“Even though I haven’t done anything?”
“I know best that you’re not the culprit, Count. You’ve been down here with me long before the Duke of Swabia was murdered. Don’t worry. Even if you are taken away, I will testify earnestly as a witness that you are innocent. But anyway.”
“But anyway?”
Hannah stopped mid-sentence and her gaze shifted to Valery.
“……Valery isn’t his biological daughter, right?”
“Whose?”
“Duke Albrecht’s.”
“What…….?”
“You don’t know how surprised I was when I saw Valery standing near the Duke. The two of you looked so alike.”
“Really?”
It wasn’t just my imagination.
“…….”
“Why are you staring like that?”
“Do you really not remember?”
“Remember what?”
“Well, since the mother doesn’t remember who the father of her child is…”
“……I really wish I could remember.”
The memories before I became Celeste. If only I had those memories, all of this would be clearer.
“Wait, Count.”
“Yes?”
“If the mother doesn’t know… why not ask the father?”
“……What?”
“Didn’t you feel it? The way the Duke looked at you and Valery wasn’t ordinary.”
“What.”
“I’ve learned something by sending off five of my sisters. The shameless aura and intuition from those taking away my precious treasures.”
“……”
“Now that I think about it, I’m even more suspicious. Why would Duke Albrecht come here in person? Even if it’s an imperial order from the Emperor to find the murderer of the Duke of Swabia, a noble next in line to the Emperor wouldn’t normally come to such a rural area. He could have just sent his knights or investigators.”
Hannah was deep in her own thoughts.
“It’s clear, Count. If the Duke comes tomorrow, I will try to find out about your past with him.”
Is something wrong with her eyes?
From my experience, when Hannah has that look, nothing can persuade her.
This is a big problem.
My fears inevitably became reality.
I looked back and forth between the woman beside me and the man across from me. A tense standoff had been ongoing for an hour.
“Phew…….”
Yesterday, Carl and I sat facing each other at the same table again, with representatives beside us.
This is not looking good. On our side, there were only me and Hannah, while the other side seemed to have at least a dozen people.
One, two, three, four… As I secretly counted the knights, I quickly pretended to be distracted when my eyes met Carl’s.
I don’t know why my heart flutters every time I meet Carl’s eyes, especially when I haven’t done anything wrong.
The Duke Albrecht, who came to my house with knights as soon as the day broke, nullified all the defenses Hannah and I prepared with just one gesture. How?
“Let me repeat, this is a warrant with the Emperor’s seal.”
That warrant. Yes, that warrant! It completely silenced Hannah, the genius lawyer. It was stamped by the Emperor himself – what could a mere aide say against it?
The only evidence proving I was in Urentum during the Duke of Swabia’s murder was testimony from those around me. Therefore, any claim to the right not to be forcibly taken away lost its power.
But Hannah was still trying to hold her ground.
“The warrant states that if you do not comply with the investigation team’s summons, they are authorized to enforce it.”
A large man, constantly mirroring his superior’s expression, stood right next to Carl and pushed the warrant forward. What was that man’s name again?
“I’m not refusing to comply with the investigation. However, we need to discuss the date and place…”
“Given the nature of the case, we must proceed with the investigation as soon as possible. That’s why we obtained a warrant with the Emperor’s seal.”
“But that’s no reason to rush. We should conduct a thorough and careful investigation, especially given the gravity of the situation.”
Hannah is doing well.
Facing down such a large man with a cold and stern face, anyone else might have cowered, but our Hannah didn’t flinch.
Of course, her physique isn’t one to easily back down. Go Hannah, don’t give up. Our Hannah is the best.
I silently, yet fervently, cheered for Hannah in my heart.
As the two representatives of each faction argued unyieldingly, Carl observed the situation silently, his brows deeply furrowed in thought.
“……When did you get married?”
His voice was so low I thought I had misheard.
“What?”
It was a soft voice, but it was enough to halt Hannah and the man’s conversation. The sudden, out-of-place question caught everyone off guard, including me, and all eyes in the room turned our way.
“I don’t recall hearing any news of a wedding from the Louisette family.”
The question was clearly about Valery.
An abrupt and unfriendly question, with its core meaning clear only to me.
No, wait. Our quick-witted Hannah…also seemed to catch on to Carl’s intentions and started signaling to me.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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