The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
Chapter 26: A Glimpse of Concern

THIS WORK IS FICTION. NAMES, CHARACTERS, EVENTS, PLACES, ARE JUST A DELUSION. PLEASE READERS BE WISE IN RESPONDING.

I forgot that Goddess Fortuna doesn't like me very much.

I closed both my eyelids a sign I was giving up, I couldn't escape.

I've been caught off guard, there's no chance and reason to be able to run.

"What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to stay in the room?"

Wait a minute, I think I know this heavy sound.

Slowly, I opened my eyelids and raised my head.

It turns out that's really him!

Fyuh, at least I can breathe a sigh of relief.

"Well, because you were gone when I woke up, so I did look for you. Who knows if you're lost and you don't know the way back" I replied face down.

Does he have any intention of helping me stand up? Really am!

"You should have told you that yourself, what if you didn't know the way back?" her asking back made me only get annoyed.

"Is there no intention in you to help me stand up?" my insinuations and he instead folded both his hands in front of his chest.

"It turns out you don't have pity!" I was upset that he acted as if he didn't know and didn't listen to me.

I feel like my skin is being neglected right now.

But before long, he stretched out his hand to help me.

Did he have to let me help him first?

He's really weird.

I shook off his hand and then started to raise my body to a perfect stand.

"No need," I sniffled and he just displayed his slanted smile.

Oh my God for whatever sake this guy really sucks!!

"Duke?"

I had not seen who made that sound, now my body was in his arms with its cloak covering my head to my feet without a single gap.

"What's up, Marquess Houbatten?" ask the man.

Behind this cloak is so dark, I can't even see anything!

I feel like a chick being watered by its mother right now!

"No, I'm just confused. What are you hiding under your cloak?" ask the man whose name is Marquess Houbatten.

"Ah this. It's just someone who's lost around here" he said as he hugged me closer to his body making me bite my lower lip out of nervousness.

What if someone else finds out that I'm secretly sneaking into the war this time?

"But why should you hide it like that?"

Oh come on, are you an interrogator? I have to ask that deep.

"Because he's a very shy person, so he doesn't want his face to be seen by anyone."

Oi, oi. How could you say such a strange excuse in such a calm tone?

"So you know him enough?" Marquess Houbatten asked again.

"Yes, he's my partner."

"really? If I could know, what's his name?"

Aish why didn't he stop asking, anyway?!

"His name is Carla" said Arlen.

I am getting more and more anxious because of this situation, can't we miss this question and answer session first?!

I was so nervous that my body might have been as deathly pale as it had just come out and finished from soaking in a bank filled with bleach clothes.

"Wall she? Is she a girl?"

Oh my God, stop asking!! For the sake of disgusting chicken thighs!!

"No, he's a man" replied Arlen still calmly.

It seems like this guy is not very quick on emotion, very much in comparison to me.

"All right, then. I still have something to do, I say retreat," she told me to cheer in silence.

Finally the much asked figure left as well!

I tried to get myself out of his arms and try to get out of his cloak.

But I can't, because this guy's holding me back from doing all that.

"What are you doing? Let go of me," I said, still trying to escape from his cage.

"unleashed you? What if someone else would see you here? I'll get hit," refused this man.

"Then, do I have to stay like this until we get to the room?"

"Yes, of course," he said, making me look in disbelief.

"No! Just let me go! I'll walk alone! Just so you know, your body stinks!" I'm upset but he's immune to all the rashes I've thrown at him.

"If my clean body stinks, then what about you who haven't taken a bath?"

Checkmate again!

He can always make me shut up by twisting my words.

Huh.it looks like I won't be able to win against him.

"All right, all right, it's up to you" I resigned. Because if I keep getting angry, I can get old soon.

I don't want to get old before my time! Hell to the no! Hell no's!

And somehow, I could feel that he was smiling slantingly behind the cloak that was our barrier.

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Three days later....

"100,000 thousand enemies attacking our west?" asked Arlen when he heard the information.

"Yes, Sir. And the good news is, our troops numbering 100,000 thousand in the region can win their matches with a fairly small number of casualties."

"The number doesn't reach 100,000 soldiers, sir."

"Not 100,000 soldiers?! Isn't that impossible?! As far as I know, the Nephorine Kingdom Warriors are strong enough, how can our Soldiers defeat them with such a small number of casualties?" sahut Marquess Houbatten's.

"Isn't that even good? It sounds impossible, but that is the truth. Our soldiers can defeat their soldiers. Isn't it with this, the chances for us to win are quite great?" duke Hornwall responded.

"That's right. With this, it's possible that we can win the war this time" Prince Yari said.

"Yes, suppose our troops can defeat them with a small number of casualties, then the war this time is quite easy to pass." Prince Darren added.

"I didn't think it turned out that Nephorine troops were that weak," Duke Hornwall said in an understatement.

When the nobles in the room seemed happy because the news was quite satisfying to them, Arlen was busy struggling with his thoughts.

The man felt there was something strange about all this. Not to underestimate, but the man thought how Erosphire troops who are classified as not too strong can defeat Nephorine troops that are arguably not a weak army.

Even during the war last year, 200,000 Erosphire troops almost all died due to enemy attacks that only amounted to 180,000 troops.

And if he had not killed nearly 2,000 enemies with only a sword, perhaps the Erosphire kingdom would have lost the war last year.

"I think these are all enemy tactics" said Marquess Houbatten, making all eyes towards him.

"What do you mean, Marquess?" ask Prince Yari.

