Wishing My Husband Dead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 121

Instead of answering, Leonard stared intently at her face for a moment before lightly flicking Cordelia’s nose with his finger. Caught off guard by the sudden gesture, Cordelia let out a short yelp, her expression dumbfounded.

“Ow!”

“Why aren’t you wearing the bracelet? You’ve worn it once already. Did you forget how to use it so quickly? Has your head turned back into stone again because I’ve been spoiling you lately? Maybe I should knock on it and see what sound it makes.”

“Tch, when did you ever ‘spoil’ me like that, Master…?”

Cordelia pouted and rubbed her nose. She had her own justification.

“It’s not that—I heard Archduke Embly bribed my father and had magic set up in that room beforehand. Once it activated, all my strength drained away, and I couldn’t cast any spells.”

“So they’d laid down a suppression magic circle. But if you hadn’t neglected your studies, you could’ve easily broken through it.”

“R-Really?”

Leonard’s expression hadn’t softened from before—in fact, it had grown even stricter. Cordelia was slightly flustered; she hadn’t even considered that the trap she’d fallen into might have been breakable.

“So I’ve been telling you over and over again to study harder—was I right or not?”

With every word, he pressed firmly on Cordelia’s head. His usual indifferent tone made the tearful relief she’d felt quickly fade away.

“I didn’t know back then!”

“You’ll still be saying that even after you’re dead? Honestly, you keep causing trouble or getting tangled up in it—how can I ever take my eyes off you?”

“I’m sorry.”

Cordelia lowered her head. Regardless of how it had happened, it was true that this entire incident had occurred because of her mistake—or her carelessness.

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