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Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World – the Apostle of the Gods Who Know No Self-Restraint (Web Novel) - Volume 2 Chapter 45: The Scary Wife
Volume 2 Chapter 45: The Scary Wife
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They had the half-crying Seto sit down on the sofa.
Alec had known that demons existed, but as this was his first time seeing one, he was quite surprised. He was even more astonished at seeing said demon clinging to Cain, nearly in tears. Seeing that Cain was trying to calm him down, he realized that it was a complicated situation, and after being introduced to and greeting Seto, Alec left the office, saying that he had some business to attend to at the deputy governor’s residence.
“So, what happened?”
As Cain had absolutely no idea what had happened, he asked Seto to explain.
“– – after finding me cheating on her, my wife chased me out of the Demon King’s Castle…”
““…””
Cain became speechless. Darmeshia, standing behind him, sighed.
“While I was serving under you, didn’t I always tell you it wasn’t allowed… I’ve told you over and over and over again that Lefane-sama is very strict about cheating.”
It seemed like Darmeshia knew Seto’s wife.
Moreover, she seemed to be quite the jealous type, who was very strict about her husband cheating.
“Darmeshia, when you were still around, you always stopped me, but nowadays there’s no-one to reprimand me, so the devil inside me just…”
While Seto’s wife had gone to another town, he’d started hitting on a town girl, and his wife’s familiars that had been attached to him had then reported it all to her.
After Lefane returned to the castle, Seto was cross-questioned and forced to confess, and was then kicked off the terrace of the royal castle. He had then been forced to run away, as she began chasing him in a devilish fury. As he had been summoned to this town once before, he knew where it was, so he transferred here.
“Seto… you reap what you sow.”
Cain sighed, coldly rejecting him.
“Don’t say that…”
Sitting on the sofa, Seto lowered his shoulders in defeat.
According to Darmeshia’s explanation, in the country of demons, monogamy was the norm, unlike in the Esfort kingdom, where polygamy was widely practised.
Moreover, Seto’s wife, Lefane, was the daughter of an influential noble in the country of demons, so she was especially strict about cheating, and Seto was constantly making her angry.
“Don’t be so cold! You yourself have three fiancées after all! I want to take a break sometimes too!”
“Oof.”
Indeed, polygamy was legal in this country, and as the king had practically forced it upon him, Cain had three fiancées. As such, he couldn’t really make any counterarguments without sounding hypocritical.
“– – All right then. You can stay in this mansion for a while. However, don’t go outside, all right? If it became known that a demon was walking around in the town, there’d be a massive uproar.”
At Cain’s words, Seto’s eyes began shining, and, holding Cain’s hand with both of his and shaking it vigorously, he thanked Cain.
“Cain-sama! Thank you! Thank you for letting me stay here for a while! With transformation magic, I can make myself look just like a human. Then I can stay here.”
Seto stood up and cast a spell, and his body was shrouded in light. As the light faded away, it revealed a human with red hair and Seto’s face but without horns, standing there.
After confirming his appearance, Cain continued on.
“Nobody should be shocked at seeing you if you look like that. Please stay like that while you’re staying here. But still, that kind of magic existed too, huh. Darmeshia, are you using it too?”
Darmeshia nodded silently.
“Yes, I’m constantly using transformation magic to stay in this shape. Shall I undo it?”
At Darmeshia’s question, the words [Insect Master] manifested themselves in Cain’s head. Unbidden, a mental image of what that would look like floated into his mind. Shaking his head from side to side to get rid of said image, he begged Darmeshia to stay as he was.
“Understood. It’s a pity, but I’ll stay like this.”
“Anyway, Seto, you can stay here for a couple days, but you will eventually have to return to your own castle.”
Seto nodded reluctantly at Cain’s words.
“If that is so, I shall go to the country of demons and explain everything. I’m allowed inside the royal castle, and might even be able to meet Lefane-sama.”
Cain nodded at Darmeshia’s proposal.
“That certainly is true. You go do that; it would be quite the big problem if the country’s king suddenly went missing. Darmeshia, could you tell her that Seto is over here?”
Darmeshia bowed with a back as straight as a board and disappeared into a black vortex that had suddenly appeared on the floor.
As it was now just the two of them, Cain asked all sorts of things about Seto’s country.
The country of demons was apparently the only country on an island about a week away by ship, far south of the continent of Glunude where the Esfort Kingdom was located. It currently had around two million citizens, and all of them had strong magical attributes, as all of them carried the blessing of the God of Magic.
Cain listened to the story while trying to remember the face of the God of Magic, Reno.
Because it was an island, its fishing industry was thriving, but they also had many farms inland, and civilization was prospering. Listening to Seto’s story, Cain thought about what a different lifestyle they led over there.
The demons could be roughly divided into high-rank, mid-rank, and low-rank demons, of which the high-rank ones were nobles who governed the country, mid-rank ones were usually clerks and the like, while the low-rank demons supported the country as its common citizens.
