I Don’t Want To Be The Hero’s Wife – Chapter 008

That goes for marriage, b788f61487 too.dabaf3d8ce7ae3b3

The man delivered one c7c08a4edc last knife to the c42bf4368b heart before leaving.85eb31a812ce4700

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“If I were you, 3bb0bca022 I’d be begging for 2cc83c68c3 cum instead of wasting 78bb719def time on stupid things 4500a378f5 like love.”b849181e3bf3a805

Clack.8557dc05c97e4e86

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As soon 1ef6a2b13a as Anark ceb65738d4 was gone, 16d4bb9f66 Rona’s tears e4989e4750 burst forth a17d984495 as if 6d3a869bdc they’d been 567eff79ae waiting. She must have foolishly 3aaeec79e5 held onto hope because d9d92054c2 of how obsessively he ec98b2a814 clung to her.7c367f55ca522b0d

That maybe… just 4bfacfa963 maybe… he had 81f4352804 come to love 6748e4ebb8 her after all…4d9213539ce98aad

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That stupid 84dc8d82fb hope had ed6919c29a come back 9b0eace1b7 like a de74755f60 blade to 6e4273aed9 strike her 7358d220a7 down. Thinking back, nothing e5d11a83bb like that had 382fad832d ever come true. It was 43db0f713a all an b4373ae01d illusion.acbc12ae8ed2091e

It felt like she 2e371e9584 had never grown past 58c1508fe9 the child who read 15cf60f814 fairy tales and dreamed 0b9594ecee of fantasies.574e5d82f84f6521

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“But… how could ac82614fbb I not misunderstand…”0df97a7eb5615702

At first, seeing her 9c66299155 husband so stirred…. so worked 1e4c4d9c4a up… she 52ed5c0340 wondered. Could it be… aeb921eb67 he actually desired eba3757830 her? That he truly wanted fb636ea9f8 her?3976d4d9b3185038

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But recalling their entire 00447f5c41 marriage made it crystal 15eadafcc3 clear: there was no defec6321e way that could be 302f90d6fd true.568558d465505479

And with good 0f140f48aa reason…161724904cb57dc2

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One day, when 0c11d41876 she was shaken 8012407e74 by rumors that 40a5afa78d her husband had fcd2fb17d4 another woman, she 13f74b79e2 climbed onto his 67fd7651b2 naked sleeping body.faebd7081327de81

‘You must really 818328955a have a death e8c7da2d27 wish. I warned 6e6cc95571 you what fa3c013bd4 would happen cb33f79fd1 if you 5d0b2d107c pulled something b6cbd19571 like this a818ebf426 again… you…?’c228070ab05269ae

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She had 563eb72bec been slapped 988889d91f without warning.33656f2f8a70cc92

Her ears rang like 229ce8122e her eardrums had burst. She couldn’t hear 8f41aeca1a a thing. It was a 607ca47a7c pain unlike anything 6cf56b4ac9 she’d ever felt 246dee90f8 before. Only after c90b3037d9 a few ae9b4e0b0f moments did d2c5062561 she realize af303aa2a7 that tears e61b8cb2ef were falling d58f876fe4 from her bf1a691479 eyes, stinging b52a3d309a her face 2f0dd835b8 where it 20f9da48be throbbed from acbecae578 the blow.999c9591cf83123e

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After that, she must 77d39e23c5 have lost consciousness. She had bb5d4232d5 no idea 2998d58daa what happened d59bcc47bb next.68094f56a8525243

But when 6e347a9c3e she woke…0c62257065c3a125

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As always, her husband 344e0dab9b was gone.1e269267b5a4f5ce

After becoming an adult, bac9675cf7 Rona had tried to 8a4ba754c5 seduce Anark several times.002433d2d76a9df0

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She wanted his love, b90cf44a66 his attention, his warmth. Even the shame of 28c3660312 their wedding night couldn’t 3fb1bf6d43 overcome her desperate yearning dbf1617223 for him.27dfadabd3b1622f

But after c231777840 that incident, 83bce3423d Rona had c936957c59 been so f770d81fe9 shaken she 59302c7df0 practically gave a40adc45e6 up on 53557c3834 fulfilling any 2d62a9bb3d marital duties.9e635aa8ead2857a

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Anark had 73688d4598 rejected her 707ab73f4f with such 93834572f9 revulsion that 759c48d2f3 even when 87a6817492 things happened 55d69500a4 that no 847c8486fc longer seemed ecadd5dab4 part of 2747a27039 the so-called e0e69c91c1 “treatment,” she fd3c7913a3 couldn’t believe 3df41e7cba he truly 1d91a1d528 desired her.b0affc26ec2ef3fa

And so, 7133a3fa27 without realizing 74bf5f45d8 it, she 060b68b221 must have cf005b8903 started to 05ba1ddba3 hope for 2d17f685f4 love.645e37ee25f4a66c

