The Son-In-Law Of A Prestigious Household Wants A Divorce-Chapter 73: The Most Expensive Cheese

After the success of the Blackthorn subjugation.

Arandel had returned to Helmont due to his illness. Rumors of it had been circulating around.

Meanwhile, his eldest son, Lohengrin, had gone to Evergard, the capital of Albion Kingdom.

He went on behalf of his father to receive the honors for their achievements during the subjugation.

Which meant right now, Helmont was being taken care of by Rianna, the eldest daughter.

The solemn and serious atmosphere that enveloped the space when Arandel was around hadn’t changed.

But all the servants could agree that the silence flowing through the mansion was easier on their hearts than it had ever been.

Currently...

Rianna was standing in front of a small, nameless grave.

“...”

To put it in a grander perspective, this was the grave of a woman who had tried to assassinate a traitor to the human race, but failed in the end.

Of course, the woman, Milly, didn’t know anything about such a matter, so it would be incorrect to interpret her death in that way.

Hence why to Rianna, she was merely someone who had tried to kill her mother.

She closed her eyes tightly in front of the grave, carrying off a mourning atmosphere.

If this was her past self, she would’ve been at a loss for what to do in this kind of situation.

But having grown through her mother’s death and separation from her husband, that wasn’t the case anymore.

“Thank you for opening my eyes.”

She whispered as she placed a white chrysanthemum in front of the tombstone.

“Thank you for supporting Isaac.”

Her eyes were clear.

The cloud of ‘love’ that blinded her no longer lingered in her red eyes.

“I will take you to a place where you can rest peacefully.”

Rianna turned around.

Behind her, the Helmont’s knights had already lined up, having finished the preparations for the relocation.

“She’s my husband’s benefactor.”

Rianna said as she passed between them.

“Treat her with utmost respect.”

And so the relocation began.

At the princess’ request, she would be moved to a cemetery in the capital, Evergard.

And Rianna had decided to take on the role of an escort herself.

So that she could protect her along the way, and at the same time, she had to finish what she had to do in Evergard.

“...”

Finalizing her divorce with Isaac.

The princess had sent her a letter saying she’d personally attend as a witness.

Divorces were something rare to begin with, and the procedures were quite complex, so the presence of a witness was extremely important.

The fact that the princess of a country offered to personally act as a witness meant that as soon as the divorce went through, the decision could no longer be reversed.

“I’ve already prepared myself for it.”

She ran her hand over the ring on her left ring finger.

There was no change in her expression.

It was calm and quiet.

The rose-scented wind brushed past her hair as if to comfort her.

But, the rose-scent that symbolized Helmont only made her uncomfortable, if anything.

Soon, she would leave for Evergard.

To conclude things with the man who had become her first love.

As well as the man who’d become her last.

*   *   *A few days ago, Isaac had arrived in Evergard, all while he was still receiving treatment.

Early morning.

The morning sunlight came in through the window, as he felt the soft bed and warm blanket enveloping his body.

It was a seductively fatal softness, as if the bed was trying to bind him with it until the end of times, but...

When the time to wake up came, Isaac immediately opened his eyes and got up.

He quickly tidied up the bedding, washed himself, and changed his clothes.

Then, he went straight to the next room.

“Silverna!”

“Huh?!”

Silverna, who had been sleeping until just now, was startled by his yell, and immediately pulled the blanket over her head.

“W-Wait, I haven’t changed my clothes yet—!”

“Then do that quickly. Didn’t you say you’re gonna wake up early today?”

Isaac stood at the door with his arms crossed, while Silverna poked her head out and shouted in embarrassment.

“Let me rest for a bit! I literally went on duty every day in the North! It’s been a while since I’ve rested!”

“We don’t have time to rest. Remember what you said last time we went drinking?”

He was talking about the day when they attended the victory celebration after they arrived at Evergard. Back then, Silverna—completely drunk—shouted with a bright red face.

[I’m! Going to get stronger! I’m going to crush everything!]

It seemed that her inability to be of help in the battle against the Sword Demon had weighed on her.

After that, Silverna put more effort in her training, but after tasting the warmth of the capital and the comfortable facilities of the royal palace—completely different from the outdated facilities of the North—she had become somewhat lax.

“A-Alright, now get out! I’m going to change clothes!”

“Okay. Pikyat.”

“I told you not to do that—!”

Silverna jumped up and approached him with a pillow. Just a moment ago, she was all shy, not willing to show her pajamas, but now she was running at him after throwing her blanket away.

Isaac chuckled and quickly went outside.

