Chapter 2
1. Contract Marriage Relationship Like Romance – 02
‘It’s beautiful.’
As I looked at the Grand Duchess, who was smiling at me, the first thing I thought of was nothing else but that.
She felt it just before, when she wore a pure white wedding dress, but her Grand Duchess’s appearance was very beautiful. She was so beautiful that it made me think that there was something beyond the ordinary, beyond being simply beautiful.
I thought that if I lived in her modern age, I wouldn’t have been able to meet her face properly, let alone marry her, so I just stared at her. Shows a smile when spraying
“Oh my gosh, you look like you’ve gone crazy. Are you sure you love her only wife so much, Reiner?”
“Ah.”
At the words of the Grand Duchess, I finally felt that her spirit, which had escaped halfway outside, returned a little.
‘Come to your senses, that woman is a devil. An evil fiend planning to take my life!’
– You will never get married.
– If you’re not going to do it, just don’t do it. This f*cking bastard
Recalling the heartfelt advice of married men I once heard, I struggled to make up my mind.
Then, miraculously, as I tried to calm myself down, my mind quickly calmed down as if I had been breathing Lamaze. It couldn’t be more than a mesmerizing effect, as if I was caught in a hypnosis application.
“… Excuse me. Grand Duchess. In fact, I still haven’t realized that a guy like me is going to marry someone like the Grand Duchess.”
So, as I spoke to her in a calm voice, holding her heart, the princess pouted her own lips as if something in her was not to her liking.
“Liner. Have you already forgotten? I must have made it clear, after we got married, that I would not call myself Grand Duchess. Wasn’t that something that was clearly stated in the marriage contract?”
I couldn’t hide my absurdity at the words of the Grand Duchess.
If I’m not some kind of Hong Gil-dong and I can’t call the grand duchess the grand duchess, then what on earth should I call her?
‘I don’t think you’re asking me to call myself Master or Master.’
No matter how tolerant I am, there was a little bit of that side to suit my taste. If you accidentally open your eyes to a strange taste, wouldn’t it be a bad thing to do?
“This is Karin, Karin. After her marriage, she always asked me to call me by my first name.”
Seeing the Grand Duchess say that as if she was offended by something, I felt a little relieved. Even so, it was not very pleasant for me to suddenly break Drift into a Hitomi-like genre.
“… Hmmm, Karin?”
“Yes, Reiner.”
When I show her a smile of her own, the Grand Princess smiles broadly.
“Please continue to call me by my name like that. You have to stick to the habit of calling me by my first name on a regular basis so that others will see us as a more intimate relationship.”
“…..”
Indeed, somehow he treated me more intimately than I expected, and in the end, was there a political purpose behind it?
“Oh, by the way, it doesn’t look so good for the face of a new groom who just got married to such a pretty bride. Well, since it’s a contract marriage, not a love marriage, there’s no way I’m happy about it.”
“… Contract marriage?”
I frowned at those words of the Grand Duchess. I couldn’t believe it because it was a marriage with such a difference in status, but was it really a contractual marriage like the cliché in romance?
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– Your Excellency, please arrange a fake marriage with me on the premise of divorce. In return, I will never beg for your love. I’ll just be a duchess with patterns.
– Gee, but what? Because you’re the first woman to treat me that way. Apparently, I love you and have become obsessed with you.
– … But I don’t really love the Duke. I like the duke’s money more than the duke.
– It doesn’t matter. If you don’t accept me, I’m going to cling to you all day and obsess over regret and exhaustion.
But judging from the fact that the Grand Duchess was talking to me so loudly, it seems that the Grand Duchess was not obsessed with me like the chic and cold Northern Grand Duke, but that it was literally a contract marriage.
“Reiner, I know that the person you are doesn’t like me very much. And also, I don’t have the slightest desire to share the bondage of the Grand Duchess with you.”
“… Is that so.”
Unfortunately, however, I had no background knowledge of the story the Grand Duchess was currently reciting, so I couldn’t understand what she was saying.
So in the end, I had no choice but to make a meaningful expression and agree with what the Grand Duchess said.
So, at the words of her grand duchess, ‘Aha.’ ‘Umm.’ As I put in a gensei such as ‘Ah, is that so-‘, the long introduction was over and she started to look at me with serious eyes.
“… In that sense, I will give you one last chance. Reiner, do you have any regrets about marrying me?”
Regret? Regarding regrets, since the moment I fell into this world, I’ve been enjoying it, so I don’t think there’s any need to ask.
“That goes for me too. So, this is your last chance. If you wish, I will make today’s marriage annulled.”
… Annul my marriage? Does that mean that you will divorce me?
“Of course, as soon as they get married, as soon as they mention each other’s divorce, the aftermath won’t be formidable, but that doesn’t mean that the Grand Duke’s family is weak enough to handle that much. In other words, it would be possible to set one of you free.”
“…..”
“So, please choose. Will you divorce me right now and gain freedom, or will you walk down the thorny path with me while holding the title of grand duke in name only?”
The moment the Grand Duchess finished speaking, a system message began to appear in front of me.
[I found a huge singularity in destiny!]
[As the Singularity manifests, a significant inflection point occurs in the axis of time.]
[As we face a huge inflection point in history, ■■■■ is activated!]
