Chapter 200: Fiona
“Have I made you like me more, Carl?”
I’d never imagined I would ever ask a man a question like this in my life. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
Carl smiled like a gentleman. “I felt sorry for Miss.”
Damn, what’s up with the sympathy.
I sat down on a chair, feeling groggy. With perfect timing, Sigren opened the greenhouse door and came in… Surely, he didn’t hear my question, did he?
When our eyes met, Sigren smiled crookedly. “You’ve never asked me that question, FIona.”
He heard it.
I sighed inwardly, “I’ll ask you later, Sigre.”
“I don’t need it.”
He’s upset. He’s clearly upset.
“So did you get any results?”
“Not at all. Your hypothesis was good, but it seems a bigger problem has arisen.”
“What?”
“That there is no one in this world who would love the original Fiona.”
I felt sad after saying this. Even her parents who gave birth to her did not love her. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
“Sigren, you love me. If someone else came into this body, can you still give love the same way?”
Sigren responded sarcastically, “No way.”
“It’s also impossible to my father, isn’t it?”
“Of course.”
Poor Fiona. I had nothing to say if resented me.
“Ugh…” This was messed up, wasn’t it?
“Let’s do other things first,” Sigren comforted me very kindly.
“For example?”
“Catching the crown prince and Bill Curtis first?”
“That’s not a bad idea. What are we going to do?”
“Let’s reveal that those two did make a play on their own. Then we could think about the Darkness later”
Right, we should solve the problems with the humans we could catch first. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
“How are we going to catch them?”
“We secured the witnesses for now. Some people want to reveal that those two have been manipulating monsters just to make themselves heroes.”
Sigren must have worked hard even when I was around.
Sigren shrugged shoulders lightly, “As usual, when you have a long tail, it would be impossible not to be caught.”
I clapped my hands. Finally, I was going back to my usual job after a long time. I originally specialized in destroying things.
“Very good, Sigren. Oh, let’s work together with Carl too.”
“All right.”
I stood up while holding Sigren’s outstretched hand, and turned my head. “By the way, Carl, if you think, your feelings of liking for me increase, tell me anytime.”
Then, a completely different answer came back from Sigren and Carl.
“Fiona!”
“I will try.”
Um, this guy Sigren. He knew very well that I didn’t mean that way. Why was he so worked up?
“….”
I tapped his cheek. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
***
Just as I was feeling better after thinking about crushing the Crown Prince’s side, I received some very bad news.
“Witness are missing?”
Ugh, so annoying!
Carl’s expression was also not good when he delivered the news.
I asked cautiously. “Are they dead?”
“No body was found.”
“That doesn’t offer much comfort.”
I was worried. Who handled the witnesses? The crown prince would not have done it alone. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
“There are two representative families that support the Crown Prince: Duke Ernest and Marquis Erez.”
Carl replied cynically. “Marquis Erez, to be precise, is on the Empress’s side, while Duke Ernest is more of a lineage-centered mindset.”
Ah, indeed. That was why they hated Sigren so much.
“Then, that means the family that is cooperating with the crown prince is Duke Ernest?”
“It could be both families.”
I inadvertently ruffled my hair. “Wow, I think I’m going crazy.”
We couldn’t just destroy the representatives of the empire’s dukes and marquises on mere suspicion. If we did that, it would be the beginning of a struggle between families. We couldn’t escalate things to that level. “What do we do now?”
“If it’s something beyond your authority, that means you could leave it to others.”
“Someone else?”
Carl’s eyes narrowed. It looked like he was planning something. When I looked at him like this, he resembled Sigren.
Carl opened his mouth in a flamboyant manner. “Miss, isn’t there someone around you who is qualified for this job?” Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
***
Abel Heilon swung open the door to a drawing room.
“It’s been a while, Duke Ernest.”
Duke Ernest, who was in the drawing room, was so startled that he almost fell over.
“Ah, Abel Heilon! What on earth is this unscrupulous conduct?!”
Abel ignored him.
However, the person opposite Duke Ernest could not be ignored. The person who was talking to the Duke in the drawing room of Ernest Mansion was Princess Aria. The half-sister of Sigren ‘the Bastard’.
“Duke Abel Heilon, what on earth is going on?”
Abel greeted her quite politely. “Pardon me, Your Highness. I heard that Duke Ernest is having a meeting with a guest, but I have no idea the guest was you, Your Highness..”
“….” Princess Aria had nothing to say in response. Part of the reason was that her meeting was actually a secret. So in the end, Aria only said, “I didn’t know that the two of you had such a close relationship that you would skip formalities to meet each other.”
Abel smiled. “Oh, of course, Your Highness. We’re very close. I have something urgent to say today about something extremely intimate.”
“…”
Abel kept saying nonsense all the time. He was so proud that Aria couldn’t bear to point it out. Read the translation on ladygrey.com.
However, Duke Ernest trembled. “This, this, lousy-northern act[1}…” [[1] 성격파탄자: selfish/disgusting personality]
Abel still looked at the princess, “See, we are so close enough to call each other like this. I guess, he’s the one who spread that nickname?”
“Then, it’s better for me to go. I hope you two can finish your conversation well.” Aria quickly left the scene before the mess became messier.
Abel raised one eyebrow. “I’m very curious about what Duke Ernest and Her Highness discussed.”
Aria stopped just before heading out the door and grinned. “Well, I might have the same conversation with the Duke soon.”
And without hesitation, Aria walked out the door. Read the translation on itsladygrey.com.
Check out my Patreon to read advanced chapters!
