Catherine giggled and poked her brother in the shoulder. Kenneth stared at Sanya and laughed openly
"That's right. Did you wear that dress too? The fabric is worse than what the maids of our family wear."
"I think she came to a precious place and wore the best dress in her own way, but it's very sad. Wow."
"She wouldn't wear something like that at the ball, would she?"
"Oh, is that so?"
Hearing their naked ridicule, Sanya's hands trembled. Sanya lowered her head, clutching the hem of her skirt tightly with both hands.
After the exhibition, there was a ball. The other young ladies and ladies prepared dresses for the ball, but Sanya did not.
'...I don't want to participate.'
Sanya regretted it. The past, when she begged Isolene to take her to an exhibition.
Isolene warned her to think carefully, saying that this situation would definitely happen, but Sanya, who was the envy of her friends, somehow followed.
And she faced a terrible reality.
When Sanya fell behind, Isolene turned around and urged her.
"What are you doing? Come quickly."
"...Isolene."
"Why?"
"I'm sorry. I'm not feeling well, so I'll go to my place first. I don't think I can even go to prom."
"Really? Okay."
Isolene quickly let Sanya go. She didn't pretend to hold on to her. That would make Sanya even more troublesome.
And on the night of the ball, something happened.
While the ball was in full swing, someone broke into the exhibition hall. The intruder broke the glass case and stole the ruby necklace.
People were the first to suspect Sanya Fries. This was because many people saw her approaching her as if she were possessed by a necklace.
The owner of the exhibition hall, the Marquis of Doriton, was also the first to suspect that she would buy it.
"You told me to go to the place and rest, and then you stole the necklace, didn't you? Even now, if you tell the truth, I'll do it as if it didn't happen."
"I don't! Really not!"
People gathered around to chatter
"Oh no. I heard that the family is very difficult, but I think she stole it to help the family."
"Tsk. The reputation of the Fries family will hit rock bottom."
She cried out.
"I'm not scared."
Marquis Doriton searched Sanya's residence. Still, when the necklace didn't come out, he believed Sanya's words.
"Well, there's no way a child like you could do such a big thing. There would have been no way to break through the security of the exhibition hall."
"Thank you for believing in me..."
She thought that was how the case would be sorted out.
The next morning, just before the guests, including Isolene, left the Marquis Doriton.
Sanya called out to Isolene quietly. To the grass behind the Marquis of Doriton.
"What is the purpose? Tell me quickly. I have to leave now."
"Actually..."
Sanya went into the grass, rummaged somewhere, and brought something.
It was a missing ruby necklace.
"I stole this. It was so pretty, I wanted to have it so much that I didn't even know it...! I regret it so much. What should I do now?"
Isolene's eyebrows wrinkled mercilessly.
"Oh my God, you're going crazy. You should have confessed when the Marquis gave you a chance yesterday!"
"Huh, I was so scared at the time..."
"Go right now and pray that you did something wrong!"
"Yes, can't you quietly return it to the Marquis instead of me? I can't go..."
"That's crazy! Why should I fix your mistakes?"
"Don't, please!"
Sanya forcibly put the necklace in Isolene's hand.
"Ha, really...!"
Isolene squatted in the grass and looked pathetically at Sanya, who was floating around.
There was a girl who witnessed the scene from a distance. Catherine, who had gone for a walk before leaving for the estate, found Isolene at the back of the mansion.
Even the ruby necklace that Isolene is holding in her hand.
Sanya was squatting in the grass, so she couldn't see Catherine.
"What, did Isolene steal it? This is completely unexpected, isn't it?"
Then Kenneth's voice was heard in the distance
"Catherine! Let's go ride the carriage now!"
Catherine smiled innocently and ran to her brother.
"Brother! I just saw something funny! No, well, Isolene was holding the missing ruby necklace?"
"What? Isolene was in the ballroom all the time when the necklace was gone. She doesn't even have two bodies, so how did she steal the necklace at that time?"
"I don't know what happened, but I really saw it! Let's talk to the adults quickly!"
"You don't like Isolene, so you're forcing it, right? Even if we tell adults, they will never believe us."
"Ha, it's unfair! Really!"
"Even if you saw something, you must have misunderstood it."
