The rumor that Britney, staying in the western wing, used abusive language towards maids and servant girls quickly spread.

“I heard the maids got bruised.”

“And what about the servant girls? I’m too scared to even go near the western wing.”

“The housekeeper in charge of the western wing had a pale face.”

“We’re lucky to be maids of the Green Countess.”

“Indeed. No matter how noble the Count, treating us like that…”

“What if the Count had married that woman?”

“Ugh, don’t say such things. It’s scary even to think about it, seriously.”

Rishi heard the stories circulating among the servant girls.

“Britney has gone berserk. Faster than I thought.”

In her past life, Britney had behaved wickedly.

She harassed Rishi without anyone knowing, and she hid her greed and desires well.

While becoming the Crown Princess was thanks to the family, after ascending to the position of Empress, she gathered, manipulated, and eliminated people using her own power. As a result, she even found out about Kay being a werewolf and led the werewolf extermination.

“The position shapes a person, as they say…”

In her past life, Britney always had the freedom to do as she pleased, and that allowed her to hide her dark side well.

But in this life, Britney, when things didn’t go as she wanted, fully revealed her inner self.

“Moreover, in my past life, there was a designated target when I needed to vent my anger.”

Even now, she could vividly remember Britney coming to the Huchis Mansion, poking and hitting her.

She didn’t want to live this new life consumed by revenge.

So she tried to cut ties with the Whitelow family as a way to conclude everything.

“But if she keeps coming here like this…”

It might make her want revenge.

+++

Mary swallowed her laughter and listened to Britney’s story.

“What a more foolish girl than I imagined.”

Unlike her inner thoughts, Mary’s face was full of concern and pity.

Britney was in the middle of revealing what happened in the stable.

“She suddenly kicked, and you can’t imagine how surprised I was. On top of that, she denied doing such a thing…”

“That must be so heartbreaking.”

Mary didn’t believe a word Britney said.

Even if Britney had done terrible things, it didn’t seem likely that Rishi would kick her belly, causing her to fall into the mud.

“Green Kyoung tried to help, but even that was blocked.”

Confirmed lie.

Did Elde really try to help a woman for no reason?

That never happened.

“How useless Elde is.”

Britney being a liar didn’t have any impact on Mary. In fact, a stupid liar was useful, so it was a good decision to involve Britney.
Mary comforted and pampered Britney, treating her to premium tea brought from Minas Aric.

Since nobody had ever taken Britney’s side, she was moved to tears when Mary comforted her. Mary cautiously opened her mouth.

“To be honest, I had a bit of trouble with the Countess… No, it’s nothing. Let’s just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

“What? What happened?”

“Well, nothing really. But since Lady Whitelow’s the younger sister of Lady Whitelow… Even though we severed ties a long time ago. We’re not related at all now. What happened? Did something with the princess go wrong? Surely Iris didn’t do anything bad?”

“Not something bad exactly… I don’t know if you’re aware, but there were rumors about me and Kay.”

“Yes, yes, that’s right.”

“We’ve known each other since we were young, and my aunt is the same as Lady Whitelow’s mother, so we had to get along somehow. But for some reason, she started to be wary of me. I don’t know if she’s worried I’ll snatch Kay away from her or what…”

“She’s a bit… has a corner that gets jealous. She also has a sense of entitlement.”

“Oh my. I thought she had grown up so nicely…”

“Actually, she…”

Britney stopped herself from saying more.

No matter what, she couldn’t reveal that Rishi was a bastard born from a maid. It would tarnish the name of the Whitelow family.

The remaining bit of Britney’s sanity warned her that it wouldn’t be good to publicize this fact.

Mary waited with a smiling face, expecting Britney to continue.

“Actually, from when she was young, she was quite jealous and greedy.”

“I see.”

“Even though we’re not related to Iris now, if she acted rudely, I’ll apologize on her behalf.”

“You’re quite kind.”

Britney thought it was time to get up.

It seemed that Mary didn’t dislike Rishi as much as Britney had thought.

‘I was just blabbering on my own. This is not good.’

Britney, not a complete fool, knew that it was not a good idea to reveal everything to an unpredictable ally or enemy.

“Princess, you must be busy. I’ve taken up too much of your time. I’ll be going now.”

“Oh, already? I still have a lot of stories I want to share…”

“Oh, really? What about…?”

“Well… about Alford Huchis’s masterpiece…”

Britney’s eyes sparkled.

“Oh, Rishi’s ex-boyfriend?”

“Is that true? Initially, there were rumors, but later, articles said it wasn’t true.”

“Maybe the Green family used some influence? Actually, those two were really passionate about each other.”