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018 – New groom Hyde is a novelist #1

The son-in-law of a count who ruled the world.

The husband of the most beautiful woman, so much so that he is called “the three flowers of the kingdom.”

I sat down in the coveted seat.

Worried about where to sleep.

Now that I no longer have to worry about food, I have more time to pray and meditate every day.

“Hyde, look at this. Do you think it would suit me? This white dress. Does this feel too extravagant? The economic situation of the estate is not good these days… .”

The new bride, Psyche, liked trying on different clothes.

Due to two years of illness, she was unable to change her favorite clothes often. As if to relieve her resentment, she kept changing new clothes and liked showing them to me.

“Whatever you wear goes well with Lady Psyche.”

Psyche was the most perfect hanger I’ve ever seen. Because her legs were long and her body was slender, she looked good in any clothes she wore.

“Hyde.”

Psyche frowned slightly at my sincere compliment.

Did you not like my compliment?

When I decided to immediately give a speech praising Psyche’s appearance for about 5 minutes, Psyche opened her lips first.

“Hyde, I am not your lady, I am your wife. Stop calling me some high-ranking nobleman. We are a family that sleeps in the same bed. Isn’t that right?”

indeed.

It seems he didn’t like the fact that I called Psyche ‘lady’.

Maybe I feel like a stranger.

We may be feeling distant because we have not even touched our fingertips even though we have been married for three days.

“Psyche.”

I called Psyche by name without any other title.

It was very awkward and unfamiliar.

Did the lovers who decided to give each other nicknames or nicknames feel exactly the same as I do now?

Soon Psyche blushed and covered her face with her palms.

“I’m more embarrassed than I thought!”

“Then shall I call you miss?”

“No, you don’t have to! Because, Hyde, you and I are husband and wife.”

Psyche’s words made me feel better.

Yes, I was Psyche’s husband and Psyche was my wife.

That fact would be enough.

At that time, the maid who was laying the blanket next to me “hum─. As expected, the young lady is much more of a waste. ” He snorted softly.

It seemed that many of Psyche’s maids still did not like me.

What was this maid’s name?

Was it Dorna? Psyche said as she thought about it.

“Hyde, shall we go for a walk together today? Today I want to show you the market in Yeongji.”

Sunny and warm summer weather.

Psyche loved to go for walks.

Psyche’s daily routine included walking around the estate every day, looking at people’s faces and greeting them.

But I just shook my head.

“I don’t have time to go for a walk today.”

“Why? Hyde, didn’t you enjoy taking a walk with me?”

Psyche looked worried. Because her face was so pretty and her expressions were so lively, I felt like my heart was agitated for no reason.

Walking with Psyche wasn’t fun.

Rather, it was on the fun side.

Even if I did nothing and just looked at Psyche looking at flowers or birds, I would smile.

Being a beauty was such a great thing.

“Psyche, today I plan to tour the church in Agarpe Estate. Since the Manaan priest is in a coma and all the assistant priests are dead, someone has to take care of the church.”

“Oh, that’s right. Hyde, you said your dream was to revive the church and expand it into a large cathedral. I think it’s a really wonderful dream. I plan to help too!”

Building a pioneer church and turning it into a very large megachurch.

He was a wannabe among wannabes that anyone who dreamed of becoming a pastor would think about at least once.

And Psyche said that she would work hard to help me achieve my dream.

okay.

What would it be like if a couple didn’t even touch each other’s fingertips?

If you are like-minded and help each other move in the same direction, that is love.

I also thought it was a good thing I married Psyche.

Then Psyche added.

“But from what I heard, a new priest in charge will be appointed to the church in Agarpe Estate today. I think we will arrive at the estate before lunch time.”

A new priest has been appointed?

# # #

lunch.

As we were eating, Yeongji became noisy.

I went outside and checked what happened.

“Open the way!”

“The distinguished guest is coming!”

Crackle, clank-.

Approximately twenty soldiers wearing chain mail were entering the territory.

For a moment, I wondered if there was a war, so my eyebrows trembled, but the moment I saw a familiar face, my appetite dropped.

“Dear brothers and sisters, my name is Oscar Archibald, the newly appointed priest in charge of the Church of the Estates of Agarpe!”

Bishop Oscar Archibald with a silver plaque.

A silver-plated priest who could easily hold the position of bishop of a decent city is now becoming the priest in charge of a dying territory?

It wasn’t just Oscar.

“Get out of the way!”

A man standing in front of Oscar and shouting at people.

The name of the knight wearing silver armor and a cape with a blue cross embroidered on it was Loras.

