IELNDMH - Chapter 100 < There Is Someone Trying To Kill Rebecca >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
A sharp impact grazed the back of my hand, and at the same time, a loud cracking sound, similar to that heard when glass breaks, was heard.
Clink!
It all happened in a very short moment.
Just when I didn't even realize what was happening, I heard a familiar voice.
“Rebecca.”
It was definitely Cedric's voice.
However, it was too cold to be directed at me.
I can even call it acting.
Surprised, I didn't even realize that Cedric had hit the back of my hand, causing the champagne glass to fall to the floor and break.
I looked up at Cedric blankly.
He frowned as if he was angry again at seeing me like that.
“What are you doing now?”
Those questions and the cool attitude he is showing right now.
There was nothing I could properly understand.
It was Cedric who cared about me more than himself. There was only one reason why he suddenly behaved like this to me.
A performance to show to the High Priest Diat.
Of course, it was a bit excessive in some way, but that might also have been a signal from Cedric to me.
'While I was distracted by Duke Bold, High Priest Diat may have said something that casts doubt on our relationship.'
I nodded, thinking it was a pretty good idea. And then I raised my eyes towards Cedric.
Finally, I decided to become his counterpart.
“What are you doing? What are you doing by suddenly appearing?”
I pointed to the broken champagne glass at my feet and raised my voice.
Then Cedric looked down at the broken crystal pieces, and his eyebrows crumpled mercilessly one after another.
“You said you wanted to hold a banquet yourself, promoting an investment agency and all, so I helped you, but in the end, did you end up showing it to me by arguing with your father at the banquet hall and dishonoring the Twins family, the Grand Duchess?”
It was a very harsh criticism that Rebecca had always heard before.
However, it was clear that even my previous self would not have experienced the behavior that Cedric showed me a moment ago.
“...Are you saying you suddenly showed up and caused this mess just because of something so trivial?”
Even hitting the back of my hand?
That absurd question contained only half sincerity.
You're doing something to me that you didn't even do to Rebecca before.
Of course, I knew it was an act, but I couldn't help but feel aggrieved as I had been fighting a war of nerves with Duke Bold a while ago.
But Cedric still just looked at me coldly.
Then he flicked his fingers and called his attendant closer.
“Call my aide.”
When the aide arrived, Cedric harshly reprimanded him as if he had been waiting.
“What on earth is the Grand Duke’s aide doing? Did you just watch this situation happen while I was away?”
The aide looked as if he was struggling with the Grand Duke's anger, and Cedric's gaze moved slowly toward the floor.
“You clean it up yourself.”
"Yes? I... Do you mean that?”
It was common for dishes to break in banquet halls.
The Grand Duke's aide is responsible for taking care of such matters.
That was quite humiliating.
Although Cedric was originally cold on the outside, he never showed any attitude of insulting his subordinates.
The aide hesitated for a moment at the unusual order.
“Are you dissatisfied?”
However, Cedric even asked back as if he had no intention of withdrawing his order.
The aide quietly shook his head.
The loyalty and trust of the Twins family employees toward Cedric was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Cedric, who does not treat his subordinates roughly, must have a reason for doing so.
The aide nodded without asking twice.
“Is that possible, Your Highness? I'll do it."
Cedric then looked at his aide disapprovingly and signaled for him to bring his ear closer.
The aide leaned deeper, and soon Cedric whispered lowly in his ear.
His voice became even colder.
“Don’t throw away the debris, collect it separately. And if you can, collect all the champagne that spills on the floor.”
The reason for Cedric's order was difficult to understand.
When the aide slowly blinked and looked up, he glanced around with an uncomfortable look, wondering if he would attract someone's attention.
Then he whispered softly again.
“I’m telling you to prepare to analyze the ingredients of champagne.”
“Oh, yes. I understand what you mean, Your Highness the Grand Duke.”
The aide hurriedly nodded his head and he left immediately.
It looked like they were preparing tools to properly carry out his orders.
For a moment, he just stared at the back of his aide.
An evil light appeared in Cedric's eyes once again as he looked around at the gathered onlookers.
'Among them, there is someone who wants to kill Rebecca.'
When he thought of that, his blood boiled hotly.
