Leverticia grabbed his uncle’s neck and looked down at him coldly. He had to try not to break his neck because his hands were too strong.
It was really easy to see the face of my uncle who turned on the lights and asked for money every month.
People nearby got up and shouted at the sudden commotion. “Gee, what are you doing now!”
But Leverticia did not budge and muttered coldly.
“I am the leader of the White Silver Knights of the Imperial Family, Leverticia Celsier.”
“Is it an imperial knight? No, that rabid?”
“Shut up, guard! Hurry up and get this guy…!”
“All those guarding the front door are stunned, so don’t give up. If you don’t want them all to die, get out of here right now.”
“Hey!”
People left in an instant at the sight of her sad blue eyes.
Her notoriety on the battlefield was also famous among these underground gamblers. The inside of the gambling hall became empty after a while.
When everyone was gone, Leverticia released Baron Wilfred’s neck and grabbed him by the collar.
Contrary to his violent behavior, his voice was soft, as if singing a lullaby. “You lied to me, uncle.”
“My, what lie did I tell you! Rather, you dare to be in a position to be like this to me! You have forgotten what you owe me!”
“debt. Yes, debt.”
Leverticia smiled and pulled her neck even harder.
“Did you forget why I was paying off that beggar debt?” “Ugh, you, you!”
“It was all for my family, not to finance my uncle’s gambling. But to say that I lied about the death of my parents, the liver is so-big.”
Leverticia let go of the hand holding him. The baron fell to the floor and took a deep breath.
Immediately, a handkerchief was pushed in front of the baron. To be precise, the embroidery pattern embedded in the handkerchief.
“What is this….”
“It’s a birthday present my mother made for me ten years ago.” “Bird, a birthday present?”
“yes. Do you remember, Uncle? The day my parents died in a carriage accident was just two days before my birthday.”
She still remembers it vividly.
The day I looked forward to the most, the time I heard the worst news.
Although she was speaking with a smile, her eyes were darkened as she recalled the memories of that day.
“My uncle told me that my parents had a wagon accident while they were buying my birthday present.”
“Ugh. that is….”
“But it’s really weird. The store owner said he only placed an order and no one came to pick it up that day. So, except that my uncle lied to me?”
“not! He wasn’t buying a present, he was on his way to….”
“I was on the way, so it was late and the surroundings were very dark, so there was a big accident. You don’t seem to remember what you said.”
“Well, then maybe I have prepared several presents for you. I went to buy something other than that handkerchief!”
“Uncle.”
Her expression, which had maintained a smile on the outside, turned cold in an instant. A cold tone poured out, as if he was annoyed to even mix words.
“The Ethel clothing store, which made this handkerchief, is located in the Plaza de Leshid, two hours away by carriage from the Selcière mansion.
Uncle, are you saying that my parents went all the way to the plaza and left the gift we had reserved and just came? Two days before your birthday?”
“that….”
The baron’s eyes lost their mind and fluttered. But as soon as he was about to shake off his fear, he shouted louder and more confident.
“What do you mean by that? How dare you tell me about just one present…!”
“That’s one present.”
Leverticia muttered in a very happy voice.
“yes. Let’s start with one gift. But with this, I found that there was a contradiction in my parents’ deaths.”
In fact, she also felt the question of her parents’ death. At one time, I did research on my own to resolve the question.
However, the traces related to the death of their parents had completely disappeared as if someone had intended them.
Even if it was an accident, the traces of death could not be left behind.
The imperial investigator who conducted the investigation at the time, the remaining evidence, and even the witnesses.
The investigator stumbled and rolled down the stairs to death, and the investigation log for the accident said that the maid made a mistake and fell into the fireplace. The soldiers on that day, who were escorting their parents, were all ill and headed to their distant hometown.
If the ledgers of Ethel’s clothing store had not been defiled by Baron Bellast, and the handkerchief had been delivered safely then, this
embroidery might also have disappeared without reaching her hands.
On the contrary, after ten years, she returned far away, so this embroidery was delivered to her safely.
This was the first and last conviction left for her. “What more can I learn from this, Uncle.”
“….”
“Once you find out, what do you think you will do?”
Baron Wilfred’s body trembled like an aspen tree at Leverticia’s words, as she smiled and recited each letter.
Eventually, he couldn’t contain his fear, and he pointed at her and spit out abusive language.
“You, you, you… This is like garbage! Dare not knowing grace, me, me…!”
“Grace. I have no idea what kind of grace you are talking about.”
“Didn’t I raise you, take care of you, and even pay off your family’s debts!”
“ah. Do you call the act of multiplying our debt by several tens or hundreds of times and putting us on the brink of grace? Usually they call it usury.”
“You cheeky-!”
The baron couldn’t stand it and waved his hand towards her. But she was no longer the child she was ten years ago.
Leverticia just tilted her head slightly to avoid his hand. The baron, unable to control his arm with strength, leaned forward and fell forward.
