Please Kill My Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

The reason the imperial family continued using the archaic language—often dismissed as a relic of bygone eras—was simple.

They believed it preserved dignity and nobility.

Many believed that knowing something few others used or even understood was itself power and prestige.

Given that even the Emperor, the leader of the Empire, held such views, the mindset of the old-world nobles beneath him differed little.

Ludmila, though a bastard, had been born into the imperial family and thus learned the archaic tongue early on.

Of course, this wasn’t out of any intention to treat her as royalty; rather, they needed to equip her with basic decorum since they planned to sell her off to some useful post eventually.

After marrying Kedilen, she encountered the archaic language even more frequently in official documents concerning imperial affairs and internal family matters, compelling her to study it further to achieve greater precision.

Thus, interpreting this level of archaic text posed little difficulty for Ludmila.

“I’ve finished translating it into the Empire’s official language. However, I’m unsure how to render it into the Kan language, so I’ve noted the meanings alongside—could you review it?”

Tenver took the paper Ludmila handed him and quickly skimmed through it before letting out a quiet exclamation.

“Simply noted” was an understatement.

She had meticulously listed every possible meaning of each archaic term based on context, making comprehension far easier.

Even the Empire’s finance and trade officials couldn’t produce interpretations this refined.

Whenever they received such documents, they’d always grumble, “They must be sending this just to mess with us!”

“But… this is a bit strange. Though archaic language is commonly used, I’ve hardly ever seen it employed this excessively. Even words that could easily be replaced with modern equivalents were rendered in archaic form—some of them nearly obsolete terms.”

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