Seto’s wife, Lefane, was a the daughter of a count, and as such was herself a high-rank demon. She was so beautiful that it was love at first sight for Seto, and after confessing to her, the two of them had gotten married.
However, he hadn’t known of her personality until they had gotten married, and afterwards, he had been constantly been oppressed and she had done as she pleased.
“Cain-sama, please do come hang out sometime. You’re sure to have a warm welcome.”
“Yeah. I’ll definitely go.”
Cain nodded his assent, after which they went back to talking about Seto’s country.
As they continued talking, a black vortex suddenly appeared. It was the same as the one Darmeshia had disappeared into earlier, so they surmised he had returned.
What came out of it was Darmeshia, riddled with wounds, missing his whole left arm from his shoulder downwards and on the very brink of death.
Shocked, Cain ran up to Darmeshia.
[Extra Heal]
Cain cast the magic, and Darmeshia was enveloped in light. When it disappeared, his body had returned back to normal, although his butler’s outfit was still extremely battered.
Standing up with great effort, Darmeshia, still dazed, began talking.
“Cain-sama, I’m terribly sorry. Thank you very much. Seto-sama, I’m terribly sorry… I couldn’t convince her.”
Leaving those words hanging in the air, Darmeshia lost consciousness.
“…”
Seeing Darmeshia’s battered appearance, Seto began trembling.
At that moment, a new black vortex appeared.
And, stepping out of it was a beautiful woman wearing a bright red dress. Her red hair reached all the way down to her waist, and her face was so stunning that even women of unparalleled beauty would pale in comparison. Two horns came forth from her forehead. The dress she was wearing was open around her chest, the style of it all making it near impossible for one to take their eyes off her.
Seeing that figure, Seto’s face paled.
Then, the beautiful woman began to talk.
“Ara, dear. So this is where you were. I came here after Darmeshia explained everything, but I didn’t know you were causing trouble for other people.”
The beautiful woman looked down at Seto from above with a cold gaze.
“N-n-no… I would never cause such trouble…”
Seto replied, breaking out in a cold sweat, his face somehow even more pale than before.
“Oh, I haven’t said hello yet. I’m Seto’s wife, Lefane van Dalstein. Thank you for always taking care of my husband.”
She greeted Cain politely, picking up both edges of her dress in an elegant curtsy.
Cain too, stood up and greeted Lefane. The aura emanating from her screamed that she was not someone you should cross.
“Nice to meet you, I’m Cain von Silford Drintor. I’ve heard quite a lot about the country of demons from Seto-dono. Please, do sit down.”
Cain gestured for her to sit down next to Seto.
“Cain-sama, thank you. Well then, do excuse me.”
Lefane sat down gracefully on the sofa. Also, before he’d even noticed it, Darmeshia was now once again standing behind Cain.
“Cain-sama, I shall prepare some black tea. I would also like to change, so please excuse me for a while.”
Darmeshia left the room in an uncharacteristic hurry.
Then, only Cain, Seto, and Lefane remained in the office.
“Cain-sama, I’m sure you have heard of the circumstances from my husband. As a man, what do you think of it all?”
Lefane’s bright red eyes stared straight at Cain.
Cain intuitively felt she was someone he should never go against.
Seto was staring at Cain with half-begging, half-hopeful eyes, but he was immediately thrown under the bus.
“I heard that the country of demons practises monogamy. Moreover, with such a wonderful and beautiful wife, merely being conscious of other women is outrageous.”
“…”
Hearing that, Seto’s eyes seemed to despair, while Lefane smiled.
“Ara, Cain-sama, I just happen to be of the same opinion. But still, ‘wonderful and beautiful wife’ is simply giving me too much praise.”
Lefane answered, hiding her mouth with a fan pulled from her breasts. She seemed to be a woman who was happy to be praised for her looks.
There was a knock on the door, and Darmeshia entered the room, pulling in a cart with black tea and cups for said beverage on top of it.
He’d changed into a new butler’s outfit and prepared the black tea in what seemed like no time.
“Sorry to have kept you waiting.”
Saying so, Darmeshia placed cups of black tea in front of everyone, then returned to his usual position behind Cain.
Lefane took a sip of the tea and smiled at him.
“As expected, the black tea brewed by Darmeshia is delicious. I still find it a pity you retired.”
“I am currently serving under Cain-sama.”
Darmeshia bowed.
They chatted for a while more, and then Seto and Lefane had to go home.
Seto looked positively miserable, so Cain told him he could come over to visit whenever he wanted.
Lefane agreed as well, and Seto seemed to cheer up a bit.
“Well then, Cain-sama, a good evening to you. Seto-sama, we’re going.”
“Cain-sama, I’ll come visit again!”
Lefane grabbed Seto’s ear, and the two of them disappeared into the black vortex together.
Cain took a deep breath, before sinking down on the sofa.
“Darmeshia, it seems like there are some people you should simply never cross…”
“Cain-sama, it is truly as you say…”
Cain once again reflected on just how scary women were.
