TL: Zimming

The face of Duke Vallua, who confirmed the documents, was pale. He soon threw away the papers and shook my shoulders roughly.

The Duke of Dubbled! Is he going to destroy my family?!

I could feel a sharp gaze from the bushes. Zachary was ready to pop out.

Not now. I told you to pop out when my life is in danger.

He clenched his fist and said.

Do you think I cant handle a mere child!

The Duke of Vallua pushed me. I lost my balance and hit my back against the fountain.

At that moment,

Little miss!

The knights of Dubbled, who came running, aimed their swords at the Duke of Vallua.

Theyre here sooner than I thought.

I thought they would notice as soon as I disappeared, but I didnt know it would be this fast.

Its a little early, but

All right, lets do it!

I burst into tears.

So that everyone in the party can hear it.

Surprised by the sound, people rushed out. The first person to come was my family.

I acted like a scared little child.

Blaine!

Dad raised his voice. He bent his knees and looked at me crying.

Whats going on?

It hurts!

Dads face hardened. Isaac pushed the knights and came to me.

Did he hit you? Huh?!

I nodded quickly, I showed my red shoulder, and pointed at other places as well.

Here, here and here!

I used to be a bluffing king.

I smiled viciously inside, but I looked scared on the outside. If my beggar friends saw me, they would notice my bluffing.

Oh my god

The Duke of Vallua drank too much alcohol

Hes assaulting a child?

The guests were shocked and murmured, as my familys expression became cold.

I turned my body slightly to block Isaac and the Duke of Vallua.

But,

Bastard!

Aunt!

My aunt popped out and unexpectedly caught the Duke of Vallua.

Hitting a child? How dare you?

Oh my god.

My aunt is not really a saint but she never really crosses the line.

When she heard about the incident in which Teramore assaulted Henry, I heard that she was in a hurry and meticulously checked the brothers teacher even though they were in the academy.

However, at a party prepared by my aunt, he assaulted her nephew, behind my aunts back, so it makes sense that she was that angry.

Others were rooting for her.

But you cant!

The Duke of Vallua is very weak.

All he has done in his life is studying or doing dirty work. One punch is enough for aunt, who crossed the wall of life and death as the captain of the White Horse Battalion, to beat him up.

If he gets beaten up, my plan will be!

There were already people who frowned.

They were more amazed to see a noble who was trying to solve the problem with her fists rather than the assaulted child.

Theres going to be a debate from now on. I need to make sure that the public is leaning towards me before my family gets into trouble.

I quickly hung on my aunts waist.

Dont hit him!

Let go, Leblaine! Hes assaulted a child!

If you hit the Duke of Vallua, people might say that Dubbled is a villain family again!

The surrounding became quiet when I shouted.

We didnt do anything wrong, but people think were villains. So you have to think and act carefully. No matter how hard I try, if my aunt hits the duke now, well be called villains againI dont like that. I dont want my family to be bad people.

So now I wont cry even if I get hit. Aunt, dont be angry!

Then some soft-hearted ladies ran to me.

Oh my god, so thats what you thought.

My godmother bent her knees and made eye contact with me.

Child, you dont have to worry about such things.

I cried on the outside, but was smiling inside.

The parents looked at the Duke of Vallua with an angry look.

The Duke of Vallua was surprised by the fact that he was caught assaulting a child.

Do you know what the child of fate told me? If others had heard of it, they wouldnt have been able to control their anger as well!

Godmother hid me behind her back and said to the Duke of Vallua.

What did she say?

She insulted me by saying abusive language! She also said she lent me money, and she wants to put us up for sale right now! She says our family is trash. How dare you!

People looked at me, so I quickly grabbed the skirt of godmother and shrugged my shoulders.

Child, is that true?

I dont know what the Duke is talking about

The Duke of Vallua said similar words when he was caught abusing me in the church.

I have no idea what youre talking about. The bruise on the childs body came from learning horseback riding. My wife and I were surprised to see the wound and banned her from doing horseback riding, but she stole her brothers horses. Its our fault for not being able to watch her carefully, how could I abuse her! You have to say something that makes sense.

At that time, he blamed me for the traces of the whip left on my body, the bruises, and even the hospital records when I was beaten by him.

Thanks to you, Ive learned something, old man.

I looked around and said.

