Don’T Get Caught By Your Husband! [EN]: Chapter 109

Don’t Get Caught by Your Husband! Episode 109. Rescue (4)

#Episode 109. Rescue (4)

June 3, 2024

“Aaaagh!”

Providence Pope screamed, clutching his face.

Bright red blood dripped between his hands, which were covering his face.

Belladonna, who had tightly gripped the pen rolling on the floor, stabbed him near the eye with the sharp nib, then ran towards Scarlet, dodging the struggling Pope.

“Scarlet!”

She saw Scarlet collapsed on the floor, a mess, apparently having been beaten here and there by the Providence Pope.

Belladonna rushed to her, grabbing her slumped upper body and pulling her up.

She tried to get up together, but she didn’t have enough strength.

“…Just leave me and go.”

Scarlet, who had slumped down, whispered softly. Belladonna shook her head desperately.

The Pope was completely agitated now. If she left Scarlet with him, she didn’t know what would happen.

“No. I can do it…!”

Belladonna put Scarlet’s arm around her neck and shoulders and firmly wrapped her other arm around her waist.

After taking a deep breath, she used the strength in her thighs to lift Scarlet, who was much taller than her.

The thought of having to save her from the Pope gave her strength she never thought possible.

“Ugh…!”

Belladonna, supporting Scarlet, quickly passed the Pope, who was still covering his face and trembling.

She wondered if she should take even one of the papers lying on the floor, but she thought she would either drop Scarlet or be caught by the Pope.

Getting out of here is the most important thing right now…!

“Hang in there, Scarlet!”

Belladonna said, grabbing Scarlet’s waist even more tightly as she kept slipping down.

The words she kept repeating were meant to awaken and encourage Scarlet, who looked like she was about to lose consciousness, but they were also meant for herself, who had to get her out safely.

Belladonna, who had left the tightly closed door and entered the hallway, moved her legs quickly.

Fortunately, the way to get here was still clear in her memory.

Without hesitation, she turned left and walked to the low stairs.

‘This is the critical moment.’

Before her stood low stairs. There weren’t many stairs, but they were difficult for Scarlet and her.

Even after climbing these low stairs, she had to go around the hallway for a long time, pass through several doors, and finally climb the long, round stairs.

Can I do it? Feeling overwhelmed, Belladonna glanced back and bit her lower lip.

The Pope’s screams were fading. She had to get away from him as far as possible.

“Scarlet, can you put some strength in your legs?”

Scarlet nodded slightly at Belladonna’s words.

As Belladonna took a step closer to the stairs, Scarlet leaned on her body and began to take difficult steps, one step at a time.

“You’re doing great!”

Belladonna pulled her up, not loosening her grip on her waist.

At this rate, she hoped that after climbing these stairs, she could hide in any room in the upper hallway or run away in another direction.

As she squeezed all her strength to climb the low stairs and walked against the unknown underground hallway, Scarlet, who had stopped in her place, uttered in a small voice.

“Madam… I’m sorry, but leave me and go. I’m already done for… My stomach hurts so much from being beaten by the Pope earlier that I can’t walk anymore.”

“Scarlet, I can’t do that…!”

Belladonna looked at her with a pitiful face.

If only my healing power was intact at times like this… Then at least I could have freed Scarlet from this pain…

Even though I knew there was nothing I could do, I kept regretting it.

Scarlet said with a hollow laugh.

“Please listen to me. We’ll both get caught if we do this… It’s better to go out first… I think it’s better to ask people for help.”

Her voice faded more and more. She staggered as if she was about to fall.

Belladonna stood in the middle of the hallway, biting her lower lip, unable to do anything.

Even in this urgent situation, the option of abandoning Scarlet was not even considered.

“Then wait a moment.”

Finally, Belladonna, who spat out as if she had made up her mind, carefully supported Scarlet and sat her down on one side of the hallway.

After confirming that Scarlet was safely leaning against the wall in a comfortable position, Belladonna turned around without delay.

She turned around in the hallway, went down the stairs again, and returned to the room where the Pope was.

She had to try to talk to him somehow to buy time or draw his attention elsewhere.

“…Huh?”

But the Pope, who should have been there, was nowhere to be seen.

Inside the room, filled with cold air without a trace of warmth, there were only red bloodstains and a few scattered documents on the floor.

Has he already gone somewhere else?

Surprised, Belladonna turned around again. If that’s the case, she had to be with Scarlet.

“Oh, no…!”

But Belladonna, who returned to the hallway where she had left Scarlet, could only cover her mouth with a bewildered breath.

There was no one there either.

Did the Pope come here first by another route and take Scarlet?

There was a possibility that Scarlet had regained her strength in the meantime and went up the hallway, but it seemed unlikely that she, who didn’t know the way, would act recklessly.

