DYBAR - Chapter 74 < Olivia Madeleine's Vacancy >
Do Your Best And Regret It
Maria Ethel stumbled like a piece of paper. The Princess nanny, Baroness Rujas, held Maria Ethel tightly and held her upright. The way she was being swayed obediently looked like a doll that could move as it wished, and the Princess's tight resentment loosened a little.
"I was curious. What kind of expression does the person who ignored my call and put me in a difficult situation look like right now?"
Maria blinked at the soft voice. The Princess raised one side of her mouth as she watched her wide eyes gradually come into focus.
"You still look really pretty."
A pretty face like a doll, brilliant blonde hair. Even the tear-soaked, pitiful atmosphere. It was so lovely that her brother loved it. If only knew that that little head could think, she would have loved it so much.
Unfortunately, there seemed to be no such peripheral hair, The Princess added with her elegant face.
"... You don't even have time to come see me because you're under my brother's protection."
The voice she spoke was as cold as a knife. The Princess looked at Maria with eyes that were harsher than her frost. If she had any sense, she would have bowed down and begged. If she's scared she'll start crying. When she saw her still pretty face, she became angry again.
The Princess struggled to maintain her smile and steady her breathing. She gritted her teeth, saying that she would not leave her alone when Maria Ethel came, but she did not do what she wanted, and the nanny's advice that she listened to was quite useful.
"Get Maria Ethel right away! This time, I really won't let you go."
A little while ago, she was returning to the living room after the tea party. As she got all angry and threw her things, the nanny came to the Princess's feet and comforted her.
"Put it on, Your Highness. In any case, she's a Lady who will help you with your work for a year like a limb. Why would Your Highness the Precious Princess care about a mistress?"
Baroness Rujas, who was speaking quickly, covered her mouth with her hand. Oh my goodness. The nanny muttered with her bewildered face and lowered her head with an expression of disapproval.
".... Please pretend you didn't hear anything, Your Highness. I said something profane."
Mistress. It was a word I was embarrassed to say out loud. At the same time, the Princess secretly realized how the ladies were looking at Maria Ethel. The Prince's lover who captivates the social world with her triumphant face. But a mistress that cannot be recognized.
Ha.
The Princess swallowed her bitter laughter. And she blinked her eyes, pretending not to hear.
"What did the nanny say?"
"Thank you, Your Highness. Please give the Lady of Ethel a chance to repent with the same feelings as this one. If I can erase the debt in my heart with the generosity of comforting me once, it will actually be of benefit to Your Highness."
Of course, as much as she had been by Ethella Madeleine, she had been scolded harshly. It was then that the Princess, who had completed her calculations perfectly, put on her generous face.
"Do you think it's okay for you to do this? Your Highness?"
The words spoken as if they were swearing were reckless. The Princess delayed speaking a beat without realizing it.
"What now?"
"What have I done for Her Highness, and are you treating me like this?"
The nanny's eyes widened at the angry cry In a quick gesture to stop Maria Ethel, the Princess raised her hand. Her breathing was heavy. Her wide-open eyes seemed to have taken away the loveliness she had been a moment ago.
Right now, Maria Ethel Ethel seemed to have forgotten that she was in front of the Princess.
"What effort did you make, Young Lady?"
While a thousand angers were boiling inside me, she was genuinely curious. What effort did Marka really put into it?
Maria Ethel slowly caught her breath. After she screamed, she came to her senses. This was the Princess's palace, and the person holding her was the Princess's nanny. She's barely a Baroness.
Maria bit her lip and roughly shook off the nanny's hand. And looking down at the Princess, who was sitting with her upright posture, she said.
"I prepared a tea party and a summer banquet on behalf of Your Highness. And before that."
"..."
"I am the legitimate daughter of the Ethel family and the fiancée of His Highness the Prince. This means that I will become the Crown Princess in the future!"
The Princess's face became blank as she spoke the words as if she were announcing them. Only then did Maria find her own pace and tighten her grip on the hem of her dress. It was as she said. Maria would soon become the Crown Princess and be revered as the moon of the empire. But a Princess who is barely going to get married in a foreign country treats her like this?
A spark flashed in Princess's bright blue eyes. Her whole body was numb and her face was tingling. The humiliation from a moment ago was vivid.
Maria glared at the Princess and shot back.
"I came here to become a good friend to Her Highness, but I am very disappointed that you treat me like this."