Im learning investment from the chairman. The chairman told me that if I cant pay interest, my house will be taken away. He also told me about Duke Vallua.

So?

Im sad if he doesnt have a house. I know the feeling because I lived in an orphanage once. So before the Duke of Vallua was taken away

So he told you in advance that the Duke might be in trouble.

Yes

People stared at the Duke of Vallua.

He didnt know what to say when I turned the situation around. Right now, people thought that I was a commendable child who thought of his family yet got assaulted when hes drunk.

In addition, as long as I have my father, he could never do anything.

Dad

I called him as he quickly hugged me.

Soon, Vallua was kicked out, being dragged away by the knights.

***

The party ended badly. The guests went home as we returned to the mansion.

The eyes of Dubbleds men were cold after seeing Leblaine, who fell asleep on Javelins lap.

What are you going to do with that bastard?

Isaac asked in a grumpy voice.

The two dice rolling in Duke Dubbleds hands stopped.

Henry opened his mouth after covering Leblaine with a blanket.

Its not enough to tear off his limbs. Im going to dig out his eyeballs and make him beg with his knees on the floor in front of my younger sister.

Although Henry is a cruel man, he has never shown such anger.

Its because Henry, the victim of the Teramore assault, was well aware.

The assault wasnt just the literal meaning of the word. It was both a shame and a shackle that couldnt be shaken for life.

Johann said,

They dared to touch our family in our mansion.

The boys eyes became darker.

We must destroy them so that they cannot even think of aiming for her again, and also destroy their honour.

Duke Dubbleds eyes shone dangerously in the dark.

***

When I woke up the next day, the situation outside was pretty chaotic.

I scratched my head while in pajamas.

The Duke of Vallua was robbed?

At dawn, Dubbleds accounting officer, Shugon, and administrators, came to them.

Shugon is Henrys staff. It must be Henry.

As expected of Henry. Hes quick at handling things.

I laughed and got out of bed.

Yesterdays assault was a big deal!

Is it something to be happy about? There may be more to handle in the future.

Who cares? Theyll take care of it cleanly everytime.

This is one of the best things about being the daughter of a powerful family!

Then all I have to do is find evidence that the Duke of Vallua has created Mireille and summoned the devil.

Okay, lets go see Lane now.

Yes.

We quickly finished preparing and headed to Lanes mansion.

After visiting Lanes mansion the other day, I realized that I needed a hidden passageway so that no one could see me.

Thus, a secret passageway was built directly into the library of Lanes mansion.

At the end of the passage, there was a loud sound of conversation.

How could you do this to me?!

It is the voice of the Duchess Vallua.

Debt? Thats ridiculous! They were gifts from you to me!

Of course, there are gifts. But Ive never given you any gambling money.

Lie! You are trying to trick me from the beginning. You colluded with Dubbled, didnt you? I didnt even do anything wrong to you!

The words reminded her of something in the past.

What did I do wrong to raise something like you?

How can people in that family be so consistent with their words?

I gathered my divine power. Soon, an invisible line appeared, the face of the Duchess of Vallua, who was pale and tearful in front of Lane, was seen.

I didnt do anything wrong!

She hit me.

She put rotten food in my mouth just because she was angry, and she whipped me when I threw up.

She made me hide in the closet.

She made me eat a moldy bread.

Ah! She also made it sinful for me to breathe, to walk, to sleep, to live.

I felt like my eyes were turning red.

The chairman took my hand.

Little miss.

I barely come back to reality with the warmth I felt on my fingertips.

Your biggest sin is that you think you didnt do anything wrong.

When Lane said with a cold expression, the Duchess of Vallua was startled.

Si, sir Please feel sorry for me. I might be kicked out of the family. My husband, my sons, I!

You shouldnt have believed in other people from the beginning.

Wh,what?!

Poor mouse. You have to doubt other peoples favors. Its bad of you not to doubt why people done that kind of favor for you, when theyre not even your family.

You have to doubt other peoples goodwill. Its bad of you not to doubt why Ive done that kind of favor to you, whos not even my family.

!

The duchess sat down with a pale face as she sobbed.

Public opinion was on my side, and behind my back, I have a lot of strong supporters, I also have strength and money in my hands.

I said to the chairman.

Lets go find the Nogak.

Ill show them whos the real devil.

Now its time to put the devilish Valluas under the guillotine.

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