I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

4. Hugging the Wife in Black Stockings

The queen planned to take me to meet this man, Zerola, as a “surprise” for him.

I had no intention of refusing the queen’s idea. During my “hiding” in the Great Yng Empire, I had learned about some “dangerous individuals” within the empire to guard against the emergence of a death script.

First in line? No, this person named Zerola is not quite there yet. The most dangerous figure in the Great Ying Empire right now—the one who’s *actually* first in line—is the one sitting next to me, holding onto my arm .Zerola can only be considered “one of them.”

If I recall correctly, this man, whom even the Queen has to address as “Uncle,” is a standard “royal relative” of the Great Ying Empire. Although he’s middle-aged and has no children, that hasn’t affected his position or power within the Empire. To put it simply: This is an uncle that even the Queen finds troublesome to “deal with.”

As for me, I don’t need to worry about how his identity and status might affect me. The most dangerous part about this uncle is… he’s very strong. It’s practically confirmed now: both Uncle Zerola and his wife have reached the eighth tier in strength.

What does this mean? To put it into perspective: If either of them decided to “kill me,” forget about the script or any chance of escaping. I’d probably never even get the chance to “read the script” before my head’s already been relocated.

So, while Zerola isn’t the most dangerous person to me, he is someone I absolutely need to handle carefully. I can’t afford to make any mistakes in dealing with him, or else he could very easily want me “dead.” Just like the Queen just told me…

“If your ‘prophecy’ from yesterday is correct, then my uncle will definitely oppose our relationship. Sigh… he doesn’t even try to have a daughter of his own, yet he comes to interfere in my matters. He really has no self-awareness.”

“So you have to be careful, okay? If he gets upset and decides to send you off to the afterlife, I won’t be able to protect you at all, Ochi Lide.”

Right now, on the way to Zerola’s house.

The Queen, sitting in the same car as me, casually tossed those words out just now.

“So, how about we just turn back?”

I glanced at this troublesome woman who was still trying to play games in front of me despite everything that had already happened.

“And then you’ll start thinking of me as a weak coward who’s afraid of dying, right?”

“Tch—”

The Queen showed a displeased expression, clearly I had guessed correctly.

Although she wasn’t happy about it, at this point, I felt like I could figure out what the Queen was thinking just from her actions, without even needing the script.

“Stop whining. If we’re going, we’re going. I’m not going to leave a potential danger hanging around outside. First, I’ll meet with your ‘uncle’ and see how he feels about me.”

There’s no death script right now, and considering the Queen will be there too, that uncle named Zerola isn’t likely to try anything drastic in front of her.

“Queen, could you maybe shift your focus to someone *else*? What’s the point of constantly attacking me before we’ve even met?”

“Sigh~ This is called *fun*, Ochi Lide. If I really married a man like you, I’d bet we’d be separated within a day.”

“That day will never come. If it does, I’ll wear a dress and do a handstand for you.”

For two people who know each other inside out, fully aware of each other’s “dark thoughts,” it’s not just a matter of separation; it probably won’t be long before they get divorced.

“Anyway, whether you like it or not, the next step… you understand, right?”

As she spoke, the queen winked at me.

Of course, I understood her meaning, so when I felt the carriage come to a stop, signaling that we had arrived at our “destination,” I forced a smile and matched the queen’s gesture of linking arms.

Before we left, she whispered in my ear.

“It’s all an act, don’t take it seriously~”

“Hey, you don’t really think you’re in high demand, do you?”

At least, I wouldn’t dare to think so.

Right now, my relationship with the queen was merely an act, each of us using the other for our own needs, and our first target was the royal family member of the Great Ying Empire we were about to meet, Zerola.

Compared to those nobles who were clearly just “showing off their status,” Louise’s uncle was much more low-key. His residence wasn’t a grand castle adorned with gold and jewels, nor did it have a horde of beautiful maids to serve him . Even at his level, he had only one wife, completely fitting the standard template of a “retired overachiever.”

Being “opposed” by such an uncle was quite troublesome because I had already seen his script regarding me from the queen’s briefing yesterday. Although he didn’t come up to me like those young masters to mock me directly, just standing at a distance, his views on the matter were anything but friendly.

【Zerola doubts the identity of O’Keefe.】

【Zerola opposes the marriage of Louise IV.】

That was his script regarding me, so I naturally had no need to lie to the queen. For me, such a script was already dangerous enough; after all, a “big shot” like he could have thoughts of a “death script,” and I might not even have time to react before meeting my end.

So, to put it bluntly, today, during this “first encounter,” I had to cling to the queen’s leg the entire time.

Under the guidance of a servant, the queen and I had no trouble arriving at Uncle Zerola’s home. Although it wasn’t a formal visit, it was still the Queen of the Great Ying Empire, so Zerola had no choice but to make an appearance .

“Hiding behind me is too fine~”

“Stop being annoying, do you think I am someone else?”

My response was simply to hold the queen’s hand. Right now, I was just “clinging to her leg,” but did this woman underestimate me a bit? Even if I had no leg to stand on, I wasn’t surviving all this time just by luck, constantly facing various death scripts.

Instead, the queen should be more careful; the person we were about to meet was a royal with real power in the Great Ying Empire. She shouldn’t be walking around with that innocent smile every day, or this time it might “go wrong .”

【Zerola and Queen Louise IV Meet.】

“Here he comes.”

After softly reminding the queen, I turned my gaze towards the door as it opened, revealing the middle-aged man who walked in. Even we, who could synchronize our actions, seemed to others like a “perfect engaged couple,” didn’t we?

Your Majesty, please don’t mess this up.

“Uncle Zerola, are you surprised?”

In the next moment, the queen had already put on a “naive” smile, rising to walk towards Zerola, looking as happy as if she were his daughter.

What I saw, however, was a troubling situation.

【Zerola Suspects There’s Something Wrong with Their Marriage.】