"I wanted to talk to you, but I'm so embarrassed."
"I'm sorry that you wanted to be friends with me, but Your Highness is probably the only person in the world who treats her friends like this."
"Young lady!"
Baroness Rujas, who was next to her, hurriedly called her, but there was no sign of Maria. She had not even heard what the Duke of Elkin had decided to tell Her Majesty, and she did not even want to talk about her engagement ceremony to be held at the banquet.
Maria gritted her teeth. She then strengthened her numb body and showed courtesy.
"...See you at the banquet, Your Highness."
This time too, the Princess said nothing. Maria got up on her own and went to the door. She must have sensed a presence, but the door did not open, so Maria screamed loudly.
"What are the maids doing that won't even open the door! Such wantonness...!"
The nanny later became angry. But Maria Ethel had already left the drawing room. She lowered her head as the maids standing at the door looked helpless. The nanny shouted at the maids.
"I told you not to open the door until I tell you to!"
"I'm sorry, Baroness. When I heard it from outside, it sounded like that voice."
There was nothing wrong with what the maid said. Because that was the sound of her voice behind her thick door. The nanny let out her sigh. While this comical situation unfolded, the Princess quietly held her teacup.
She took a sip of the hot tea, but it couldn't calm her boiling stomach. The Princess brightly opened her eyes. Her blood did not flow to the hand that gave her strength. This is her. She won, and it was as if she had gotten a kick out of Maria Ethel, who had called her and promised to teach her her manners.
She should have firmly discouraged her, but her mistake was to be generous first. She don't know what on earth her brother was thinking when he appointed such an arrogant Young Lady as his fiancee. Even if it was only for a year, she would rather have Olivia than a daughter who was so reckless...
The princess paused at the name that naturally came to her mind. Come to think of it, Olivia's polite demeanor didn't falter even when she wasn't greeting her. She would have given her a better score if she hadn't robbed her abandoned mine so much.
The Princess, whose eyes were burning with anger, instantly smiled. No. In any case, Olivia would come back as her brother's fiancée. She was given a year's notice, and she had to act quickly to get Olivia back for the summer banquet.
The damage to her summer banquet had to end with this banquet.
"Well, Your Highness. What would you do?"
Baroness Rujas spoke carefully. She was scared to see that the Princess's face, which had been trembling with anger just a moment ago, locked strangely calm. Her condemnation of Maria Ethel did not go as planned. What is she thinking?
For a moment, she was trying to guess what was going on.
"I need to see Her Majesty the Empress. Please contact her first."
Her Majesty the Empress.
At those words, Baroness Ruhas' face brightened. Her Majesty the Empress would certainly be able to comfort not only Maria Ethel but also the Princess's uncomfortable feelings...
Meanwhile, Maria Ethel, who had gone out with a tottering step, found her own nanny only at the front of her carriage. Her nanny came running to Maria with a startled look on her face.
"Oh my gosh! Miss! Why are you coming out like this?"
Maria's body, which had been unable to be supported until now, collapsed onto her nanny as if it were collapsing. Only after she had managed to get into the carriage did Maria cry out fiercely.
"Let's go see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
She was planning to tell Leopold all about this humiliation. If he heard this, the kind Leopold would comfort her and condemn the Princess. Just imagining it made her throbbing body feel a little better. But when he arrived at the Prince's Palace.
"Your Highness is currently out."
Maria felt as if the sky was falling upon hearing the chamberlain's report.
"Oh my, Lady!"
Beside her, the nanny was making a fuss and begging her chamberlain.
"Chief Chamberlain. My Lady needs to rest for a while, so please guide me somewhere."
"I will take you straight to the parlor, Young Lady."
"A parlor!"
Maria got angry at the offensive words. The fetal palace was as clear as if it were in the palm of her hand. She always rested in Leopold's room, but suddenly it was a living room!
The chamberlain quickly whispered to Maria.
"Many eyes are watching, My Lady. For the sake of the Lady's prestige, please go to the parlor today."
Maria could barely calm her wheezing breathing. The only thing she sees is one more nanny!
But after thinking about it, the Chamberlain's words made sense. It wasn't a good rumor to her that it was revealed that they were going back and forth to their rooms while they weren't even officially engaged.
However, in the parlor where she obediently followed, Maria had to lose her temper once more.
