Chapter 5

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Lucas let out a deep sigh as he walked

slowly to the knight's room.

Yesterday, after Valerie and her father had

left, Lucas had attacked his father, Jonathan, and had been beaten to a pulp by

him.

Even in his old age, the head of the Vandale

family, an assassin nobleman, is not an ordinary man.

He is also a first-rate assassin, though he

plays the role of a daylight lamp that is neither poison nor medicine once he

is exposed to the public.

Still, if this situation continues, it will

not be good.

He will spend the rest of his life in

Valerie's lap.

It's not just bad luck anymore. It is hell,

to put it mildly.

**a

However, Lucas does not have the option to

ask for the King's permission for divorce as a reward for his war success, as

Valerie says.

In the first place, he does not want to

stand out. If it were known that he was actually skilled, he would be extremely

restricted in his activities as an assassin.

"I don't know what to do..."

He muttered to himself as he was approaching

the entrance to the annex of the royal palace where the knights are stationed.

"Ah!"

"Geh!"

He ran into Valerie by chance.

Valerie then looked at him like he was a

pest when she saw Luca.

"It's unusual for the Commander to be

so late. Don't tell me... you are waiting for me...?"

"Are you an idiot? I didn't want to see

you at all... which is why I left the house so late"

If he look closely, he can see faint dark

circles under her eyes. When he pointed it out to her...

"Don't look, you idiot. I was up at

dawn thinking of a thousand ways to kill you silently."

"Well, I'm sorry."

"Haah... Anyway! As I told you

yesterday... be careful, don't let anyone else find out about this. I'll die of

rage if anyone finds out I'm married to a half-wit like you."

"...But someday we'll be found

out..."

"I'm not ready to be covered in

filth."

"Isn't it a bit harsh to treat me like

filth?"

"It's a fact, so there's nothing I can

do about it."

Lucas shrugs his shoulders. However, as soon

as Valerie opens the door to the staff room with a completely unfaithful look

on her face—

"Commander! Congratulations on your

marriageeeeeee!"

The knights who had been waiting for her

cheered with loud applause.

"What!?"

Valerie and Lucas unintentionally rolled

their eyes and froze.

The knights surround them and begin to

congratulate them verbally.

"Congratulations!"

"You smell like water! Commander!"

"Well, I didn't think you two had such

a relationship!"

"For a guy who said he had no luck...

but in fact, he's the luckiest one! I'm so jealous of you! Die! You little

shit!"

"Commander! If you aren't satisfied

with him... I'll be here..."

"Don't talk nonsense to the

newlyweds!"

Valerie, who had suddenly stiffened up

completely, came to her senses and shouted.

**b

"Hey! Wait! Wait! Y-You guys, h-h-how

did you know...?!"

"How did we know...? Well..."

The knights look at each other with doubtful

faces.

"Last night, I received a gift from the

Commander's father. A wedding gift."

"What...!?"

Valerie's cheeks twitched involuntarily and

Lucas clutched his head.

It seems that their fathers were one step

ahead of them.

They had already established the fact that

they had been in the area for a long time.

"Of course, I was surprised. But if I

think about it, even though it was a sermon, Commander and Lucas spent more

time together than the others, and I wondered if it was possible for you two to

fall in love if spending a lot of time face to face."

"...No way"

Luca's blabbering is completely silenced,

and the knights nod at each other.

"Well, as you two are newlyweds during

the expedition, you can make out

to each other except in battle. We'll pretend not to

notice!"

"Yes, yes! Except in battle, just think

of it as a honeymoon!

The knights may have meant well, but

Valerie's face seemed to twitch even more, and she couldn't help but shout.

"What kind of a dangerous honeymoon is

this!?"

The next day, Valerie is absent from her

official duties for the first time, claiming to be ill.

* * *

The day after Lucas and Valerie were blessed

by the knights, Lucas's father, Jonathan, sat down in his study to finish his

paperwork.

"Dear, I heard that Miss Valerie has

taken a day off from her official duties."

It was almost noon when Bridget came into

the study without knocking.

"Well, it's just as the Duke-sama said.

She is in the palm of his hand."

Jonathan raised one eyebrow in admiration.

"That's just how obedient she is"

Bridget smiles and puts her hand on

Jonathan's shoulder.

"...Hmm? By the way, who informed you

that she was absent from her official duties?"

"Lucas came home just a few minutes ago

and told me..."

"He just came back...? It's not even

noon yet"

"Well, he was urged by his colleagues

to leave early to be with his wife since they're newlyweds... but he just came

home and is taking a good nap..."

"Huff, he's getting better at

pretending to be an asshole, isn't he?"

Bridget looked a little complicated as

Jonathan nodded his head in satisfaction.

**c

"Yes, but... lately I'm beginning to

wonder if he really is a bastard."

"Hahaha. But, well, it's only for a

while now that he has to pretend to be a son of a bitch. After he returns from

the battlefield, and after the wedding ceremony, Lucas will officially stop

being a member of the Viscounts of Vandale. He will no longer have to continue

being an assassin."

Bridget looks at Jonathan, who is silently

keeping his eyes down, and asks him.

"Are you sure you want to do

this?"

"I'd be lying if I said I didn't regret

it. He is a kind of genius. I didn't even teach him and before I knew it he had

stolen my swordsmanship. Even the secret sword I've been working on for over a

decade..."

"That boy has an extraordinary memory.

He never forgets a thing he's seen."

"Well, a regrettable talent. But he's

too kind-hearted to be an assassin. And with his bad luck, he will probably die

somewhere if he continues to be an assassin."

"Stiil, you'll have a hard time after

we let him go, won't you?"

"I don't mind. It's a burden I should

have had to bear from the beginning. Besides, I've reached an age when I'm

ready to retire."

Jonathan smiles at her, and Bridget responds

with a sad smile.

After a short silence, she asked him again.

"Anyway, if you're just going to let

him go, wouldn't it be better with someone a little less conspicuous?"

"Not just anyone would do. After all,

this is the person he will spend the rest of his life with. Of course it would

be better to have a partner who suits his taste. For a boy, his mother is very

special. As far as I can see, she's a little like you."

"Well, is it beauty?"

"It's scary."

"...Dear, may I have a word with

you?"

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