Life After Divorce (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 59

“Now that I think about it, we rather awkwardly skipped formal greetings and dove straight into conversation, didn’t we? I’ve never before shared such intimate family matters with complete strangers.”

I wrinkled the bridge of my nose and offered an elegant smile.

“At this rate, you’ll be scolding me like a strict mentor at our next meeting, won’t you?”

Recalling his earlier slip—when, realizing the weight my name carried, he’d blurted out something about “husbands” or the like—the knight’s expression turned utterly flustered.

His face had already drained of color, and he stood there dumbfounded. After opening and closing his mouth wordlessly, he rubbed his forehead as if it were an afterthought, shooting a desperate, pleading glance toward his fellow knight.

But his comrade, too busy trying to grasp the situation and unable to even groan in dismay, deliberately ignored him.

Left alone on this battlefield, the knight rolled his eyes in bewilderment.

“N-no, I mean—that’s not at all what I intended to imply! How could I possibly speak so recklessly about Duke Mipidian—”

Snap.

At that very moment, I closed my fan and smiled sweetly.

Ding. You’re out.

“May I ask your name and affiliation, sir knight? I’d like to faithfully relay to Duke Mipidian exactly what I heard from you.”

“Y-you can’t possibly be suggesting you’ll tattle on me right now? That’s hardly befitting a refined noblewoman—”

“My refinement is my own concern.”

Ugh—the knight choked back a groan, his words dying in his throat as he staggered slightly.

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