The Villain Is Obsessed With His Fake Wife

“Why…?”

The whispering of the noble ladies around them became louder. However, Leandro received no response from those around him.

“Estelle, why do you call yourself a villain?”

“I’m a villain, so do I need a reason?”

Estelle smiled brightly.

“I am a villain just because I am a villain. You said that too, right?”

The more Leandro heard the word “villain,” the more his heart tingled. It reminded him of a moment when he just criticized her for her recklessness.

“No. It’s different.”

Leandro cried out in tears.

“I didn’t criticize you because I wanted to, either. I just want to trust those around me more…”

“Leandro! Stop!”

Marchioness Felsis could not stand it any longer and tried to dissuade him. She dragged him along, as if trying to somehow get out of this situation, but she could not force the knight with her noblewoman’s power.

“Mother, please stay still. Aren’t these all mother’s sins?”

Leandro glared at his mother with contempt. At the sight of her son’s sudden behavior and his reproachful glances, the Marchioness Felsis turned as pale as if she were about to faint.

“I, I… Leandro, for your future…”

“Even if it was truly for my future, you shouldn’t have manipulated me maliciously.”

But Leandro’s anger stabbed the Marchioness sharply.

“If you weren’t my mother, I would…”

“What would you have done?”

Estelle stepped in between the two and asked curiously.

“Anyway, why are you acting so strange? Is there something you want from me?”

Leandro swallowed his saliva.

‘What I want from you…’

At first, Leandro wanted to save Estelle, the evil woman. No matter how evil she was, it was pitiful for her to be played into the hands of the vicious John.

‘But…’

This action now went far beyond simple sympathy or knightly duty.

‘I just…’

Leandro recalled the moment he first met Estelle.

* * *

That day was the day Leandro became the youngest person to be knighted. But there was something more important for Leandro that day than his knighthood ceremony. It was about meeting his first love, Yestella.

‘Yestella. I’m coming.’

Leandro and Yestella were engaged when they were young, but they did not have many memories between them. This was because Yestella was often sick when she was young, and when she grew up, Leandro had to go abroad to study abroad to train in swordsmanship.

But still, Yestella was Leandro’s first love that made his heart tremble.

‘That’s not true! Leandro is great. You can tell how hard Leandro is working just by looking at his hands.’

A girl who immediately tried to comfort Leandro’s wounds from their awkward first meeting.

‘I’m glad that someone as wonderful as Leandro is my fiance. But I’m not feeling well… Leandro may have a better betrothal partner,’

Yestella, who shone brightly like the sun on a summer day, gave her first target to Leandro, who was only training as her parents wished.

‘I will be your knight.’

‘Really?’

‘Yes. I will become a great knight who will remain by your side for the rest of your life and defeat even diseases. So please wait a moment.’

Those were childish words.

‘Then I will continue to wait for Leandro to return as a great knight.’

But Yestella truly believed in his oath, and that oath became the boy’s life.

Leandro devoted himself desperately to training to keep his oath. Even the sudden loneliness and hardship was willing if it was for Yestella. In this way, Leandro became the youngest knight, and he was filled with anticipation of meeting Yestella.

‘How much has Yestella grown?’

Time passed until the young boy gave birth to a male womb.

Leandro proudly visited the Duke of Libertan’s residence with a red rose for his lady in his knightly conquest. However, the reaction of the knight guarding the Duke of Libertan’s residence was bewilderment.

“Aren’t you Prince Felsis? Suddenly something happened to Libertan…”

“I came to meet my fiancee.”

The Libertan Dukes were very embarrassed by the sudden visit.

“Please come inside first. I think the lady is in the garden, so I’ll let you see her right away.”

So they made him, his guest, wait in the drawing room for a long time. Leandro, who was having a hard time being patient that day, first went out to look for Yestella in the garden.

It was a sunny summer for her.

The day Leandro last saw Yestella was also such a warm and clear day. Leandro, lost in longing, discovered a girl in a pretty pink rose garden.

‘Yestella?’

Although he could only see her back, Leandro was certain of the girl’s identity. This was because Leandro’s heart began to beat uncontrollably from the moment he noticed the girl’s presence.

“A butterfly?”

At that time, a yellow butterfly flew in and landed near the girl’s shoulder. As the girl turned her head, the butterfly landed lightly on her index finger.

‘Did you grow up similar to back then?’

