My Contract Husband Resembles the Male Protagonist - Chapter 60
The ribbon of my bonnet suddenly came undone.
“Oh.”
I clumsily tried to tie it back.
“You need to tie the knot properly so it won’t come undone.”
As I tilted my chin up, he expertly tied the ribbon into a perfect bow.
“Thank you, Dale.”
He gazed at me with a soft smile.
“How do I look now? Not strange, right?”
“Beautiful.”
“Oh, Dale!”
Smack!
“Ouch.”
I hit Dale’s chest, but why does my hand hurt? Is it because his muscles are so firm?
I held back a tear and then looked at my reflection in the mirror.
“With brown hair, I look a bit like my mom.”
I drank a potion that changed my hair and eye color before coming to the capital.
Brown hair, brown eyes—just plain and common colors.
“Call me Anne while we’re here.”
“Yes, Miss Anne.”
“How do I look now? Is my disguise perfect?”
“…..”
Dale furrowed his brow like he was contemplating the world’s most serious problem.
“It’s okay to say no if it’s not.”
“Even with the disguise, you look too beautiful to go unnoticed.”
“That’s why you’re an A-rank mercenary.”
I felt moved by Dale’s professional handling of everything.
No matter what, he always seemed to maintain a newlywed mode, making his 100% success rate in assignments entirely believable.
“But don’t we have any neighbors here?”
“This building was originally used as a shop, not for residential purposes.”
“Ah, I see…”
That made sense. I preferred this quiet place over a bustling neighborhood. It was better for both Dale and me.
“Now that we’re in the capital, we should check out the market district. Let’s see if they have any Luminous Stones.”
“Understood. I’ll go and check.”
“No, I mean we should go together.”
I grabbed Dale’s arm, and he froze.
“You’re not my servant, you’re my husband. I want us to go together.”
“Husband…”
Dale repeated the word, looking at me thoughtfully.
“Understood.”
His face brightened.
“I’ll keep you safe.”
* * *
I ventured out into the market district for the first time in a long while.
I saw carriages from a few noble families, but I didn’t recognize any of the faces.
“It feels like the end of the year is approaching, doesn’t it?”
“You’re right, Miss Anne.”
“Dale, come closer. You’ll get jostled by the crowd.”
I pulled Dale closer to me.
The place where I had hidden for the past three years was worlds apart from the capital.
I had chosen places where I wouldn’t be noticed, so it was no wonder, but seeing the capital again after so long felt almost like the first time I had been transported into this world.
“Let’s start with that shop over there.”
I led Dale throughout the area.
As expected, none of them had any Luminous Stones in stock.
“Have you gathered information on the head of the Kellefelt Trading Company?”
“Yes, I’ve done it.”
“Good.”
Now all we had to do was wait.
“By the way, Dale, you’re quite unique.”
“…..”
Dale, who had been walking beside me, looked at me with a tense expression.
“You can spread information to the head of the trading company, you have a house, you don’t seem to lack money, yet you accepted my proposal. I’m curious about who you really are.”
Dale’s golden eyes softened, and he looked at me with a slightly complicated expression.
“Did you perhaps commit a crime?”
I whispered cautiously.
“Just kidding. If you had, you wouldn’t be able to work as a mercenary. You’d have to join an assassin’s guild if your identity were unclear.”
“…..”
“What will you do after our contract ends in a year?”
Come to think of it, I was curious about his future.
Where would Dale be and what would he be doing?
“Are you going to spend your retirement at a resort? Or maybe start a big business?”
“By then, I will probably…”
At that moment, the murmuring of people reached my ears.
“…! Wait a moment, Dale!”
I pulled Dale quickly.
“Look, over there. It’s the Emperor’s knights. The Second Order.”
I whispered, holding him tightly, and his eyes widened. People who shouldn’t be here have appeared.
It was my brother’s knights.
