I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration - Chapter 120
“Killian may have feelings for that woman, and the punishment our family decides should not be swayed by such things!”
“Killian may be softer than he seems, but he’s not the kind of man to ruin a major family affair over petty feelings.”
“But……!”
“You’re the one who seems a bit emotional right now. Lizé is back safely, so don’t get worked up. You’re only going to irritate Killian more.”
Cliff stepped back, unable to push the argument further.
As the Riegelhoffs and their entourage knelt in the center of the execution ground, Killian entered the execution ground and approached the Duke and Cliff.
“Killian,” the Duke greeted Killian with a heavy voice.
At first glance, Killian didn’t look much better after being away for a few days.
He had dark circles under his eyes and a scruffy beard, and his cheekbones and jawline were more prominent, as if he had lost weight in the interim.
“Where’s Edith?”
“She should be in any minute.”
Just then, one of the doors to the execution ground opened and Edith walked in, followed by the knights.
At the same moment, Killian’s shoulders tensed as he spotted her.
‘Edith!’
He couldn’t get a good look at her condition from the distance, but the way she was shaking as if she was struggling to walk, it was clear she was badly injured.
Edith must have been beaten and tortured from the moment she arrived at Wellesley’s villa, so it’s a wonder she’s standing at all.
Killian wanted to say something right away about Edith’s assault at the hands of Riegelhoff’s men, but the atmosphere in the execution ground was too heavy for him to dare.
The Duke turned to the kneeling Riegelhoffs and their entourage and said, “If it had ended with a territory war, I would not have bothered to kill you with my own hands.”
If so, the Duke would not have been given the right to execute the Riegelhoffs. It was the Emperor’s authority to deal with families involved in treason.
But they had kidnapped vulnerable women and tried to use them as hostages.
And for that very reason, the Emperor had unusually given the power of execution to House Ludwig.
“You, who claim to know the honor of nobility, cowardly kidnap women, and then complain that the dukedom has been taken away from you?”
With a snap, a sword was drawn from the Duke’s scabbard.
“I will decapitate all those who bear Riegelhoff’s name! I will send the severed heads to the palace to hang on the walls alongside those of the other traitors, and throw the bodies on the mountain to be torn apart by the beasts!”
As the thunderous order fell, the executioners on one side of the dais gripped their sharpened axes anew, and screams and cries erupted from the kneeling prisoners.
The Duke, who was looking down at it, turned his gaze to Killian and made one exception.
“However, I will leave the execution of Edith to you, Killian. For while it is true that she is guilty, she is also your wife.”
At that, Cliff called out again in a low voice, “Father!”
The Duke looked back and forth between Cliff, who looked displeased, and the cold-faced Killian.
“I think it would be disrespectful to Killian if anyone else decided what to do with Edith, but if he chooses to keep her alive, I will respect his wishes. Of course, he will have to bear the responsibility.”
The Duke stepped aside and made way for Killian.
Killian walked slowly toward Edith, his grip tightening on the hilt of his sword.
As if waiting for this moment, the knights who had brought her made her kneel on the spot.
Apparently, they believed Killian was about to decapitate her.
And Killian finally got a good look at Edith. She was dressed in the ragged clothes of a commoner, with a cheap scarf roughly wrapped around her head and face.
Only her forehead, eyes, and nose were visible, but he could tell her complexion was pale.
“Edith……”
He called her, but she didn’t look at him.
She just stared off into space, neither crying nor smiling, her hair flowing out of her scarf to one side, revealing the white nape of her neck.
Her resolute demeanor was not that of a person on the verge of death. She’s been called vulgar and lascivious, but at this moment she is a noble lady.
“Edith. Say no. Say it’s a misunderstanding. Please say it!”
As Killian took a step closer to Edith, Lizé, who was watching from a distance, stomped her foot and urged her on again.
But Edith didn’t budge.
The sight of her expecting nothing made Killian’s heart sink.
