To Those Who Regretted After I Died - Chapter 4
Lately, there have been many mornings when I find myself eating alone at the breakfast table…
“Where’s my husband?”
“He’s still sleeping, so please go ahead and have your meal, madam.”
“I understand… Speaking of which, I haven’t seen Emily at the table either… Is she still asleep?”
“Yes, the maid went to wake her up, but it seems she started her monthly cycle…”
“I see, during that time, Emily often has a hard time getting up in the morning…”
A few hours later, after the head maid had heard about Emily’s condition, my husband finished his late breakfast and was working when Emily entered his room without knocking.
“Are you feeling alright?”
“Ugh, my stomach hurts… I wish Brother would switch places with me…”
“Hahaha, that’s an impossible request.”
I was shocked to overhear their conversation…
“…Husband…”
“Hmm?”
“How do you know about Emily’s condition?”
“!”
Seeing my husband’s surprised face and how he averted his gaze made me doubt their relationship for a moment.
“W-well…”
“…”
“Big sister, I told Alec about it.”
“Eh!?”
“Y-yeah, I heard it from Emily, and that’s why I asked… Let’s take a break… Emily, would you like to go for a walk?”
“Yay!”
“Make sure to take a break, too.”
“…”
I could hear their conversation as they left the room,
“That was a relief…”
“Make sure to thank me, Brother.”
As I watched the two leave, the unsettling feeling in my chest turned into a terrible premonition.
It became clear to me… I kept repeating to myself, “It’s fine, it’s fine,” as I went up the stairs and heard the head maid and two other maids talking in front of my husband’s room, their faces filled with concern.
“…What should we do, head maid?”
“…Perhaps the master is injured…”
“What happened? Is the master hurt!?”
!!
“Madam!!”
The head maid and the maids were startled and turned to me…
“What’s going on in front of the master’s room?”
“…Madam, it’s that…”
“…What happened to those sheets?”
I noticed that the sheets the maid was holding were stained red.
“…That is…”
“…The master’s bed sheets…”
“Eh!”
I thought, No way!? and the image of my husband with Emily flashed in my mind… As my body swayed, I felt the maids catch me, and my face turned pale.
The head maid seemed to sense something from my reaction.
“…M-maybe the master might be injured… Please, stay strong, madam…”
“…… My husband knew about Emily’s monthly cycle…”
“!!!!!”
“…I need to see for myself…”
“Madam…”
I asked the head maid to stay in my room for a week.
I thought I wouldn’t be able to bear it alone…
“…Madam, please rest a bit… It might be our misunderstanding.. the master is a serious man. He wouldn’t do something to betray you…”
“…… I hope that’s true, but you all know… since my sister came, my husband’s life revolves around her…”
“Madam…”
I heard the sound of the door opening and closing in the quiet night, and the footsteps in the hallway were the ones I always recognized…
“…Could it be…”
“Let’s leave the room…”
“Madam!”
I opened the door and saw my sister, Emily, walking down the hallway by the light of the lamp.
“E-Emily!?”
“……”
Emily walked and stopped in front of one of the rooms.
“Wha!?”
The head maid was surprised, and I stared at the door to see who it was.
With a click, the door opened, and out came my husband…
As we exchanged smiles, my husband invited Emily into the room.
The head maid and I witnessed this, and especially the head maid was trembling and turned pale.
I knew how my husband looked at Emily since she came to the mansion… It was a gaze different from the one he directed at me…
“M-madam, this shouldn’t be happening.. go to the master immediately…”
“…It’s too late… Emily has already established a relationship with my husband…”
“!”
“My husband… chose my sister over me even when I was here… He doesn’t consider me a wife…”
I continued to cry as I looked at my husband’s room… and I couldn’t help but contemplate leaving this mansion someday…
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“Recently, don’t you think the master has been seen walking with Lady Emily more often, even with us maids around?”
“What is the master thinking, being with Lady Emily while his wife is here?”
The maids who were cleaning frequently discussed the relationship between the master and Emily…
“Is it a business trip?”
“Ah, yes, I will be away from the mansion for two days starting tomorrow… While I’m gone, I’ll leave everything to you.”
“…May I ask where you’re going?”
“Where am I going?”
“…If anyone asks where the master has gone, I wouldn’t be able to answer…”
“…Hah, I’m going to the neighboring country of Etonania to procure goods, that’s all.”
“…I understand… Thank you very much…”
After learning about the relationship between her husband, Alec, and her sister, Emily, Sophia found that the days when they worked together had decreased. She had started to discuss working with Alec only on days when she felt well.
“Oh, and I will be taking Emily with me on the trip.”
“What!? Why are you taking Emily on the business trip?”
“She will be going in your place.”
“In my place?”
“I heard that you haven’t been feeling well lately. Normally, I would take my wife with me, but I understand that it’s not possible, so Emily will be going instead.”
“…”
(Why is he taking Emily for the trip? Knowing that I’m unwell… They must have decided this together beforehand… If we were a proper couple, he would postpone the trip when his wife is unwell… He doesn’t care about me at all…)
Sophia clenched her fists and couldn’t say anything to Alec.
“Alec!”
Without knocking, Emily suddenly entered the room.
(…She has stopped calling him ‘big brother’ now…)
“Sister!? Don’t scare me, you’re in Alec’s room!”
“…”
Sophia had also been speaking less with Emily.
“What’s wrong, Emily?”
“Well, I have a favor to ask.”
“A favor?”
“I don’t have anything to wear tomorrow, so I thought I’d like to go shopping now, but are you busy?”
Emily clasped her hands together, asking Alec to join her for shopping.
“Sigh, it can’t be helped. let’s go shopping.”
“Really!? Thank you!”
“Emily… you…”
(She just got some new clothes recently…)
“I’ll return by dinner. Please take care of any paperwork until then.”
“…Alright…”
“Alec, hurry up~!”
“Ah…”
After seeing Emily link her arm with Alec’s, they left for shopping together.
“Hmph… Ugh…”
Left alone in the room, Sophia gripped the papers and silently cried… She considered divorce but suppressed the thought, knowing it would trouble her parents.
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