To You, So Noble and Vulgar (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 128

“The punishment for a maid who carelessly sold her mistress’s information is mine to decide—there’s no need for you to interfere, Duke.”

At Ariana’s icy voice, Katrinne, who had already turned pale, dropped to her knees.

“Y-Your Highness! Sell your information? That’s impossible. I would never do such a thing.”

Ariana coldly looked down at Katrinne, who spoke with desperate pleading.

“Five years ago, Lady Ruel was merely the daughter of a farmer living in Duke Obelier’s domain. Then, by sheer fortune, she caught Viscount Ruel’s eye and married him—him, who is forty-five years her senior and can’t even rise from his bed.”

Color drained from both Katrinne’s and Duke Obelier’s faces.

Unaware that Ariana had the guildmaster of the Northern Branch of the Merchant Guild as her informant, they could only be stunned by her intelligence network.

“There are people who saw you quietly meeting with a high-ranking noble of Dongryeong before your marriage to Viscount Ruel.”

Ariana turned her gaze from Katrinne to Duke Obelier. The duke realized he had fallen into an inescapable trap.

Ariana had a witness, and Jeor had sided with her. If it were only Ariana’s word, there might still be a way out—but with Jeor stepping forward to accuse Duke Obelier, even false charges could be made to stick.

“It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say his ambition began five years ago, when he arranged for a farmer’s daughter to marry Viscount Ruel. After all, Katrinne entered Chase Castle as a maid immediately after becoming Lady Ruel.”

Ariana took a step toward Duke Obelier, who instinctively stepped backward.

Though small in stature, Ariana loomed large—like standing before the Marquis of Dongryeong himself.

“What punishment should be given to a maid who sold her mistress’s secrets?”

Ariana no longer used honorifics when addressing the duke. Unable to bear her piercing blue eyes, Duke Obelier looked away.

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