◈ Episode 23
“Douglas, take that slave out now!”
Ferris, with his eyes rolled back in betrayal and anger, gave an order. It was Irina who stopped Douglas.
“Everyone get out.”
“Get it out! It’s me who goes. “Do as I command!”
Ferris was about to faint.
Douglas slightly bowed his head to Irina.
“I’m sorry, ma’am. “Please hand over your slave.”
Irina took off her gown while looking at Ferris, who was satisfied.
“… … !”
Without anyone having time to stop her, she lowered the shoulder straps of her slip.
He was about to take off all his clothes and throw them away.
“Irina, what are you doing… … !”
widely.
It was Arkan who held her hand. Irina looked back at him.
Arkhan’s actions were reflexive. He may have done it without realizing it, but he himself looked a little embarrassed.
Irina did not take his hand away. She turned her head again to face her husband.
“Either go out, or let your wife do a striptease in front of the servants. “Choose your choice, Ferris.”
In the end, Ferris had no choice but to leave the bedroom in indignation.
The place he headed was his bedroom. Even during this time, he took Shannon into the bedroom.
It was Shannon who appeased him by saying that he would kill the slave immediately.
Going to his house was a great help to Shannon.
Because it was an opportunity to observe what kind of personality Ferris’s mother was.
Shannon comforted Ferris by acting as much like his mother as possible.
Patted, whispered softly, and stroked.
The results were amazing. The sense of betrayal and anger that had nowhere to go turned into lust and poured out.
Shannon kept telling him how great he was and how manly he was.
I thought it did a fantastic job of assuaging his anger during that long night.
In the morning his face looked empty again. Was something missing?
Shannon sat looking at him.
“My love, you look sad.”
Ferris blew out cigarette smoke into the air. Shannon suppressed her cough.
Ferris stared into space, smoking a cigarette for a long time.
Soon he turned his head towards Shannon. There was a sharp edge in the amethyst-like eyes.
“Yes, Shannon. Answer me. “Why do women ruin their future so thoughtlessly?”
Shannon tilted her head.
“Ah, no. Okay, ha.”
Ferris laughed to himself.
“Oh my god, that’s right. No matter how much you think about it, yes. She says she is a woman too.
As expected, I was blinded by jealousy and went crazy. “You want to get my attention somehow.”
It was about Irina again. But Shannon was unfazed this time.
Ferris was hurt by Irina and found himself again. This was a golden opportunity.
Shannon got up on her knees and hugged Ferris’ head.
“Poor man. “Lean on me.”
Ferris’ head was gently buried in Shannon’s. Ferris obediently entrusted himself to her.
“You are right. “A woman dies from love and lives from love.”
Shannon stroked his head and whispered.
“But I don’t blame Madam Irina. “It’s okay if you don’t do that.”
“… “It’s not Irina’s fault?”
Ferris looked up, puzzled. Shannon looked down at him and she grinned.
“sure. “There is a different cause.”
Shannon sat back down on the bed and faced him.
“It is the servants’ job to tell their masters directly when they do something wrong. “Don’t you think there are people who don’t do their duty?”
Ferris gaped.
“oh my god… … .”
After being dazed for a while, he stared at Shannon with bright eyes.
“Yeah, you’re right. Now that I think about it, all of my subordinates often do things that don’t know fractions. “I don’t think it was like that before.”
“I wouldn’t have done that at first. They are all servants of the prestigious Archensis. but… As you know, those who lack learning are easily swayed.”
Shannon whispered softly.
“Managing the household is also the responsibility of the inner person, so in the end, they are having a negative influence on each other.”
I tried to pretend it wasn’t the case, but in the end, they said it was Irina’s fault.
But to Ferris, it didn’t matter what nonsense it was.
He needed someone to blame and vent his anger on.
Shannon was satisfied to see Ferris’ expression become stern.
Irina’s appearance yesterday was scary.
That feeling of intimidation.
It made Shannon feel a sense of crisis, as if a knife had been stabbed right in front of her.
And it awakened her survival instinct when she was cornered.
Shannon Bigsey. Who is she?
Although she was just a commoner, she was a woman who held the position of mistress rather than concubine of a nobleman.
The daughter of a low-ranking nobleman was appointed to the Royal Opera House.
Even while my husband said he was jealous.
I was blinded by love and was caught off guard when I got stabbed in the back.
But she crawled back up again.
Although she was a concubine, she entered the count’s mansion and sat next to her illegitimate son.
A thought lingered in Shannon’s mind.
Irina Arkensis.
I can do it like her. No, I can do it more perfectly.
