Revenge of Reborn Villainess

Eshika stared at the ring intently.

‘Should I return it?’

But to return it, she would have to meet him again.

Eshika shook her head. Even if the opportunity arises to return it, she won’t deliberately seek a chance to meet him.

Knock-knock-

After placing the ring inside a drawer, the door opened, and Sella, carrying a large tray, entered the room.

“Madam, I’ve brought dinner.”

Seeing that there was no talk about the Duke, it seemed they hadn’t crossed paths.

“Dinner is the same as what the Duke and the Duchess have. Here, there’s also a potion.”

The dishes on the plate looked splendid.

Meat cooked using the sous-vide method, fresh vegetables, soup, and even dessert.

In the three years since she became the Duchess of Klaus, she never dreamed of having such a meal.

The Duchess criticized Eshika’s table manners, and even having a meal with Kallian was prohibited.

Once in her chambers, she could only receive damaged and going-bad food.

“Not bad.”

It would have been an impossible diet if she hadn’t won over the head chef, Hermos.

The situation was slowly changing.

Of course, it was still a reality to be wary of others while eating even a single meal properly.

But Eshika was confident. Soon, they will be the ones watching her every move.

Clatter-

Eshika’s dinner continued.

Sella filled a glass with water and observed Eshika’s dining manners as she did so.

‘I must have been really crazy before… To not recognize such elegance.’

When the mistress gossiped about Eshika, she always emphasized her lowly background.

The maids felt that there was no difference between themselves and Duchess Esika Klaus, so they became more complicit in the Duchess’s harassment.

They felt it was unfair that one was a maid and the other was a duchess.

Watching Eshika eat, Sella realized how wrong she was.

From her gaze to the use of utensils, she was a perfect noble. Perhaps, she seemed even more refined than the mistress.

The way she cleanly cut the meat with a single knife stroke… It was truly astonishing.

**

“Is this all there is, the Duchess’s budget expenditure list?”

In Kallian’s stern voice, the steward Hans broke into a cold sweat.

He really didn’t expect this.

Shouldn’t he be dining with his mother by now?

But suddenly, he was summoned, and the Duke demanded the Duchess’s budget expenditure list.

“….”

As Kallian flipped through the thin book, Hans’ eyebrows stiffened.

“A hundred brooms, fifty barrels of oil, a thousand yards of cloth… Why are these in the Duchess’s budget expenditure list?”

Under Kallian’s scrutiny, Hans felt embarrassed.

“Ah… it seems like I inserted them wrongly. I’ll correct it.”

Kallian carefully examined the records, starting from when she first arrived at the mansion.

The mistress always criticized Eshika’s extravagance.

So, this budget expenditure list surely included the luxurious items she had purchased.

“Send for the butler and see for yourself how much of the necessities of life I am provided with, and whether it is enough to uphold my dignity and fulfill my duties as the Duchess of Klaus, and whether a duchess in maid’s clothing is poor as to have to go out and buy what she needs herself.”

‘That can’t be true.’

In his harsh gaze, as Kallian searched for evidence, his eyes stopped at a certain passage.

The list of dresses and jewelry. Robelia Dress Shop, Atwan Jewelry Shop.

Records of numerous dress and jewelry purchases from these two places.

Kallian’s eyes flashed.

‘Again, she told disgusting lies in front of me.’

“Hans, summon the owners of these two shops immediately.”

Hans looked at Kallian with a puzzled expression at his sudden request.

Kallian, with a sharp gaze and a smile, was flipping through the records.

“In three years, the Duchess has purchased thirty-seven dresses from Lobelia’s, and twenty-six pieces of jewelry from Atwan’s.”

“….Uh….”

“So, they must surely remember. What dresses the Duchess purchased.”

And when she presents them from her wardrobe, Eshika’s face will pale.

Even with thirty-seven dresses, the insolent Eshika, who wore maid’s clothing, would kneel in belated remorse.

But Hans didn’t respond with a dark expression.

“Uh… Your Grace.”

Kallian’s eyebrows twitched.

“In fact… that list is not the one the Duchess purchased… it’s…”

Even Hans couldn’t help it.

Eshika wouldn’t even know the names of Robelia Shop or Atwan Shop.

“…it’s the mistress’s dresses.”

Kallian’s face stiffened.