‘Why aren’t you clinging to me?’
Edith has always been like this.
She never asked him to help her, even though he was the only one who could.
‘Am I still so unworthy that you don’t want anything from me?’
Every time he thought about it, his insides boiled over and he felt like he was going to burst.
‘I feel so miserable to see her bottling up her pain inside, unable to cry out for help, that I think I’m going to go crazy.’
“Edith! Beg for mercy! Please, Edith!”
“Stop!”
The Duke made a rare effort to stop Lizé as she screamed Edith’s name again.
Looking at Edith, who remained unmoved, Killian spoke up.
“Every single one of those Riegelhoffs deserves to be put to death, not only for their treason, but for their heinous deeds.”
Duke Ludwig nodded in satisfaction, and Edith…… smiled faintly.
Killian’s stomach churned even more at the pale smile, which only he noticed.
So he spoke, as if to break Edith’s reticence.
“My wife’s name, by the way, has been Edith Ludwig ever since she married me. If Edith is a Riegelhoff, that’s an insult to House Ludwig, isn’t it?”
“Killian!”
Cliff bellowed, but Killian didn’t back down.
“What’s the matter, brother? If you don’t believe me, shall I fetch the vows we made when we were married and show it to you?”
Then, this time, the Duke spoke in a heavy voice, “Can you take responsibility for your actions?”
“Why can’t I take responsibility, my father? It was you who forced this marriage on me, and now you want to take it away from me?”
Killian finally spat the words out.
His father had forced the marriage he hated so much under the pretext of ‘for the sake of the family and the Emperor,’ and the sealed marriage vows are still in the archives of the Ludwigs’ residence.
It stated that Edith Riegelhoff’s name would henceforth be Edith Ludwig.
“Why are you sitting on your knees like a sinner? Unless you mean to dishonor me and my family, stand up, Edith Ludwig.”
Only then did Edith’s gaze snap to Killian.
It was a look that said, “This can’t be happening,” and Killian almost burst out laughing.
Then, all of sudden,
“If you’re going to kill us, kill that woman too!” Count Riegelhoff screamed, still on his knees.
Shane next to him followed suit. “That’s right! If you’re going to kill all the Riegelhoffs, kill that bitch too!”
Their outburst stunned everyone on the execution ground except Killian and Edith.
Killian had vaguely realized that Edith was not a beloved daughter, but to the rest of the world, she was Count Riegelhoff’s beloved ‘foolish daughter’.
The rumor that he had abandoned Edith was true, but the sight of Count Riegelhoff lashing out like a defeated enemy was completely unexpected.
Even the other prisoners, kneeling behind Count Riegelhoff, were looking at Edith with poisonous eyes.
Only then did Duke Ludwig realize that something was amiss.
“Silence! I see you haven’t yet realized the reality of the situation. How dare the condemned prisoners voice their disagreement?”
The Duke of Ludwig, his voice loud, looked at Edith and gave an order.
“I will respect Killian’s decision. However, Edith must be questioned about the kidnapping, so keep her in the dungeon for now.”
“Father!”
Killian bellowed at the Duke.
***
‘What the hell is going on?’
I looked back and forth between the Duke and Killian, trying to make sense of the situation.
“I will leave the execution of Edith to you, Killian.”
The Duke’s line was the same as the one in the original story.
Until I was brought to my knees by the knights and Killian approached me, I thought my narrative was finally over.
Fearing my hair to get in the way of the blade and cause me pain, I quickly pulled my hair forward, exposing my neck.
I didn’t even dare to look at Killian’s face, for fear of being shaken at the sight of him.
‘If I die here, where will I wake up next? Or is this the end of it all?’
As I was thinking this and waiting for Killian to painlessly kill me in one fell swoop, Killian said something very different from the original.
“Every single one of those Riegelhoffs deserves to be put to death……”
Yes, up to that point, it was just like the original.
