DYBAR - Chapter 94 < The Moment When The Superiority Of The Gaze Was Overturned >

DYBAR - Chapter 94 < The Moment When The Superiority Of The Gaze Was Overturned >

Do Your Best And Regret

"Princess."

The Empress's soft voice called out, putting a stop to her vision, which was spreading red with anger. The Princess blinked her eyes.

The ladies sitting at the table were all looking at the Princess with surprised faces.

Except for one person, the smiling Olivia Madeleine.

At the same time as he felt the reality, a chill went down behind her. The palm of her hand that hit the table was shaking.

I can't believe I just fell for the provocation of a Princess or something.

The Empress clenched her fists under the table as she looked at her face, whose blood was draining.

The table became quiet as if cold water had been poured on it. The noble ladies who had been following the Princess in sympathy until just a moment ago were busy looking away as if they were grasping the situation.

A Princess who was well-versed in society lost her temper. As if what she said was true.

Clap clap. 

Everyone turned their heads at the sudden sound of applause. The person who applauded lightly was the Empress.

"You shouldn't say absurd things carelessly, Princess."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I thought we were talking about interesting rumors, so I told them what I had heard. I also apologize to Your Majesty."

After the Empress pointed out her mistakes, the Princess spoke eloquently, as if she were performing a play.

Was it just a joke? 

This was her challenge to her becoming a Princess, to herself.

However, seeing the Princess lowering her head as if she was sorry, the Princess gritted her teeth and smiled.

Her cheeks were stretched so tightly that it hurt, but there was only one thing the Princess could do at this moment.

"Haha. Princess. It was fun. However, since many people are listening, it is better to be careful about 'prank jokes...."

The Princess, who was trying to pretend to ignore her over-the-top joke, was cut off once again. She was the Princess who led the 'naughty joke' until Olivia gave her say.

In the end, she, the Princess, fell into the trap she had set herself.

Olivia smiled leisurely, looking at the Princess's face turning pale.

"Would it be possible, Your Majesty?"

The atmosphere once again became cold. It was the Empress who opened her mouth in this cold atmosphere.

"The Princess will talk to me separately for a while. For me, seeing Duke Madelaine's unhappy face is a pitiful thing for me as a parent."

To put it another way, in the end, what the Empress ordered was for her to be alone for now. 

I can't believe I'm giving up my precious time to this lowly thing. It was a waste, but it was an unavoidable choice to order the abandoned mine to be abandoned.

The Empress turned her gaze to Olivia. And she paused for a moment.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The smiling face strangely resembled the smile from earlier when she got up with courtesy. Her strange feeling suddenly struck the Empress.

I felt uneasy as if something had happened against my will. But soon the Empress shook her head. She said as she got up from her seat

"Then let's leave first. Princess, please lead this tea party happily."

"Then shall we proceed with the tea party?

The Empress, Olivia, and several noble ladies who were close to the Empress left.

Despite her absence, the Princess spoke in a more lively voice. From now on, it was easy to lead the mood.

Everyone was either her mother's close associate or her close associate. It was at this point that she had to make sure that the matter with the Lady of Ethel yesterday had been resolved.

"You must have worked hard to prepare a great banquet."

It was then. Unlike her sweet voice, the content she contained chilled the Princess.

Ethella Madeleine.

Ethella, who was looking around the table, smiled at the Princess. As she looked at the three noble ladies she had called over just to spread the rumor, she asked,

"I can't attend the banquet because I have no Idea. Can I hear about what happened at the banquet?"

Her vision became distant. She was an unexpected person. At this point, Ethella Madeleine, who was shivering before her mother, the Empress, stepped forward.

The Princess gritted her teeth. The rough breath she couldn't swallow came out in a huff from her lips.

Madeleine. 

These disgusting, scandalous things.

"Princess, how about we talk about something else here?"

Ethella nodded her head at the words of the Marquis of Riveorn. Soon the story went in the direction the Princess wanted. But Ethella didn't care.

Because she already made eye contact with three noble ladies whose eyes were sparkling as if they couldn't wait to talk to her. 

It was the perfect composition to spread the word.

***

The reception room of the Princess's palace.

The heavy door closed without a sound.

