I Married a Sick Husband

Meanwhile, Meredith was spending her days much more relaxed than when she was preparing for Theodore’s birthday party.

 

This was because it was customary for noble ladies to prepare for the empress’s birthday banquet.

 

Therefore, all that Meredith did in relation to her birthday party was to stamp the approval documents.

 

“This is a list of nobles who have expressed their intention to attend Her Majesty’s birthday banquet.”

 

After receiving the list of attendees from Yulia, Meredith glanced over it.

 

“… Ah.”

 

Then she noticed something strange and opened her mouth.

 

“Princess Schwartz is not on the list. What’s going on?”

 

“Princess Schwartz is not in the capital right now. We will have only the Duke of Schwartz attend the birthday banquet.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“The Duke of Schwartz has sent his princess to Rimorsy Monastery.”

 

“… To the monastery?”

 

“Yes. It’s been a few days since she left, so she must’ve probably arrived by now.”

 

“Rimorsy. She was sent far away.”

 

The intention was obvious.

 

‘I guess it’s to restore the family’s reputation and Catarina’s reputation.’

 

A monastery.

 

Is there a better place to transform your image?

 

‘But…’

 

Given Catarina’s personality, it was very questionable how long she would be able to last in the monastery.

 

‘It would be useful if she could hold out for a few days.’

 

It was obvious how she would spend there, so she smiled without even realizing.

 

***

 

Coming back, Catarina eventually entered the bathroom.

 

“Aaack! A bug bit me! A bug bit me!”

 

“Calm down, sister. You won’t die.”

 

“Aaaah! Shit water is splashing! I think I will throw up what I ate for breakfast!”

 

“But you didn’t eat anything for breakfast.”

 

“Ugh, the smell! No, what on earth am I doing here?”

 

Catarina’s screams could be heard continuously from the bathroom.

 

Other nuns who were volunteering together looked at Catarina with unusual expressions.

 

The nun in charge of Catarina suppressed her deep anger and silenced her.

 

“Please be quiet, Sister Catarina.”

 

“Ahh! A bug is crawling on my leg! Take this off me!”

 

But no matter what methods were used, Catarina could not be stopped here.

 

Catarina felt like she would faint at any moment between the swarms of bugs and the stench of excrement, which she had never seen before.

 

She also hadn’t eaten anything so it seemed like she was really going to vomit even on empty stomach.

 

‘If I had known this would happen, I would have eaten that food waste!’

 

She didn’t know she’d get so desperate for it, damn it.

 

“Oh, I’m starving. Do you have any snacks or something?”

 

“So didn’t I tell you earlier? If you don’t eat, you’ll regret it.”

 

“Anyway, how can I eat something like that! Ugh, this is frustrating!”

 

“If you keep making a fuss, you have to go home, sister.”

 

At the words, ‘You have to go back home’, Catarina trembled and covered her mouth.

 

‘That old witch… Why do you keep making threats?’

 

Catarina wanted to throw shit on everyone, get out of here, and return to the Schwartz Mansion.

 

But she could never do that.

 

When she realized her situation, she suddenly felt sad.

 

“Heuk, heu….”

 

Eventually, Catarina sobbed and she had no choice but to continue cleaning the bathroom.

 

***

 

Somehow she finished the morning service, but Catarina couldn’t drag her exhausted body to bed.

 

“So this land, which is like a gift from our Lord…”

 

Because she had lunch prayers.

 

‘I don’t know. it’s hard.’

 

After Catarina cleaned the bathroom, even being almost covered with poop, she had absolutely nothing to worry about.

 

She spent her prayer time dozing off, whether her nun in charge was glaring at her or not.

 

‘I feel like I’m starving to death.’

 

From the moment she started volunteer work, that was all she thought about.

 

After a long lunch prayer, it was finally time to eat.

 

“… what’s this?”

 

But in front of her plate, Catarina’s expression crumpled once again.

 

“That sucks!”

 

When Catarina screamed with the same expression on her face when she was splashed in the bathroom earlier, the nun in charge of her gave her advice.

 

“If you don’t eat it, you will regret it again.”

 

“….”

 

She was right.

 

No matter how little breakfast she had, she was someone who already had a big dinner.

 

But if she skips breakfast and she starves until lunch, she might collapse before dinner.

 

She had already had her stomach rumbling loudly in her abdomen for a long time.

 

-Rurrrrrk

 

“…..”

 

Of course, even now.

 

“

Sigh

….”