When they first came to the capital, Silverna had been acting all cute, saying ‘Pikyat!’ several times.

Unfortunately, it had now become her dark history.

She’s so silly.

A slight smile appeared on Isaac’s face as he stood outside the door.

He couldn’t believe that she just followed what Anna had told her down to a tee.

This was a side that she had never shown in his previous life.

Back then, she looked emotionally worn-out, living as ‘Cardias’ instead of ‘Silverna’ ever since the Malidean Wall had collapsed.

But the current Silverna was different, and Isaac preferred it this way.

“Pfft.”

A small laugh escaped his lips.

Oh no, did she hear that?

Just as he had suspected, Silverna opened the door with a bright red face.

“You are thinking about it again, aren’t you?! I told you to stop!! STOP LAUGHING AT ME!!”

Neither Isaac, who answered that he understood, nor Silverna, who was huffing, noticed.

But due to them delving on the matter until now, the cuteness had unexpectedly sunk in quite well.

Pikyat, seriously...

Even he was still mulling it over.

“Ahem.”

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After around 30 minutes had passed.

Silverna finally came out of the door.

“Why did you take so long?”

Isaac, who had been reading a book, asked with a frown, and Silverna only puckered her lips.

“I’m a woman, you know?”

“...What happened to the tough woman of the North?”

“This isn’t the North, you know?!”

The two, bickering as always, headed to the royal family’s knight training center.

Like its name suggested, it was a place for the knights to train, and the space was quite wide.

Unlike the training ground in the North where people just exercised in a wide-open space, there were dozens of specialized equipment for training here.

Not only were there protective gear for dueling, but there were also magical devices that allowed for more realistic simulations.

It was even possible to analyze battles, so when Isaac first came here, he was as delighted as a child in a playground.

Since it was early in the morning, there was no one at the training center.

It was always like this.

Ever since Isaac and Silverna arrived in Evergard, they were always the first to open the doors of the training center and use it.

Isaac had said they were late, but compared to others, it was still early.

Starting with physical training, then honing swordsmanship and spearmanship, wooden sword duels, mock battles, and so on.

By the time the knights gathered, the two had been immersed in training.

A little past lunchtime, after finishing their after-training shower, the pair met up outside.

“...”

“...”

For some reason, there was always a strange atmosphere whenever they met like this.

Looking at each other’s damp hair and cleanly washed, fair skin gave them an odd feeling.

What is this feeling?

Silverna, who had been a lifelong single and only saw men as colleagues, soldiers, protectors and those to be protected, didn’t know what this fluffy feeling was, but...

The handsome man, the popular ferryman, the festival hunting champion, the expert at seducing noblewomen, the man who broke the Blood Rose, the married man...

Isaac, with his many moniker, clearly knew.

A woman’s appearance right after bathing is something you’d only see in the bedroom.

He didn’t know about the others, but for the two of them—considering that one of them had once confessed to the other—it was hard to ignore this.

The two left, feeling awkward.

After finishing their early training, the pair went to the dungeon.

Thanks to having received a pass from the princess in advance, the two passed through without going through any special procedures.

Entering the waiting room of the dungeon that was filled with stale air, they found Sharen dozing off while sitting in a chair.

“Sharen.”

“Huh?!”

Startled by Isaac’s call, Sharen wiped the drool that had flowed from the corner of her mouth.

“...You wake up exactly like a certain someone.”

As Isaac laughed, remembering what happened this morning, Silverna glared at him and hit his arm.

Seeing Isaac, Sharen cried out with a whimper.

“Isaac! Switch with me! I don’t want to be here anymore!”

“...Ask Lohengrin to switch with you.”

As per the rule a member of Helmont’s direct line had to be on standby at the dungeon as Alois’ spokesperson and guardian.

Hence why Lohengrin and Sharen were taking turns on this duty, day by day.

“That idiot ran away!”

Ran away?

I swear I saw him at the training center earlier...

“Waaah! I want to walk around the city with Isaac too! The snacks here are tasty!”

Her whining calmed down a bit as Isaac patted her head to comfort her.

Anyway, it was clear that Lohengrin had run away because he didn’t want to be here.

“But why did Isaac come? That person isn’t here anymore.”

‘That person’ referred to the Grandmaster.

The Grandmaster had essentially gone through a quick trial and was already staying by the princess’ side.

Although she hadn’t received her odachi back due to her position, the treatment she received wouldn’t be lacking.

“I’m going to see her in the evening. Today I came to see Alois.”

“What? You didn’t come to see me?”

