Bang!
Kanna, who had been dozing off on the sofa for a while, opened her eyes. I think I heard something…
The moment I thought so, bang! Deafening noise again.
“What are you doing without opening the door! If you don’t open it right away, I'll break down the door!”
A middle-aged woman’s shrill voice. At the same time, something hit the door again.
Bang, bang, bang! Three consecutive bangs.
Kanna stared at the door with a bewildered face, then jumped to her feet when she realized that it was locked inside. She doesn’t remember locking the door?
It must have been Mary!
“I will open it now!”
After saying that, I quickly opened the door and saw attendants holding hammers. A woman with them.
‘She came out.’
The actual hostess of this mansion, Sylvienne Valentino’s stepmother and Kanna’s mother-in-law.
‘Countess Josephine Aleister.’
She was not Sylvien’s biological mother. Sylvie, because he lost his biological mother at the age of ten. After that, his father took a new wife, Josephine.
Even after the death of the duke, Josephine did not leave the mansion and took the countess of Aleister, one of the many titles held by the duke.
However, only the horse is Count Aleister, and she is still acting like the mistress of the Duke of Valentino.
“What are you doing? Can’t you set your example properly right now?”
Josephine jerked into the room. She opened her fan and glared at Kanna with her contempt.
“Mary told me strange things.”
Unsurprisingly, beyond the door, Mary was smiling wickedly. It seems that she went to the mistress and told her.
“Have you forgotten the rule that you have to come to say hello every morning? It is already 1 pm now. You forgot even the greetings for lunch at noon!”
“No, I haven't forgotten.”
Daily 7 am, 12 p and 6 pm.
I had to say hello three times a day. If he was even a minute later, she had to hear all sorts of curses. Kanna sarcastically recalled the hardship that Lee Joo-hwa had endured over the past few years.
“I just didn't want to doing it”
Rather good. I was planning on getting a divorce anyway, so it would be great if the other side caused a stir. It’s better if you kick it out.
“Greetings three times a day. Other noble ladies would faint in astonishment when they heard it. Didn’t your mother’s generation also have such old-fashioned etiquette?”
Excessive astonishment breeds silence. Kanna realized the words and straightened her shoulders.
“You… What did you say just now?”
I couldn’t believe it until the maid Mary came and cried.
Kanna, that stupid girl, was whipped. Are you an idiot who is busy taking care of others?
I thought either Mary was bluffing or Kanna’s hair got weird.
‘I’m out of my mind!’
Do you dare to speak back again and again?
A girl who acted as if she would pick up food that had fallen on the ground if she could be loved.
“That is our family rule. as long as you are married to my precious son, you must follow the family law, whether you like it or not!”
“That rule, isn’t it you, mother, who made it?”
“What?”
“It’s just my mother's whimsical whim. but you’re talking about the family’s law. Aren’t you ashamed in front of the long history of the Valentino family?”
A chilly stillness descended once again. However, it wasn’t long before the expected response returned.
“Is anyone there? Grab this bitch right now!”
The attendants who were watching came over and grabbed Kanna’s arms.
“My, my, I will fix your habits firmly! Come on, bring the cane!”
Mary handed over the cane she had prepared in advance. It was a much thicker cane than the one Kanna had used before.
“Mary! Take that skirt right now!”
“Yes, madam!”
Mary jumped right in and grabbed the hem of Kanna’s skirt.
On the outside, she had a calm expression, but on the inside, she was suing and dying.
Dare to touch Mary, the maid whom the mistress cares for, it was all self-inflicted.
However,
“Take it away."
Kanna’s food cleared Mary’s thick hand. She then lifted up the hem of her skirt herself, and she grinned.
“I will do it.”
“...”
“Crush it, mother.”
That cold smile chilled not only Mary but also Josephine’s backbone.
If it’s Kanna she knows, she should beg for forgiveness by now. Isn’t she blatantly laughing at her and provoking her?
“Do you think I am joking? Alright! I will discipline you myself until you realize your mistake!”
Discipline, Discipline.
Kanna, who repeated the words, laughed innocently.
“To discipline your daughter-in-law with the cane. It is, after all, a method befitting the dignity of a prestigious family. Duke Valentino must also be very proud of his mother’s teachings.”
“Shut your mouth! You talk back arrogantly when an adult is talking somewhere!”
Slap!
A thunderbolt-like pain pierced her calf. Kanna gritted her teeth.
Although I was determined… The pain was enough to make me scream at the moment!
Excited, Josephine raised her arms high again. Stroke, hit will all her might.
Slap!
“Doesn’t the Addis family even teach etiquette? Be shameless. Take a girl who hasn't learned anywhere and let her into my house as a daughter-in-law!”
Slap! Slap!
As the whipping continues. a red line is drawn over the calf.
As soon as the flesh split and blood began to splatter, the maids who were watching swallowed their screams inwardly. But Kanna just held onto the hem of her skirt. She bit her lip and held on.
‘I’m not going to scream,’
If I scream, Josephine will surely be satisfied. I had no intention of satisfying the woman who had treated myself - Lee Joo-hwa - as a dog until now!
“Huh, huh…”
How long has it been like that?
Josephine’s arms twitched. She strained her muscles because she used strength she wasn't supposed to use. By that time, Kanna’s calves were completely swollen with blood.
“You still don't know what your fault is!”
“I do not now.”
“This…!”
Poisonous bitch!
Josephine as well as other employees clicked their tongues. Mary’s face, which she had enjoyed watching at first, was also white
The calf is deeply swollen and blood is flowing, but it is swollen like radish!
‘It’s crazy! It's crazy! how could a person change like that overnight!’
Kanna’s face was also covered with a cold sweat, but she didn't seem to have any intention of surrendering. But so was Josephine. She handed a cane to the attendant standing next to her and ordered.
“You beat her!”
“Yes?”
“Can't you hear me! I mean, beat her instead!”
“M-madam, but…”
Although it is only a facade, Kanna is an aristocrat of noble lineage. That she, as a woman and an employee, beat her? Do you know what sparks will fly?
“Hurry!”
The attendant eventually approached with a shy expression and reluctantly moved the cane, to the level of touching.
“What are you doing? You can't do it right!”
“Madam, but the lady… The lady’s calf…”
She was already covered in blood from her wounds, so how could she go further!
Josephine was silent at the hesitation of the attendant.
I was so excited that I hit it with all my might, but the attendant was right. Kanna’s calves were torn to the point where there was no corner to hit them anymore.
‘If this is enough, I must have lost my temper.’
Josephine glared at Kanna’s face and asked fiercely.
“Do you still think you haven't done anything wrong?”
Kanna laughed helplessly.
Perhaps it was because she was gritting her teeth and enduring it, her chin tingled and her whole body drenched in cold sweat. The heat rising from her legs was painful, as if burning her whole body.
‘I Don't want to live like that.’
Next chapter will update tomorrow!
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