Now the line “Including Edith Riegelhoff, who has never been a Ludwig!” was supposed to–
“My wife’s name, by the way, has been Edith Ludwig ever since she married me.”
At first, I thought I’d misheard it, then I wondered if I’d forgotten some part of the original story.
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Phiona Phoebe
Nahhh, i can’t wait for more, huhu, i waited for it every day and visited the web continuously. Thank you soo much, i can’t delay my greed, when will you release a new chapter? 😭😭
Frey
Me 2 🥹🥹🥹🥹….. I can’t wait for another week 🥹🥹🥹. Please release it tomorrow huhuhu….pardon my greed
sPaTuLa
same….
Zakkiyyah
when will you update again? I’m really waiting
guavanim
It depends on the time and energy I have and the difficulty level of the chapter. I upload as soon as I finish translating, so I don’t have a schedule.
Ana
Me too I can’t wait it’s so good i check this website everyday
Lady Nyein
Thank you for the chapters.
It really nice to read many at once. Otherwise I will die from blood pressure because of Cliff.
I hope Cliff suffered sth in the future. I hate him so so much.
Rouss
Thank you so much, I love you… ❤️!!!
whatever_voyez
sameeee, I checked this web everyday multiple times
lucyfier
its finally here yesssss
thank youuuuuu😘😘😘😘
greenie
thank you for the updates 😭🙏 i’m
in tears 😭 poor edith felt so helpless 😭😭😭
Zun
thank you for the wonderful translation. I just binge read all the chapters since yesterday. Now, I still can’t sleep in peace for the cliffhanger. please keep up the good work
aryaanisha1
ahh i cant take it anymore they think theybare above all bunch of disgusting fools no doubt tge dukes family is shit when their hier cliff is idiot the duke is stone gead now ik y killian felt everything was unfair becYse his brother and father are fools who cant yse their brains and are filled wit dust
whatever_voyez
it seems more clear that Cliff doesn’t deserve the heirs position since his judgement always seems off and cloudy.. it’s clearly not a good traits for a future Duke.. he never fail to misjudged till the end and not doing the inspection properly
Ana
AHHHH I can’t wait to see how it all plays out, thank you so much for the translations!!
whatever_voyez
Whyyy 😭 whyy 😭 I need more asap please 😭😭 I didn’t expect it to end like this
mare
Omg omg ,,, is this the 3rd conditon met?
JJ
Thank you so much for translating! I just binged read this after reading the w*bt**n release. I am very much hoping a happy ending for Edith. To be honest, the Ludwig family is a villain on itself. The family is very prejudiced towards Edith. I even expected a bit from the Duchess but she is also a disappointment. I just wish Killian and Edith will run away and have a quiet life in Ryzen together.
heyitsjaye
I bet the third condition has been met since Lizé wanted Edith to continue fighting for her survival. She met the other two conditions because she didn’t give up so I bet the author thought she’d always fight to survive.
Thank you for the binge-worthy updates!
Mari
yeeah.. I’m also on this thought train
Nurfi
I crieeed for edith…
Thx author, thx translator you have done a very good job. But i really can’t wait… can you up the next chapter tomorrow 😭😭😭
Please edith be safe… There’s so many witness to prove how good hearted you are.
bear
I haven’t been able to breathe since that damn ball! I feel for Edith, our girl has been through so much. Hopefully this is the third condition? Her giving up? Because she’s been so resilient until now, that maybe the author thought he was being tricky that way? Ugh I have no idea. I have faith in Killian, I know he’ll get them out of this.
Thank you so much for the translations! They’re so well done and I feel so spoiled that we get more than one chapter at a time! Thank you thank you thank you 💖
Echichi
thanks for the massive update!!! but but but please please release more tomorrow… can’t bear the hangers 🥺🥺🥺
Remmie
Wait!!! The suspense is killing me!!
