Because She Had A Time Limit, She Became The Villain's Daughter-in-law - Chapter 127
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 127
“Aunt.”
After Laria left, Kallaudin’s face was as bad as Evan’s.
“Why.”
Olivia sighed and put down the fork she was eating her cake with. Evan’s face was so terrifying at that time that they were quietly listening to his words, ‘Never step out and stay still.’ It was because it felt like if they didn’t listen to him, there would really be trouble.
Even though she should have returned to Livien immediately after the banquet was over, she couldn’t possibly leave the Duchy Icard now.
“I’m sorry… I’m going to vacate the Duke’s residence for a while.”
She had a feeling that Kallaudin and Evan’s current condition was not good, and that the Duke’s residence would soon be empty. It seemed that the two father-and-son were going to see their women.
“You must be going to Matilda.”
“…Yes.”
Podilin, where Matilda was buried, was the most secluded and quiet place among the vast Duchy. It was clear that it would take quite a while to get there.
“I left the seal in the office, so if there is something urgent, I hope aunt will take care of it.”
Glancing at her nephew’s rotten face, Olivia nodded her head obediently.
“Yes, this old aunt will have a hard time.”
“Thank you.”
“If I were Laria, I would never come back.”
“Fortunately, Laria is not aunt…”
“I know.”
In her room lay the tiger fan, which she had given to Laria before. Morande handed it back to Olivia, saying, ‘This is what Miss Laria ordered me to deliver.’
“Really, what is in Laria’s head? She is leaving the Duke’s residence like this?”
Olivia glanced at the fan and muttered.
“If it were me, I would have lived the fullest in this damned family and run away, but it’s really crazy that she just disappeared, leaving only a flower path.”
“….”
Kallaudin sighed, and only then did Olivia shyly change her tone.
“I’m sorry. I showed empathy for my goddaughter.”
“Can’t you show empathy for your nephew?”
“Okay, I’ll try from now on. Hmm… to show empathy for you… It was a real irksome thing to do…oh, sorry. I’ll say it to make it look a bit better.”
Glancing at Kallaudin, she went on solemnly.
“There are things you only realize when you lose them.”
In fact, the Duke’s residence was extremely gloomy after Laria left. As for Laria, she did stay in Borotna for a long time though her absence nevertheless affected everyone.
“Our Miss Laria… She was so cool, so great… I like the old days where I always wanted to protect her, but I want to hear that order one more time…”
From Lisa, who waited for Laria every day, although it got a little strange.
“Since ancient times, I have been waiting for another talented person who can even press the Duke’s order… but for it to be Miss Laria.”
Even Morand fulfilled Laria’s order by not turning on the light in the office until the end of the night of the banquet. While everyone didn’t know why Laria disappeared, with their mouths shut, they were waiting for her return.
Of course, the emptiness that Evan, Kallaudin, and Olivia felt could not be expressed in words. Without that child, Icard’s future felt dark.
“I wanted to turn everything around. I wanted to be a good father to Evan.”
“Yes. I know you have never been a good father.”
“But now…”
Kallaudin said slowly.
“…I want to be a better father to Evan more than ever.”
“How are you going to do that?”
“I have to bring Laria back.”
“So how? Evan told you not to do anything. A lot of time has passed.”
He didn’t answer her question properly. Olivia, who caught a glimpse of Kallaudin’s face, crossed her arms and muttered seriously.
“Anyway, I’ll be the master of the Duke’s residence while you’re gone.”
That night, she wrote a letter to Laria.
On the envelope, she also didn’t forget to write down [ Evan, don’t you ever look. The moment you open it, you won’t be able to find Laria. ] Then, she had a servant delivered it to Evan and told him to deliver it to Laria when he found her.
As usual, I was killing time and money to the fullest, like an unemployed homebody with a lot of money.
Serena said that a servant had been in a carriage accident the other day and had been admitted to a public hospital. Having a bad feeling about it, she went out to investigate. It was strange that even the guardian could not visit.
I, too, was preparing for the worst.
‘Since there is a movement scroll, I can run at any time.’
I gathered all my valuables in a safe so I could pick them up and go right out.
‘I thought I might get caught someday, but I never thought it would be this soon… What did I miss?’
Kidnapping someone else’s house servant was something that couldn’t be done without serious confidence. I was more frustrated because I couldn’t figure out what had happened in the middle. Still, I had a plan.
The plan was to move to Sven’s Bestian Information Guild with a movement scroll and then plan the future.
“By the way, I heard that Sven is due to arrive today, Neo, he will be very happy to see you. Of course, he likes you.”
I was lying around in the library reading a book on black magic and playing with Neo.
“Okay, catch it. That’s right.”
It seemed that my aptitude was not studying or researching. When I read a book by myself, I kept thinking about something else.
‘Even though the circle was small, I had the most fun when I was a socialite.’
I thought as I threw the high-end rat toy to Neo.
‘If, by any chance, time goes back and my memory remains intact, I’ll have to become the villainous mastermind instead of Icard.’
Thinking of Duke Icard again made me a little sad.
‘…I should have brought Livien’s tiger fan.’
It was like a proof that I had been recognized by the wannabe villainess, Olivia, but I missed it quite a bit.
‘I really have no pride… I guess it’s because it’s the first time I’ve had a family member.’
I didn’t know why I missed them even though they were looking for me with their eyes wide open to catch me and kill me.
‘It’s even sadder if I don’t spend money.’
So I left Neo, who started to fall asleep while playing with toys, in the study and slowly went back to the room before changing into the best clothes and wearing the most splendid jewelry. Among the snacks prepared by the servants at dawn, I picked the most delicious ones and put them on the table beautifully.
When I was preparing to mourn in earnest and luxuriously, suddenly, a loud noise came from downstairs. I couldn’t hear it well because I paid so much attention to soundproofing.
‘There’s never been a commotion like this before…?’
I acted calmly because there was anxiety because one of the servants was missing. At first, I thought Sven had arrived, but if it were Sven, there would be no such noise.
It may not be a big deal, but there was nothing wrong with being prepared. I jumped up and opened the safe to check. The anti-magic doll was quietly placed along with the gold coins. Even if everything else could be bought with money, ancient magic items were unique in their rarity.
It was while I was holding the safe and quickly grabbing the movement scroll, the door burst open.
“…Are you going to run away again?”
It was a low, hoarse voice.
As I slowly turned around, our eyes met and I involuntarily took a deep breath. Evan was standing in front of the door with an eerie expression he had never imagined.
“Uh… umm…”
Looking at those lifeless eyes, I had a premonition of death. It was visible that he had become crazy and was really chasing after someone.
Originally, he had a bad impression though it was really frightening because his eyes were really shining like a madman. I was so surprised that his eyes were overturned like that… I was sorry I lied to him all this time, but I also wanted to live.
As his eyes scanned my luxurious room, he stared at the portrait hanging in the middle of the room for a while.
“Ev, Evan. Hey…”
He slowly turned his head and made eye contact with me. It was so terrifying that my mouth fell shut. Evan asked slowly as his mouth dried up.
“Do you have a movement scroll?”
I was sweating on my hands that I could even notice that.
“If you run away again…”
The movement scroll could be torn at any time, so I waited quietly for Evan’s words, but an unbelievable sight unfolded before my eyes.
“Uuhhp—uhp! Uuuuhppp! Uhp, uhp, uhp…!”
Behind Evan, his aide, Nathan, was holding a man.
“Uhp…! Uuuhhppp!”
A young man with light pink hair, purple eyes, and glasses with a warm expression was looking at me with his mouth gagged and tears welling up.
“…Brother?”
No, why was Fred here?
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