Because He Has a Time Limit, He Becomes the Villain's Son-in-law

KDMBW, DMMP - Chapter 5

Since He Has a Time Limit, He Becomes the Villain's Son-in-law - Chapter 5

Translator and Editor: Skye and the Prophet

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Chapter 5's

It was already dusk when I returned to the Duchy of Icard.

'I have to eat Okracia!'

I never intended to die.

As soon as I returned to the Duchy, I slipped out alone and ate the Okracian fruit.

'I was told if I eat regularly, then I will be cured, right?'

This was the care of the Eastern Continent, and there was only one fruit per tree.

But when I started eating Okracia, my body was definitely better. It was so fast that I didn't know if it was really amazing.

'But if I leave like this now, I'll end up being a beggar. I have not fully healed.'

This is the best environment for me, a bottomless orphan.

First of all, I had to make a lot of money, so everything was the best, including food, furniture, clothes.

'Let's stay here as long as we can.'

Besides, I can't believe there are so many Okracia trees here to help support my health.

The glass house was even close to my room. It was the best environment because I didn't need to look for a cure.

'The best thing to do is to heal yourself and escape secretly.'

My father-in-law and my husband don't care at all.

There are only two people I can't catch.

Of course, I have to be more careful near Duke because Duke Icard has eyes and ears everywhere.

Lisa, the maid attached to me, might as well be Duke Icard's pawn, so I need to be vigilant for now.

'You can do it. You're level ten thousand in acting.'

Determined to survive, I made a concrete plan.

Plan A

I had to survive here somehow, secretly save a lot of money, and escape. It is too hard to escape without money.

It was a neat and safe plan, but it seemed to be a long journey.

And Plan B

I'm gonna be stuck here.

I will be loved by the Duke of Icard, and he will decide, "Hey, I would rather stay with Laria than take over the Imperial Family!"

…If I don't do well, won't everyone hate me? They'll take my liver and gallbladder.

What the Duke of Icard wanted to do was to control the Aristocracy and the Imperial Family. He knew his dream of becoming a criminal ...

Wouldn't 'Plan B' be a success if I did it right?

I want to know what the Duke of Icard wants, but there is no way to know.

So instead, I had to escape alone and live while hiding.

Rather than doing so, I wanted to live well, even if it was a family that had evil goals in the first place.

When he offered to pay my debt at the funeral, I was shocked.

"He's my savior."

However, I cannot rule out the possibility that Icard will change for the better for her daughter-in-law in return for her ambition.

'If I blink, I can die .. I have to be careful with my chances. Let's go with 'Plan A' for now.'

'Plan B' seems a good idea to keep as a distant dream. The difficulty is winning the lottery.

'Plan A' and 'Plan B' will be as if an employee working at a company is gambling with Lotto.

Therefore, I conclude that I will do my best with Plan A for now.

Fortunately, the male lead and Seymour from the original novel “The Great Transaction of the Empire” are very capitalist and hardworking to raise money.

I thought I could make money easily using that information.

Of course, there are high-level conditions in which the Duke cannot catch me.

When I went to my room after eating the Ocrasia fruit, the books I had never seen piled up in the room.

…What is this?

At first, there were no books in my room.

“Now my husband is here, do they want me to learn?”

I only sucked honey during my stay here.

Duke Icard didn't give me the money for the education I needed.

Of course, he did not play a role in society. I couldn't go to the hotel even though I wasn't married.

He just left me. It was as if it was my role to die quietly.

'Well, maybe it was too much for him to see. Maybe I'm having fun.'

With a little prick, I opened the top book.

'…Huh?'

I bite my lower lip in anger. What I opened was not a book.

Reading fairy tales to sleep, stroking heads, praising, sharing favorite foods, going for walks and talking things out together, and choosing clothes for important events.

It was a diary.

Even the diary was titled, 'If only I had a mother.' I hurriedly closed the diary and returned it to its place.

'He's in the room, right?'

I thought I had done something very wrong, so I rushed to bed and closed my eyes.

'Yes, no matter how insensitive the man was when he was an adult, Evan is still a child now.'

Evan, who had been ignored due to his father's indifference, went to the academy since he was six years old.

"He was insensitive to people from the very beginning."

I would feel sorry to see myself standing there alone among the children congratulated earlier.

I was probably more worried because I was an orphan in my previous life.

'Usually, parental indifference is acceptable, but on special occasions, it becomes more lonely.'

It was better after I became an adult, but the child who thought that he was not loved was always pitiful.

'But…'

I thought, calming my heart that was pounding.

'...That's what I wanted before.'

A sense of homogeneity comes with pity. This was because the only person who was kind enough to protect was well aware of the feelings he so desperately wanted.

As I lay still with my heart beating, the door suddenly opened.

“Lisa? You have to knock. ”

Lisa was the only one who came into my room, so I said it casually.

“And why is there a stack of books in my room..”.

I couldn't continue after that.

“I'll go into my room. Do I have to knock?”

I opened my eyes wide.

It was Evan's loud voice.

“And all the books are mine. I'll take care of it, so don't touch it.”

Not likely. I woke up slowly with a horrible feeling.

"My room?"

"Then do you think this is your own room?"

Evan, in his indoor clothes, said casually.

"This is my room."

Well, this room is too spacious and luxurious for me to use myself.

Somehow the bed was wider than needed, half the closet was empty, and the bookshelf was empty. However, no one explained the reason to me. Well, Duke employee Icard must have been at a loss for words, when he took me in one day saying, "I'm his daughter-in-law."

"We're a couple, so we have to share a room."

Well, we're married officially, so there's no reason to use separate rooms.

'But I'm not ready to share a room with a man ...'

Evan continued expressionlessly.

“Oh, and let's discuss before that. There's something I want to do.”

"Yes. What'sthat?"

I laughed as sweetly as I could because I was guilty of peering into her diary.

However, I could not even control my expression on the next comment and opened my mouth wide.

"No matter how we sleep in bed together, I don't want to make babies."

"…Opo opo?"

"I don't want a baby yet."

I was not ashamed at all, but what I heard left me completely speechless.

"I think we should at least be adults if we want to take full responsibility for the baby."

You crazy? At thirteen years old?

As I listened to everything he said, my ears turned red.

"So we won't hold hands in bed."

"…Hmm?"

I blinked my eyes.

“You don't know? Well.. I also just found out.”

He raised his chin and spoke with a hint of arrogance on his face.

"If we sleep hand in hand after marriage, we'll have a baby."

"…Oh." Oh.H."

I blinked, looking at her mature face.

Of course, no matter how old we are, um…

“I was a little surprised the first time I heard it. But I have to say it because we will not forever be children.”

His eyes looked at me, making me feel a little amused.

"Your life is fourteen years."

“Eh, yes..”

I replied in a daze.

Suddenly, I felt ready to share a room with Evan.