◈ Episode 5
“… “I guess I’ll have to comfort Ferris first.”
Irina muttered as if scolding herself.
There was nothing refreshing about working with the Baroness, but it was inevitable.
Irina’s top priority in life was her daughter’s happiness.
Irina had no intention of covering it up.
However, I thought I should continue the conversation so that Ferris’s feelings would not be hurt any further.
An unfamiliar voice caught her as she tried to get up with a sad heart.
“I can’t believe something like that happens. “It must have been really brutal during the day.”
It was a faint voice coming from his bedroom.
“… what?”
A thin door connects the daughter’s room and Irina’s bedroom.
A voice was leaking through the crack in the door.
Of course it wasn’t my husband’s. Because it was a woman’s voice.
Soft light and whispering voices came out through the small crack in the door.
Irina approached the door as quietly as a cat.
When I looked through the crack in the door, I saw two people moving around on the edge of the bed.
A small, cat-like woman with a freckled face. She was Mary, the new maid who had arrived six months ago.
She was sitting on Irina’s bed and shaking her legs.
“Anyway, my wife has collapsed and I can’t believe I’m staying out. “You’re so heartless, Mr. Master.”
Where Mary was looking, a neat-looking, curly-haired servant was sitting against the window.
They were people brought by Ferris directly from the Arkensis family.
Irina watched their conversation with bated breath.
“You should have seen your wife during the day. “Even if it were me, I would cheat if I lived with a woman like that.”
Paul shrugged. Mary shook her head.
“Honestly, I admit it even if you cheated on me. “If my husband is that handsome and a national treasure, I’m willing to buy him an affair or two.”
“Look. I knew women would think the same way. Besides, madam. I don’t know if half the face is that shape and the personality is good. “You’re eccentric.”
“It’s totally Handsome and the Beast. “Giggle.”
Irina thought for a moment. She goes in and reprimands her for sitting carelessly on her mistress’s bed.
The arrogant person who was using the master’s room as his own deserved to be hit with a cane right away, but if he made a fuss now, Juliette might wake up.
When it came to gossip behind her back, she tended to understand it and treat it as trivial insults to her boss.
Besides, she was overly familiar with rumors on this topic.
An ugly woman who gets a man she deserves and doesn’t even know how to be grateful.
Now I was tired from having to respond to each one individually.
Irina decided to punish me when daylight came and took her body away from the door.
“I’m glad that Miss Juliet only resembles Master Ferris.”
“I’m glad I have motherhood at least. “If Madame had not jumped into the fire that day, Miss Juliette would have ended up like her mother.”
It was a conversation that instantly grabbed attention. Irina felt a spark fly in her eyes.
How dare you bring my daughter into the spotlight? Bringing up the terrible accident that almost resulted in the loss of her only daughter?
It was only two years ago. An unknown fire broke out in the mansion they were staying in.
It was clear that it was arson, as there was a smell of oil, but the culprit has not yet been caught.
At dawn, when everyone was asleep, a red-hot fire engulfed the mansion, with no one knowing when it started.
Irina opened her eyes amidst the flames.
What caught her eye was Juliette’s visit beyond the flames.
I didn’t feel any heat. She jumped into her nightgown and saved Juliette.
Even though my face was scorched by the flames and the acrid smoke was suffocating, I didn’t feel distressed.
I was only afraid that something had happened to Juliette.
Juliette suffered burns from her left arm to her cheek that day, but not a hair was hurt.
And that day, like today, my husband was not there.
“I know. Whose personality do you want to resemble? “You shouldn’t be like your wife.”
“If a woman has that kind of personality, it’s a pain in the ass. But taking after the master is a bit… … .”
“Hey, Mary. From the young lady’s perspective, it might be better. It may seem a bit cheap, but if you have a face that can hit all kinds of men, your life will be bright. Like that Baroness. I’m going to live a more comfortable life than my wife… Ugh! Boo, ma’am… … !”
The sight of Irina slowly appearing with only her face floating in the light of the lamp was quite eerie.
“Hehe… … !”
Mary bounced like a spring on the bed.
“Shh.”
Before they could scream, Irina put her index finger to her mouth to silence them.
Irina closed her daughter’s bedroom door by moving only the arm opposite to the one holding the lamp.
Sweet.
The two stood there unable to breathe until a low sound was heard. Silence hovered around the room for a moment.
“Madam, I-”
“I would never have been allowed to talk.”
“… … .”
Irina put the lamp down on the tea table in the center of the bedroom with a leisurely gesture.
As blue flame-like eyes focused on them, the two knelt in front of Irina as if throwing themselves.
“You were wrong, ma’am. “It was really wrong.”
