After surviving a near-death experience due to her carriage falling off a cliff, Elisabeth has started to make some recovery. Kirstan has also taken the blame for Elisabeth’s condition and has promised to protect her from this point onwards. The relationship between Elisabeth and Kirstan and started to bloom and we can only expect more such heartfelt moments between these two as the series moves forward!
It Was Just A Contract Marriage Chapter 20 opens up with Kirstan preparing Elisabeth for a bath. He takes Elisabeth’s hand and tells her to not harm herself as he can’t stay at ease when she does something reckless. Elisabeth thinks that Kirstan won’t leave her even if she hurt him but this only makes her sad as Kirstan has been taking care of her as if she’s a child.
Recap
Kirstan then removes Elisabeth’s clothes and then he immediately covers her up to avoid looking. Elisabeth looks at Kirstan’s tense expression and wonders if something is making him angry. Elisabeth then goes for a bath.
While in the bath, Elisabeth thinks about how she felt back then. Elisabeth fails to understand what is happening to her body and she wonders if Andrei has something to do with it. Kirstan calls for Elisabeth and tells her that she can tell him if she needs anything.
Elisabeth hesitates for a bit but then she finally asks Kirstan if he’s angry with her. Kirstan couldn’t understand how Elisabeth got to this conclusion and so she explains that Kirstan’s actions and voice towards her have become more stiff than before.
Kirstan doesn’t respond to Elisabeth at first and so Elisabeth tells him that he has all right to be angry at her considering how much trouble she has caused so far because of those evil people that targeted her. Elisabeth starts crying while thinking of how much trouble she is causing for Kirstan but Kirstan suddenly tells her that he’s not angry.
Kirstan reminds Elisabeth about their contract which mentions that he will protect Elisabeth while she secures his succession. Kirstan says according to the agreements of the contract, this entire incident is his fault because he entrusted Elisabeth’s safety to someone else’s hands.
Kirstan tells Elisabeth that if she’s angry then she can direct all of her anger toward him. Kirstan thinks that it was foolish of him to give in to his urges and leave the Frontline. It was Kirstan’s impulse that made him bothered by the greed that was directed towards Elisabeth by the Uzhil Kindom.
Kirstan didn’t want to witness Elisabeth getting humiliated again and so he thought that her carriage falling off a cliff was some kind of a blessing in disguise. Kirstan sighs and tells Elisabeth that the incident happened because he forgot which side was more important.
Kirstan reassures Elisabeth that he will be more careful in the future so that she won’t have to worry again. Elisabeth approaches Kirstan and asks him if she’s important to him. Kirstan tells Elisabeth that out of all the people that have been placed under his protection so far, she’s the most precious to him.
Kirstan also assures Elisabeth that she will have the same value for him for the entirety of the six-month contract period. Elisabeth hugs Kirstan and tells him that if he truly considers her precious then he should stop pushing her away whenever she tries to hold him as she doesn’t have anyone else to hold onto.
Elisabeth thinks that the contract with Kirstan is all that she has now because she lost everything else in her life. She thinks that if Kirstan left her then would have already died by sinking into the river.
Elisabeth looks at Kirstan and sees nothing except thorny paths, lake bottoms, and cliffs which are all dangerous but she knows that there’s no place in this world that is safer than being by Kirstan’s side.
Elisabeth holds Kirstan and asks him to promise her that he will never entrust her safety to anyone other than him. Kirstan hesitates for a bit and then he leans closer and promises Elisabeth that he will always protect her.
Release Date and Where to Read
It Was Just A Contract Marriage Chapter 21 will be released on Friday, January 26, 2023, at 12:00 AM JST.
- Japanese Standard Time: 12:00 AM on Friday, January 26, 2024
- Pacific Time: 07:00 AM on Thursday, January 25, 2024
- Australian Central Daylight Time: 01:30 AM on Friday, January 26, 2024
- Greenwich Mean Time: 03:00 PM on Thursday, January 25, 2024
- Philippines: 11:00 PM on Thursday, January 25, 2024
- Korean Standard Time: 12:00 AM on Friday, January 26, 2024
You can read It Was Just A Contract Marriage Chapter 21 online in Korean raw format on Ridibooks and Surreuk Comics. The Series has yet to receive an official English Translation.