"oh my God! Are you saying I can't even see His Majesty's council members?"
"In an engaged relationship, you have to be careful about even the little things. If it's a lawmaker that only the royal family can see, it would be better not to see it."
The chamberlain came out into the hallway and looked at the drawing-room door for a moment. She heard there were no red flowers for 10 days. Maria Etel didn't seem to know that His Highness the Crown Prince's attitude was unusual these days. So, when she comes to this palace, she feels proud as if she is still the best.
However, a seasoned chamberlain would never bet on just one side. The chief chamberlain called the chamberlain and hinted.
"Go to Tiase Palace and talk to Count Hodges. The Lady of Ethel is here."
And at the same time, the eastern hallway of Tiese Palace. Baroness Sopron gave her throbbing ankle some rest as the Prince barely stopped moving. The Crown Prince suddenly visited Tiase Palace and examined the entire palace in detail as if he were trying to understand every part of it.
... Like. Like the last day the Princess left this palace. The other thing was that unlike the Princess, who had smiled faintly as she looked around the palace, the Prince was now frowning between his eyebrows. The Prince's sea-green eyes were fierce as he looked at the gorgeous vase and the light pink lisianthus in full bloom. Perhaps aware of this atmosphere, Count Hodges, the aide who rushed over, hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Your Highness."
"..."
"It is said that Lady Ethel is waiting for Your Highness at the palace."
The Baroness lowered her head without realizing it. Is this the end of the vain miracle that unfolded today?
However, the Prince, who seemed to be returning to his palace immediately, opened his mouth without taking any steps from her.
"The palace is in terrible shape."
"Yes? No, I'm sorry, Your Highness."
The Baron was taken aback by the unexpected words. The current appearance of the palace was entirely to Lady Maria Ethel's taste. He would know that. Saying things like that.....!
"Put it back to how it was before, Ma'am."
"... Yes!"
Baroness Sophron's reply was a beat late, but Leopold didn't even have the energy left to point it out. And he looked with sharp eyes into the corridors of the palace.
"First of all. Get rid of these flowers first."
This messed-up palace had to be brought back to its original state. Only then would be able to feel comfortable here again...
Then the owner of the palace will return. Leopold went out. Under the indigo-colored sky, the roof of Tiase Palace shined brightly in cold silver. As if to honor the true owner of the palace who left this palace.
***
The drawing room of the Duke of Madeleine.
Conrad, who had been looking at the ledger until late at night, suddenly saw the empty part of the bill and let out a dull sigh. He can't even concentrate, it's just an empty part. It felt like everything was troubling him.
The Crown Prince suddenly invites the Hefertian delegation to a summer banquet and even the Minister of Foreign Affairs sees it and passes it off.
Conrad shook his head and headed to his room. However, there was no document confirming the payment of the bill anywhere on the bookshelf in his room.
The time when everyone was asleep. Jade's words suddenly appeared vaguely in Conrad's troubled mind.
"The ledger is Olivia's room... She said it was in the side drawer."
He said he took all these ledgers from Olivia's room. He was reluctant, but he couldn't delay any longer. A little more and the sun would set, and then it would be time to go to work. Conrad stood in front of Olivia's door, replacing his strangely pounding heart with the word 'uncomfortable'.
It was a strange feeling. He hesitated to open the door he had never entered on his own accord. Even though he knew it was an unoccupied room, Conrad knocked without thinking. Of course, no one responds. He opened the door carefully and entered the room. And when the light was turned on, Conrad clicked his tongue without realizing it.
It was completely different from Ethella's room. Unlike the warm and cozy atmosphere of Ethella's room, Olivia's room was extremely desolate. A place full of valuable, neat furniture and minimal items rather than items containing personal memories.
Conrad, who thought Olivia looked just like him, hurried to the desk. There was only one drawer on each side of the desk, which he thought there was only one. It was a disaster. Conrad, who was wondering which drawer it was, eventually opened the right drawer. Fortunately, there were five thick notebooks inside the drawer. At first glance, he thought it looked different from an ordinary ledger, but Conrad thought that the appearance might be different and opened the middle half at random.
And at that moment, Conrad's eyes widened as if he had been struck by lightning. What was written in the notebook was in poor handwriting, as if she had just started writing.
< Today I called Ethella frivolously. I was told to change my attitude as it was absolutely unbecoming of a nobleman. Next time, I should never do that again. >
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