'You crazy...!'
"Let go of me!"
Karina screamed and resisted fiercely.
"Get out of my way!"
Jeremiah, who held onto Karina tightly as she struggled to escape, continued speaking.
"Tell me the truth right now. If you tell me everything without leaving anything out... Then I'll forgive you."
His voice was suppressed as if he was desperately holding something back.
However, the moment she heard his words, Karina's insides became as cold as frost.
'Forgiveness? Forgiveness? Who, who?'
Karina screamed and resisted fiercely.
"Get out of my way!"
Jeremiah, who held onto Karina tightly as she struggled to escape, continued speaking.
"Tell me the truth right now. If you tell me everything without leaving anything out... Then I'll forgive you."
His voice was suppressed as if he was desperately holding something back.
However, the moment she heard his words, Karina's insides became as cold as frost.
'Forgiveness? Forgiveness? Who, who?'
The blade of resentment deep inside Karina sharpened.
The sharp tip of her anger was pointed at Jeremiah. She grabbed Jeremiah by the collar with the hand he had been pushing away.
A cold low voice that she had never heard from Karina came out.
"Jeremiah Colesberg."
"...!"
Jeremiah flinched when Karina called his full name. The only time Karina had called him by his name was on their wedding day.
Since that day, Karina had never called Jeremiah by his name.
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“Don’t get me wrong. I’ve never done anything wrong that deserves your forgiveness. And don’t keep trying to link me with my escort. Everything I say and do is my will and my intention. It has nothing to do with anyone else! Do you understand?”
Karina said as if chewing on something.
Her eyes, staring straight into Jeremiah’s, were filled with anger and hostility.
Jeremiah froze in surprise at seeing Karina for the first time.
At that moment, he felt the outside of the room becoming chaotic.
Someone shouted, knocking on the door with urgent steps.
“Your Highness! Lord Genon who had been imprisoned, was found dead!”
Karina was startled when she heard the shouts outside the door.
‘Genon is dead?’
Jeremiah also frowned.
“Let’s talk later.”
Jeremiah said before he got up.
Of course, Karina tried to argue, saying, “Why are you talking about this later?” but it was faster for him to back off.
Jeremiah went to the entrance, opened the door, and asked Ron, who was standing in front of him.
“A criminal who was incarcerated in the prison died?”
“Yes. He probably ate poison.”
“...!”
“I found a vial of powder with the same ingredients as the poison in Genon’s pocket. Looking at it, it looks like he committed suicide by consuming the poison he had on him, but...”
Ron continued.
“It seems like he faked it to look like suicide.”
“...!”
Karina was even more surprised than before.
Ron’s words meant that Genon had been murdered.
It was no small matter for a criminal who was locked up in the dungeon of the Grand Duke’s family to be murdered by consuming poison.
It meant that there was a loophole in the Grand Duke’s security and that there were subversive elements among the people inside.
Jeremiah’s expression hardened.
“Let’s go right now.”
“Yes!”
Jeremiah was about to head straight to the dungeon with Ron.
“I’ll go with you!”
Karina shouted urgently.
Unlike in the past, if Lord Genon had died, she needed to know what had happened.
‘Is it Caroline’s doing? Or maybe it was Revals who had used Genon to frame me!’
If Revals had really killed Lord Genon, she needed to investigate thoroughly from the beginning.
This was her chance to find out for sure and root it out.
“If it’s Lord Genon, I have something to do with it!”
Karina quickly got up and stood next to Jeremiah to follow her.
However, Jeremiah and Ron both flinched when they saw Karina.
Ron was startled to see Karina, and Jeremiah glared at Ron with wide eyes.
“...!”
Ron turned back in shock at the murderous gaze.
“...?”
As Karina stood there with a puzzled expression, Jeremiah turned around and stood in front of her.
“Why are you...?”
Karina asked, but Jeremiah cut her off and asked,
“And you’re going outside?”
“Yes?”
After hearing Jeremiah’s words, Karina lowered her head and looked at him.
The front of her disheveled clothes was wide open enough to show her cleavage.
It seemed to have come loose during the struggle with him.
“Ah...!”
Karina, whose face was flushed with embarrassment, hurriedly gathered her collar.
'I should have fixed my disheveled clothes before getting out of bed!'
Karina, who was embarrassed, glared at Jeremiah with resentful eyes.
Jeremiah seemed to be indifferent to Karina's gaze.
"Don't follow me and stay in the room."
"No."
Karina refused and did not return to the room.
Jeremiah sighed.
Then he immediately took off his clothes and put them around Karina's shoulders.
"What is it?"
"If you're going to go out, at least put that on."
She felt uncomfortable because she thought he was giving her medicine.
However, she couldn't go out with her clothes hanging loose.
"Then I won't refuse."
