Chapter 2

For the first time, I felt like my heart was about to explode.

My heart was beating faster than when I confidently stepped into the wedding hall, and when I lied about having a child of Duke Barry Winter.

Sooner or later, my heart seemed to popped out of my chest.

It seemed that it wasn’t just because of the strange words Duke Barry Winter had spoken. Duke Barry Winter’s face that is seen up close was gorgeous.

The silvery hair reflected by the chandelier shined so brightly, his eyes were dazzling, and his face had no blemish.

What about his pupils? As if it was red or purple, the purplish-colored eyes that looked strange. If I keep watching, it looks like I can get sucked in.

Wow, even his body is very good. He’s so tall. What the hell is this man lacking? Maybe…friendliness? I suddenly thought that way.

At that time, Duke Barry Winter’s face with a devilish smile leaned over my face. I pulled my upper body back, but it was quicker for him to reached me.

“You seem to be so surprised. You can’t even think of running away.”

He lifted me up at once.

One of his hands was wrapped around my legs and the other was wrapped around my waist.

I took a quiet breath. Then I felt his scent.

The smell of perfume mixed in harmony with the scent of soap. In a word, it smelled very good. Without knowing, I put the tip of my nose on his chest, which is in contact with my face. His chest that touched the tip of my nose was firm.

Wow! After all, his body was great. It’s wonderful…! No, wait.

Now is not the time to appreciate this man’s body. He lifted me up in the princess’s hug position, and started walking. The direction of the walk wasn’t towards the main seat, but towards the exit.

Are you trying to go out like this?

“Where are we going now?”

I asked in a small voice.

“Where…”

Duke Barry Winter tried to answer, but his words were stopped by Heather, who was standing in front of the altar.

“Duke! Our marriage… !”

Heather, the bride while wearing a mermaid dress that sticks to her body was trembled.

She seemed to have no idea what was going on.

She may not be the only one who is curious about the situation right now.

I also have no idea how things are going.

Heather, stopped Duke Barry Winter’s steps. He turned his head and looked at her. The woman who was her bride a while ago.

“Shh…. My child in her stomach can get surprised.”

He spoke in a low, deep voice as if to warn her. In the wedding hall, which was filled with whispering sounds, a sudden silence broke out.

The influence of his voice was so great. Just from his voice, everyone was focused on him. The atmosphere from him was overwhelming.

Heather, who cried out loudly as if she was screaming, became dumbfounded and couldn’t speak. She just crushed the hem of her dress.

I felt sorry for her.

‘Young lady, I’m sorry…’

And he said one more words.

“My child would be surprised. And…”

His head turned back to me. Duke Barry Winter looked down at me and said.

“My baby will also be surprised.”

“…!”

You’re crazy! He must be crazy!

Did you say “my baby” to me right now?

Hearing those words that my parents never said before, and this is the first time from a man.

My God! Oh my God!

His face was cold as he spoke the words, called me “my baby”. There was no gentle look in his eyes.

I guess this guy is really crazy.

Goosebumps appeared all over my body. In my head, an alarm bell keeps ringing.

‘Maria, you have to run right now. You’re dealing with a strange man!’

My instincts whispered as if warning me, but this man’s grip on my body was too tight.

He seemed unwilling to lose his gripped on me.

The reason why I was somewhat relaxed even in this strange situation was because I had a trump card.

Anyway, I can use my abilities to run away.

After finishing the words he wanted to say, Duke Barry Winter started walking without hesitation.

Now, there was no one who dares to stop him. He quickly walked to the door and opened the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he ran into the guards who followed me before.

“Duke! A suspicious woman, a while ago…!”

Yes, that suspicious woman. I’m in the arms of the Duke right now.

The eyes of the knights caught me. They spoke in a voice mixed with half embarrassment and puzzlement.

“This is that woman!”

I smiled awkwardly.

“Hahaha…”

‘Hi guys! Nice to see you again.’

I raised my right hand and happily greeted them.

Then, the expressions of the knights changed. Their faces were distorted, and I laughed at them without knowing.

Duke Barry Winter’s appearance at the wedding hall, proudly holding a strange woman in his arms would be very strange.

Duke Barry Winter said with a stern face.

“Be quite. Just say one more word…”

“… ”

“It will make you never be able to use your mouth again.”

He overpowered the knights with a cold look. The knights stepped back without talking and opened the way for us.

Duke Barry Winter only stopped after leaving the cathedral.

As the man who should be in the middle of the wedding, walked out of the cathedral, I felt a few people around staring at us.

Then he spoke to me.

“Do you have anything to tell me?”

“… Please put me down first.”

He wasn’t rude towards me.

