The chief investigator furrowed his brow at the sudden mention of the second daughter.
“Second Princess?”
“Yes. I don’t know if you’ve heard… Ah, our second daughter is quite discontent with the family. Had she stayed in the Eastern Realm, she would have been a princess there, but now that I’ve brought her back, she’s a mere duchess, and she’s unhappy about that. Hence, she tries to tarnish our family’s name every chance she gets…….”
As Rachel’s eyes reddened with her words, the chief investigator closed his mouth, looking troubled.
“I’m sorry to hear that. This incident must have occurred when our second daughter heard rumors about that man and became momentarily interested, then something must have gone wrong. I’ll take care of her, so today’s matter… No, no, I shouldn’t be asking this.”
Rachel took a handkerchief from her pocket and dabbed her eyes.
Then, Countess Cetirien spoke up.
“But it’s strange.”
The countess spoke nonchalantly, saying what the other noble ladies, who were watching Rachel’s mood, had not dared to say.
“We didn’t run into your youngest daughter nearby earlier?”
Rachel’s heart plummeted.
Countess Cetirien, who had been invited to witness Ariana’s affair and spread rumors about it in the imperial capital, had caught Rachel off guard instead.
Rachel glanced back, but Countess Cetirien was looking at the chief investigator.
“Who are you…?”
“The wife of Count Cetirien from the Empire.”
“Ah, Countess. Can you please elaborate on what you just said?”
Rachel hastily intervened.
“Don’t, let’s escort everyone out first…”
“Duchess, I am investigating a murder. All involved must stay until the investigation is complete.”
The imperial chief investigator was ruthless even towards Rachel.
At his cold tone, Rachel bit her lower lip.
She tightly clasped her trembling hands to hide her shaking fingertips and glared at Countess Cetirien.
The countess spoke as if she didn’t care about Rachel at all.
“On our way here, we ran into Victoria. For some reason, both the duchess and Victoria seemed very flustered. Then the duchess told Victoria to hurry back.”
“When did I do that?”
“It looked like that to me, Duchess. It was strange that you sent her back like she shouldn’t be in this Bronte family forest. Even though everyone said it would be nice to take a walk with Victoria, you sent her back. Isn’t that right?”
The countess looked around at the other ladies and asked.
The ladies avoided answering and looked away, but to the chief investigator, it seemed highly suspicious.
“Duchess, I must speak to the youngest duchess.”
“She’s only 15 years old, Chief.”
“Oh my. If you’re going to argue like that, isn’t the second duchess only 16? There’s only a oneyear difference, Duchess. If the second daughter can do it, the youngest can too. Besides, isn’t your youngest daughter more mature than my sisters?”
At Countess Cetirien’s words, Rachel’s face turned pale.
For some reason, the more she tried to escape, the more tangled she felt in a tight net.
An ominous premonition told her that no matter what she did, she would not be able to quietly escape from this situation.
‘It’s okay. It’s just a 16yearold’s scheme. If I deal with it calmly, I can turn the situation around.’
Rachel calmed her pounding heart.
Everyone said that Victoria was more clever and mature than her sisters, even Ariana, so she would be able to handle this situation well.
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Suddenly summoned to the reception room, Victoria blinked her eyes and looked at the adults standing before her.
The noble ladies she met earlier, men in investigator uniforms, and Rachel with her pale face.
From everyone’s eyes, she could tell that the atmosphere was far from normal, but she had no idea why.
‘Did Ariana die?’
It was clear that Rachel had planned something against Ariana today, and she had a rough idea of what it was. Perhaps something went wrong, and Ariana had died at the hands of the other party.
Victoria smiled her innocent smile and greeted everyone, pretending to know nothing.
“Hello.”
She greeted with perfect grace, but no one smiled back. Her heart throbbed.
‘It seems Ariana is really dead.’
Then, Rachel stepped forward.
“Victoria, you…….”
“Stay quiet, Duchess. I will ask the questions.”
Victoria was taken aback by the Chief Investigator’s rude demeanor. How dare he take such an attitude with the Duchess!
But seeing Rachel unexpectedly meekly step back, Victoria gathered her wits.
‘If Mother is behaving like that, it must be a serious matter indeed. I must be careful.’
Victoria looked up at the Chief Investigator with a polite and somber expression.
“Do you have a question for me?”
“Youngest Princess. Did you go to the Bronthe Forest today?”
“Yes, I went.”
“What did you go there for?”
“That is…….”
I received a letter. A letter from Rachel telling me to come there.
But she couldn’t mention the content of the letter that named Ariana, so she lied.
“I just wanted to take a walk. I like walking in the forest.”
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
