Chapter 90
Undercover Infiltration Duchess
Suddenly finding out was too shocking. Ezet was just looking at Edmond, unaware that her dress was melting.
âThank you for loving me, Milady.â
âEdmond, Iâmâ¦â
âNow itâs my turn to repay your heart.â
Again, their lips touched. This time, everyone cheered and looked at the two.
The common sense that it was rude to show affection in front of people had already been blown away.
The woman who wrapped her husband with love deep and firm enough to lift the curse that the dragon diedâa husband who was saved by the womanâs love and regained his beauty. And two who have loved each other like newlyweds for three years.
The love between two people is more like fairy tales than ideal. The earnest desire not to defile it was shared with the blind belief that the fairy taleâs end should be a happy ending.
âMy esteemed Emperor. Her Majesty, and everyone here. Youâll be confused to learn too much truth today. I think we have no choice but to avoid you if we want to return you to reality before you get addicted to sweet dreams.â
He meant he wanted to go away.
âYour Majesty?â
âOh, oops! Well, I see. Well done, Duke Jaxen. You may go.â
âThank you.â
Edmond held Ezetâs breast in his arms, covering it with his own body. The skirt made of cotton candy crumbled and was strangely disorganized, but those who had yet to wake up from their dreams did not notice it.
Edmond and Ezetâs leisurely exit from the banquet hall door only felt as if they were covering the last chapter of a fairy tale.
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Ezet, who came to the lounge with Edmond, came to her senses only after the door closed and silence passed.
âI canât believe heâs been cursed by Dragon, and he got scales all over his body, making him look terrible. Then it makes sense that Edmond didnât want to meet my sister.â
But she didnât know it was Erit who encouraged Edmond to become a person. Why did Erit lie that Edmond wouldnât meet her without saying this? Maybe it was not to reveal Edmondâs secret.
âThen why did she run away? Donât tell me itâs for Edmond.â
Did she think it was unfair to have him hogged, now a charming man free from the curse of the dragon?
She might have thought that a woman of a more prosperous family, not a woman of a fallen family, would be suitable to be his wife.
Of course, even so, Eritâs behavior of running away without consulting her husband was wrong. Ezet couldnât understand her way of thinking.
âBut one thing is clear.â
That Edmond, saved by Eritâs love, should not be deceived and be loved by her without hesitation.
He doesnât deserve his love. Thinking so, Ezet shrugged, covering her exposed front chest with whipped cream.
âNo, I canât fool this guy anymore. Letâs reveal the truth.â
Itâs her sister, Erit, who saved him, and so far, heâs shamelessly been loving by her, and sheâll ask him to punish herself and find her sister so that he can be happy. Thatâs what she has to say.
Determined, Ezet looked up.
With a squeaking sound, Edmond was seen pulling the scales off his back neck at that moment.
âWhoa, itâs a problem if the instant glue works too well. Thereâs a red mark.â
ââ¦Glueâ¦??â
âYes, isnât it plausible for an impromptu product?â
She canât believe he made it on the spot. Isnât that the last one left after the scales sprouted all over his body?
âEdmond, then youâre cursed with dragon bloodâ¦â
âOf course, itâs a lie.â
âAnd the whole body was distressed by scales.
âIf I had scales all over my body, even I would have died. Even though humans seem to only breathe through the nose, they canât last long if the pores of the skin are clogged.â
âSister, no, that your wife has been caring for you for three yearsâ¦â
ââ¦you know that, donât you? That we havenât seen each other in three years.â
Are you saying it was all a lie?
The curse, the scales, the relationship with the wife, and the love miraculously disappeared, and we were together like this.
All of them.
âOh, my Godâ¦â
Ezet trembled with a sudden sense of betrayal.
âUh, how could you lie in front of people without a blink of an eyeâ¦â
âTo capture the public, we need a plausible story.â
Edmond, who deceived the public without putting saliva on his lips, suddenly said, Practice! I can start a âfraud class.â
âIt doesnât have to be unusual or novel. Itâs good to have a friendly one thatâs moderately simple and easy to encounter. If you go to myths and legends, itâs too grand, and if you mix fairy tale stuff, family stuff, and human stuff, itâs easy for everyone to relate to.â
âHow the hell did you do that?â
âI think it was quite appropriate. Was it too contrived for Milady? Everyone seemed to believe me.â
âI, I⦠Fraud!â
Taken away from tears and emotion in an instant, Ezet shouted with a blushing face.