Episode 182

People were talking like crazy.

“Did the Cartier family do that?”

“It's crazy!”

“So, those are not only the Prophet-sama, but Undine-sama!”

Undine was a very beloved saint. The priests in shock looked for a momentary scapegoat. Moreover, it was not only the secret of Lucerne's birth that Undine revealed.

The ugly secrets of the Cartier family. From commoners to merchants, there were many people who were directly or indirectly involved with the Cartier family. Anyway, more than half of the money in the capital had some connection with the Cartier family.

“A demonic family!”

Someone shouted The buzzing sound was like the ripples of the waves. In the midst of those shouts, the householder staggered towards Lucerne.

“Lucerne, Lucerne. You were my grandson you…….”

Lucerne looked at him numbly.

“Do not approach me.”

Lucerne seemed like a person who suddenly got tired of everything.

“You can't forget Jacob, the head of the household already.”

Lucerne said.

“Before you step down from the successor position, please say your final goodbyes. That way I can get rid of the man who stole mine.”

“…….”

“Can't you handle it without guilt?”

Lucerne said. The housekeeper's eyes shook. Lucerne grabbed Elisha's wrist and raised her up.

“Wake up.”

Lucerne said quietly.

“It's time to go home.”

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When Elisha finally left the place, led by Lucerne's hand, people were going crazy like people who had finally been released from hypnosis.

“There is the head of the Cartier family!”

Someone shouted. People who had a grudge, just like people who adored Undine, just like people who adored Undine, and those who were just incited by crowd psychology, all rushed to the head of the family.

“Kill! Kill that bastard!”

“Bad guys. A family greater than the devil!”

“Originally, all the evil things were done in that family. I knew!”

Whoops.

The box seats that blocked the people and the homeowner collapsed in vain.

“Protect the family lord!”

The knights drew their swords, but they were so overwhelmed by the atmosphere that they could not properly wield their swords.

Puck!

Someone threw filth on the head of the household. That was food. The family head was shaking all over, and there were ugly veins in his eyes.

'Seeing that scary person in my life collapse.'

Elisha thought. As she did, she flinched at her wrist, which was held by Lucerne. She looked around nervously, as if waiting for something.

Soon the crowd started running.

“Still, I want to receive Undine-sama's holy power!”

“Show me Undine-sama's face!”

“There is Undine's son!”

As Lucerne beckoned, the knights followed Lucerne as if escorting them.

“From now on, don't let anyone approach my wife.”

After a while, he said sadly.

“Half go and guard Saint Undine's coffin.”

And Lucerne strode along. Elisha had no choice but to follow him.

'Because he seems like a terrible man.'

Elisha admired his mental strength and obsession.

I know the feeling of a person whose world has been shattered. I know the expression of a person who is crumbling. But even at this moment. Lucerne was holding on to Elisha as if she were taking her valuables in the middle of a fire.

“Go in.”

Eventually, Lucerne took Elisha to a room. It was a very small living room. Like the things in the temple, the furniture was all old.

Elisha looked out her window and realized why Lucerne had brought her to that room. Directly outside the window was the garden, and Lucerne seemed to have instructed the carriage to be brought across the garden.

“How are you feeling?”

Elisha asked softly like a doll.

“How are you?”

Lucerne asked expressionlessly.

“Who are you?”

Elisha wanted to laugh.

'You have a really quick sense.'

The fact that she prepared the number to escape. There is also a hidden card. He noticed everything with his senses.

Elisha thought.

“Are you going to have my child?”

“It's a bluff. It can't be. It's a basic game of chess. Are you asking a stupid question?”

Elisha looked into his eyes. Lucerne suddenly wanted to laugh. She didn't break down in the slightest. Clear and undisturbed eyes. Those eyes drove Lucerne mad and trembled.

Yeah she was the woman this drove him crazy.

“Although you figured out too many things sooner than I thought.”

Said Elisha.

“I kept all the contracts you abandoned. Now you are the head of the Cartier family.”

“Whoever you like.”

Lucerne, who had been gnashing his teeth, hesitated.

“Jacob became an illegitimate son, and Marco died. Being alive doesn't change anything. Because he must have been a drug addict. Yes. All that's left is you.”

“…….”

“Now you can take the place of the head of the household just by holding your hand. At least, the head of the household was greatly shocked by this incident, so it won't be difficult for you to move as you please.”

Elisha spoke softly to her. Lucerne had a gut feeling of defeat. He couldn't break any of her.

