Chapter 202 (1/2)

Rubica was complaining. The woman who was much shorter than Edgar and couldn't even lift a heavy object was indirectly saying she would do anything to protect him.

Edgar was delighted to hear it, but he solemnly shook his head.

"I have well-trained guards. You can give orders to them, so do not try to do it yourself."

"But the man who abducted you was the captain of those guards."

Now he had nothing to say. He wanted to exclude her from dangerous and difficult matters, but she wasn't cooperating.

"But you can't do it."

Ever since he turned three years old, he had never insisted without logic by his side. However, in the end, he had no choice but to just insist. Rubica held her breath for a moment, and then she replied, stroking his hair.

"Okay."

She seemed to be trying to not laugh. As Edgar had just forced her to say it, there was no guarantee she would keep the promise. Nevertheless, it relieved him at least a little.

"I will make you happy as much as you have suffered."

The story of her previous life was painful even when hearing about it. Edgar could now understand why Arman had picked the flowers for her instead of saying he loved her. He hadn't been able to say it because he had a conscience.

"You never made me suffer."

Rubica tried to ignore his sad look and lightly pinched his cheek.

Her words were so kind that they made tears swell up in his eyes. He could feel only sweetness at his pinched cheek. He knew anything would feel like the fruit of heaven as long as she was with him.

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The presbytery had a little orphanage, so there were a few children waiting for them when they arrived. The expensive carriage and the trackers were enough to impress them.

A priest told them to go back to their rooms, but they wanted to stay. One of them even came to Rubica and grabbed her cape.

"Your Grace, please forgive her."

The priest turned pale and quickly made the child go away. Rubica wanted to say it was fine, but she knew it would only make the children even harder to control, so she didn't.

Edgar frowned to see it wasn't what he had thought. Unlike her, he had never come to such a place. He wanted to confront Baron Moreau and ask if this was really the nicest place nearby.

"This place is really neat. It must be really hard to keep it this clean…"

"Thank you, Your Grace."

However, he couldn't say his thoughts out loud as Rubica was complimenting the presbytery. Judging from her expression, she really meant it. He wouldn't dare to criticize the place she was complimenting.

"Please, this way."

A priest led them to a room where a wooden bed for two and a bath full of warm water were waiting.

Carl helped Edgar lie down on the bed, but his face was completely frozen. He seemed like he was so shocked that he had forgotten to frown.

He had never laid on such a small and hard bed before.

"Where should I go now?"

"Excuse me, Your Grace?"

The priest's eyes widened. Rubica calmly explained why she needed another room.

"I must get changed, and I also need to take a bath…"

"Oh, you can take a bath here."

Rubica was puzzled, not able to understand what the priest was saying, but then a child who looked to be about ten years old brought a simple dress and soap for her. She took it instinctively.

"None of us know how to serve you while you bathe… so please, rest comfortably."

The priest completely misunderstood Rubica's discontent face, apologized, and went away.

Carl glanced at them, and then he also went away, making all kinds of excuses.

Edgar didn't try to hold back a snicker.

Rubica's shocked face turned white, then red, and then blue. Edgar started to laugh out loud as if it was the funniest thing in the world.

"Oh, I really like this place."

He managed to stop laughing and spoke slowly. It was hard to believe he had been shocked by the hard bed only a minute ago.

He scanned her from the head to the toes. She had to take her dress off to take a bath, and she was so sweaty.

Of course, the presbytery had nothing she could use to block his view.

On the other hand, Rubica was experiencing the biggest crisis of their marriage. Of course, he was her husband, but…

She had never shown him her naked body.