Dear Contract Husband, I Didn't Know You Were Like This? - Chapter 61
Kendrick died to a phantom monster.
‘But the details of how Kendrick encountered that monster, and how he ended up dead, were never revealed.’
From the moment he entered the Mage Tower, Kendrick was a promising talent.
Instead of investigating Kendrick’s death, the Mage Tower was busy covering it up.
As the commander of the imperial knights, I was so busy that I couldn’t even interact with Kendrick.
Thus, Maya had no information.
By the time she tried to investigate Kendrick’s case, all evidence had been cleanly erased.
As if nothing had happened in the first place.
She asked the emperor, but gained nothing.
‘Did it happen while he was fighting the monster? I need to find out when he went out.’
She needed to know when Kendrick encountered the monster.
“Kendrick, what will you do when you go up this time?”
As much as the future she knew had changed, many parts would be different.
“Me? Once they hear that I took care of this monster at the Mage Tower, I’ll be dragged around here and there, being a brown noser to those old geezers….”
Kendrick, delighted that Maya asked about his schedule, began to ramble on about his plans.
“I’ll probably be hunting monsters, too.”
As he collected the monster’s corpse, Kendrick realized exactly what kind of monster Maya had defeated.
The white snake was not just any monster.
Not only was it massive compared to ordinary monsters, but its power was also much greater.
‘It might even be related to the Demon King.’
It was a hypothesis only Kendrick could make.
The Demon King was connected to magic, and naturally, Kendrick had come across legends about the Demon King and the apocalypse.
Because it was related to Maya, he had researched and studied harder and longer than anyone else.
He wanted to tell Maya, a part of history herself, how great her family was.
Kendrick’s thorough explanation unintentionally instilled a belief in the calamity within Maya.
“Can you let me know when you go out on a monster hunt?”
“Sure, I can let you know. But it will be after I’ve been dispatched.”
In truth, Kendrick wanted to take Maya on a monster hunt.
It wasn’t just to separate her from Tristan.
Seeing Maya after she defeated the white snake, Kendrick realized once again how exceptional Maya’s talent was.
Maya loves wielding her sword.
In that sense, hunting monsters was a great opportunity for her to swing her sword and be recognized for her skills.
Knowing that Maya was too talented to rot away in the north, he wanted her to be acknowledged and soar as soon as possible.
Even the position of commander of the imperial knights was insufficient for Maya.
Meanwhile, Maya was deep in thought again.
Of course, getting contacted by Kendrick was one thing, but traveling back and forth would indeed be inconvenient.
‘Should I ride the wyvern?’
But riding the wyvern would undoubtedly attract attention.
And no matter how fast it was, immediate response would be impossible if the distance was great.
‘The answer is to go up to the capital….’
She had always thought she would go back to the capital someday.
After the contract marriage ended, she had no intention of living in the north forever.
She planned to find a small house on the outskirts where she wouldn’t easily catch the eye of Tristan, who would become the emperor.
Weapons or clothes made from monster materials could fetch high prices, so if she worked hard while being with Tristan, she could probably afford a shabby house.
‘There are a lot of talents in the capital.’
As the commander of the imperial knights, Maya had seen many wise loyalists who ended up being exiled or killed for advising the emperor rightly.
Smart patriots for the country.
And a suitable fiancée for Tristan.
‘If I could approach those people….’
The more she thought about it, the more desperate she became to go to the capital.
But isn’t lifting Tristan’s curse the priority?
‘What if I lift the curse as quickly as possible?’
How can she increase contact?
They held hands and hugged before.
Is kissing a more intimate type of contact than hugging?
What’s more intimate than a kiss?
“…….”
Maya’s face flushed red.
For Maya, who had never even kissed anyone before, anything beyond that was an insurmountable wall.
It’s not something you do with someone you’re going to divorce. Even kissing was something to be cautious about.
It was also something she felt sorry for regarding Tristan’s future wife.
‘What about a kiss on the cheek?’
Would that count as strong contact too?
If Tristan was okay with it, she might be able to do it with her eyes tightly shut.
Of course, the reason she would close her eyes was because Maya would be trembling.
‘Or maybe just holding him would be enough?’
“Is something wrong?”
Speak of the devil, Tristan, who had taken a seat next to Maya, asked while making eye contact.
