Revenge of Reborn Villainess

Yes, it was the decision of someone who believed that a noble from the modest Freehatz family, especially one of common birth, should not be accepted by the esteemed Crown Prince.

The chamberlain squeezed his eyes shut, feeling as if Lesvan’s sword would come down on him at any moment.

“I truly apologize. His Imperial Highness…….”

Sometimes the silence was more eerie than the words.

And so it was today.

Lesvan stared at his well-polished sword and made no reply.

A figure that grew in my dreams over time.

After a moment, Lesvan’s lips parted.

“I keep no one by my side against my will.”

The chamberlain dropped to his knees and pressed his forehead to the floor.

“Your Highness, forgive…….”

The two knights who had been standing in the distance approached.

The servant trembled and protested, but was forced to stand up by their strength.

“Your Highness, the Crown Prince, please have mercy!…….”

Soon, the knights grabbed him by both arms and began dragging him away.

He could only hear the meaningless sounds of his body struggling to avoid being dragged away.

After a few moments, the servant disappeared.

He would probably never be seen in the palace again.

Lesvan slowly lowered his sword and sheathed it.

He heard the familiar sound of the blade scraping against the solid house.

The wind was blowing, the scent of flowers thick in the air, but the white butterfly had not flown back.

Resvan closed his eyes, trying to think of a way to catch the escaping butterfly.

***

Having received a message from the servant, Eshika headed to Kallian’s study.

It would be dusk, and the setting sun would be streaming through the windows of the long office.

Usually, Kallian didn’t work until this hour.

But the fact that he summoned her meant there was some important matter he had diligently prepared for.

As Eshika arrived at the entrance of the study, Hans, the butler, who had been lingering there, greeted her with a nod and quietly reported,

“Your Highness, the Duchess has…… arrived.”

“Open the door.”

With a creaking sound, the door opened, and Eshika entered his study.

It was a scene she had seen several times before.

And sitting at the desk in his study, Kallian was leaning forward slightly.

She was not alone.

Yurie and Sella were standing side by side against the wall.

Yurie, with eyebrows lowered to appear demure but a smile not hidden on her lips.

And Sella… with her head bowed deeply, standing still.

“What’s wrong?”

Eshika stood confidently in front of Kallian, wearing a nonchalant expression.

Kallian’s gaze turned towards her, and he stared at Eshika for a while without saying a word, his expression giving away that he seemed to see through her thoughts.

After a moment, Kallian stood up, lifting himself from the desk.

The difference in height became more apparent as he had been sitting.

“I called you to give you a warning.”

Kallian’s lips parted, and a cold voice echoed.

Eshika remained standing, her expression unchanged.

“You may not have intended to intervene in the matters of women, but if all the maids stop working, rumors might spread, tarnishing Klaus’s name.”

“….”

Yurie lowered her head even further.

She couldn’t hide her smile any longer.

“And there are rumors that you, Eshika Klaus, including your friend Yurie Anesys, have been harshly mistreating the duke’s maids.”

“…Oh, really?”

Eshika chuckled, feigning innocence.

Kallian narrowed one eye at her nonchalant reaction.

Is Eshika Klaus just acting?

However, Kallian had no intention of joining in on Eshika’s acting anymore.

“Especially Yurie’s legs… are said to be speechless.”

On that note, Eshika silently agreed.

Considering how relentlessly Leona wielded the cane, there must have been severe scars left behind.

Eshika might have even rubbed salt into the wounds, ensuring clear scars.

“So what?”

“Eshika.”

Even with Eshika’s reaction, which didn’t seem serious, Kallian called her name, furrowing his eyebrows.

And in a low voice, almost as a threat, he said,

“Behave appropriately. Your misdeeds have gone too far.”

Eshika stared at him for a moment in silence.

Then, she shifted her gaze to the window, where the red light was pouring in.

At some point, there were days when she secretly opened the study door and watched Kallian for a long time.

His side profile bathed in the glow of the setting sun looked dreamlike.

Back then, she was sure of that.

After a brief reminiscence, Eshika looked back at Kallian.

“What evidence do you have that I am the perpetrator of those misdeeds?”

Her words gave Kalian pause.

But then he began to chuckle.

What woman in the House of Klaus would abuse commoner maids but Eshika?

“I expected you to say no at the end, but…… you disappoint me once more today.”

Eshika didn’t even twitch an eyebrow at Kallian’s cold words.

Kallian called out to Sella in a gruff voice.

“Sella. Have you brought it?”

Flinching at Kallian’s words, Sella slowly raised her head.

“Yes, Your Grace.”

Her expression looked terrified.