This Villainess Objects To This Marriage

                                                                              by Beyond_Hangul

I possessed the body of the villainess who gets killed for disregarding the hidden-boss Grand Duke.
And of all times, it was right after she had already spoken of wanting a divorce.

“I object to this divorce!”
“Didn’t I say it would be after the subjugation? For now, it’s difficult.”
“No. I refuse to consent to this divorce.”

By listing every possible fault, I managed to avoid divorce.
And, just as in the original story, I helped prevent the Grand Duke from going mad.
I even opened trade with other regions and thought I was getting along fairly well.
Unlike in the original, I even cheered for the heroine and my older brother, the original male lead.
…So where did it all go wrong?

“I broke off my engagement with Lady Diana.”
“Wh-why would you do that?”
“Wasn’t she eyeing the men you had been in love with? How dare she…”

But in the original story, wasn’t it the other way around?

When I tried to agree to a divorce amicably at the right time, suddenly everyone in the Ducal estate began clinging to me.

“The Ducal estate cannot exist without Her Highness the Grand Duchess!”
“We submit this petition to His Highness the Grand Duke. We shall resign and follow Her Highness the Grand Duchess.”

Wait… didn’t you all hate me?

Unable to stand it any longer, the Grand Duke came to me carrying the marriage contract.

“I’m sorry. You don’t need to accept the servants’ resignations. I’ll check them myself.”
“You seem to like things in writing.”
“Because that way, there’s clear proof left behind.”
“…Then, according to the marriage contract, let me fulfill my duties to you as a husband.”

Husbandly duties…?
And what exactly would that entail?