The Devil Who Breaks My Neck

As if to repay Herace’s wait, Ezekiel crossed the hill in no time.
To greet the soon-to-arrive owner of the castle, Herace often hurried down the stairs.
When she finished walking down the stairs, she heard a long noise and stopped.

 

A black cape flapped before her eyes.
Ezekiel, who got off a black horse, handed over the reins to a servant.
Herace looked full of anticipation as she waited for him to kiss her on the forehead soon after he got there.

 

[……ah?]

 

But Herace’s prediction proved to be wrong.
Ezekiel, who spoke to the servant, did not approach her.
No, he didn’t even look at her.
Sensing that something wasn’t right, Herace looked at her husband’s group, they had just arrived but had their heads down.

 

The atmosphere of the knights was also different from before.
Edgar, who was following right behind Ezekiel, bowed his head, and the other knights refused to make eye contact with her, only looking at the floor or in front of them.

 

Originally, they weren’t friendly to her.
But they weren’t this heartless either…

 

Herace stared at her husband’s back with precarious eyes.

 

Ezekiel wanted the knights to move first and stood right behind them.
He looked to see if there was anything, and then came a small carriage pulled by two horses.
It looked quite luxurious and cozy to be a carriage.
He knocked on the carriage window and opened the door.

 

Looking at her husband’s face from the side, Herace thought she saw a smile on his face.
Soon a strange woman appeared.
She couldn’t see the details because of her long blonde hair, but the silhouette made it clear that she was a great beauty.
Next to her, Anna shouted sharply, “Who is that girl?!”

 

All of the people, who were waiting with Herace for Ezekiel, looked at the owner and then at the strange woman with a look of surprise.
However, Ezekiel and the blonde woman who drew everyone’s attention, whispered to each other and laughed quietly.
Ezekiel held the woman’s waist tenderly, lifted her up and carefully lowered her to the floor.

 

Herace’s eyes shook swiftly.
By all accounts, the two were lovers.
Ezekiel kissed the woman’s forehead and looked at her eyes for a long time as if she was lovely.
The woman also smiled brightly at him.

 

“Uhhh…”

 

“Madam, are you alright?!”

 

Herace groaned unconsciously and put her hand on her belly.
It didn’t show much, but Herace was pregnant now.
Anna turned pale as she helped her.
A few maids rushed up to her.

 

Only then did Ezekiel turn his eyes toward the commotion.
His golden eyes shifted their gaze to Herace who was holding her belly.
But there was no worry in his eyes.
They were insensitive like they were looking at an inanimate object.
A pair of cold Northern frosty eyes.

 

Herace didn’t see Ezekiel anymore.
The blue eyes, which were hardened due to embarrassment, were fixed on the woman, not her husband.
As if she felt the gaze, the woman looked back at Herace, flipping her blonde hair.

 

The woman was a beauty as expected.
Her green eyes were lovely and her blonde hair looked like melted gold.
But it wasn’t the pretty face of the woman that captivated Herace.
The strange woman’s hand was on her belly, too.

 

Just like Herace’s…

 

The woman’s swollen belly was no doubt almost full term.

 

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Chapter 1.
Betrayal.

 

He was in front of his pregnant wife.
She couldn’t believe he was bringing this woman before her.
What’s more, the woman is pregnant.
It was not easy to do this even in Anais, a male-centered society.

 

She couldn’t even breathe.
Now, she understood why the knights looked at the ground and not at her.
They lowered their eyes to their toes.
However, for the owner of the castle, this seemed to be nothing.

 

Herace stared at the woman with a sense of loss and blinked as her husband approached.
The hands of her husband, who was getting closer, were holding a woman who wasn’t her.

 

A scene that she just wanted to forget hit Herace.

 

Ezekiel, who stood in front of Herace now, slowly looked down at her blankly.
Inside the sparkling golden eyes, like a beast, was a mixture of boredom and slight displeasure.

 

Herace, who couldn’t bear it, bowed her head awkwardly while hugging her swollen belly.

 

“Congratulations on your return.”

 

It was her first time seeing her husband after a long time.
Ezekiel by far had never looked at her like this.
The voice was trembling and wasn’t loud enough, so it was hard to hear.

 

This time, Ezekiel’s eyebrows furrowed.

 

Silence fell between the two.

 

But soon a taunting laugh broke the silence.

 

“……hahaha!”

 

The sound came from the blonde woman next to Ezekiel.
She was giggling with her mouth covered by her other hand that Ezekiel wasn’t holding.

 

People’s faces hardened at th