😭😭
Thank you for translating but can you update 1 more chapter?? The hanger is killing me!! hahahha
jammy
im loving this series so much and ty so much translator(s) the ten chapters r appreciated 😭 i need justice for my girl like i want more chapter so badly but i’m scared the series is going to end soon
Ferfa
I understand it is the AAA, but i can’t help but hate Cliff and Trashizé! The OG author seriously lack some skill if the plot depends on the characters lack of intelectual skills. But Killian and Edith are so awesome! I am so sadfor Edith, who still have to sleep a few days on the dungeons.
Thank you for th translations! I have been reading it all without stop for 20 hours.
Skite
She needs a divorce. By now, the duke himself should have next to no influence over him, being a side character smaller than Killian. Yet he’s acting this way regardless. That means this is just him as a person.
Killian….I know we’re supposed to like him, but he KNOWS his wife was tied up and tortured. He has evidence and witnesses. Yet he still doesn’t demand her immediate release, isn’t incensed that the soldiers he sent to find her have been mistreating her, approaches her with his hand on his sword–you know what? He’s garbage. His whole family is garbage. She literally believes he is capable of killing her. That is seriously messed up. A relationship really can’t come back from that.
She needs a divorce where everything they’ve done comes out during the trial. The house arrests, the financial abuse, the poisonings, the surveillance, the nasty names, the fact that they wouldn’t even eat dinner with her, everything. I want them, who are so butt hurt self righteous over “kidnapping women”, to go from glorified war heros to psycho scumbags no one will talk to at parties and pull their little children away from. Hunting dogs are put down after a hunt; the emperor would go along with it to quickly hobble an ally who just became too powerful.
They need to be punished for the other Ediths they’ve murdered.
Maybe after several years of being out of the plot’s control, Killian can earn her back, but until then, she seriously needs a divorce.
If the FL hadn’t been significantly abused and have seriously messed up attachment patterns, she would have realized she deserves better. It is SO messed up that the healthy Ediths died because they wouldn’t put up with this bs or recognize it as love.
I love the story, but holy crap, do these people need some comeuppance.
Ana
A divorce and Killian trying to win Edith over would be nice, but I don’t think the novel is going that direction unfortunately:'(
JJ
We’re maybe around 10 chapters towards the ending so this twist might not be possible but I really like the concept you’re saying! I despise the whole of Ludwig family. It seems like she never escaped the abuse she experienced from her modern Korea life to Riegelhoff’s to Ludwig’s.
Eva
i agree with you in the divorce but having Killian win her over, and starting a new all over again. But you’re wrong with the statement about the other Ediths.
It was explained that all of the other Ediths failed to meet the conditions because they were unable to break the conditions, they either fell in love with Killian and because they wanted his attention/love that they failed to meet the conditions, or they took their anger at lizé because Killian wouldn’t love them back so taking their anger at lizé via jealousy made the story progress to their demised. It was said that only one of the Ediths’ (before our MC) was able to met 1 of the conditions, but failed to break the other 2s. Thats why when our MC broke thru the 2nd condition ‘K’ became uneasy and started meddling by trying to kill her which just made the story change.
Aokifuji
Thank you so much for the translation! can’t wait for new chapters.
Was anxiously checking every day
Heather
My theories on the 3rd condition:
Killian sacrifices himself for her
She sacrifices herself for Killian (3rd condition met moments before d**th)
She k*lls Killian
The voice was cold when it announced, so I feel like it’s something very somber, like someone has to d*e. Or she has to be the one holding the knife.
Aerawing
i’ve been waiting for days and now i need to wait again!!! I hope Edith will get what she deserve for cause this is too much.
I always check the web everyday just to get the update and they left us hanging 😭 for another week
but really, thank you for the translator as always. You guys have brighten my day please accept my love ❤️❤️🥺
tas
just binge read all the chapters after reading the manhwa and i absolutely cant believe it stopped off at THIS point, i literally have tears in my eyes reading this chapter n i screamed NOOOO when i saw theres no next one…. this tension has me going crazy i cant wait for the next chapter to come out n for killian to defend his wife. GOSH i love those two so much i will die happy when they confess to each other and have their happily ever after
JM
I really am glad I came to this site to read the story. Well done!!!
