The banquet hall suddenly became noisy on one side, so I headed there immediately. From afar, I could tell what was happening right away.
Esmeralda stood with a stunned face, holding the necklace. Young Lady Douglas, her face flushed red as if about to tear someone’s hair out at any moment.
Anna, who cowered, avoiding the adults’ gazes. Young Lady Lamira, grinning so brightly it was disgusting.
“What are they doing now?”
The Duchess, who followed me, began to roll up her sleeves. I hastily stopped her.
She would certainly settle the situation if she stepped in. After all, she was the hostess of the Istira Duchy.
However, doing so would make me an irresponsible person who hastily hides behind the Duke’s power, abandoning the party organizer’s duty.
“It’s okay. I’ll handle it.”
“Sure, ma’am. Reina will handle it well.”
The Duke also stopped the Duchess, and she nodded briefly.
“Alright. Call me if you need help.”
I looked at the Duchess, clenching her fist tightly, and smiled weakly.
“Yes. I certainly will.”
Suddenly, Young Lady Lamira’s sharp voice was heard.
“Isn’t Princess Reina, who brought the commoners to the party in the first place, the most responsible?”
There was no better timing to intervene.
“What’s this commotion?”
As expected, the first to answer was Young Lady Lamira.
“What commotion? It’s the disturbance caused by the commoner child you brought.”
Young Lady Lamira pointed at Anna with an arrogant expression.
“That child stole the diamond necklace of the Countess Aneri.”
It was a ridiculous accusation, but Young Lady Lamira crossed her arms, her face filled with certainty.
“No matter how young, education should be proper.”
I narrowed my eyes. The intent to mock and twist my party’s theme was clear. All of this was likely Young Lady Lamira’s doing.
“Is there any evidence that the child did this?”
Young Lady Lamira came out even more confidently.
“Everyone here saw it. The necklace coming out of that child’s pocket.”
Esmeralda, who still held the necklace, clenched it.
“The necklace did come out of Anna’s pocket, but there must be some misunderstanding[—].”
Suddenly, Esmeralda staggered and clutched her head. Taking advantage of the moment, Count Majine interrupted.
“Fortunately, our daughter noticed something strange and found it. If it wasn’t for Esmeralda, we might have never found the Countess’s necklace.”
Other ladies nodded and clutched their chests.
“Don’t be too heartbroken, Princess.”
Count Majine wore a falsely compassionate smile.
“How could you have known this misfortune would happen? You were only bestowing kindness with pure intentions.”
It sounded like comforting words, but it was nothing short of belittling me as a naive, impractical girl.
“No. There’s no need to be heartbroken.”
As I readily agreed, Count Majine’s smile deepened.
“Yes. Think of it as a mistake you made unknowingly[—].”
“Because Anna didn’t steal it.”
I stood next to Anna. Stroking her trembling head, Anna buried herself in my embrace. Her face hidden in my skirts, she barely reached my waist.
“How could a child half my height steal a necklace from someone as tall as Countess Aneri? Her hands wouldn’t even reach.”
For a moment, Young Lady Lamira stumbled over her words, but soon she began to shout even louder.
“She must have used her wicked brain. Just because she can’t reach doesn’t mean there’s no way.”
The people around also seemed to disbelieve my words.
“So, how can you be so sure?”
“Why would it come out of the child’s pocket if she didn’t take it?”
For a moment, I let out an incredulous laugh.
No, it wasn’t that I couldn’t believe it, but that I didn’t want to believe it.
It was an absurd assumption, but they needed a culprit to blame for the necklace, and there would be no easier target than a commoner child.
Whatever they said to them wouldn’t get through. No matter what the maid of commoner origin babbled to defend the commoner child, it would fall on deaf ears.
Then someone touched my shoulder.
Startled, I turned to see Hiss returning from the lounge, approaching Esmeralda.
As Hiss appeared, even the murmuring ladies fell silent. It was a completely different attitude than when they faced me.
“May I see the necklace?”
“Ah, yes, yes.”
Still pale, Esmeralda handed over the necklace right away. Hiss examined the necklace and then asked Lady Aneri.
“Lady Aneri, did you spill wine today?”
“Ah, no. I didn’t drink wine at all today.”
Hiss nodded once and held out the necklace.
“Can you look at this?”
Hiss pointed at the large diamond in the center of the necklace. There was a sticky stain covering the jewel.
“Oh my, it’s wine?”
Lady Aneri was surprised and looked more closely at the necklace. Indeed, the dark color of port wine was dried on the necklace.
“The child couldn’t have drunk wine, could they?”
Hiss’s words began to unsettle those around.
“Prince Hiss makes a valid point.”
“The Prince wouldn’t hastily make a claim without certainty.”
“Shall we listen a little more?”
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
