CH 17

The black-haired man quietly looked at the monster large enough to cast a shadow over him, then quickly turned his head to look at me.

The situation around us turned into a mess. Ms. Liddell! Liddell! The voices of the two men, apparently not Hisch’s, were calling my name one after the other.

I couldn’t see what kind of face Hisch was making while looking at me. I couldn’t think of anything to the point where I wondered if he was in a trance.

Whether I should have treated him better or I regret what happened that day to death, I really didn’t think of anything like that.

The only thing I could do was to get Hisch away from that dangerous thing somehow.

The monster raised its huge arm. As if the air had been torn apart, the heavy sound of the wind was clearly felt, and the hairs all over my body stood upright in an instant.

At the moment when I tried to tenaciously pull Hisch and push him away.

My weak husband. The husband who smiles at me, the man who always did what I wanted. This time, without him being pushed out as I wanted.

Instead, he grabbed my hand and pulled me tighter, locking me in his arms, and with the other he reached out as if trying to block the danger that was pouring towards us.

That can’t be possible. And yet, Hisch reached out.

The moment when the monster’s hideous hand and his small hand, which is comparatively cute, came into contact.

“What?”

I uttered a question without realizing it. The sound of footsteps running towards us, and Miller’s loud voice shouting my name, faded as if a candle was extinguished.

I couldn’t believe what was happening in front of me. As soon as something huge touched Hisch, it disappeared without a trace in an instant, and a strong wind blew through them.

At the same time, the gray ashes, which were barely maintaining the shape of something, were gently blown away by the wind.

And in the silence that came, the grass and flowers in the garden began to sway peacefully again, as if they had forgotten what existed here before.

Sir Ted and Miller, who had witnessed all this from afar, were looking at us with their eyes wide open.

Perhaps my expression was no different from theirs.

I slowly turned my head and looked up at Hisch.

“Hisch…”

I ended my speech by moistening my dry lips with my tongue.

“…… What was that just now?”

The man looked down at his fingertips as if he was surprised.

Then he turned his head, startled by my voice. And when he saw me, he looked like he was about to cry.

“But, I don’t want Liddell…… to get hurt.”

Hisch, who had said that, bit his lip and pushed me slightly, and ran somewhere like a broken-hearted protagonist.

In the meantime, it’s like Hisch, how do I say this, it’s like he controlled his strength and pushed me back enough for me to take a step back.

I’m out of my mind thinking that in this situation.

The back of Hisch, who I had been staring blankly at some point, disappeared, and when I looked down, I could see gray ashes stained on the grass.

After slightly touching what had just been a huge monster with my toes, I raised my head and looked at Sir Ted and Miller.

“Ha ha…… Ha.”

What a bunch of stupid faces.

I was somewhat relieved to see the two men still looking stunned.

I’m glad I didn’t see anything wrong. Only such a wild idea lingered in my head.

The scene in the video sphere was simply hell. On the day of a splendid wedding, the high-rise main temple cathedral was collapsing terribly.

People rushed to the entrance desperately to get out of the building, and some knights were busy evacuating the guests and blocking the debris of the crumbling building.

The man who clenched his teeth at the end of the video and looked at the culprit of all this was someone I knew well. Alan Levitea, the protagonist of this novel that was coming to an end.

There was a large hole in the air. Something I’ve seen too, with gigantic tentacles hovering between them, threatening others.

The last scene of <I Picked Up My Husband> that I remember was the happy wedding of the main characters. In the comments, everyone was clamoring for 500 childcare extras and asking to show them that they are living well, but the author adamantly ended the series.

The two end up kissing and swearing that their love will last forever.

As with all stories, it was an ending that seemed to be filled with happy moments.

But even if this place is in a novel, it seems to be a world after all. After the novel <I Picked Up My Husband>, their wedding is ruined by a mysterious creature like this.

In the video, Alan, who was confronting the monster, was jumping high with a sword instead of the knights who were busy evacuating other guests.

Levitea, the family to which he belongs, is also a member of the great nobility. And Alan, a direct descendant of the family, had a special power, which was ‘Telekinesis’.

Soon, the legs of the monstrous creature, which had been disheveled by the abilities he had used, gathered together as if they were bound in an invisible thread, and Alan cut it sharply.

With that, the video ended.

