Chapter 38: I Learned About Lise’s Past ③
Translated by AmaLynne
Edited by AmaLynne
Sam couldn’t believe his ears.
「Eh?」
The words that came out of Liese’s mouth were something that Sam had never imagined.
(No, but, considering Lise-sama’s age, I guess it’s normal?)
Lise is twenty-one years old.
As the second daughter of a noble family, it is not surprising that she is married.
In this world, if you are in your late twenties, you are considered to be too old to get married, so it can be said that Lise is the right age to get married.
As the eldest daughter, Ur, had run away to hide her illness, the responsibility of marriage must have fallen on Lise even more.
「I’m sorry, I know it’s hard to hear this all of a sudden. But I just wanted you to know.」
「Don’t apologize. I was a little surprised, but why did you…」
「I was married」, she said, speaking in past tense.
And since she was usually at the mansion, it was normal to assume that she was divorced.
Sam couldn’t help but hold his mouth in panic as he tried to ask her why she was divorced.
Lise then chuckled.
「Don’t worry about it. I was married three years ago, but we couldn’t have children. I was blamed a lot for that.」
「Oh, no.」
「Six months after we got married, we still couldn’t have children, and my mother-in-law blamed me for it every day.」
「Children are a gift. It’s not your fault, is it, Lise?」
Sam resented the person who had put the blame solely on Lise.
「They didn’t think of me the way Sam did. I thought they were nice at first, but then they changed suddenly. They locked me in a room, took away my sword, and my husband changed his mind, blaming me for his inability to have children, and even resorted to violence… and got a mistress outside.」
「―――What a guy.」
Sam felt the urge to punch this ex-husband in the face, a leathery man he had never seen before.
In the first place, there was nothing strange about not being able to have a child in six months.
In fact, it was more abnormal for him to lock his wife in a room, beat her, and even have a woman outside in six months.
「I was locked in a room and treated like a tool to make and bear children. But I couldn’t have children. That was the hardest year I’ve ever had.」
Lise’s story was so annoying and unpleasant.
(But this is a different world, so women are treated differently than they are on Earth. What a bullshit.)
It’s unfortunate, but in this world, women tend to be held responsible for not being able to have children.
After changing wives several times and still not being able to have children, it finally becomes clear that the man is the problem, but until then, it was always the woman who was blamed.
Not long ago in Japan, there was a similar story.
It is only recently that medical science has come to understand that the body is unable to bear children.
(What a horrible person, getting violent because you can’t have kids and having mistresses.)
「When I couldn’t get in touch with my parents, my mother and father came to see me. I don’t remember much about it, but they found me like a doll and were furious. She divorced me.」
According to the story, Count and Countess Walker angrily said they would divorce her, but the other family simply agreed that they had no use for a wife who could not bear children.
Even Sam was angry, so Jonathan and Grace’s anger must have been enormous at the time.
「Excuse me, but that was the worst marriage ever.」
「Fufu, you’re very direct, Sam. You’re right, though.」
「But now you’re free of those people. From now on, you can live more freely, meet nice men, fall in love and be happy.」
Those were Sam’s honest-to-goodness words.
Lise had made the worst marriage of her life, but she was already disconnected from her partner.
Then, she was free.
She could live her life the way she wanted.
A nice woman like Lise should be able to find a good man eventually, even if she is left alone.
「My. Fufu. Thank you, Sam.」
「Please don’t thank me. I’m just stating the obvious.」
「What’s the matter, Sam? Are you in a bad mood?」
「Of course, I’m in a bad mood. I didn’t know that Lise was being treated like that and I was smiling. If I had known, I, of course, would have hit the house, as would Ur.」
There is no doubt in their minds that they would have done it.
Ur, who was willing to use force if she didn’t like it, and Sam, who was under her influence, would have at least burned down his opponent’s mansion.
All he can do is lament the fact that he didn’t know that at the time.
「No, you know? I’d rather punch in now.」
「I’m glad you feel that way, but please don’t do that. Father would be in trouble. But thank you. It’s so sweet of you to be angry with me, Sam.」
「Of course I am. You know, Lise-sama…」
「What am I?」
「You’re my master.」
A little embarrassed, Sam looked at Lise’s face and said it clearly.
Then she blushed, her lips curved up in a full smile, and she hugged him.
「Ahh geez, Sam! So this is what discipline looks like! So cute!」
「Hey, don’t hug me!」
「You don’t have to be shy! Sword Saint was also strict and lenient with his disciples, but now I can understand how he feels. It’s nice to raise people.」
Lise’s body heat and sweet smell made Sam dizzy.
He was aware that he had said something embarrassing, so he was almost overcome with shame.
「Thanks to you, Sam, I am able to take up the sword again. Thank you.」
Sam was relieved to see Lise smiling, but with tears in the corners of her eyes.
Lise is a little bit of a tomboy, but she is cheerful, and a smile suits her well.
Sam didn’t want her to have a gloomy face.
He sincerely hoped that she would be happy and forget about her painful past.
(For now, I’ll check out and kill the person who played a joke on Ur’s family next time.)
While being hugged by Lise, Sam secretly planned to do such a thing.
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