The Grand Warlord’s Accidental Marriage

Chapter 003 – An Accidental Marriage

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Without another word, the woman dragged Nicholas through the bustling city hall like a furious mother dragging her perpetually troublesome child to school after he had already missed morning assembly.

Her grip never loosened, even once, and neither did she stop to ask whether he was comfortable.

Instead, she moved with incredible urgency, her heels clicking sharply against the polished floor as she marched forward with cold determination.

Witnessing this, employees and visitors turned their heads one after another as the strange pair passed by.

A beautiful, ice-cold woman dragging a tall masked man through City Hall as though she were hauling contraband naturally attracted attention.

Some people watched with curiosity, while others stared in shock.

One old man even gave Nicholas a sympathetic glance that practically screamed, “Son, whatever you did, apologize quickly.”

Nicholas’s expression beneath the mask became increasingly strange.

‘Since when did my dignity become this cheap?’ he wondered silently.

Only if the people from the airport were to see him now, they would probably think they had mistaken him for someone else earlier.

Just minutes ago, Jason Hunter himself had nearly folded into ninety degrees before him, but now...

A woman was dragging him around without explanation… like he owed her rent money.

The contrast was so ridiculous that even Nicholas almost laughed.

Ultimately, they reached their destination.

But just as the woman was about to drag Nicholas inside…

“Wait!”

He suddenly stopped in his tracks so abruptly that the woman nearly lost her balance from the force.

“What?” she demanded sharply, turning toward him with visible dissatisfaction written all over her cold face.

But Nicholas wasn’t even looking at her.

Instead, his gaze was fixed above her head, his eyes widened behind the mask as though he had just discovered something deeply disturbing.

The woman frowned slightly at this before instinctively following his line of sight, and then she saw it… the sign above the entrance.

“Marriage Registration Office.”

The moment her eyes landed on those words, confusion flickered across her face, then her frown deepened further.

“What?” she asked again, colder this time.

Only then did Nicholas seem to snap back to reality, slowly lowering his gaze toward her.

“What am I doing here?” he demanded seriously, staring directly at her.

“This…”

The woman was genuinely caught off guard for the first time since meeting him.

She stared blankly at Nicholas for a moment, as though she thought he was joking, her usually sharp expression briefly frozen.

Then her brows knitted tightly.

“Is that supposed to be a question?” she asked coldly. “Don’t you already know what you’re here for?”

Nicholas, “…”

‘Huh?’

His mouth opened slightly beneath the mask, several thoughts flashing through his mind at once.

Then…

‘What exactly am I here for?’

At this point, even Nicholas himself was beginning to question reality.

But before he could ask further… The woman’s expression grew colder, her patience already reaching dangerous levels.

Without another word, she turned sharply and pulled him straight through the door.

‘Asking me such a ridiculous question even after wasting my time,’ she thought angrily.

Meanwhile, Nicholas remained completely confused as he was dragged inside, the entire situation feeling so absurd that his usually calm brain was struggling to keep up.

The woman marched directly toward the clerk seated behind the desk.

“Hello,” she said calmly, her voice unreadable and completely natural. “We’d like to register our wedding.”

Silence.

For Nicholas, everything instantly stopped for a brief moment, then…

‘This…’

His mouth dropped open further beneath the mask, his mind stalling completely.

‘Register… our wedding?’

He stared at the woman in utter disbelief as she finally released his hand, opened her handbag, and calmly took out her identification card, handling it like someone would ordinary paperwork.

Meanwhile, Nicholas’s brain appeared to have officially retired from active duty because… what exactly was happening?

The only reason he had come to the City Hall in the first place was to handle his identity paperwork, and that was all.

Yet somehow, a gorgeous woman had not only grabbed him out of nowhere, but she had also dragged him across the building, and now...

She wanted to register their marriage.

Nicholas genuinely couldn’t process it.

Even for someone who had experienced countless strange situations in life, this development was outrageous.

‘Is this some kind of prank?’

His eyes instinctively swept around the office, searching for hidden cameras, suspicious laughter, or anyone waiting to jump out yelling, "Prank!"

But there was nothing. Everything looked painfully real.

Then suddenly, another thought hit him.