Belladonna felt her mind turn blank and reflexively moved her legs.

‘I have to find her…’

She couldn’t stop blaming herself for putting Scarlet in danger due to a momentary misjudgment.

Belladonna frantically ran up and down the hallway, looking for her and looking again.

But trying to find her with a mind that had turned completely blank didn’t work.

When she realized that she was just going around in circles in the same place without finding an efficient way, she slowly stopped walking.

‘Think, Belladonna!’

Think about what I can do now!

She stopped in her place, grabbed her head with both hands, and breathed out calmly.

As the anxious feeling of having lost Scarlet gradually subsided, she came to the conclusion that it would be better to go outside and ask someone for help than to wander around in a place like this.

When she thought that far, Belladonna hurriedly turned around and began to go back the way she had come into the basement.

She forced her legs, which kept losing strength, to move, passing through the unknown doors one by one and heading upwards.

Her heart felt like it was about to explode with anxiety and fear, but she couldn’t stop walking.

Finally, as she passed through the last door, Belladonna collided hard with someone coming in from the opposite side and fell backwards.

“…”

She was so surprised and dazed that she couldn’t even make a sound.

Belladonna, who had fallen ungracefully on her butt, blinked her eyes blankly, forgetting her sense of reality.

She didn’t even know what had happened to her.

Her mind was only filled with thoughts about Scarlet.

“Bella?”

At the familiar voice, Belladonna slowly raised her head.

“Uh…”

Escalión, whom she couldn’t believe she was seeing, was standing there.

Escalión, who had confirmed that she was sitting down, rushed to her.

“Bella, are you okay? What were you doing here?”

His sparkling golden eyes scanned her up and down.

She felt like she had been separated from him for so long, even though she had only not seen him for half a day.

“What’s wrong? Why do you look so dazed?”

Escalión asked, raising his large hand and cupping Belladonna’s pale cheeks.

As his hot body temperature touched her, she was startled as if she had been burned. Then, tears that she had been holding back flowed down without her knowing and wet his hand.

“E, Escalión…”

Belladonna stammered, her voice trembling.

At her reaction, Escalión hardened his face and tightened his jaw.

He didn’t know what it was, but it seemed certain that the situation was going badly. He opened his mouth and asked.

“Where is Scarlet?”

“The, the Pope took her. I don’t know where he went… The, the Pope is so agitated right now… It’s so dangerous… I, I should have stayed with her until the end…”

Belladonna stammered incoherently. Tears continued to flow down.

She wanted to protect Scarlet until the end, but she felt like she was going crazy because she couldn’t protect her in the end.

Escalión stared down at her for a moment, then put his hands under her waist and legs and lifted her up.

“Let’s get out of here first. The Imperial Family has dispatched an investigation team. They are searching every corner of the Papal Palace, so something will turn up.”

“…”

“I didn’t know there was a hidden passage in a place like this. I’ll have to call the knights.”

At the mention of the Imperial Family’s investigation team, Belladonna raised her head in a flash.

“The investigation team is here? I know where the Pope’s vault is! I was just coming from there… I want to tell the knights. Important documents were kept there.”

The Pope must have already taken the important documents, but she might be able to piece together the necessary information with the remaining documents alone.

At her words, Escalión turned around and went up the round stairs without hesitation.

He went up the stairs that continued endlessly upwards at a rapid pace without any delay, and grabbed the passing knights who happened to be in his sight and spat out.

“There’s a lot more downstairs. Search every corner.”

“Yes, I understand!”

The Imperial Knights are really searching the Papal Palace…

Belladonna, who had confirmed the knights, struggled wildly to get out of his arms.

Escalión, who realized her intention, put her down on the floor, and Belladonna immediately turned around, ran out, and shouted.

“Follow me! I know the way!”

“Uh…? Yes?”

“Saintess?”

The knights who heard Belladonna’s voice stopped in their place.

They looked at each other’s faces and hesitated, as if surprised that Astanya’s Saintess was speaking so freely.

Escalión, who looked down at them with stupid faces, clicked his tongue as if he was pathetic.

“Can’t you hear? She says she knows the way. Are you going to keep standing there blankly and not move?”

“Ah, yes, yes!”

“Ah, I understand!”

At his scolding, the knights belatedly chased after Belladonna.

Going down the stairs, Belladonna stretched out her head and shouted towards Escalión.

“Please find Scarlet! The Pope couldn’t have gone far! He’s bleeding, so it’ll be easier to find traces!”

Escalión nodded to her.

He turned around and pulled out the sharp sword he was wearing on his waist, watching her back as she ran out again, not even erasing the traces of tears she had shed pitifully until just now.

He no longer had the luxury to spare the Pope.