Episode 81

stupid child. Family shame!

It was in the morning when Merha received a letter from the head of the family. Marco's heart skipped a beat when he opened the letter instead of the insane Merha.

'Even though our rich man is from the second son, he doesn't get the favor of the head of the family.'

Marco deeply hated his father for making stupid mistakes at critical times.

“What are you going to do with this? It all started with that land. Since that day, I have been unlucky in everything. Is not it?”

In the end, Marco caught Arien, who was easygoing. As the Merha father and son's strength weakened and became unsightly, Arien, who was naturally proud, could not stand them any longer.

“Why is this all my fault? You can't even say a word in front of your father-in-law, so you're taking out your anger on me.”

“What? Arien…….”

Arien is usually a cultured and easy-going woman. Marco had never seen her scream so loud.

“I don't even want to look like that.”

Arien said so and left her mansion.

'I should change my mood.'

Arien sighed. Although her father-in-law became a disgrace to her family, she still had followers. She headed to the cafe she always went to.

For noble ladies at the time, cafes were a kind of salon and base. When Arien and Carola were both in the capital, there was a sharp rivalry between them.

The most famous cafes in the capital were all concentrated in one place. For example, 'Autumn Poetry' was Arien's favorite cafe. So Carola implicitly stayed away. I knew very well that the cafe next door, 'Breath of Spring Breeze', was Elisha's regular cafe.

Arien was, in her own way, a popular figure among the noble ladies of the capital. Coming from a spoiled only child, Carola was popular with the boys, but she was the type that girls disliked. Arien was proud of that part.

“Feel free. Everyone has bad times.”

“That's right, after all, Arien-sama is the daughter-in-law of the Cartier family, right? I'm sure the head of the household will somehow solve the matter of High Priestess Merha.”

Her faction, the noble ladies, did their best to appease Arien, who was uncomfortable with her, flattering her.

Then, the cafe door opened. Two women came slowly into the cafe. The woman who was flattering Arien by her side first recognized the woman in front of her.

“That person…….”

“I know! I saw a face in Yurif. That person that……. It's Lady Elisha!”

The ladies whispered. Arien's hair stood on end.

'That crazy bitch didn't know how to keep her line, so he came all the way here.'

Arien's stomach ached all over. To make matters worse, Arien immediately recognized the face of the woman she was talking to as she stood with Elisha.

'That person……. Aren't you the princess of Ilione?'

The corners of the eyes of the noble ladies following Arien went up. Arienne, the grandson of the Cartier family, could be a little arrogant, but she was not one of her followers.

Today, if I ignored Princess Ilione and didn't even post her greetings, there could be trouble with her. Arien said reluctantly with her tired face.

“Go and say hello.”

“Can I really?”

“Come on.”

Arien suppressed her anger and spoke. They rushed to Ilione. Arien headed to her table where she always sat herself.

'When did this bitch come all this way?'

And she noticed Alien standing near her own private table, looking at the picture on her wall.

“What are you doing here?”

Arien said nervously. Elisha just gave a light glance.

“Are you ignoring me? Why don't you go ahead and stand in line for the princess?”

“Standing in line, the princess and I are just friends.”

Elisha said calmly.

“Okay? Don't know about that It seems everyone already knows that your husband is an expert at queuing, right?”

Arien sarcastically. There was a hidden meaning behind her words. After Merha's scandal at the New Year's Eve service, it was widely rumored that Merha would not become the next pope. She said that Merha is crazy.

'Her father-in-law has early dementia. How can such a shallow rumor be…….'

Naturally, people thought of Gunner, the other candidate for the Grand Pope.

'Gunner is openly colluding with Lucerne? Under. Sprinkling money and goods to suddenly run for the pope is obviously spending Lucerne's money.'

It was rumored that Gunner was excited and openly visited the Lucerne mansion. The reason Arien used her words that she dared to stand in line was to make fun of the Lucerne couple who lined up for her to the Gunners.

“It is common to interact with relatives. You can't speak so badly about Gunner-sama's lack of prejudice.”

Elisha responded without succumbing to the slightest provocation. Arien's graceful attitude made a vase fly.

“Who are your relatives? Your husband is an illegitimate child.”

“You'd better be careful with your words.”

Elisha looked at Arien without a smile at those words.

“I don't know, but my husband won't go over these comments.”

“…….”

Arien stung.

“By the way, you keep saying that you have to wait in line emotionally.”

The corners of Elisha's mouth went up as if they were barely visible.