A little while ago, Cedric was returning to the banquet hall after some time with Rebecca.
As he was going down the stairs and looking for Rebecca, as was his habit, Ilhe saw a crowd gathered at one side of the banquet hall.
Unfortunately, at the center of it all was red hair. And it wasn't just one, it was two.
'Oh my, it looks like Duke Bold has arrived.'
At the time, he just thought it was a little pitiful.
If he had returned a little earlier, he could have prevented Duke Bold and Rebecca from running into each other.
However, the father and daughter met, and it seemed like a long time since the spark that had been condensing between them burst out.
Cedric touched his eyebrows with his long fingers and let out a long, tired breath.
“...Well, I did warn him not to treat Rebecca carelessly.”
Although he tolerated Rebecca for the shallow reason of being his father, Duke Bold was a thorn in Cedric's eyes for a long time.
He was a wicked and greedy man, and for the same reason, he was secretly targeting Lillian's heart, which Cedric was protecting.
So now, after engraving.
The fact that Duke Bold was Rebecca's sworn enemy was nothing short of luck to Cedric.
However, no matter how much of an enemy he is, her parents are his parents.
Although he was patient with Rebecca and was patient with him, for some reason he kept messing with Cedric's anger.
That is, Cedric treats Rebecca, whom he cares for more than anyone else, carelessly.
'As a noble from a defeated country, I had a hard time raising you to the position of Grand Duchess of the Twins, but how can you so cruelly abandon your old father? It's truly pitiful! I'm so sad! Oh my... !'
With that shout, the surrounding gaze towards Rebecca cooled in an instant.
Rebecca stood up straighter, befitting her true, proud self, but there was no way she was comfortable in that situation.
She backed away little by little, trying to hide her embarrassed feelings.
The more Rebecca said, the more the look in Cedric's eyes towards Duke Bold, like that of a wild beast with its prey in front of him, appeared.
It was at that time that Cedric's shoes were heading straight for Duke Bold.
‘That...?'
Cedric, who unconsciously stopped for a moment and furrowed his brows, soon became faster again.
No, it has become urgent.
This was after seeing the champagne glass in Rebecca’s hand.
To others, the color is just an ordinary champagne color.
But in Cedric's eyes, it was different.
Between the projected golden liquid, dark purple spirals were spreading out tangled.
It was clearly a poison mixed with mixed-blood demons.
Moreover, even Cedric could not recognize it at a glance, so it must have been a poison created by someone with great skill.
His steps gradually became faster, and all kinds of ominous thoughts were floating around in his head.
While someone was pouring poison into Rebecca's cup, he felt resentful of both himself and Duke Bold, who had taken her attention, as she had been distracted by Duke Bold.
'If that champagne ends up in Rebecca's mouth like this...'
Just imagining it made Cedric's eyes turn dark.
He could never just leave it as is.
But just a few steps. The road that was just a few steps ahead felt so long.
Eventually, the champagne glass touched the tip of Rebecca's lips.
As the scene continued slowly, Cedric jumped in like a person who had lost his mind and roughly slapped the back of her hand holding the champagne glass.
'What are you doing now?'
The actions that followed were an improvisation in response to the views of those around him and Rebecca's understanding.
But it was clear that Cedric was angry at that moment.
It's just that the anger is directed somewhere other than Rebecca.
His harsh gaze scanned everyone around him, including VIPs and employees.
Cedric hoped that the criminal would not know that his crime was discovered.
That is why he directly instructed his most trusted aide to take care of the matter.
'What kind of guy is trying to take Rebecca's life? One of the users? Or, a Gray Zone villager? Or is she among the few scattered mixed-blood demons who have a grudge against her?
Cedric bit his lower lip, showing his uncharacteristic nervousness.
It felt like everyone inside and outside was an enemy targeting Rebecca.
Everything seemed unclear, and there was nothing I could trust.
But he was sure of one thing.
Whoever it is that wants to harm Rebecca, will go to the very end of hell and pay the price.
It all happened in a very short moment.
Just when I didn't even realize what was happening, I heard a familiar voice.
“Rebecca.”
It was definitely Cedric's voice.
However, it was too cold to be directed at me.
I can even call it acting.
