Chapter 51 of the side story. My foxy husband is scary
2023.02.07.
The night train carrying Aidan and me diligently ran toward its destination. The ride wasn’t as great as I expected, but it wasn’t to the point of motion sickness, but I was still satisfied.
Using the magic crystal amplification technology invented by talented wizards including Casey, an appropriate amount of magic crystal was used as fuel for train operation.
It was truly a groundbreaking invention. It was literally a non-polluting means of transportation.
Even though it had been a while since departure, passengers were looking around with a buzz.
“To think it’s this fast…”
“Isn’t it an accident?”
“It can’t be.”
A group of people worried about the fast train speed.
“and! Look over there. I can see everything out the window!”
“Hey. You can’t get up.”
A group of people who are excited to see something new.
I did some sneaky market research, observing the faces of the people on the train and overhearing their conversations.
‘Good good. It’s very responsive.’
I already knew that this national project was successful through the report, but it was different from actually seeing the reaction with my own eyes.
Whoops. There was no way to stop the laughter that came out. Each and every one of these huge chunks of scrap metal looked like money.
‘I have to sell my technology to foreign countries!’
Of course, it would be better to receive a percentage of the cost of using the technology. Or dispatching technicians for a certain period of time. Of course, before that, the contract must be signed…
While I was thinking about various business models, Aidan just stared at the front with his arms crossed.
At first glance, it doesn’t look much different from the usual Aidan, but it wasn’t. Aidan’s planting was quite uncomfortable, perhaps because of the ban on contact I had placed.
To think that the world’s Aidan reacted so badly.
It shouldn’t be like this, but Aidan’s reaction was quite… interesting.
‘No, it’s so cute.’
When I told them to refrain from contact in public places, they got so cold that they didn’t even make eye contact. Doesn’t it seem like they are protesting to know my broken heart?
‘Hmm…’
The bad feeling of wanting to make fun of Aidan slowly came up.
Of course, I had no intention of releasing it right away.
It was so funny that Aidan was sulking, so I leaned my head on his shoulder pretending to be asleep.
flinch!
Aidan, who was visibly surprised, could feel the tension. I pretended not to know anything and rubbed my head against Aidan’s hard shoulder.
Aidan changed my posture slightly to make it easier for me to lean on.
‘Anyway, he’s become nice.’
It was the moment I thought about making fun of it. The voice of an old man came straight from the front.
It seemed to be an old lady who was sitting near us.
“I’ve been watching you since a while ago, and I have a really good relationship with the person accompanying you. looks good. Is the sleeping person your lover?”
The voice that seemed happy to ask was just friendly.
Somehow, I missed the timing to wake up and ended up waiting for Aidan’s answer.
Eventually, Aidan opened his mouth.
“no.”
‘what. No?’
I thought I could ignore it, but I didn’t expect to deny our relationship, so I almost opened my eyes.
But before that, Aidan was quicker to add.
“…wife.”
“oh.”
“She is my wife.”
that’s right. we were married It’s a honeymoon now.
It was at that moment that I realized again that Aidan and I were married. Unlike me, who had forgotten that fact, Aidan had always remembered it.
tickle tickling.
It felt like pollen was flying in my heart.
The old lady’s questions continued.
“I see. Where are you two headed?”
“Go south first.”
“Are you on a honeymoon…?”
“that’s right.”
“Ho Ho. It’s a good time.”
Aidan, who would not normally have a conversation with a stranger, answered meekly for some reason. Although, of course, it is still a short and decisive answer.
“If you are in the South, there are places you must visit.”
“A must visit place?”
“Where is that…”
The warm old lady’s voice and the low voice of Aidan were alternately heard.
Maybe it was because I boarded the train for a late night getaway, but I really started to panic.
‘I didn’t plan to fall asleep like this…’
Using the white noise of the rattling train and the voices of the two as lullabies, I fell helplessly into sleep.
.
.
.
profit.
The train rattled with a loud noise.
As soon as I nodded forward, I felt a hand wrapping my forehead. It was a familiar feeling, so I didn’t even have to look whose hand it was.
