For My Birthday, I Was Gifted Five Husbands - Chapter 39
‘Is it really necessary to spend the night out?’
Eugenie only wanted to check if there were any books on magic in the library. Even if she stayed for a while, she could easily return to this place by nightfall.
However, Magnus surveyed the house with an unimpressed face.
“I don’t want to spend my first night in a low-class place like this…”
“Napier, is it even reasonable to call this place low-class?”
A mansion with such beautiful scenery would require significant expenses from any noble family. Yet, Magnus shrugged arrogantly.
“You should be grateful that I’m even breathing in this place.”
“…….”
“Well, shall we get going? We can stay at our honeymoon house tonight.”
“Wait. Honeymoon… house?”
What did he just say? House? Honeymoon house?
Magnus shot her an utterly indifferent glance, as if to say she was being ridiculous.
“I don’t know how enjoyable your time with the others has been, but it’s pathetic that your language skills have deteriorated this much.”
“…….”
Eugenie’s mouth tightened at both corners.
This time, her mother must have seriously misjudged someone.
* * *
It had actually been less than a week since she left the capital. Yet, with an overwhelming feeling as if she had returned after 500 years, Eugenie stared blankly at the grand mansion.
“You mean you already bought this place… as a house?”
“Correct.”
“Without consulting me?”
“Is there a problem with the property?”
Magnus raised an eyebrow, as if displeased that his judgment had been questioned.
Eugenie decided she needed to address several points.
First, whose money was used to buy this grand mansion in the most expensive area of the capital?
Second, they had only gotten married three days ago; when did he arrange for a honeymoon house?
And finally,
“Shouldn’t you have consulted me, the bride, before making this purchase?”
“Hm.”
After hearing her three clear objections, Magnus briefly stroked his chin with his long fingers. Perhaps due to the fine lines on his knuckles, his hands, although masculine, were uniquely beautiful, like a work of art.
“For the first answer, the costs were shared equally among me and the other four.”
“What…?”
“Yes, I know it looks bad. But it seemed unfair if one person took all the shares.”
“Ha.”
This is why even among nobles, she should have avoided interacting with high-ranking families.
Eugenie realized that Magnus completely misunderstood her question, and he probably had no idea why she was pressing the issue.
“I bought this place on the day I proposed to you.”
“On my birthday? This place really went up for sale…?”
“……”
Magnus cleverly sidestepped the answer to Eugenie’s rambling question. Instead, he moved on to the response to her last question.
“And Eugenie Norton, it’s not hard to understand your taste even without consulting you.”
“Magnus Napier, how much do you really know about me?”
“Do you think I don’t know? Then why don’t I explain why I chose this place?”
Magnus tapped his silver lion-headed cane against the garden path. Even such a trivial action looked graceful, which annoyed Eugenie and made her frown.
However, it also deepened her concerns in another way.
‘Since when did he start using a cane?’
When they were at the academy, he had only carried books.
There were men from her father’s generation who carried canes, but in this day and age, it had become an outdated trend. There was no way that the sophisticated Napier would do something so uncool.
‘Unless he truly needs it…’
But as Magnus continued to rattle off explanations, Eugenie’s mind came back to reality.
“The Wilson bookstore, where you always hang out when you return to the capital, is on the closest street. You can buy limited edition books as soon as they come out.”
“Wow.”
“And the capital library is a 30-minute walk or a 10-minute carriage ride away. It’s a perfect distance for a leisurely stroll.”
“Oh….”
“Most importantly, you can keep an eye on your advisor, Professor Racket, from that tower room.”
“What?!”
“You’ll be able to see if that guy actually shows up for work or if he’s just goofing off and ignoring your thesis.”
Eugenie fell silent, unable to find words.
This insufferable rival. He had figured out what she valued most.
“But I still have to go to the library. If I keep touring the house, I won’t make it there in a year.”
“Eugenie Norton, are you really a noble?”
“What?”
As Magnus looked in utter disbelief, Eugenie’s eyebrows twitched in annoyance. While the Norton family might seem ridiculous in Napier’s eyes, they were still a legitimate family.
