I Sought the Villain But Ended Up with a Husband

Chapter 46

‘Why...?’

Hadn’t it been quiet for a while?

So, she let her guard down a bit.

Especially since returning to the mansion in the capital, Kael had even placed knights in front of his room on purpose.

After confirming that, she decided there was no need for her to wander near Kael’s room every night, and she stopped.

But... this turned out to be completely useless. No, to be exact, it made the situation worse.

The reason being, the knights who were guarding Kael’s room were now lying on the ground, bleeding from his sword strikes.

It seemed they tried to stop Kael and ended up like that.

‘More importantly... what should I do.’

These were the knights of the Grand Duke family, skilled in their own rights.

If Kael had overpowered such knights so easily, could she really stop him?

However, the situation was too serious to ignore.

Kael’s state would continue until he regained his senses, but who knew when that would be.

The deliberation didn’t last long.

While Leciel was still hesitating, Kael, with eyes glowing fiercely in the darkness, raised his sharp sword as if to take the knight’s life.

If left unchecked, that sword would pierce through the knight’s body and take his life in an instant.

“No, stop!”

Hoping her words would reach him, Leciel shouted.

But Kael merely glanced at her briefly and did not stop his actions.

Then, with a glimmer of hope, Leciel shouted again.

“Father, stop! Get a hold of yourself!”

Since Kael had listened to her when she called him before, she hoped it would work again.

At those words, Kael immediately stopped.

The sword that seemed about to pierce the knight halted just a hair’s breadth away from him.

Then, Kael, who had been staring at Leciel with unfocused eyes, seemed to regain his focus momentarily before collapsing unconscious.

“Thank goodness...”

At least she had saved the knight who had been on the brink of death.

‘But what is this...?’

She had called him just in case, but he really responded to .

Or perhaps there was some kind of magic in the term that she didn’t know about.

Come to think of it, when Kael had told her to call him , he seemed unusually insistent on it.

But regardless of the reason, Leciel was relieved that she had managed to calm Kael.

“Now what should I do?”

She couldn’t leave the unconscious Kael or the injured knights as they were.

First, it seemed best to check the condition of the knights, so Leciel carefully approached them.@@@@

Warily, in case Kael regained consciousness and attacked again.

Thankfully, Kael remained motionless where he had fallen.

As she came closer to the knights, the stench of blood hit her nose, and she grimaced.

Upon closer inspection, their condition was worse than she had thought.

Even if Kael didn’t attack them again, they could die if left unattended.

So, she had to call a physician immediately, or take them to the infirmary.

But there was no time to waste.

One of the three knights was in such critical condition that every moment counted.

‘At this rate, I have no choice but to rely on myself.’

She had the ability to heal others’ wounds.

Recalling that ability, Leciel grasped the hand of the most severely injured knight and prayed earnestly.

She prayed for his wounds to heal, so he wouldn’t die.

The physician, puzzled by the late-night injuries, still did his duty.

After treating two knights, the physician checked the last one and spoke with a strange look on his face.

“This one doesn’t need treatment.”

“Why not?”

“Though his body is covered in blood, he has no wounds.”

“What do you mean...”

Carren looked confused.

It was strange that one knight was uninjured while the others were hurt.

Moreover, seeing him collapse made it seem like he was injured too.

“Oh, I know why.”

“......”

Carren still looked puzzled as he gazed at Leciel.

“Shall we go move the last person now?”

There was space for the injured in the infirmary, so they could sleep there for the night.

Now, the only one left to move was Kael, who was unconscious but uninjured.

“... alright.”

Not understanding the situation, Carren trusted Leciel’s promise to explain later and followed her.

After leaving the infirmary, Carren moved his father, Kael, to his room. He tossed the blood-stained sword into a corner of the room.

“Now, explain.”

If it were anything else, he could have waited until morning, but he couldn’t just overlook what had happened.

“First of all, the reason one knight had no wounds is because of me.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m quite capable.”

Carren looked puzzled for a moment, wondering what Leciel’s capability had to do with the knight being uninjured, but then he remembered something.

His father had mentioned once in the carriage that Leciel had special abilities besides controlling monsters.

The knight’s lack of injuries must have been due to one of Leciel’s abilities.

And that ability seemed to be the power to heal wounds.

With this realization, Carren understood.

“I didn’t know you had such an ability.”

Controlling monsters was impressive enough, but to also have the ability to heal wounds...

With such abilities, Carren could understand why his father had brought her along.

Given their family’s duty to subdue monsters, injuries were common, making a physician essential.

Leciel could tell from Carren’s words that he had figured out her ability.

Having no intention of hiding it any longer, she nodded.

“Actually, I wanted to heal the other knights too, but it was too much for me...”

“The Grand Duchy has skilled physicians.”

Meaning there was no need for her to feel guilty about not healing all the injured knights.

Carren didn’t want Leciel to feel unnecessarily burdened.

From the look of her, healing even one knight had been exhausting.

It seemed that knight’s condition had been worse than the others.

“Yes. And... about uncle...”

How should she explain this?

Leciel hesitated for a moment.

Watching her, Carren slowly spoke.

“Did you investigate sleepwalking because of my father?”

Back then, Leciel had said someone she knew seemed to have sleepwalking.

He hadn’t thought it would be his father, assuming it was someone else. But now it seemed that wasn’t the case.