I rested my cheek on his hand and opened my eyes, which were still drowsy.
“Aidan… where are you?”
“This is Jorgen.”
“I have to get down…”
As I staggered up, Aidan grabbed my shoulder.
I don’t know what I’m trying to do, but I stand straight in front of Aidan. After a while, Aidan uttered a word firmly.
“Left arm.”
In the middle of the chaos, I stretched out my left arm according to Aidan’s words, and my sleeve slipped through.
“Right arm.”
When he reached out his right arm, the sleeve slipped through again.
When I came to my senses, I was already wearing the coat I had taken off like a skin.
‘what? What’s so natural?’
I’ve always taken care of Aidan since I was young, but now Aidan is taking care of me. Somehow, I felt like I was being evangelized.
Regardless of my bewilderment, Aidan took me off the train.
The station we arrived at was a small town called Jorgen. The distance to the final destination was too long to travel all the way by train, so we had planned in advance to take a break at the intermediate station.
Aidan didn’t make eye contact with me even as we walked together in silence.
At first, I thought it was a coincidence, but wasn’t it blatantly turning my head.
“huh?”
I was taken aback for a moment, not thinking that it would still be hard.
I thought it would have been solved by now because he took care of me, but it wasn’t!
“Aidan.”
“…”
“Aidan?”
I stopped and looked back and Aidan slipped aside. It seems like he won’t touch me.
“It is a public place.”
Great end…!
I almost burst into laughter, but I managed to hold it in.
I bit my lip and looked up at Aidan. As usual, the face was expressionless, but I was able to catch the slight change in expression.
‘What are those sad eyes?’
I didn’t soothe her right away, so she seemed more upset than usual. Maybe I was more upset because I fell asleep without knowing the speed.
In fact, I could have been bored if I stayed awake alone on the road.
I glanced around.
It was a quiet station, so there were not many people coming and going. At most, two or three passengers per station attendant.
‘This is enough.’
Aidan’s gaze reached me, wondering what I was doing.
“Aidan.”
I spread my arms wide and called Aidan’s name.
“hug me.”
At my sudden request, Aidan just stared at me, as if trying to understand my intentions.
“My arm hurts.”
Aidan, who narrowed his forehead as if in conflict with my urging, turned his head back.
“Ouch. arm falls off I’m going to die like this!”
Aidan steadfastly turned his back on me despite my motherly actions.
You say it won’t come through?
“It’s fine if you don’t like it.”
As I was about to lower my arms and turn around quickly, Aidan approached me indifferently and took me into his arms.
It was a tight hug without a gap.
“…was bad.”
Aidan murmured in his voice and let out a languid sigh. As if something I had endured for a long time was resolved.
His breath tickled his ears.
I held Aidan’s back with my two arms, which had lost my way for a moment.
Still, a voice with a glimpse of dissatisfaction came directly overhead.
“Didn’t you say no to public places?”
“are you okay. I am the emperor.”
“…”
Even without looking at his expression, he seemed to be able to see what Aidan was thinking.
‘He probably thinks he’s a god.’
It was unfair because I asked Aidan for a hug while saying no to Aidan.
Holding Aidan by the waist, I lifted my head and looked up at his face.
“Are you sad that I said no?”
“If this is regret… yes.”
“But it’s best to refrain from excessive contact in public.”
Aidan still didn’t seem to understand what I was saying.
It must mean why you should care about other people’s eyes.
At times like this, I felt that Aidan was not an ordinary human being, but I did not feel distanced from this man.
It’s just different.
Maybe it’s my greed as a human being to want understanding from a completely different being.
As long as Aidan chooses to remain human by my side, I will always be by his side so that he can live well with people.
“Aidan is a social animal. So it’s natural to care about other people’s eyes. As for contact between lovers, um… can’t we do it when we’re alone?”
I tried to explain it as best I could, but it got a bit verbose. Because of that, I didn’t realize that I had made a mistake.
“all? …Anything?”
Aidan’s eyes suddenly flashed menacingly. At that moment, I realized that I had touched something wrong, but it was already too late.
“That… wouldn’t it?”
