Chapter 33 - True Feelings (2/2)
“There are a lot of rich people who are surrounded by lovers, so this is not a crime in itself, but Duke, you thought you cherished Her to the extent that you proposed a contract with me and yet, it is disappointing.”
His gaze is averted but, I say this while still glaring at the Duke’s face. I declared it with a breather! Fu, it is refreshing.
“Viola……”
The Duke, perhaps to give a rebuttal, returns his gaze to me and opens mouth when.
“Ahahahahaha!!!”
Earth-shattering light-hearted laughter abruptly resounds in the entrance way.
Everyone is startled at this abrupt thing and converge their gazes in the direction of that laughter. There is Calendula who has been silently listening to me and the Duke’s back and forth.
Her mouth is concealed by the fan but, she is holding her stomach in extreme amusement and laughing greatly. Certainly the roar of laughter was this.
“Ca… Calen?!”
The Duke is surprised, his eyes are blinking.
“I wonder what happened?”
“I don’t know?”
Me and Dahlia’s eyes meet and make eye contact. On the opposite side Mimosa is also flabbergasted but, only Lotus is standing calm (no, rather in coldhearted-butler-mode) as always.
In such a surrounding atmosphere Calendula is unconcernedly crying and laughing.
“Ah~, is it amusing! Cercis, your feelings are not being conveyed to Mistress in the slightest!!”
Surely she is insane?! Or so we thought, but it seems like the situation was that Calendula was filled with laughter at the Duke and I’s difference in communication. Thank goodness.
While wiping her tears that have seeped out from laughing too much with her pretty finger,
“What is this difference in communication! Ah-I ended up laughing strangely. Sorry, Cercis. I dislike incompetence. I wonder when such incompetence was reached?”
“Haa?!”
Again the Duke is startled at Calendula’s sudden change and now he is suddenly recognized as incompetent so, his beautiful face is stiffened from the shock. He has probably not been told such things until now so, I estimate it did considerate damage. My condolences.
“Such an incompetent you, from here I refuse. You say you break up with me? It is laughable. Such a effeminate man, Mistress, I gift this present!”
Saying this Calendula looks in my direction.
“No, no, no, no”
I express ‘no’ while energetically crossing my hands in front of my body then,
“Ahahaha! Your Wife also said she has no need from you! What to do? Cercis. Well, at best you will have a hard time not breaking up with your Wife! Even though you, Wife, is such a pretty, interesting and level-headed person, you are wasteful.”
Again seemingly in amusement her body twist and, she holds down her stomach. The roar of laughter does not stop.
“Calen!”
“Well, anyhow, my love and everything else for Cercis has completely disappeared by being shown this incompetent appearance! I will quickly go from this place. Ah, the dresses and jewellery I will receive instead of consolation money. Well then, Mistress, I give my best regards for later!”
Huh? Huh? No way, she is passing the whole thing onto me, doing nothing herself?!
“Huh? Sweat-heart is……”
“As I have been so far, I will make a living as a dancer so it is okay. It is not necessary to worry. Women are courageous things,”
*broad grin*, this smile is a dark smiling face. Uh huh, it seems she will be okay.
And then Calendula elegantly puffs out her dress hem and turns back, with a unhesitating manner of walking, she proceeds to gallantly go out of the door where Mimosa is waiting, holding it open. Aah, surely she has gone with the wind!
……the Duke is left behind.
He is certainly dumb-founded. I have beaten the hell out of him, Calendula has also beaten the hell out off him. Now there is no chance to stand up. It seems he is in the depths of shock.
He is so shocked his complexion is also, is passing from blue to white. He has transformed into a petit maimed man.