Don't Obsess Over A Married Woman - Chapter 79

It was fortunate that I didn’t jump out of the moving carriage.

No, I couldn’t jump out.

At some point, Lord Joseph had placed his hands on both my shoulders.

“Calm down, my lady.”

“Calm down, you say?”

“It will be alright. Am I not by your side?”

If a problem arises, we can turn back time again. That’s what Lord Joseph said.

But the more he said that, the more my heart pounded.

Looking outside the carriage, the darkness of December had already fallen on the streets.

How far have we come? How much time is left until we reach the Daiern mansion?

“Ah, what about the children? Are the children safe?”

That was what I was most curious and afraid of. I asked Joseph in a trembling voice.

“The young lady was rescued early, so she is safe.”

“Then what about the other children? What about Kar? And Chelsea? Kar should be at the training ground at this time. So he’s safe, right?”

“Those two…”

Lord Joseph answered.

“…I will rescue them from now on.”

“Fire!”

The imperial residence of Daiern was a grand mansion with a scale quite different from other noble family mansions.

To think that a fire would break out in such a place.

Tremendous property damage was expected, but because of that, there was little chance of the fire spreading to nearby mansions and causing additional casualties.

But that was from the perspective of outsiders.

The terror of the Daiern mansion residents who were actually affected by the fire was indescribable.

“What about the young lord?”

“J-just now, it was confirmed that he was at the training ground. He is safe.”

The butler hurriedly checked for casualties. Naturally, the most important were the family members.

Should we say it’s fortunate that it happened when Lieselotte was away from home?

“Then what about the young lady? Is the young master safe?”

“T-that, I’m not sure. At this time, they should be in the study room on the third floor…”

“Kyaaak, young lord!”

At that moment, there was a figure swiftly passing through the butler and servants, entering the mansion.

The servants who saw the long platinum blonde hair screamed, but Kardiel did not stop.

“Oh no! The young lord just ran into the mansion!”

“What nonsense is that? Everyone move aside, I’ll go rescue him. Young lord!”

“You can’t, butler! Where are you going?”

“Let go of me! The young lord is in that dangerous place right now…!”

“Butler! They say they’ve caught the arsonist!”

“What? Where is he now? No, I need to go rescue the young lord!”

“More importantly, we need to put out the fire. Draw water from the well…”

“It’s too dark. We can’t see anything because of the smoke!”

“Young master! Young miss!”

The mansion was in utter chaos.

Moreover, the fire broke out at such a late hour, making it difficult to grasp the situation inside.

The servants who first escaped from the mansion began to move quickly, albeit in confusion, to find what they needed to do.

Some servants drew water from the well, while others entered the mansion drenched in water to try and rescue survivors.

Some servants knocked on the doors of nearby mansions to request manpower to extinguish the fire.

However, the fire was not easily suppressed.

The dry air of December and the cold evening wind met, causing the flames to continue to rise uncontrollably high.

“Oh, someone is coming out!”

“Young lady! Oh my, Miss Ernestine!”

The first to escape from the mansion were Euphemina and Ernestine.

“P-please check the young lady’s condition first, cough cough!”

“Teacher, your condition isn’t good either!”

“I’m fine, please tend to the young lady first…!”

“Teacher!”

Ernestine, who had handed Euphemina over to a servant, immediately collapsed.

The music lesson had long ended, but the two were having tea time together.

Thanks to that, as soon as Ernestine saw the black smoke rising from the lower floor, she sensed something was amiss.

Nevertheless, there was a separate reason why it took so long for the two to escape the building.

It was because Euphemina absolutely refused to hold Ernestine’s hand.

But Ernestine came to her senses, remembering her son who had suffocated from smoke while cleaning a chimney.

In the end, she carried Euphemina, who had collapsed due to the smoke, on her back, covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and left the building.

Only after finally facing the clear air outside did Ernestine relax and lose consciousness.

“H-help me!”

“Kyaaaah!”

“Fire, fire!”

Although Euphemina had been rescued, numerous people still remained inside the mansion.

