IELNDMH - Chapter 66 < Banquet Where the Death Is Scheduled >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
That was a surprise attack uncharacteristic of Adrian.
When I raised my head in surprise, under the sunlight seeping through the parasol, his eyes as he looked at me sparkled even brighter.
We made eye contact for a long time without saying a word.
Adrian let out a small breath, folded the parasol, and handed it to me.
“I just said nicely that I would wait... It’s a shame.”
As he said that, the nape of his neck turned slightly red.
For a moment, Adrian quickly adjusted his expression and joked.
“But please take this as a cute joke."
As he pursed his lips, Adrian led me to the front door with a smile on his face.
And finally, when we reached the front door.
“Today, I was really happy.”
Adrian stopped first and smiled broadly at me.
“I can be with Her Highness here, not in the Twins family castle, as a man rather than a butler.”
It was a beautiful smile that seemed to radiate happiness when I touched his hand.
Meanwhile, there were eyes hiding in the dark alley, watching Rebecca and Adrian.
He's dressed in shabby clothes that don't fit in with the streets of Delta, with messy hair and an unpleasantly skinny body.
There was nothing on that man's face.
Eyes, nose, mouth, anything.
The man's face, which had been swaying slowly with his head down, turned to one direction again.
Rebecca was there, seeing Adrian off and entering the townhouse.
Then, her eyes slowly became engraved on the face of the man who had been looking at her the whole time.
Those eyes persistently captured Rebecca's movements like a camera lens.
At the same time, in a dark basement.
On a table covered with a dark purple velvet cloth, a woman was reflected in a large crystal ball.
It was Rebecca seeing Adrian off in front of the townhouse.
The young woman, who had been watching Rebecca through the crystal ball, soon shouted hysterically.
“I said you could kill that woman as quickly as possible.... But why is she still alive?”
The woman stomped her feet like a crazy person.
Then the old woman, with her hideously wrinkled skin and an unpleasantly large hooked nose, slowly opened her mouth.
“That day, after I used the magic doll, an invisible barrier was created around that woman.”
“What does that mean?”
The old woman glanced at the woman.
"...It seems that His Highness the Grand Duke himself had some hand in it.”
We made eye contact for a long time without saying a word.
Adrian let out a small breath, folded the parasol, and handed it to me.
“I just said nicely that I would wait... It’s a shame.”
As he said that, the nape of his neck turned slightly red.
For a moment, Adrian quickly adjusted his expression and joked.
“But please take this as a cute joke."
As he pursed his lips, Adrian led me to the front door with a smile on his face.
And finally, when we reached the front door.
“Today, I was really happy.”
Adrian stopped first and smiled broadly at me.
“I can be with Her Highness here, not in the Twins family castle, as a man rather than a butler.”
It was a beautiful smile that seemed to radiate happiness when I touched his hand.
***
Meanwhile, there were eyes hiding in the dark alley, watching Rebecca and Adrian.
He's dressed in shabby clothes that don't fit in with the streets of Delta, with messy hair and an unpleasantly skinny body.
There was nothing on that man's face.
Eyes, nose, mouth, anything.
The man's face, which had been swaying slowly with his head down, turned to one direction again.
Rebecca was there, seeing Adrian off and entering the townhouse.
Then, her eyes slowly became engraved on the face of the man who had been looking at her the whole time.
Those eyes persistently captured Rebecca's movements like a camera lens.
***
At the same time, in a dark basement.
On a table covered with a dark purple velvet cloth, a woman was reflected in a large crystal ball.
It was Rebecca seeing Adrian off in front of the townhouse.
The young woman, who had been watching Rebecca through the crystal ball, soon shouted hysterically.
“I said you could kill that woman as quickly as possible.... But why is she still alive?”
The woman stomped her feet like a crazy person.
Then the old woman, with her hideously wrinkled skin and an unpleasantly large hooked nose, slowly opened her mouth.
“That day, after I used the magic doll, an invisible barrier was created around that woman.”
“What does that mean?”
The old woman glanced at the woman.
"...It seems that His Highness the Grand Duke himself had some hand in it.”
As the old woman expected, the woman's complexion began to glow even more red and blue.
Crack.
The sound of teeth grinding echoed eerily in the dark basement.
“What on earth could you say like that?”
