Jeremy was imprisoned in the tower, but the three Dukes were wandering around the imperial palace unharmed. Dietrich, not knowing what might happen at any time, very meticulously placed knights to guard the mansion.
However, because there was an incident in a previous prison where a knight tried to attack Seliya, Dietrich deployed only a very small number of troops outside the mansion, not inside.
“The Crown Prince is imprisoned in the tower, but the problem is Empress Erphia. She won't just sit by and watch. Since he is from the same family, Illeon will most likely try to take advantage of her. Things aren’t going his way, so he’s probably on edge right now.”
“So what needs to be done now is to push the Empress into the corner? Like you said, we can't take down Illeon now. He won’t collapse.”
It was when Seliya was drinking tea in Dietrich's room and discussing the future.
Knock knock.
“Your Excellency the Duke, a guest has arrived at your mansion.”
Except for Anderson, his aide, and chef, there was no one knocking on his door right now.
Dietrich winked at Seliya. Seliya also read those eyes and nodded her head slightly.
The two stood up from their seats and struck a pose that looked the most romantic to others.
Dietrich wrapped his arms around Seliya's waist, and Seliya put her weight on Dietrich's shoulders.
“I think this is enough.”
Seliya whispered softly. Dietrich, who nodded his head at those words, shouted to Anderson, who would be on the other side of the door.
“Come in.”
When asked to come in, the closed door opened.
“Your Excellency the Duke, there is a guest at the mansion...”
Anderson's face immediately darkened as he spotted the two people, who looked like a pair of lovebirds.
Anderson froze like a statue on the spot, speechless.
“What’s going on?”
"Ah...hmm...”
Anderson's eyes wandered through empty space.
“Who is the guest?”
Seliya became frustrated and asked on Dietrich’s behalf.
“Oh, that, that... The person who became the Duke's lover, should I call you a Duchess now? What on earth should I call you...”
“Just call her my lovely fiancée.”
Dietrich said that without changing his expression.
Seliya was horrified by his method of acting.
How can he say something like that without even changing her expression?
Seliya was constantly amazed on the inside.
“Uh, then, His Excellency the Duke’s lovely Fiance?”
“Why do you add ‘lovely’? Just call her my fiancée.”
"Ah yes... Fiancée.”
As if he was embarrassed even after saying this, a blue tendon bulged on Anderson's tightly closed jaw.
Seliya had to bite her lower lip to keep from laughing at the embarrassing name.
In fact, Dietrich, who had asked her to call him Fiancée, was proud of her rather than showing any signs of embarrassment.
Anderson took a few deep breaths, then got to the point.
“A family member came outside to visit. Their names were probably Hariel Brillion and Gabriel Brillion.”
“...”
Seliya's eyes sank.
“By any chance, what did they say to you?”
“They said they came because they were worried. They came here because they felt like Lady couldn't adapt to the imperial palace..."
It's not enough that they sold Seliya out to the old Emperor, and now they're trying to drain her of every last drop of sweetness she has left.
Seliya knew well how vicious those two women were.
During her stay at the Viscounty, both the mother and daughter would harass Seliya in quite a variety of ways, as the males of the House of Brillion could only think of what to do with her.
- Eat in moderation. If you gain more weight, all your value will disappear.
Although they ate fatty food every day, they felt it was a waste to even give Seliya a piece of grass porridge.
- Even though I adopted her, she is my daughter and I cherish her as much as my own child. So, I want her to only court men who are worthy of providing for Seliya.
Saying that Hariel showed Seliya to married men, even older people, and used her as a means of making money for her.
She thought she would never see anything more after coming to the imperial palace.
If anything, she is a very tough one.
Dietrich, seeing the bad look on Seliya's face, whispered lowly so that only she could hear.
“Go and kick them out? They won’t be able to find you again.”
Seliya shook her head.
“I guess I heard what they’re saying.”
“Mom, is it really right for her to stay here?”
“I see that the knight went to report, wouldn’t you? You saw it earlier too.”