Although it was a little different from what Leandro had imagined, the girl was still his first love. Her slightly slender figure, her pretty hair that seemed to turn platinum, and her fine features were dazzlingly beautiful. It was the moment when Leandro was about to approach the girl, as if in a pleasant dream.

“Lady Estelle, the master is calling you. He says he has something to warn you about since there is an important guest.”

The servant who came took the girl away.

The butterfly that was near the girl disappeared in an instant. Leandro stood in the garden dazed, as if he had been forcibly awakened from a sweet dream.

“Young master, why are you in this garden…”

“Who is that girl?”

Leandro persuaded the hesitant servant to get the answer he wanted. The answer he received from the employee was truly shocking.

“Actually, Miss Yestella has already passed away from an incurable disease. The person you just saw is Lady Estelle, who was newly adopted by Libertan.”

“But why was the betrothal between Libertan and Felsis maintained?”

“…Isn’t this a union between families? Perhaps the master would like the Prince to continue his betrothal with Lady Estelle in place of the deceased Lady Yestelle.”

As if the shocking death of her first love wasn’t enough, the girl who showed up to take her place.

“How can you think such a terrible thought?”

“Sorry. Lady Estelle is so greedy…”

Leandro felt repulsed by himself for mistaking Yestella and Estelle. So he couldn’t believe it struck him like true love, even if it was only for a moment. However, once his emotions were strong, they did not go away easily.

‘…She must have been pretending to be Yestella on purpose.’

When he thought about it, Estelle was wearing a dress that Yestella had worn in the past. Thinking about it that way, it made sense that Leandro was confused with Yestella.

‘It was a trap to deceive me.’

Since she had decided to do that, he had mistaken Yestella for a completely different girl.

‘Did she really want to take Yestella’s place as my betrothal?’

For Leandro, Estelle’s actions of trying to maintain the engagement without even informing him of Yestella’s death were disgusting and contemptuous.

‘There are limits to insulting the dead.’

As if to justify Leandro’s feelings for her, Estelle happened to be famous as a Libertan villainess.

‘She is a woman who cannot be forgiven.’

* * *

Now that he thought about it, Leandro wasn’t confusing Estelle and Yestella. The more he looked back, the more he realized that the two were very different people. It’s just that the moment he met Estelle, he fell in love with her. He couldn’t admit that he was in love with the pretty girl who was looking at butterflies among pink roses.

“I am… What I want from you is…”

Leandro’s eyes turned red. His lips trembled.

“I would like to ask you one thing. If I hadn’t broken off the engagement back then, wouldn’t things have been different for you and me now?”

At the very least, he tried to confirm Estelle’s truth by calling her name ‘Estelle’. If only Estelle had intended to see Blanchett one more time before she was married off to the Duke.

Countless assumptions about the past continued to pile up.

“Right now, we’re not in a relationship, but if we were, we’d be-”

“There probably wasn’t anything between us.”

“That won’t happen! If we hadn’t broken off our engagement, we would have gotten married naturally.”

Estelle smiled at the corner of her mouth. The same look in her eyes as when she tramples his rose.

“Even if something had changed, the relationship between you and me would still be the same. You are the same person then and now.”

Leandro couldn’t understand Estel’s words. Estelle smiled as she looked at Leandro’s face.

“Look, you don’t know anything, right? That’s why you can’t do it.”

Leandro replied, biting his lip.

“I can not understand. Have I never given you a chance to understand me? Give them at least a chance…”

“I don’t want to do that.”

Estelle smiled as if it was funny.

“You’ve never listened to my situation either.”

“I am-“

“Marchioness Felsis. Even after all this, do you think your son is fine?”

Estelle called out to the Marchioness Felsis, who was on the verge of fainting.

“From now on, it would be better for the Marchioness to educate her own children well before giving advice to others. Honestly, what it looks like right now.”

Estelle said kindly as she looked at the Marchioness and Leandro side by side.

“It’s ugly.”

* * *

Estelle left the charity event with the returning Diana.

“Marchioness Felsis, are you okay?”

Only after the situation was somewhat resolved did the noble ladies approach the now disorganized Marchioness Felsis. The poor son was distraught and went out, and when she came to her senses, the Marchioness was in a daze and she was left in this spot.

‘I can’t believe I suffered such great disgrace…’

The Marchioness, who had never before been disgraced in society, blushed. She forced her hair back to act civilized, but it was already too late.

