Rebirth of the Villainess Wife

in charge to understand.
I’ve tried to make it as similar as possible to your way of giving instructions…”

I know exactly how Clement did things from the previous time.

So it was easy for me to do that too.

At first, Clement looked doubtful.
But as he went through the documents one by one, his expression changed.

Then, when he had looked at the last one.

“…Elaine.
I have a favour to ask you.”

He said.

I asked him.

“What is it? You.”

Then Clement said.

“…half… no, a third of this paperwork.
Can you help me…?”

“Fufu, You are my husband.
You can order me to help you.”

“No, I want to be equal with you.
Outside of the house, I am the duke’s head of the family, so I can’t say that I am, but inside the house I am.”

“That’s nice of you to say.
I like that about you… I’ll get half the papers.
Let’s get this done as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, your lovely face will be all covered with shades.”

At these joking words, Clement took out a hand mirror from his desk to examine his face, and seemed to realize that my words were not all jokes.

Shaking his head, he said.

“…The servants might mistake me for a monster.
It would be laughable if the duke was defeated by the servants.
Let’s do our best to get some sleep as soon as possible.”

He said.

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“…Phew, I’ve managed to finish.”

By the time the morning sun was streaming in from outside, all the paperwork was done.

Almost at the same time as me, Clement seemed to have finished his work, too.

“…Elaine, I shudder to think that without you, it would have taken until this evening.”

He said this in a really frightened tone, which makes me laugh a little.

“Maybe you should get a few more reliable subordinates or think about your schedule.”

“I know that too, but the schedule is a bit difficult.
Especially in this case, there were a few villages that needed urgent attention.”

“That’s… you’re right.
If it’s just a bad harvest, we can probably manage with subsidies and food aid, but we can’t just leave the areas affected by the monsters.”

“I guess you think so too.
There were few reports coming in from the villages that mentioned about the monsters…”

“There are a few areas that the villagers are not aware of.
They seem to think it’s just an animal attack.
It is not an emergency today or tomorrow, but it would be dangerous to leave it unattended for a month.
It’s good to learn early on where this is the case.”

“Ah.
But there are more of them than I thought.
It’s a bit early in the breeding season for the kind of monsters that appear near farming villages, but…”

“That’s been on my mind too.
I think we need to go and see them in person.”

“Yes, I’m sure you do.
But the Knights have a limited number of staff… we’re shorthanded.
I guess we’ll have to assign them to the most urgent first…”

“Well… you, if that’s fine with the Knights, I have a proposal…”

“Hm? What?

“I think I’ll go and make the rounds in the countryside.”

Clement’s eyes widened.