IELNDMH - Chapter 76 < Is Treatment Changing This Much? >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
“So that’s what happened in the end...”
Although I tried not to do so, a light of pity gradually seeped into my eyes as I looked at Count Dmitry.
Count Dmitry nodded his head slowly.
“It seems like it’s not yet, but soon it will be revealed to the national social community. Everyone who heard that news would laugh at me.”
A bitter, self-deprecating smile spread across Count Dmitry's lips.
“I'm a pathetic man who, not knowing that his wife was cheating on me right under my nose, ruined the family fortune that had been passed down to me for generations.”
“Count Dmitry....”
He hurriedly shook his head at my call mixed with regret.
“Wow, I was very rude. I came to a celebration and started talking about things like this without paying attention.”
“It’s okay, Count Dmitry. I don't think it's rude at all. In fact, I’m grateful that you told me.”
"Is that so....”
After being silent and lost in thought for a moment, he spoke hurriedly, like someone who had come out of his thoughts late.
“Ah, it feels strange that I delivered this news to Her Highness first and not to anyone else.”
Count Dmitry slowly nodded his head as if agreeing with his own words.
“I heard that Her Highness has changed a lot from before. It is said that because of this, the relationship between the Grand Duke and his wife improved. Judging from the fact that the atmosphere became much more comfortable and I revealed everything without realizing it... I guess it’s not just a rumor.”
That was the complete opposite of the situation of Count Dmitry's family, who were about to divorce.
Although it may have seemed bittersweet, he smiled as if he was truly happy.
"Fortunately, I can see the two masters of the North truly coming together.”
With a gentle smile on his face, he immediately looked up at the foundation's tall building.
“Perhaps this foundation is proof of the harmony between the two of you.”
At those words, I just looked at him.
Was he a person who gave off this kind of vibe?
He somehow seemed more stable than when he was next to Camilla.
“I took some time to stop by here. I have to go to a negotiation meeting with farmers who have suffered damage from colored sugar cane.”
He checked his watch and bowed his head politely.
“Well then, I hope to see you again on good occasions.”
Count Dmitry left those words and leisurely walked out of the foundation's garden.
'... It seems that Emperor Letiz finally did as I advised.'
In a conversation a while ago, I learned that Camilla, Lobelia, and others had become suspects as all of the deceased Henry's affairs and financial relationships were revealed.
As a result, the two women are currently staying in the capital.
It was what I had hoped for, but somehow I didn't feel relieved.
It was a time when I felt helpless regret as I looked at Count Dmitry's drooping back.
“Your Highness, are you okay?”
Mina asked worriedly.
“Yes, I just feel a little sorry for Count Dmitri.”
At my words, Mina glanced at Count Dmitry's back.
She then turned her attention back to the foundation building, her expression quickly losing interest.
“Why are you worrying so much on such a beautiful day, Your Highness? Let’s take a good look at our foundation building, okay?”
Mina immediately led me close to the foundation building.
Her face and voice were very flushed.
“Well, I think you like it more than me?”
“Hehe, of course! Isn’t it a day when not only me but all mixed-blood demons are happy?”
Mina suddenly seemed embarrassed and rubbed the tip of her nose.
“Besides, Her Highness whom I serve....”
As Mina continued her words, she looked up at the foundation building and took a long breath.
“I feel proud because it feels like this is the day when everyone finally recognizes that you're a wonderful person who cares for mixed-race demons like this.”
Looking at her eyes which had suddenly become moist, I joked for no reason.
“Hey, look. Wouldn't it be a shame if you didn't become mine? You hated the day I asked you to be my maid?”
Mina smiled shyly, wiping the corners of her eyes at my joking words.
“Yes, I really hated it.”
“....”
“Actually, I went back to the dormitory that day and spent the night creating a poison that would never be detected in the human world.”
“....”
“I think my life is ruined, hehe. My life was ruined anyway, so I thought I would just use that poison....”
Contrary to the harsh words that came out of her mouth, Mina's expression was drenched in her memories.
