Chapter 54 (1/2)

Chapter 54

The clattering of tableware filled the space

As thenor short, ended, a person came out of nowhere and poured tea into their cups

Glug, glug

Marie’s heart pounded as fast as the tea that was poured into her cup

Thus far, she was the one who usually filled cups with tea She had never been treated well like this

To eat gourmet food like this, to be treated like a VIP like this

She glanced up, and her eyes ain

As time went by, her weak expectations rose

‘Why is he being so nice to me…?’

By chance…

All of a sudden, she recalled a fairy tale that she had read during her childhood It was the story of a poor girlher status at once

Marie’s cheeks flushed as the thought arose

Blushi+ng like that, in her mind, she had already become the main character of that fairy tale

All the while not knowing that the aze

As though sing arsenic, the man watched Marie as she floundered about in her own fantasies

Instead of revealing a cynical sneer, he had a relaxed smile on his lips as he spoke

“So then, you were kicked out without a letter of recoh he felt sorry for her, and at this, Marie nodded with tears in her eyes

“Yes, that’s right Really too hout the ly complained about this and that

What the Valentine family’s nanny did

Just how terrible that woman’s end was

How the servants of the lateral mansion had been locked up for a while and were later sent out of the ducal residence

The man’s question just noas an extension to that conversation

Marie couldn’t say that she had been kicked out for h she’d been framed

Her conscience wasn’t prickled at all, in that moment—

‘Well, it’s not a coht of a plausible excuse for herself, tears flowed down from Marie’s eyes

“Goodness”

The man took out a handkerchief and handed it to Marie

Marie stared at the handkerchief blankly as he held it out to her, but she quickly reached for it in a hurry

“Th… Thank you”

“No need for thanks More than that, you felt so wronged that it brought you to tears You must have had a hard time”

The warm comfort tickled her heart

She felt so much better about his kind solace that, even if she didn’t feel anguished, she made up and inflated the smallest emotion to the point that she wanted to be comforted for it

“The Princess surely said that she would help et penalized for it, so I fastidiously made up my mind and became a whistleblower, but… I didn’t know that she would betray me”

When the word ‘princess’ came out of Marie’s mouth, the man’s eyes flashed in the shadows

However, he soon nodded and responded as if it never happened

“What a wicked woman she is I know that there are two ducal princesses in House Valentine, but who is the one who did that to you?”

“It’s… Ducal Princess Rosetta She wasn’t that vicious, but it’s like she suddenly became a different person…”

“A different person?”

“Yes She turned scary out of the blue and even threatened ruer hear what she was saying

The ot the infor, which he was not interested in

“Rosetta…”

A quiet h the man’s lips

As he recited that unfaue slipped out and licked his dry lips

Marie’s whining continued even as the man’s attention was now elsewhere

There was no response, so her

“I was so sure that she would save me But here, look at me now Milady fooled ic, but I have to continue living”

At the ensuing chatter, the aze went back to the person in front of hiertips headed towards his waist

Reaching up the heer

Marie continued speaking as she did not know

The er

As he flicked off the sheathe with his fingertips, the sharp blade loomed out

However, it ended at that

“Ah, but Princess Alicia has also changed, as if she’s a different person”

Within the noisy chatter, there were a feords that grabbed his attention

“Princess Alicia also changed?”