Lucia - Chapter 74.2

Chapter 74-part-2

Chapter 74 [part 2]< — Meeting People — > (1)

Men gathered with men and women gathered with women . No one carelessly approached where the King and the Duke of Taran were discussing serious matters with foreign delegations .

Lucia was together with the Queen and other high-ranking noblewomen . She stood beside the Queen and other people stood around them . Presently, Lucia was almost at the same level as the Queen .

Lucia happened to be the only attending wife among the wives of the Duke and Marquis(Gong) Families that belonged to the royal party .  The Duke of Ramis’ Duchess had already passed away, Marchioness Philip was absent due to mourning her mother-in-law and Marchioness DeKhan was absent for health reasons .

‘Marchioness DeKhan will soon pass away . ’ (Lucia)

In her dream, Sofia had married the bereaved Marquis of DeKhan . Lucia didn’t know who would become the wife of Marquis Dekhan in this lifetime .

As she appropriately replied to the women chattering around her, Lucia occasionally searched for her husband with her eyes .

‘My husband . ’

That dashing man was her husband . Of all the people in the venue, he was by far the best . His imposing presence did not fade even when he was with the King . Even in her dream, his presence was obviously overwhelming .

As Lucia took continuous sips of her cocktail, her mood grew lighter . She couldn’t tell if it was because of tipsiness or because she was drunk on the atmosphere .

She laughed with the group at silly jokes, spoke at appropriate times and sometimes, glanced in his direction . The fun of peeking at him was quite interesting . A considerable amount of women kept glancing at him . She wanted to brag to them that he was her man .

On one hand, she was proud but on the other hand, she was annoyed . She wanted to say something childish like ‘don’t look at him, he’ll wear out’ .

‘Ah . That woman has big breasts . ’

The outfits of the capital’s noblewomen were definitely more daring than the northern’s noblewomen . A dress that openly revealed the cleavage was so common that people had become numb to it . It wasn’t even thought of as risque .  One could often catch the sight of a beauty with thin waist and big breasts .

Lucia’s eyes kept going towards women’s chests . She acted like she wasn’t looking but she kept looking . All the women she saw in her dream had big breasts .   And it was plain as day that Hugo liked busty women .

‘What do you have to eat to get it that big?’

Lucia wanted to ask . And she took a glance at her outfit . The dress itself was quite gorgeous, but the style was gentle . Even though the back was exposed, it couldn’t be seen from the front so it didn’t appear risque .

Lucia had no complaint about the dress . It suited her well . But she was a bit envious of the self-confident women who confidently showed off their body .

Lucia turned her head again and payed attention to the women’s conversation . Even if she wasn’t focused on them, she had to show that she was listening to a certain degree .

Hugo let the boring talks flow out through one ear and from time to time, he was monitoring her . As he watched her take in a few glasses of cocktail, he was worried that she would get drunk . And the moment she turned around, his face fell and his insides went up in flames .

‘What . Is . That . ’

Her immaculate back was clearly visible . Because all this time, he had been watching her frin the front, he had been unable to look over the dress carefully . Who would have thought that the back would be like that? He was content with Antoine’s dresses because they were different from the usual dresses that revealed the cleavage . But he didn’t know that he would be stabbed in the back like this .

‘I’ll fire her . ’

Hugo ground his teeth . The designer had to be changed . He had given her so much money but did that woman actually cut out the back to save on material cost?!

Steam rose from his head . He wanted to shout for all the men in the hall to fix their eyes to the floor . He barely managed to regain his composure and called over a servant .

“Get me a shawl . One that can cover a noble lady’s shoulders . ”

Although it was an unexpected request, the servant obeyed and ran off to look for a shawl that would cover a noble lady’s shoulders, from who knows where .

‘Delicious . ’

The cocktail was to Lucia’s taste . She picked up a new glass again .

“Oh my…”

The people around her suddenly exclaimed . Lucia began to turn her head and felt a soft shawl cover her shoulders . Then an arm reached out and took the glass of cocktail in her hand .

“I think you’ve drank enough, my wife . ”

A little while ago, he was some distance away but at some point, he had gotten behind her . Lucia was taken aback and stared at him blankly . He took her empty hand and placed a glass of orange juice in it .

Lucia protested with her eyes . As if flaunting to her, he gulped down the cocktail he took from her in one swoop . As Lucia watched his moving Adam’s apple, the thought rose in her mind that she wanted to kiss him there and she was startled at her thought .

‘I must be drunk . ’

Just like he said, she seemed to have really had too much to drink .

“This is…”

Lucia fiddled with the shawl . It was a blue shawl didn’t suit her pink dress at all .

“It seems cold so hold onto that . ” (Hugo)

Today’s weather was closer to warm than cold . Lucia wanted to ask why but there were people around so she silently adjusted the shawl . Hugo stepped back to confirm that the half of her back was now covered and was pleased .

“Did you go looking for your wife because you couldn’t wait?”

Kwiz spoke cheerfully and approached them . Kwiz had been watching the Duke of Taran who couldn’t take his eyes off the Duchess . Even though Kwiz had witnessed it, he couldn’t believe it . A group of people came along, following Kwiz .

The women naturally went to their respective husbands and the group became a group of married couples . The people who wanted to be in this group stood around them, forming a wider circle .

