When the Nemesis Eats the Wicked Woman

Chapter 65

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Fortunately, there was not even a single shadow of an ant near our table.

This was because the nobles who were here had already flocked to Rixus and I earlier.

Thanks to this, Rixus and I were able to sit down and talk naturally.

“Rixus, did Ires get it to you properly?”

“It’s all figured out. Like a copy, there was nothing lacking.”

“…Then tell me too.”

I was a little nervous to hear the results.

The public opinion of the nobility was also a report card for how well I had done in Aktoum.

Of course, Johann had not yet put his seal on the marriage permit. So, I guessed that it wouldn’t be that positive.

I asked carefully.

“How is it? The for and against.”

“It’s very vague. It’s half and half, without even a single vote difference.”

“!”

‘……Is that possible……? What do you mean it’s half and half.’

Even if you order a half and half flavored chicken from a restaurant near your house, at the very least, there would be either more fries or a few more pieces for one flavor?

I had expected it, but I guess I was still hoping to some extent. Still, I thought there would be a little more votes in favor.

I thought I had made my place in this Aktoum.

When I put on a slightly disappointed expression on my face, Rixus came up to me and took my hand.

“Don’t be disappointed. It’s a miracle that it came out like this.”

“……”

“When you first came to Akhtum, almost all nobles were fiercely opposed.”

“…….”

“It means that half of those nobles have changed their minds. Good job.”

His comfort was sweet and warm.

But it wasn’t much of a consolation.

‘The more you experience this social world, the more shocking it is.’

At least, the nobles who were talking and smiling in front of me should all approve.

People might have a cunning heart, and the expressions on their faces could be different from the truth, so there would always be things I didn’t expect.

‘There was a reason why the stamping of the marriage license was delayed.’

‘What if I do not get permission to marry?’

Thus, if this marriage went up and down the drain.

What if the dream of extending my life that I imagined in this 8th life went to waste?

No… It could have been worse than the previous life.

Because the relations with Rixus had already begun, and this was also a diplomatic matter.

When I thought about those things, my heart became heavy.

“Why on earth are they against it?”

There were times when you felt frustrated even though you knew the reason.

When I frowned and touched my forehead, Rixus gently pressed his thumb against my forehead.

“My wife has turned pale.”

Even hearing a friendly voice, I still had a slightly depressed expression.

“Shall I pluck it off for you?”

…What was he going to pluck? At his sweetened voice, I glanced at Rixus.

Rixus looked towards the nobles and said.

“All of the nobles who made you upset. I think if I pluck about seven, you’ll get the marriage permit stamped.”

My face became pale.

“If they die, their votes will be null and void.”

‘…What a radical lunatic.’

Other men said they would pluck stars, but this man said in a sweet voice that he would pluck people’s heads. He would pluck and give me seven of them, like the Big Dipper.

“There will be a little noise, but there will be no evidence. I’ll pick the ones who deserve to die.”

“…It’s okay, Rixus.”

He asked with kind eyes.

“Are you really okay?”

“…Yes… I’ll just accept your thoughts.”

‘My husband is so scary… He’s really very scary…’

Before my mad husband went out to harvest the nobles’ heads like autumn persimmons, something had to be done.

‘Let’s see, half of these?’

I made up my mind and looked at the nobles.

‘I can roughly see it.’

Who was for and who was against. As if playing a game, it felt like I was seeing a ‘for/against’ voting sign above the heads of nobles.

Of course, there were question marks floating around some nobles. And there were people who barely blinked towards approval or disapproval.

These guys were the ones who could easily go over either way.

Some of them might have already sent their servants to Archduke Marquis to change their survey results.

“They can change the survey results at any time, my Queen.”

“That’s right…”

I was deep in thought as I heard Rixus’ words next to me.

‘But when will I finish persuading them one by one?’

They would be trying to cover up whether the rumors Deborah spread were nonsense. When are you going to finish your presentation? The past game is an envoy.

I was sure they were trying to determine whether the rumor that Deborah spread was nonsense or not. When would I ever finish explaining? I declined such a hard mission.

‘I’d rather… do it in one-shot.’

“I’d rather catch the Joker.”

“Joker?”

“When will I finish convincing each and every one? I’m tired of that.”

Just hold on to the final boss.

“We’re going to change the decision of the Margrave, Rixus.”

“Hmm.”

We looked at the margrave with greedy eyes, like stray cats coveting fish at the fish market.

He was talking with his niece, Yuria.

The margrave, Gautier Mavis.

He was a man called the ‘Ghost King’ who guarded the borders.

There was a different reason why a man with such substance and a healthy complexion was the ‘Ghost King’.

Because he was literally the king who led the Ghost Army.