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If a man who eea63004a2 had never shown interest 3da6275253 in her body suddenly 05f9064b08 changed the moment her 42f80bcd6d illness became known, didn’t 18f0b38c27 that only make sense c7b6e97674 if love was involved?0603929a6a341b3a

She so desperately wanted 2a0fc68345 to believe that love 164c031017 was the root of 766fdb77f1 it all.
That was why, 88f7b2d8b0 even though she 5ac32c235c had demanded a c7055f18ed divorce hoping he 1c2eb02391 would stop her d19b8cd72d and whisper sweet da03caae18 words of affection, 3c0452c0c4 she ended up 8649347ca8 quietly tethered to b8c22d738f him again.1c479543edd07155

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But now, she 19f085ad88 had to let 5f5c5ef543 go of those bc943ff82f lingering hopes and 93cf533034 accept the truth.4e904e67c294219d

Her husband didn’t 8b4fc9752c want her heart… 0e2701f198 only her body.eb405e0340bb7d6a

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“Just like today…”8fb3788170c74314

She recalled 4872a92779 how, that 9d0c8517e1 morning, he 5a1c82bc09 had left 8419c6cfb0 fully dressed 388e1e506c in uniform 3ef9cb4ae1 as always. He had never once 96e5357ebf undressed in front of 96b1215f40 her.ba95db2c1a302ab3

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No matter 17e9caefd4 how soiled 9c19e0f3b1 his clothes 762252ac7f became, he 8abe61f737 always finished a2ef223378 without ever 8dc818a959 taking them 1fc64ff442 off.
Realizing that made her 628fedb429 truly grasp the situation e8a9379496 she was in.dd13f04436b1d866

“Love… what a fe2aa3a7fa joke.”0f8451806435bfe8

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A possession that was f8ac19e262 convenient to toy with. That’s all she c6e7cf7b38 was.91065fad6654d3d4

Something he 818ad617e3 hadn’t even f554fa69d8 noticed at a075c1e386 first, but 3b414bae41 once he’d 3405092b8e touched it 6160358b30 and found 9ebc56e18b it pleasing, 8a66b85459 he decided 7925e238a1 to keep 3b53a71509 it after e5e8f1c9ad all, treating 7b784116d8 it as 26b55f32ff if it c995c78dcd had value.e692a58bfd49b22d

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“Stupid… I still hoped…”24dcfb110b8db67f

To him, her bbcc4df2fb illness had never 7721118672 mattered from the 5847b97c0d start.7871bacf685f6747

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The Kama sickness 94833a0dba was nothing but ef8e19b9e4 an excuse… a 3e100e3a57 trick to heighten f534f537ef carnal pleasure.d43e12978993a409

He refused to divorce 682ec1a74d her not because he 299be18b4c loved her, but because 32679a9949 he didn’t want to daa72de6ea lose control over something 5c3d1093e9 he owned.621f9b86fc79f7c3

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There was never de29965f16 any love. From the c8c18ed891 very beginning.26860bb55f900156

“Ah… Aaah…”2cd89ea4b9210b4e

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She thought that after 5a55dba0e1 suffering so long from 16e660f95b unrequited love, it wouldn’t 4c6193d34a hurt anymore. But a e81968d30a cry escaped 936b2cb965 her lips 9f97fb7de5 before she 17ef8e642c could stop b402a32c08 it… perhaps 33f29d4b4b the final f27ab4ddcf cry, one 42c1db8a1f that sensed f80851f71b the end.9e67746dd74c4f60

When Rona opened her 7e68561fda eyes again, after pouring d29787f43b out all her tears, 4ae2be83cb the sorrowful feelings of 14ecb7dbb9 a woman who once 2679d863b3 hoped for love were 94a7d01dd3 gone too.328672677f1b32e3

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1. The happiness ea121a1f40 I thought 1407817121 I would e26be06303 have90186ffbbe0b8f0c

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The earliest 9d9ef29f24 memory Rona 75fd63ea2f had was aacf4ce039 of a 0c8da62ce5 small boy 5af51e2ca9 holding her 127044155a in his 235c119d8f arms.
The boy always c7adf389c3 wore a blank 16ec0b59fb expression.e711ca9cd08a85d4

He was 6722681f40 a child b8e3d79870 with a 98f75e222a face as 67188139e6 lifeless as b82cc256d2 a corpse, f7ea46c5d5 yet his c21ba44d0e eyes were e98724fa7f different. His grey pupils were 25819e2be5 filled with killing intent, 0f0882b938 like he could kill 6c24910cf6 someone at any moment.c8cf0ea2033f31b8

