IELNDMH - Chapter 21 < No One Is Coming >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
There were various ways in which Camilla tormented the mixed-race demons. Among them, her favorite was using hot tea.
Even though they are suffering, they ultimately follow what she says. Every time she encountered that scene, Camilla felt a sense of complete control and joy. While there were those in the empire who looked up to the superior abilities of mixed-blood demons, there were also those who looked down on them as hybrids, regardless of status. Camilla was one of them, and she secretly despised mixed-blood demons, calling them hybrids.
Although they speak human language, they are actually no different from livestock. Negative ideas about them, on the other hand, gave Camilla a secret sense of superiority and pleasure. She carried the Grand Duchess on her back and enjoyed the feeling of tormenting the mixed-blood demons as she always did.
It was at that time that the tip of Camilla's lips subtly rose.
'That... Please stop it!"
She screamed as if Mina couldn't take it anymore.
"Maybe it was before, but now.... If Her Highness finds out about this, she won't leave Camilla alone!"
"What?"
Light gold was engraved on Camilla's elegant mask. Rebecca blames herself for punishing the mixed-race demon?
She was the one who enjoyed it more than anyone else every time she did something like this. Even her snort was a waste of words.
By the way, her master, Rebecca, was the one who personally stopped Camilla from joining because she was afraid that Camilla would be kicked out if she was caught by His Highness the Grand Duke!
And she was the one who worked hard to make Rebecca that way.
Since becoming the Grand Duchess's lady-in-waiting, Camilla has made her aware, little by little, but over a long period, that this lowly race of hers is different from noble mortals.
Of course, at first, Rebecca often showed signs of discomfort. However, as she suffered from a severe lack of affection and mania, she gradually began to fall in love with this hobby.
She finally opened her eyes to this secret pleasure that instantly relieved her stress. But how dare mixed-blood demons...
Is she talking back to her?
Camilla gritted her teeth as her eyes suddenly became harsh.
"I'm punishing a lying monster, but in the meantime, you lose your senses and lie again?"
Slap!
Camilla slapped Mina hard on the cheek. Then she shouted harshly in a high-pitched voice that pierced the ears.
"If you pour out lies with your dirty and disgusting mouths, then what use are you all for?"
Camilla continued to scream as if she were possessed by an evil spirit.
"So put up your hand, you monster! Right now!"
Mina felt like Camilla was truly a monster. How long will she have to be treated like this?
Biting her lower lip and enduring the pain, Mina finally gave up on her.
"I really didn't lie!"
"I said it was noisy! There is no truth in what you say! It wasn't enough that you brought me to the dark mansion with a treacherous lie, so what kind of mixed-blood demon are you?"
"....Her Highness personal maid?"
Camilla rolled her eyes loudly and snorted.
"Really! Her Highness has indeed appointed me as his personal maid!"
Mina complained of her injustice until the end. Then Camilla, who had been furrowing her brows fiercely, finally let out a slow sigh as if she had no choice.
"You really.... You will come to your senses only after you get scolded."
With those words, Camilla started searching all over the living room like a crazy person.
'The whip the Grand Duchess used to punish these people must be somewhere.'
Then, when she didn't see what she was looking for, she nervously stamped her foot.
"Ugh!"
Then her gaze finally stopped next to the fireplace...
There it is.
Camilla returned with a whip along the way. When Mina saw that, her face became even more pale than before.
"Really! Please believe me, please!"
Mina's insistence on her innocence was of no use. No, on the contrary, it wore out Carmilla's patience.
"Also... Disgusting people like you should be beaten."
Camilla lifted her whip, her eyes flashing with madness.
Whoosh!
The sound of a whip cutting through the wind was chilling.
The exact moment when Mina's body shrank like a baby...
Kwaang-!
The two women's eyes immediately turned to the door as they suddenly heard a harsh roar.
Between the wide open doors, she is a woman observing the situation with eyes redder than the sun.
She was Grand Duchess Rebecca.
***
"Your...... Highness?"
Camilla breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that the person who suddenly appeared was Rebecca.
'Ha.. I thought she was His Highness the Grand Duke.'
She would have definitely been in trouble if someone other than Rebecca had come.
Camilla, feeling relieved, smiled leisurely and let out a charming voice.
"I'm surprised, Your Highness. I thought it was someone else!"
"Who else?"
Rebecca asked, quietly closing the door. Then she looked around with a lazy gaze. Mina's face was marred by tears. A teapot leaking steam and reddened backs of hands. And the whip in Camilla's hand.
"......."
Rebecca, who was silent for a moment, calmly headed to the sofa. She soon sat down with her legs crossed and leisurely raised the corner of her mouth towards Camilla.
"Of course it is me. No one comes here except my servants, Madame Dmitri."
"Yes? Then no way.... Is what this monster said true?"
".... Monster?"
Vein appeared on Rebecca's fair forehead. But Camilla was so excited that she didn't notice it. She knew that the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess were not on good terms, but she never thought they would end up separating.
'I don't think the fountain of stories in society will run dry for a while.'
Camilla inwardly licked her lips. At the same time, she lowered the corners of her mouth as if she felt sorry for Rebecca.
"Sadly, that's how it ended up. I am so heartbroken, Your Highness....."
"Ah, is that so?"
Camilla put down her whip and immediately sat down next to Rebecca with her arms crossed.
"Please call me Camilla as usual, Your Highness. It's Madame Dmitri that makes me feel the distance between us."
Camilla spoke softly. But for some reason, Rebecca just stared down at her.
'Why is the Grand Duchess like this? Something is strange... '
Around the time Camilla thought about that, Rebecca took her arm away from Camilla and stood up from the sofa.
