The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Tw: S*icide

"Ines, please, come to your senses."

“I have already come to my senses.”

"You're not in a normal state right now. You're not in a state where you can think rationally.”

Ines suffered four miscarriages of Oscar's child, tormented by the imperial family that reproached her every time she lost a child and the Empress who publicly scorned her in front of others.

So, it was 11 years of marriage.

Oscar never once stood by her side in the imperial court, turned a blind eye to her appeals for comfort, and ultimately concluded that she must have had a cursed womb because she could not give birth to a living child.

As gorgeous as she was on the outside, she was dying on the inside. Now, saying she's not in a normal state? She was never normal since she got married. She couldn't live a normal life.

When she learned about the various s*xually transmitted diseases festering in her seemingly healthy and clean husband's body, killing all her unborn children. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] When she recalled all those dreadful nights where he selfishly satisfied his desires, disregarding his pregnant wife's refusal and forcing himself upon her with his filthy being…

Her body, which had known only one man all her life, was already engraved with evidence of all the dirty things he had done. Even though she had never done anything shameful in her life, she was being punished. Her only sin is that she married a man who is like a gutter.

But what is dirtier than illness is desire.

Although he knew that he was suffering from a terrible disease, he always hugged his wife, who knew nothing, without hesitation. His wife, who was pregnant with his own heir, was also made to lie down like his dog. Even though she begged him to be patient just for today, he folded her body like an animal.

She, who was afraid of having another miscarriage simply because of their relationship, must have been very cute in his eyes. For a human who had no qualms about spreading dirty diseases, would such an answer be enough?

For him, satisfying momentary desires meant sacrificing both her well-being and the well-being of their future offspring. From the beginning, they held no value for him. He didn't even harbor malice with the intent to harm her. He truly did those things without a single thought. He didn't momentarily hate her or feel any resentment. Yet, he was capable of such actions.

Then came the nonsense about not being able to let go because of love, and it had been going on for three years.

Looking back, the four miscarriages were a blessing. This seed should have died. It should never have been born into this world. People like him shouldn't have left descendants. He should have died as if he had never existed in the world.

If even one had been born safely, it would have been an irreversible sin. She let go of her hurt, her deep sense of loss, all at once. If that child had been born then... She immediately said goodbye to the countless nights she cried.

She can change her stance faster than anyone else when she puts her mind to it. Yes, not having children was the only consolation in this unhappy life.

From the moment Inés married Oscar, her life was no different from being mired in a gutter from which there was no turning back. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] Her child would probably very precious to her, but could never have saved her. Hoping for life to change, yearning for a child... how naive to believe that having a child alone would bring happiness….

Oscar's demeanor, her longings, and repeatedly shattered expectations were eradicated. She decided to depart with a slightly premature but more effective death, choosing to go before facing the stigma of The Crown Princess dying from syphilis.

"I am more normal than ever.”

The thought of killing him and ruining Valeztena family was never there. He wasn't worth such an effort.

“You said there are no divorced couples in the Ortega imperial family, right? You said you can’t be the imperial family’s first failure.”

She was called rug, garbage, dog, and became a burden of venereal diseases……. She lifted her muzzle from the filth. The crown prince was still suspicious of his wife's behavior and did not immediately respond, but gazed at her cautiously.

“I will make you a true failure.”

He was just a person who begged because he was so scared of divorce.

"You will be the first Crown Prince who drove his wife to suicide.”

“…….”

“The reason is because I hate the world I live in with you.”

“Ines. No way, no. no way…”

“Every minute, every second with a person like you is unbearable.”

On the morning of her death, all daily newspapers in Mendoza would be published with the Crown Princess' will on the front page. “Having No Choice But to Die Since He Won't Grant Divorce.” That's how she personally decided on the title of the article.

All the ugliness that had to be avoided even at the cost of death will be exposed one by one, and all the people he will rule will know that the Crown Prince who will rule the empire in the future is in fact nothing more than a dirty pervert with sxxual desires who likes to fxck and be fxcked by both men and women.

