Villainous Husband, The One You’re Obsessed With Is Over There

Chapter 42

My stomach churned.

Neither he nor I said anything for a moment. Eventually, I was the one who opened my mouth first.

“Do you know 「 Flowers Bloom In The Abyss 」?”

Eden nodded slowly as he opened his mouth.

“I know. I read it.”

It was the first time I had opened up about a story like this, so it felt as if tears were about to burst from my eyes. Because of that, I deliberately asked a strange question to stop myself from crying.

“Do you usually read those things?”

“It’s not like that, but…”

“When did you possess into the book?”

I asked before he even finished his words.

…Someone from the same world. As those words were repeated inside my head, there were numerous questions floating everywhere.

“Calm down. It was about a couple of months ago.”

“It’s the same for me. May 18th?”

His head moved up and down slightly at my question.

“So, it’s the same day…”

I continued to mutter dazedly when I realized the fact, “So, you and I were both transmigrated here on the same day…”

“…I’m surprised I’m not the only one here.”

“That’s what I’m saying. It’s not the universe’s genre rules.”

“…I won’t ask what rule of the universe that is.”

“Hngg, What am I supposed to do… I thought I was alone until now.”

Amid the whirlpool of complex emotions, a sense of relief and homogeneity had increased in volume. When I realized that I was not alone, I wanted to sit down and cry… I was not alone. There was someone who could put our heads together.

I kept my mouth shut for a while because of the stuffy nose before eventually opening my mouth again.

“I asked my handmaid to stalk you. I’m sorry.”

Eden seemed a little flustered at my words, though he shook his head.

“No, it’s fine… What do I call you?”

I was now sniffling my nose.

“Sniff—Just call me Your Majesty… Because that’s what everyone calls me now.”

“Well then, Your Majesty. Anyway, I never thought that there was another person in the same situation as me.”

“I thought so, too! Because I died on the first page in the original. How would you know if you’re not the writer?”

“I was wondering how you know… Your Majesty even compared my behavior with the original work.”

Eden gazed at me with a complicated face. However, I did not have any shame.

“How can I not recognize it when you’re so different from the original…? By the way, I feel so at ease because I’ve been so nervous about dying.”

It has been too long since I have been able to talk comfortably, so I rambled on about this and that without thinking. Maybe, that was why the conversation between Eden and I did not take direction easily and circled around the outskirts of the subject for a while. However, I could not stand outside with him this long. The shorter the meeting, the better.

I quickly came to my senses and continued.

“When I had my maid spy on you, she found out that you’ve been reading books secretly?”

“You saw me that much, even at the library…?”

“This is not the time to be distracted!”

As if it was not me who had been distracted a little while ago, I shamelessly called him out.

“What book have you read so far? It’s forbidden, right? Seeing that you were reading it secretly, it must be against the doctrine of the Temple of Tunia?”

“I was reading about forbidden sorcery.”

“What about the forbidden magic?”

“Because that seems to have brought me to this world.”

I opened my mouth wide.

I have never thought of approaching it that way. The problem was that I read too many novels of this genre. At a certain point, the setting of possession became the default value of the genre novel I was reading, so no one wondered ‘why’ or ‘how’ we possessed into the book.

It was already enough to unravel settings in the work after being possessed rather than such reasons of why and how we got here.

It was not that that was the point anyway, though how pleasant the main character, who had the advantage of knowing the entire original story, acted. Most of them do not even go back to their original world, so why and how they possessed it does not matter.

What was important was how to live in the new world.

My brain was so numb from the work I had been reading that I did not even wonder about the ‘why’ and ‘how.’ I just accepted the fact that I became an extra in the novel and struggled to survive here.

I stared at Eden with a shocked face.

‘…Is this an outrageous idea that only people who don’t know much about genre rules could do?’

Even though I may have just been a fool, Eden was a man who came up with ideas that I never thought I would, so I decided to take him seriously.

Seeing my reaction, Eden closed his eyes for a moment before pressing his knuckles against his temples and spoke, “From what you said, ‘I thought you were alone,’ the Emperor doesn’t seem to be a transmigator, right?”

I almost burst into tears.

Even though he saw what happened in the audience room, could he not tell if he was a transmigator…?

“It would have been great if the Emperor was also possessed. The problem is that he’s crazy just like the original. I’m on thin ice every day.”

“Then, why is it you and me?”

Apparently, Eden was the type of person who excelled in the spirit of inquiry. But, unless they help me escape from Actilus or feed me, I am not really interested in such things.

“Are we supporting characters who died in the original novel? At least, there were scenes where we died.”

‘…Don’t get distracted by that!’

I quickly returned to the original topic.

“What if we know it’s actually forbidden sorcery that brought us into this crazy world?”

“Of course, if it is, I am going to get rid of the magic and go back to where I used to live.”

After he said that, Eden gazed at me with a puzzled face as if asking why and he added.

“I can’t keep living here forever.”

My mouth was wide open again.

