Contract Marriage with the Devil Duke (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 75

Dimidius felt the situation was slightly awkward, but Orentia’s words weren’t strange either. Podeon truly hadn’t returned to his main family in a very long time, so he had been thinking he ought to grant him a vacation sometime soon—after all, Podeon had worked hard guarding Orentia all this while.

Orentia, who had by now stepped away from Dimidius, yawned and said,

“I’m tired from all the sightseeing. I should head back to my room now. Your Grace must also be exhausted from going out, so please get plenty of rest.”

With that, Orentia entered the Grand Ducal Palace. Seeing the familiar furniture and wallpaper instantly brought her a deep sense of calm. Perhaps, without even realizing it, the Grand Ducal Palace had already become her comfortable home.

During her journey from the Imperial Palace to the Grand Ducal Palace, Orentia had gone to considerable trouble fabricating a lie to deceive Dimidius. She had even coordinated her story with the palace coachman who’d been detained at the Imperial Palace without understanding why.

At that time, the coachman had asked Orentia,

“Why don’t you just speak honestly to His Grace?”

She hadn’t failed to consider that idea. She’d even thought about telling Dimidius everything outright, joining forces with him, and rescuing Podeon from the Crown Prince’s palace.

But the problem was precisely that it was the Crown Prince’s palace.

Storming into the Imperial Palace was utterly unthinkable. Even if she somehow managed to enter the Imperial Palace with someone’s permission, causing a major disturbance within the Crown Prince’s palace would constitute a serious crime—one that might cost her her noble title and cast her into ruin.

Thus, Orentia had decided not to tell Dimidius. It would be better if she simply sacrificed herself alone. The thought of becoming a doll-like Crown Princess beside Regalis, even for a short while, was horrifying—but still preferable to seeing her precious people like Dimidius or Podeon get hurt.

“If my wife does not come to me, I will kill Dimidius by any means necessary.”

Perhaps that misfortune had been foretold the moment she heard Regalis speak those words in the Grand Ducal Palace’s banquet hall.

Of course, she had no intention of becoming a perpetually obedient doll after rescuing Podeon. She meant to find a way to escape from his side.

If only she could turn back time to the days before she’d met anyone at all. She couldn’t bear to witness Dimidius getting hurt on top of Podeon.

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