ITMWG 98

Chapter 98…

Please don’t have eyes for anyone else.

As Orca had guessed, Altair’s expression turned strange, as if he had been planning something very similar.

The fact that two people with completely different appearances had such similar thoughts inside was truly amazing.

It’s really hard to meet someone who completely understood you in this world.

Well, even in the novel, no matter what they did, the two of them got along…

He wasn’t the strongest villain for no reason.

With Altair’s appearance, the confrontation between her and Prince Orca naturally changed into a confrontation between Altair and Prince Orca.

Altair quietly watched Orca, who was smiling, and then he glanced around, lifting the corners of his mouth.

“You came alone.”

It’s very difficult to figure out everything just by looking around, but it seemed easy for someone as skilled as Altair.

“You came alone with such important documents.”

Altair spoke calmly and grabbed Orca’s shoulder tightly.

It was a warning that he might use force if necessary, but Prince Orca was not at all flustered.

“You might take the documents by force. But that doesn’t matter. I brought these to hand them over anyway.”

“Even if I can’t give you anything in return for the documents?”

“Even so.”

Prince Orca handed the documents over to Altair with a relaxed smile.

“I know that the Baron is the type who is very much aware when he owes someone a favour. If you receive help, you will repay it, and if you are treated maliciously, you will retaliate. So you will definitely be on my side.”

“Well. If you were already the target of ‘revenge’ from the very beginning, then it would be different.”

“Revenge.”

Prince Orca frowned as if he really didn’t understand and looked at Nadia and Altair.

“I’ve been wondering since earlier, why are you evaluating me so harshly? The Baroness and the Baron both seem to have a grudge against me.”

“Isn’t Dwinhofer Your Highness’s puppet?”

“Dwinhofer?”

Altair didn’t beat around the bush and spoke directly.

He knew that Prince Orca had come alone and without any escort, so he felt even more reluctant.

Is he planning on imprisoning the prince if he has to?

The Altair she had seen so far wouldn’t have done that, but the villain Duke Altair Nadia had seen in the novel would have.

“That’s strange. How did you know that?”

Prince Orca also felt it was impossible to argue with Altair’s words, who was so sure, so he readily confessed the truth.

“That’s right. Dwinhofer is my puppet that I planted in the capital. Since I have been moving around the provinces so much, I had to plant someone in the capital.”

“That Dwinhoper’s mission was selling insurance?”

“Selling Insurance?”

Prince Orca’s face crumpled at Altair’s question.

It was hard to read the exact situation just from his expression.

“Did Dwinhoper sell insurance? I didn’t control his side business.”

Prince Orca meant that he knew nothing about the insurance incidents.

Her eyes and Altair’s quickly met mid-air.

Orca seemed to realise that there was something wrong with our strange reaction.

“It seems that it wasn’t good insurance sales.”

Nadia saw the smiling face of Prince Orca suddenly turn cold.

As his gentle expression, like a gentle breeze, became as cold as ice, she could clearly feel why he was a villain.

“Even if I asked him to tell me about his insurance business, he probably wouldn’t open his mouth because he doesn’t trust me right away. I think I need time to figure out the situation first.”

Prince Orca smiled softly again as if the cold expression had never appeared on his face before and naturally stepped back.

“I’ll come back tomorrow.”

“Can you do it in one day?”

“He’s in my hands. One day is more than enough.”

She could sense a subtle anger in his calm voice.

A boss who didn’t control his subordinates too much, but punished them mercilessly for their misconduct.

A boss who quietly watched their actions and kicked them out if they deviated from the line.

Rather, this kind of superior was much scarier than someone who lived with strict orders.

Nadia watched Prince Orca leave the study with steady steps with shrunk shoulders.

A chill came over her at the fact that she had ended up getting involved with such a scary person.

Altair wrapped his arms around her trembling shoulders without saying a word.

She was able to let go of her fear a little by leaning into his arms without resistance.

“From his reaction, it seemed like he knew nothing about the insurance fraud.”

“That could be because he’s good at acting.”

“That could be true, but…”

To Nadia, Prince Orca’s reaction of storming off, saying he would come back tomorrow, felt very genuine.

She could clearly see the anger boiling up from deep inside him.

I don’t know about other emotions, but I’m confident in recognising anger.

Someone’s anger was one of the emotions she had encountered most in her life.

However, Altair narrowed his eyes and let go of her shoulders, questioning her subtle defense for the prince.

“Why do you keep taking the prince’s side?”

“Huh? I’m not taking his side. I just felt that way…And what do you mean ‘keep’ taking his side? When have I ever taken the prince’s side?”

“You’ve always sided with Prince Orca. Aren’t you his ‘admirer’?”

Altair looked her up and down with a sour expression.

“That’s true. ‘I’m scary and stubborn to the point of frustrating, but he is as gentle as the breeze and flexible’. Didn’t you say that?”