Surprised, I didn't even realize that Cedric had hit the back of my hand, causing the champagne glass to fall to the floor and break.
I looked up at Cedric blankly.
He frowned as if he was angry again at seeing me like that.
“What are you doing now?”
Those questions and the cool attitude he is showing right now.
There was nothing I could properly understand.
It was Cedric who cared about me more than himself. There was only one reason why he suddenly behaved like this to me.
A performance to show to the High Priest Diat.
Of course, it was a bit excessive in some way, but that might also have been a signal from Cedric to me.
'While I was distracted by Duke Bold, High Priest Diat may have said something that casts doubt on our relationship.'
I nodded, thinking it was a pretty good idea. And then I raised my eyes towards Cedric.
Finally, I decided to become his counterpart.
“What are you doing? What are you doing by suddenly appearing?”
I pointed to the broken champagne glass at my feet and raised my voice.
Then Cedric looked down at the broken crystal pieces, and his eyebrows crumpled mercilessly one after another.
“You said you wanted to hold a banquet yourself, promoting an investment agency and all, so I helped you, but in the end, did you end up showing it to me by arguing with your father at the banquet hall and dishonoring the Twins family, the Grand Duchess?”
It was a very harsh criticism that Rebecca had always heard before.
However, it was clear that even my previous self would not have experienced the behavior that Cedric showed me a moment ago.
“...Are you saying you suddenly showed up and caused this mess just because of something so trivial?”
Even hitting the back of my hand?
That absurd question contained only half sincerity.
You're doing something to me that you didn't even do to Rebecca before.
Of course, I knew it was an act, but I couldn't help but feel aggrieved as I had been fighting a war of nerves with Duke Bold a while ago.
But Cedric still just looked at me coldly.
Then he flicked his fingers and called his attendant closer.
“Call my aide.”
***
When the aide arrived, Cedric harshly reprimanded him as if he had been waiting.
“What on earth is the Grand Duke’s aide doing? Did you just watch this situation happen while I was away?”
The aide looked as if he was struggling with the Grand Duke's anger, and Cedric's gaze moved slowly toward the floor.
“You clean it up yourself.”
"Yes? I... Do you mean that?”
It was common for dishes to break in banquet halls.
The Grand Duke's aide is responsible for taking care of such matters.
That was quite humiliating.
Although Cedric was originally cold on the outside, he never showed any attitude of insulting his subordinates.
The aide hesitated for a moment at the unusual order.
“Are you dissatisfied?”
However, Cedric even asked back as if he had no intention of withdrawing his order.
The aide quietly shook his head.
The loyalty and trust of the Twins family employees toward Cedric was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Cedric, who does not treat his subordinates roughly, must have a reason for doing so.
The aide nodded without asking twice.
“Is that possible, Your Highness? I'll do it."
Cedric then looked at his aide disapprovingly and signaled for him to bring his ear closer.
The aide leaned deeper, and soon Cedric whispered lowly in his ear.
His voice became even colder.
“Don’t throw away the debris, collect it separately. And if you can, collect all the champagne that spills on the floor.”
The reason for Cedric's order was difficult to understand.
When the aide slowly blinked and looked up, he glanced around with an uncomfortable look, wondering if he would attract someone's attention.
Then he whispered softly again.
“I’m telling you to prepare to analyze the ingredients of champagne.”
“Oh, yes. I understand what you mean, Your Highness the Grand Duke.”
The aide hurriedly nodded his head and he left immediately.
It looked like they were preparing tools to properly carry out his orders.
For a moment, he just stared at the back of his aide.
An evil light appeared in Cedric's eyes once again as he looked around at the gathered onlookers.
'Among them, there is someone who wants to kill Rebecca.'
When he thought of that, his blood boiled hotly.
A little while ago, Cedric was returning to the banquet hall after some time with Rebecca.
As he was going down the stairs and looking for Rebecca, as was his habit, Ilhe saw a crowd gathered at one side of the banquet hall.
Unfortunately, at the center of it all was red hair. And it wasn't just one, it was two.
'Oh my, it looks like Duke Bold has arrived.'
At the time, he just thought it was a little pitiful.
If he had returned a little earlier, he could have prevented Duke Bold and Rebecca from running into each other.