The woman, who was chanting in her dreary voice, seemed to be nervous and was picking at her thumbnail with her teeth.
“Rebecca is the one who covered up the Twins and made them feel ashamed. This... There's something really strange about this... Things are going strange...”
The woman paced around her table, unable to hide her anxiety. For a long time.
Bang! Kwaang-!
The woman screamed, slamming her hands harshly on the table.
“You have no idea what insults I have endured! There is no longer any limit to how much I can tolerate those stupid and arrogant people!”
The old woman just slowly closed and opened her eyes, as if she had already gotten used to the situation.
The woman who was glaring at the old woman ground her teeth lowly.
“You said you would help me get back to my original place. But how long... Do you want me to continue living this horrible life?”
“...”
“You know very well that my patience is not very deep, right?”
The woman pressed her face deep into the face of the old woman, whose eyes were calmly closed.
A murderous intent flashed in the woman's eyes.
Snap.
As the sound of teeth grinding loudly rang out in front of her, the old woman's eyes slowly opened.
“...There is a right time for everything, Lady.”
“So when is that?”
The old woman raised her eyes towards the woman who was constantly arguing.
Then the woman's lips, which had been busy the whole time, stopped for a moment.
“Have you waited well until now? I think we're almost there now...”
“....”
“You don’t want all your hard work up until now to be useless because you can’t control a moment of impatience, right?”
The old woman's tone was casual, but it clearly contained a warning.
The woman eventually turned her head nervously and backed away from her.
The look on the woman's face was evident as she tried to suppress the boiling anger.
The old woman looked at the woman who had turned around and made a small sound of deflation.
“How can I not know Lady’s feelings?”
The old woman spoke in a more benevolent tone as if trying to soothe the woman's broken heart.
“Just wait a moment, Lady. I will make sure you return to your original position.”
When the woman turned to see her face with all her anger gone, the old woman spoke again.
“But it looks like you’re already too tired to wait until then, so I’d like to give you at least a small gift.”
“...A gift?”
The corners of the old woman’s wrinkled mouth slowly curved up.
“This old man... I will get rid of the one culprit that makes Lady so unbearable.”
Finally, the old woman's lips rose wide, revealing her newly blackened and sticky teeth.
“At the Emperor’s birthday banquet that will be held soon....”
Creak. Creak.
An unpleasant sound came out from the old woman's black teeth.
“...There is a right time for everything, Lady.”
“So when is that?”
The old woman raised her eyes towards the woman who was constantly arguing.
Then the woman's lips, which had been busy the whole time, stopped for a moment.
“Have you waited well until now? I think we're almost there now...”
“....”
“You don’t want all your hard work up until now to be useless because you can’t control a moment of impatience, right?”
The old woman's tone was casual, but it clearly contained a warning.
The woman eventually turned her head nervously and backed away from her.
The look on the woman's face was evident as she tried to suppress the boiling anger.
The old woman looked at the woman who had turned around and made a small sound of deflation.
“How can I not know Lady’s feelings?”
The old woman spoke in a more benevolent tone as if trying to soothe the woman's broken heart.
“Just wait a moment, Lady. I will make sure you return to your original position.”
When the woman turned to see her face with all her anger gone, the old woman spoke again.
“But it looks like you’re already too tired to wait until then, so I’d like to give you at least a small gift.”
“...A gift?”
The corners of the old woman’s wrinkled mouth slowly curved up.
“This old man... I will get rid of the one culprit that makes Lady so unbearable.”
Finally, the old woman's lips rose wide, revealing her newly blackened and sticky teeth.
“At the Emperor’s birthday banquet that will be held soon....”
Creak. Creak.
An unpleasant sound came out from the old woman's black teeth.
***
Before we knew it, it was the day of the Emperor’s birthday banquet.
The carriage carrying Cedric and I finally entered the imperial castle.
I, who had been talking to Cedric up to that point, signaled for him to pause for a moment.
“Wait a minute, Cedric...”
Cedric showed a look of disappointment, but he had no time to care.
It was because he was distracted by the splendid view of the imperial castle.
The vast, dark garden was brightly lit by lights flowing from near the ivory statues, and elegant music flowed from various places.
When the carriage finally stopped in front of the banquet hall building, Cedric went out first.
“Keep talking, Rebecca. What about the Monter family's townhouse on Third Avenue? And what did you say again?”
