Today's Goal Is A Safe Divorce! - Chapter 103
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 103
“I am not scared.”
It was true because the party wasn’t that scary. While there were things that worried her a little bit, there was no one who could kill her on the spot. It was not a battlefield.
“It’s just making me a little nervous.”
“There is no need to be nervous. You can just come out showing your face.”
“Does Damon go to parties a lot?”
He mentioned that he had never attended the founding party, and he was already famous for not showing his face at regular parties. Of course, this wouldn’t be his first party like hers, but he wouldn’t have much experience with it either.
“No, I don’t go to it much. In the first place, I don’t really like being with a lot of people.”
He frowned as he spoke, as though he hated just imagining it.
“Still, there are parties that I have no choice but to attend.”
“Really…?”
“Like the victory party, for example. I can’t leave out that party.”
Ah, the victory party. Certainly, the main character couldn’t leave it out. With such unavoidable parties, he had no choice but to attend.
“Even with that, I only showed my face and came back right away. Staying there for a long time doesn’t help anything.”
Nonetheless, it was a party the Emperor was throwing for him, so she wondered if it was all right for him to behave like that. If it was Damon, he could do whatever he wanted…
“You don’t have to answer every pointless remark.”
“Yes?”
“Just answer the questions the wife wants.”
Was he telling her to ignore the people when they talk to her? Elysia asked again, wondering if she had heard it wrong, but he still gave the same answer.
“That’s okay. There is no one with enough guts who can say anything about Grand Duchess Raphael just for something like that.”
Shouldn’t she be glad that everyone won’t ignore her and hang out with her? She couldn’t shut her mouth in embarrassment when he told her to just ignore everything anyone else said.
“Among the humans at the party, there is only one person you need to care about.”
“Only one? You mean the Emperor?”
She wondered if he was telling her to mind the Emperor. Why didn’t he mention the empress? Elysia’s head tilted in doubt.
“No, just mind me. If the wife sees anyone other than me, I won’t feel good.”
…How could she answer that? In the end, she smiled awkwardly, choosing to turn her head away. Even if he didn’t have to act like that, she was willing to join his acting.
“Elysia.”
“Yes.”
“Don’t hate me.”
“What? What do you mean…”
Elysia was greatly taken aback by Damon’s behavior. He buried his head in her lap, pleading with wet eyes. She didn’t even have time to stop him so suddenly.
“Don’t hate me.”
“Damon, I never thought so.”
Being so embarrassed, she stuttered and tried to get him up. Even in this situation, the carriage did not shake at all.
“Elysia, I was wrong.”
She almost fainted at the sight of him rubbing his cheek against her palm, saying he had made a mistake. Elysia was so surprised and tried to contain her beating heart, but she couldn’t. She knew why she felt even more betrayed by him.
Even though she tried hard not to fall for him, it was irresistible that she was attracted to him.
He was the first person who had been nice to her. Besides, his appearance was totally to her taste. The very existence of Damon Raphael was like being born for Elysia, so she was drawn to him. She fell helplessly to him.
“I can’t be without you.”
Before she realized it, she was already hooked on Damon. She didn’t want to admit that she had come to like the one who would kill her as she denied it over and over again because she hated herself for falling for him like an idiot.
It was all acting. She shouldn’t be fooled.
It was like the sheep falling in love with the lion. She vowed not to let such a funny situation happen. Still, despite that promise, she fell in love with him.
“So, don’t leave me. Don’t even hate me.”
“Your Grace, I…”
“I feel like dying every time ‘Your Grace’ comes out of your mouth.”
She considered that it was for another reason to call him by his first name because she could only survive thinking like that.
Elysia had to admit it.
Damon Raphael has a crush on Elysia Caitlyn… a very big one at that.
He was unable to love. He could not be redeemed even by love because he didn’t know what emotions were. It was none other than Elysia herself who made him that way. It was something that could never happen.
Even though she knew that in her head when she saw Damon’s appearance, she was deceived, and even though she knew this was what he wanted, she couldn’t stop. From the moment she became aware of her emotions, they were out of control.
