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“Cough, cough!”
“Master, order me to save you immediately.”
“Save, Karl...”
“Quickly, Master.”
“Save me, now. Cough cough, cough cough!”
Odette barely gave an order.
“Yes, master.”
Karl answered as if he had been waiting and soon left the pond.
For a brief moment, my vision became blurry.
“No one else but Sasha. I didn’t see the letter myself. Sasha just read it publicly.”
Mrs. Becker's confident attitude made the Count also begin to believe her words.
“If what you say is true, Vanessa, then it’s perfect. There’s no stopping me from getting rid of that woman once and for all.”
Then he pulled the rope. The Count gave an order to Rolf, who ran towards him in a hurry.
“Mrs. Becker has been falsely accused of stealing, so we must find out the truth about this. Call all servants and maids to the main hall immediately!”
Usually, when dealing with such matters, only the relevant people are gathered in the Count's office.
When inviting guests, he would gather all the servants of the mansion in the main hall? That meant that the Count was determined to make things bigger.
That's why the servants and maids gathered in the hall couldn't help but notice it right away.
'You're deliberately trying to embarrass the Countess.'
The Countess had already lost face in front of her subordinates by being pensioned off by her son.
Aren't couples supposed to cover each other's faults? The Count's attitude was a warning to his subordinates.
A warning that he will not respect the Countess as his wife and that he will continue to oppress her in the future.
The Count stood at the head of the main hall and addressed his servants and maids.
“I absolutely hate it when people use their rank to harass innocent subordinates. I am extremely disappointed that something like this has happened in this house while I was away for a while.”
While he was in the middle of weighing the weights, the gatekeeper announced the arrival of the Countess.
“Your Grace, the carriage carrying the Countess has just passed through the main gate.”
“This is a good moment. Bring Sasha here immediately!”
The Count called her 'Sasha' instead of 'my wife' or 'Countess'.
The appearance of carelessly referring to one's wife as if she were a subordinate. A tone of speech that openly mocks the Countess's commoner origins.
The servants, who had realized their master's intentions, dragged the Countess out and made her kneel on the floor as if she were a criminal.
Next to the Count, who was seated nobly at the head of the hall, was Mrs. Becker, sobbing.
Just by looking at the location of this space, it was ridiculous to guess who the owner was.
“What is this?”
The Countess protested.
“What are you doing? The innocent Mrs. Becker should be locked up in prison if you want, while you, the one who did wrong, can’t even get on your knees?”
“Ha, so you’re saying that this crazy situation was caused by Mrs. Becker?”
“I’ve already heard the whole story from Mrs. Becker. You framed her without any evidence and treated her like a criminal. You treated her like a thief in front of everyone and shamed her. And you even locked her up in the dungeon without permission? You’re so arrogant!”
“Huh, false accusation? Are you believing this maid’s words instead of your wife’s? The words of that thieving woman?”
“You call an innocent person a thief? Sasha, you have a very vulgar way of speaking. The lower-ranking ones say that not a single piece of jewelry was found in Mrs. Becker’s room!”
It was then that the head maid, Dolly, who was standing at the front row of the maids, suddenly stepped forward and knelt down.
“Master! That is not true. I found it in Mrs. Becker’s room today. A diamond earring was in Mrs. Becker’s side table.”
The Count looked at the head maid with annoyed eyes.
'A tactless and arrogant woman.'
Then the Count looked at Mrs. Becker, who was standing next to him. She was startled and went down to the head of the table.
“Your Grace, I feel so wrong. I really never stole those earrings!”
Then she knelt down next to the Countess and bowed to the Count.
Then she swore at Dolly.
“It’s the maid’s plot! I’ve never touched those earrings! I’ll bet my life on it! I can be sure of this. The maid must have been ordered by someone!”
Mrs. Becker raised her voice even louder.
“First of all, those earrings were left in the madam’s room on the day I was dragged to the dungeon. Ask the other maids. There must be someone who remembers those earrings!”
Dolly flinched at Mrs. Becker's firm voice.
“It’s strange to begin with! How can something that didn’t come out even after searching my room for two weeks suddenly appear as soon as the Count returns? How can you not know that this is a false accusation unless you’re blind?”
The once proud voice slowly began to tremble,
“Even though I am a maid, I also have something called honor. How can you treat me, who devoted myself to you, like this-”
In the end, she even sobbed with a very pitiful expression.
Mrs. Becker had been suffering mentally for a few days and had become very haggard. It seemed that the people below felt more sympathy for Mrs. Becker than for the Countess, and they all looked at her with pity.