Perhaps genuinely hoping that he’d come to see her, Sharen pouted, crossing her arms and puffing her cheeks, showing her disappointment.

After pressing her cheek with his finger to deflate it, Isaac went inside with Silverna.

Or not. Actually, before they entered...

Isaac stopped and looked at Silverna.

“Wait here.”

“...Why?”

“I think I’m going to say things you won’t want to hear.”

“Hm?”

Though she wondered what he meant, Silverna shook her head.

“No, I want to at least spit in that bastard’s face before I leave.”

“...”

Silverna boldly said that she’d show the guy some Northern-style mockery.

After pondering for a moment, Isaac decided to warn her beforehand.

“Just remember that what I say inside isn’t my true feelings.”

“Your warning just makes me want to hear it more.”

Silverna shrugged her shoulders.

Isaac shook his head as if to say, ‘Don’t blame me, I warned you,’ and entered.

The dungeon was in such poor condition that calling it harsh would be an understatement.

It wasn’t simply that it wasn’t well-maintained.

Rather, because it was too well-maintained that the stuffiness and smell of sulfuric acid were overwhelming.

After all, they intentionally made it so that the criminals imprisoned here couldn’t live in a good environment.

At the end of the long corridor.

Alois, whose red hair stood out even in the darkness, was waiting for Isaac with iron chains around his neck and his one arm.

“You vulgar bastard.”

This was the first time he had seen Alois in a long time.

Perhaps because he no longer had any intention of hiding his hostility.

His form of address had sharply dropped from ‘brother-in-law’ to ‘vulgar bastard’.

It just made Isaac laugh though.

“How’s your arm?”

As Isaac sneered, looking at the severed arm, a vein bulged and throbbed on Alois’s forehead.

Him clanking on the iron chains was proof of how angry he was.

“The very fact that a lowborn like you married my sister was absurd. If it weren’t for you, she wouldn’t have to suffer like this! To me, my sister is—!”

“Noisy. Shut up.”

Isaac cut off his words coldly with a sigh and...

“Rianna is going to arrive tomorrow.”

He told him the reason why he came here.

“Our divorce will proceed under the princess’ supervision.”

Isaac said, lifting the ring that was still on his left ring finger.

“Finally, things are returning to their proper place, you lowborn—“

“I’m thinking of withdrawing the divorce.”

“...!”

Alois’ eyes widened. His lips, which had been letting out mocking words, were now clamped shut.

He anxiously waited for Isaac’s next words.

“I’m going to take Rianna back. Then, I’ll have children with her and raise them. Naturally, I’ll become the family head of Helmont.”

“You bastaaaard!”

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The iron chains shook violently.

Alois howled as if he had never been this angry before.

Isaac, in turn, wore a sardonic smile.

“That’s what I came to tell you.”

“You son of a bitch! J-Just try to lay a finger on my sister! I’ll smash that smug face of yours right now—!”

Silverna put her hand through the bars.

The white aura that burst from her palm struck Alois and slammed him against the wall.

Thud!

“Kugh?! Cardias!”

“Shut up, disgusting bastard.”

Silverna’s cold voice echoed.

She received Alois’s gaze, whose face was as red as his hair.

“Well, I’ll be going now.”

Isaac turned around.

“Brother-in-law.”

“Isaaaaaac—!”

Thud.

After Isaac and Silverna came out.

“Now I see why you told me not to come in.”

Silverna nodded as if she understood. Indeed, Isaac knew that what he said wouldn’t be pleasant for her to hear.

But it was necessary.

“I needed to provoke him.”

“Well, since you went out of your way to actually do that, I’ll believe you, but...”

Silverna glanced at him.

Before she could ask, Isaac had already answered.

“I’ve already finished the paperwork and arranged for the princess to be a witness. There’s no way I could just withdraw it now.”

“Hmm? I didn’t ask, you know?”

Silverna walked ahead with an awkward smile, and Isaac grinned slightly as he took one last look at the prison where Alois was.

Please, I beg you, Alois.

If you’re the person I know, you surely won’t be able to endure that.

You’ll try to stop it somehow.

Just like how you shattered my legs in my past life.

You’ll become bait that they absolutely can’t ignore.

Those who had a special interest in Helmont wouldn’t leave Alois imprisoned like this.

Hence why, to Isaac, Alois was a cheese.

A smelly cheese to catch the rats prowling around.

Alois.

The most expensive cheese in the world.

You’ll surely take their hand.

Without knowing that your betrayal is part of my plan.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Silverna in pajamas.