"You came back from vacation earlier than expected?"
"Yes, about a few days. There's still a long way left before I'm supposed to return, but I have to be able to bear it because I want to see Your Highness...."
Camilla tried to shake off her delicate mood and got up from the sofa. Then she smiled her eyes again and spoke softly.
"We are like real sisters."
Rebecca was a woman who was hungry for affection. She left the South, where she was born and raised, and stayed in a foreign land. Camilla has taken advantage of this to manipulate Rebecca, the Grand Duchess, to her liking.
'It seems like there's something sad about me... If I tell her that I missed her or that she is no different from my real sister, it will be resolved quickly anyway.'
It was that time when Camilla curled up the corner of her mouth, hiding her naughty feelings. Rebecca, who had been silent the whole time, slowly parted her lips.
"... That precious vacation that is only a few days away."
".. ."
"It would have been better for both of us if you rested at home."
Embarrassed, Camilla blinked her eyes.
"Yes....?"
"And no matter how much you are my maid, I think it would be very rude to visit the Grand Duchess without a plan,"
Rebecca's red eyes were clearly scolding her for Camilla's rudeness.
'Why are you doing this? It's really something.... 'Isn't it strange?'
Realizing that things were not going her way, Camilla quickly changed the topic.
"I arrived a little while ago, so I'm sure this kid won't lie. So she was punishing."
"Right....."
Rebecca lowered her head. Camilla took it as a sign of her listening.
'Also. There's nothing better than having a common enemy to get out of a difficult situation.'
Camilla's voice became more confident.
"I told her to leave because I didn't like being in the same place, but she just kept saying nonsense about her being Her Highness's personal maid."
"Camilla, I......!"
"Look at it now! She dared to keep talking back with that vulgar mouth! That poisonous monster!"
"I really didn't lie! Your Highness, please speak to her....!"
Mina cried. At the same time, Rebecca's eyes as she looked at Mina began to become more fierce than before.
'Now.'
For a brief moment, Camilla's eyes twinkled sinisterly. She immediately started moaning.
"I, Camilla Dmitri, am so proud to be Your Highness's maid.... Even so, it is very difficult to endure suffering like this at the hands of those disgusting hybrids!"
"......."
"If I have to watch the monsters run amok, I will have no choice but to give up my job as her maid!"
It was an ultimatum. At this point, the stupid Grand Duchess will immediately punish that disgusting monster. Perhaps, to prove their friendship, she might torment that monster more severely.
Camilla confidently waited for Rebecca's next move. Sure enough, Rebecca immediately asked back.
"That word. Are you serious?"
Camilla nodded her head with a pitiful expression, trying hard to keep the corners of her mouth from rising.
"... There's nothing we can do."
Rebecca muttered as she calmly approached Mina. It seemed that the time had finally come to properly punish the monster.
Rebecca looked down at Mina without saying anything or showing any expression for a while. And when Camilla finally heard her, her tone of voice was calm, without any highs and lows.
"Did you enjoy it?"
A voice that is slow like lava, but full of intense anger. Camilla stood next to Rebecca, gently curling one corner of her mouth. And in a louder voice than before, she began to criticize Mina.
"You, you! Come on, can't you answer Her Highness's words? How dare you lie to me and ask me if I had fun!"
The moment when exhilarating joy arose in Camilla's heart. Rebecca's face slowly turned towards Camilla next to her.
"No."
"...?"
"...You."
In an instant, the smile on Camilla's lips faded. Red eyes that clearly reveal hostility. That's definitely....
Camilla, because she was facing herself.
"Your.... Highness?"
As Rebecca came closer, a slight tremor appeared at the corner of Camilla's embarrassed mouth.
"Answer me."
When we finally got close enough to hear each other's breathing.
When Camilla heard Rebecca's cold voice again, she unconsciously gasped.
"You carelessly ruined my things while I was away...Did you have fun?"
Camilla shook her shoulders with an expression of disbelief.
"Your....Your Highness is also true. W-what kind of joke...!"
Rebecca turned her head as if ignoring Camilla. Then she gave an order to the maids outside the door.
"Come in."
A situation that goes completely differently than expected. That was when Camilla rolled her eyes nervously.
"Madame Dmitri, kneel before me right now."
Rebecca gave a cold command to her maids who came in. Without hesitation, her maids rushed at Camilla and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"What is this! No matter how much I tell you, you can't do this to me... !"
There was a moment when she was screaming in anger. Camilla scrunched her face fiercely as if the maid's touch had defiled her. However, her human nature was not enough to overcome the power of the half-blood demon.
Although it was humiliating, Camilla eventually had no choice but to kneel in front of the half-blood demons.
"...I don't know what you're going to do, but if you don't stop right now, I'm going to tell the world about this!"
Camilla, her pride cracked, used her evil as if it were her last struggle.
'No matter how much you are the Grand Duchess Duke, you can't treat Camilla carelessly! Unless you want to be isolated from Northern society!'
Camilla reassured herself like that. But for some reason, Rebecca still seemed relaxed.
"That's right, Camilla. You will be able to announce this to the whole world."
"..."
"If only you could get out of here alive."
Camilla's lower jaw began to tremble as she finally began to think.
"I'm.... "I'm going to scream!"
At those words, Rebecca suddenly burst out laughing. For a long time. Rebecca finally stopped laughing and slowly bent her waist towards Camilla.
The tips of Rebecca's red lips curved smoothly as she met her gaze.
"Camilla, I told you earlier. There is no one here but my employees...."
"..."
"No one is coming to you."
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