The Empress and Olivia were the only ones left in the eerily quiet drawing room. 

The Empress gazed thoughtfully at Olivia's face.

Her face was so calm that she couldn't tell what she was thinking. She was completely different from the way she always faced Olivia's face with a timid look on her face as if she was trying hard to find courage.

So the Empress threw a stone at that calm face.

"You took the position next to the Grand Duke in such a short period. The Prince could not be captured. It seems like those humble green eyes that resemble your mother's are useful."

She knew that the Prince had called Olivia and was rejected, but there was no need for her to bring it up.

There was venom at the end of her soft words. 

A half-born child born not from a Duchess's womb but from a lowly dancer. Just looking at them made the Empress feel nauseous. 

The Empress continued without hiding her disdain.

"So vulgarly. You put bells on the Grand Duke's ankles, right? But, you are the same. Where does the Grand Duke's 'blood' go?"

Olivia blinked her eyes for a moment.

Those were strange words. It's not an insult to say he's a murderous devil, but the Empress talks about 'blood ties'.

Edwin was the lord of Vikander and the only Grand Duke in the empire. It was also the only surviving royal lineage in the now-vanished Kingdom of Lowell.

It was a waste of money. But the Empress frowned and had the same expression on her face as she looked at me. It was the moment when Olivia's senses became alert.

"She gave up the abandoned mine."

For a moment Olivia forgot what she was thinking and looked at the Empress.

It's an abandoned mine. I'm sure you're not talking about white crystal Mine. No, it shouldn't have been so. 

I knew that the Empress and her daughter would covet that place, but at least it shouldn't be called that.

"I don't have any abandoned mines."

"I know that you took the abandoned mine in Vikander Territory?"

The corner of her mouth that rose loosely was a sneer. So Olivia clenched her fists harder. There was another reason why I came here. I couldn't let a moment's emotion ruin things.

"...It's not an abandoned mine, Your Majesty."

Ha, the Empress let out a soft laugh. And then she glanced at Olivia as if it were something new for her.

"You're changed, Olivia. How dare you look straight at me?"

Her viper-like, sly words reminded Olivia of her old self. She certainly smiled every time I made eye contact with her, and the look of her trying to express herself was gone.

She was so arrogant that she took her place as Princess and humiliated the Prince. Now how dare you look me in the eyes and with her? 

It was a moment when the Empress's eyes narrowed. She said, 

"Your Majesty has also changed."

".....What?"

Her poisonous brown eyes stared down at Olivia as if overwhelmed. Olivia took a deep breath for a moment.

"I came here to see Your Majesty."

"..."

"It was because, as a reserve Grand Duchess, I could no longer be afraid of Your Majesty."

She thought the answer would be to protect her younger sister. The Empress felt like she had been hit hard in the back of the head.

It was natural for Olivia Madeleine to be afraid of her. Something that cannot be changed, like the sun rising in the morning and the moon setting at night.

It was an easy task for the Empress to drive Olivia around, humiliate the Grand Duke again, and turn her to the Crown Prince's side. However, at this point, Olivia was overturning all of her common sense.

Olivia chuckled as she looked at the Empress' shaking expression. Old stories always made her heart ache like this.

"As you know, I have had a very difficult time with the Empress."

Among the countless scorns, the Empress's scorn was particularly painful. I'd rather get scolded harshly. 

The Empress looked at Olivia for a long time as if she despised her for everything she did and spoke her harsh words.

Both the Empress and Olivia knew very well that each word was so bad that it pierced the heart.

"But you seemed different today,"

A polite way of discouraging her. That was the Princess's trick. She's not the Empress who always looks at me like I'm on the floor.

The Empress disliked me to the point that she even cut down on her time alone with me.

"Your Majesty has not acknowledged me as the fiancée of Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince. So, Your Majesty was late in granting me the rights that I deserved."

"..."

"You can't even give me your precious time to say hello, Your Majesty said clearly. Today, you have been observing my example for a very long time."

"..."

"Why did you do that?"

Why? 

It was an extremely foolish question. The Empress snorted her laughter. But her gracefully smiling face hardened at my next words.

"Why did you bother to embarrass me in front of everyone? The person who previously just ignored me without even looking at me. Why did you try to break my spirit in front of everyone today?"