"Isn't this weird, Prince? The enemy lost just like that, they felt like there was no resistance. Maybe they want us off guard and they will attack us with the gap we give them" Marquess Houbatten said.

"Do you not believe in the abilities of our troops, Marquess?" the Cela Duke Hornwall.

"Do I say that I don't trust the capabilities of our troops? I was just anticipating and being careful with all the enemy's tactics, that's all" the Marquess replied defending herself.

"What Marquess Houbatten says is a point. Every possibility always accompanies war. And we must not underestimate the enemy, and we must keep anticipating and trying so that we do not let our guard down. You also definitely agree to that, don't you, Prince?"

Arlen's gaze immediately turned toward Prince Yari.

"Yes, you have a point too, Duke Floniouse. We have to be careful" he replied.

"And it seems that the enemy also has not known about our unprotected territory. As long as they don't know it yet, we should come forward to urge them" Prince Darren said, keeping the entire room quiet.

All the nobles seemed focused and busy on each other's minds.

"Therefore, Duke Floniouse," called Prince Yari making Arlen instantly set his sights on the summoner.

"You, with 20,000 soldiers coming with you, will break through and tear down the main defenses of the Nephorine."

"Wait around! Isn't that too reckless?!" cassandra screamed in disbelief.

Yes, the woman just stood right next to Arlen.

Because the man said, he was silent and did not have to interfere, so the woman was silent.

All the nobles who were in the room were as shocked as the statements and orders uttered by Prince Yari.

"But, Prince! Isn't that too reckless?!" marquess Houbatten's army won't take it.

"Duke Floniouse was the hero who brought victory to our country last year. It's not enough that you doubt the abilities of our Soldiers, do you now also doubt the abilities of Duke Floniouse?" ketus Prince Darren made the Marquess only able to silence her mouth.

The atmosphere was back in silence. Arlen, the man was still with his calm flat and cold gaze.

"As I said, Duke Floniouse will lead 20,000 troops to break through the Nephorine's main defenses. I, Prince Darren, and Duke Hornwall will again be the leader of the 100,000 troops protecting those three territories. While Marquess Houbatten and General Mountarren served as observers of the condition of two unprotected areas. Got here anyone objected or not yet clear?" obviously at length and the nobles in the room could only remain silent and agree to all the tasks assigned to them.

"Not that I want to give up before trying, but what if I fail to break through the enemy's defenses?" ask Arlen.

Mumbles began to be heard in the room, when Arlen raised his question.

"Then our plans will all fail" said Prince Yari and all those in the room were flabbergasted, except for Arlen who was still calm.

"If Duke Floniouse fails to break through the enemy's defenses, then sooner or later the enemy will find out two unprotected territories. And just imagine. If that happens, then the enemy will break through our territory, and we have no more chance to attack because we are outnumbered," prince Yari said unceasingly made everything in the room flabbergasted.

The crackling now rang out from Arlen's mouth, while biting his fingernails and his sharp frowning brows, the man's jaw started to imprint clearly due to the command that sounded impossible in his hearing.

"Do you really believe and force me to break through the main Nephorine defenses that might have more than a hundred thousand troops in them with twenty thousand soldiers? Am I told to take my life in this war?" tanya Arlen made the atmosphere even more gripping.

"Sometimes it takes risk and life, do you still want to question that?" Prince Yari stared intently at Arlen.

But not long after that, a small smile on his face. "Or, could it be that you're afraid of losing your life in the battle this time, Duke Floniouse?" the hina is subtle but piercing.

"Hey, do you think life is some kind of worthless toy?! How could you insult him about it?!" inner Cassandra growled.

"Of course I'm afraid, Your Majesty. Because I still have someone I love, and I don't want to leave him," Arlen said making Cassandra jerk and her heart seemed to be pierced by thousands of arrows.

"What did you say that was the meaning of your smile back then?" inner Cassandra was worried as well as feeling a little sad when she heard it.

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"Hey, are you really going to break through Nephorine's defense with just 20,000 soldiers?!" cassandra asked in a calm and in disbelief.

"of course. Do I have any other choice?" Arlen turned around and made Cassandra furrow her eyebrows with her mouth open.

"Don't be crazy! You think you're a superhuman who can defeat that many enemies?!"

"So what should I do? Escape? It was even worse than my death" the man said.

"You're crazy, .," she shrieked as she lowered her head until her long dark brown mane covered her face.

The woman did not accept the reckless and unreasonable decision of the man, she seemed to be unwilling.

It was not that he was worried because he could not return to his world if the man lost his life, but he was indeed worried about the man.

I don't know since when he felt this way, he didn't know himself.

However, if the man was injured, an awkward feeling as well as pain began to attack his heart.

Arlen began to stretch out his palm to cupped the woman's jaw and then raised his face.

Her shady sky blue netta looked inside the woman who was furrowing her eyebrows that were colored in rhythm with her brown mane.

A puddle of tears began to appear lining her dark brown iris that returned her gaze.

"Pff! Are you crying? You're like a little kid," Arlen chuckled while displaying a sweet smile on his handsome face accompanied by a dimple that was printed clearly.

"I'm not crying! I'm just flickering!" swipe the woman while wiping her tears with her index finger.

Arlen then clasped the woman's palm and then grabbed her slender body into her arms.

Cassandra slightly rounded her eyes when the man did a rare action.

He could only remain silent when the man clenched him so tightly that there was no distance between them.

Arlen commented on the thin smile behind the woman's body while saying. "Your worry is more than enough to be my encouragement."

^^I Become Wife of the Atroicous Duke

^^^02 December 2020^^^