It was then that a maid raised her hand.
“There- I remember... While preparing for the ball today, I was doing a final check of Madam’s outfit... and Madam put those earrings on her ears.”
It was Maleah. Everyone had no choice but to believe her, as she was the Countess's close maid. The Countess glared at Maleah as if she felt betrayed, but she did not trail off or back down.
“So it is certain that those earrings were in the Countess’s room until noon today.”
In response to Maleah's accusation, the other maids who had been hesitating joined in one by one.
“I remember too.”
"Me too."
Mrs. Becker was already locked in the dungeon at that time. Since she couldn't move the diamond earrings, it was proof that someone else had framed her.
“Sob! Count, please, believe in my innocence.”
Mrs. Becker gave Maleah a grateful look, then suddenly burst into tears.
“Where did you get the courage to lie-”
“Shut up, Sasha!”
The Count cut off the Countess's words firmly.
“Not only do you dare to frame your subordinates, but you also shamelessly lie to them? Do you dare to create such a disgusting thing in the mansion I rule and not feel any shame?”
The Count's voice was full of anger. The whole hall was solemnly silent. No one could take the Countess's side.
Rolf, the housekeeper, the maid. Even some of the senior employees who had worked with her for a long time.
Karl took Odette to a small cabin.
The Count's garden led directly into the woods, and not far from the pond was a small cottage.
It was now an abandoned house, as the Count had killed the gardener who had lived here three years ago.
Karl handed Odette a blanket. She took it and covered herself with it as she sat shivering on the worn floor in front of the burning fireplace.
“Thank you.”
Because Odette originally didn't have good physical strength.
It seems like her body has reached its limit, having lost body heat from drinking and drinking water and even vomiting blood.
“You don’t need to take care of me anymore, so you can go now. Just follow my orders. Do you remember my orders?”
“Remember, I will escape from the mansion immediately and join the carriage waiting outside the mansion.”
Karl's red eyes turned to her. He must have found Odette by chance while following that order into the forest. She guessed she was lucky.
“When you meet Goetz, he will take you to where the Fenrir children are. I have given Goetz various instructions, so when you go, just follow what Goetz says.”
“...”
“It means you can stay with the kids until I call you again.”
It must have been quite welcome news for him, a Fenrir thief, but Karl just stared at Odette.
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“Cough, cough!”
“Master, order me to save you immediately.”
“Save, Karl...”
“Quickly, Master.”
“Save me, now. Cough cough, cough cough!”
Odette barely gave an order.
“Yes, master.”
Karl answered as if he had been waiting and soon left the pond.
For a brief moment, my vision became blurry.
***
“No one else but Sasha. I didn’t see the letter myself. Sasha just read it publicly.”
Mrs. Becker's confident attitude made the Count also begin to believe her words.
“If what you say is true, Vanessa, then it’s perfect. There’s no stopping me from getting rid of that woman once and for all.”
Then he pulled the rope. The Count gave an order to Rolf, who ran towards him in a hurry.
“Mrs. Becker has been falsely accused of stealing, so we must find out the truth about this. Call all servants and maids to the main hall immediately!”
Usually, when dealing with such matters, only the relevant people are gathered in the Count's office.
When inviting guests, he would gather all the servants of the mansion in the main hall? That meant that the Count was determined to make things bigger.
That's why the servants and maids gathered in the hall couldn't help but notice it right away.
'You're deliberately trying to embarrass the Countess.'
The Countess had already lost face in front of her subordinates by being pensioned off by her son.
Aren't couples supposed to cover each other's faults? The Count's attitude was a warning to his subordinates.
A warning that he will not respect the Countess as his wife and that he will continue to oppress her in the future.
The Count stood at the head of the main hall and addressed his servants and maids.
“I absolutely hate it when people use their rank to harass innocent subordinates. I am extremely disappointed that something like this has happened in this house while I was away for a while.”
While he was in the middle of weighing the weights, the gatekeeper announced the arrival of the Countess.
“Your Grace, the carriage carrying the Countess has just passed through the main gate.”
“This is a good moment. Bring Sasha here immediately!”
The Count called her 'Sasha' instead of 'my wife' or 'Countess'.
The appearance of carelessly referring to one's wife as if she were a subordinate. A tone of speech that openly mocks the Countess's commoner origins.
The servants, who had realized their master's intentions, dragged the Countess out and made her kneel on the floor as if she were a criminal.
Next to the Count, who was seated nobly at the head of the hall, was Mrs. Becker, sobbing.
Just by looking at the location of this space, it was ridiculous to guess who the owner was.