“Th-that-, that-!”

Nadia’s face heated up as the words she used to flattered Prince Orca came out of Altair’s mouth.

A wife caught by her husband fawning over someone…

What an embarrassing and shameful situation…!

“Would I really think that? I said that because I didn’t want Prince Orca to feel any affinity for Altair.”

“Then you think my face isn’t scary?”

“…”

“My personality isn’t stubborn?”

“…”

Oh, no.

It’s hard to say no when he asked her that again…

Looking at Nadia, Altair bent down and met her eyes as if he was really angry.

“Please don’t have eyes for anyone else.”

“I won’t betray you. I can barely handle a husband, so how can I afford to look at someone else… ”

Nadia grumbled and swept his arms with both hands.

She felt unfair. She could still remember how he persistently ‘bullied’ her when they spent the night together.

“I didn’t do anything that crossed the line  today. I don’t deserve to hear that.”

Altair lightly kissed Nadia’s lips as she grumbled.

Upon his action, her eyes widened in surprise, and he proceeded to dig deep into her, putting his weight on her small body.

When she was pushed back by him and tripped over the desk, her body stumbled backward, but Altair didn’t panic and naturally reached out and supported her waist and head.

As they tasted the mixed texture in their mouths, the lust intensified.

But it was then that they heard a ‘thud’ sound from the entrance.

Amidst being dragged along by Altair’s lead, Nadia was startled and pushed him away.

It was obvious that Nadia didn’t sense any movement, but Altair would have been able to tell who was coming near, and yet-!

They looked at the entrance with vigilance and saw a maid who had spilled her cleaning supplies on the floor, her face red.

“P-pardon me! P-please continue what you were doing!”

The maid bowed and left without even picking up her cleaning supplies.

Nadia squinted her eyes and poked Altair in the side with her elbow to reprimand him.

“I guess it can’t be helped even if my wife grumbles now.”

Altair seemed to be enjoying it.

The villain Duke Altair in the novel didn’t seem like this kind of person.

Nadia didn’t know he liked skinship so much and was so enticed by women.

In the novel, he was a man who treated women like a rock and was solely focused on dealing with his enemies…

Nadia sighed at the unbearable change and looked at the documents he had roughly thrown onto the desk while kissing her.

“What should we do with this? It’s a bit suspicious since he just handed it over.”

However, it was such an attractive piece of evidence that she was conflicted.

However, Altair simply shrugged his shoulders as if it was nothing.

“The prince will come back tomorrow with an excuse about Dwinhofer, so we can make a decision then. And it’s not like I didn’t prepare an alternative.”

“There was an alternative?”

“… I didn’t really want to reveal it to you, but…”

Altair lightly scratched his cheek as if he was embarrassed.

This was Altair’s reaction when he committed something extremely illegal.

Altair tended to share legal plans or operations with her, but quietly dealt with extremely illegal things on his own.

It was like his way of saying ‘I carry all the evil deeds on my shoulders’.

Understanding his feelings, Nadia couldn’t scold him and just waited for him to speak, so eventually, Altair cleared his throat and explained the ‘alternative’.

“I’ve stolen a bit too.”

“Y-yes?!”

His tone was as calm as if he was talking about today’s weather, but the content was completely different.

He stole!

As expected, a villain was a villain by blood.

His actions were exactly the same as Prince Orca’s…

Before long, he continued.

“Marquis Vine is a typical fool with the philosophy of ‘the only evidence is in my pocket.’ That’s why he put all sorts of important things in the place where he hides his seal. How stupid of him.”

“But since it’s stolen, it can’t be used in a trial…”

“We can make it public. If people have already seen the evidence, what good would it do if they can’t accept it as official evidence? The verdict is already decided.”

“What did you take?”

“About that, go back to your room.”

Altair cut her off briefly, perhaps because it was an open space where maids could come and go, and glanced at the documents that Prince Orca had brought.

“But I want to somehow make those documents into official evidence…hmm…”

If only this could become official evidence, it would be the best situation.

It was of course necessary to pull public opinion onto their side, but Altair has also secured valuables separately, so it would be more than enough to incite public opinion.

How can I make this into official evidence…

Nadia rubbed her chin in thought.

For some reason, the painting that Dwinhofer had sold them flashed through her mind. That triggered an idea that struck her like lightning.

“Fire…”

Nadia could feel Altair’s gaze on her at her small muttering.

She raised her head to look at Altair, and said cheerfully.

“How about we return these documents to the insurance company’s storage?”

“You’re saying we’re going to return what we stole with difficulty?”

“Yes. As long as these documents are released legally, there’s no problem with their admissibility.”

“And how-… fire?”

Altair tilted his head, recalling the word she had muttered earlier, and Nadia grinned at him.

Yes.

The answer is fire!