“Not yet.”

Lucerne growled and spat out.

“Don't you know that the contents of the contract have not been fulfilled yet? I'm not a housekeeper A divorce can only be established when I become the head of a household.”

“Lucerne. I've done it this far, but if you can't become the family head, that's an idiot.”

Elisha spoke more tenderly.

“You don't have to keep a contract with such an idiot. You taught me There is no need to keep promises made to people worse off than me. So you trampled on the contract you made with me and threw it away.”

On the other hand, Elisha thought he was very strange. Even at this moment when the world is crumbling and reconstructing.

Even at the moment when the hometown, which he could never have in his lifetime and felt as far away as the unquenchable seawater, was just a stone's throw away.

He seemed to be a person who only cared about marrying Elisha. Oddly enough……. Indeed it was.

Elisha placed her hand on Lucerne's chest and swept it slowly.

“Now you'll have everything, so you don't need my identity. As promised, I gave you the Cartier family.”

Elisha whispered.

“Ah, it's a bit broken, but that doesn't matter.”

“…….”

“So Lucerne. Boo.”

Elisha called him kindly.

“Please divorce me.”

“…….”

“This is the end of our contract.”

Elisha said as if putting an end to her.

“You cannot run away.”

Lucerne said.

“I don't know what number was used. But it's okay. You can go back and find out slowly.”

“Are you interrogating me again? I don't have the confidence that I won't go crazy this time. Then I would live in curiosity for the rest of my life. Who the hell is this woman Is it okay to buy it with such a feeling of embarrassment? Aren't the people of the Cartier family able to beat even a single thorn in their finger?”

“…… Go home and talk.”

Lucerne said cynically. Elisha smiled and looked at Lucerne.

“Lucerne. I wanted to say it from before. The place where you unilaterally imprison me is not home. Ordinary people like places like that…….”

“…….”

“They call it a prison.”

Lucerne leaned her body towards Elisha.

“What are you waiting for?”

Elisha's movements stopped. That's right.

She eagerly hoped that what she had been waiting for would come.

Bang!

It was then that there was a loud knock on the door. Elisha almost lost strength in her legs. Because she was relieved of tension in an instant.

The man on the other side of the door shouted.

“I ask in the name of the Guardian! Please open the door!”

“Do not let anyone in!”

Lucerne shouted wildly. It was the first time Elisha had seen him so angry. He's a man who doesn't say anything out of anger. Now he seemed to have lost his emotional control.

Before long, there was a scuffle between the temple knights and the knights of Lucerne.

And suddenly, the door opened.

Knights in silver cloaks poured in. It was the attire of a temple guardian, said to protect her saintess.

Elisha was one step away from Lucerne.

“I have come to protect Elisha de Lor.”

“Protect?”

Lucerne only looked at the temple knight. She had an eerie life gushing out of his eyes. The Guardian, who received it straight, flinched, but calmly continued.

“In the name of the Guardian, I have come to meet the person who has been designated as a saint.”

“Saint? Do not be ridiculous. My wife is not a saint.”

Lucerne laughed briefly.

“No, this woman showed the ability of 'predicting the future', a quality of a saintess. Now, until the verification of whether or not Lady Elisha is a saint descended from heaven is completed, this new recruit will be protected in the sanctuary. This is an order with all the powers of Rosaria, the Great Pope, and if you refuse to do so, all the knights of the temple will raise their swords and defend her until death.”

Only then did Lucerne notice the situation, and a smile appeared on his lips. It was a very cold cynicism.

“What is this again? Elisha?”

He looked at Elisha with an expression that wanted to tie her up right away and take her away. Elisha felt a chill run down her spine for a moment, but he wasn't afraid of him anymore.

“Lucerne.”

She said softly.

“I am not stupid. Only fools deal seriously with the Cartiers.”

Why would someone from the Cartier family keep a contract with a weaker person than me? Such thoughts are for naive people.

'I can't believe the people of the Cartier family even after suffering like that in my two lives.'

So, in addition to the borrowed-name account and identity, of course, I made at least a way to escape. The coffin opening ceremony was not all that Elisha had prepared while meeting Rosaria without Lucerne.

“What do you want? Will you continue fighting the Temple Knights, or will you let me go?”

Elisha asked. She thought at the same time.

Alas, yes. People have to choose their traders well.

And in this chess game, the real trader Elisha chose was Rosaria, not Lucerne.