‘Could she have mistaken me for someone else?’

The moment that possibility hit him, it immediately became the most reasonable explanation; after all, he was still wearing his mask.

‘That must be it.’

And just as Nicholas finally settled on that conclusion…

“Please remove your mask,” the clerk said routinely while preparing paperwork. “I’ll take the ID photo for the marriage certificate now.”

As soon as Nicholas heard those words, his eyes lit up slightly.

‘The misunderstanding is finally about to clear itself up,’ he thought inwardly, and almost immediately, a wave of mischief rose within him.

After being dragged halfway across City Hall like misplaced luggage, Nicholas suddenly found himself very curious.

‘Let’s see how she reacts once she realizes she grabbed the wrong man,’ he thought, the corners of his lips curling upward beneath the mask.

“Alright,” he replied readily.

Meanwhile, the female clerk lazily rose from her seat with the expression of someone who had already lost faith in both humanity and office work years ago.

Her expression practically screamed, “Another couple. Just wonderful.”

“Follow me,” she said flatly.

Without waiting for a response, she walked toward one side of the room where a red background wall stood prepared for ID photographs.

“Stand there,” she instructed, pointing toward the wall.

Without saying a single word, Kelly calmly walked over and stood before the red backdrop, her expression and demeanor remaining completely unchanged.

Seeing this, Nicholas casually joined her, and immediately… both women turned toward him.

“Oh… right,” Nicholas said slowly, a playful, mischievous smirk curling his lips up at one end.

With that, his hand gradually moved upward toward his mask.

Inside, he was already laughing.

‘Hehehe…’

He genuinely couldn’t wait anymore.

After all, the woman had been so cold, so impatient, and so aggressively confident this entire time.

Surely, the moment she realized she had dragged a complete stranger into marriage registration, her composure would completely shatter.

Nicholas was already preparing himself mentally to enjoy the chaos, then…

He removed the mask, and instantly, his gaze shifted toward the woman.

As expected…

Her eyes widened slightly as soon as she saw his face, appearing genuinely dumbstruck for a moment.

Nicholas immediately released a smug grin.

His expression practically screamed…

‘This is what you get for dragging me around like a child.’

Thinking this, he waited expectantly for her panic, embarrassment, and the inevitable “Who are you?”

But then, none of it came even after several seconds.

Instead, after staring at him for several moments, the woman’s eyes slowly lit up, not with shock, panic, or horror, but with admiration.

‘So handsome,’ Kelly unconsciously thought.

Nicholas obviously couldn’t hear her thoughts, but he absolutely saw the change in her eyes, and instantly…

It became Nicholas’s turn to freeze.

His mouth slowly dropped open.

‘How?’

His brain went blank for a second.

‘Wasn’t she supposed to realize I’m not the right person?’

Different thoughts crashed through his mind one after another, but before he could properly process anything, he suddenly noticed movement nearby.

The clerk had also turned toward him, and unlike earlier, the boredom in her eyes had completely disappeared, and now, her eyes sparkled with shocking enthusiasm, as though she had suddenly remembered why life was worth living.

Nicholas: “_”

The woman who previously looked ready to resign from existence was now standing straighter than before.

The contrast was terrifying.

Without wasting another second, the clerk quickly took their photo together; her earlier lack of enthusiasm gone entirely as she worked with noticeably greater speed and efficiency.

Papers moved quickly as documents were stamped and forms processed one after another.

Meanwhile, Nicholas himself remained dazed throughout the process because somehow… things had become even stranger.

Soon enough, the clerk completed the paperwork and handed the marriage certificate over to them.

“That’s all,” she said brightly, smiling so hard it nearly looked suspicious. “Happy married life.”

Kelly merely nodded calmly without speaking, and then she turned around and headed toward the exit, her face cold, calm, and unreadable.

But just before she left, the clerk suddenly called out again.

“Your husband is so handsome,” she said playfully. “If a day ever comes when you don’t want him anymore, I’ll happily trade mine for him.”

The comment was clearly meant as a joke… or at least to sound like one while still being completely sincere, but either way, Kelly only glanced at her without the slightest change in expression.

Then she turned and exited the room.