The Villainess Wants to Make Her Husband Slim Down

CHAPTER 63

4 (2) – 4

If it were Prince Julian...

If it were Prince Julian who was here instead, he wouldn't have given Camilla an apologetic look like that.

He wouldn't have looked to see if Camilla had been hurt. He didn't care about what went on inside Camilla's heart. Even if he spoke softly with her, was there truly anything behind those words?

Prince Julian treated people on the principle of efficacy. Behind that open-hearted display of his, he coldly sorted people according to whether or not they were useful to him, calculating his warmth for those he truly wished to have on his side.

He didn't do strange things like Alois did. He used that face of his properly. And without knowing his true face, she had fallen in love with the mask.

"Camilla?"

As Alois called out to her, Camilla looked down. She wanted to meet his gaze, to puff out her chest proudly like usual, but her body didn't move the way she willed it.

She heard that strange hymn again in the distance. A song she didn't want to hear, a song sung for a wedding. A song about two star-crossed lovers overcoming the odds and living happily ever after. Why was it that song seemed to reach her ears when she wanted to hear it the least?

"Camilla, shall we go back?"

If he were Prince Julian, he wouldn't have said such kind words.

Alois stirred next to her. It was as if he had given up on surveilling Klaus, but instead gave his full attention to Camilla. As she looked down, she could see Nicole's idle hands trembling in anxiety.

– I have to raise my head.

Tightening her hands into fists, Camilla took a deep breath.

Then...,

With a jarring rumble, the ground shook.

As it did, she heard a woman's shriek. After that, an ominous beating that sounded like a hammer being smashed on a wall and an unbearable screeching that seemed like the point of an iron nail being dragged down a sheet of metal followed suit. The thuds constantly echoed, one after another. Those horrible sounds came from the depths... And in the direction of the back of the diner they stood in front of.

"W-W-What's happening!?"

Nicole cried out in terror. Was the reason she was so terrified of the rumbling from underground because of the manastone incident she had been wrapped up in some months ago?

Certainly, the sounds came from the underground and certainly, the ground rumbled slightly beneath their feet. Yet, instinctively, Camilla knew right away this wasn't an earthquake. An earthquake didn't sound quite this unpleasant, after all.

– In fact, this underground noise, could it be...?

Camilla suddenly forgot all of her hesitations and, raising her face, stomped into the ruined diner. Alois and Nicole were stunned at her sudden move, lagging behind her as she went.

"What's wrong all of a sudden, Camilla!?"

Only catching up to Camilla with his long strides, Alois called out to her in confusion. But, Camilla didn't stop to answer him, instead, she squared her shoulders and kept striding straight ahead.

"Lord Alois, the source of this infernal racket is obvious!"

Even as she said that the high pitched shrieking from underground grated on her ears. It mixed with the other unpleasant noises, creating a horribly dissonant din. Certainly, if this was happening constantly, the townspeople around here would never get a good night's sleep.