Without knowing it, Shannon felt a little admiration for Irina’s actions.
Naturally, Shannon ignored those feelings. And in that place, her fierce competitive spirit blossomed.
Shannon muttered, lowering her long eyelashes.
“If I were you, I would verify those who are loyal and manage the household… oh! I can’t believe I’m saying something presumptuous about a topic I have no qualifications for. “I’m sorry, honey.”
Shannon sighed and covered her mouth slightly. She then looked at her Ferris with tears in her eyes.
“no. Well said, Shannon.”
Ferris’ eyes burned.
“I will give you authority to put order in this house. “I’m so glad to have a woman like you in my family.”
“Thank you just for your words. But Madam Irina is a superior.”
Of course, the refusal was not Shannon’s sincerity.
The power that caught Irina’s affair.
The power of informing Shannon’s ex-husband.
The power to purchase slaves before Ferris arrived.
It was the power of the same principle that enabled Shannon to rise in status.
Information power.
To gain the power to take over this household, Shannon needed someone of her own.
Ferris gave Shannon exactly what she wanted.
“The person at the top is me. The authority to hire and fire is up to me. I’ll give it to you. “Change everything and make them come to their senses!”
Shannon raised the corners of her mouth and smiled without knowing that Ferris was excited.
* * *
“I’m going crazy. “I’m going to go crazy!”
Ferris, who was lying alone in bed, got up from his bed.
He tried to stay quiet today as Shannon told him to do, but he always doesn’t listen to what others say.
“Irina is crazy about slaves… … .”
Ferris stood by the window and bit his fingernails.
“Shannon crawled out at this time to go to the knights… … .”
Two women were out of their minds among men.
Shannon had said several times that she didn’t mean to, but no man likes his wife hanging out with a bunch of drunk guys in the middle of the night.
“I guess it won’t work.”
Ferris quickly approached the bedside. And he pulled the thin rope at the bedside.
The end of the rope was connected to a bell hanging in the butler’s room.
I was shaking so hard with all my emotions that no matter how soundly I had fallen asleep, I would have woken up immediately.
After calling the butler until his anger subsided, he lowered his arm.
“What, what’s going on, master!”
The butler took a deep breath and opened the door. Several servants who followed behind him took a breath.
Ferris glanced at him.
“Why are you here so late? I got lost… … .”
“sorry. Maybe something… … .”
“I’m going for a walk. “Bring your coat.”
“… … .”
Ferris’ walking coat was hanging on the coat rack next to the bed.
The butler put a coat on the man in his pajamas as if it were a familiar occurrence.
Going for a night walk without even changing clothes. He seemed to have quite complicated feelings.
Ferris went down the mansion, relying on the light from the servants’ lamps. As I went out into the garden, the military dogs started barking.
“Kung! “Kkkkkkkk!”
“Those damn bastards. “Even after raising it for several years, it still doesn’t recognize its owner.”
“Isn’t it a good thing that you don’t have a familiar face? “After all, the owner of military dogs is the royal family.”
Ferris suddenly stopped walking. He glared at the butler with somewhat cold eyes.
“What do you mean, Sebastian?”
Sebastian bowed his head.
“It means nothing. “I’m sorry if you were offended.”
It’s not that I said something I couldn’t say. However, like a thief, whenever the mention of the royal family came out of Sebastian’s mouth, he turned a straight face.
He was stealing military dogs without Irina’s knowledge. She knew it was dangerous.
However, the repayment interest alone at the top of Lasi & Cass was enormous.
The nobleman’s pension was managed directly by his father. The small amount of extra income was under Irina’s control.
This was the only way for Ferris to make a large income secretly.
“Okay, watch your mouth. “It could be a big problem.”
Ferris grunted as he crossed the garden.
I had no regrets about borrowing the money.
It was all to raise money for his son, and thanks to that son, he would soon become a count.
As he was walking through the garden in a daze, an unfamiliar structure caught his eye.
“Sebastian, what on earth is that?”
Sebastian looked in the direction he pointed. In the vacant lot behind the servants’ quarters, there were items I had never seen before.
“With a bow hanger… “It’s like a target, master.”
As I got closer, I saw a wooden target and a bow rack.
Several empty quivers were neatly hung.
Although it was made of wood, the quality was quite good, as if it had been made by skilled people.
“Why are there such crude items in my mansion? Could it be that the knights were training with something like this?”
After marrying Irina, he moved his residence to this mansion for 10 years. He had never properly watched the knights train.
“This is the first time I’ve seen it today. If any of you know anything, please tell me.”
Sebastian looked back at the servants.
