Episode 96:

The doctor whispered with a pained expression, “This is unexpected, it’s the heart…! You need to keep monitoring it.”

Duke Saboia and Claude squeezed their voices in distress. 

“Come to think of it, you said your heart has been hurting.”

“Why, when it just got better?”

No, seriously, how many dramas have these people seen? 

There are no dramas in this world.…

Just by looking at their expressions, I feel like my life is on a three-month deadline.

The doctor added, “Your heart beats slightly faster than the average person’s.”

…?

But that’s normal, isn’t it?

“…Is there a problem?”

“That’s why you must take care of your body.”

“Don’t worry about that.”

“From now on, you must take care of it, of course.”

Hold on a moment. 

Everyone, calm down.

But there was no way to stop them as they went berserk.

“Our child has a glass body…”

“Perhaps because of that, your Circles may still be low. You have awakened such a great power, yet your Circles remain the same.”

“On the day of the attack, <Red Castle> might have put a constraint on you.”

“If you become healthy, you could become a Grand Sorcerer who surpasses me.”

Wow, is that even possible?

Dylan also murmured quietly with a serious expression.

“I will take great care to prevent you from touching the ground in the future.”

After continuously chattering, Saboia’s family finally noticed Dylan and looked at him.

“…Ah, you were here.”

“It was during our family’s peaceful time.”

What is this?

There was an electrifying tension in the eyes of the three people looking at each other.

…Is it my delusion?

* * *

Anyway, after the unexpected verdict of having a glass body.

I feel like I’ve become a “fragile lady who might shatter like glass” within this mansion.

Lunchtime.

The servants ground something and prepared a feast.

“We will prepare nourishing meals until the day of Lady’s return celebration!”

Fortunately or unfortunately, it was not on the scale of Dylan’s 70-dish banquet, so it was easy to adapt.

The next day, we walked in the garden under the pretext of taking a stroll for my health…

“How can our Lady step on the ground!”

“Rude people!”

“Lay the carpet immediately!”

The floor was too soft, and I noticed there was a lace carpet laid out.

Even amid the crazy commotion, Dylan calmly and skillfully stayed by my side.

‘You didn’t seem to have permission to stay in Saboia Mansion.’

‘Why are you here? I’m sure you were chased out yesterday.’

‘Ah, I climbed the walls.’

…It was quite natural, I guess.

I glanced at him coyly.

Dylan’s demeanor had become slightly sharper than usual.

It was a subtle change but quite apparent.

It was like a young man growing into a sharp young man.

His expression was so cold and indifferent as Grand Duke Castilla, but a tender smile was shown only to me.

Thinking of the contrast between the two, my ears turned red, and my heart pounded.

It was a fluttering that was different from the discomforting heartache.

I quickly turned my gaze away, trying to calm my blushing ears.

“I mean, it doesn’t matter even if he’s a commoner!”

“As long as our lady likes you!”

“Yeah, yeah! If she doesn’t like you, maybe there’s a culture in that continent over there, where everyone has multiple spouses!”

“Our lady could handle a thousand husbands!”

‘Ishael could probably handle ten thousand husbands.’ 

I was secretly proud to be her first husband. But still, I hope I’m the only one.

He called out to her, who was walking a step faster than him with her cheeks slightly red, “Ishael, no, Lady Diana.”

Ishael waved her hand as if she was awkward. 

“Ah! Just call me Ishael. Haha, it’s… awkward.”

Dylan looked at Ishael intently. 

It seemed like she still couldn’t admit herself as ‘Diana.’ 

Perhaps because she had no memories. 

She probably thought this place wasn’t where she belonged.

“Yes, Lady Ishael. I will call you that.”

When Ishael awkwardly smiled, he tried to hold her hand to show his support. 

Ishael flinched as if she had touched fire and said, “Uh, physical contact is prohibited!”

There’s a reason for that. 

Claude had pointed a gun at the illegal resident, him, and said, “Do not lay a finger on our lady. Approaching within a hundred meters is forbidden!”

Dylan’s shoulders slumped. 

“It’s not physical contact.”

“Is that so?”

“…It’s an expression of affection.”

“Expressions of affection are prohibited.”

Dylan’s face became sullen. 

“I’ll wait, then.”

“Um… I need to seriously consider it.”

Ishael rolled her eyes and avoided his gaze. It had only been a week since he revealed his identity as Grand Duke Castilla.

In the meantime, her birth secret had also been revealed. 

It must be quite confusing for her. 

Dylan decided to be patient.

“I could wait a lifetime, so please stay by my side.”

