DYBAR - Chapter 117 < A Saintess That No One Knew About >

DYBAR - Chapter 117 < A Saintess That No One Knew About >

Do Your Best And Regret

"W-what nonsense...!"

The Princess screamed desperately, moving her frozen body.

Olivia Madeleine...

Olivia Madeleine, the Princess's shouts were overlaid on the humming sound.

"Take her out now! Before that woman says more nonsense!"

Then Baroness Sophron hurriedly covered Maria Ethel's mouth and dragged her to the doorway. The attendants hurriedly opened the door and helped the Baroness 

Eup, eup......!

The Princess strengthened her legs as she heard the suppressed sounds receding. And she tried to come to her senses.

She had to patch things up somehow.

Hundreds of eyes were staring at her, the Princess, as if questioning her. The Princess held her trembling hand with great effort and lowered her head towards the Emperor.

"I apologize. When Your two Majesties appear, I show such a bad appearance."

"Hmm...!"

The Emperor cleared his throat. His displeased expression was evident, but he said no more.

Barely taking her last chance to fly away, the Princess turned around and spoke to the nobles.

"It looks like she's very mentally unstable because she's going through a difficult time."

Among the doubtful faces, the face of the Grand Duke, smiling strangely, stood out. Despite her extremely anxious expression, the Princess continued speaking casually.

"The Lady of Ethel's baseless nonsense,"

“Ah!”

At that time, a sudden scream was heard. It was the moment when everyone's eyes, looking at the Princess, focused on the doorway.

Oh my God......! 

A noblewoman covered her mouth and held back a scream as if she was horrified.

"... Lie! Everything the Princess says is a lie! Otherwise, how would I have planned to hold an engagement ceremony during a banquet..."

Maria Ethel yelled with blood on the corner of her white face, and Baroness Sophron hurriedly covered Maria Ethel's mouth again with her bloody hand. The sound echoed through the open door and down the hallway.

Maria Ethel's doll-like blue eyes gave her chills.

Maria Ethel, who had been making noises with her mouth closed, began to sob and laugh.

Maria Ethel, who was smiling as if everything was going to be as it should be, was dragged out and the sound of the door closing disappeared.

The banquet hall became quieter than ever.

The eerily calm gaze was directed at the Princess. Her breath hitched as if an invisible hand was strangling her.

"Nonsense, nonsense! You don't really believe all that nonsense, do you?"

The Princess screamed fiercely.

As her voice rose, the pressure on her chest seemed to disappear. At the same time, her resentment reached all the way to her head, and her eyes became hot.

"The delegation may not know, but all the nobles here know! Everyone here knows what I have done for the empire!"

How, how can they look at her like that?

"Yeah, last year! Last year's spring crisis!"

The Princess looked at the nobles as if asking for their consent. 

During the Spring Crisis period, the nobles' perspective changed slightly with that one word.

"Everyone remembers how I restored the retail estate during the spring recession last year, right?"

A miraculous event that saved hundreds of thousands of poor people who were about to starve to death. At the same time, it was a perfect achievement that elevated her from just the flower of an Empire to the noble position of a Saint.

"That's right. Her Highness the Princess indeed saved hundreds of thousands of people..."

"But, just in case, even that is really Princess Madeleine...""

"Shh. We don't know yet."

The nobles also needed clarification on the story of the Spring Crisis period. 

Although her back was covered in cold sweat, the Princess hid her earnestness and looked proudly at the nobles. It would be better for her to die before people would know that all her achievements were done by Olivia Madeleine.

"Do not worry, Your Highness. I am a person who knows the truth."

Olivia Madeleine made the swear that she would not tell anyone. Since she boasted that she knew the truth, Olivia must have disposed of the ledger. So no one can claim that this is not the Princess's achievement...

"No way."

A voice so wonderful that it sent chills to her ears descended upon the banquet hall.

Grand Duke Vikander, a man whose presence was revealed just by his voice, slowly walked in front of everyone.

The Princess's gaze and his gaze became entangled in the air, and his red eyes smiled menacingly.

"During the spring crisis last year, Her Royal Highness must have been at the underground auction house."

How could that man know something that no one knows!

Grand Duke Vikander added kindly as if he had only remembered it later.

"You spent quite a bit of money to get LeCalle's necklace."

"What, what a slander! Grand Duke, no matter how much of a war hero you are, you cannot insult me like this."

The Princess spoke calmly. She didn't know where or what he heard, but there was no evidence. Everything about the underground auction was kept secret. No matter how much the Emperor, it was impossible to uncover the true face of the underground auction.

But that confident appearance, the smiling red lips, and the sparkling eyes took the Princess's breath away.

"Could it be that I brought out what I said without any evidence?"

"What evidence......!"

At that moment, the Princess's eyes widened. It was then that the Princess, who was so pale that she could not breathe, screamed like a scream.

"Olivia, that sleazy bitch kept the ledger, ugh..."

The Grand Duke strangled the Princess with only his dagger-sharp gaze. The Princess fumbled around her neck, losing her face.

"Grand Duke! What are you doing?"

The Emperor's anger seemed distant. 

No matter what she did, she felt like he couldn't escape the murderous glare in those red eyes.

"I apologize, Your Majesty. Because I was angry."

After hearing the extremely dry voice, the creepy murderous intent disappeared. The Princess looked at the Grand Duke through her vision blurred with tears.

As her vision became clearer, the Grand Duke's face became clearer. The man with no expression was looking at her with a frighteningly calm face.

No. Please...!

The Princess's instincts begged for the Grand Duke. But that didn't stop his red lips from falling.