“Ok!”
It looked very ugly.
He looked up at her with bloodshot eyes, his face reddened.
“You, you, do you know how much you dare to touch? You will regret it! certainly!”
“Do not worry. I am already regretting it.”
Why didn’t I dig into it more like crazy right away? I should have dug up my parents’ graves to find evidence.
If so… Like Rudel.
Leverticia clenched her fists.
It felt like one side of my heart was being squeezed tight.
Rudel Celsier. Her precious little brother and the only family left. And it was her rebellion.
‘Sister, I’m so scared, huh. Let’s just drop us all and run away! My uncle, my family, and everything… I can do it because my sister is strong. Let’s run away and stay just the two of us, huh?’
If only I had listened to Rudel then.
It was one of the regrets deeply etched in Leverticia’s heart.
My uncle was bitter towards her until the very end. He poured all kinds of curses on her.
When the curse was directed at Celsior and Rudel, Leverticia picked up a gambling chip that was nearby and threw it at him.
threw… It was not possible to express all the madness with simple words.
A small chip made by carving out a piece of wood had pierced the floor right next to Baron Wilfred’s head and slammed into it. The baron hiccuped in surprise, forgetting that he was shouting at the back of evil.
“… Thanks to him, do you dare to speak his name on a subject that is still alive and neck?”
There is no longer a child who was hanging on his chunky ankles and begging for the rescue of Celsior and Rudel.
The reason she changed this way was simple. That’s what ‘he’ taught.
‘Ask if you jump in. If threatened, bark louder. If you dare to covet yours, never let it live.’
‘Use whatever you need. enemy or evil. Even if it’s good intentions, it doesn’t matter.’
The will of the dead is so terrifying.
There are no people, but only that voice is engraved in my head like a stigma and cannot be erased. Now I can’t even correct that.
If I had known this would happen, I would have never let him die, even if I had to die.
Leverticia smiled bitterly. ‘I told you to use anyone.’
Her footsteps were heading towards a place she had recently become quite accustomed to.
*
It was noon when the sun was shining the brightest.
In the quiet and solemn atmosphere of the dining room, no laughter or even words came out.
A well-prepared meal was served one after another on the table. The maids put down the plates very carefully and stepped back.
Soon, the dinner time was so quiet that even the rattling of the dishes was unacceptable.
“father.”
It was Nsody who broke that silence.
The hand of Duke Everett, who was moving the knife, stopped suddenly. He looked at Nsody with only his eyes moving.
All the maids who had retreated in the back swallowed their breaths in surprise.
NSODY, who has lived in this house for 25 years, couldn’t have been unaware of the tacit rules of this mealtime.
The Duke of Everett was the one who hated situations that were out of his control or against the rules he had set.
But Nsody ignored it and continued to speak.
“What happened to that little boy from Baltail?” “… What do you mean?”
Duke Everett opened his mouth.
“Didn’t you say that you are very vigilant and do not trust the imperial family, so you can never listen to the emperor’s orders?”
“It did.”
“But look at the results.” widely.
Nsody put down the fork in her hand and spit sharply.
“He obeyed the Emperor’s orders. I swore to inherit my father’s will and become the Imperial Dog. Like that damn dog!”
Nsody’s voice grew stronger. A yellow flame flashed in his eyes.
Even Violetta, who was sitting on the other side in the atmosphere like a piece of thin ice, looked restless.
Duke Everett looked silently at Nsody and shook his head.
“The plan went awry.”
“My father’s plans are always like this.”
“Unfortunately, the biggest blemish of my plan was you. Nsody.” The peacock said in a stern voice.
“I had no doubts that you could control the rabies a little bit more, but I don’t think you’d be this far behind….”
“Am I lagging behind that rabbi?”
“So, it’s not like we lost badly in this bet.” A long sigh escaped Duke Everett’s mouth.
“The knights you lead were beaten unilaterally by his knights, and the banquet escort was taken away and pushed out.”
“that…!”
“I heard you had a fight with that rabbi.”
It wasn’t a matchup, it was just an emotional fight, but Duke Everett deliberately called it that way to scratch Nsody’s pride.
“There must have been plenty of opportunities during Dalian. A chance to somehow get him out of the banquet.”
“How is it? Do you mean to even kill a rabid dog in the Imperial Palace?”
“It was meant to be something like that.”
Duke Everett cut the steak on the plate with the knife in his hand. Watching the flesh of the meat cut into pieces was particularly creepy.
“Anyway, he can’t touch you. The only thing he possesses, from a humble background, is his ignorant power and the improvised emperor’s feeble favor. Knowing that I can’t touch you carelessly, I must have done a moderate match for anger. However-”
The peacock’s knife stopped suddenly.
“On the contrary, it was a sufficient opportunity for you. A chance to kill him.”
“….”
“He has the power, wealth, and everything that is as dusty as that, so why are you on par with it, or rather being pushed back?”