I tried to deal with it urgently, but it seemed that Aidan couldn’t hear my words.
Aidan’s red eyes, which had become ferocious like a wild beast, were so frightening.
“understand.”
“What do you understand? it’s not that!”
As he recalled the first night of his tenacious marriage, a chill went down his spine.
The memory of that night, when I didn’t put myself to sleep, still made my face heat up just by thinking about it.
How much more will you make me live…?
However, Aidan, who had no time to protest, quickly got out of the story without hesitation.
I suddenly became afraid of the night and trembled and hurriedly followed Aidan.
Since we had spent quite a bit of time on the train, it was early morning when the dew had just formed in Jorgen.
“It would be better to go to the inn and rest first.”
“Right at the inn? Aren’t you looking around?”
“yes. You will be tired.”
Aidan was adamant, like a man with a great business at the inn.
Blinking blankly, I suddenly understood Aidan’s meaning.
‘To be alone!’
We had to delay that moment as much as possible. I opened my mouth cheerfully, turning my arms around pretending to be brisk.
“I’m not tired at all because I slept a lot on the train!”
“I am tired.”
“Aidan…?”
Aidan is tired? Are you new?
“yes. I’m sleepy. I want to sleep.”
Aidan isn’t going to
sleep.
It’s all the seeds I sowed and the karma I committed.
Anyway, it was necessary to divert attention from Aidan, who was obsessed with being ‘alone’.
“Let’s look around a little bit. huh?”
“…”
“Honey?”
“…All right.”
He held out his hand to Aidan, who agreed reluctantly. Of course, I thought Aidan would hold my hand, but he didn’t.
Aidan immediately stared at my face without holding my hand.
“It’s okay to hold hands.”
“What about kissing the back of the hand?”
“That’s… only when there aren’t many people.”
Maybe I liked it, but I saw Aidan’s corner of his mouth go up.
‘Anyway, there’s a corner like a fox.’
I untied my roughly grasped hand again, and Aidan, clad in handcuffs, started walking ahead again.
Jorgen, a small town with iron mines scattered all over the place, is a special product. Of course, the city, which I thought would be quiet, was louder than I thought.
Even though it was still early in the morning, there were many people on the street.
“Are there any festivals?”
At my question, Aidan examined the atmosphere around him and shook his head.
“Certainly not.”
“Then what?”
As Aidan assured, the atmosphere was unusual. Rather than excited, everyone seemed excited.
Negatively, of course.
As we approached the place where the people were gathered, a number of shouts were heard simultaneously.
“Where is the law to do this!”
“Are you going to suddenly drag me to work in the mines?!”
“If taxes are suddenly raised like this, how are we going to make a living!”
“You’re telling me to die!”
Young Ji-min’s clamor was no different from screaming. He turned his head to follow the gaze of the shouting young people.
A middle-aged man proudly standing among dozens of enlisted soldiers on the podium was arrogantly looking down at the locals.
Even without listening for a long time, I could quickly figure out what was going on.
That man is the lord of Jorgen.
He seemed to have taken on the endlessly skyrocketing tax burden and even demanded excessive unpaid work.
As the emperor, he was working hard to prevent this from happening, but it still fell short.
‘I’ll have to increase the number of provincial inspectors.’
It was at that time that I was thinking about a defense plan. cried the lord of Jorgen, banging his staff.
“This body is favored by the emperor. His Majesty the Emperor himself ordered me! This time, work on the newly discovered mine development! If you refuse this order, you are rejecting the Emperor!”
“Ohh…”
Me?
I have a loyalist that I don’t even know about?
Even though he was clearly far away, the lord smiled confidently and raised his head proudly, probably because he heard the admiration like a ghost.
“How about we just go?”
Although Aidan made it clear that he did not want to get involved in trouble.
oh sleep
“Let go. Let go.”
that he started first
Avoiding a fight that came first was not in my dictionary.
I could hear Aidan sighing lightly, but to my already blinded ears, it sounded like the sound of the wind.
It’s a detective duck I met in an unexpected place…
I smiled meaningfully, sweeping my chin.
‘The emperor of stealth appears.’