Gabriel's expression darkened. Gabriel glanced at the knights guarding the mansion and lowered his voice.
“I guess she was the one who caught up with Duke Calypso first. The Duke accepted her because he didn’t know anything about how light-hearted she was.”
“I know. That girl was very talented. If she hadn’t been adopted into our family, she would have become a well-known prostitute.”
Even when the two came to see Seliya, they belittled her endlessly and talked lowly about her.
At that time, the door to the mansion opened and Seliya and Dietrich walked out from the entrance.
“...”
Gabriel, looking at Dietrich's face directly, parted her lips without realizing it.
Flawless skin, a sharp nose under neat eyebrows, and a sharp jawline.
She was filled with admiration just by looking at it.
The solid muscles that were not hidden even though he was wearing a uniform, and the chest muscles that bulged every time he took a breath were so stimulating that Gabriel couldn't take her eyes off him.
His hands around Seliya's waist were large and strong as if they would protect her from all danger.
Gabriel was so jealous that she almost turned away.
In her heart, she wanted to immediately push Seliya aside and take her place.
Gabriel, who had a gloomy expression on her face, smiled brightly when Dietrich looked at her, acting like a good 'older sister'.
“Hello, Your Excellency Duke Calypso. I had no idea that Your Excellency the Duke would be so protective of my pretty sister. Thank you so much."
Dietrich looked at Gabriel with an emotionless face.
However, when his eyes, which had been looking at her indifferently, moved to Seliya, his eyes took on a soft glow, just like a lie.
Ignored, Gabriel assumed that Seliya had probably been telling Dietrich bad things about her.
She suppressed her anger and expressed her friendliness to Seliya.
“Shelly, you don’t know how worried I have been since you went to the imperial palace. I am finally relieved to see that you are doing well.”
But Seliya made no reply.
She just looked at Gabriel as if she were a stranger.
Gabriel thought Seliya would react to her, but when she didn't, Gabriel felt a fire inside.
This time, Hariel stepped in to replace Gabriel, whose pride had been scratched.
“Shelly, weren’t we worried about you and came to visit you like this? Why don't you say hello to us? Are you really treating us like this just because you drank some water from the imperial palace?”
“...”
As Dietrich was about to say something, Seliya gently shook her head as she grabbed him by the hem of his clothes.
Dietrich respected her opinion.
“It’s so funny that when you send me off to the imperial palace, you come back and call me family.”
Seliya pulled her lips up and she let out a grin of her own.
“Are you really doing this to us? How well did we do it? You went to the imperial palace on your own!”
“I came on your own?”
"Yes! Even when you are old, the powerful Emperor wants you to be sent to the palace. Come now!”
Hariel made up words that didn't exist and let out a loud noise.
“Think whatever you want. I don’t think there’s any need to listen to this nonsense anymore.”
“Shelly!”
Gabriel wrapped her arms around Hariel and apologized on her behalf.
“Your Excellency Duke Calypso, I think my mother is very excited because Seliya is acting differently than before. Instead, I apologize.”
“I shouldn’t be the one to apologize to. And, you’re the one who was rude.”
Gabriel pursed his lips at Dietrich's words.
“Apologize to my lover, not to me.”
“...”
Gabriel's pride was hurt, but even more than that, she didn't want to show Dietrich offense.
Gabriel smiled at Seliya and offered an apology that wasn't in her heart.
“Shelly, I’m really sorry about this. We're family, so I don't want you to be offended by something like this. Are you going to forgive me?”
"No."
The corners of Gabriel's mouth trembled at Seliya's firm answer.
“Dietrich, my business is done. Let’s go back to the mansion now. I want to be alone.”
Seliya nuzzled her cheek against Dietrich's shoulder.
Dietrich looked down at Seliya with his loving eyes.
Gabriel's stomach turned. She wanted to slap Seliya's face until she felt relieved, but she couldn't do anything in front of Dietrich, who was holding on desperately.
“I will make sure you never see those people again. You will soon become a Suchess.”
Dietrich's words mercilessly scratched Gabriel's insides.
