The Villain’s Sister Suffers Today

The maid shrugged her shoulders as my gaze reached.

Even so, the small shoulders looked smaller like that.

Bessie's not that small.

‘They look so alike.’

Wouldn't Bessie look exactly like that if she were a dozen years younger than she is now?

I'll believe it even if she is Bessie’s hidden sister. I sighed deeply and said with my eyes closed.

“Look up, Lady. There's nothing more to apologize for. I'll just pretend I didn't get the letter.”

“Duchess.”

It's not because of that a maid named Becky resembles Betsy that I give in this way.

I should proceed with the letter burning ceremony that I couldn't give her when I get back. Bessie's gonna love it.

“Thank you very much for your compassion, Duchess.”

“I, I, too… very grateful.”

“You should go and reflect on yourself.”

“……yes, I'm sorry.”

The maid hesitated, bowed her head and left the seat.

Alice followed the maid who was distracted and soon headed for me.

Alice bowed her upper body again and again.

“Thank you very much. She was a very…… dear child. She looks like that, but she's usually smart. She had been working here for a long time.”

Normally, it would have been a story that I wouldn't be interested in, but her face resembling Bessie was the source of the fire.

“You must be deeply affectionate to her.”

“She’s just like another family member. Doesn't the Duchess have that kind of person?”

“Yes, there is. She’s really like family.”

“That's why you understood. Thank you so much again. Oh, it's not like this here, but if you don't mind, can I offer you a cup of tea as a token of apology and reward?”

When I came to my senses, I was sitting at a backyard table where tea time was going on with Alice.

‘Um……'

Well, yeah, I'm here for tea time in the first place. I've achieved the desired goal.

The tea is delicious.

“It's an honour to meet you, Duchess, I really wanted to meet you separately.”

“That's right, that's right. It's much more beautiful to see you up close than I've ever seen you from afar.”

Several people were already sitting around the tea time table deep inside the backyard.

What was surprising was that there were quite a few young ladies as well as the wives.

‘I thought they were avoiding Alice.….’

I recalled the atmosphere of the past, which was formed almost around a lady at the party.

Obviously, if something happens with Alice, the wife's side will be more hurt than the young one.

Of course, it's just the case.

‘I think it was some public opinion that I saw at the party.'

I looked up at Alice, the host of this tea time party.

She lifted a teacup and savoured the scent, and when her eyes met with me, she smiled brightly and cleanly. Like the pure white dress, Alice wore today.

At this point, I had no choice but to admit it.

It was an illusion.

‘No, you're a personality wrecker.'

Until I arrived here, I was suspicious of Alice's character.

To be honest, it was almost certain.

The conversation I overheard in the middle of the stairs also inflated suspicions.

‘I thought it was intentional because she publicly replied to Count Evida's letter of marriage proposed.’

She must have known the consequences of her reply as soon as she arrived at the Count’s mansion, but I wondered if she had intended it.

For fun, she intended.

But when I arrived, I saw Alice, and all of that was ridiculous.

She was taking care of her maid a while ago, and the way she looks at me now.

‘What is so bad about her personality?'

Rather, it is the opposite. Alice in front of me seemed to be a thoughtful and calm person wherever she looked.

I swallowed tea and sighs together.

All right, I admit it. It was hasty.

I guess it was for the public good that she replied publicly. Well, I might have decided that I'd rather split up than live with a man who sends a letter of marriage to a woman who could be his daughter instead.

“In fact, the biggest reason I became suspicious was the letter that arrived in front of me a little while ago, but…….’

It was a maid's mistake that only thought of her lady.

I drank another cup of tea with remorse.

I'm sorry for doubting her anyway. I'll replace the apology with an empty teacup.

“Look at this coveted hair. How do you usually manage it?”

“What about your smooth skin? It's like it's glowing.”

“Isn't it because you're loved? They say that being loved is the key to being pretty.”

Really? Then, is Ash so handsome because of my overflowing love?

No, by the way, were they still talking about me? I thought about something else.

I didn't really want to be the main character in this place. I can give that to Alice as much as she wants.

I tried to change the subject around Alice because I was curious about something.

It was then.

“You can't go in here…”

“Let go!”

I heard a sharp sound. It was near the entrance of the backyard.

A woman appeared as soon as her eyes naturally gathered in one place.

“…….fren?”

Someone in the seat took out an unfamiliar name.

The woman with a yellow dress and multi-brown hair did not look there even though her name was called.

She came to the table in a heartbeat without anyone stopping her.

Then she immediately picked up any teacups and poured them over Alice's head.

“Kyaaa!”

“Lady Danekier!”

What is it?

I stopped moving because I was surprised. Some people jumped up from their seats.

“You wicked bastard! It's all because of you! Because of you, Reina……..!”

“What the hell are you doing? Lady Deida!

A couple of women from both sides held the lady who poured the tea before she could hit Alice’s cheeks.

“Oh, Lady Danekier. Are you all right?”

A lady, sitting next to Alice, was restless and took a handkerchief out of her arms.

