Desperate Words
Lady Oriana's words further cornered Shepherd.
"Do you think you can get away with disrespecting Lord Diaz, who is His Majesty's close aide and a dear friend, without facing charges of disrespect?"
"Eh..."
"Of course not, right? Now that he holds the position of a Marquis, do you think a commoner like you can be forgiven for showing such disrespect?”
It was too late for him to realize now.
Shepherd still clung to the idea of being family, but why couldn't he see it was impossible?
"You have been removed from his family register. You are not connected by a single drop of blood. We even have a certificate of authentication. That woman engaged in promiscuous activities with men even after marrying Lord Diaz. Your father is nothing more than a former servant who was her lover. Truly disgusting... but Lady Marie, she is Lord Diaz's daughter. After all, they look exactly alike, don't they? This certificate confirms their parent-child relationship."
"No... it's a lie! It's a lie, a lie!"
No one sympathized with Shepherd as he shouted with his hands covering his ears.
"Even if you block your ears, it is futile. Even if there is a blood relation, legally, according to the family register, you are strangers... the insults you hurled at me have been properly recorded."
"Record..."
"That record has already been sent to my subordinates in the Capital. Why do you think Marie chose this secluded mansion? It is insurance for the worst-case scenario."
"Father..."
I deliberately chose this mansion for a reason.
This mansion, with its tight security, had various traps.
Father had set up one of those traps after we were previously robbed.
"Insurance...?"
"Do you think I would meet with the two of them without any preparation?"
"What kind of trickery is this!"
"I did not expect to come out unscathed. Considering everything that has happened, it was easy to imagine the two of them laying hands on me."
The memories of the past still linger.
But I didn't want to be broken any further.
"If, by any chance, these two were acquitted, many people would suffer. To ensure they are definitively thrown into jail, we need to create crimes... assault, confinement, attempted murder."
"That's cruel!"
"I don't want to hear such words from someone who has done so many terrible things. I'm not a puppet to be manipulated."
I couldn't let these two cause more victims.
So, at that time, I executed a plan, anticipating the worst-case scenario.
I didn't want to make it the worst-case scenario.
But undoubtedly, these two were the ones who turned me into a demon.
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