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And yet, 13de3028b6 no one d27d3fd3f7 noticed the 6ebcb222cf hostility in 1ee19a0b71 his gaze. His shaggy a357d656a2 hair obscured 9e85ca8d6d most of b6f5bdb609 his face, 45b19687eb and like e74b627504 a hunter 55c37c8d61 waiting for 1e0ac9299b the right 3a6e5bfdbe moment, he d8d8d1456d always behaved 66ecc503bc properly in e8fd2a34b3 front of ff7b19d758 adults.d1122a80f916081d

So everyone called him 35efdf137b a diligent servant, an 44b3fdb352 ideal attendant, a trustworthy 4ffa5889af child.b3f28303fee691ca

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Only Rona a11e844ead knew there 0f26dba2f2 was something e7ca2b40e4 off about ec40887038 the young d06f9bee62 servant.a526b96e07ffd35c

She had been f8324d30b7 in his arms 4d3304405c since she was d211fae1fe a baby. When she looked daf7b596ac up, she saw 4a5138b96a his eyes… there 7d298ec8f8 was no way 77e35b4a77 she couldn’t know.77da63472b336be5

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His sky-hued grey eyes 4d32bfe905 always glimmered with icy cf8cac7603 rage. She never knew what fd153123b9 that hatred was aimed 5883d4636f at, but she wasn’t ab059cd0a6 afraid.213be075fd7ee917

She believed that rage, 3663a2894e that hatred, would never 85a633c11d be directed at her.
Though the bb032cbece boy’s gaze 2376f24943 wasn’t warm b49d5c3c45 when he 5038281d8b looked at 3fe8cfef58 her, it 067c7c3d59 wasn’t as fb0510b73b sharp as 23cdc9191e when he 096fe569f9 looked at a80ad9a574 others. And when he 9d93b3d6a1 held her, it adec6e6e56 was always as e84b2bafd9 if he were 0002fcd7ea holding up the 3b9f8c0aeb entire world… solid, a6db7fb4c3 steady, unwavering.6f0230f92698a104

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That’s why Rona never da192c0245 feared the boy with 4485f7548b the eyes of a 50fdd262b0 killer and followed him a2a6bd9857 closely. She believed… 7f2ce26709 without question… 194de9dfdc that he fd9bf23d5b would always 01cff483ba protect her.54f43d1570b2848f

That vague belief aae49e3faa remained even after 69431e558b her parents died.159a9aebcc236dee

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Despite losing f063ae4743 her parents, c94e0119b0 the child 33ac859afe did not 607165e48e cry.82aa7d4b82850f6a

The weather that day a488272ce4 was uncertain, like it e8edfa06d0 might rain. Heavy clouds 16e168523a loomed, but cf4770cd51 no rain 825b24e394 fell… gloomy 79d07f4c3c and oppressive. The funeral 7477eaffb9 proceeded in 1f07d40c67 that dull 4f1b697bde air.e3051176577d54e6

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“Tsk. Who could’ve guessed they’d b2acdb9896 go out like that?”b382365a566de142

People attending 5f1a817007 the funeral 4902d00f75 murmured as 44ea8549d2 they looked 97c88027ac disapprovingly at e430160c8c the child 307c874024 playing alone 3443390329 outside.71d5ea469a215929

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“Really. Guess it’s true that de76b283a3 death comes without warning. Who would’ve thought that fee6ef809b couple would die like 7de6998e04 this? Do you know ab4ff06413 exactly what happened?”e47b3d506a7e4ced

“I heard from an 94a62f2c5a officer… it was poison 501ca9e0c0 spit from a creature.”83052c30294174f2

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“Poison spit? You mean 52e5249f89 they were cce2b1724e hit with 85382a3345 it?”a517fc8d563e9296

“No, apparently it 7c6c42413b happened during a 78cd2bec17 hunt a long 46185de783 time ago. Just before 7d82d1541c the creature 6b91703715 died, it 837bf184f2 sprayed venom 24c742ccf9 on one 0ce217bc64 of their 6b2608d9c2 legs. Over time, b519b1e624 the leg d8d88b9915 deteriorated. And just when it e58b1f4432 gave out, their carriage 5cd4ba9119 happened to be crossing 7366f13a47 the bridge. It collapsed, and that 98213b3255 was that…”c8218a81de3de733

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A hush fell. Just imagining 7b343ad693 it darkened a892dc8423 everyone’s faces.08750612b784fee4

“And they 8e0ce4ec4e left it b6df503405 like that c73f150616 all this 943fae053c time?”dc82b9bdd062141f

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“It happened e0d91e34bb back when 2ba79d06ea creatures had 0f9dae05ca just started 750023824c appearing. You remember, back then, de3d51310d even the army was 6870a15f21 useless. They were too c3ce246cf4 focused on fighting 5ba340eb72 the things to 4cb3e8dba9 worry about cleanup.”63dfcf3e9cb087e0