Amid the confusion, a familiar name caught my ear.

‘Reina?'

“Let go! If it weren't for her! If it weren't for that wicked thing, she wouldn't have been like that!”

“Wake up, Lady Deida! How could it be the fault of Lady Danekier?”

“Even if you vent your anger, go to Confucious Mora and do it!”

Oh. I remembered.

Raina Witten.

Alandga Mora's ex-lover.

She was adopted by Baron Witten and engaged to Alandga Mora after the poisonings.

I frowned between my eyes. Reina wouldn't have been that way she said. Is she simply talking about being broken up? Otherwise…….

At that time, servants rushed into the backyard.

Instead of the ladies and the wives, the servants grabbed the woman so she couldn’t move.

“I'm sorry, my lady.”

“We should have stopped it from happening earlier…….”

“Let me go! Let me go! Can't you hear me? Let go of me, you little junk!”

With both arms held, the woman struggled and shouted wildly. Many of the seats were frowned upon and covered their mouths.

I didn't say much, but I wondered what everyone might think.

The servants also stiffened their facial expressions and gave strength to their hands as if they were trying to pull the woman out in a hurry.

At that moment, however, a calm voice split the air.

“Let her go.”

“What?”

“Let her go. Come on.”

Alice, who had only roughly wiped the tea off her face, raised her body.

All eyes were on her.

“Lady.”

“Lady Danekier?”

“Come on, let her go.”

“But….”

“Are you not going to listen to me?”

In repeated orders, the servants hesitated and reluctantly let go of the hand that arrested the woman.

As soon as the woman was released, she rushed at Alice.

“Lady…….!”

It was right after someone screamed. Alice hugged the woman who ran to her.

Alice hugged the woman's body tightly and said.

“I'm sorry.”

“…….!”

“I'm so sorry. You're right. It's my fault.”

“…….”

“No matter what I say, you'll resent it. I know. You can curse and blame me as much as you want. But don't get sick. It's okay to blame and hate me as much as you want, so I don't want you to suffer.”

“I'm sorry.”

Alice's hair and dress were messed up by the tea that threw on her.

No one in the seat could speak.

Even the woman who ran into Alice with a frightening spirit.

There was a natural silence. The silence of the backyard lasted quite a while.

***

“Ash.”

By the end of the tea time, an unexpected face was waiting for me.

“I'm here to pick you up.”

“You didn't have to come.”

I always said things I didn't mean whenever I saw the face of Ash, who I’m always happy to see.

Come to think of it, did I tell him where I was going?

Well, I'm sure I did. I don't care if I didn't anyway.

It's okay if he knows everything I haven't told him.

I joined hands with Ash and exchanged glances in the flower garden and suddenly looked at Alice.

She took a light step back.

Her tea-soaked white dress was changed to something dark and neat.

Alice leaned down when our eyes met. We greeted each other with a slight nod and left the mansion.

I spoke with Ash as we left the mansion site.

“Ash, I must have misunderstood you a lot.”

The scene Alice showed in the backyard was shocking.

Who can hug someone who hates her so much? Even if I could, it wouldn't be very easy.

How can she embrace someone who suddenly pours tea water over your head and is trying to slap you on the cheek?

She was an angel.

The woman, who seemed to tear Alice to death at once, went back to her without making any further fuss.

Alice changed her clothes and came down as if nothing had happened, and tea time went smoothly before it ended.

“How was it?”

“She was just… a very nice person. I went to see her because I thought she was a bad guy.”

“Good for you.”

Is that so? Yes, it is. This is better.

Rather than saying that men were distracted by a woman with a pretty face and a bad temper, she was still a perfect woman with a pretty face and a good personality.

It seems that the current situation in society could be understood a little bit. Of course, it's still hard to completely accept.

By the way, I couldn't confirm two things.

So what happened to Reina, and what was the malicious rumour about Alice?

‘I think I know the latter, but….'

I had a rough idea when I saw a woman named Fren who attacked Alice.

Maybe Alice is a vicious witch and is luring men with a simple trick. That's obvious.

Honestly, I know how she feels, but I don't understand. Aside from what's amazing, there's something wrong with Alice.

It's not a sin to be pretty, and I’m sure she felt cramped. Thinking that way, I felt more amazing about what Alice showed me. She's an angel.

“Ash, since we're out, shall we eat outside then go back?”

I made a suggestion as soon as the carriage passed the restaurant street. Ash's answer was, of course, fixed.

“Whatever you like.”

Hmm. What should I eat? I think there was a famous restaurant near here…….

As I walked, I got out of the carriage to think more about it. But then, I saw people crowded to one side and mumbled.

“…….?”

What is it?

“Hey.”

Even if we just tried to pass by, it was the direction we were going to go anyway. I touched the nearest person in the crowd.

“Oh, who…”

The man turned nervously and came out and saw Ash, and was polite at once.

“……do you have anything to say?”

“What's going on?”

“Oh, that thing. Well, there was a carriage accident.”

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