The Male Lead’s Father Refuses to Break Off Our Engagement

Chapter 61

 

While Cassis went to the Trevisi newspaper office, Evelia, accompanied by Annie and Logan, headed to Count Venion’s residence.

However, when she entered the mansion, the first person she encountered was neither Count Venion nor Derek Venion.

“It’s been a while, Evelia.”

“Catherine….”

Catherine could not hide her displeasure at Evelia’s muttering.

“Catherine? You should call me Lady Baron Eaters.”

Yes, she was right, the original Evelia had called Catherine ‘Lady Baron Eaters’. The reason was, of course, that Evelia was an illegitimate child.

However, Evelia now had no desire to call Catherine so politely. She asked in a new tone.

“Is there a need to be so formal between relatives?”

I thought Catherine would get angry if I said this. However, Catherine briefly said, ‘You…’ She raised her voice and then answered calmly.

“Well, that’s right. Besides, you will soon become the Duchess Adelhard.”

Although the remark was clearly sarcastic, Evelia was not provoked.

Then, something caught her eye.

‘Pink hair?’

There were a few strands of pink hair mixed in among Catherine’s red hair. Normally, I would have thought that the color at the ends of her hair had faded, but considering what had happened recently, I couldn’t say that it was simply a faded color.

That means…

‘It must be Catherine.’

Catherine wore a wig and impersonated Evelia.

Samuel changes his appearance so easily with magic that you don’t really notice it, but the magic that changes his appearance is expensive.

There was no way Catherine would have bought such a potion or artifact just to frame Evelia.

Of course, it could have been an absurd assumption. However, considering the circumstances, it was highly likely that Catherine was impersonating her.

She had to keep it as secret as possible, so she couldn’t have someone else do it, she had to do it herself.

Catherine, who noticed that Evelia was staring at her hair, Catherine flicked it back.

“Are you here to see the Count? “he Count is out of town right now.”

“No, it’s okay now.”

Evelia walked slowly toward Catherine, each step echoing louder than the last.

Catherine, who was momentarily overwhelmed, took a few steps back, but Evelia grabbed her arm and pulled her tightly.

Evelia whispered in Catherine’s ear.

“Did you have fun?”

“What?”

“Going around pretending to be me.”

Catherine slapped Evelia’s hand away. “Ha,” she laughed.

“I’ve heard rumors that you’ve been leaving the Duke behind lately and doing things like that, and now are you planning to blame it on me?”

Evelia waved her hand off in response to Catherine’s words.

“Well, it doesn’t matter what you think. The truth will come out somehow.”

Evelia glanced down at Catherine, who gave her a fierce look, then turned.

“Let’s go, Annie.”

“Huh? Ah yes.”

Logan said worriedly as they returned to the carriage.

“What if you provoke her like that, and then she doesn’t show up again…”

“That can’t be possible.”

Evelia knew Catherine well. If it were her personality, she wouldn’t back down like this.

There.

“If she’s trying to hide, I have to create a situation where she has no choice but to come out.”

Evelia smiled at Logan, who had an unknown expression.

 

*****

 

Evelia, who returned to the mansion, left Logan and went out with Annie. What she had to do from now on was a secret to both Logan and Cassis.

The place she headed to was a shabby bar on Courtney Street.

As she entered, she recognized Samuel, who was sweeping the floor with a broom.

“I knew you would come. Please come in.”

As soon as Evelia went inside, she started with the main topic.

“You know, right?”

“Yes. There are so many rumors in the capital.”

Samuel, who took off the ring and returned to his original appearance, asked as he twirled the ring.

“It’s probably not true, but I’m asking just in case. You didn’t do this, did you?”

“Of course not, to change my mood like that, I would have had to change my appearance.”

Samuel raised his hands in response to Evelia’s calm words.

“I meant no offense.”

“I know.”

“So are you here to catch the impersonator?”

“Yes. Actually, I think I roughly know who it is.”

“Hoo, who is it?”

Evelia leaned forward and whispered.

“Catherine Eaters. She’s my relative. Count Venion is probably behind it.”

Samuel bowed down and asked again.

“What can I do for you?”

Evelia grinned.

“We need to raid the place.”

 

*****

 

“Do you think she’ll come back?”

Samuel, wearing a white mask, asked. He was currently disguised as a bar manager with brown hair and brown eyes.

On the other hand, Evelia, wearing a green mask, disguised herself with the blonde hair and green eyes that are often seen in the Empire.

“Of course she will come.”

Evelia was sure.

“We set a trap.”

This morning, Evelia announced the Adelhard family’s position to a newspaper other than the Trevisi newspaper.

Evelia Venion never went to the masquerade ball and published an article saying that someone was impersonating her.

Catherine had a personality that hated losing, so Evelia predicted that she would become more proactive after reading the article.

‘She doesn’t want word to get out that she’s being impersonated, so she won’t let anyone else do it, she’ll do it herself.’

So Evelia sent someone to Catherine through Samuel to find out where she was going today. And today, she came directly to the masquerade ball to catch Catherine.

‘Cassis told me not to go by myself because it was dangerous…’

Her opinion was that it would be easier to reveal that Catherine was not ‘Evelia Venion’ if Evelia herself was present at the scene.

Cassis gave permission on the condition that he go along.

“For now, we will wait until the pink-haired person arrives. My lady, please find the Duke and stay with him.”

“all right.”

Evelia decided to leave Samuel and head to a deserted place.

But then, someone grabbed her hand.

It was a man with blond hair and blue eyes.

Evelia struggled to shake off the man’s hand. But the man’s grip was stronger than I thought, so I couldn’t escape.

To make matters worse, the man started taking her to a deserted place.

“This….”

It was when Evelia was thinking of kicking the man’s precious part if she could. The man whispered.

“Shh, it’s me.”

It was a familiar voice.

“Duke?”

The blonde man, Cassis, nodded. Only when they reached a deserted place did they stop walking.

“Oh, that….”

Evelia was so embarrassed that she couldn’t speak.

‘How did you find out?’

I also changed my hair color and eye color. Just in case, I chose a dress that was very different in design from the dresses I usually wear.

Samuel thought the disguise was perfect because he didn’t recognize her when he first saw her.

But how did Cassis recognize her?

Of course, we had decided to meet at the party.

Even if it was to catch the impostor, people would gossip if it turned out that Evelia was at the masquerade party alone.

However, it is different with Cassis. If two people stick together, people won’t have any strange suspicions.

Evelia looked at the unfamiliar blonde and asked in a confused voice.

“Are you really the Duke?”

The man took off his mask. Although the hair and eye colors were different, the face revealed under the mask was Cassis.

Cassis, who put his mask back on, slightly pushed Evelia’s mask up.

He glanced at her exposed face as if checking it and nodded slightly. Evelia couldn’t figure out the reason.

Evelia asked the next question to change the conversation.

“How did you know it was me?”

“Do you think I won’t recognize you?”

I was speechless again at his answer.

‘Isn’t it natural that you don’t recognize me?’

Evelia did not recognize Cassis at a glance. It was natural since his faces were covered with masks and his hair and eye colors were different.

She pursed her lips and then asked again.

“Then how did you find out?”

“Just by looking at it, I can see that it was you.”

“So how does that…”

“That’s not important now.”

He put the mask on his face again and made a serious face.

Even though more than half of his face was covered by a mask, Evelia seemed to be able to read his expression.

“That’s right. We have to catch the impersonator.”

Evelia was escorted back to the hall by Cassis.

The woman, who must have been Catherine, greeted Samuel with great pleasure.

Evelia held Cassis’ hand and headed towards them.