Chapter 4 (1/2)

-Chapter 4-

Even if Maribelle had lived the future and came back to the past, her personality did not change very much.

“Sister said she will not be going to the Emperor’s birthday party. Right, sister?”

“Did I say that, Arinel? I want to go.”

She simply just became less affectionate.

Even in the past where Maribelle got murdered by Arinel, she was not stupid nor did she not have a purpose. She was just swayed along a lot. Maribelle just was not able to be more harsh with Arinel.

For example, a few days before Maribelle returned to the past. Arinel suggested that Maribelle did not attend the party.

-Sister, what do you think about not attending the party and just resting at home? You don’t like crowds.

-….Do you think that would be for the best?

-Yep. Stay at home.

-Okay then.

Maribelle knew that Arinel was tying her down at home without a good motive, but she did not deliberately oppose things that Arinel wanted. Because Arinel wanted it. It was okay with just that thought.

However, the situation was different now.

Maribelle no longer wanted to turn a blind eye away from the visible hidden plans of a child whose head was not dried of its blood yet by just staying still and suffering. She had already lived enough while suffering in her previous life.

After that day, Arinel’s words became more bold. Before, only when Maribelle was not there she would talk behind her back, but now she began to put Maribelle into a predicament even when she was in the same room.

‘It’s a shame, but your actions are too thoughtless.’

“What? Sister, why would you go to the part!”

Arniel banged/smacked the table without realizing it. It was an uproar unsuited for the quiet setting of the dining table; however, Maribelle’s gaze had not time to stay on Arinel. Maribelle calmly spoke to her uncle, Lorentz.

“Uncle, I will soon reach the marriageable age now. I think that I should slowly start looking for a marriage partner since I have been with the family for a long time. Wouldn’t it help the family for me to go to the party and broaden connections?”

Of course this was a lie. ‘For the family?’ Why would she care about such useless things?

On the day Maribelle returned to the past and slapped Arniel, she made up her mind.

‘The things I suffered, I’ll return it to you in exactly twice the amount.’

She still remembered the moment she closed her eyes with hatred and desire for revenge. She trusted and she loved. Even if the whole world turned their backs on her family, she would have been on their side.

But who would have known? The family she so loved and followed had gotten rid of her like that.

The people who took Maribelle’s positions, inheritance, and even her life. With her hot desire for revenge, she felt like she could even bite a knife at this moment.

‘I don’t have power.’

But she had no way. The temporary head position was already completely given to Lorentz and Arinel and Vittoria had long turned their backs on her.

‘Why should I do?’

While contemplating, something passed through her thoughts. The reason why she thought of it was because Arinel had gone around singing about it before.

It was the birthday of the Emperor.

The Emperor who sat on the throne currently was a young emperor who wiped out his younger brother and other related forces to ascend to the throne. It was, Etherland Reghina Feopil. He was a skilled emperor who ended the conquest of war that continued from the reign of the preceding emperor, but he was a person who always had the stigma of a tyrant following him due to his cruelty.

If the number was wrong he would mercilessly cut heads, and he was a man who obtained all the power into his hands within one month of this reign. Feopil’s tyrant.

This man who was the center of attention was the unrequited love of Arinel.

‘Although she did not win him in her previous life.’

Arinel failed to obtain Etherland’s heart. Begging to spend even just one night with him, she borrowed the power of Lorentz, the Duke of Edenberg to crawl into his bedroom,

–When did my bedroom become a barn for a dog-pig?

But all she got was those words and her neck she barely managed to preserve. The one who comforted the crying Arinel was of course Maribelle.

Maribelle thought that this incident probably didn’t not also influence Lorentz’s conspiracy to commit treason. His daughter he raised with gold and jade had been shamed and returned like that so what parent would not have a grudge.

Maribelle dragged her nail on the dot of ink that dropped on the paper. The tips of her nails became dyed black.

‘The Duke of Edenberg will soon rebel against the emperor.’

This was the one fact Maribelle knew after returning to the past. After returning to the past, Maribelle realized that about the 1 year she lived in the future, she could not remember the exact details. But thanks to Arinel who blabbered while Maribelle was dying, Maribelle at least knew the reason why she had to die.

Lorentz joined the rebellion, Arinel assisted, and she herself died because she found out.

So then what would be the method most suited to get revenge for this time’s ending? The answer was clear.

‘I have to see the Emperor.’

It was to meet the emperor, Etherland, and inform him about the treason and have him purge the people of this house in exchange. Isn’t it the best way for them to be defeated because of what they planned?

And just perfectly, isn’t there a good opportunity to do so?

‘Wouldn’t I be able to see him if I attend the party?’

It was the Emperor’s birthday party. Although it is not an easy thing meeting a powerful person like the emperor, at the very least she should be able to talk say a few words to him.

The previous Maribelle was not able to attend the party due to Arinel’s interventions, but it was not the case this time. She tried to convince Lorentz by using her marriage as an excuse, but Lorentz was more simple than she anticipated.