She turned the gun into her mouth and bit it. Oscar seemed very slow to raise his body. She was satisfied.

Today, Óscar Fernández de Ortega, the most perfect husband in the empire, will become nothing more than a lump of filth.

And just like that, she died in a fit of rage.

***

Her first d*eath was a very rational choice, but it was also a very irrational one.

Ines was a hot-tempered person by nature. To put it a little more mildly, it is a characteristic of the Ortega people, who are usually described as 'passionate' in warm countries.

There was no exception, even for the noble daughter of the Duke who held the position of Grandes de Ortega.

There is probably no other country where so many deaths occur due to personal revenge and duels, regardless of gender, age, or status. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] Taking into account the ethnic nature that often leads to accidental accidents, the Emperors of Ortega have already established strict legal measures over several generations.

However, the hot-tempered nature of the Ortega people was not of the rational kind that fears consequences or thinks about the aftermath. If they thought, "I want revenge," most of them took revenge, and if they thought, "I want to kill," most of them ended up killing.

What happened after that didn't really mean much to them. If you don't kill someone you need to kill, you're not alive. If you don't get revenge, you're dead even if you're breathing.

However, Ines was a noblewoman with a high level of education, and a woman who had to learn throughout her life how to be patient and how not to show it. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was so busy living elegantly that the things she had been repressing suddenly came out, but even as she was throwing away her life, didn't she think about what would happen next?

It was not she who had to disappear from this world, but her scum-like husband, but she couldn't send her entire family to the guillotine just to get rid of that scum. She was always a loved daughter and sister.

There is no sin in them. So, she tried to socially bury only the Crown Prince alive so that no one would get hurt. Ines saw no problem with that judgment. This is a conclusion that is not morally problematic at all. Of course, it looks like she died a little angry. Maybe she died out of anger... But who could have come to a more peaceful conclusion from such a precipice?

Her death didn't hurt anyone. Even the prince who was like a brothel rat. Even though she was beaten to the point of exhaustion during her lifetime, didn't she end up not breaking even a finger?

Except exposing all of his bizarre sxxual desires to the world…

Even thinking about it again, it was a very good decision. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] She sought no great reward, merely closing her eyes with a humble wish that if there is a higher power, it would lead her to a slightly better place, or, if not, she remained indifferent to the outcome.

That was it. Since her head must have been shattered at the same time as the gunshot, she felt a small sense of satisfaction while remembering the Crown Prince’s weak-willed nature.

“…….”

So there was no way to know. As soon as closed her eyes, Ines opened them again in the middle of the hunting field, holding a long hunting rifle pressing down heavily on both of her hands.

The weight was almost the same as before she died, so for a moment she even thought she was still dying. In other words, she is still in a terrible state where she cannot die and is just waiting for her head to explode.

However, quite different from the sensation of pushing the muzzle of a gun down one's throat and shooting oneself out of anger, Ines was holding a long gun in the correct posture, no different from any other hunting. She could catch any prey that floats in the sky at any time.

Ines looked around as if the surroundings were familiar. It wasn't a very close memory, but it was a familiar place. The Duchy of Pérez, the enclosed hunting grounds where she often went hunting with her brother Luciano.

"…This is ridiculous.”

Since she got married at the age of sixteen, she has never visited this place. The strict control of the imperial court and the surveillance disguised as management limited her independence. Among the few things she could do, visiting the Duchy of Perez or going on a hunting trip alone with her brother were activities that could never be approved.

So this is.

As if by instinct, Ines traced her memory and immediately found the pond. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] Unlike her memories from a long time ago, it was not a pond but a small swamp hidden in the bushes, but the surface was clear enough to reflect objects.

She lowered herself, resting the rifle at an angle to her side as if annoyed.

The water in the forest, where there was not a single wind blowing, was shining on sixteen-year-old Ines without the slightest movement.