She said that and immediately turned around.
Karina quickly moved her feet to hide her embarrassment and left the place.
"..."
Jeremiah and Ron looked at Karina's back as she ran away.
Jeremiah warned Ron without even looking at him.
“Forget what you saw today.”
It seemed like he could hear the words behind his back that would make him disappear without a trace.
Frightened Ron nodded quickly and answered.
“Of course! I didn’t see anything!”
Jeremiah also followed Karina.
When the murderous gaze disappeared, Ron finally let out the breath he had been holding in silently.
‘I didn’t get marked for interrupting a good time, did I?’
Ron clearly saw the red mark clearly left on Karina’s neck.
‘By the way, I didn’t think the Grand Duke would do that...’
Jeremiah usually had no interest in the opposite sex and gave off a cold and bleak vibe.
Just like the vibe he gave off, he had never once talked about his private life or women.
Rather, it was so absent that people around him were worried.
His marriage was also an unplanned one, and it didn’t seem like he had any special feelings for Karina, who had entered the Grand Duke’s family.
Rather, he showed a colder attitude toward the Grand Duchess than anyone else and acted as if he would never have any special feelings for her in the future.
Of course, he had been acting a little differently since some time ago.
'You pretended like it wasn't true, but you left a mark on the Grand Duchess's neck like that.'
Ron felt embarrassed again as he recalled the situation from earlier, and at the same time, Jeremiah's fierce gaze and the silent pressure that seemed like a threat came to mind.
Ron shuddered and turned away.
Since his life and personal safety were more important, he decided to erase the memory of just now from his mind.
Karina quickened her steps.
'There it is.'
As they approached the prison, the soldiers were moving around busily and making a noise.
Someone had collapsed inside the prison, and soldiers, senators, and investigators surrounded him and were doing something.
He couldn't see the face of the person lying down because they were obscured, but judging from the clothes he was wearing, it seemed to be Genon.
Those surrounding Genon were investigating what poison Genon had consumed.
The soldiers around him were tracking the situation inside and outside the prison, and the route of poisoning.
'This is not good.'
Unlike in the past, Karina's thoughts became complicated when Lord Genon died.
She was aware that if she acted differently from the past, the future could change.
'But I didn't cause any major trouble or start any large-scale business! I just took revenge on Caroline and those who had bullied me!'
She had never thought that the future would change this much because of the small things she had done so far.
Karina felt a little wrong.
She had no intention of dwelling on the past, but Karina began to feel anxious when a new incident that had not occurred in the past occurred.
It was before she had even started to do anything in earnest.
'If things change like this already, there could be many more unpredictable variables in the future.'
She thought that it would be better to hurry up and get a divorce.
The more the future changed from what she knew, the more information she could use would disappear.
Originally, the fact that Genan Youngshik had framed him and made him feel awkward should have happened later than it does now.
'It's changed much more than I expected. If I want to use the future I know to successfully and freely leave, I have to go to the capital during the upcoming New Year's Festival and settle things.'
Among the things I had been preparing for the divorce, some of them were slowly showing results.
According to the report I heard while commissioning Selena and Hasten, they would soon be able to make a lot of money due to the success of the businesses they had invested in.
There were already businesses that had already succeeded and made profits.
They had laid the foundation for a continuous source of funds.
It would be good to earn as much as possible, but since the foundation was established, it didn't matter when they divorced.
If they prepared to a certain extent, they could earn more after the divorce and become independent.
At that time, when Karina commissioned Selena and made investments, there was a fictitious person that she had told them to create separately.
The mysterious investor Kali'.
Karina planned to continue investing under the fictitious persona of 'Kali' even after the divorce and steadily increase her money.
'If I buy land in the Wellen area here, set up a house, and have a fake identity for myself and a few essential employees to manage the mansion, it would be perfect.'
The sharp tip of her anger was pointed at Jeremiah. She grabbed Jeremiah by the collar with the hand he had been pushing away.
A cold low voice that she had never heard from Karina came out.
"Jeremiah Colesberg."
"...!"
Jeremiah flinched when Karina called his full name. The only time Karina had called him by his name was on their wedding day.
Since that day, Karina had never called Jeremiah by his name.
A
“Don’t get me wrong. I’ve never done anything wrong that deserves your forgiveness. And don’t keep trying to link me with my escort. Everything I say and do is my will and my intention. It has nothing to do with anyone else! Do you understand?”
Karina said as if chewing on something.
Her eyes, staring straight into Jeremiah’s, were filled with anger and hostility.
Jeremiah froze in surprise at seeing Karina for the first time.
At that moment, he felt the outside of the room becoming chaotic.
Someone shouted, knocking on the door with urgent steps.
“Your Highness! Lord Genon who had been imprisoned, was found dead!”