This was a development where if the avid readers of <I Picked Up My Husband> saw this, it would make them say, ‘Knock knock…… Author…… Open the door…… It’s a delivery…… No, just open the door……’

However, the problem was that a more shocking story was taking place in my family life than the shocking development in front of me.

“…… It seems that strange phenomena have occurred simultaneously not only in our territories but also throughout the kingdom. The reason is unknown, but fortunately, the monsters in Ensis suddenly retreated and the work was completed without much damage…… What’s wrong with everyone?”

After the briefing, Sein opened his mouth as if frustrated as he looked at me and Miller who had been quiet since before.

Another witness, Sir Ted, had been away for a while to sort out the situation and identify the ‘crack’ I had discovered, so Miller and I just stared into each other’s eyes without saying a word.

How the hell am I supposed to explain this?

It was obvious to me that Miller was thinking that way, too.

For example, Hisch suddenly used Auror to defeat a monster. If it was something like activating a great magic and knocking it down, I could have explained it truthfully.

But what can Hisch explain about ‘that’?

The monster turned to dust as soon as he touched it?

“…… We’ve seen an unexpected side of Hisch, so we’re sparing our words now.”

“Mr. Hisch?”

“Yeah, I think my husband was ‘a loser hiding his strength’[1].”

“Strength… What do you mean?”

“……I think he was hiding a special power.”

Miller buried his body in the sofa at my words, as if finally able to breathe.

“It wasn’t some kind of magic. Because none of my artifacts reacted. It’s more like…… I think it is more likely to be an ‘ability’.”

This was the ability he spoke of. A mysterious ability that manifests only in the bloodline of the royal family who founded the kingdom of Kleinin and the founding allies who helped him.

Abilities that in actuality he is unable to manifest, an ability like my clairvoyance.

“…… The kingdom has a long history. We do normally become in-laws with the families that reside there, but it’s not like we manage every person with our blood mixed in them as part of our lineage.”

Miller said slowly, tapping the handle of the chair with his index finger.

“Even if the ability was manifested in a completely unexpected place, well…… It’s surprising, but it’s not impossible.”

But the man who said that was smiling self-deprecatingly.

It must have been a part of his inner concern that the only son of the Marquis of Firenze did not have the ability used by most of the children of other similar families.

Anyway, Miller’s words made sense, so I nodded.

“I need to check it out.”

“Exactly what is it you are talking about so seriously.”

“……I mean. Hisch defeated the monster……”

“As soon as he touched it, the monster turned to ashes.”

Despite the somewhat unkind and absurd explanation that finished with Miller’s words, Sein asked without a blink of an eye.

“Where did he touch it?”

“Huh? Uh…… It was…… the hand.”

“He touched the monster directly, and it turned into ashes?”

“That…… That’s right.”

“Hmm, how big was the monster by any chance?”

“……it’s the same one who tried to smash our gates.”

“Aha. So Mr. Hisch killed that monster, and so, the horde that lost their boss retreated? He has the power to turn a monster of that size into ashes at once. It’s worth experimenting with. I wonder if his ability can be applied to non-living things as well.”

“…….”

“…….”

No, does he really have to wonder about something like that out loud right now? That’s why this jerk is a wizard.

Miller sighed as I looked at Sein, who was talking in a serious tone. He rose from his seat and opened his mouth, fixing his clothes.

“Baron. I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to hurry back to the capital. My mother just attended that shattered wedding. I heard she wasn’t hurt, but I’m sure she must have been very surprised, so I think I should stay by her side.”

“……Yes, I wish I could postpone the deal a little because something else urgent came up, too.”

After saying that much, I continued to talk to him after thinking for a while.

“…… And Miller. Maybe, I mean…… about my husband…… his ability. Can you keep it a secret for a while until I find out more and report it to the royal family?”

It was Hisch’s affair, not anyone else’s, but it was unbearable to be dragged into the situation without understanding it properly.

At my words, Miller stopped walking and looked back at me.

TL/N:

[1] In Korean, it’s ‘힘숨찐’ from ‘힘을 숨기는 찐따’ that literally means ‘a loser/outcast hiding his strength’. It is a slang to look down on someone who is not social, lacking self-confidence, unattractive appearance, weird way of talking…etc. in school days. I don’t know how to directly translate that so that it can fit the whole context, so I just used that. If you have any suggestions, you can comment down below.