How to Survive as the Wife of The Monster Duke

, looking like a faint smear in the dark snowstorm.

Ilyin stared far away as Lizzie gave her a sideways glance, “This will ease the cold.”

“Thank you,” she said, taking a sip, thinking that it was small for a teacup, and almost spat it out.
“Liquor?” It was not tea but hard liquor at that.

“This is a wine that ladies often drink around here,” Lizzie explained.

It seemed that women in the wintry lands could drink.
Ilyin sipped just enough to wet her lips, and it felt like a fire spread through her body instantaneously.
Ilyin’s gaze turned to the window perchance and she spotted one of the torches suddenly being extinguished.

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“A messenger has come, probably to apologize for the ambush,” Lizzie enlightened her.

A messenger? The silhouette Ilyin saw did not look human.
As it drew closer with soldiers watching over it, she saw red scales glistening in the estate’s light.

Ilyin set down the cup with a loud clang.
She then saw a man come out from the estate, and while she could not see his face, she could see that he was a tall man.
She could see from the silhouettes of those around him that they were wearing thick clothes, while he wore only a light coat.
Then, everyone bowed to him, and Ilyin could see that the monster turned its gaze to him specifically.

“Who is it?” Ilyin half expected Lizzie’s answer, and the maid told her that it was the Duke of Biflten.
She could see that no one could meet his eyes, and she would’ve done the same if in that situation.
The Duke and the monster stood for a while in silence.

“Can you communicate with a monster?” Ilyin asked.

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Lizzie nodded, “Of course, they are different from the ones from the sunny lands.”

Ilyin was astonished at Lizzie’s straightforward answer.
The monster bowed, and she could see that it was a gesture to apologize.
Then, something other than its red scales glistened and Ilyin’s eyes opened wide as the Duke swiftly drew his sword; the monster collapsed in front of him.
While Ilyin did not know the Biflten lands, she knew that killing a messenger meant war.

As if Lizzie knew what she was thinking, she said, “Please don’t worry, we’re safe here.”

Ilyin drank from the cup again and felt fire flow through her, it seemed that she was the only one surprised about what just happened. It’s different here.

The peaceful atmosphere of the capital, where words were the only sharp things, was nowhere to be seen.
While people were surprised at being wounded in the capital, here, people ignored corpses.
That monster would be buried in snow by tomorrow.
Ilyin now realized how cold and strange this place was.