“To say that without evidence, just based on suspicion is a bit….”
“You mean to disregard the temple by conspiring with other houses?”
Whether she didn’t anticipate a negative reaction from me, Dorothea looked around anxiously. I sighed as if distressed and dealt the decisive blow.
“If you can’t trust me like that, Lady Dorothea, I have no choice but to ask for verification from His Holiness the Pope. That I have not tampered with the barrier since the meeting began.”
When I mentioned the Pope, who usually avoids showing himself, Dorothea looked back in desperation.
“But my father…!”
Finally, she sent a pleading look to Duke Angelos.
“Dorothea. Apologize to Lady Elodie.”
He coldly cut off his daughter.
Dorothea’s eyes were stained with shock.
“Fa, Father…!”
“Isn’t this matter entirely your rudeness? What are you doing without apologizing?”
Scolded sharply, Dorothea looked back at me, biting her lower lip.
If it goes to the Pope, it won’t end as a simple incident.
The risk of venturing on mere conjecture is too great.
Since Dorothea started this, she would have to bear the responsibility of my words.
Once even Duke Angelos drew the line at Dorothea’s personal fault, she had nowhere else to turn.
With her eyelids reddened, Dorothea mumbled in a crawling voice,
“…I’m sorry.”
“What? What did you say?”
“I’m sorry. I upset Lady Elodie with baseless speculation.”
For the proud Dorothea, apologizing to me, a bastard, must have been difficult, but she managed to do it.
But that was that.
I had no intention of letting go with just an apology.
So I covered my face with one hand and pretended to be greatly shocked.
“I don’t think I can accept Lady Dorothea’s apology. The mental shock is too great….”
I even added a slight stagger.
Then Carlott quickly came over to support me.
I didn’t really want it, but thanks to that, people’s sympathetic eyes were on me.
Whether she was stunned by my Hollywood acting, Dorothea, who was licking her lips, asked,
“How will you accept my apology?”
Done.
The words I finally pulled out of Dorothea.
I laid out the request I had been holding back.
“I’ve been thinking, Lady Dorothea’s earrings are really pretty.”
“…?!”
“Will you gift them to me?”
Was it because I boldly demanded money?
Or was it because I pointed out a magical tool enchanted with welcome magic?
Dorothea’s eyes widened incredulously.
‘It’s the latter.’
Dorothea covered her earrings and took a step back.
“No, I can’t. These earrings are precious to me. I’ll give you this necklace instead.”
“…….”
“Ah, Lady Elodie.”
Dorotea called my name desperately, looking at Lady Angelos standing behind her.
Unlike Duke Angelos, who had drawn a cold line, his wife looked desperate and finally stood in front of her daughter.
“I apologize for my daughter’s rudeness, Lady Elodie. How about stopping now?”
“Will you give it instead, my lady?”
“Ha. Do I have anything among my jewels that you covet?”
Lady Angelos asked, rather proudly, as if to challenge.
I had no particular regret for the lady, but if she came out this aggressively, there was nothing I could do.
I looked at the lady’s ears, but the earrings were of a different design than Dorotea’s. It would definitely be better to be certain.
I commanded Greed.
‘Greed. Tell me what Lady’s jewel is.’
[It is a ring.]So it is.
“Lady, your ring is beautiful.”
As I asked with a bright smile, Lady Angelos’ face became thoughtful.
“……!”
She must not have thought I would point out the jewel.
“This is a ring I brought when I got married… I can’t give such a ring.”
“If you only say no to everything I ask for, should I assume that you don’t have the mind to apologize? In that case, I’ll ask the Pope for verification for the honor of my family.”
My words that I was finally going to make a big deal made Lady Angelos cry out in anger.
“How dare you covet someone else’s treasure. Lady Elodie, you are truly luxurious and contemptible!”
Wow. Was that a jab?
I calmly nodded and answered.
“Yes. I’m so luxurious and contemptible that my eyes turn and I go crazy when I see something pretty.”
Anyway, my external image was not much different from what Lady Angelos said.
Luxurious and contemptible, Elodie Ferdia, who boasts about the name of the Ferdia family.
So no matter how she tries to belittle me, it doesn’t hurt, you see?
‘I’m not the main villain, but still a supporting villain.’
But Dorotea Angelos was different.
Being a person for whom appearance was a priority, more important than anything else.
Perhaps frustrated by the situation, Carlott, who was standing by my side, opened his mouth.
“Sister, it’s okay. I’ll buy you that kind of thing [dash].”
“Carl.”
But Janice quickly stopped Carlott, realizing that I wasn’t just saying this.
Carlott reluctantly backed away, pouting his lips and grumbling.
Dorotea, who seemed about to cry, hiding behind her mother, stepped forward.
She couldn’t just stand still now that her mother was in trouble.
Dorotea touched her ear with her hand, choking back tears.
“I’ll give you my earrings as a gift. Please forgive the rudeness, Lady Elodie.”
“Alright.”
I reached out with a smile.
(This is a time divider.)
Dorotea tried to calm her surprised heart.
‘It doesn’t matter. When I go back, I can ask to put magic on a new magic tool.’
The magic wouldn’t be lifted immediately just because it was separated from the body.
‘It’s okay as long as I’m in the same building as Lady Elodie.’
Everything would be resolved as soon as they returned to the mansion after the meeting.
So there was no problem.
Dorotea took off the earrings and handed them to Elodie. Her hands trembled with tension, but nobody thought it strange.
“I’m glad the misunderstanding is cleared up, Lady Angelos.”
“……Yes.”
“Then the prayer meeting will start soon, so let’s leave it at that.”
Wanting to get out of this hellish situation as soon as possible, Dorotea quickly turned to get as far away as possible.
But before she could take a few steps, something happened.
Crack! Elodie accidentally dropped the earring, and stumbled, crushing it.
“Oh, my mistake.”
“My ear, my earring!”
Then……!
Hisss. Dorotea’s face went white in an instant.
She hastily covered her face with both hands, but it was already too late.
“Le, Lady Angelos’s face…….”
At the murmuring of a cleric, Dorotea bowed her head and screamed.
“Kyaa! Don’t look!”
The shock of having her appearance, which she didn’t want to show to anyone, discovered made her burst into tears and run away from the spot.
A suspense that is simply unputdownable.
A development more thrilling than war!
Greed briefly left a comment.
[Wow.]After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