Before entering the mansion, he gave orders to the knights waiting outside.
“Get those people out of the palace immediately.”
However, because there was an incident in a previous prison where a knight tried to attack Seliya, Dietrich deployed only a very small number of troops outside the mansion, not inside.
“The Crown Prince is imprisoned in the tower, but the problem is Empress Erphia. She won't just sit by and watch. Since he is from the same family, Illeon will most likely try to take advantage of her. Things aren’t going his way, so he’s probably on edge right now.”
“So what needs to be done now is to push the Empress into the corner? Like you said, we can't take down Illeon now. He won’t collapse.”
It was when Seliya was drinking tea in Dietrich's room and discussing the future.
Knock knock.
“Your Excellency the Duke, a guest has arrived at your mansion.”
Except for Anderson, his aide, and chef, there was no one knocking on his door right now.
Dietrich winked at Seliya. Seliya also read those eyes and nodded her head slightly.
The two stood up from their seats and struck a pose that looked the most romantic to others.
Dietrich wrapped his arms around Seliya's waist, and Seliya put her weight on Dietrich's shoulders.
“I think this is enough.”
Seliya whispered softly. Dietrich, who nodded his head at those words, shouted to Anderson, who would be on the other side of the door.
“Come in.”
When asked to come in, the closed door opened.
“Your Excellency the Duke, there is a guest at the mansion...”
Anderson's face immediately darkened as he spotted the two people, who looked like a pair of lovebirds.
Anderson froze like a statue on the spot, speechless.
“What’s going on?”
"Ah...hmm...”
Anderson's eyes wandered through empty space.
“Who is the guest?”
Seliya became frustrated and asked on Dietrich’s behalf.
“Oh, that, that... The person who became the Duke's lover, should I call you a Duchess now? What on earth should I call you...”
“Just call her my lovely fiancée.”
Dietrich said that without changing his expression.
Seliya was horrified by his method of acting.
How can he say something like that without even changing her expression?
Seliya was constantly amazed on the inside.
“Uh, then, His Excellency the Duke’s lovely Fiance?”
“Why do you add ‘lovely’? Just call her my fiancée.”
"Ah yes... Fiancée.”
As if he was embarrassed even after saying this, a blue tendon bulged on Anderson's tightly closed jaw.
Seliya had to bite her lower lip to keep from laughing at the embarrassing name.
In fact, Dietrich, who had asked her to call him Fiancée, was proud of her rather than showing any signs of embarrassment.
Anderson took a few deep breaths, then got to the point.
“A family member came outside to visit. Their names were probably Hariel Brillion and Gabriel Brillion.”
“...”
Seliya's eyes sank.
“By any chance, what did they say to you?”
“They said they came because they were worried. They came here because they felt like Lady couldn't adapt to the imperial palace..."
It's not enough that they sold Seliya out to the old Emperor, and now they're trying to drain her of every last drop of sweetness she has left.
Seliya knew well how vicious those two women were.
During her stay at the Viscounty, both the mother and daughter would harass Seliya in quite a variety of ways, as the males of the House of Brillion could only think of what to do with her.
- Eat in moderation. If you gain more weight, all your value will disappear.
Although they ate fatty food every day, they felt it was a waste to even give Seliya a piece of grass porridge.
- Even though I adopted her, she is my daughter and I cherish her as much as my own child. So, I want her to only court men who are worthy of providing for Seliya.
Saying that Hariel showed Seliya to married men, even older people, and used her as a means of making money for her.
She thought she would never see anything more after coming to the imperial palace.
If anything, she is a very tough one.
Dietrich, seeing the bad look on Seliya's face, whispered lowly so that only she could hear.
“Go and kick them out? They won’t be able to find you again.”
Seliya shook her head.
“I guess I heard what they’re saying.”
***
“Mom, is it really right for her to stay here?”
“I see that the knight went to report, wouldn’t you? You saw it earlier too.”
Gabriel's expression darkened. Gabriel glanced at the knights guarding the mansion and lowered his voice.
