Chapter 58 – While You’re Gone (1)

Eve opened the door and entered the lord’s office early in the morning. Sieri was already preparing the documents. She was very uncomfortable with the dress she had to wear as her lord wife. It was nice that she could go barefoot because it covered her feet, but her baggy clothes were a lot to watch out for.

“Hello.”

Xie Li greeted Eve with her sullen expression. She had no displeasure on her face, but her awkwardness pervaded her. Eve waved her hand and smiled.

“Hi.”

Seeing that laugh, Sieri shuddered slightly, but she didn’t show it. She nodded her head and averted her Eve’s eyes. Eve sat down on the chair in her office, and Sieri took a step to her side, holding her papers.

From today, it was time for Eve to work as the lord’s deputy. Although Peta Lucius took over for her, she was a pirate and slave all her life, a position too undeserved for Eve. In addition to this, her Sieri her, who will assist herself today, was treating her with her very awkward attitude of hers.

It is awkward.

Eve found the air in this room too stuffy and awkward. Even Eve was able to fully sympathize with her Sieri’s feelings. Wasn’t it a situation where the lord, who thought she would only hang out with him all her life, suddenly brought in an extraneous woman? In addition, there was a situation where the other woman became his superior to him. After thinking about her, Sieri came to the conclusion that she was a very good woman.

If she were her, she would have cursed at me about this situation. She must have grabbed her by the collar once and sat on her floor and smoked her cock.

“Um… Oh, what should I do today?”

But Siri didn’t. Sieri was so nice and quiet that she was too shy to go out as Eve. As Eve sorted through her papers, she asked Sieri. The lord’s basic schedule was held by Aira and Sieri, but Aira had other business today, so Sieri was in charge of the schedule. Sieri opened the notebook she was holding, she said.

“Today, there is a site inspection and approval paperwork.”

“Territory Inspection?”

“Yes. The lord told me to put this in.”

“No, wait, ask me to inspect the territory? Is it okay?”

Eve narrowed her eyes. It was clear that even if she was an agent recognized by the lord, people would not be happy with her gaze. In this neighborhood, mermaids were not discriminated against, but were not treated as human beings. Speaking of such mixed-race mermaids, they were treated similarly to sub-species living in the western and eastern forests.

Just enough to be treated as a slave. Or a punching bag that is good for eating or cooking, and perfect for magic experiments.

However, Lucius told Eve to go inspect the territory. Eve felt a strange repulsion at the word. Are you really okay? Can I really do it? Eve’s feelings about her now were similar to how she felt when her parents suddenly handed over her entire wallet to her. Can you really do whatever you want? Are you really okay?

Sieri blinked her eyes and looked at her Eve. Eve was restless with her anxious face. Because there was a slight difference between doing bad things in the sea and doing things with power and responsibility.

“Really, are you really okay?

So Eve asked Sieri’s doctor once more. Actually, Sieri was also worried about whether it would be okay to send Eve on an inspection tour. It’s just that Peta Lucius is a good lord, so people don’t talk about marriage, but people don’t have a good impression of mermaids.

Especially for a mermaid who was a criminal, that perception was no different from a gutter. The rumors surrounding Eve were true, and cruel enough that she did not want to believe them to be true. But in the end, Sieri was just a person who followed the lord’s words. From Sieri’s point of view, if Lucius ordered an inspection, he must do so.

“…But…Wouldn’t that…Shouldn’t it be done?”

“Ha… Fuck.”

Eve scratched her head and shook her head. I really didn’t know what Lucius was thinking when he ordered this. I’m sure you’re not kidding yourself now, what the hell are you thinking? If you think about it roughly, he must have suggested that you get acquainted with the people of the territory, but no matter how you think about it, you can only think of an unhappy future.

For example, Eve stabbed Yeong-min in anger at Young-min for provoking her, or Young-min was beaten until she became a piece of cake because of a quarrel between Eve and Yeong-min.

That’s how Eve expressed her embarrassment and decided to inspect Sieri. Robin offered to attach her knights to escort her, but Eve refused. Even though she was a knight in this town, it was because she herself was stronger.

In fact, Eve was implicitly hoping that someone would pounce on her. It was because it was very good to have an armed demonstration to avoid miscellaneous gossip. Even when the crew members complained, Eve had a history of keeping their mouths shut through the feat of cutting off the neck of one of the crew members.

After Eve crumpled up her shoes and changed into her streetwear, she and Sieri went outside. He was about to take off the dress as well, but since it was the work uniform he was given to wear at most, he decided to wear it and go out. Since morning, Yeongji has been moving very actively. The peasants who had been beaten once were working very diligently, and children had been playing on the streets since morning.