‘My Mina, that’s right. If anything happened, she was really going to kill me. Haha....'
As a human being stuck in a group of mixed-race demons, I thought I had gotten used to their nature being revealed moment by moment, but I guess I'm still far from it.
I was looking up at the foundation building with a soulless smile, following Mina, who was smiling brightly.
“Your Highness, the first floor is the civil complaint reception room, and the second floor is the foundation secretariat. Then what is the third floor doing?”
“Oh, I’m thinking of starting another business there.”
“What business?”
I looked back at the entrance to the garden, leaving Mina blinking.
“It’s about time we arrived..."
As I was looking at the entrance, the iron gate of the garden opened and an old carriage entered.
One after another, a man's upper body suddenly popped out of the carriage window.
“Your Highness! I’m here, Anton is here!”
Everyone's attention was focused on Anton, who was waving his arms widely and expressing his joy with his whole body.
Anton kept shouting 'Your Highness', so I blushed and touched my forehead.
However, Anton's face was even more flushed as he got off the carriage that stopped soon after.
“Your Highness!”
He continued to run, waving his hands.
‘I know that I am Your Highness, so please stop calling me, Anton...'
While I was shaking my head with my eyes tightly closed, Anton came walking, whimpering, holding a bundle of luggage the size of a house in both hands.
Wow, Wow... He lies down on his knees and takes a deep breath.
He raised his head again, his brown hair flowing.
“This Anton Baker, as soon as I received Her Highness’s call, I came running as soon as possible!”
Anton's eyes shone brightly as he shouted that.
I calmed down my expression and greeted him with a smile.
“You had a hard time coming this far, Anton. But did you bring all that luggage at once?”
"Yes! I have a great opportunity to stay at Twins Castle, a dark mansion shrouded in secrets, but I can’t waste time going back and forth multiple times because of my luggage!”
After returning from the capital to the north, I wrote a letter to Anton after much deliberation.
The purpose was to make an offer to work as an employee of the 'futures investment agency' that he would soon establish.
The bait I threw was an offer to live in the dark mansion for a week and have dinner with the Grand Duke's family on the first day.
As expected, Anton took the bait.
Is that all?
He even expressed his desire to stay in the North even after the promised week and work as a full-time employee of the agency.
Anton Baker, who would later become an investment genius, became an employee of my investment agency.
'What would Anton have done if he wasn't a half-blood demon fanatic?'
I can hear you, I can hear you! The sound of money rolling in!
It was a time when I curled my lips to avoid the sound of laughter escaping.
Suddenly, Anton suddenly grabbed my hand.
At the same time, my eyes met his, which were shining to the point of being burdensome.
“Isn’t this a dream, Your Highness? Yes? I can become one of Her Highnesses, spend a week at Twins Castle, and work with mixed-blood demons!”
Anton looked like he was about to shed tears of joy at any moment.
And Mina, who had been watching him with disapproving eyes the whole time, finally stepped forward.
Slap-!
“How dare you grab someone’s hand now! Can’t you let go right now?”
In an instant, Mina's palm grazed the back of Anton's hand.
Even though she hit him gently, there was no way the hand of a mixed-blood demon with strength two or three times that of a human would not be harsh.
The moment when Anton lifted his head in shock from the pain.
The two people's eyes met in the air.
Soon, his face slowly began to turn red as he looked at Mina.
'Does it hurt that much where you got hit?'
With those indifferent thoughts, I looked at Mina.
“Mina, Anton will be working as an employee at the futures trading investment agency on the third floor of this building.”
“Is he an employee of an investment agency?”
"Yes. And since he decided to stay in the dark mansion for a week, take Anton and go to the dark mansion first. Let’s move Anton’s luggage too.”
Mina glanced at Anton with a dissatisfied expression.
It seemed like he wasn't very trustworthy.
Mina, who was sticking out her lips, soon slowly nodded her head.
“I understand, Your Highness.”
Then she held Anton's bundles in one hand.