Ishael hesitated but playfully tapped his hand with hers. 

“Hmm, I’ll think about it.”

He smiled, hiding the possessive desire in his eyes. 

Monogamy was troublesome. 

Sharing this lovely Ishael with someone else was an impossible task.

* * *

Meanwhile, there were anxious onlookers. 

By coincidence, it was Saboia’s family, Mung Mungi, and the secretary, Helic, who were walking through the mansion corridor.

Helic dropped his hand and mumbled, “You’re really obsessed. I can tell just by looking at your eyes.”

Claude sighed in dismay. 

“Our lady, getting married, and heading to that dangerous and wicked grand duchy… What should we do?”

Duke Saboia, who had been quiet until then, declared, “I will die.”

“I feel like my heart is breaking too, grandfather. We must do something, shouldn’t we?”

Helic carefully interjected, “He truly seems to love her, so maybe we should consider accepting…”

“You’re fired.”

Helic, who was fired in a single word, narrowed his eyes in displeasure. 

“As always, you fire people just by saying it.”

Duke Saboia, who had been silent until then, mumbled, “I still can’t accept it. We need to verify if he is genuinely a good person and will treat our child well.”

Duke Saboia touched his temple, saying, ‘Where is a grandfather who can simply kick out his own child?’ Moreover, the Northern Grand Duchy was a dangerous place entangled with curses and dark magic, and the curse of the Grand Duke had not completely disappeared.

My recovered granddaughter was in danger. 

Claude clenched his fists and said, “Why don’t we just get a divorce outright?!”

“It was a marriage between two adults by mutual consent. How can we do that?”

“If our child throws a tantrum and wants to live at home, we can resolve it legally…”

At that moment, Helic interjected without any tact, saying, “Throw a tantrum? Since she still has no memories, it must be challenging for her to form an emotional bond with your family.” 

Hearing his words, the family decided to prepare a small event to help Ishael regain her memories.

Standing by, Mung Mungi nodded vigorously. 

Obsessive family and an obsessive husband. 

Ishael’s future seems bleak…

“It won’t be bleak! I, the divine familiar, am here!”

Mung Mungi ran towards Ishael, who had no idea about the sinister plots surrounding her, like a bullet.

“No! My contractor!”

* * *

Suddenly, Saboia’s family and Mung Mungi appeared and swiftly pulled me out of Dylan’s sight. 

“What, what is going on?” 

Thus, I arrived on the third-floor corridor of the mansion, holding Claude’s hand in one hand and Duke Saboia’s hand in the other, leaving Dylan behind.

“Something feels a bit strange.” 

It seemed like Dylan’s eyes were filled with a possessive desire…

On the wall of the corridor, there were portraits of the family members. 

“You said you wanted to see portraits of your parents last time.”

“Yes.” 

My parents. 

It felt unfamiliar.

“Follow me.” After a few awkward steps, Duke Saboia stopped in the middle of the corridor. 

“This is a portrait of your mother, Ilina Sared”

I swallowed my trembling lips and raised my gaze to the wall. I saw a large portrait of her. 

Wearing a wizard’s black robe, she was staring into the air with a dignified expression. 

Her soft yet arrogant crimson eyes were looking at me.

“How is she? Do we look alike?”

We didn’t resemble each other much. 

But why did I feel like her smiling face resembled mine? 

Why did it feel like she was patting my head and saying, “Our baby, always getting into trouble. I asked you to grow up brave, and you grew up brave”? 

Why did it feel like she said that?

At that moment, I bit my lips with a hint of nostalgia and longing.

Duke Saboia and Claude added their own words. 

“You are a purification ability user, just like her.”

“Your aunt always troubled me.”

“She was amazing.”

Her playful smile was really similar to mine in the mirror.

“You had a very similar energy to hers.”

If we had similar purification abilities and similar appearances, maybe… 

For a brief moment, I unconsciously thought, “I could be the real Diana.” 

However, just as the psychological barrier began to crumble, reality hit.

“…Ah.”

My heart pounded like it was on fire, and my head burned hot. 

I had only seen a single portrait.

I hadn’t even seen my father’s face yet.

I tried to calm my heated breath and sat down hesitantly in the corridor.

“Ah, my child!” 

The people, including Duke Saboia, screamed in panic.

“Our baby, have you already chosen someone to marry?”

“Yes! I decided to marry my strange brother from the strange house!”

And then…

“Even when you become an adult, remember me always.”

“Of course! We’re getting married, right?”

“Then, we’ll be together.”

As if the film was a movie, memories of the past started to replay vividly in my mind.