My Husband is Suspicious - Episode 1

【Doubt】

[We listen to anything!]

Hello, I’m an anonymous person.

I have a problem these days. Do you listen to these kinds of problems here? Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t. It’s just that… this is the only place I can talk.

I recently stole something. Yes, I know it’s a bad thing. But I did something justifiable. You’re wondering what’s justifiable about stealing something? Well, it’s a long story…

I’ll just tell you. You said you’d listen to anything anyway. Then I should tell you where I first met that man, my husband.

Um, I happened to go to a store. A store that sells small glass crafts. My hobby was buying small glass crafts whenever I had money.

Why would I buy something like that? Because they’re pretty.

Maybe it’s because they’re made of glass, but they’re so pretty that they seem to shine on their own even when left alone. They’re also small in size, so when I decorate my house with them, I feel good just looking at them.

Anyway, that day I was determined to buy a rabbit-shaped craft. But, well, there was only one, wasn’t there?

So, what did I do?

What else could I do but buy it? Anyway, the moment I picked it up to buy it, someone’s hand grabbed it.

Yes, we both grabbed the same thing.

“Oh…”

Surprised, I looked up and it was a man. And a very handsome man at that. I had never seen such a handsome person, even wandering the streets or ballrooms.

How could a person be so handsome? His eyes looking at me, starting with his pupils, his sharp nose, and his smooth lips. In a word, I looked at him as if I had fallen in love.

That’s when it happened. The man smirked and took the craft. Only then did I come to my senses and say.

“That’s mine.”

“Well, I saw it first.”

“But…”

The man smiled gently and held out the craft.

“Then if I give you this, will you go out with me?”

“Pardon?”

“I like you.”

It was strange. To feel something like that in such a short moment. Well, I did think he was handsome when I saw his appearance. But that was about it. So, I just took the craft and headed to the checkout.

“100 marks.”

The listless clerk with quite a few freckles said in a monotone voice. I took out the money without rushing.

And I left the store right away. But the man grabbed me.

When I looked at him questioningly, the man smiled. I think that’s when it started. That a person’s smile could shine so brightly. Ah, that beauty can be a weapon. I started thinking things like that.

The man seemed to gain confidence when he saw me spacing out.

“How about the restaurant at 4 Saint Mark Street?”

“……”

“Then let’s meet there at one o’clock.”

So, did I go there, or didn’t I?

I went. Yes, he was the first handsome man I had ever met, and I was curious. Well, since he went that far, I thought it would be okay to meet him once.

Above all, the man had given me the rabbit craft. When I thought about it, it wasn’t a loss for me either.

So I went there, and when I talked to him, we got along surprisingly well. He knew when to laugh and was a polite person.

I’m usually drawn to people who are upright. Well, it was like he was filling in the parts I didn’t have.

After that, I promised him a future. The man was good to me even after we got married. Yes, I thought so until that happened.

That thing, I mean, I have to go back to the story of me stealing something again. That thing is a treasure of the Atina Empire. Then it should be deep inside the Imperial Palace, but where was it?

It was in the mansion of the Trade nobleman, who was so full of bribes that he was about to burst. I had to return that thing to the original Imperial Palace.

At this point, I’ll reveal my real job. Well, you said you guarantee anonymity, so I’ll trust you. I’m a private treasure hunter who moves around taking on all sorts of requests. In fact, I get a lot of requests besides treasure.

In the first place, there aren’t many treasures and there are a lot of people. I’m reasonably quick-witted and, above all, I’m quick to assess situations. So, I mainly did secret things between people.

For example, finding lost people, catching evidence of cheating partners, or receiving requests for various things. There were more than a few times when I felt bitter doing those things, but I couldn’t help it. It was unavoidable in order to do what I liked.

Anyway, one day I received a very big request from doing various odd jobs. It was a request from His Highness the Crown Prince.

He didn’t come in person, but sent a subordinate. A secretary or someone like that came to my office. When they came with people wearing heavy armor, I thought they were going to arrest me. Because I did so many secret things.

“I’ve come to request a treasure.”

I was relieved to hear that. My heart was pounding too. It was the first treasure request I had received in a long time.

“What treasure is it?”