"I only found out now that there was a ledger. And that's thanks to Her Royal Highness 'directly' mentioning it."

The silence that had grown so loud suddenly burst.

"Then, really, all of Her Highness's achievements so far have been done by Princess Madeleine....!"

"Her Highness always paid so much attention to all the summer banquets, but now the mystery of why Maria Ethel intervened only this time when Princess Madeleine was away!"

"What about Viscount Katanta's words that she did not go to Vikander Territory?"

Ridicule, ridicule, and criticism.

The Princess slowly shook her head and looked around her.

"No, no, this would be a nightmare."

Her voice was trembling. Her soaking wet back became chilly. The Princess, who had lost her composure, hurriedly looked at the nobles around her.

The nobles who made eye contact with her avoided her gaze, and her playmates had already gone into the distance. Even the knights who had expressed their love for the Princess every time they saw her had a stern look on their faces.

All the scaffolding that supported her was collapsing. In a situation where she felt like she was about to die, the Princess looked at the Emperor.

Now all that remained was the Emperor. The Princess ran to the Emperor with unsteady steps, as if she would fall.

“Ah, Your Majesty..."

"Today is not the right time for a tea party."

The Emperor's gaze skipped over the Princess.

Thud.

Her last hope was mired in the mud. Even as her lips trembled, she could clearly hear the Emperor's smooth words.

"It's a shame to send a delegation here. Prepare a grand dinner to see them off. Preparations will be necessary, so why not have the delegation return to their respective quarters for a while to prepare."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Duke of Kiwal politely responded to the stubborn request. As if preparing to withdraw early, he winked at the entire delegation. The envoy glanced at the Princess with regret. And then they started to leave as if she had no breath and added a word.

"I'm going away for a little while for dinner. The Prince should stay and clean up the place."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

There was no mention of looking after the Princess's well-being in those words.

Even as everyone showed respect for the Emperor's departure, the Princess was unable to move her frozen body.

The misery of the situation, where everything was revealed without making any cuts, the despair of her father's neglect, and the shame of being made a laughing stock. Everything came together and dragged the Princess down to the floor.

"It looks like His Majesty the Emperor is really busy. Her Royal Highness."

At a moment when no one was speaking, the only voice that was heard was the Grand Duke. At the same time, the Princess raised her head. This scene, which gave her a sense of déjà vu, was definitely the same as what she was saying.

"It looks like the Duke is really busy, Princess."

It seems the Princess wasn't the only one who thought of those words. A light sneer was heard from somewhere, and someone added something.

"Her Highness has said something like that to Princess Madelaine....."

Nо.

The Princess shook her head.

She was His Majesty's legitimate kinsman. She was a noble Princess, and she had a precious status that could never be abandoned. She couldn't admit that she was in a situation comparable to that of Olivia Madeleine.

But...

The Princess looked at the closed door from afar. The Emperor went out through that door. This is how the last chance ended.

Her mother did not protect her, and her brother did not come close to her.

So, what is the difference between her and Olivia Madeleine, whom she used to criticize so much?

"Ah, hahaha."

Everyone held their breath. Weak laughter began to spread slowly. At that moment...

"Her Royal Highness!"

The slender body of the Princess collapsed along with her crackling voice. Toward the dirtiest floor of the banquet hall, where everyone steps on.

"Take the Princess to her palace,"

"Oh my, Your Highness!"

The Princess's nanny, who was stomping her feet, helped her out. At the same time, the banquet hall, where only the empire's nobles gathered, became quiet once again.

A scandal broke out in the presence of the envoy, and it was revealed that the Princess's achievements were those of Princess Madeleine. And the Emperor implicitly rejected the Princess.

Who should they look out for in this situation?

At some point, the Duke of Elkin disappeared. However, the nobles looked at the Duke of Madeleine, the Crown Prince, and the Grand Duke Vikander alternately without knowing that fact.

The cold, hardened banquet hall began to rumble again.

"Duke. Let's move on for a moment."

It was because of the Prince giving orders to the Duke of Madeleine.

The Crown Prince didn't seem to have any worries about the Princess leaving. Instead of comforting the nobles, he even gives the Grand Duke a chance to rule the banquet hall.

"Are you really saying that it was Princess Madeleine who restored the Retail Estate?"

With the waters open, the nobles had nothing to fear. The nobles spoke with horrified faces.

"Oh my God. I got goosebumps when I heard about the summer banquet!"

"Since when on earth did it start? Princess Madeleine took on the work of Her Royal Highness."

"Her engagement to His Highness the Crown Prince lasted eleven years, really?"

"Oh my God. She was truly a Saint."

The nobles fell silent for a moment when someone said something that sounded like an exclamation. Once again confusion overtook them.

Green eyes that are beyond humble, an illegitimate child born as a result of an affair, and a seductress who caused the Duchess' death.

No one showed it, but everyone thought the same thing. The rumors that spread in social circles and the actual Princess were very different people.

Only when the silence weighed heavily on their shoulders did someone finally say a word.

"No one knew."

She was a saint.

The nobles looked in one direction without realizing it. Did the Grand Duke really know this and take the Princess away? To monopolize all these accolades? How triumphant does he look right now? What kind of ridicule will he throw at the Prince again?

However, the nobles who were looking at the Grand Duke with trembling hearts paused for a moment. It was different from what they expected.

The Grand Duke, who was proud and thought he would praise the Princess...

"What do you think, Duke?"

The words he spat out as if they were crushing him were chilling. The Grand Duke looked at Duke Madeleine with a smile and asked.

"Did the Duke help? Is that why my Young Lady was able to accomplish so many things that make her worthy of being praised as a Saint?"

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