There was another person who did not want to believe that the Twins Grand Duke and his wife were divorced.
“What kind of bullshit is this!”
Kwaang-!
Duke Bold slammed his crumpled newspaper fist on the table.
His face was as red as if it were going to burst, and thick tendons were sprouting from his forehead.
“What, divorce? Rebecca, she is definitely trying to bring me down...!”
Duke Bold's lower jaw trembled.
“I should have killed her before the divorce. Rebecca had to die in her place as Grand Duchess. Then my other daughter would take her place...”
When a Grand Duchess died, according to custom, her parents' family was given priority to take over the position of the next Grand Duchess.
Duke Bold, who had missed that opportunity right under his nose, muttered like a madman.
“I should have killed her before the divorce. I definitely had that opportunity... I could have had Rebecca die as the Grand Duchess, but...”
Duke Bold suddenly blinked and glanced inside his office.
Then his gaze soon stopped on one place.
That was when he discovered two hunting axes hanging on the wall behind the desk in his office.
“I was definitely able to kill Rebecca gracefully as the Grand Duchess...”
Duke Bold raised his trembling hand and grasped an axe.
"However..”
The corners of his lips twitched strangely as he stared blankly at the blue ax blade.
And soon a voice like a devil's scream burst out.
“Camilla, you idiot ruined my chances!”
Duke Bold headed straight for the annex, holding the axe.
“Duke, what’s going on in the annex...?!”
Kwaang-!
Duke Bold slammed his crumpled newspaper fist on the table.
His face was as red as if it were going to burst, and thick tendons were sprouting from his forehead.
“What, divorce? Rebecca, she is definitely trying to bring me down...!”
Duke Bold's lower jaw trembled.
“I should have killed her before the divorce. Rebecca had to die in her place as Grand Duchess. Then my other daughter would take her place...”
When a Grand Duchess died, according to custom, her parents' family was given priority to take over the position of the next Grand Duchess.
Duke Bold, who had missed that opportunity right under his nose, muttered like a madman.
“I should have killed her before the divorce. I definitely had that opportunity... I could have had Rebecca die as the Grand Duchess, but...”
Duke Bold suddenly blinked and glanced inside his office.
Then his gaze soon stopped on one place.
That was when he discovered two hunting axes hanging on the wall behind the desk in his office.
“I was definitely able to kill Rebecca gracefully as the Grand Duchess...”
Duke Bold raised his trembling hand and grasped an axe.
"However..”
The corners of his lips twitched strangely as he stared blankly at the blue ax blade.
And soon a voice like a devil's scream burst out.
“Camilla, you idiot ruined my chances!”
Duke Bold headed straight for the annex, holding the axe.
“Duke, what’s going on in the annex...?!”
When Duke Bold, who had a magnificent body, entered with an ax in his hand, the occupants of the outbuilding were astonished.
“Where are you, Camilla Dmitry? Where is this damn thing!”
As Duke Bold grabbed the male servant by the collar and shouted, terrified screams erupted from everywhere.
“Bah, she should be in her room! Earlier, she went back in saying she was tired and wanted to rest... Ugh!”
Duke Bold threw the servant away and headed straight to the second floor of the annex.
“Camilla! Camilla, you...!”
He shouted as he repeatedly hacked down all the doors on the second floor with an ax, opened them, and checked inside.
“Come out here right now, I’m going to kill you!”
And finally, Duke Bold's eyes fell on the bed as he opened Camilla's bedroom door.
Looking at the bulge in the center of the bed, it was clear that Camilla was lying down.
"Aha... You ruined my work as if you were showing off, and you were sleeping peacefully?”
As he was chuckling, a flash of madness appeared in his eyes.
“Okay, okay... I will let you sleep forever.”
Duke Bold stumbled, holding his ax high in both hands.
“That’s enough to say thank you, you damn bastard!”
Finally, the ax came down in the center of the bed.
And that too several times.
Sigh! Phew!
The rough chopping of the ax stopped after the servant had almost hugged Duke Bold and stopped him.
“Let go of this! I will take this woman’s head and hang it in front of the castle gate!”
“Oh my, Duke! That's not Camilla! It’s just a pillow!”
Duke Bold gathered his scattered mind and looked down at the bed.
The bed, which should have been colored red, was still white.
When he lifted the blanket, all he could see was a torn pillow.
When the servants opened the closet all at once, it was already empty.
“No way.. This damned thing dares to make fun of me as if it was showing off...”
It was like that.
Camilla Dmitry had already run away.
Soon the ax fell to the floor, and Duke Bold's body, which had been staggering from the shock, immediately fell down.
“Duke!”
The servant whined, supporting Duke Bold's large body with his small frame.
It was only for a moment that the dull servant's resentment was directed to the superficial source of this scandal.
“Your Highness the Grand Duchess! Oh my, Your Highness the Grand Duchess... !”
***
“This is really too much, Your Highness!”
Mina cried and cried out.
“How can you keep it a secret even from me? Is that why you suddenly asked me to pack up all my luggage some time ago?”
As thick as Mina felt, teardrops fell down her chin.
The other maids standing behind her were also shedding sad tears.
“This is absolutely ridiculous! I really don't understand why you've been holding on so well and now you want to leave that things are better...”
“Your Highness, please, please don’t do this!”
They could not hide their excited feelings like children denying reality.
Even though Mina was lying face down and crying, she raised her eyes again in a scary way.
“Is the reason you made that decision because of the people who use the Mansion of Light? Are you really hurt because those guys were rude to you?”
“If that’s the case, we will avenge you until You the calm down, okay?”