“It’s about bringing back a treasure that was originally in the Imperial Palace.”

At that point, I vaguely guessed that the work I was about to do was quite complicated and who was ordering it. You tend to realize things like that when you work in that field.

Still, I accepted the request. They paid a lot of money, and above all, it was the first time I had done such a big job, so I was curious.

But that was the root of the problem.

First of all, I stole the thing well and delivered it to him. But after that, my work started to go wrong.

Everything I tried to do didn’t work out as if someone was subtly blocking me.

A chilly feeling on the back of my neck.

Have you ever felt it? I felt that way then. So after barely completing the previous request, I started to find out more about my surroundings. Whether there was anyone who would interfere with me. I investigated quite persistently. I investigated the client’s phone list and followed suspicious people. And…

“Huh? Eleanor, isn’t this your husband’s name?”

“Husband? You must be mistaken. Why would that name be there?”

I saw one person’s name in the middle of all the records.

[Dreid Finn Rebate]

It was my husband’s name. And next to it was a picture of my husband looking a little fresh.

It was definitely my husband.

Why is my husband there? Why is he interfering with my work so much?

My worries started after that. Who on earth is this person? No, was he such an influential person?

Usually, my husband was a solid banker and was always good to me. And even that day when I went home, he smiled and treated me well as always.

I must have seen the name wrong. No, it must be someone who looks like him. I thought so, but yes, once I started to doubt, I couldn’t go back to the beginning.

Why is he being so good to me? I even had such doubts. Besides, now I’m wondering if this husband of mine is really an ordinary banker.

According to that document, he was a huge asset holder. He was an asset holder who owned all kinds of trading companies and trade ships, and buildings on this street.

It’s usually difficult to have such assets with an ordinary banker’s salary. Unless you’re born rich. But my husband told me before we got married.

‘I didn’t have parents from birth. Everyone abandoned me.’

When I heard that before we got married, I was very touched. I was already so in love with him at that time that I even wanted to marry him quickly and make a family.

But now I doubt even that word.

Who on earth is my husband? In fact, I didn’t know much about my husband. Just his kind personality and the fact that his job was a banker. I had no doubts for a year and a half, but now I have such questions.

* * *

Eleanor paused for a moment and then spoke again.

“Anyway, thank you for listening.”

Then she took a deep breath and put down the phone. The moment she put down the phone, she realized she had made a mistake.

‘I said I was anonymous, but I said my husband’s name.’

But since they said they guarantee anonymity, there will be no disadvantages. Rumor has it that even the Crown Prince confides like this.

Anyway, just because I confide like this doesn’t mean all my doubts will disappear, but I just wanted to talk about these worries.

If I tell all these words to people I know, they will say I’m crazy. Delusions have their limits! But that delusion was quite nerve-wracking and made me mentally sensitive.

Eleanor looked around for a moment. Saint Mark Street was quite busy. A large carriage was passing by, and people were running busily, and people were laughing and talking leisurely with each other. It was all the same everyday life I always saw.

It was as if she was the only one in a different world.

‘Just a few days ago, I was the same.’

But the more she thought about it, the more Eleanor’s head felt like it was ringing. Rather, now she even thought that she couldn’t go back to the way she was before. Such thoughts suddenly came to mind when she thought of her still kind husband.

At that time, she heard a cheerful bell ringing in the distance. Eleanor blankly walked to the center of the street in a hurry. A streetcar full of people was entering the center of the street. It was rush hour, so there were many people inside.

Eleanor lightly boarded the streetcar, grabbing the handle. The streetcar soon started running quickly.

Eleanor blankly looked at the surrounding scenery and fell into thought. The swiftly running streetcar wildly scattered Eleanor’s peach-colored hair.

Just like her messily flying hair, Eleanor’s head was full of worries.

‘Should I tell Dreid about this all of a sudden? Or should I watch a little more.’

What if I tell him all of a sudden?

Then Eleanor would at least feel relieved. She would say that there is someone subtly interfering with my work, and that while investigating it, your picture and history came out.

If I say that, what kind of reaction will Dreid show? Will he be embarrassed or will he deny that he didn’t do it? Considering that my husband has been acting as if nothing happened, there was a possibility that he would deny it.

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