DYBAR - Chapter 97 < Misfortunes That Cannot Be Prevented >
Do Your Best And Regret
"Wow, how cruel Princess, no, Lady! How dare you burst out laughing in front of me?"
The Princess screamed in reproach, her face turning bright red.
But I couldn't hold back my laughter.
Maybe a mother and daughter are the same. No, if it's something that makes me laugh so much, all three, including the Prince, were the same.
Suddenly I stopped laughing. And I looked at the Princess thoughtfully.
Downcast eyes as if looking down at me, and even short, arrogant orders.
"How can you not change?"
I spoke softly. All the memories I thought I had shaken off suddenly began to creep up through the gaps.
"Things are completely different now than when Her Highness gave me your first orders."
"Ha, things have changed! What kind of nonsense are you talking about when I tell you to hand over the mine!"
It was urgent, but I kept saying something. Incomprehensible. The Princess suddenly shouted out of her nervousness.
A faint smile appeared on my face.
"You are late, Your Highness."
"What?"
It was only a beat later that the Princess understood what I meant when she heard my soft voice.
The Princess immediately glared at me with her bright blue eyes. If she could kill with a look, the Princess would have killed me right now.
The sound of her breathing became increasingly rough. But I shrugged my shoulders in a more relaxed manner than anyone else.
"You're skipping it. Of course, that was what I received in return for the transaction."
"What a price, what a shameful thing for the royal family's treasure...!"
The Princess, who had unconditionally denied my words, suddenly swallowed her exhaled breath. Now that she think about it, she was thinking about getting the mine back, so she forgot why she gave it to me.
Numerous thoughts flickered over the Princess's eyes. I smiled brightly.
"Yes. Her Royal Highness."
"..."
"I received the White Crystal Mine as a sign of silence about Her Highness's affairs, and Her Highness promised to keep my secret."
Secret. The pronunciation of those two letters sounded particularly vivid.
The Princess's fingertips trembled. Her mess of fingertips caught my eye, but it didn't matter.
"But if you keep telling me to give up the mine, I will. Can I go outside right away and reveal in front of all the nobles and delegations that I was the one who restored the Spring Palace's retail estate?"
A kind voice echoed over the balcony. The startled Princess quickly looked around her and screamed, as if covering my voice.
"How dare you, this cheeky thing!"
"Your Highness. The person who reminded me that asking for favors is not what you do is telling me."
"I can't believe I'm doing you a favor!"
"Is it okay to ask a favor from such a high place, Her Royal Highness?"
It was for a moment that the Princess, who was frightened and took a step back, suddenly stopped. The words in Olivia's quiet voice were definitely the words she said one sunny day.
"I wish I could ask you a favor so politely, Princess?"
Olivia's request was mostly similar.
She asked the Prince to keep his promise to dance with her instead or give him a little more information about the estate, these were trivial things she did.
The Princess was fond of Olivia, who dared to follow the most perfect etiquette even on a thousand subjects. She's finally getting the words out of her that used to make her lower her head!
"Even if you take revenge on me now... !"
The Princess, who was shouting fiercely, stopped talking without realizing it. Her green eyes were looking Olivia at me with aloofness.
Are those looks in Olivia's eyes a test for herself?
Cold sweat dripped down her back. The Princess closed her eyes tightly before the sweat reached her back.
Because she had only one choice.
"Please, please!"
The noble Princess's noble pride bowed to her knees. She bowed her head towards Olivia.
"Give me back that precious mine, Princess."
The Princess was so ashamed that she couldn't open her eyes and begged Olivia without even knowing what was coming out of her mouth.
Olivia had no answer. The Princess said as she said.
"I'll pay anything for that mine."
"Anything, everything?"
A humorous comment came over her head. The Princess smiled and raised her head. And she continued her words hastily.
"Yeah, that's right! Now, it seems that my brother has feelings for the Princess, and if you want my property, Count Yubler is always waiting for my command."
Olivia smiled and listened to the Princess. It took only a moment for her pleas to turn into appeasement.
And what she said was what Olivia had looked forward to all her life.
"After this, I will definitely ask my brother to dance with the Princess for the first time."
The first dance with the Crown Prince, which Olivia always said was a habit.
"Wouldn't you like to decorate the banquet properly so that the Princess can at least renew your engagement with my brother?"
An engagement ceremony where Olivia wanted to stand properly next to the Crown Prince.
"If we can't even resolve this matter, why should I support the Princess? Many precious people can ascend to the position of Crown Princess even if they are not Princesses."
And even a young promise to stand by the Crown Prince's side for the Madeleine duchy.
"So, just give me back the mine. No matter. what happens, I will support the Young Lady to become Crown Princess. I really need that mine. I believe the Young Lady knows."
As the Princess's words became sweeter, a cool smile appeared on Olivia's lips.
This is how they console me, soothe me, and cajole me. Throughout my life, the Princess's pattern of getting what she wanted, even by threatening me, did not change at all.
That same sight and repeated appeasement continued to stimulate me.