Loras of the Knights Templar.

And Baldwin, the One-Eyed Knight.

Two bronze knights in plate armor and twenty soldiers in chain mail. This was a force that was enough to level a small village.

“Archbolt guy!”

Soon Count Dovan had his hand on the railing of the terrace.

Crump-.

When the wood of the railing was cracking and making a strange sound, Doban got a little angry.

“ Those Archbolds, they brought in troops using the church as an excuse!”

Archibald’s soldiers now entered the garden of the mansion without any obstruction. For a moment, a peaceful day suddenly became noisy with the sound of military boots.

“Count Dovan, it is an honor to meet you.”

Oscar Archibald, with long hair like a gisaeng brother, entered the VIP room of the mansion and bowed elegantly and nobly.

Count Dovan asked with an angry expression on his face.

“Lord Oscar, didn’t you bring too many of Archibald’s soldiers? The people of the territory are anxious, thinking that there might be a war.”

“Sorry. However, didn’t Manaan, the senior priest in charge, suffer cruel treatment from the heretics within the territory? It seems that security can only be maintained by the soldiers within the Agarpe territory─.”

“Heung.”

When Doban couldn’t hold back and got angry, Oscar smiled leisurely.

“Count, the soldiers of the Knights Templar are the sword of the Lord, prepared for the faithful. Don’t worry, they will do their best to maintain security in the Agarpe Estate from today.”

That was correct.

Originally, the soldiers and knights of the Knights Templar were members of a community called an ‘order’, but they were troops for all people.

Of course, that wasn’t observed until five years later.

Anyway, Oscar’s excuse was a good one.

“Oscar Archibald, you ordered someone to attack Manaan in a mean-spirited manner, and you used Manaan as an excuse to lead soldiers to visit the Agarpe territory. It’s very funny.”

I said something.

Then Loras, who was looking at the flower pots in the living room next to him, became angry.

“What nonsense can you say to the bishop just on the topic of Daryl’s son-in-law? Lord Oscar attacked Manaan! Don’t you know that your conspiracy could bring danger to the entire Agarpe!”

Sereung-.

He seemed ready to pull out the sword from his waist at any moment.

Loras, you bastard, I have become a complete Archibald person in the past few days while I was enjoying my newlywed life.

But Loras was also right.

I was no longer a street person or a wandering priest, but an Agarpe person.

Now that we have more to lose and more responsibilities, we can’t talk as freely as we used to.

“Well, depending on my imagination, it could just be like that. But being so excited makes me more imaginative in many ways.”

I grinned.

Then Oscar Archibald smiled back with a very generous face.

“ Didn’t it turn out that the attack on Priest Manaan was the work of the Sisters of the Crescent Moon? They said that the crescent moon pattern symbolizing them was drawn in blood at the scene.”

That was it.

But such counterfeiting can be done as much as you want.

Soon Oscar Archibald clenched his fists and shouted.

“How dare you enter the estate of a historic count family and arbitrarily murder a priest? Crescent Sisters! We can’t just sit back and watch their rampage! Count, let’s drive them out together!”

“Hmph, aren’t you trying to wait and see while saying that? Have you ever asked for help to drive out the heretics, but has the Order of Durgien ever listened? Only our soldiers will die.”

It seemed that Count Dovan was not really maintaining his title as Count. And it seemed like he had quite a bit of experience suffering military and financial losses due to Archibald’s tricks.

Oscar also said without hesitation.

“Durgien is a very large land. There are bound to be some things that my father doesn’t pay attention to. But this time it’s different. Isn’t that proof that Lord Loras is with us?

“Loras, what evidence is this guy showing his face in front of me?”

“Sir Loras is from Durgien, is more skilled than anyone else, and knows the geography of this region well. If he were to be more courageous than anyone else, he would cut off the heads of the Crescent Moon Sisters.”

Oh wow, you used your brain well.

Was this Oscar Archibald’s idea?

No, it must be Archbishop Archibald’s strategy.

Indeed, in the fight between the royal family and the religious order, he was a worthy man who stood at the vanguard of the religious order and brutally trampled on the royal family’s forces.

When I was stigmatized as a cultist Rust, the biggest obstacle to my invasion of the royal capital was Archbishop Archibald.

The enemy from 5 years ago.

What will this life be like?

# # #

A welcoming ceremony was held at the Agarpe Estate to welcome Priest Oscar’s inauguration.

The soldiers he brought ate and drank so much that it was a waste of money.