Wny
IM REREADING EVERY CHAPTER CAUSE I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!! THANK YOU FOR TRANSLATING!!
Auriianna
I cried and felt the heart break of Edith. She didn’t deserve her family or her husband.
milkshake
i binged all of the chapters here in a bit under 11 hours and now i feel empty..i just want my baby Edith to be happy and for cliff to punch himself in the face and also for lize to get a redemption arc and not be the author’s puppet and to beat the shit out of the author but also fuck my poor baby Edith,,she deserves so much better yet they’re all so convinced of their own opinion they don’t even care that she was being beaten while they assumed she was a spy,,i swear killian you better give our girl extra TLC after this or i will cry (again)
Mickey
can’t wait for the next chapters…I don’t blame Killian, he really escaped the mind control on his own. suffered headaches in order to learn more about Edith. the rest of the Ludwig family is trash, including the duchess for being such a pushover. Lizz Sinclair is the biggest scumbag. shout out to linon and Anna for being there for Edith since day 1
Lil
gracias por esto, esperaré los siguientes capítulos pacientemente
D0V3
I wanted to join in on the train even though I started binge reading this when the previous ten chapter had just come out was literally the most recent update here and to finally get to read some more was great! (Wow that was a run on sentence) This novel really moved me for Edith and then for Killian and Edith I legit cried! I am anxious to know what the third condition fully is! I love that I’m still so enthralled I keep refreshing when I can for updates. Have been doing so since chapter 110.
But it took me a fair while, I forgot when I started to read it but it must’ve been around August 23rd and a but after I had caught up in the webcomic/webtoon about it which had hit Chapter … before 30? I remember that there was the Elize incident and Edith ended up meeting Princess Catherine separately and then it was continuing the Arc from there but I was at the end at the time, but I was like “nah I need to find the novel” and I’m so glad I did and I’m glad I stuck to my gut of clicking the first site translator on the list because it has been and continues to be great! I might see how far the webcomic got in a moment but I kept coming back here.
My theories are it either involves the flow of the original so I think it might’ve been met with her ready to die so to speak, but I think it might also deal with them confessing their feelings to each other. In some twisted form of reasoning from the author. Like “oh she won’t say she loves him now because that’s when she’ll get killed anyways so let’s make that the condition since she’ll never do it! Either way she dies and I get to continue inhabiting my pretty little pawns and torturing future ediths for all eternity :)”
Okay maybe not as verbose but HONESTLY ALSO ON THE HATE TRAIN FOR K AND CLIFF AND TRASHLIZE! Like she had to open her dam mouth every freakin time I just grew to dislike her seveeeeerely.
As I said I have been refreshing since chapter 110, even forgetting about the webtoon, but was shy to comment prior. I am commenting now because I do feel like we are close to the end! Though I hope it doesn’t happen for another 30 or so chapters!!
Thank you to everyone involved in the story and thank you so much Guavanim for continuing to translate the series and I love your work and that you continued to translate it and didn’t drop the story!!!
D0V3
I forgot to mention that it’s also really cool that it updates 10 chapters at a time! Thank you again dear translator!!!
stanbtxt
I really love this story😭 I feel empty after I done read all chapters. Thank you for translating this masterpiece, looking forward for your update
Lunalurf
if theres any chance i can get more with pay i will 🥲 i just can’t get enough n cannot find any way 2 get more 🥲 please let me know where i can get the full version i will pay
guavanim
I don’t offer advanced chapters for this novel, sorry. Just reading on my site is enough to support me.
Lunalurf
thank u so much really 🙏🙏🙏
Nina
this…..is killing me
mkrkosmo
I’m crying so bad 😭
An
waitt, killian has a really good evidence in his hand (the mercenary man) why he need to argue with his brother and not taking out the evidence?