TVTLQ - Chapter 98
The Villainess Wants To Live Quietly
But......?
Not even finding the need to respond, I just stood still.
Then Rexed gestured arrogantly.
"If I were to wear it, purple would be better."
Purple is good.
But why are you telling me that?
Since I didn't show any reaction, Rexed snorted in excitement.
Then he glared at me for a moment, then turned and strode away.
'What....'
Did you tell me to give it to you now? He held a groundbreaking ceremony, so should I show my sincerity?
But that's what I got in return for saving Rexed.
"As expected, it's a bitch....”
I muttered in a low voice so that no one could hear.
Rexed, who was surprisingly quick to notice when someone was swearing, turned around.
"Haha."
You're quick-witted too. After all, it's a bitch.
***
Clink!
The vase collapsed, shattered glass flying everywhere.
It was dangerous because you could easily step on it, but Sarah, the maid, couldn't bring herself to clean it up.
"How can you treat me so poorly?"
Because the girl she was serving was very angry. The room was already a mess.
It was hard to believe that this was a room where a girl as cute as a deer was staying.
If the Duke noticed this commotion and came to the room, she would be punished instead.
The maid trembled and begged.
"Miss, please calm down."
"Calm?"
Estelle's eyes sparkled.
The maid was frightened and flinched at the beautiful, yet somewhat maddening look in her eyes.
"How can I calm down? Huh? Say it."
"Miss...."
"As the Princess of Montrose, am being ignored like this."
This day, Estelle secretly heard the news that the Crown Prince had visited a jewelry store alone with Rosenia Pierre.
On a day when she had begged the Crown Prince to go to the botanical garden, she had been rejected.
[I can't because I have important business to attend to, so I'd like to make an appointment for the next time.]
"After sending such a letter without any trace of regret."
Estelle pounded her chest.
"You mean it was important and all you did was go to the jewelry store with another woman?"
The reasons why men and women visit jewelry stores together are generally fixed. When a man shows off his wealth and shows interest by gifting expensive jewelry to a woman.
The opposite case is actually rare.
"But how dare you go to the jewelry store with a woman other than me?"
Estelle's beautiful face was distorted horribly.
After becoming 'Montrose', she has always led a life in the spotlight. Because her natural beauty gave her new opportunities and strength.
In fact, wasn't she able to meet the Duke of Montrose's expectations thanks to her appearance?
'You really look exactly like Fria. After all, you are definitely my daughter.'
The Duke's vain expectation that his daughter would have grown up so beautifully.
Since she took the first step easily, she thought the next step wouldn't be difficult...
Hunting new prey wasn't as easy as she thought.
"I can't go back there again."
Estelle shook her head vigorously.
The place she lived was dirty and squalid. It was also a place so desolate that even if one person disappeared, no one would raise any questions. So, being noticed by the Duke by chance was an opportunity she would never have again.
She no longer wanted to live her life pleasing someone.
Although it was much better than before, Montrose Manor was in fact no different. It's just that the number of people to bow down to has changed from an unspecified number of people to Dukes. However, the story changes when she gets married and gives birth to a family heir.
This is because the rights of a woman who gave birth to an heir as a biological mother are guaranteed by imperial law.
'I should have chosen the right person.'
Estelle chewed her nails nervous!
Among the current single men in the Empire, the best bids were Prince Rexed and Duke Calix.
There is also the magic tower lord Icarus, but he does not appear in social circles often, so he is an exception.
Estelle weighed the two.
She furiously whipped her head and beat her tail to see which one would bring her more benefit. She thought it was not a bad choice.
Even if people aren't originally interested, they tend to show more passion when they think that something they own is being taken away by someone else.
But the result was like this.
'Where did things go wrong?'
Clearly, she was capturing everyone's attention until the National Foundation Dav.
She also had her first dance with the Crown Prince who was interested in her.
However, it was not a Duke...
The person the Duke was eyeing at that time was...
“Rosenia Pierre...”
Estelle muttered darkly.
At the end of everything, there was Rosenia. She was clearly showing her reluctance!
"Ahh!"
Estelle, unable to control her anger, grabbed her head. She wanted to take out this anger on someone instead.
At that moment, there was a maid in front of her, trembling. Estelle roughly grabbed the watch on the nightstand
"....!"
The maid couldn't even scream and closed her eyes tightly.
Puck-!
She heard the clock hitting something hard. But there was no subsequent pain.
The maid opened her eyes briefly.
"Derek."
"Miss, please stop."
Estelle's escort, Derek, was standing there blocking the maid when she entered the room. The desk clock hit his forearm and rolled on the floor.
There was a huge hitting sound, so it must have been painful, but Derek was calm as if nothing was wrong. And that made Estelle even more angry.
"Who are you to tell me this and that?
"..."
"Realize your position. Do you think you dare ask me for something?"
Estelle's intense emotions showed no signs of subsiding. Derek gave the maid a look as if telling her to leave. The maid, who was only watching, bowed her head and quickly left the room.
With a thud, the door closed and Derek spoke.
"I don't ask anything from you."
He knelt in front of Estelle. He looked pious and serious, like a knight swearing loyalty.
"I can only plead with you because I cannot just watch your body hurt."
Puck!
Derek's cheek turned. Estelle threw a cushion at him.
She glared at Derek and scolded him venomously.
"I guess so. Because you are like a hyena, stalking around me for the remaining pieces of meat."
"Miss."
"Are you very happy on the inside? Because you'll feel like I'm yours. But you know what?"
Estelle raised the corner of her mouth slyly.
"You were nothing to me from the beginning. All the things you give meaningless meaning to me mean nothing."
"But it doesn't matter."
"What?"
"What I want is your happiness. I don't think I will be included in that happiness. So I know I have to step down at some point."
Derek smiled faintly at Estelle, who kept her mouth shut.
"If you want to be angry, take it out on me. "Please don't hurt yourself, Young Lady."
"..."
"As your escort knight, this is my only wish."
Estelle's face, which had been full of venom, eventually collapsed due to the endless series of friendly whispers.
No matter what misbehavior EsteIle did, Derek would always embrace her warmly. As a result, Estelle's anger gradually subsided.
Like right now.
"Derek."
The water-soaked voice was so pitiful that it felt pitiful.
Estelle lifted him up as if pulling him. Derek's long body swayed and Estelle fell into his arms.
"You know right, Derek? How eager I was. What did my father do to me until I was here?"
"Yes."
"So it makes no sense to be ignored like this."
The small hands holding Derek's shirt gained strength. The small, trembling body seemed as if it would fly away if the wind blew, arousing a protective instinct in the viewer.
Derek lightly kissed the top of Estelle's head.
"Don't worry, Lady."
His soft whispering voice was kind.
"Everything will happen as you wish."
His ecstatic laughter was so ecstatic that Estelle could not help but notice it.
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