“What is this?”
The Countess protested.
“What are you doing? The innocent Mrs. Becker should be locked up in prison if you want, while you, the one who did wrong, can’t even get on your knees?”
“Ha, so you’re saying that this crazy situation was caused by Mrs. Becker?”
“I’ve already heard the whole story from Mrs. Becker. You framed her without any evidence and treated her like a criminal. You treated her like a thief in front of everyone and shamed her. And you even locked her up in the dungeon without permission? You’re so arrogant!”
“Huh, false accusation? Are you believing this maid’s words instead of your wife’s? The words of that thieving woman?”
“You call an innocent person a thief? Sasha, you have a very vulgar way of speaking. The lower-ranking ones say that not a single piece of jewelry was found in Mrs. Becker’s room!”
It was then that the head maid, Dolly, who was standing at the front row of the maids, suddenly stepped forward and knelt down.
“Master! That is not true. I found it in Mrs. Becker’s room today. A diamond earring was in Mrs. Becker’s side table.”
The Count looked at the head maid with annoyed eyes.
'A tactless and arrogant woman.'
Then the Count looked at Mrs. Becker, who was standing next to him. She was startled and went down to the head of the table.
“Your Grace, I feel so wrong. I really never stole those earrings!”
Then she knelt down next to the Countess and bowed to the Count.
Then she swore at Dolly.
“It’s the maid’s plot! I’ve never touched those earrings! I’ll bet my life on it! I can be sure of this. The maid must have been ordered by someone!”
Mrs. Becker raised her voice even louder.
“First of all, those earrings were left in the madam’s room on the day I was dragged to the dungeon. Ask the other maids. There must be someone who remembers those earrings!”
Dolly flinched at Mrs. Becker's firm voice.
“It’s strange to begin with! How can something that didn’t come out even after searching my room for two weeks suddenly appear as soon as the Count returns? How can you not know that this is a false accusation unless you’re blind?”
The once proud voice slowly began to tremble,
“Even though I am a maid, I also have something called honor. How can you treat me, who devoted myself to you, like this-”
In the end, she even sobbed with a very pitiful expression.
Mrs. Becker had been suffering mentally for a few days and had become very haggard. It seemed that the people below felt more sympathy for Mrs. Becker than for the Countess, and they all looked at her with pity.
It was then that a maid raised her hand.
“There- I remember... While preparing for the ball today, I was doing a final check of Madam’s outfit... and Madam put those earrings on her ears.”
It was Maleah. Everyone had no choice but to believe her, as she was the Countess's close maid. The Countess glared at Maleah as if she felt betrayed, but she did not trail off or back down.
“So it is certain that those earrings were in the Countess’s room until noon today.”
In response to Maleah's accusation, the other maids who had been hesitating joined in one by one.
“I remember too.”
"Me too."
Mrs. Becker was already locked in the dungeon at that time. Since she couldn't move the diamond earrings, it was proof that someone else had framed her.
“Sob! Count, please, believe in my innocence.”
Mrs. Becker gave Maleah a grateful look, then suddenly burst into tears.
“Where did you get the courage to lie-”
“Shut up, Sasha!”
The Count cut off the Countess's words firmly.
“Not only do you dare to frame your subordinates, but you also shamelessly lie to them? Do you dare to create such a disgusting thing in the mansion I rule and not feel any shame?”
The Count's voice was full of anger. The whole hall was solemnly silent. No one could take the Countess's side.
Rolf, the housekeeper, the maid. Even some of the senior employees who had worked with her for a long time.
***
Karl took Odette to a small cabin.
The Count's garden led directly into the woods, and not far from the pond was a small cottage.
It was now an abandoned house, as the Count had killed the gardener who had lived here three years ago.
Karl handed Odette a blanket. She took it and covered herself with it as she sat shivering on the worn floor in front of the burning fireplace.
“Thank you.”
Because Odette originally didn't have good physical strength.
It seems like her body has reached its limit, having lost body heat from drinking and drinking water and even vomiting blood.
“You don’t need to take care of me anymore, so you can go now. Just follow my orders. Do you remember my orders?”
“Remember, I will escape from the mansion immediately and join the carriage waiting outside the mansion.”
Karl's red eyes turned to her. He must have found Odette by chance while following that order into the forest. She guessed she was lucky.
“When you meet Goetz, he will take you to where the Fenrir children are. I have given Goetz various instructions, so when you go, just follow what Goetz says.”
“...”
“It means you can stay with the kids until I call you again.”
It must have been quite welcome news for him, a Fenrir thief, but Karl just stared at Odette.
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