These were the same luggage that Anton had dragged along whining just a moment ago.
At that moment, Anton's eyes widened as if he had witnessed a dream.
"What are you doing? Follow me quickly.”
Mina scolded Anton, who was pinned to the spot.
“It was created in a dishonest way... If you were to disturb Her Highness for no reason, I would be very sorry. You're going to go change your pants right now.”
She did it and she didn't forget to make fun of it.
Anton's face turned light pink once again.
For a moment, he stared blankly at Mina's back as she gradually moved away.
Anton hurriedly followed behind her, pushing up his glasses.
“Let's, let’s go together, Mina... !”
After the foundation’s founding celebration was over.
I stopped by the Mansion of Darkness first, changed into a dinner dress, and then headed to the Mansion of Light.
When I arrived in front of the main gate of the Mansion of Light, it was already dark.
However, the surroundings soon became bright thanks to the brilliant lights pouring from the Mansion of Light.
It was a scene as if a large banquet had taken place.
'It's just dinner, what kind of banquet hall atmosphere is this? There's no way we would treat Anton like this, but is he a special guest of honor?
I kept tilting my head and then turned my head towards Mina who was standing next to me.
“Luckily it’s not too late. Anton said he was already in the Mansion of Light, right?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
As I entered the front door with Mina, the butler of the Mansion of Light greeted us.
“Your Highness, you have finally arrived!”
Although he always showed a polite demeanor, today he seemed more welcoming than usual.
'No, no. Have I ever seen that person greet me with a bright smile like that?'
Mina also seemed to feel a strange sense of strangeness in the butler's attitude.
While Mina and I looked at each other with puzzled eyes, the butler shouted loudly to the surrounding employees.
“Her Highness has arrived! Get ready now!”
What are you preparing?
As I was looking at the butler in confusion, the employees who heard his shouts rushed out from all over the lobby.
“You’re finally here... !”
The moment when their eyes sparkled like never before when they finally saw my face.
Clap, clap!
Count Dmitry nodded his head slowly.
“It seems like it’s not yet, but soon it will be revealed to the national social community. Everyone who heard that news would laugh at me.”
A bitter, self-deprecating smile spread across Count Dmitry's lips.
“I'm a pathetic man who, not knowing that his wife was cheating on me right under my nose, ruined the family fortune that had been passed down to me for generations.”
“Count Dmitry....”
He hurriedly shook his head at my call mixed with regret.
“Wow, I was very rude. I came to a celebration and started talking about things like this without paying attention.”
“It’s okay, Count Dmitry. I don't think it's rude at all. In fact, I’m grateful that you told me.”
"Is that so....”
After being silent and lost in thought for a moment, he spoke hurriedly, like someone who had come out of his thoughts late.
“Ah, it feels strange that I delivered this news to Her Highness first and not to anyone else.”
Count Dmitry slowly nodded his head as if agreeing with his own words.
“I heard that Her Highness has changed a lot from before. It is said that because of this, the relationship between the Grand Duke and his wife improved. Judging from the fact that the atmosphere became much more comfortable and I revealed everything without realizing it... I guess it’s not just a rumor.”
That was the complete opposite of the situation of Count Dmitry's family, who were about to divorce.
Although it may have seemed bittersweet, he smiled as if he was truly happy.
"Fortunately, I can see the two masters of the North truly coming together.”
With a gentle smile on his face, he immediately looked up at the foundation's tall building.
“Perhaps this foundation is proof of the harmony between the two of you.”
At those words, I just looked at him.
Was he a person who gave off this kind of vibe?
He somehow seemed more stable than when he was next to Camilla.
“I took some time to stop by here. I have to go to a negotiation meeting with farmers who have suffered damage from colored sugar cane.”
He checked his watch and bowed his head politely.
“Well then, I hope to see you again on good occasions.”
Count Dmitry left those words and leisurely walked out of the foundation's garden.
'... It seems that Emperor Letiz finally did as I advised.'