“I guess she was the one who caught up with Duke Calypso first. The Duke accepted her because he didn’t know anything about how light-hearted she was.”
“I know. That girl was very talented. If she hadn’t been adopted into our family, she would have become a well-known prostitute.”
Even when the two came to see Seliya, they belittled her endlessly and talked lowly about her.
At that time, the door to the mansion opened and Seliya and Dietrich walked out from the entrance.
“...”
Gabriel, looking at Dietrich's face directly, parted her lips without realizing it.
Flawless skin, a sharp nose under neat eyebrows, and a sharp jawline.
She was filled with admiration just by looking at it.
The solid muscles that were not hidden even though he was wearing a uniform, and the chest muscles that bulged every time he took a breath were so stimulating that Gabriel couldn't take her eyes off him.
His hands around Seliya's waist were large and strong as if they would protect her from all danger.
Gabriel was so jealous that she almost turned away.
In her heart, she wanted to immediately push Seliya aside and take her place.
Gabriel, who had a gloomy expression on her face, smiled brightly when Dietrich looked at her, acting like a good 'older sister'.
“Hello, Your Excellency Duke Calypso. I had no idea that Your Excellency the Duke would be so protective of my pretty sister. Thank you so much."
Dietrich looked at Gabriel with an emotionless face.
However, when his eyes, which had been looking at her indifferently, moved to Seliya, his eyes took on a soft glow, just like a lie.
Ignored, Gabriel assumed that Seliya had probably been telling Dietrich bad things about her.
She suppressed her anger and expressed her friendliness to Seliya.
“Shelly, you don’t know how worried I have been since you went to the imperial palace. I am finally relieved to see that you are doing well.”
But Seliya made no reply.
She just looked at Gabriel as if she were a stranger.
Gabriel thought Seliya would react to her, but when she didn't, Gabriel felt a fire inside.
This time, Hariel stepped in to replace Gabriel, whose pride had been scratched.
“Shelly, weren’t we worried about you and came to visit you like this? Why don't you say hello to us? Are you really treating us like this just because you drank some water from the imperial palace?”
“...”
As Dietrich was about to say something, Seliya gently shook her head as she grabbed him by the hem of his clothes.
Dietrich respected her opinion.
“It’s so funny that when you send me off to the imperial palace, you come back and call me family.”
Seliya pulled her lips up and she let out a grin of her own.
“Are you really doing this to us? How well did we do it? You went to the imperial palace on your own!”
“I came on your own?”
"Yes! Even when you are old, the powerful Emperor wants you to be sent to the palace. Come now!”
Hariel made up words that didn't exist and let out a loud noise.
“Think whatever you want. I don’t think there’s any need to listen to this nonsense anymore.”
“Shelly!”
Gabriel wrapped her arms around Hariel and apologized on her behalf.
“Your Excellency Duke Calypso, I think my mother is very excited because Seliya is acting differently than before. Instead, I apologize.”
“I shouldn’t be the one to apologize to. And, you’re the one who was rude.”
Gabriel pursed his lips at Dietrich's words.
“Apologize to my lover, not to me.”
“...”
Gabriel's pride was hurt, but even more than that, she didn't want to show Dietrich offense.
Gabriel smiled at Seliya and offered an apology that wasn't in her heart.
“Shelly, I’m really sorry about this. We're family, so I don't want you to be offended by something like this. Are you going to forgive me?”
"No."
The corners of Gabriel's mouth trembled at Seliya's firm answer.
“Dietrich, my business is done. Let’s go back to the mansion now. I want to be alone.”
Seliya nuzzled her cheek against Dietrich's shoulder.
Dietrich looked down at Seliya with his loving eyes.
Gabriel's stomach turned. She wanted to slap Seliya's face until she felt relieved, but she couldn't do anything in front of Dietrich, who was holding on desperately.
“I will make sure you never see those people again. You will soon become a Suchess.”
Dietrich's words mercilessly scratched Gabriel's insides.
Before entering the mansion, he gave orders to the knights waiting outside.
“Get those people out of the palace immediately.”
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