"..."

The sound of thin breathing filled the living room. Facing the Empress, who was still looking at me searchingly, I raised my red lips at an angle.

A very small suspicion that I heard from the time my manners were not received. That is now certain.

"Are you afraid of me?"

"How dare!"

The Empress shouted sharply and rose from her seat. 

How scary! 

How can you talk so carelessly about a topic that is so trivial!

If she lost her temper now, she would lose to Olivia. She knew it. She barely covered her mouth, but her whole body shook from the humiliation.

The area before her eyes seemed to turn bright red. Meanwhile, it was clear that Olivia's face was smiling softly as she spoke.

"Do not worry, Your Majesty."

"...!"

"I will no longer see Her Majesty, except next year as Grand Duchess Vikander."

"..."

"But, if you keep messing with me, I won't go away either."

After finishing speaking, I stood up from my seat. The Empress let out a soft sigh and sarcastically responded to my cheeky behavior as if my business was done.

"That's pretty bold, but what can you do? Is the best you can do is cling to the Grand Duke in tears?"

I looked at her empress with my strange face. The two people were looking at each other at similar heights. The Empress couldn't believe this situation. Her perspective on my situation is similar to hers.

That wasn't the look on my face that suited Olivia. She was so miserable that she didn't know what to do and her eyes were wide open. So the Empress whispered and awakened her to Olivia's plight.

"Poor, foolish Olivia. You need to find a way to do it in your power."

"So, I'm thinking about using the past days of carrying out Her Highness's orders as my weapon."

"This cheeky thing! How dare!"

Eventually, her eyes rolled over. Despite the Empress's threatening yelling, Olivia smiled and pointed out the facts to her.

"Am I terrified of a scandal?"

No matter how hard she tried in the past, she couldn't numb herself to scandal. But it was different now. Next to me was Edwin and everyone at Vikander.

"But Her Highness the Princess probably isn't. Haven't she always received only the respect of the people of the empire?"

It was Olivia who created the background for all that admiration. Olivia grinned.

"So, I say this out of consideration. Do not touch me, the Grand Duke, or Vikander."

The Empress's breath was heavy in her anger. She never thought the day would come when Olivia would look directly into brown eyes stained with hatred like this. 

I couldn't even imagine seeing the Empress glaring at me for her mess. So Olivia straightened her back more. The exact opposite of her disheveled empress posture.

When the dominance of her gaze began to change ever so slightly, Olivia spoke slowly again.

"At least for me now. The white crystal Mine, which was received as a dowry, if anyone dares...."

Dare.

The Empress gasped at the words spoken by a strong voice. Her face, bright red with anger, glared at Olivia. 

Who on earth could say 'dare' to a noble Empress?

However, there was no more appropriate word to describe the value of the white crystal Mine.

It is a precious place that cannot be said to be an abandoned mine, as the Empress thoughtlessly denigrated it.

"Listen, I'm here, Olivia."

Spell in effect.

Edwin went into the mine without hesitation even though he knew there was a resistance.

His face was dark as if he couldn't believe it, and his voice was trembling slightly.

And, even the wet breath that held back his crying.

Remembering all of that, Olivia gave her warning with all her sincerity.

".....I dare say I know how much weight I carry."

Her green eyes looked down at the Empress coolly. She had a more dignified appearance than anyone else.

She should at least give Olivia a slap in the face. The Empress could barely support her trembling body. She couldn't believe how overwhelmed she was by Olivia's mood as she spoke softly.

The Empress clenched her fists tightly. Her fingernails sharpened against her others, dug into her own palm for the first time.

***

Meanwhile, the office of the Emperor's palace.

The Emperor looked ahead with a stern expression.

"Edwin Lowell Vikander. I see the sun of the Empire."

It was the Grand Duke. Unlike the polite greeting, the red eyes that looked down at the Emperor were extremely arrogant. The chamberlain standing at the door lowered his head with a bewildered face.

The Emperor slowly opened his mouth.

"... I clearly remember inviting the Grand Duke to dinner. You dared to come to my office for an audience like this."

His unpleasant feelings were clearly revealed. 

It was what Edwin had hoped for.

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