In a conversation a while ago, I learned that Camilla, Lobelia, and others had become suspects as all of the deceased Henry's affairs and financial relationships were revealed.
As a result, the two women are currently staying in the capital.
It was what I had hoped for, but somehow I didn't feel relieved.
It was a time when I felt helpless regret as I looked at Count Dmitry's drooping back.
“Your Highness, are you okay?”
Mina asked worriedly.
“Yes, I just feel a little sorry for Count Dmitri.”
At my words, Mina glanced at Count Dmitry's back.
She then turned her attention back to the foundation building, her expression quickly losing interest.
“Why are you worrying so much on such a beautiful day, Your Highness? Let’s take a good look at our foundation building, okay?”
Mina immediately led me close to the foundation building.
Her face and voice were very flushed.
“Well, I think you like it more than me?”
“Hehe, of course! Isn’t it a day when not only me but all mixed-blood demons are happy?”
Mina suddenly seemed embarrassed and rubbed the tip of her nose.
“Besides, Her Highness whom I serve....”
As Mina continued her words, she looked up at the foundation building and took a long breath.
“I feel proud because it feels like this is the day when everyone finally recognizes that you're a wonderful person who cares for mixed-race demons like this.”
Looking at her eyes which had suddenly become moist, I joked for no reason.
“Hey, look. Wouldn't it be a shame if you didn't become mine? You hated the day I asked you to be my maid?”
Mina smiled shyly, wiping the corners of her eyes at my joking words.
“Yes, I really hated it.”
“....”
“Actually, I went back to the dormitory that day and spent the night creating a poison that would never be detected in the human world.”
“....”
“I think my life is ruined, hehe. My life was ruined anyway, so I thought I would just use that poison....”
Contrary to the harsh words that came out of her mouth, Mina's expression was drenched in her memories.
‘My Mina, that’s right. If anything happened, she was really going to kill me. Haha....'
As a human being stuck in a group of mixed-race demons, I thought I had gotten used to their nature being revealed moment by moment, but I guess I'm still far from it.
I was looking up at the foundation building with a soulless smile, following Mina, who was smiling brightly.
“Your Highness, the first floor is the civil complaint reception room, and the second floor is the foundation secretariat. Then what is the third floor doing?”
“Oh, I’m thinking of starting another business there.”
“What business?”
I looked back at the entrance to the garden, leaving Mina blinking.
“It’s about time we arrived..."
As I was looking at the entrance, the iron gate of the garden opened and an old carriage entered.
One after another, a man's upper body suddenly popped out of the carriage window.
“Your Highness! I’m here, Anton is here!”
Everyone's attention was focused on Anton, who was waving his arms widely and expressing his joy with his whole body.
Anton kept shouting 'Your Highness', so I blushed and touched my forehead.
However, Anton's face was even more flushed as he got off the carriage that stopped soon after.
“Your Highness!”
He continued to run, waving his hands.
‘I know that I am Your Highness, so please stop calling me, Anton...'
While I was shaking my head with my eyes tightly closed, Anton came walking, whimpering, holding a bundle of luggage the size of a house in both hands.
Wow, Wow... He lies down on his knees and takes a deep breath.
He raised his head again, his brown hair flowing.
“This Anton Baker, as soon as I received Her Highness’s call, I came running as soon as possible!”
Anton's eyes shone brightly as he shouted that.
I calmed down my expression and greeted him with a smile.
“You had a hard time coming this far, Anton. But did you bring all that luggage at once?”
"Yes! I have a great opportunity to stay at Twins Castle, a dark mansion shrouded in secrets, but I can’t waste time going back and forth multiple times because of my luggage!”
After returning from the capital to the north, I wrote a letter to Anton after much deliberation.
The purpose was to make an offer to work as an employee of the 'futures investment agency' that he would soon establish.
The bait I threw was an offer to live in the dark mansion for a week and have dinner with the Grand Duke's family on the first day.
As expected, Anton took the bait.
Is that all?
