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107: Confrontation
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The Duke's Unwanted Wife 108: Broken Relationship
That Alana wasn’t there to welcome him again after he brushed her off the first time angered him. He immediately went to look for her and found that she wasn’t in her tent. He pulled aside a maid and asked where she was. Finally, he knew where she was and walked to find her. She was standing on the shore, staring at the sun sinking in the horizon and he felt his anger slowly slip away. She turned to look at him and smiled. “Your majesty, isn’t it beautiful?” “...it is.” He stood behind her, putting his arms around her shoulders. They stood there, watching the sunset while he was trying to remember why he was angry in the first place. It wasn’t Alana’s fault. It was Natalia’s. “Alana, we keep…no secrets from each other, right?” “Your majesty, there are some secrets of mine you wouldn’t want to know.” “Such as your infertility, right?” The smile on Alana’s face dropped. She turned to look at him, fear slowly filling her heart. She, of all people, knew how scary he could be. “I
The Duke's Unwanted Wife 109: Unwelcome Visitors
As the meeting progressed, they began to note Natalia’s continued absence was a good thing. If she needed to intervene, she would be called. During this time, she decided to gather more mana with Madaline. Instead of using a circle this time, they used a more complex formation Natalia had to draw once more with blood. As she was a transcendental, it wasn’t exactly hard but it wasn’t a piece of cake. Her body had become hardened as a mortal shell so it would take a hard blow that would normally shatter a mountain to break through her skin. But she had one handy object to do the trick, Marvis’s teeth. “Your relationship is frankly disgusting and creepy.”“Madaline, if there’s any other way, you are welcome to try.”Madaline rolled her eyes and continued swinging her leg, watching Natalia drain her blood. He was no longer needed so Marvis relegated himself to sniffing Madaline. She ignored him the entire time and he just lay at her feet when he was done. The flaps of the tent parted an
The Duke's Unwanted Wife 110: Come back
"In the absence of any more objections and suggestions, we can call this meeting to a close. The treaty of the three continents will come into effect from this moment on. I want to thank everyone who came and I really hope that no one will suggest starting a war anytime soon," Natalia said after she finished signing the treaty. The other leaders left, leaving only Natalia and Fredrich standing there with no audience. She raised his eyebrows, wondering what he was going to say this time. "You can come back to Ducroft.""Pardon?""We're already divorced and your family is a ducal family now. You can return to Ducroft. You'll have the freedom you crave and the respect of the members of high society.""I am already a Duchess in my own right and I am respected by the highest authority in Polivia. Tell me why I should return to Ducroft, your majesty.""It couldn't be easy to be a Duchess in another kingdom. Ducroft is your home. You can always return home.""Ducroft stopped being my home
The Duke's Unwanted Wife 111: Intimidation
“Get off me, Bastian.”“You’ll teleport home if I do!”“Of course, I will. You’re lucky I even decided to stop by. I can’t stay forever and you can visit me whenever you want!”“It’s not the same!”“Princess Temara, please take your husband away.”Instead of intervening, she was dying of laughter, like she always did. Natalia caught a glimpse of something in her body and a small smile stretched on her lips. She was able to pry Sebastian’s hands off her body as carefully as possible, handing a couple of documents to him. “I need to return home. If it’s anything urgent, I’ll be back as soon as possible.”She snapped her fingers and she was gone much to the complaints of her brother. She appeared in her room where Marvis was waiting. He walked up to her and sniffed her, recognizing Sebastian’s scent. “You should rest,” he said, taking off her jacket. “Unfortunately, I cannot afford that luxury at the moment. I need to check up on the town.”“Just rest for a few minutes before we depar
The Duke's Unwanted Wife 112: Divine Bird
“Where did you go, Master?”“I felt something strange so I went to check it out. A god descended to the earth,” she replied casually like she was stating the weather. Amaika’s jaw hung. It wasn’t often that anyone got to see a god but she nonchalantly did and returned with a scratch on her face.“Did the god do that to your face?”“Hmm. I asked her to prove she was a god and she unleashed her aura on me.” “Master, you could’ve died!”“It would take a lot more than that to kill me. Don’t we have a lot of work to do? We still have an inspection scheduled for…”The space in front of them distorted briefly and Madaline walked out of it. She walked right up to Natalia and touched her face.“I will rip off those limbs that did this to you.”“I’m yet to understand the kind of relationship you have with Uriel and why you hold so much anger towards her and not the dragons that have been actively hunting your kind for centuries.”“I hold a grudge against anyone actively involved in Nataroth’s
The Duke's Unwanted Wife 113: Hard Labour
"...the construction has not run into any major problems. We did the construction just as you asked but the plans for expansion may clash with the construction of the city walls and gate. In the first instance…your grace, there's something in your hair."Blue light flashed around her hair. It was very obvious that there was something in her hair and it made the contractor unable to concentrate. "You can ignore Cheese. She has decided to use my hair as a nest."The contractor wanted to say her hair did indeed resemble a nest but he valued his life. He continued to give his report, occasionally glancing at her hair which lit up with specs of blue light. As he was distracted with her hair, she was distracted by a particular werewolf who decided to join the construction of his own accord. He looked happy, chatting away with his kind while lifting things that would be hard for a normal person. "Are you having any problems with the labourers?""No, your grace. They are working better than
The Duke's Unwanted Wife 114: Silent War
For some reason, even if they had a trade agreement, there was friction between the kingdom of Ducroft and the Empire of Illumine. It happened when an old man was trying to cross the border into the Empire and he was shoved to the ground by the guard. The citizens of Ducroft caused a huge riot and it had to be settled by the special forces of Ducroft. Because of the treaty, war couldn’t carelessly start but it was on everyone’s lips. While this was going around, people started to hear about the modern town being built in Polivia. It was the first of its kind but it promised to be a completely industrialized town. It prompted some people to travel to Polivia just to discover what industrial meant. “I have lived a long life but I haven’t met a conniving person like you.”“Should I take that as a compliment, Grandmother?”“Perhaps,” the old woman replied, chuckling. They were having tea on the balcony of the huge mansion, looking down at the servants unloading the carriage filled with
The Duke's Unwanted Wife 115: Forced Change
“Duchess Natalia, can…we talk?”Natalia stopped and turned to face Princess Temara. She had a troubled expression on her face and Natalia could almost instantly tell it was her fault. Out of all the people there, Natalia found Princess Temara the most difficult to deal with. She felt a bit guilty towards her but more than that, she was always swept up in the princess’s pace because she didn’t know what to do about her. “Of course, your highness. Please lead the way.”The two walked along quietly, one visible anxious and the other so accustomed to hiding her emotions, set her pace as she walked. She wished so dearly that she was in Marvis’s company but the werewolf had become busier than she was. They finally reached the balcony where they could chat uninterrupted. “I am naturally not a fan of rumors but recently, there have been very…troubling rumors that defame you. I just wanted…”“I will make a vow to you now on my soul that I will not steal the throne of your mothers neither wil
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