My Contract Husband Resembles the Male Protagonist - Chapter 4
“He’s so heavy…!!!!”
I managed to bring him inside for now.
As expected, the man, who looked like every part of his body was packed with muscles, was as heavy as a rock.
I barely managed to drag him onto the carpet before I collapsed.
“Ha, ha, this is… huff, huff…”
I brought him in to save him, but there were still many suspicious aspects.
I wasn’t entirely sure if this person sent by Emma was the right one.
“Can a person with this appearance coincidentally be born as an extra in the world?”
He was too handsome, making him seem even more suspicious.
I struggled to regain my focus and removed the man’s robe.
Since he didn’t have any bags or belongings, I thought there might be something inside the robe.
“It’s really there!”
After rummaging through the soaked robe, one of his possessions quickly appeared.
“Mercenary badge?”
It was a long, brown badge crafted from wood.
I’ve seen it from time to time.
It was a badge used to prove the status of mercenaries.
Mercenaries were usually ranked from S-grade to D-grade, and this man’s badge had “A-grade” written on it.
“A-grade means he’s quite impressive.”
“His name’s Dale.”
Dale, quite a common name.
“It’s not the Emperor’s name.”
The Emperor’s name in the original work was much longer.
It was something as long as ‘Paprika Bell Pepper Tomato the First’, but there was no resemblance to that name in the least.
Nevertheless, the Emperor appears as quite a handsome man.
Since the genre was 19-rated, the focus was less on appearances, but there was no description of him being ugly.
“Don’t tell me…”
I stared at the man and combed my fingers through his hair.
“Yeah. His hair is black too.”
The Emperor in the original work had blond hair and blue eyes, being a typical male lead and aristocrat with power, wealth, and strength. It can’t be this guy, yeah.
However, if he had meticulously dyed his hair…
“Excuse me.”
I poked his chin, stretching it out.
“His beard is black too. Yeah, you can’t dye your facial hair.”
Now, what color were his eyes?
“I’m not usually so rude and intrusive, but this will be my last one.”
I gently lifted the man’s eyelids and widened my eyes.
“His irises are gold.”
Golden irises?
That’s not something you see every day…
“Normally, someone with this level of appearance wouldn’t be an extra. He’s a beauty that the world can hardly handle.”
As I scrutinized him, I couldn’t help but think of the faces of our family members and servants. In this world, it seemed like most people had exceptional looks.
I was no exception.
“There’s no rule that says extras can’t be handsome.”
Still, I couldn’t shake my suspicious gaze.
“If he’s a mercenary, there’s a good chance he was sent after me on the Emperor’s orders.”
But the Emperor had six knights.
To ensure ironclad security, releasing a mercenary was a much better option. He wasn’t the type to let secrets leak easily.
Moreover, the Emperor’s command would be…
“There is a woman who disappeared for three years because she didn’t want to marry me. I’m the Emperor, and I couldn’t even catch her. Bring that woman, who is faster and more skilled than me.”
It was such a humiliating command, wasn’t it?
How could he have made such a disgraceful command?
And if they had really hired a mercenary, they would have used an S-rank, not an A-rank.
“Really, I wonder… Is this really the person Emma sent?”
I continued to stare at the man, then gazed outside the window.
I couldn’t just leave him somewhere, and as a medical practitioner, I couldn’t abandon him.
“Grandpa, I smell something strange!”
I discovered my talent as a medical practitioner when I was eight years old.
It was at that age that I realized I was in the world of a novel, shortened to “The Empress Can’t Escape,” or <The Empress’s Confinement>.
I also realized how terrible my fate was.
I was the ill-fated Empress who was destined to marry the male lead from the original story, the Emperor, who was the protagonist.
To be exact, I became the Empress after getting entangled with the male lead one rainy day.
My family, the Lockheart Duke’s family, was originally just a set of sub-characters. However, after the current Emperor ascended to the throne, my father, the Duke Lockheart, was promoted from a Marquis.
In other words, my father became the Emperor’s closest advisor, and our family was the leader of the new nobility faction.
It seemed like a happy ending.
But after my strategic marriage with the Emperor, this “original work” took a hellish turn.
What’s the rating for <The Empress’s Confinement>?
It’s 19+.
And not just any 19+, but a very dirty and mature romance.
In the original work, the Emperor and I entered into a common strategic marriage to secure power.
We had no interest or love for each other, but everything changed after our union.
Wherever I went and whoever I met, even what I ate and wore, he cared about it all.
On days when he caught me with another man, even just sharing a laugh, I couldn’t leave the room.
He was insanely jealous of anything related to me in the original work, and not even my family was an exception.
The Emperor severed all ties between me and my family, ultimately leading to the fall of the Duke Lockheart’s family.
Blinded by jealousy, he falsely accused my loyal family members of rebellion and got rid of everyone except me.
The Emperor was a madman.
“Ugh!”
Anyway, as I returned to the beginning, I also discovered that I had gained the ability to detect diseases by scent.
Thanks to this power, I detected my grandfather’s illness early on, and in return, he generously gave me a large allowance.
And as soon as I received the Empress’s dowry, I ran away with that money.
After three years, I ended up here today…
“I can’t smell any sign of sickness from this man.”
It was just the smell of dirt and rain.
He seemed to be in a simple state of unconsciousness.
“If we let him rest for a day, he might wake up, right?”
I touched his forehead, and it was a bit warm.
“There are no signs of an attack or anything. It seems like he just fainted. However, judging by his rough breathing, his stamina has been greatly depleted. I can’t just leave him out in the rain again, can I?”
I gazed intently at the mysterious man.
After all, as a medical practitioner, it hurt my conscience to abandon someone, especially in a place where they might die.
I mixed some useful herbs, excluding the missing medicine bottle, and gave them to him.
Fortunately, his pale face regained some color, and his body temperature quickly warmed up.
I stared at the man.
He was handsome.
Really, really handsome, indeed.
“If he dies here, it will be a problem.”
I absolutely refused to see a corpse on my first day of moving here.
And if a corpse appeared, I would have to conduct a funeral, reveal my true identity to prove there was no relationship, and once I revealed my true identity, the Emperor would find me.
“This man. I have to save him properly!”
I rolled up my sleeves.
