused harm to a servant as soon as she got married.  After all, the Duke of Blanchett is already full of reasons to hate her.

‘Isn’t there a good way to get past it?’

With a bashful smile, she sliced ​​the Eleon fruit cake she was eating with another fork next to her and gave it to Johann.

“Try it. It’s very delicious.”

Johann, who looked at her with strangely indescribable eyes, slowly opened his mouth and ate the cake.

“…It’s okay.”

“Yeah, it’s delicious.”

It wasn’t even the cake she made, but she was so proud that she smiled broadly.

* * *

After dinner, Estelle got up to go back to her room. Somehow, she seemed very happy to feed him a cake.

“Then I will go back now.”

Estelle, who had just walked to the door, fluttered her pink ribbon as she sprinted back in front of him.

She hesitated as she wiggled her fingers, then with her cheeks dyed with red, she muttered,

“Tonight’s dinner was good. Let’s have dinner together next time too.”

Johann continued to think of Estelle’s face as she left with a shy smile. Johann, who was looking at the cake that Estelle had left behind, lightly dipped the remaining cake on the whipped cream licked it.

It tastes like a sweet whipped cream, nothing more or less.

‘It doesn’t taste like this.’

There was no way the taste had changed in that short period of time, but it felt different from when Estelle gave it to him.

‘It must be an illusion.’

But there were only a couple of things that bothered him.

‘Sorry. I’m sorry, I…’

A white, frightened face, and a voice lingering of fear.

The hand that was hurriedly wiping the cream off the dress with a white handkerchief felt desperate even at first glance.

‘Why did you say that?’

To be honest, it was strange from the moment she ate that cake.

The eleon fruit cake said to have been enjoyed by the entire family of the Duke of Libertan. Apparently, the spies said that Estelle, the adopted child, also enjoyed eating the cake, so it was always at her family’s meals.

That’s why the cake was served as a dessert this evening.

‘If you have a cake you like to eat, you will feel at ease.’

However, when Estelle received the cake, her eyes fluttered slightly. The reaction didn’t look like she was looking at the dessert she used to eat at home.

‘Is that the kind of reaction a loved daughter would have?’

Especially when she said she wasn’t feeling well. If it was an ordinary noble girl, she would have received an apology from the person in charge of serving the food.

‘Yes. Rather, I was surprised by how delicious it was.’

But Estelle didn’t want to get an apology from the cook nor anyone. Rather, she praised it and tried to get over it.

‘I don’t get it’

After sitting in the office and reading the reports of the spies once again, Johann asked Erich.

“Erich, are these informations really credible?”

“It’s a report from the spies that was sent to Libertan.”

[The Duke and Duchess of Libertine loves Estelle so much that they refused to let anyone approach her unless it’s an employee who earned their trust.]

[The reason why the Duke and Duchess of Libertan secretly spent a large sum of money is presumed to be because of Estelle Libertan.]

[Confirming that Estelle’s one-year maintenance fee is greater than the expenses of the Duchess of Libertine each year.]

[Estelle always shares her favorite eleon fruit cake once a week in their family meal.]

“Yes. It is a fact has been confirmed over and over again.”

Originally, the Duke of Libertan was a wealthy duke.

Even the gem mines that always give big profits on fertile land, it was not only because of Johann’s trap that the Duke of Libertan suddenly collapsed.

At one point, the wealth of the wealthy Duke of Libertan had completely dried up.

And the source was due to the excessive donation to the temple.

It wasn’t because he didn’t understand the power of the temple which was so great when he framed the Duke Blanchett with such a nonsensical frame.

Erich asked Johann while fixing his glasses.

“Then why do you suddenly have doubts?”

“Because my wife is acting strange.”

“Is it that strange?”

“I think she’s allergic to eleon fruit.”

Very few people are allergic to eleon fruit. In particular, the symptoms themselves were also different from general allergy symptoms.

At first, it seems that the person just suddenly loses strength, but later on, fever will rise and it will cause too much pain. It is a disease that is easily misunderstood by ordinary people as a mild fever.

The reason why Johann knew about the eleon fruit allergy was because his nanny had an eleon allergy when he was young.

‘Did you not even know that you had allergies?’

Perhaps she’s trying her best as his wife, but it was also possible that she was just overzealous. Still, even that wasn’t common.

At that moment, Erich frowned and retorted.

“Then she ate the cake even though she knew she was allergic to it?”

“Maybe.”

“It’s such a foolish trick.”

Erich laughed as if Estelle was right in front of him.

“Did she think we would take pity on her if she showed something like that?”

Johann answered gracefully, leaning his back on his chair.

“The purpose cannot be grasped.”

“I think she assumed that Duke Blanchett didn’t know that she liked to eat eleon fruit. So even if she had that so-called allergies, she still proceeded to eat the fruit she like.”