I suppose. A more radical escape… It was not about escaping Actilus, it was about escaping this worldview itself. How narrow was my vision…? At his words, I could not help but feel somewhat embarrassed and lowered my head.

“Th-then, have you been living in the Temple of Tunia all this time? Have you seen Seraphina? I was very nervous this mission would include Seraphina.”

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I started to ramble again without realizing it.

“When Seraphina and the Emperor meet, it’s the beginning of a disaster.”

“Seraphina…”

As he muttered her name, a slightly warm color shone on his neat and beautiful face. I slowly lifted my head and stared at his face.

…What was this atmosphere?

“Why, why? Is there something wrong with Seraphina?”

Eden shook his head.

“Oh no. There’s nothing wrong with her. It’s just that I—”

“No, no way… Do you like her?”

That was the only problem that came to my mind. Because Seraphina was beautiful, besides, she was also kind, and he was straightforward.

‘No way…!’

…Do not like Seraphina—!

If he gets terribly entangled with the unfortunate heroine, Eden would definitely have no choice but to become a cold corpse in this unfamiliar world…

At my startling question, Eden’s face turned a little red.

“It’s not like that! It’s the other way around.”

“What do you mean, the opposite?”

Then, Seraphina… Does he not like her?

I asked carefully.

“Is she ill-tempered, unlike the original novel?”

Eden sighed deeply before continuing, “I don’t even know her personality. So, I tried not to meet her as much as possible.”

Was this guy the type of person to hate someone they did not even know well? Or, was it that he did not like Seraphina when he read the novel? No, but as time passes after possessing, the memories of the owner of the body should become assimilated.

Nonetheless, does he still not know Seraphina well?

All sorts of hypotheses ran through my head, although I shook them off as if to stop thinking about those miscellaneous thoughts.

“The emotions of the body’s owner are so intense that I am being wielded. What I have is a distorted image, so that’s why I’m saying I don’t know… Eden hated Seraphina.”

What he said was shocking.

It was as if someone had slammed ten cleats at the same time in my head because I had never thought about that possibility. While reading the novel, I thought that Seraphina and Eden were two-sided love affairs. Needless to say, Seraphina loved Eden, and Eden also threw himself for her.

Come to think of it, Eden’s feelings for Seraphina were not directly described. When I thought so, I stuttered and asked back.

“What, what about Eden…?”

“Because norms and doctrines are his life.”

Eden rubbed his forehead as though he was having a headache.

“He didn’t think it was right for the saint to have a love affair with a paladin.”

Hearing it in a straightforward sentence, the second shock came. I have vaguely considered Seraphina’s love noble because it was her sincerity towards Eden that was portrayed as the opposite of Raniero’s clingy and violent obsession.

…However, Eden himself thought it was dirty.

Suddenly, the atmosphere became cold.

As the background story that was not described in the original story aroused a strange feeling, I turned my head and brought up another topic. It was to shake off the astonishment of the truth he had told me.

“…Are you going to the subjugation?”

“I’m going.”

“I thought you weren’t going to go?”

“I have something I want to see.”

“What is it?”

“The great archives of the abandoned sanctuary. It’s on the border that separates the realms of demons and humans.”

He looked at me and added quietly.

“If I can’t find a clue why I’m here by normal means, I’ll have to risk it.”

I shut my mouth for a moment and touched my shawl.

“…Your story, I get it. I agree with you that we should find out why we’re here and find a way to go back. So, first, I’ll see what I can find in the Imperial Library.”

“Yes, I’d appreciate it if you could.”

“I’ll tell you what I find… at the Temple of Tunia.”

Eden’s eyes changed slightly at my words.

“At the Temple of Tunia…? Are you also coming to subjugation, too?”

I nodded my head.

“I was planning to go from the beginning. I haven’t told the Emperor I’m going yet. Don’t ask me why I’m going.”

…Because it was a pretty childish reason.

Thankfully, Eden did not ask. It seemed like it was time to wrap up the conversation.

“I’d rather not want to make any more contact for now.”

His words were cold and rational. Despite the fact that it was a bit disappointing to hear that since it was nice to meet someone in the same situation, I just nodded my head.

“Okay. It would be better for me to go back to my place before the friendly match is over.”

If I need direct contact with him, I could just send a note to Cisen since she knows where he secretly reads.

I hurried back to the Empress’s Palace.

Even though I talked to Eden for a while, when I looked at the clock, only less than an hour had passed. Seeing the Empress’s Palace as quiet as a dead mouse, it seemed that the friendly match was not over yet.

I thought it would be good to think of my meeting with him as a perfect crime in its own way.

‘Huu…’

At the thought, I sighed inwardly to myself as I walked to the bedroom and froze on the spot.

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It was because I could see Cisen sweating and shivering in a cold sweat. And with her, a man with his golden hair scattered across his shoulders was leaning back in the chair and staring at me before opening his mouth.

“Looks like you’ve been around.”

A distorted smile hung on his face.

“You said you were sick?”