 

In the end, Catarina sat down in front of her table, letting out a long sigh.

 

Salted herring, brown rice bread, vegetable soup, lightly blanched carrots, and raw radish.

 

“How are you supposed to eat something like this?”

 

“Eat with a grateful heart. It is valuable food.”

 

‘Gratitude is a piece of cake.’

 

Grumbling under her breath, Catarina put the herring into her mouth first.

 

“Yuck!”

 

And within a few seconds, she spat it out again.

 

‘… I feel like throwing up. You want me to eat something like this?’

 

She had never eaten anything like herring in her life. She had only seen it in books.

 

‘There was a reason why the chef didn’t give it to me.’

 

But hunger was the best food.

 

Thinking about later, Catarina began to force unappetizing food into her mouth.

 

***

 

Even after lunch, Catarina couldn’t rest.

 

Because she had Bible transcription and afternoon service left to do.

 

She continued with the prayers, meditations, and readings.

 

When she returned to her room after finishing all her activities for the day, she felt like she was going to die.

 

She couldn’t rest even for a single moment.

 

It was her first time living like this in her life.

 

‘… How much longer do I have to live like this?’

 

Looking back, it was an absolutely terrible day.

 

‘I, a noble person who has never done any work in my life, got covered in shit and cleaned toilets!’

 

Even surviving a day was a result of barely having enough strength.

 

Still, she gritted her teeth thinking that she would have to endure for one more day, for the sake of her family!

 

‘But father will get me out in a week, right?’

 

Catarina lay her exhausted body on her bed and looked forward.

 

‘No problem. For father to leave his beautiful and lovely daughter like me in a place like this for a long time.’

 

Catarina was sure that her father would come and fetch her within a few days.

 

***

 

And indeed, a few days later, Duke Schwartz came to visit Catarina.

 

“Sister Catarina, Duke Schwartz asks to see you.”

 

Yes! Catarina smiled happily and jumped up from her seat.

 

“Ha, my father is finally here.”

 

Catarina spoke to the nun in charge as she looked at her with a triumphant expression.

 

“I’m getting out of here now. It means we will never see each other again.”

 

“….”

 

“That’s why I’m telling you, you nag too much. Do you have a disease that will kill you if you don’t nag? Do you have thorns growing out of your mouth?”

 

Catarina thinking this was her last time here, she spit out without filtering the words she always wanted to say but had kept in her heart.

 

“You’re lucky you became a nun. If you hadn’t, you probably wouldn’t have been able to get married and would have grown old as an old maid.”

 

“….”

 

“Who would want to live with a woman with such a strict personality….”

 

“I think you’d better go quickly, sister. Because the duke is waiting.”

 

The nun in charge, still expressionless, interrupted Catarina.

 

Catarina, who was interrupted, flinched at first, but soon snorted and casually left the room.

 

And when she entered the reception room, she came face to face with her father, whom she had not seen in a very long time.

 

“Father!”

 

“It’s been a while, Catarina.”

 

“Father, how are you?”

 

Catarina asked in an excited voice.

 

“You were very bored without me, right?”

 

“Well, that’s right. How have you been?”

 

“No! How can you send me here and ask how I’m doing?”

 

Catarina spit out the situation so far at a rapid pace.

 

‘It’s terrible here! It’s hell! It’s hard to endure every day! The work is so hard and the timetable is so tight…… They don’t let me go out as I please. It’s like I’m in prison! Then they should take care of the meal properly, but they always give you nothing to eat as if you give it to a beggar! Oh, even if I think about it again, I’m going to vomit!”

 

Catarina hit the desk as she continued to speak.

 

“So, let’s go home quickly. I want to take a bath in my huge bathtub with warm water and lots of scented oils. I feel like my body stinks after staying here! And tell the cook to prepare a lot of fatty food…”

 

“Catarina.”

 

At that time, the Duke of Schwartz interrupted her daughter in a dry voice.

 

Catarina opened her eyes wide and looked at the duke with a questioning look on her face.

 

“You seem to be misunderstanding something.”

 

‘Yes?’

 

“I didn’t come to take you away.”

 

Soon, she heard words that sounded like a lightning bolt.

 

“I didn’t come to take you away. You must stay here.”

 

“Father, that’s…”

 

She heard something extremely shocking.

 

Catarina even fluttered her eyelashes and asked the Duke of Schwartz.

 

“What do you mean by that now?”

 

“Literally. You must continue living here.”

 

“Father!”