Karina was startled when she heard the shouts outside the door.
‘Genon is dead?’
Jeremiah also frowned.
“Let’s talk later.”
Jeremiah said before he got up.
Of course, Karina tried to argue, saying, “Why are you talking about this later?” but it was faster for him to back off.
Jeremiah went to the entrance, opened the door, and asked Ron, who was standing in front of him.
“A criminal who was incarcerated in the prison died?”
“Yes. He probably ate poison.”
“...!”
“I found a vial of powder with the same ingredients as the poison in Genon’s pocket. Looking at it, it looks like he committed suicide by consuming the poison he had on him, but...”
Ron continued.
“It seems like he faked it to look like suicide.”
“...!”
Karina was even more surprised than before.
Ron’s words meant that Genon had been murdered.
It was no small matter for a criminal who was locked up in the dungeon of the Grand Duke’s family to be murdered by consuming poison.
It meant that there was a loophole in the Grand Duke’s security and that there were subversive elements among the people inside.
Jeremiah’s expression hardened.
“Let’s go right now.”
“Yes!”
Jeremiah was about to head straight to the dungeon with Ron.
“I’ll go with you!”
Karina shouted urgently.
Unlike in the past, if Lord Genon had died, she needed to know what had happened.
‘Is it Caroline’s doing? Or maybe it was Revals who had used Genon to frame me!’
If Revals had really killed Lord Genon, she needed to investigate thoroughly from the beginning.
This was her chance to find out for sure and root it out.
“If it’s Lord Genon, I have something to do with it!”
Karina quickly got up and stood next to Jeremiah to follow her.
However, Jeremiah and Ron both flinched when they saw Karina.
Ron was startled to see Karina, and Jeremiah glared at Ron with wide eyes.
“...!”
Ron turned back in shock at the murderous gaze.
“...?”
As Karina stood there with a puzzled expression, Jeremiah turned around and stood in front of her.
“Why are you...?”
Karina asked, but Jeremiah cut her off and asked,
“And you’re going outside?”
“Yes?”
After hearing Jeremiah’s words, Karina lowered her head and looked at him.
The front of her disheveled clothes was wide open enough to show her cleavage.
It seemed to have come loose during the struggle with him.
“Ah...!”
Karina, whose face was flushed with embarrassment, hurriedly gathered her collar.
'I should have fixed my disheveled clothes before getting out of bed!'
Karina, who was embarrassed, glared at Jeremiah with resentful eyes.
Jeremiah seemed to be indifferent to Karina's gaze.
"Don't follow me and stay in the room."
"No."
Karina refused and did not return to the room.
Jeremiah sighed.
Then he immediately took off his clothes and put them around Karina's shoulders.
"What is it?"
"If you're going to go out, at least put that on."
She felt uncomfortable because she thought he was giving her medicine.
However, she couldn't go out with her clothes hanging loose.
"Then I won't refuse."
She said that and immediately turned around.
Karina quickly moved her feet to hide her embarrassment and left the place.
"..."
Jeremiah and Ron looked at Karina's back as she ran away.
Jeremiah warned Ron without even looking at him.
“Forget what you saw today.”
It seemed like he could hear the words behind his back that would make him disappear without a trace.
Frightened Ron nodded quickly and answered.
“Of course! I didn’t see anything!”
Jeremiah also followed Karina.
When the murderous gaze disappeared, Ron finally let out the breath he had been holding in silently.
‘I didn’t get marked for interrupting a good time, did I?’
Ron clearly saw the red mark clearly left on Karina’s neck.
‘By the way, I didn’t think the Grand Duke would do that...’
Jeremiah usually had no interest in the opposite sex and gave off a cold and bleak vibe.
Just like the vibe he gave off, he had never once talked about his private life or women.
Rather, it was so absent that people around him were worried.
His marriage was also an unplanned one, and it didn’t seem like he had any special feelings for Karina, who had entered the Grand Duke’s family.
Rather, he showed a colder attitude toward the Grand Duchess than anyone else and acted as if he would never have any special feelings for her in the future.
Of course, he had been acting a little differently since some time ago.
'You pretended like it wasn't true, but you left a mark on the Grand Duchess's neck like that.'
Ron felt embarrassed again as he recalled the situation from earlier, and at the same time, Jeremiah's fierce gaze and the silent pressure that seemed like a threat came to mind.
Ron shuddered and turned away.
Since his life and personal safety were more important, he decided to erase the memory of just now from his mind.
***
Karina quickened her steps.
'There it is.'
As they approached the prison, the soldiers were moving around busily and making a noise.
Someone had collapsed inside the prison, and soldiers, senators, and investigators surrounded him and were doing something.
He couldn't see the face of the person lying down because they were obscured, but judging from the clothes he was wearing, it seemed to be Genon.