Hearing this, Johann’s lips hardened.

However, it was such a subtle change that even Johann himself was not aware of it. So, Erich continued his speech in an exasperated voice.

“Even if there’s no blood relation, Libertan is still a Libertan. Do you believe that such matter will make a difference?”

“Stop.”

Erich’s blue-grey eyes looked at Johann in surprise. But, as always, Johann had an indifferent expression.

“There’s nothing more dangerous than guessing without sensible logic.”

“……”

“Anyway, it’s true that there are parts that are inconsistent in the reports of the spies. Whether it’s a trick or not.”

“…that’s right.”

Erich nodded his head with difficulty at the reasonable point.

‘Yes, that would be such a ridiculous flaw.’

Erich would often show his irrationality as long as the matter is associated with Libertan. Estelle was the daughter of the hateful Libertan so he seemed to talk much.

‘As expected, Master.’

If there was anyone in the world who hated Libertan more than Erich, it would be Johann Blanchett.

Even so, Johann maintained a calm attitude without mixing with personal thoughts even in the face of the hateful Libertan’s daughter.

Once again, he was reminded of the greatness of Johann. After all, he was the man who succeeded in rebuilding the duke’s house, which had been completely destroyed by false treason.

“Before the Duke of Libertan is charged with treason, I will contact the spies to verify the facts.”

Even when his assistant, Erich, left, Johann’s office was enveloped in a dark silence. His desk, which does not tolerate any clutter while working, was very neat.

But somehow the desk felt a little bigger today.

‘Try it once. It’s very delicious.’

That innocent voice overlapped the memories of his lost family in the past. Unknowingly, Johann put strength on his hands.

Johann saw the portrait of Estelle above the report.

In the portrait, she was smiling faintly as if looking directly at Johann.

“It’s Estelle Libertan.”

His elongated finger touched the smiling woman’s lips.

If there are many uncertain elements, it is enough to manually remove them one by one. Shake it off until he gets an honest response.

Because there are many ways to use it.

* * *

She returned to her room and lay comfortably on the bed.

‘I must be so happy in this room.’

To be honest, the room she got was not very good. The furniture and the curtains were all black, so there was something about the atmosphere that made people feel a bit eerie.

‘But it’s nice to have a personal space on my own though.’

In Libertan, there was no such thing as her own room.

She had a private room as she was adopted as a noble girl, but it wasn’t hers.

In the first place, it was not a room where she could sleep alone, because the servants were always attached nearby as if to monitor her.

‘It’s not like I could escape anywhere.’

Sometimes, she even couldn’t sleep because she’s being nitpicked due to some ridiculous reasons.

So this silence where she was left alone felt like a break. Then she stared blankly at the window and hugged the pillow.

‘Did I do well today?’

She didn’t score particularly well, but it didn’t seem like she made a big mistake.

Yes, she made a mistake by dropping the fork, but she fixed it moderately well.

‘Let’s try a little harder in the future.’

Looking at her situation, there is still no answer, but it was better than in the Duke of Libertan, so she felt a little more at ease.

Knock knock.

A knock on the door was heard from outside.

“Betty?”

But instead, it was Johann who came into her room.

The man who’s in a matter of fact, in the original story, seldom visits her. And Johann, the villain, has no reason to visit her in the first place.

‘What the hell did you come here for?’

With her eyes wide open, she stood up and looked at him, but Johann just shrugged with a relaxed look.

“Are you uncomfortable with me coming all of a sudden?”

His light outfit with a slightly unbuttoned top accentuated his bored mood.

She shook her head in response to his eyes.

“I was a little surprised, but it’s okay.”

Not just a little surprised, but very much surprised. Rather than pretending to be okay, she think it would be better to show her bewildered feelings as they are.

“By the way, what is the Duke doing in my room?”

“It’s the first day my wife came.”

Then Johann asked her in a very concerned voice.

“Did you have any discomfort?”

“Everything was fine. Thank you for taking care of me like this.”

“That’s good. As your husband, of course it is something I should do.”

In fact, he uses such a sweet and friendly voice that she almost forgot the fact that he actually didn’t register their marriage legally.

Johann approached her, then sat down on the bed and smiled sweetly.

Her heart began to pound at the gap that this cold-looking man suddenly smiled softly.

At that moment, Johann leaned leisurely on the bed, so she opened her mouth in surprise.

“Why are you on my bed all of a sudden…”

“All of a sudden?”

Johann looked at her with a puzzled expression.

“Isn’t it natural for a couple to share a room?”

“Yeah, but I heard this is my room.”

“That’s right. My wife’s room.”

Johann looked at me and smiled.

“Is there any reason why I shouldn’t share my wife’s room?”

With Johann’s sudden appearance, the bedroom was filled with tension instead of warmth.

She didn’t know if it’s just her illusion, but it felt like the heat was rising in her head.