She never thought she’d be able to redeem him… that was nonsense. However, why did she want to keep believing the man in front of her?
“Da… Damon.”
“Yes, Elysia.”
For once, Elysia had no choice but to calm him down.
It was because otherwise, he looked like he would burst into tears like a child on the spot. It was a funny thing to say though that was the truth. Damon crying… She still couldn’t believe it, but the situation was like that.
“I don’t hate Damon.”
She didn’t hate him.
Although she was scared and afraid, she wanted him. Oh, she wondered maybe it wasn’t possible for her to safely divorce him from the beginning.
“I…I did not marry the wife because I needed a Grand Duchess in name only. Elysia, I married you because I wanted you.”
“Yes…”
“I want you.”
Elysia didn’t know why a man who had everything wanted a humble girl like her. It was right to see her as useless unless she wanted a Grand Duchess in name only.
“I have many things hidden from you… can I explain it slowly later?”
“….”
“Elysia.”
With his voice calling her desperately, Elysia tightly closed her eyes.
…She wanted to be fooled.
Even though she knew it was a lie, she wanted to be fooled as she pretended she didn’t know anything, believing everything he said. If he was relieved, at least she wouldn’t have to be worried.
“Alright.”
She finally realized that she had to leave his side as soon as possible.
She didn’t know if what she was feeling was purely her feelings, or if she may have been brainwashed by her continued contact with him. Elysia was confused. Her head was cluttered with the situation where she wasn’t even sure how to feel.
Perhaps she just wanted to rationalize her own feelings.
“I’ll wait… until Damon tells me.”
“Thank you.”
A corner of her heart throbbed, seeing him smiling brightly at her words, but Elysia soon ignored the pain.
“Ah, it looks like we’ve arrived.”
She flinched at Damon’s cold expression. Even though she knew he wasn’t annoyed at her, she couldn’t help but be startled whenever she saw him like that.
“I really hate it. I want to stay with my wife like this.”
“We should go.”
Damon kept holding her hand and leaning that large body of his against her like he wanted to reach her even a little more.
“Please get down.”
Holding his hand, she got off the carriage, and the bright light came upon her. She narrowed her eyes and tripped.
“Be careful. You must be careful. I said that the wife’s body is precious.”
“Ah, th…thank you.”
She was surprised because I had never seen such a gorgeous place. The entrance to the party hall was decorated with pure white lights, fitting the name of the founding party. Not only that, but the entire castle was white, so it was even more dazzling.
‘…It’s the exact opposite of the Grand Duke’s castle.’
That was her first impression.
Both were equally magnificent and huge but distinctly different. First, there was a difference in color. Behind her, she saw several carriages lined up. When she saw it, she could feel that she really came to the founding party.
“His Grace Grand Duke Raphael and Her Grace the Grand Duchess enter!”
Surprised by the loud voice of the attendant announcing their arrival, Elysia’s shoulders trembled. Her body reacted automatically to the loud sound.
“It’s okay.”
“Yes…”
As she came to a place where she knew no one, she clung to him even more. Currently, Elysia was holding Damon’s arm tightly. She had to admit that he gave her a tremendous sense of security.
“….”
In fact, from the moment they entered, she stared only at him, not looking in front of her though she didn’t know why the party was so quiet. Wouldn’t they usually keep playing music?
“Ah…”
When Elysia turned her gaze to the strangeness, there were many eyes. Everyone at the party was watching them. It wasn’t that there was no music, but it stopped.
“Is the Grand Duke here?”
“The Grand Duke came to the founding party…?”
As expected, no one knew that Damon was attending. Elysia seemed choked at the party atmosphere that started to stir up as if she was coming to a place where she shouldn’t have come. It felt like her stomach was clogged.
“I guess His Majesty hasn’t come yet.”
As he said, the throne at the head of the party was empty. Her heart began to race madly, thinking that she would soon meet the Emperor, whom she had only heard of.
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