I Want To Die One Day Before You - Chapter 131
“What do you think it is?”
Rufus whispered to Sarubia, who was holding onto his neck.
“If you want to know, you should touch it yourself.”
“……”
Breathing heavily, Sarubia slowly moved her hand downwards at his words.
Rufus bit his excited lips tightly, watching as Sarubia’s hand moved lower.
Just then.
“Brother!”
Someone abruptly turned the doorknob.
They hadn’t locked the door, never expecting anyone to burst in. The door opened effortlessly.
Rufus and Sarubia jumped up from their spot at the sudden intruder.
“Brother, what’cha doing?”
A small boy standing at the door tilted his head.
For a moment, Rufus couldn’t believe his eyes.
“Edel?”
There was no mistake. It was his younger brother, Edelweiss Inferna.
Why was Edel, who should have been at the Inferna Barony, here?
Before he could even question it, another figure appeared behind Edel.
“Things are getting pretty heated in the middle of the day, Rufus.”
A strong-looking woman with streaks of white hair. The person standing before Rufus and Sarubia was the Baroness of Inferna.
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The garden located behind Prince Tarek’s palace.
“……”
Rufus sat in silence, staring at the Baroness of Inferna seated across from him.
The baroness slowly sipped her tea, savoring the aroma. Then she remarked,
“The tea tastes good.”
“……Pour her another cup.”
At Rufus’s command, a maid waiting behind them refilled the baroness’s cup.
This is how it all started.
It wasn’t long after Prince Tarek had returned to the royal capital.
‘I’ve come to see my grandson. Open the door.’
The Baroness of Inferna had appeared, demanding to see Rufus.
The guards couldn’t refuse her. Everyone in the kingdom knew that Rufus of the Inferna Barony was the hero who saved Prince Tarek. It was unthinkable to disrespect the head of Rufus’s family, Baroness Inferna.
Once she had forced her way into Prince Tarek’s palace, the baroness immediately inquired about Rufus’s whereabouts.
As soon as she found out where Rufus was staying, she wasted no time and went straight there.
And that’s how this debacle happened.
In the middle of an intimate moment, they had been caught by family.
Why, oh why?
Rufus wished he could turn into dust and disappear.
“Why… did you come?”
After a long pause, Rufus carefully asked.
“You ungrateful brat. Is it so bothersome for this old woman to visit?”
The baroness stabbed a piece of fruit with a fork.
Rufus sighed.
“Didn’t you receive my letter?”
“Yes, I did.”
“I told you not to come to the capital. I was planning to return to the barony soon.”
“But I heard rumors that His Majesty the King sent you back to the border.”
Baroness Inferna spoke in a calm voice, picking up another piece of fruit with her fork.
“I was so outraged that I came to the capital to confront His Majesty.”
“……”
“But fortunately, you found Prince Tarek. As expected of my grandson.”
Baroness Inferna burst into hearty laughter at her own words.
Rufus couldn’t bring himself to laugh.
She planned to confront the king? Despite being a noble, Baroness Inferna was a powerless low-ranking noble. All she had left was the barren land of Inferna, her old and feeble subjects, and her two grandsons. What courage did she have to face the king?
The king already disliked Baroness Inferna. If she protested against his orders, what would happen?
The king was a villain who even aimed to kill the hero who saved the nation. He wouldn’t feel any guilt over killing an insignificant noble.
A cold tension gathered behind Rufus.
“Baroness, please never execute such a reckless plan in the future.”
“No.”
“Grandmother.”
“Stop nagging, Rufus.”
Baroness Inferna glared at Rufus.
“I am the head of the Inferna family. The head fights for the family members.”
“But still…”
“You impudent child. Talking back to your grandmother like that.”
“……I apologize.”
“Good.”
With a thud, Baroness Inferna put down the fork she was using.
“So, the person who was in the room with you earlier, is she the newly appeared Saintess?”
Rufus nodded without saying a word.
The newly appeared Saintess. Apparently, that’s what people were calling Sarubia.
The Saintess, who had hidden her identity for years, had now revealed herself.
As the saying goes, word travels fast. Even Baroness Inferna, living in the remote border, had heard the news on her way to the capital.
Saintess Sarubia had teamed up with the hero Rufus, who led the demon subjugation to victory, to rescue the missing Prince Tarek. Her fame was already spreading throughout the kingdom. There wasn’t a corner of the kingdom where the name of Saintess Sarubia hadn’t reached.
“My grandson, bringing the Saintess, who appeared for the first time in decades, to bed. Quite impressive.”
Baroness Inferna clicked her tongue.
“It’s not like that.”
Rufus involuntarily blushed and lifted his teacup.
“What do you mean, ‘not like that’? Even I felt the heat from what I saw.”
“What do you mean, ‘felt the heat’?”
“Did you at least use protection?”
Caught off guard by the unexpected question, Rufus spat out his tea.