He gently puts me down when I asked him. However, that didn’t mean he was giving me a chance to run away.

He stood silently in front of me, while looking at me arrogantly. With a face without smile.

His red lips opened, then an ecstatic voice flowed out.

“Honey, I dropped you off, so why don’t you say something?”

How?! His voice is good too. I asked when I was no longer pretending.

“Who are you calling now?”

Duke Barry Winter replied, sweeping his hair.

“Is there another woman besides you in front of me?”

“Then am I really your honey?”

“Honey… honey… fiance… cry baby. It all refers to you.”

“…”

After coming to break the wedding, he became the man I had never seen before.

I won.

“I want to talk with Young lady about the hot night we spent together.”

Holy crap!? Our hot night!?

I managed to endure what I wanted to say. Instead, I saw an opportunity. When is the right time to run away?

Duke Barry Winter was one of the famous Duke, but he was also the leader of the magic tower in the Empire.

In other words, he’s an archwizard who was good at magic. If I use my abilities, things can get serious.

For example, if I can’t escape and caught by him…

If I get caught, inevitably, I will tell him about my true identity and about the guild. It’s the worst.

That can’t be happening. All I needed now was speed and concentration.

“What are you thinking?”

Duke Barry Winter’s hand reached out to me. He snugly grabbed the tip of my chin and made eye contact with me. There was a faint warning in his purple eyes.

That was what it means.

‘Don’t think something different in front of me.’

I swallowed my dry saliva, and in my heart I resent the guild leader.

Why didn’t he tell me that Duke Barry Winter is such a dangerous, crazy man?

No, I said it myself that he was dangerous, but it was me who ignored it.

“So…” (Duke Barry Winter)

“…”

“Where can I hear our story?” (Duke Barry Winter)

I put a weird smile on my lips.

Then, naturally, I put my arms around his neck.

“I want to talk in a quiet place where there are only the two of us. How is that?”

Of course it was a lie.

I thought that he would be affected by my beauty. If it weren’t for the makeup that smeared from crying before, my beauty would’ve been perfect. It was a pity.

I saw Duke Barry Winter’s face with a stiff expression that didn’t seem to shed a single tear even when stabbed with a needle.

A small smile lingered on his face.

His face seemed to be expecting that only the two of us would talk.

Oh My, it’s useless…

Looks like my beauty doesn’t affect him. At that time, I prepared my abilities. That ability, which was somewhat ambiguous to be called a wizard.

I had a special ability that was slightly different from other wizards, but it was the ability to amplify and use magic power to expand its range and focus in one thing.

For example, if you amplify your power for running, you can run faster than anyone else, and if you amplify your power for flying, you can climb higher than anyone else.

However, there are some errors in using this ability… Remarkably, the magic I was going to use now was a movement magic. If you amplify the ability to move and use the magic power, you can go to most places in the capital city.

I thought of the coordinates of the back alley guild in my mind, and then recited the word.

“Move.”

As soon as I finished speaking, a bright light embraced me.

Soon my body was completely gone from here.

*****

Duke Barry Winter, who was still standing there, narrowed his eyes. The touch he had just felt on the back of his neck wasn’t so bad.

He wiggled his eyebrows, when she touched the nape of his neck a while ago. The warmth of those small, tender hands seemed to still remain.

“I didn’t know she would run away like that”

She disappeared in a bright light. What she did was obviously magic. That’s also quite a high rank magic.

Duke Barry Winter laughed.

At the same time, he constantly remembered her disappearing from his sight.

She wore a more gorgeous dress than the bride.

She had rich pink hair.

She had green eyes reminiscent of greenery while she cried in mourning over her child.

She has exceptional magical powers.

It was an interesting woman in many ways.

“A very interesting fiance came in.”

It will be fun for the time being.

A light smile appeared on his lips. That was the same smile that Mary thought it was the smile of the devil.

Sadly, that smile didn’t last long. It was because of the sharp voice heard from behind.

“Duke! Do you have any idea what you are doing now?”

“Ah.”

Duke Barry Winter’s body turned back.

Then today, he saw the bride’s face, which should be the most beautiful in the world. She has a crumpled face. It was his bride, Heather young miss.

“Where did she disappear?”

“She’s gone. Looks like she still has work to do.”

Have you been back to ‘there’ by now.

It’s about that place.

Duke Barry Winter left her alone and didn’t appease his bride.

He just looked at her with eyes that didn’t show a single emotion. Then he asked as if he were screaming.

“And I mean. Did Young lady deserve me?

“What are you talking about?”

He quietly recalled what had happened a week ago. Just thinking about it, it was a terrible thing.

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