Those surrounding Genon were investigating what poison Genon had consumed.
The soldiers around him were tracking the situation inside and outside the prison, and the route of poisoning.
'This is not good.'
Unlike in the past, Karina's thoughts became complicated when Lord Genon died.
She was aware that if she acted differently from the past, the future could change.
'But I didn't cause any major trouble or start any large-scale business! I just took revenge on Caroline and those who had bullied me!'
She had never thought that the future would change this much because of the small things she had done so far.
Karina felt a little wrong.
She had no intention of dwelling on the past, but Karina began to feel anxious when a new incident that had not occurred in the past occurred.
It was before she had even started to do anything in earnest.
'If things change like this already, there could be many more unpredictable variables in the future.'
She thought that it would be better to hurry up and get a divorce.
The more the future changed from what she knew, the more information she could use would disappear.
Originally, the fact that Genan Youngshik had framed him and made him feel awkward should have happened later than it does now.
'It's changed much more than I expected. If I want to use the future I know to successfully and freely leave, I have to go to the capital during the upcoming New Year's Festival and settle things.'
Among the things I had been preparing for the divorce, some of them were slowly showing results.
According to the report I heard while commissioning Selena and Hasten, they would soon be able to make a lot of money due to the success of the businesses they had invested in.
There were already businesses that had already succeeded and made profits.
They had laid the foundation for a continuous source of funds.
It would be good to earn as much as possible, but since the foundation was established, it didn't matter when they divorced.
If they prepared to a certain extent, they could earn more after the divorce and become independent.
At that time, when Karina commissioned Selena and made investments, there was a fictitious person that she had told them to create separately.
The mysterious investor Kali'.
Karina planned to continue investing under the fictitious persona of 'Kali' even after the divorce and steadily increase her money.
'If I buy land in the Wellen area here, set up a house, and have a fake identity for myself and a few essential employees to manage the mansion, it would be perfect.'
She thought that she had to prepare at least that much before the divorce.
'Later, when it becomes known that there are top-quality diamonds buried in Wellen, I can sell the Wellen land and make a solid profit.'
Or, she thought that she could hire mining rights and workers herself to mine, process, and sell diamonds.
'The process or procedure would be a bit more complicated, but then I would have a lot of time and nothing to do anyway.'
It was a plan that she could work like that and have fun and eat.
Karina stopped thinking.
Right now, it was more important to figure out the situation.
Karina was about to ask the soldier next to her about the whole story.
"Investigator."
Jeremiah called the investigator at that moment.
The soldiers, councilors, assistants, and investigators who had been busy inside the prison all turned toward the entrance, straightened their bodies, and bowed their heads.
"Report what's happening."
At his word, the investigator began to report what he had found out one by one.
"At first, it seemed like a simple suicide, but several rats were found dead in clusters around the prison where Lord Genon was imprisoned. I had the food, bowls, and spoons that the criminal received examined in case the rats died after eating the food crumbs that Lord Genon dropped.”
During the examination, it is said that a small amount of poison was found on the bowls and spoons of the food that Genon ate.
“I suspect the maids working in the kitchen and the maids in charge of distributing the food.”
“We have to catch them before they run away or destroy the evidence.”
When Jeremiah ordered Ron, Ron answered.
“I’ve already sent knights to investigate the people working in the kitchen.”
After hearing what they said, Karina turned to go to the kitchen herself.
'Later, when it becomes known that there are top-quality diamonds buried in Wellen, I can sell the Wellen land and make a solid profit.'
Or, she thought that she could hire mining rights and workers herself to mine, process, and sell diamonds.
'The process or procedure would be a bit more complicated, but then I would have a lot of time and nothing to do anyway.'
It was a plan that she could work like that and have fun and eat.
Karina stopped thinking.
Right now, it was more important to figure out the situation.
Karina was about to ask the soldier next to her about the whole story.
"Investigator."
Jeremiah called the investigator at that moment.
The soldiers, councilors, assistants, and investigators who had been busy inside the prison all turned toward the entrance, straightened their bodies, and bowed their heads.
"Report what's happening."
At his word, the investigator began to report what he had found out one by one.
"At first, it seemed like a simple suicide, but several rats were found dead in clusters around the prison where Lord Genon was imprisoned. I had the food, bowls, and spoons that the criminal received examined in case the rats died after eating the food crumbs that Lord Genon dropped.”
During the examination, it is said that a small amount of poison was found on the bowls and spoons of the food that Genon ate.
“I suspect the maids working in the kitchen and the maids in charge of distributing the food.”
“We have to catch them before they run away or destroy the evidence.”
When Jeremiah ordered Ron, Ron answered.
“I’ve already sent knights to investigate the people working in the kitchen.”
After hearing what they said, Karina turned to go to the kitchen herself.
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