He even expressed his desire to stay in the North even after the promised week and work as a full-time employee of the agency.
Anton Baker, who would later become an investment genius, became an employee of my investment agency.
'What would Anton have done if he wasn't a half-blood demon fanatic?'
I can hear you, I can hear you! The sound of money rolling in!
It was a time when I curled my lips to avoid the sound of laughter escaping.
Suddenly, Anton suddenly grabbed my hand.
At the same time, my eyes met his, which were shining to the point of being burdensome.
“Isn’t this a dream, Your Highness? Yes? I can become one of Her Highnesses, spend a week at Twins Castle, and work with mixed-blood demons!”
Anton looked like he was about to shed tears of joy at any moment.
And Mina, who had been watching him with disapproving eyes the whole time, finally stepped forward.
Slap-!
“How dare you grab someone’s hand now! Can’t you let go right now?”
In an instant, Mina's palm grazed the back of Anton's hand.
Even though she hit him gently, there was no way the hand of a mixed-blood demon with strength two or three times that of a human would not be harsh.
The moment when Anton lifted his head in shock from the pain.
The two people's eyes met in the air.
Soon, his face slowly began to turn red as he looked at Mina.
'Does it hurt that much where you got hit?'
With those indifferent thoughts, I looked at Mina.
“Mina, Anton will be working as an employee at the futures trading investment agency on the third floor of this building.”
“Is he an employee of an investment agency?”
"Yes. And since he decided to stay in the dark mansion for a week, take Anton and go to the dark mansion first. Let’s move Anton’s luggage too.”
Mina glanced at Anton with a dissatisfied expression.
It seemed like he wasn't very trustworthy.
Mina, who was sticking out her lips, soon slowly nodded her head.
“I understand, Your Highness.”
Then she held Anton's bundles in one hand.
These were the same luggage that Anton had dragged along whining just a moment ago.
At that moment, Anton's eyes widened as if he had witnessed a dream.
"What are you doing? Follow me quickly.”
Mina scolded Anton, who was pinned to the spot.
“It was created in a dishonest way... If you were to disturb Her Highness for no reason, I would be very sorry. You're going to go change your pants right now.”
She did it and she didn't forget to make fun of it.
Anton's face turned light pink once again.
For a moment, he stared blankly at Mina's back as she gradually moved away.
Anton hurriedly followed behind her, pushing up his glasses.
“Let's, let’s go together, Mina... !”
***
After the foundation’s founding celebration was over.
I stopped by the Mansion of Darkness first, changed into a dinner dress, and then headed to the Mansion of Light.
When I arrived in front of the main gate of the Mansion of Light, it was already dark.
However, the surroundings soon became bright thanks to the brilliant lights pouring from the Mansion of Light.
It was a scene as if a large banquet had taken place.
'It's just dinner, what kind of banquet hall atmosphere is this? There's no way we would treat Anton like this, but is he a special guest of honor?
I kept tilting my head and then turned my head towards Mina who was standing next to me.
“Luckily it’s not too late. Anton said he was already in the Mansion of Light, right?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
As I entered the front door with Mina, the butler of the Mansion of Light greeted us.
“Your Highness, you have finally arrived!”
Although he always showed a polite demeanor, today he seemed more welcoming than usual.
'No, no. Have I ever seen that person greet me with a bright smile like that?'
Mina also seemed to feel a strange sense of strangeness in the butler's attitude.
While Mina and I looked at each other with puzzled eyes, the butler shouted loudly to the surrounding employees.
“Her Highness has arrived! Get ready now!”
What are you preparing?
As I was looking at the butler in confusion, the employees who heard his shouts rushed out from all over the lobby.
“You’re finally here... !”
The moment when their eyes sparkled like never before when they finally saw my face.
Clap, clap!
The butler clapped his hands gracefully.
At the same time, a long red carpet began to roll out in front of me.
'Suddenly... Treatment changes so much?'
At the same time, a long red carpet began to roll out in front of me.
'Suddenly... Treatment changes so much?'
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