When I left the system, I was so fed up with it that I threw everything away, and it even made me want to get back at least once.
It wasn't that I was worried that I might end up being the same person.
Nevertheless.
Just once. There had to be a clear warning. Don't let me go easy on you again.
So I said one by one as if pressing down.
"I will never give up that precious mine to you."
"What?"
For a moment, the Princess couldn't believe her ears. Her face, which had seemed so cool just a moment ago as if I would listen to her request, had suddenly turned stern.
The Princess trembled with her bright red face as she looked at me, who looked as if not even a needle would go in.
"You dare!"
"..."
"How dare you make fun of me?"
"Did Her Highness always tease me? You didn't have any circumstances?"
"Stop playing with words!"
The Princess shouted sharply and raised her hand towards me. I felt like I needed to at least slap that white cheek to ease my stomach a little.
The hand that cut through the air was harsh.
But...
The Princess couldn't believe it. How dare you, how dare someone like Olivia block her hand. The grip holding her wrist was quite painful.
"Aren't you going to let go of this?"
The Princess's voice trembled unpleasantly. Olivia's green eyes stared at the Princess without answering.
At that moment, the Princess's back became shivery.
She couldn't properly meet Olivia's eyes, which were full of majesty as they cast her down. The wrist she was holding tingled, and the inside of her throat felt like a sore was rising.
It was a moment when even the sound of breathing could be heard loudly.
Olivia threw away the Princess's wrist and looked at the Princess sharply.
The Princess closed her eyes tightly without realizing it. But even after several seconds, not a single pain was felt in her body.
When the Princess gently opened her eyes, her eyes met Olivia's, who was quietly watching her.
Her shame covered her entire body. Olivia, who was looking at the scene motionlessly, smiled and said.
"I will not lay a hand on Your Highness."
"I'm stating the obvious, Princess. If you did that, you would be charged with murdering the royal family.....!"
"For slapping Your Highness on the cheek. These gloves are truly precious."
"What?"
The Princess's breathing became heavy again as if she was embarrassed.
Now was the right time, Olivia spoke with her sincerity.
"But... If Your Highness continues to be rude to me.
"..."
"I will do anything to protect my honor. I will challenge Your Highness to a duel."
A duel. The Princess pursed her lips. No Lady in society had ever directly put the word duel in her mouth.
So the Princess couldn't even guess what duel Olivia was talking about.
Olivia explained kindly, looking at her blank face.
"These gloves are incomparably more precious than any of Her Royal Highness's Jewels. If the day comes that I throw this glove to Your Highness, I will definitely not accept the reward for it in vain."
The Princess desperately looked into Olivia's eyes, looking for a loophole in her. But that didn't exist. Expectations continued to turn into despair.
That really wasn't the old Olivia. The Princess gritted her teeth.
Olivia, on the other hand, smiled softly.
"So, if you're determined, at least try to hit me in the face again."
A strong atmosphere that could not be easily touched enveloped Olivia and the Princess. The Princess let out her shaky breath and glared at Olivia.
"Then..."
Even during this, Olivia was polite to the Princess.
The Princess glared at Olivia with her eyes filled with hatred, not a trace of dishevelment and her perfect manners.
Who? Who would dare to accept it?
But Olivia raised her body as if to show off. Then she turned her back on the Princess and walked towards the curtain. Suddenly, a clear moon rose above the thickening darkness.
A cold silver light poured towards her as if protecting Olivia.
"How dare you, I didn't even get a courtesy!"
The Princess shouted threateningly, but Olivia did not turn around. When her graceful steps reached the end of the balcony, the curtains were lifted as if she had been waiting.
The Princess caught a glimpse of the Grand Duke's smile as he waited as if it was natural, and then the curtain closed again.
The Princess was overcome with unbearable shame and humiliation. A fury greater than that of the white crystal mine and that of the Emperor enveloped the Princess.
With her eyes turning bright red, the Princess let out a tearful scream and rushed out of the curtains.
"Olivia! You arrogant thing-!"
"Her Highness the Princess!"
It was then. A chirping sounded like a call to the Princess above the Princess's shouts. The Princess was out of breath as she stood there, and the sight of two shabby knights came into view.
"Finally meeting Her Highness the Princess!"
What's going on?
The Princess glared at the two people who came close to her. Among them, her husband, Sonja, bowed his head with an embarrassed look on his face. Contrary to her perplexed face, a loud voice resonated loudly throughout the banquet hall.
"Don't you remember our ministry attending Her Royal Highness at Katanta last month?"
Katanta. The color drained from the Princess's face.
At that moment, the knight's low words appeared in the Princess's mind.
"Her Highness will face three crises."
This is it. Is he saying this was something the Grand Duke planned?
As her eyes grew dizzy, the Princess hurriedly looked around her surroundings. The gazes of the surrounding nobles were stinging. Meanwhile, she met the Grand Duke's eyes, who were looking at her with amusement with his red eyes.
"Yes, you dare."
The words came out trembling between teeth. It was so small that no one could hear it.
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