[Be careful. There is a risk that the inflection point in time will contain ■■■■.]
‘Inflection point in history?’
As I read the frantic system messages, I involuntarily opened my eyes wide.
‘So to sum it up, does this mean that the world line changes according to my choices?’
What if it’s not a world line… It is enough to understand that the attractor field changes. I’m sorry, but I’m a liberal arts student, so I don’t have the confidence to explain anything beyond that.
Anyway, I think it’s an inflection point in history, and the only reason why this kind of system message window popped up was because of the Grand Duchess’ proposal to divorce her.
‘If I think of common sense, it would be crazy to not accept the Grand Duchess’ offer.’
If I just stay by the Grand Duchess’s side and say that I will taste even the bones of power, it will be a momentary thing to meet the end of genocide with treason three years later.
Having my head turned into Sans would be a kind of bonus.
Then there is only one path for me to choose. After accepting the Grand Duchess’ offer like a ray of light, she quickly escaped from the Grand Duchy without looking back.
Whether you go to the northern tip of the continent and play with the penguins, or stick to a remote island in the south and talk to a volleyball, it would be a wiser choice than staying here.
Yes, no matter how much you think about it, it must be a wise choice…
‘There’s something stuck in my heart.’
To be precise, it was some kind of intuition that things couldn’t be solved this easily and simply.
The game I know called 「Erantia Saga」 Is not that user-friendly. I don’t know if it’s a game with malice that made a game with bubbles to feed the users.
The creators of this dog-like game designed the game in such a way that they sneered at friendship, courage, love, and harmony, probably because most of them grew up beaten up by their parents and friends in childhood.
Is there a separate template for the questions that newbies, who were expecting a cute and heart-pounding fantasy life, write an hour after accessing the game?
[Are the creators of this game really idiots? Why is the progress of the main story so f*cking stupid? The progress of morning dramas doesn’t seem to be this much.]
[Are these game crew members from the same orphanage? First of all, it seems certain that the parents are not even.]
[Erantia Saga] Was a game made by social misfits who were united with endless malice towards humans. And I was, of course, the unfortunate victim of such a game.
I never forgot that I did not enter the gacha game of collecting beautiful girls through Miyeon-si or gacha, which is a love affair with beautiful girls.
But at the very least, a small ‘choice’ gives me a chance to avoid the minefield-like fate that lies in front of me? Well. No matter how much I think about it, it sounds like a deception that says you can pick up a 0.1% Pickup character with a single turn of the step changer.
In the end, after struggling to the point of death, I came to only one conclusion.
“… I’m sorry, but I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that suggestion. Karin.”
“So, are you rejecting my offer now? Why?”
Her remarks may have been completely unexpected, but the Grand Duchess looked at me with her own eyes wide open. Because the way she looked at me was her gaze, as if she were looking at the socially underprivileged, I felt her heart ache without realizing it.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t tell you the whole reason as it is, so I started babbling as soon as it came out of my mouth.
“Haven’t I already been married to Karin? I felt that it was too late to run away by now.”
“… So I meant an offer to annul the marriage.”
“Even if the marriage becomes null and void, the oaths whispered to each other at the wedding hall will not go anywhere.”
I put the wedding ring on the ring finger of her left hand in front of the Grand Duchess’s eyes.
“Whatever the reason, I have already been married to you, and I have sworn to do my best as your husband. I just don’t want to break that promise.”
“…..”
At my words, the Grand Duchess closed her eyes for a moment, then she sighed softly. Apparently, she was taking that bullsh*t quite seriously. Actually, I already forgot what I just said.
“… Reiner, you really sound like an idiot. I’m so stupid that I can’t even speak.”
“And… Welcome. You made up your mind that you would share your fate with me, a foolish fool.”
[Achievement Accomplished! ■■■■ -> You avoided the death variable that was arranged in the inflection point of fate!]
[System update complete! As the conditions are met, the hidden characteristics will be revealed!]
[■■■ ■■■ ■■ -> Blessing of the Goddess of Love (A+)]
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[Blessing of the Goddess of Love]
Rank: A+
Description: A hidden blessing placed inside a pair of wedding rings by Ekklesia, the founder of the Grand Duchess of Yohrha and the goddess of love who watches over them.
A married couple wearing this ring will receive the protection of her goddess, Ekklesia, and experience the miracle of being connected to each other by the red thread of fate. Goddess bless the couple who truly love each other!
Effect: If one of the couple dies while this feature is present, the other will also die due to the causal law. However, this trait does not apply in cases of natural death or the death of the being itself.
+ Current remaining life based on causality: 2 years 364 days 23 hours 59 minutes
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[As the death variable is avoided, some of the predestined fates are cancelled.]
[Subquest 『The Grand Duchess’ Suspicion (C)』 Will disappear!]
[The sub-quest 『Evasion of Tracking Team (A)』 Will disappear!]
[The sub-quest 『The Wrath of the Goddess of Love (SS+)』 Will disappear!]
[As a reward for overcoming the death variable, a 「Beginner’s Special Package (consumable type)」 Is given.]
……
‘What the f*ck.’
I contorted her face as I stared at the system messages that streamed in like vienna sausages.
At the point of less than a day after I fell into this world, the status window was almost assassinated by a son of a b*tch.