Cedric stood next to the carriage door and urged me again with his hand outstretched.
“Ha, Cedric... Are you really going to come all the way here and do this?”
When I scolded him, he held my hand as I got off the carriage and kept kissing my lips.
“...Adrian, you are saying all sorts of trivial things. Why on earth did you meet him?”
Ever since I told him that I had been to the futures exchange with Adrian yesterday, Cedric has been spouting off.
“I told you. Mina called me.”
“Mina, I liked that friend...”
I pretended not to notice Cedric, who was frowning and hurriedly turned my head towards the imperial banquet hall.
Cedric had a sad expression on his face, but he still didn't let go of my hand that he was holding tightly.
As we entered the banquet hall holding each other's hands, the gorgeous interior once again caught my eye.
Hundreds of large and small chandeliers, and brilliant lights emanating from them.
The spacious ivory-colored banquet hall sparkled brilliantly.
Luxuriously dressed nobles were chatting with each other throughout the spacious banquet hall, and a huge fountain was spouting champagne in the center of the hall.
“I told you that it would be better not to do it because it could be seen as excessive luxury.”
Cedric, seeing the champagne fountain, shook his head.
Of course, he may have said it out of loyalty, but who was Emperor Letitz?
As much as he loved unconventionality, once he made a decision, no matter how trivial it was, he had a refreshing personality and never thought twice about it.
“Hahaha! Would you like to take a look at the state-of-the-art magnifying glass I just invented?”
When I found Emperor Letitz already laughing loudly in the center of the banquet hall, I burst into laughter.
'Emperor Letitz, it's completely the same as the original.'
I looked around the banquet hall again.
It was out of shallow curiosity about whether I could meet characters from the original work that I had not seen yet.
But unfortunately, the first thing that came into my sight was...
It was Duke Bold, who was glaring at me from afar as if he were going to kill me.
‘You haven’t come to your senses yet, that guy. I shouldn't have erased his memories back then.'
I guess I got Cedric's permission, so I really shouldn't erase his memories next time.
I turned my head awkwardly.
The next person to see was Camilla.
She was standing next to her husband, Count Dmitry, and chatting with other nobles.
'Have they become better again?'
However, when Camilla saw Count Dmitry gently shaking off her outstretched hand, it seemed like that wasn't the case again.
'It looks like that couple will act like a window couple until they get divorced.'
I shrugged my shoulders and turned my head in another direction.
Then I saw Adrian standing in the corner in the distance.
He was quietly sipping champagne as if he hadn't seen me yet.
Next to Adrian was a man who looked exactly like him.
He seemed to be the eldest son of the Monter family, whom I had only heard about.
It was nice to see Adrian again, but I looked away again.
It was to find the person I actually wanted to see the most after Cedric.
'That person must have been here too, so I can't leave without seeing them.'
Lobelia, is the female protagonist in the original work.
That was when I looked around looking for her.
“Haha, by the way, Lord Jenkinson! I heard you made quite a profit from your future investment last week, right?”
Unfortunately, the person who caught my eye before Lobelia was her husband, Henry.
He smiled innocently like a boy and joked with the nobles gathered around him.
‘Well, I... Ugh, you're even more obnoxious than Camilla.'
It was a time when I was rolling my eyes.
"Uh...?”
Cedric asked quietly in response to the words that came out without my knowledge.
“Did you find anyone you know?”
“Oh, no.”
I shook my head roughly and looked at Lobelia again.
A beautiful blonde woman standing next to Henry near the champagne fountain.
It was Lobelia Bart.
Although she was certainly beautiful in person, she looked as pale as a lifeless doll.
'It's worth it. According to the original work, Lobelia would have found out about Camilla and Henry's affair by now and is going through a hard time.'
Next to Lobelia, whose eyes are as empty as glass, Henry, the culprit behind it all, is bursting into laughter.
'It's like someone I knew in a past life.'
I pursed my lips and turned my head again.
The fountain in the center of the banquet hall was still spouting golden champagne brilliantly.
It was a truly beautiful sight no matter how many times I saw it.
'I'll probably never forget this scene for the rest of my life....'
As usual, when I saw a rare sight, I thought so. And unfortunately, my hunch turned out to be exactly right.
Just a few hours later.
This was because the brilliantly shining fountain had turned dark red due to the death of one person.
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