The fiercely spreading fire brought down the wooden interior of the building, caught on curtains and carpets, blocking passages and cutting off escape routes.

“Madam, Madam has returned!”

“Madam!”

It was then that Lieselotte’s carriage arrived.

Joseph was also seen closely following her as she leapt out of the hastily stopped carriage.

“Madam, it’s terrible. The mansion is on fire…”

“That’s enough, what about the children? Ah, Euphi! Is Euphi safe? What about Chelsea? Where is Kar? He should be at the training ground at this hour!”

She searched for the children first. The butler reported the situation.

“The young lady seems to be safe, but she hasn’t regained consciousness. The youngest young master is still inside the building. The eldest young master was at the training ground, but just now, before we could stop him, he ran inside…!”

“What? How can that be?”

“Well, everyone was in such a panic…”

“In any case, I’ll go in to check, so don’t worry too much.”

Lieselotte’s face contorted for a moment.

Joseph grabbed her shoulder to calm her down and headed towards the mansion’s entrance.

“W-wait a moment! Lord Joseph, wait! If you go like that without any preparation…!”

But Joseph was unstoppable. He should at least pour some water on himself before going in…!

“Count Alperon!”

“Count!”

“Lord Joseph!”

There was no time to stop him anymore. Joseph disappeared into the burning mansion.

“This won’t do. I’ll have to go in too. Go and bring some water.”

Lieselotte also looked for water to do something, but the servants were busy stopping her.

“You cannot do that, my lady.”

“My lady, please, at least you…”

Eventually, Lieselotte realized that the only thing she could do now was to give orders to the servants.

She soon began to command the unharmed servants and those who came to help extinguish the fire.

It was around that time when the second survivor emerged.

“It’s the youngest young master!”

“Teacher Rogier!”

Chersion came out supporting an old man whose body was limp.

Immediately, servants followed and moved the two.

“T-teacher…”

Both of them didn’t look good, but especially the unconscious Saul Rogier’s condition was serious.

Terrible burns covered his back, arms, and even his hair and face.

Fortunately, he was still breathing, albeit faintly.

“Chelsea! Are you alright? And Teacher Rogier…?”

“Mother, the teacher embraced me and then the door collapsed…”

“I understand, but we should treat you first. By the way, what about Kar? Did you see Lord Joseph?”

“Kar brother went up to save Kongsam. I met Lord Joseph, and the door collapsed and the fire flared up, I almost died, but Lord Joseph saved me and we came out… Lord Joseph saved me!”

“Ah…”

Lieselotte’s legs gave way. The servants supported her.

Immediately, doctors took the two away. Lieselotte once again gathered strength in her legs.

It wasn’t over yet.

Joseph, who entered the building, first surrounded his body with a wall of water.

He had forgotten to drench himself with water in his haste to enter.

The interior of the mansion was in a more serious state than he thought.

Even though he had the carriage driven as fast as possible, to arrive only after it had burned this much.

‘If I had known this would happen, should I have stayed at the mansion today?’

The power to turn back time may seem like it can easily solve everything as if it were omnipotent, but in reality, it’s not.

That’s because it is actually the present created after countless trials and errors and failures.

In other words, Joseph was a person who had experienced countless failures to live the perfect present time.

Moreover, the variables that arise each time he turns back time to make up for failures can also become factors for new failures.

This incident is just like that.

Despite countless regressions, Joseph had never seen a future where Leopold Hose committed arson at the Daiern mansion.

So he couldn’t have known today’s incident would happen.

Still, it was clearly an advantage to be able to undo such a major accident.

Joseph recalled what had happened two hours ago, before he turned back time.

Lieselotte, who came out of Baron Landgritz’s mansion, didn’t seem to be in a good mood.

To cheer her up, Joseph suggested a date walking through the night streets of December.

So he walked with her and had an enjoyable time. Only late at night did the two return home.

And then…

They faced a horrific fire scene.

The only survivors were the unconscious Euphemina and severely injured Sergei.