“If there is a line I stand in, I can't help but be proud of it.”

Arien's expression hardened. So far, Elisha has always been quiet. She was the first to approach her, the first to provoke her like this.

'Am I being funny now? Do I have to be ignored even by the fallen nobles?'

Arien's father was a high-ranking official in the temple and came from a noble family. A few generations before his family, he even had a grand pope on his mother's side.

“Gunner is, at best, a collateral. What do you think will change if the collateral and the illegitimate child form a collusion?”

“You can't look at everything crookedly like that. In fact, Gunner-nim is worried a lot.”

Elisha brought out her unexpected words.

“What?”

“I heard that a few years ago, Gunner owed a lot to Arien's father. He was worried that he might fall out with him because of the misunderstanding that he was coveting the high pope.”

“…….”

“I don't know if anyone will say that I only ordered good things. I do not know. Because people in the world are always talkative.”

Arien's whole body stiffened. Arien licked her dry lips, her eyes twinkling.

'Okay. Right. Did you have a father?'

In any case, a person from the Cartier family could not be nominated for the Grand Pope. Although he is now retired, Arien's father was the former leader of the Heretic Questioner.

His word is the Heretic Inquisitor, he had no witch hunts or fights with wizards. So, the Heretic Questioning Department was actually playing the role of an investigator inside the temple. His main job was to uncover corruption and other crimes inside the temple.

A few years ago, Arien's father investigated the gunner's embezzlement case.

As Arien's father, he was the in-laws of the Cartier family. So it was only natural that Gunner, a collateral of the Cartier family, be punished with a cotton bat.

'Okay. At that time, my father obeyed the family head's order and almost made Gunner innocent of the absurd embezzlement case, didn't he?'

At the time, the family lord was angry with Gunner's actions, but showed his rare gratitude to Arien's father. He praised Arien's father by sending precious treasures of gold and silver.

'If Gunner disappears, his father-in-law's position will not be threatened, right?'

Arien wondered why I didn't think of that. At the time, Gunner's sin was very obvious. If it's the father, he'll have proof of the thing then.

'My husband has a very small wall, and my father-in-law is in a bad condition these days. Once I get rid of the gunner myself, it will be the end of being reprimanded for dealing with the land. I guess I'll have to step in.'

Arien hid those thoughts and smiled at Elisha.

“You, you should learn more about the nobleman's way of life. Everyone in the world knows that your husband colluded with Gunner, so you come to me and gossip about Gunner? Me really As expected, home education should be well received at an early age.”

Elisha didn't answer. Arien raised one eyebrow and made an arrogant expression. And he said hello to Elisha and left her seat.

“Elisha?”

At that time, Ilione, who was barely freed by the noble ladies dressed like Dukes, came.

“Are you going to leave me among those women like this? Wow, that's really too much.”

“Still, I think I should pretend to know Arien.”

“I see. But that woman To say she didn't even make eye contact with me, let alone say hello. I'm the princess, right? Even if it's the grandson and daughter-in-law of the Cartier family.”

Ilione grumbled in an easy-going manner. It doesn't look hateful, so Elisha only nodded her head slightly.

“Never mind. Not a day or two.”

It wasn't a day or two that their arrogance pierced the sky.

“But what happened? Did Arien bully you? You don't look good.”

“It's nothing. It's just that a lot of things are different from my memories.”

“Yes?”

Elisha thought. When I was below them, they looked like giants, big and scary.

Oddly enough, whenever Elisha was harassed by them, she tried to fathom their hearts. She desperately tried to survive by noticing.

But in a different location. Those of the Cartier family, who were in a position where they could see each other's eyes, faced each other……. It was so stupid and simple than I remembered.

'It's not my job to understand the perpetrator's feelings.'

Elisha wanted to realize why she was so simple. She just smiled.

“Go back now.”

“Ah. Okay. I was glad that Elisha asked me to meet her for the first time today.”

“I really wanted to personally give the princess an invitation to the prom.”

“Right. I hear you're having a ball in Yurif? Lucerne seems to love her very much her wife. Rumors have reached my ears that her wife is sparing no money to arrange her first ball.”

“Is that so?”

“Okay. But she'd better meet somewhere else next time.”

Said Ilione.

“Elisha. I think you are too naive. This cafe is not a place to come. Socialites have socialite rules. First let me tell you. The 'Jewel of Summer' cafe over there is Carola's. And this cafe is where Arien frequents…….”

Ilione's explanation didn't end until she got into her carriage, and Elisha pretended to listen seriously to what she already knew.