The men lost interest in their current topic and the women who were engaging in small, nonsensical talk went quiet . The men began to discuss mostly about politics and foreign affairs . Lucia was not very interested in this kind of talk . They were talking about a distant country .

Lucia endured her boredom and glanced at him . He was not that involved in the conversation but somehow, when people wanted to hear his opinion and he opened his mouth, they all focused on him .

When someone in the group brought up a subject, there would be some debate on the subject . His wait-and-see manner had no intention of butting in, and the heat of the atmosphere only rose to the point where no deterrent was needed . Even so, it was quite dull to Lucia .

Maybe the alcohol was getting to her because she was getting a little hot . She wanted to take off the shawl so she tapped the back of his hand lightly . When his gaze moved to her, she gestured to take off the shawl . He frowned slightly and shook his head .

‘But it’s hot . ’

Why couldn’t she take it off? She felt sullen but when she saw a busty woman pass by, her playfulness soared . She tapped the back of his hand again and signalled with her eyes that she wanted to say something .

He lowered himself and whispered in her ear .

“What?”

Lucia brought her head to his ear and whispered to him .

“You like busty beauties, right?”

Hugo took a good look at her then spoke in her ear again .

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Men are all like that . ”

“Don’t listen to those women who say nonsense all the time . ”

Hugo thought she had heard something strange from the noblewomen .

‘Get rid of that confidence that I’m not one of the women speaking nonsense . ’ (1)

Lucia pursed her lips slightly . Even though she didn’t enjoy gossiping, it was secretly quite fun . As long as it wasn’t slandering another, it was an enjoyable pastime when there was nothing to talk about and time would pass by without notice . When a noblewoman with the gift of eloquence laid it on the crowd and the laughing and chatting began, a few hours could easily pass by .

“I heard that all the women you have been with are busty beauties . ”

Lucia hadn’t really heard that . There was no one around her with a liver big enough to drive a wedge between them . She had gotten information about his past women from Jerome and among those women, there was no one in particular that bothered her . Most of them were women that couldn’t even come close to her as the Duchess .

Lucia did not care about his real past women . Rather, his future lovers that she saw in the dream was more vivid in her memory so she cared more about them . It might be because she was envious of the beauty and confidence of the women that accompanied the Duke of Taran . Even the Duchess she saw in her dream was not a beauty, but her breasts were big .

Lucia was slightly intoxicated so her mood was a bit higher than usual . She got a little annoyed and was able to do something bold like teasing him .

His red eyes shook intensely . Lucia was rather surprised and widened her eyes . He was flustered . The man who seemed like he would be calm even if the sky collapsed was shaken . Lucia found that amazing and interesting . She pulled on his arm making him lower his body then she whispered in his ear again .

“Don’t tell me it’s really true?”

The sight of him stunned made her chuckle a little . And she could see a variety of complicated emotions whirling around in his eyes . It seemed like he was angry but he was showing bewilderment and disbelief which was rare and precious .

‘Oh my goodness . How cute . ’

The big man was adorable . He was showing this expression to her alone . Her heart was tickled and she couldn’t help but laugh .

Hugo’s eyes narrowed as he watched his fearless wife who dared to tease him . He lowered his head to her ear and gently bit her ear . She looked at him with surprise and her face gradually grew red-hot . Hugo was satisfied with her reaction and calmly lifted his head again .

‘T…T…This crazy– . He seriously…’

Lucia stared at his unconcerned shameless face with disbelief .

‘How could you do that here!’

Lucia turned away and swallowed her scream .

The people around had very strange expressions and alternated glances between the ducal couple . It was rare for the nobility who strove for expression control to reveal explicit emotions in a public venue . But they were all showing very excited expressions . Lucia did not think beforehand that her act of exchanging whispers with him would attract people’s attention . She had been slightly excited because of the alcohol .

Lucia was embarrassed and her face felt like it was on fire . She had to first escape from here . Lucia tried to get away quickly but his hand was faster as he caught her waist and pulled her in .

“Where are you going, my wife?”

He placed his lips close to her ears and spoke huskily . Lucia struggled to get out of his arms .

“It is rude to ask that of a lady . Please let me go . ”

The corner of his lips raised in a smile .

‘No! Don’t do it!’

For some reason, Lucia felt a bad foreboding and cried out inwardly but his lips had already descended on her lips before pulled away . There were gasps from here and there, something could be heard falling to the ground and the sound of something cracking in succession could be heard . (2)

Lucia didn’t have the courage to look around and as soon as he loosened his hold on her waist, she rooted her eyes to the floor and ran away . Indeed, it was apparent to any who saw that she was running away .

Translator’s Corner:

 I wanted to translate this as: “How are you confident that I’m not one of the women speaking nonsense?” but I felt like that was slightly pushing it . But this should help explain the sentence better if you didn’t understand it . This is likely the sound of glass falling to the ground and breaking . I thought it was the sound of hearts cracking  .

Belonged to the royal party: Royalists basically . These families support the crown aka Kwiz . These people have been mentioned briefly in Chapter 58[part 1] .

Marchioness: This should be quite obvious but the wife of a Marquis is a Marchioness .

Title ranking so far: Duke > Marquis > Count > Baron . Therefore: Duchess > Marchioness > Countess > Baroness .

Risque: sexually suggestive, indecent… google it .