‘What will everyone think of me now?’

Thinking about what always happened made her feel dizzy.

In social circles, it’s okay to say anything behind people’s backs, but if you do something that goes against your reputation in a formal setting, you’ll be laughed at. The Marchioness had already had all of her mistakes exposed through her son’s words.

“By the way, ma’am.”

One of the ladies holding the Marchioness’s hand gently scratched her insides, pretending to be worried.

“What kind of misunderstanding did you have with Prince Felsis? It breaks my heart to see two people who were originally close to each other fighting.”

“Ah.”

“May I ask what happened in hopes that your relationship will be restored as soon as possible? Everyone will want to hear the Marquis de Felsis’s sincerity.”

The Marchioness blushed among her ladies, who were only waiting for their chance to bring down her self.

“Okay, I don’t think it’ll work out today because it’s hard. I’m not in good health, so let’s go.”

As soon as the Marchioness ran away, the ladies around her started whispering.

“Marquis de Felsis, I didn’t know she was like that. I thought she cared for her son, but she spread unproven rumors.”

“That’s right, I’ve also heard quite a few stories from the Marchioness Felsis, which suggests that it may all be because of her son.”

“No matter how precious my son is, I am disappointed. As a person who emphasized the dignity of a nobleman so much.”

If today’s incident becomes known throughout the social world, everyone will probably be shocked. At that time, a noble lady who had been quiet as if she was thinking deeply opened her mouth.

“By the way, are you saying that all the rumors about Duchess Blanchett were a frame-up?”

“That’s how it goes. I also heard this from the Marchioness Felsis.”

“But you didn’t even see the Marchioness Felsis in person, right? And who did she start the story with?”

The nobles began to become curious about Estelle’s widespread notoriety and the epicenter of that notoriety.

“Now that I think about it, Miss Mireyu Juti, who came forward as a victim…”

* * *

The Kingdom of Royam rented a large banquet hall and gathered people to officially announce the breakup of the engagement. Nadia, who attended the presentation with her mother, looked around her in surprise.

‘There are so many people.’

Perhaps because it was too shocking news to give ahead of a wedding, many nobles were in attendance.

‘What crime did Mireyu commit against the Kingdom of Royam?’

Nadia became even more curious as she thought they would probably make an announcement about that today.

Deng-

A bell signaled the start of the presentation, and Queen Isabella, King Royam’s representative, slowly appeared on the podium.

“Thank you to all the distinguished guests who gathered here.”

Queen Isabella opened her mouth with an expressionless face.

“As you may have heard, the national wedding prepared in the Kingdom of Royam has now been cancelled. Normally, we don’t make announcements like this, but with the wedding just ahead, we felt it was our duty to explain the situation to those of you who were preparing and waiting like us, so we decided to make this event.”

Behind Queen Isabella, Hesse with a sad expression on her face and Mireyu with her head down like a sinner were seen. As if their relationship had not yet split, she was holding their hands affectionately.

“Hessen, it’s your turn.”

“Yes, mother.”

The Crown Prince of Hesse held Mireyu’s hand and stood on her podium. At that time, someone tapped Nadia on the shoulder. Nadia grabbed her shoulder and turned her head. The woman covered in her white veil looked surprised.

“Hey, people like this-”

At that time, a knight came out from behind the woman and stopped Nadia as if protecting the woman.

“Excuse me. Please understand that this is an urgent situation.”

The bluntly speaking knight guided his woman. The woman nodded her head slowly and slowly walked towards her podium.

‘Who on earth are you to leave without even apologizing?’

Dark blonde hair and blue eyes. A white dress that looks noble at first glance.

‘No way-‘

The woman walked briskly, lifting her dress in front of her podium, and she bowed gracefully.

“Hello, royal family of Royam.”

“Who are you? Anyone whose identity cannot be confirmed will not be allowed in.”

Queen Isabella expressed her displeasure with her unidentified guest. Then the knight in front of her cried out to Queen Isabella.

“This is the noble Saint Stella, who has appeared in the Empire for the first time in 100 years.”

People were agitated by the sudden appearance of the saint. This is because this was the first time that the saint of this generation made an official appearance.

“So, why are you here today?”

“The reason I came here…”

Stella took Mireyu’s hands as she walked softly.

“It’s because I don’t want the kingdom of Royam to lose its precious blessings. Currently, this person has the blessing of the royal family of Royam.”

 

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