Mary and Paul, no matter who was the first, began to pray until their hands were dry and worn out.
Anyway, Irina rummaged through the dresser next to the bed.
She moved, and a long shadow was cast on servant Paul’s body.
“Raise your head.”
“So wrong, huh!”
Irina roughly shoved her hand into Paul’s mouth, grabbed the tip of his tongue, and pulled it out.
In an instant, the dagger in Irina’s hand touched next to Paul’s tongue.
“right… Boo… … !”
Paul was so frightened that his whole body began to tremble.
Mary begged with tears in her eyes as if her tongue was about to be cut out.
“ma’am! Madam, please have mercy. I won’t do that again. please.”
“I enjoy it when I stab someone with my tongue. Are you afraid of what will happen to you?”
The tip of the blade slowly penetrated Paul’s tongue.
“Mercy. Yes, mercifully, I’m going to end it with just one tongue.”
“right… Woooo!!”
Paul closed his teary eyes.
He prepared for the pain to come as his tongue was cut off.
“… … .”
But what they expected didn’t happen.
Irina looked at his expression for a moment, then let go of her tongue and stood up, throwing the dagger on the floor.
widely.
Paul fell face down with the light sound of the sword falling.
“Sigh. Huh, huh… … .”
Irina looked down at Paul with a dry expression.
The cool moonlight cast a dark shadow on my face.
“If I show you more mercy than I am now, what will you repay me?”
They looked up at her with dumbfounded expressions at the unexpected words.
“pay… “This?”
“I have no mercy for idiots who don’t understand even if I give them a chance.”
As Irina looked at the dagger at her feet, Mary hurriedly shouted.
“I’ll do anything! If your wife tells you to do anything, do anything dirty… … .”
“Shh.”
Irina put her index finger to her mouth again and glanced toward Juliette’s bedroom.
Mary closed her mouth and nodded.
“Like you said, my personality is eccentric… … .”
Irina whispered and sat down on her bed.
Mary and Paul swallowed dryly and turned to her.
“Originally I would have torn you to pieces like cherries do to their prey.”
There was no exaggeration felt in the husky voice.
The two trembled in horror as they remembered Cherry’s vicious fangs.
“Prove now whether you are useful enough to spare your life in exchange for your loyalty. If you fail, I will send you both to my hometown.”
Mary and Paul sighed.
Levart territory was the northernmost border of the kingdom.
It was a harsh mountainous area, and it was a never-ending hell of battles with wild beasts, monsters, bandits, soldiers from neighboring countries, vagabonds, and fugitives.
People from Levard were so bad-tempered that even other northerners stuck their tongues.
Among the affluent capital city residents, none wanted to leave their families behind and go to an unfamiliar land of death.
Paul and Mary realized. Why do they feel such extreme fear now?
Irina was not the kind of lady who scolded her servant.
He was a northern warrior who took control of the life and death of the defeated soldiers.
Irina opened her mouth again.
“If you have nothing to say,”
As she tried to get up, Mary’s eyes widened.
“I owe you a debt! there is… … . It’s a big debt that the family doesn’t know about. “I know because my role is to steal Mr. Master’s secret correspondence without your wife seeing it.”
Mary was about to shout, but then she looked at Juliette’s bedroom door and lowered her voice.
Irina’s eyes twitched slightly.
Since they are servants whom Ferris favors, I thought something would come out if I stabbed them. A big debt that even my family doesn’t know about?
I ended up with more information than I expected.
“I don’t know the exact amount, but since you borrowed money several times, it must be a large amount. I know this well because I have some friends at the top of Lasi & Cass. “I can tell you for sure.”
“Tell me in detail.”
“It’s a debt I incurred two years ago. You always pay the interest somehow… “It seemed like you weren’t able to repay the principal.”
Irina was a little shocked.
It was two years ago. Isn’t it true that you’ve been borrowing money for longer than you think?
“I, too, have something to tell you. Master, there is a carriage that your wife does not know about. “I also have a house.”
Irina narrowed her eyes at Paul’s words.
His snitching was even more outrageous. Paul said he was friendly with the servant in charge of the night tour.
It is said that Ferris often went out at night and switched to a carriage unknown to Irina to travel to other places.
Ferris was so free-spirited that he stayed out all the time since he was newlyweds.
In exchange for Irina continuing her swordsmanship training after marriage, it was agreed that she would inform him of her sleepover schedule in advance.
However, as time passed, Ferris tried to control Irina’s wild hobbies.
In the end, the agreement fell through, and Ferris went in and out of the house as he pleased for a while.
Irina was shocked.
After our relationship got better, I trusted him even when he stayed out.
During the day, you pretend to be all wrong, so what on earth are you doing?
