Raising a Villain Went Wrong (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

“Hardship?”

It sounds so grand when you put it like that. When I looked at Namgung Ryeo with a questioning expression, she twirled her hair and said,

“Well, being banned from the kitchen now means you had to go in there before, right?”

She didn’t seem to know how I came to join the Je Gal family. It wasn’t exactly a secret, so I shrugged and answered,

“I lost my parents early and worked as a servant in another family. I followed the young master I served to a martial arts tournament and met the grandfather here.”

I recalled Dan Mok Su’s greedy eyes. Meeting the gaze of the grandfather, who looked at me kindly with wrinkled eyes, I smiled softly.

“It was really dangerous back then. Thinking about it now, Grandfather, you were so cool.”

“Ahem, this old man is pretty cool, isn’t he?”

Grandfather cleared his throat as if embarrassed but puffed out his chest proudly. I giggled at how adorable he was. Then Namgung Ryeo nodded.

“Oh, so that’s how you became his foster daughter. That’s amazing and a bit enviable. I think I mentioned this before, but…”

“…”

Her tone was light, but I could only press my lips shut. The words she didn’t say were clear enough.

‘She must be thinking of her own family.’

And her unfortunate family history was also the result of my reckless actions. I had set it up that way, believing that love born from adversity is beautiful.

So it was my fault.

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