Kenneth took Catherine's hand and dragged her away. Catherine was determined to find out the truth one day.
Meanwhile, Isolene shoved the necklace into Sanya's trembling arms.
"I'll pretend I haven't seen or heard anything, so don't see me again, and you'll take care of your own affairs."
"..."
"Go and confess to the Marquis now. That's the only way you and your family can live."
Isolen left with her back to Sanya.
Sanya, who had been curled up in the grass for a long time, hid the necklace in her arms. She hurriedly boarded her carriage and headed for the Viscount of Fries, but turned off the road.
Wearing a black robe, she went to the black market and sold the ruby necklace. It was the result of deciding that it was better to deal with it alone than to disgrace the family by finding out that the necklace was stolen.
The money bag she received in return was buried in the garden as soon as she arrived at the Fries mansion.
And 10 years have passed. The ruby necklace that had been wandering on the black market fell into the hands of another person again.
"I found it! Finally!"
With the hands of Catherine Ortega, who is desperate to reveal Isolene's ugly past.
"But Isolene is not short of money, so why did she dare to steal and sell other people's family treasures? Oh, now that I'm here, what's the point... why?"
Catherine tried to ruin Isolene's tea party with a ruby necklace, but failed. After that, Catherine, who became obsessed with Chession, summoned the demon Marvas and cursed Isolene.
***
Chession noticed that the second piece of the Demon God's vengeance was the Ruby Necklace.
"You're crazy, Catherine. It's been a lot of work."
Anna, who shared the same memory, asked cautiously
"What do you plan to do with Catherine?"
"Of course, you have to kill her. She did something worthy of death."
"That's right. Let's go. I'll just go back. Before the teleportation portal that Ham made was closed."
"Yes, let's go."
Anna, with the Ham in her pocket, mounted her horse. Chession got back into the carriage and headed for the Duchy of Ortega.
It was early evening when Chession arrived at the Duke of Ortega. The Duke of Ortega was taken aback by the sudden visit of Grand Duke Ethel.
"What's going on? You put the holy things all over your body...."
"I want to meet Young Lady Ortega."
The Duke of Ortega was in great trouble.
"I would like to call my daughter right away, but Catherine has not come out of her bedroom for several days. That... Ever since she was rejected by Your Highness, the Grand Duke. She must have been heartbroken."
"It's because of an urgent matter, so please guide me to the Young Lady Ortega's room."
"Yes, I understand. But Grand Duke, did you wear perfume? It has a peculiar scent."
"Please guide me quickly."
Duke Ortega was trembling, but guided Chession. After his daughter talked to Chession, he thought that she would be able to quickly clear her mind.
Finally arriving in front of Catherine's bedroom, Duke Ortega knocked on Catherine's door.
"Daughter. Grand Duke Ethel has come to visit you."
Through the door, a burly adult man's answer came from her room.
"Yes, father. I was waiting for him, too."
It was Marvas's voice.
The Duke of Ortega withdrew in fear.
"What, what? What kind of bastard? A big guy is in my daughter's bedroom...!"
Chession stood in his way and drew his holy sword.
"Step back. What is in this is the devil."
"Yes? Grand Duke, what do you mean by that? Where is the devil in the world?"
"I don't really want to believe it, but I don't have much time. I'll explain it later... come here... Oh no!"
Dark smoke began to creep out from the crack in Catherine's bedroom door. The Duke Ortega fainted as it touched the smoke. Even the servants who were passing by the hallway near the bedroom.
Then, the door opened.
"Hello? Nice to meet you."
A muscular black-haired demon leaned against the door frame. He glanced up and down at Chession and grinned.
"Oh, you've brought a lot of holy relics. You didn't have to. I have no intention of fighting you. Would you like to come in for a while and have a conversation?"
Marvas politely beckoned to the back of the bedroom.
"I don't want to talk to the devil."
"Then why don't you stand here and talk about it? It's going to be a very Important story for you, so you should listen to it, or a state related to Gremory."
"..."
Chession just tried to swing his sword. Just before that, Chession stopped when he saw Catherine through the open door.
Catherine was a terrible mole. She was crawling on the floor without being able to stand properly, and her whole body was covered in skin diseases. She shook her head desperately, making eye contact with Chession. It seemed to mean not to attack.
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