“Or is it because of the gray zone people? Or Duke Bold? Please tell me, Your Highness...”
Mina and the maids gradually became more agitated as they added to their words one by one.
“No matter who it is, I will never let it go!”
They were so emotionally agitated that some even showed their horns.
The atmosphere gradually became more violent, and the intensity of clinging and obsessing over me, saying they couldn't let me go, also gradually worsened.
“Guys, this isn’t necessarily because of anyone...”
That was when I barely opened my mouth to stop them.
Outside the door, a notification was heard from the Mansion of Light that there was a visitor.
Because I had been feeling tired since the morning, it no longer mattered to me who the visitor was.
“Ha, tell them to come in.”
As soon as they were allowed to enter, another group of people came pouring in.
They were the maids and servants of the Mansion of Light.
“...Why did they come in groups? It makes people anxious.”
I asked, trying to deny the ominous feeling.
However, my premonition was correct, and all the users of the Mansion of Light knelt before me.
The head maid at the front asked in a desperate voice.
“Your Highness, is it because of our long-standing disloyalty that you want to divorce the Grand Duke whom you love so much and leave this castle?”
The Mansion of Light employees behind her also added their words.
“I thought that now I could truly serve Your Highness, but why...?”
“Please give me one more chance, Your Highness.”
"Please! Please allow us to prove that we respect Your Highness more than anyone else.”
The occupants of the Mansion of Light burst into tears all at once, and the occupants of the Mansion of Darkness burst out in rage upon seeing them like that.
“Now all these sandals are because of you! It’s because of your arrogant attitude, which dared to criticize Her Highness from the beginning, saying that she is a different species from us!”
The head maid of the dark mansion shouted irritably.
Then the head maid of the Mansion of Light jumped up from her seat and grabbed her by the collar.
“And what about you? What is it that you did better than us before for Her Highness? We were the ones who endured all kinds of insults and served Her Highness until she changed!”
“What if Her Highness changed? How did you guys treat Her Highness back then? How dare you treat Her Highness poorly when you are a servant!”
Originally, her status as the head maid of a noble family was not very high, but the story was different if she belonged to the Twins family.
They were all elites of the demon world and women with strong magical powers.
The atmosphere was tense with an instinctive fight that seemed to push reason aside, which was unusual for the two of them.
I was like a rabbit in the middle of a group of excited wild beasts, unable to do anything.
The Mansion of Light and the Mansion of Darkness. It was a time when tensions between the users were gradually increasing.
A familiar voice was heard along with an urgent knock on the door.
“Rebecca!”
It was Cedric who entered inside, breathing heavily.
“Cedric? What happened?"
When I asked, frowning in a strange sense of anxiety, Cedric touched his forehead and took a moment to catch his breath.
His beautiful face was filled with an unusual tension.
“Bianca..."
For a long time, everyone's eyes were only focused on Cedric's lips.
Finally, his mouth opened.
“Bianca is gone. I can’t see her anywhere.”
***
“...Princess! Princess!”
“Bianca!”
The forest near Twins Castle as dusk began to fall.
The employees of the Mansion of Light and the Mansion of Darkness, and Cedric and I.
Everyone set out in unison to find Bianca, without any regard for who was first or on which side.
But Bianca was nowhere to be seen, and the sky suddenly began to pour down into heavy rain.
Thunder flashed across the sky.
And that sound rang through the dark forest like the devil's creepy laughter.
‘Bianca, where on earth are you?’
It felt like tears would burst out at any moment.
Somewhere in the forest behind the castle, there was a place that led straight to the nature of the demon world.
I had no idea what kind of danger would lurk if I was unlucky enough to go there.
'If that little child encounters a monster alone...'
My eyes became dizzy at the horrible sight that came to mind.
I promised myself that I would tell Bianca about our divorce in person until the scheduled announcement date, but kept putting it off.
Facing a child's disappointed face... Because I was so afraid.
Still, I should have told her in advance.
Why didn't I know that it might be announced earlier than expected?
I should have said it earlier and given Bianca time to accept it.
If so...
'If that were the case, this wouldn't have happened...'
Guilt tightened my heart.
It was a time when I was taking anxious steps.
“...Ugh!”
“Rebecca!”
Cedric caught me as I almost fell over a tree root.
He looked around to make sure I was okay and then let out a deep sigh.
His face was soaked with rainwater.
“Rebecca, stop going in. I will look for Bianca.”
"...I don’t like it, let go of this.”
“Rebecca, please...!”
“I don’t like it! Bianca may be lost and shaking somewhere in the dark, but I... How can I stay still?."
Before we knew it, darkness had completely engulfed the huge Twins Castle, and thunder and lightning tore the darkness apart once again.
There was no time.
I shook off Cedric's hand and moved forward again.
The search continued, but Bianca was still nowhere to be found.
The guilt tightened its grip around my neck more and more.
I felt like I was going crazy.
'Please, please... Bianca, where are you? Show up now, please...'
It was a time when I prayed and prayed to someone I didn't know, whether it was God or Bianca.
Suddenly, a scene from my memory flashed through my mind.
'No way there... ?'
Without any time to doubt, I started running straight away.
“Rebecca... !”
Cedric's urgent cry rang from behind me, but I just looked ahead and ran.
The heels of my shoes were already ruined, and my dress was covered in mud and a mess.
But none of it mattered.
I just ran and ran like a man in a daze, and finally entered the Orangery under sponsorship.
"...”
And I walked straight toward the place where I first hugged the child.
“...Bianca.”
At my humid call, the little feet hidden under the ivory table quietly twitched.
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