However, the father and daughter met, and it seemed like a long time since the spark that had been condensing between them burst out.
Cedric touched his eyebrows with his long fingers and let out a long, tired breath.
“...Well, I did warn him not to treat Rebecca carelessly.”
Although he tolerated Rebecca for the shallow reason of being his father, Duke Bold was a thorn in Cedric's eyes for a long time.
He was a wicked and greedy man, and for the same reason, he was secretly targeting Lillian's heart, which Cedric was protecting.
So now, after engraving.
The fact that Duke Bold was Rebecca's sworn enemy was nothing short of luck to Cedric.
However, no matter how much of an enemy he is, her parents are his parents.
Although he was patient with Rebecca and was patient with him, for some reason he kept messing with Cedric's anger.
That is, Cedric treats Rebecca, whom he cares for more than anyone else, carelessly.
'As a noble from a defeated country, I had a hard time raising you to the position of Grand Duchess of the Twins, but how can you so cruelly abandon your old father? It's truly pitiful! I'm so sad! Oh my... !'
With that shout, the surrounding gaze towards Rebecca cooled in an instant.
Rebecca stood up straighter, befitting her true, proud self, but there was no way she was comfortable in that situation.
She backed away little by little, trying to hide her embarrassed feelings.
The more Rebecca said, the more the look in Cedric's eyes towards Duke Bold, like that of a wild beast with its prey in front of him, appeared.
It was at that time that Cedric's shoes were heading straight for Duke Bold.
‘That...?'
Cedric, who unconsciously stopped for a moment and furrowed his brows, soon became faster again.
No, it has become urgent.
This was after seeing the champagne glass in Rebecca’s hand.
To others, the color is just an ordinary champagne color.
But in Cedric's eyes, it was different.
Between the projected golden liquid, dark purple spirals were spreading out tangled.
It was clearly a poison mixed with mixed-blood demons.
Moreover, even Cedric could not recognize it at a glance, so it must have been a poison created by someone with great skill.
His steps gradually became faster, and all kinds of ominous thoughts were floating around in his head.
While someone was pouring poison into Rebecca's cup, he felt resentful of both himself and Duke Bold, who had taken her attention, as she had been distracted by Duke Bold.
'If that champagne ends up in Rebecca's mouth like this...'
Just imagining it made Cedric's eyes turn dark.
He could never just leave it as is.
But just a few steps. The road that was just a few steps ahead felt so long.
Eventually, the champagne glass touched the tip of Rebecca's lips.
As the scene continued slowly, Cedric jumped in like a person who had lost his mind and roughly slapped the back of her hand holding the champagne glass.
'What are you doing now?'
The actions that followed were an improvisation in response to the views of those around him and Rebecca's understanding.
But it was clear that Cedric was angry at that moment.
It's just that the anger is directed somewhere other than Rebecca.
His harsh gaze scanned everyone around him, including VIPs and employees.
Cedric hoped that the criminal would not know that his crime was discovered.
That is why he directly instructed his most trusted aide to take care of the matter.
'What kind of guy is trying to take Rebecca's life? One of the users? Or, a Gray Zone villager? Or is she among the few scattered mixed-blood demons who have a grudge against her?
Cedric bit his lower lip, showing his uncharacteristic nervousness.
It felt like everyone inside and outside was an enemy targeting Rebecca.
Everything seemed unclear, and there was nothing I could trust.
But he was sure of one thing.
Whoever it is that wants to harm Rebecca, will go to the very end of hell and pay the price.
***
After the Twins' Masquerade Ball.
Originally, it was customary to stay overnight in the village when attending a banquet in a distant province, but Duke Bold used the quarrel with the Grand Duchess as an excuse to hastily prepare to leave the north as soon as the banquet was over.
Kwaang-!
The carriage door slammed shut, and Duke Bold shouted, pounding his fist on the glass window leading into the coach compartment.
"You idiot! Let’s leave now, right now!”
Hearing the owner's excited voice, the driver immediately ran.
Soon the carriage began to shake violently, and Duke Bold shouted harshly, glaring at Camilla, who was sitting across from him.
“Woman, what are you going to do now? All your plans have gone to waste!”
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