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

Chapter 43 

Neigh, neigh, neighh, neighhh—!

A large, ferocious steed of Actilus’ pride raised its forelegs menacingly. The paladin, who proposed the jousting match, was rather overwhelmed by the momentum. Even though he tried not to show it, he could not hide his pale face.

As the powerful horse abruptly jumped up and down in excitement, the leader of the Knights of Actilus pulled the reins with a smile, confident that he had won the battle.

The match began in an atmosphere that was unbelievably intense for the purpose of friendship.

Raniero Actilus was sitting in a very good seat with the best view of everything. In fact, it was quite unusual for him to sit there.

Usually, when this happens, he is clad in his armor and picks up his weapon before anyone else. Even if three or five well-trained men attacked him, he was able to handle it with ease. Raniero enjoyed overpowering opponents in unfavorable conditions.

The same was true of the people who followed him. The victory was proof that God Actilla blessed them. There was no reason not to be excited.

However, Raniero has decided to be in the spectator’s position today.

The seat next to him was empty.

A long tall spear was swung with tremendous force as the horses were excited by the sharply pulled reins and went wild.

The Temple of Tunia’s paladin would have used organized tactics in a much calmer environment than this. The horse and the rider managed to hold onto their trust in each other, but they seemed embarrassed by the unfamiliar situation.

As long as Actilus had the atmosphere, it was safe to say that victory was also held in their direction.

Although the crowd was small, the shouts were more vociferous than ever.

Shouts, cries, and swear words enveloped with the sound of metal clashing. In addition, the sound of a heavy and sharp thing cutting through the air as the sound of horseshoes stomping as if it would split the ground and dust resonated.

All of those were usually the things that made Raniero’s blood boil.

When he was shrouded with such things, he was more beautiful than ever, seething with passion. His red eyes glow with a deafening flame and scattered light. But today, for some reason, a cold feeling of something did not heighten even by his favorite things.

“Keuuk!”

One paladin fell off the horse. He hurriedly rolled on the floor so as to avoid being trampled on by the horseshoes.

The audience rallied and stomped their feet in unison.

“Step on him! Step on him! Step on him! Step on him!”

Amid the heat of excitement heating up everywhere, Raniero only glanced away from the arena with an expressionless expression.

He suddenly rose from his seat.

A few who were seated around were bewildered by the Emperor, who was acting very differently than usual. Regardless, Raniero did not care about their feelings. He left without ever looking back at the arena.

As the violent sparring scene grew farther away, his surroundings became quiet.

Without hesitation, he headed to the Empress’s Palace. Raniero was well aware of the cracks that had made him unable to concentrate on the spar. The moment he entered the Empress’s Palace, his heart was twisted a little more.

…It was too quiet.

He strode up the stairs.

Without knocking, he opened the common room where Angelica used to spend her daytime. Though no one was there. At that moment, something unpleasant rose through the cracks caused by Angelica.

Raniero slammed the door.

A terrible noise followed.

At the sound, Angelica’s handmaiden, whom she had brought from the Unro Kingdom, ran out in amazement. The handmaiden gazed at Raniero’s face and became contemplative.

“Your Majesty…!”

Raniero approached the maid without a word. Putting his hands behind him, he then lowered his head. A cold sweat began to form on the forehead of the handmaiden, who quickly bowed her head. A long smile hung on his lips.

“Do you think you’ll be in trouble if I come?”

The maid held her breath in terror.

Raniero did not ask where the other maids were or to bring his wife. He was only scouring the Empress’s Palace with his own feet. After opening up all the tiny utility rooms where the servants kept the cleaning supplies, he opened his mouth mellowly.

“My wife, who was sick, seems to have disappeared?”

“Your Majesty, that’s…”

“Shut up.”

Raniero’s smile grew brighter.

“I’ve never allowed you to open your mouth. I’ll listen to the wife for excuses.”

…A certain paladin sat out from the sparring.

Also, Angelica, who avoided the seat next to him by making the excuse that she was sick, was not in the palace either.

Raniero laughed out loud.

It was as if a swarm of ants had entered his head and set off small firecrackers. It was very annoying. He wanted to grab them one by one and crush them under his fingernails to kill them.

Weak and small animals perceive danger well.

Angelica’s eyes fluttered as she glanced at Raniero. She was so terrified that she could not even get down on her knees or pray. At the same time, a shawl borrowed from her loyal handmaiden was wrinkled without mercy.

