The Werewolf King's Bride

(From Demetrius's Perspective)

"What is her condition now?" Luc asked.

It had been five days since Blue caught the fever. Her high fever did not go down completely, but she was doing better than before. At least, she could sit up now.

Luc returned from Lacuna after fixing the situation back there. The team also returned alongside him. They would go to visit Mazazine soon. Luc would not be going with them.

Hearing that Blue was sick from Ruby, he came to visit her without even changing. It was surprising to me that he could worry about someone else other than his family. Well, she was part of his family now since his parents adopted her. Yet, she was not his real family.

To me, my wife was my world. She was the only person I worried about.

"She is better than before," I replied. "But you cannot visit her. The doctor said that no one should visit her."

"Ruby told me that Blue's condition was critical. Her fever was not going down. Has her fever gone down now?" he asked.

"Her fever has not gone down yet. But she can sit up now."

"That means she could not even sit up?" he asked in shock and I shook my head. "… She really was crazily sick this time. When I went to the magic tower just a while ago, I found a pile of letters to Ruby that were sent by Mom and Dad. They were worried dead about Blue and told Ruby to keep updating them. Ruby is really worried too.

She kept telling me about her condition since the moment I had gone there. I came as quickly as I could."

"Marquis and Marchioness sent a lot of letters to me as well."

I had to reply to all of them even though I did not want to. Blue gave me the name of a list of people to who I should reply to in case they sent letters to ask about her condition. Regardless to say, her adoptive parents were on that list.

"She is eating well now. The proportion is still little, but at least, she can eat. For the first two days, she could not even bear the smell of food. I was eating the same thing, but I did not get any bad smell. Now, she eats well, though she throws up sometimes," I said. "The doctor said her condition is worse because she has always been very weak.

There are two reasons for that; one is her past, and the other one is the amount of mana in her body."

"Yes, the way she defeated the deceased King of Lacuna, it seems her power is quite admirable and only a short amount of power is awakened."

"We believe someone somehow awakened her power a bit more though it's still not enough to create a balance. I don't think I need to tell you who we suspect that someone is."

"I know. You are telling me this to do that, aren't you?"

"Good that you are not dumb," I said.

"Let her get better first. I will look for someone who can awaken her power," he said. "Let me take a break though. I am newly married. I want to spend some time with my wife."

"… When have you become a loving husband?" I muttered.

"Why are you making that face…? I am just doing my duty as a husband and besides, more than a duty, I also want to spend time with my wife. I guess it's my personal want now," he said.

"… Alright, take a break. After Blue gets better, you can look for a dark mage," I said.

'I have respect for those men who want to spend time with their wife just because it's something they like.'

After explaining Blue's condition in detail to Luc, I returned to our bedroom. "Who was it?" Blue asked as soon as I went in. Find exclusive stories on empire

"Luc. He came to ask about your condition," I replied, walking over to her.

She was reading some books, now that her head hurt less and she could sit up. She was learning books about dark mages and black magic. Just when she would feel a little better, she would get to do something without taking a break.

"Is that so? Right, he was supposed to come back today…"

"He wanted to visit you too, but I said no."

"You did well. He should not have come to the palace in the first place, not that I don't appreciate him being worried. I just don't want him or Ruby to get sick too," she said.

"Are you feeling alright now?" I asked.

"You keep asking me this," she chuckled. "Yes, I am feeling a lot better than before. I can even do some…"

"No, no work until you fully get better."

"Okay, okay… I will just read the books."

The fever had spread in the whole kingdom very quickly. We took measurements, but the disease still could not be prevented from entering the palace area. A lot of servants caught the disease. They had been separated, so, for now, there was only my wife who was sick in the palace. Only two maids served her and they also stayed separate from the other maids.

There were even ten deaths that had been caused by the fever. Among those who died, six were infants, three were quite old and one was in his twenties, but very weak.

A few remedies had gotten out in the market on my order. It was the Imperial Palace's job to find a great doctor who could create medicines for the diseases that spread.

Blue had been taking the medicine that Doctor Dimitri made especially for her. Her body was not ready to take all of the medicine that was made for werewolves.

"That said, how is your investigation going? Have you found that man yet?" I asked.

She had been looking for the shadow ever since one of her spies got a glimpse of him by chance. There was zero to no chance that she would be able to find him. But I did not stop her.

"Nothing… Reece did everything I told him to and the spies have been looking for him, but nothing," she sulked. "Is he a ghost or something? There is literally no trace of him. I mean, I usually can find whoever I want to, no matter how hard they try to hide. But this person… It's getting impossible. The worst thing is- I feel like he is not even trying to hide that much, yet we cannot find him.

He is just too confident and I hate to admit that his confidence is not baseless."

It was only natural. The best thing the shadow could do was be a shadow. The shadow did not have an identity, he did not have an existence; he was just the shadow.

"Don't be so disheartened," I said. "Perhaps you can find him one day."

"… Do you know who he is?"

"How will I know a random man from Lacuna?"

"Perhaps he is not from Lacuna…"

"How am I supposed to know? I have not even seen him."

"That's true… I guess I am just being weird…"

"What will you even do if you find him?"

"I just want to know who he is. I just cannot rest well without knowing," she muttered.

'It's pointless, darling…'

"I am going to give up only after I get something more interesting to put my mind to," she said determinedly which almost made me laugh. Her eyes looked way more serious than the matter was.

"The motivation is quite interesting and exceptional," I chuckled. "Are you doing this because you don't have anything interesting to put your mind to?"

"It's part of the reason. You see, if a human doesn't find something interesting in life, they lose the meaning of life. Therefore, I am always looking for something interesting. When I first came to this world, I found a lot of things interesting and new. But now, I have gotten used to most of them," she said. "That's why I will look for anything that I find interesting."

"You can look for anything you want to as long as you don't put your life in danger. I won't allow that."

"I will never put my life in danger for no reason," she pouted. "My life is… precious to me now…"

"Yeah, your life is very precious. You should treasure it," I said.

'Her life was perhaps more precious to me than it was to her. I did not want to lose her. Even the thought was scary.'