I wonder if the reason the Archibalds brought so many soldiers to Agarpe was a strategy to further shake up Agarpe’s economic situation by spending a lot of money on food.

Shameless Loras appeared with a glass of wine and spoke to Psyche next to me.

“Psyche, you have become more beautiful since you got married. I thought you’d never get married. You have sworn to remain chaste for the rest of your life. But you’re getting married? What about the oath?”

Loras’ words seemed to be subtly sarcastic.

Did you get married even though you decided to become a purist? I feel the same way.

Soon Psyche smiled.

“I still keep my oath. With my husband, Hyde. I dare say that there is no other man in the world as faithful as my husband, Hyde.”

“You are maintaining chastity even though you are married?”

Loras’ expression changed greatly.

He blushed as if he had been insulted, and then, as if he had finally realized something, he started laughing and laughing.

“Yes! I see! That’s it! That’s great! Indeed, Lady Psyche had a wonderful man as her husband. Even though it’s been a few days since I got married, I’m still a virgin!”

Loras, you bastard.

I was laughing so hard that I almost died.

I said while looking at the guy.

“Sir Loras, it’s good to have a lot of laughter. I will give you my ‘blessing’. I hope that in the future we will be able to laugh a lot at trivial things. So that I can die laughing.”

“Haha! Yes, thank you! New groom Hyde! Virgin Psyche! They are a very nice couple. There is no such wonderful couple in Durgien—no, not even in the entire kingdom. Hahaha!”

Loras laughed so hard that he thought he was going to die.

He couldn’t stop laughing and even drank water, but he continued to burst out laughing as if he couldn’t hold it back.

“What a great story! Do you want to tell this story to Dihon? Where is Dihon? I can’t see you at the party either. Dihon!”

Who is Dihon?

When I was feeling puzzled, Loras looked at me and curled the corner of his mouth.

“What, you don’t even know who Dihon is? Dihon is the younger brother of Lady Psyche and the only legitimate eldest son of the Agarpe family. Even though he became my son-in-law, I have never even seen him.”

I also knew that Psyche had a younger brother.

This is my first time hearing the name Dihon.

Soon Loras asked in a voice that only I could hear.

“I have never even held hands with the young lady and have never seen the face of the count’s legitimate eldest son and brother-in-law. Lord Hyde, it seems you are not as recognized as a member of the family as you thought.”

That was correct.

The only people who treat me like family are the Count and his wife and Psyche.

In addition, the servants and maids in the spacious mansion ignored me and often cursed me behind my back.

Is that why I haven’t seen my younger brother’s face until now?

As I kept my mouth shut, Loras started talking smugly about something I hadn’t even asked, as if he was very happy to have the intellectual upper hand.

“Do you know why Lady Psyche took a vow of chastity? It’s because of his younger brother Dihon. I can’t believe I didn’t hear anything like that when I became his son-in-law. Lady, do you even love this man? Haha!”

“Lord Loras! If you say anything more rude to my husband, I will slap you! I’m serious! And stop laughing! This is a warning!”

“Haha! I can’t stop laughing─.”

“Lauras! You don’t seem to know that an insult to my husband, Hyde, is an insult to Psyche and an insult to the Agarpe family!”

Taaagh-!!!!

There was a very loud sound and Loras fell to the floor.

“Guek! Ugh!?”

Loras’ face, which was lying on the floor, suddenly turned bright red and swollen, which was natural.

Psyche was strong enough to swing a large sword as big as her body like chopsticks.

It was clear that getting slapped by Psyche would be as painful as getting hit by a volleyball player with a full swing.

If it were me, I would be dead.

Nevertheless, Loras did not stop laughing.

“Huh! I can’t stop laughing. Is it because it’s so funny!? Why on earth is this laughter─.”

“Anyone, please kick this rude man out! Quickly!”

When Psyche was angry at Loras, I quietly thought about what she said.

Psyche, who took a vow of chastity because of her younger brother?

This is the feeling of déjà vu I felt when I heard about Psyche’s vow of chastity!

So, if I solve that problem… ?

They say even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Even Loras’ useless mouth can be helpful sometimes.

I thought it would be a good idea to get the inside of the house in order before confronting the external enemy.

I also decided to give something back to Loras who helped me with my plan.

“Sir Loras, it’s nice to see the smile on your handsome face. But too much of anything can lead to problems. If you want to stop laughing, why not try chewing some castor seeds? Although it is lethally toxic, it would be very effective in stopping people from laughing. I might die, but.”

After saying those words, I walked away.

Little brother Dihon!

Let’s meet this guy!