“Huff!”
Everyone was so shocked by the sudden appearance of Bianca that they couldn’t regain their composure.
Among them, Elizabeth was naturally the most bewildered.
In the midst of sobbing about whether the position of the Duchess, now in ruins after being thoroughly beaten, wasn’t hers, Elizabeth was deeply confused.
“Ah…”
Feeling dizzy from enduring a lifetime of humiliation all at once, Elizabeth closed her eyes tightly.
But she couldn’t continue pretending to be dead forever, so Elizabeth, feeling Haley pulling her up, reluctantly got up while grumbling.
As the excitement faded, she felt even more self-loathing for what she had done.
To think that the commander of the castle was lingering on, nagging about the impending Wave.
Rather than being embarrassed like Raymond, who had a young life at stake, would it have been less shameful if she had acted more recklessly?
“Well, I was more desperate.”
“…”
Elizabeth slowly raised her head at the voice that seemed to tickle her ears.
The ‘Duchess’ standing in front of her was still beautiful.
Her small, white face that looked like it could fit in one hand, her delicate figure that seemed like it could be lifted with one hand, and her shining blue eyes.
She was just as she remembered.
Wouldn’t it have been better if she had become like ‘Termina’?
Originally, if she had acted ruthlessly and consciencelessly like Termina, would it have been better?
“I’m also weak in that direction.”
What if the Duke had scornfully suppressed this feeling? What if he hadn’t comforted her with words that seemed to understand?
“Don’t cry.”
Hng.
Elizabeth cried loudly, making an ugly sound.
“That’s a disaster…”
“What?”
Haley’s voice suddenly turned cold.
“The disaster that defiles Duke, the one that should have taken the Duchess of Balok, isn’t it?”
Crying as if her tears would never stop and shouting nonsensically, Elizabeth looked at the ‘Duchess’ who was unfolding an absurdly cruel story as if possessed.
“I hated her…”
“You can’t hate her?”
A slightly chilly and thin something carefully stole a glance at Elizabeth.
“I tried to hate her, not only for taking the position of the Duchess who thought she owned the Balok that harmed Cyrius Duke, but also for being infatuated with Termina’s lineage, so I even tried to curse Balok, but it didn’t work, right?”
“…”
“I only had Gileon, so… there was no one else in this world who accepted me other than him.”
“Lies!”
“It wasn’t a beautiful marriage. It was a place where I was told to die rather than get married. If I couldn’t tie the knot with the Duke and form an alliance, my uncle and cousin threatened to kill me.”
Elizabeth stared blankly at the ‘Duchess’ who was telling an absurdly brutal story with a voice that seemed to melt people.
“Elizabeth. Have you ever vowed to be possessed by the Duke in the spirit of participating in the Wave?”
“T-That, that, that wouldn’t happen!”
“I did.”
Bianca opened her eyes wide and strengthened her voice.
“I did. Prepared to die, I put on makeup, put on jewelry, and dressed in a dress. Since there were no ladies’ maids, I did that dressing up myself. That’s how I met Gileon Balok. I was ready to even lick his feet.”
At the end of her words, Bianca smiled faintly.
“Of course, it would have been useless if he didn’t allow it.”
“…”
“That was the difference between us. As you participated in the Wave with all your might, I prayed with all my might for Gileon’s heart. To the man who thought he would kill me…”
The surroundings were eerily silent.
Elizabeth didn’t understand what she had just heard.
She had heard rumors about the troublemaker princess.
The emperor, who lost his beloved empress due to childbirth, harassed the princess.
Even if he harassed her.
Still, she was a princess.
She even heard the sound of the Imperial Jewel.
She thought that way.
“Blackmail…”
Someone murmured, and Bianca slowly opened her mouth.
“Balok Duke lost, and it’s a shame to lose the capable Elian Marquis as well.”
“Eliane Marquis has a new hobby these days? I heard he enjoys boating. How sad it would be if the boat sank.”
Matching gazes with each of the commanders, Bianca opened her mouth again.
“I know that our relationship started inappropriately. I am aware that the stigma of being the enemy’s daughter will follow me for the rest of my life. However, Jillian allowed me to be by his side.”
The turned gaze focused back on Elizabeth.
“That’s why I can’t help but become even more desperate. I have never experienced such a complete heart and warmth in my life. I have no intention of letting go. I will never let it be taken away. I will hold on with all my strength.”
To the outside, it was too risky of a story.
Haley tried to stop her several times.
However, Bianca pretended not to see Haley and continued to speak to the end.
It had to be done.
Being abandoned or in a miserable situation was all in the past.
If the past was accepted by the commanders.
She could tell the story a hundred or a thousand times.
“I am no longer Termina.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
