Retribution
I know about the broken engagement with the Count’s daughter and the subsequent assault on the Duke's son-in-law.
"What about yourselves?"
"Huh?"
"Putting your own mistakes aside."
I uttered the words I least wanted to hear.
"Understanding your place is your responsibility."
"What did you say?"
"The Royal Academy operates on pure meritocracy. Even if you got in as a substitute, you couldn't keep up with the classes."
"You!"
Although he tried to grab my collar and hit me, I don't avert my gaze.
"A brute who raises hands against women. I can't believe Father's blood runs in you. No matter what humiliations Father faced, he never resorted to violence. Perhaps you weren't worth the trouble."
"What are you..."
"A person of high standing never forces others to submit through force. That's more of a lower-class behavior."
"What are you talking about?"
"Shall I enlighten you? Father has now received the title of a Marquis, and even the old Duchess is seeking to remarry him... There's no place for you anymore, Dania."
"Youuuu!"
Shepherd, who got angry, took out a dagger from the displayed artworks nearby, ready to strike.
"Kill her, Shepherd! Kill this scum! If she dies, all her possessions will be ours! I should have sold you off to a wealthy noble just as I planned!"
"But the plan didn't go as expected, did it? Too bad for you."
"Then I'll kill you now! I'll sell your child as well!"
Don't they understand that even if I die, my inheritance won't be theirs?
"Dieeeee!"
"Kill her, Shepherd! Burn her later and turn her into bones, just like I did to my father!"
I was waiting for those words.
"It won't go that way."
"Gyaaah!"
"Shepherd!"
Restrained by a whip, Shepherd was slammed onto the floor.
"You...!"
"If you had just kept quiet, you scoundrels."
"What are you doing!"
Kim restrained Shepherd, and Haku forcefully slammed Dania's face onto the floor.
"Ow... Stop it!"
"It suits a filthy woman like you."
They were on the verge of losing their temper.
"Who do you think I am?"
"A commoner fallen from nobility, a criminal. And beside you is a lunatic of an ex-wife. It seems insane is the only way to describe you two.
"Why do you think Lord Diaz still cares for you? We will report all the conversations up to now to him. Insulting the King is also a crime of disrespect."
"Wha...!"
"For the attempted assassination of the lady, verbal abuse and assault, you're headed to the pigsty."
They stood in front of me as if to protect me.
In contrast, Shepherd and Dania seemed unable to accept reality.
"It's all over now."
I'll teach them the harsh reality now.
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