As if she was about to faint at any moment, she caught her breath and struggled to smile.

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“Didn’t you go to see the spar?”

Her laughter, which she barely made up, was shattered in silence. Even though Angelica spoke in a trembling voice, she spoke as brightly as possible.

‘I just came back from a walk because I had a headache.”

Raniero beckoned to her.

Angelica was afraid. Although her instinct was screaming to turn around and run away, her reason stopped her.

…If she did, she would really die.

Comforting herself, she took a step towards Raniero. He twisted his lips and smiled at Angelica’s pale face and her white hands, pitifully clenching her shawl tightly.

“You’re scared. Did something bother you?”

The round, light-green eyes that gazed down at her toes turned towards him for a moment. Raniero, who was staring at her coldly with his chin on his hand, stopped for a moment,

A drop of water fell on the tip of Angelica’s shoe.

Hot drops of water constantly filled and pushed out of her large eyes.

It was her tenacious survival instincts that helped Angelica survive to this day. She was not particularly smart or daring, though her desire to survive was great. With the determination that she could not die, she would always, momentarily, perform beyond her own abilities.

She sometimes does not know exactly what she is doing.

Angelica’s hands were trembling.

“Th-that’s just because Your Majesty is making such a scary face.”

Raniero’s intuition was great.

As he expected, Angelica met Eden. Even though the reason for his displeasure was in a different direction, she also had conversations with Raniero that should never be caught. Angelica was honest, and her expression revealed everything she thought. In front of Raniero, who sensitively grabbed the clues of her lies, her lies lost their power.

But now, she was too cornered.

The extreme fear made her lie to him, forgetting even the fact that she was acting herself. She was so desperate that everything he said was true in her mind.

Raniero closed his mouth and looked down at her. Tears constantly flowed from her innocent eyes. As Angelica rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, her adorable front teeth bit her thick lips softly.

“Does Your Majesty—heukhik, doubt me?”

Her eyes turned red, and she turned her head away. She seemed more innocent than anyone else.

It was a picture of him driving an innocent woman without guilt.

The anger that seemed to swell and explode inside him turned into another emotion. In front of his wife, who gazed at him with her heavy tears dripping down, Raniero Actilus denied his judgment for the first time.

…He may have been wrong.

Was it not an overreaction to getting suspicious just because two people did not come to the same place at the same time?

Eyes? Did he not think a few days ago that such a thing did not matter?

Apart from everything, it was not something to be upset about, even if his wife liked him.

Then, what was the problem…?

Raniero was not jealous. How could humans be jealous of ants?
[ T/N: Yeah, right. Totally not jealous Raniero… (ㆆ ᴗㆆ) ]

‘If my wife wants to have him, she can have him as her plaything.’

It does not matter at all that he was a paladin. It was because there was nothing the great son of Actilla could not plunder.

Yes. That was all he had to do, and it was nothing.

As he raised his hand, his wife crouched and trembled when his hand came close to her neck. His hand fluttered in the air. When his eyes were full with long pink hair that was about to tumble to the floor, he slowly knelt in front of Angelica.

It did not mean obedience. It was just to lower his body.

Even so, it was a posture he had never taken before. Raniero approached very slowly so that Angelica would not back down again in fear. Even though she was terrified and trembling, she did not avoid his hand. It was also an act that her survival instinct had meticulously calculated.

Raniero’s fingertips swept over the corner of her eyes, and a damp tear hung from the tip of his thumb.

Angelica slowly opened her eyes as her pink hair fluttered haphazardly over her face.

“I, huek—I can’t lie.”

“….”

“Wha-what if I get caught? That’s too, heuk, too scary.”

Right.

Everything she thought was revealed on her face, and she was absurdly weak. Raniero, still without a word, placed his arm between Angelica’s underarms and pulled her little body closer. As if burying her in his arms, he embraced her and soothed her frightened and weak existence.

“Yes. You’re right.”

“Sniff… You’re not angry?”

When Angelica carefully checked, Raniero let out a long sigh.

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He was angry. Of course, he was angry. Still, if he said that, she would be scared again. So, he told her what she wanted to hear.

“I’m not.”

Only then did Angelica exhale quickly while digging into his arms, and soon, her cries gradually subsided as well.

Angelica tricked Raniero.

Without the two of them even knowing, there was a small reversal in their relationship.