I Became the Villain’s Wife

h a sharp sense.

The same goes to Tashian, a person who oddly developed five senses.

This was also due to his inevitable position.

The Duke of Verk was the most traditional aristocratic family in Hellasium.
Among the numerous noble families in Hellasium, he was the only descendant of the imperial family that had the right to succession, even though it was only a formality.

The duke has been the object of envy and has had the respect of the people for more than centuries since the birth of the empire.
However, among the previous dukes, the current dukes’, and Tashian Verk’s positions were quite different in size and volume.

After being crowned on behalf of Reinhardt, the half-brother who was elected as the successor after the previous duke who died at the age of 17, Tashian Verk was called the emperor’s black sword and worked hard all over the continent as the head of the Imperial Order.
People said in unison that he was truly the birth of war god.

His great reputation showed, when the pattern of the black spruce tree symbolizing the Duke, appears on the battlefield, the enemies quickly lose their fighting spirit and run away in confusion.

‘Rumor has it that even the defeated soldiers of the defeated country respected him and dyed their flags dark purple symbolizing the Duke to ask for protection?’

Ikshid’s golden eyes were fierce and stared at his servant, who was called a war hero.

The war in which the Duke participated recorded an overwhelming winning rate of 100 wins.
The public praised him as a living legend in the history of the empire.

But Ikshid knew what was hidden behind Tashian’s unusual popularity.

In fact, the forces supporting the Duke of Tashian Verk were not bloodlines with higher authority than the aristocracy, but commoners and lower-class people, or status launderers with such a past.
It was because he was an illegitimate son of a prostitute from the poor.

Even though he made the greatest contribution to this war, it also made the same sense that he could not mention his name, the leader, when giving a congratulatory message to the Knights earlier.

Ikshid got wrinkles in his forehead, recalling the memory of struggling with the senate for days for ridiculous reasons.

〈”Don’t forget that his mother, who was a brothel singer, was born in Genova, the enemy country!” 〉

〈“The only difference is that it was already too far-fetched to just entrust a man who inherited the blood of a lowly prostitute to the great post of commander-in-chief!” 〉

〈”On behalf of the whole elders, I request that Duke Verk be banned from attending this victory commemoration banquet!”〉

The old men of the Senate rushed eagerly to disparage the obvious merit of the duke, based on his veins.

Ikshid looked at them, who seemed to be weaving together, but gathered their mouths and sang together.
No, to be exact, he stared at the head of the Senior Citizens’ Association, Reinhardt, who was sure to have a light smile as always behind him.

‘It’s hard to understand… No matter how different the background is, isn’t Tashian a legitimate successor recognized by the family, who went in to fill the vacancy after being elected as an heir?’

However, Reinhardt’s feelings toward Tashian Verk were vicious enough to see Ikshid as a third party.
In response to the chief’s hatred toward Tashian, Ikshid always had to feel his endless ignorance.

‘Why in the world is that ‘heir’, who was always restless because he can’t bring down his brother who is only a substitute for him in front of the imperial officials?’

As it is said to be a speculation towards the one who sat in the position that would have belonged to him originally, he himself was the heir who was said to have higher authority than the emperor.

They were strange brothers who could not find an answer even if they thought about it this way, and thought about it.

“I knew you’d come here.”

Tashian snorted and answered.

“For aristocrats who have grown up precious in their Residence all their lives, wild animals trapped in cages seem to be amazing.”

“Don’t disparage yourself too much.
Some of them have sweet eyes on you with admiration’s feelings.”

This has been referring to a group of young women who have been glancing and unable to draw attention from the duke.

Most people will look at the Duke as usual, who was only a replacement for the former Archduke Reinhardt, out of curiosity, but among them, there were some people who tried to approach him with a human affinity for him, as Ikshid said.

Of course, it was a separate problem that they were all frightened by the dark face of the Duke and couldn’t even talk properly.

“I don’t need that kind of gaze.”

Sure enough, Tashian responded straight away with a tone of annoyance.
Ikshid shook his head and clenched his fist.

“This human with that dirty temper! That is why you haven’t been able to get married.”

“You’re talking about yourself.”

“Hey, Lord.
Aren’t you going to say anything to the Prince you serve? You’ll have to break that habit.”

“Then Your Highness should say something that makes sense, don’t you agree? It’s only the servants who bow like a puppet at the words of His Highness.”

Tashian, who was answering coldly, suddenly closed his mouth to the mild pain on his arm.
Looking down, as expected, Eleanor was pinching his one arm with her index finger and thumb.

Eun-woo looked at the two men who chatted affectionately as usual even with the eyes of people with a feeling of doubt and dumbstruckness.
Having endured the desire to yell at them to stop this childish verbal fight right now, she replaced it by pinching Tashian’s arm.

She got angry with a voice that seemed to be heard or not.

“Both of you, please stop! Aren’t you embarrassed to see other grown-ups?”

“Eleanor, what did I do…”

“Tashian!”

Eun-woo eventually screamed even though it was light.

However, it was the prince, not the duke, who seemed to be shocked by it.

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For the first time in his life, Ikshid revealed his shocked expression on the surface of his face.

No, right now… Did the duke just get pinched?