The mercenaries of the ‘Immortal’, the border army he had, were initially a group of ‘surplus’ human beings gathered from all over the world.

Each one was either a westerner, or because he was a criminal who committed a crime in the capital, or because his whole family died and he was left alone.

The mercenaries with the experience of being rejected by the world gathered and settled under the command of the margrave.

And through endless battles, they were transformed into beings that were neither humans nor anything.

Monsters that destroyed hundreds of thousands of troops with just 300 people.

They fight in only gray-white robes, and they were famous for their appearance as ‘a ghost who came to take their opponent’s life’.

And it was the margrave who commanded those ghosts.

‘When they were an enemy, they were very difficult to deal with.’

Fortunately, in the land of Andions, that is, Spinel, there was a ‘magic division’ that could rival them.

If it wasn’t for the wizards, the change would have already been made.

“I’d love it.”

I quietly looked at the margrave and showed my greed.

“……”

Rixus looked at me indifferently.

He was probably thinking about a vote in favor.

‘It’s not that, but I really want it.’

Wouldn’t it be great if I could move that margrave’s Ghost Army?

‘Then I think I’ll be able to pass Spinel’s crisis a little bit easier in the future.’

Of course, their absence did not mean that the crisis of Spinel could not be overcomed.

Since I lived as the king eight times, I had built some sort of defensive measure.

But…… Since it was literally a ‘crisis’, the people of Spinel were always terrified and sometimes they lost their loved ones.

If there was the Ghost Army of the margrave, it would be possible to minimize the damage.

“……”

I licked my lips and looked at Yuria as well.

‘I want Yuria too.’

To be precise, the ‘Terra Mine’ she owned.

Well, even if I didn’t get the margrave and Yuria, there was no problem in living.

It was just that they were very helpful beings if they were to become my people.

“I really want to have it…”

At that time, when I was making greedy remarks without realizing it;

Rixus’ beautiful face suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

“!”

I was astonished, and he asked me with wary eyes.

“Why, does the Margrave also look handsome now?”

“……”

It wasn’t worth answering, so I sighed through my nose.

“Tell me.”

It was when I was shaking my head at the question of the ‘Jealousy King’.

I saw my wish item 2 and wish item 3 walking towards me.

It was the margrave and Yuria.

Without realizing it, I straightened my back and looked at them.

I could feel my bundles of nerves stiffening.

“Your Majesty the Queen, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

“…….”

“I have something to talk to you about, may I sit across from you?”

I was going to go visit him, but he made the first move, so there was no reason to refuse.

I pointed forward with as calm and graceful gestures as possible.

“Of course. I was waiting for Sir Gautier.”

“Then…….”

The margrave led Yuria to her seat, and likewise sat down.

Yuria was polite, and sat down in a somewhat dignified posture, looking like a flower that the margrave had picked.

Then she looked at me with her big, light blue eyes.

“…….”

I felt it as we sat up close and looked at each other – how hostile these two were to me.

‘One looks at me like I’m a war agent, and the other looks at me like I’m a villainess who stole her man.’

‘I don’t care if they are wish items.’

‘…I have to try hard to not lose.’

“Your Majesty, do you know that my wife died two years ago?”

But from the first question, the content was full of poison.

Like his rough temper, the content was also rough.

I felt like I was already getting a headache.

“When we stayed on Taron Island defending the border, the Knights of Spinel attacked us.”

Rixus patted his chin in an awkward manner.

“My wife also died in that chaos.”

The margrave’s eyes were twisted. As if I was sitting here with the blood of his wife.

I calmly comforted him.

“…It’s a tragedy. I send my condolences to you, even if it’s late.”

It was a warm tone, but that was my sincerity.

But the margrave shook his head.

“You don’t have to comfort me. I didn’t shed a single tear even after my wife died.”

A man who did not shed a single tear even when his wife died. He showed no sign of sadness at this moment, as if he had a heart made of iron.

He continued speaking quietly.

“My wife is a woman of no status from the Delt, and she has always been a stranger to me.”

He just looked tired.

“It was all about fighting, and the house was always filled with thin ice.”

“……”

“All I have ever felt in that horrific marriage… was that a couple had to come from the same place.”

The margrave said with a firm, stubborn look in his eyes.

“So, Your Highness the Crown Prince, please find a lady of Aktoum even now.”

“!”

“If Your Highness wishes, we will offer our Yuria as well.”

Yuria looked at the margrave in surprise.

There was a shy blush on her cheeks, she didn’t seem like she hated the idea.

Based on the character of the margrave, I didn’t think he was recommending it because he was greedy to tie his own blood with the imperial family.

But even a selfless recommendation was too much of an offense to anyone.

Rixus raised his eyebrows in displeasure and called to him in a sullen voice.

“Margrave.”