Eve and Sieri were slowly looking around the village.

“Oh, good morning, Sister.”

“Yes…Ah, I have to say hello to Peta Eve, the lord’s wife.”

“Ah, is that so… Hey, how are you?”

Is this what it means to bow down? Eve felt a little annoyed at the locals who reluctantly greeted them only after Sieri insisted. Outright vigilance and discrimination. What touched Eve’s skin were the kinds of things she had been consistently witnessing for the past few years.

If it was like the old days, I would have done everything, but it was a little stingy to play such a game in the territory that Lucius had cleaned up well.

“Fuck.”

“I have to cover my words. Eve.”

“Just call me Eve. You and I are my husband’s wife.”

“That, that’s… That’s why that…”

Xie Li spoke gibberish, her face stained red. Eve looked at that expression and asked with a grin.

“Why. Are you shy? Huh? How was it because we had sex with our groom? Are you fucking good at it?”

“Ah, ah… That, please stop. That, such obscene talk…”

“So, did you like it?”

“…Yes.”

Xie Li reluctantly nodded her head. Seeing her face red with shame made her Eve feel a little better. When I saw Lucius teasing Sieri from time to time, I wondered why he would do that, but it was fun to do it myself. Eve smiled happily and walked away again. People trembled in fear when they saw the sudden change of Eve.

Eve patted Sieri on the back and continued walking in front of her. After she laughed once, she didn’t really care what Young Jimin said. Eve asked Sieri again.

“But what did you fall in love with my husband?”

“That… When I was young, I practiced at the Daecheonsin Church, and I met him for the first time there.”

“Yes? It’s been a long time.”

“Yes. So I had a lot of fun there too. That…Because he was handsome and nice.”

“You’ve liked it since then. My husband has been a trickster since he was a kid.”

“I-I don’t think you played with me with that thought.”

Sieri defended Lucius’ popularity. Of course, from the point of view of Eve, who saw his bottom, it was a sound that didn’t even eat seeds. According to the personality of Lucius I’ve seen so far, it was clear that at least one person in the religious order had already touched it.

“He was such a nice guy. He… He even saved me recently.”

“Save me? From what?”

“Originally, I was in charge of accounting at the monastery in the neighboring territory, not here. The lord over there… Was a bit clingy, but the lord moved me here.”

“What is it? My husband. He was stuck on you.”

“Is that so?”

Xie Li laughed, blushing at her. However, Sieri remembered that he had chosen Eve as his wife in the end, and his expression hardened sharply. Eve seemed to know roughly what Sieri was thinking.

“I should have died, but my husband saved me. Isn’t it funny? A murderer and a bitch who raped women. He said he would make that kind of person his wife. Isn’t it really strange?”

Siri didn’t say anything. Because she was weird if she agreed and weird if she said no. Eve continued her stuttering.

“So, that… What I want to say is… I’m going to give it all to you if you’re arguing about who you really are. Huh? You know what I mean? We’re going to keep seeing each other anyway, so Isn’t it kind of like fighting over things that aren’t shit?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

It was true that deep down she was jealous of Eve, so Xie Li nodded her head. Said Eve reluctantly, seeing the shape of her mouth that muttered as if she was ashamed of her own behavior.

“And if you and I get along well, the groom will like it too. Huh? How would you like it if the two of us went to bed together?”

“Hey, the lord isn’t such a lascivious person.”

“It sucks, really.”

Eve shook her head and defeated Sieri’s defense.

“Hey. Do you know that it’s already over the moment you fuck a mermaid?”

“That, that’s why such an obscene story… “

A soldier was running from far. Eve, who was about to say more on this subject, shut her mouth and looked in her direction. The atmosphere was strange. The soldier came running with a very urgent expression and saluted with bated breath. After accepting the greeting, Eve asked with a slightly solemn voice.

“What, what’s going on?”

“Hey, I’m reporting to the lord’s wife. Right now, at the border of the territory, an aide from the Amur territory is telling me to let him in quickly, saying that he has come as a ‘territory agent’. We ‘ve never heard of this, so we don’t know what to do…”

“What bullshit? I’m the agent for Yeongji. No one said anything, so why are you talking shit now?”

“Ah, so… I don’t know either. First of all, they’re screaming to call the person in charge, so… Anyway, I’d appreciate it if you could come quickly!”

From the first day of Yeongji’s appointment, troublesome things happened. Eve and Sieri looked at each other and frowned. How should I do this?