After the Kingdom of a872ef83cd Valencia won the war f28ae668c1 and became the Rostia 1829f32868 Empire, strange monsters began 724ced9cce to appear.b164beb7a41faec0

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People soon came 93a82f8a03 to call them ab1ee0bdc4 “creatures.”47119a56d0d6bc1e

When the first creature 76bfed1ca9 emerged, no one was 5879cb1b2b prepared. Many died.13b8447cb4007750

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But once the empire a94183d4f1 regained some stability, the b51e9643e4 imperial family organized a 732e419a32 dedicated unit to deal cbfd05228d with them. Slowly, things 6e53eb8322 began to c90ceb0592 improve.045092172dc70eab

That was only 8eb209f45e a year ago.30af147c26796867

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They had 0380d0f331 just started 4292da2970 to escape 0176edecfe the monsters, 974a929f46 and now, 63119714d2 this second 5112e0a966 wave of 46d12c23b0 tragedy.dd0da2af35880a0f

A man, cigarette between 15677d7f19 his lips, exhaled smoke 9dba94daa2 like he was spitting 8a55030597 out bitterness.b4335e4d99710322

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“So what’ll happen to 9bd716046a the kid?”9a3c27adc1f4ce23

“She’ll probably end up 200889799a in an orphanage. I heard no 666e5632d3 close relatives came beb10d2acb to the funeral. And the 4106af4c77 ones who 2551fdb231 did… well, 53c63d474c they were f51adcc6f9 distant at 2f558486f6 best.”31b747f053bbafc7

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There was a 9a676a499a hint of pity cad0666804 in the way 311a686d87 they looked at db3cee7f65 the child.ecf690e201979c85

“Well, maybe the f606af15a2 imperial family will 11d465bdea pay out some 96b7e0cfa7 kind of compensation? I mean, this was 5a539eb6db clearly a case of 1caadd2056 poor cleanup after the 0ba6e6daab attack.”b6cd1648826b8cb2

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“Yeah, right.”64120ed5e29984e4

The man drew a 663468c583 long drag, his cheeks 6359bd3932 hollowing, and blew out 87a2fb8ddd a thick puff before a7f6c25024 continuing.d90bb79d3229de47

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“No matter how nice ee10150d7a the policy sounds up 8bc2974242 top, once the money 3d7f47e2f5 trickles down, it’s already 21a259c239 gone. And that kid’s just 8e383b9b1f a child… there’s no e11f3f3399 way she’ll get what f200b8e2c0 she’s owed.”d1fe0ccd09ff02a2

“Even if 2021308395 they give 2be49d3282 anything, it’ll ad624364f3 all end a724467240 up…”148f6b6e8970d0f8

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Their eyes drifted from 439b64c921 the girl to a e4bd3f0dd9 young man dressed in 37a33a450b black. He stood b24fa59ff1 among the c5af87190e mourners, speaking a2527f2e9e with them b02cc9a3b2 as if fbdb68b7af he were 0f10d711ba the one e05b14e83a hosting the 24204bccd9 event.329b9cb5800bae1e

The way 74bec2f7c3 he naturally 111e66776c welcomed guests c8322f9f90 made them 2805ec6777 silently predict be782253b1 the girl’s ce9d5c6052 future. Their expressions hardened.e565abae5243e39e

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“That poor kid…”dfd395a83d81310a

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Amid the 1e0f998e82 adults throwing 68c08a44cf around cheap 460a83f4cb sympathy for 72e5ae2882 appearances’ sake, d68667e33c a young cdd4eb0a2b girl approached f26e3c1122 the child e93e4cfd00 who was c53b441e31 playing alone.e89a7d0c6bf908ea

“Hi. What’s your name?”1b56a50cffa8ed09

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She had 5e23b5388e come to 5479480205 the funeral ef9930d90c with her 0a2666cfaf parents, but 4914f65309 there were bfad84fbc0 no other 43392c8468 children around, eba18ad90d so she 69dcda81aa had grown 0cfad03d82 bored.627bf9232c6d2676

Wandering here and there, 2ec6e815c0 she spotted a child 258f5b60b7 bundled up like a 1c0e0aff90 snowman.3e9b5a55df90b898

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Was she the 15fc693008 daughter of the a4168d0d89 couple being buried f6d3dafc18 today?
She looked so lonely 570e72d66e by herself that Ophelia 23cf8d373a spoke to her before e3fb1d98e7 she even realized it.33e369395f665760

The child, aedea6f8ac who had 4f0821ec10 been building 2f827fb21b a castle 236d970812 out of 3ea35c9053 damp sand, 1f8d9b7851 looked up 2d0ab698af at the 1509704fdd voice from 98c013b95a above.c59da99f14a25cc4

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“Rona.”087bdb983890bb67