Chapter 223 - The Lord's Despair Dedicated to His Wife! (2)
“M-mercy...? W-what are you even...”
It felt just like facing a monster—the beastly scent wafting from his own wife. His male instincts rang alarm bells in crisis, warning Albert to flee this danger. It had been about twenty years since he'd set down his sword after becoming lord. He should have escaped this rare brush with peril at the first sign.
“C-Celestia...?”
“Heehee...♡”
Even if time had stiffened his body, a hero was still a hero. He might not fight back against the threat, but dodging it was well within his power. Shattering the window with a burst of heroic fighting spirit and bolting—that was the one sure way for Albert to evade disaster. But perhaps because she was still his wife... he forcibly ignored the warnings screaming in his mind.
...No. The truth was, Albert had already noticed.
The woman before him was no longer his wife.
And yet... even so... he didn't want to escape this moment of peril. The reason why...
“Pfft...♡ Just as I thought♡ Right, big sis Seres♡”
“Hehe...♡ I knew it? Right now, Albert is...♡”
“Yes. That male's expecting it♡”
Like spectators at a show, the two women sat with legs crossed on the office sofa, gazing at Albert. Among them, the blonde—Saint Candidate Klea—watched him through eyes that sent chills of terror.
She usually kept her eyes closed, so this was his first glimpse of her pupils. Those black eyes with their horizontally slit pupils would terrify anyone, but that wasn't why Albert's body trembled now.
Those beastly eyes were piercing straight through his twisted heart...
An indescribable horror.
Albert was already nothing more than pitiful prey, marked by the beasts.
“Ahaha♡ Just like you, Albert♡ You never fail my expectations♡”
“C-Celestia... What are you even saying...”
“Think about it—you've always met my expectations. That's why I even married you... Well, the most important part, that dick of yours, was a pathetic broken toy♡”
“D-dear...”
“Heehee...♡ And for that, I have a gift for you♡”
Giggling, Seres set the document envelope she'd been holding down in front of Albert. He reached out with trembling hands toward the papers on the desk. Glancing at her expectant face—like she was urging him to open it—he tore it open and checked the first sheet.
Albert could only close his eyes.
“...A divorce, huh...”
It was inevitable. The realization weighed heavily on him. From the moment he'd seen his wife mating with that monster, he'd known this was coming.
He hadn't satisfied her, after all.
Celestia had fallen for that monster now.
His wife Celestia... was that monster's bitch, Seres, now.
“...I understand. If that's what you want, there's no helping...”
“Heehee♡ You have to check the whole gift, Albert♡”
Feeling utter despair, Albert reached for his pen to sign the divorce papers before him. But Seres stopped him, flipping past the first page.
“...!? Y-you, this is...!?”
“Heeheehee...♡”
Hidden behind the divorce papers were documents with contents so absurd no sane mind could accept them. As they spread across the desk one by one, Albert's sanity reeled.
What insane nonsense was she shoving at him?
“Y-you. What the hell are you thinking!? This is...!”
“Oh? Isn't it obvious, Albert?”
His 'former' wife tilted her head with a smile, as if asking what the problem was. Pressing her swollen belly and ample breasts against him, she pointed to each document in turn.
“A proposal to transfer the lordship to me. We'd need royal approval, but since I'm the bloodline of the previous previous lord of Radia, it'll go through no problem♡”
It wasn't about possibility. Seres sighed as if unconcerned, continuing.
“Truth is, I'd love to offer the position to Master... but lordships require noble rank. Can't be helped, right?”
She spoke as if the transfer was already decided. Before he could retort, Seres pointed to another paper.
“This one's the transfer of all your personal assets to Master♡ I made you a noble, so it's only fair I take your wealth as divorce compensation, yeah?”
The selfish logic of the wife who'd caused the divorce, now demanding absurd alimony. He couldn't even find words for such ridiculous greed.
“This is a pledge not to defy Master♡ And this is a document delegating some lordly duties to me...♡”
As he skimmed more papers, Albert finally grasped what these beasts wanted. They weren't just divorcing him from Seres... they were turning him into a slave to exploit.
“This is the child custody and paternal rights waiver for Cecilia♡ We'll take her— you just shut up and watch♡”
Taking his daughter, too—stripping him of everything.
“And this is a magic contract that takes your life if you break it♡ The church can nullify these, but Radia's church would never do it, so don't worry♡”
Even clutching his life in their hands.
No human would sign such outrageous contracts and pledges. No matter how much he'd failed to satisfy Seres.
No matter that they were divorcing.
There was no reason to accept this insanity.
Sure, without Seres, he'd never have become a noble lord of Radia. But if he had to go back to commoner life, fine—no need to endure this humiliation.
As he opened his mouth to challenge her, Seres held up the final paper.
“Hehe♡ Too much? Of course there's a reward♡ Here...♡ If you work well per the contract, I'll visit you once a month and satisfy that broken dick of yours♡ Not with hands or feet, but using my pussy directly...♡”
Once a month. A bizarre pledge offering this as a reward for obeying the beasts.
The moment he read it, something black slithered out from his heart.
No. No.
He couldn't accept this. No matter his twisted suicidal urges, not this...!
“D-don't talk nonsense... Even if we're divorcing, I can't accept this insanity...”
Suppressing the rising urge for ruin, Albert shook his head. His human reason, clinging to dignity, rejected the beasts' offer.
But the beasts giggled as if they'd predicted even that.
“Y-you...!?”
“Heehee...♡”
Seres smiled at him as she yanked down his pants.
“Right♡ You need to experience it first♡ How ecstatic that final reward is...♡”
As if ready, she arched her back and glanced at the monster watching them. The moment it grabbed her waist and approached, Albert finally realized.
“So ecstatic... you'll lose your mind♡”
These beasts—and his beastified wife—had come to hunt his sanity.