Because She Had A Time Limit, She Became The Villain's Daughter-in-law - Chapter 145
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 145
Our reunion was less dramatic than expected because Lady Olivia and Lisa felt sorry for not being able to steal me away rather than being happy to meet me.
“Miss Laria, why on earth… no, as a subordinate, it is not the right thing to ask about the superior’s situation, but still, why…”
Lisa sighed and continued to hold my hand tightly.
“My heart is still pounding. In the future, never say things like, ‘Thank you for all this time’.”
I was a little embarrassed to meet again as I had said goodbye resolutely and left.
“And how can you only take Serena with you?”
As she said so, Lisa snorted sadly as she opened her sharp eyes, reflecting her inner turmoil and upset feelings.
“I am competent, too. If you leave the Duchy Icard in the future, please take me with you.”
“Well, Lisa…”
Morand interrupted, pressing his forehead in pain.
“You shouldn’t have to leave…”
“Yes. I’m not leaving now.”
I smiled and said so.
“So, let’s start by redecorating my room, which was blown up. I need a desk first.”
“Let’s look at the most expensive and best wood raw materials. I will also inquire about high-priced furniture designers.”
“No, to think of the price first as soon as I say that I need something like that is really…….”
Lisa responded right away, so I gave my feedback right away.
“…Lisa knows me well.”
Lisa left right away, asking me to trust her while determination gleamed in her eyes.
At the same time, Morand also hurriedly went out, proclaiming his intention to allocate the budget immediately, leaving only three people in the office—father, Lady Olivia, and myself, creating a sense of tension and anticipation in the air.
“Well, Laria.”
Lady Olivia held out the tiger fan to me again, and she continued.
“Don’t throw this away recklessly in the future.”
“I didn’t throw it away, but to Morand…”
“I don’t care. You threw it away.”
“What?”
“You threw it away. I am hurt, and there is only one way to comfort me.”
“What, what is it?”
“Take the flower from Morand and give them to me.”
“….”
The fact that I gave the flower to Morand as a gratitude for the foundation festival seven years ago did not seem to be easily forgotten. Evan also mentioned it…
“I’ll give you a much better flower.”
“Khhm, hmm.”
My father also intervened, so I had to add quickly.
“Father, too.”
“By the way.”
Lady Olivia raised her head and looked at Father.
“Now explain what happened. How did Laria come in on her own?”
Right now, the only person other than Evan and me who knew about father’s intentions was Lady Olivia. Father, Evan, and I agreed to keep it a secret between us that the world was turned once. It was based on the judgment that there was no need to confuse unrelated people by revealing it.
In the office where only Lady Olivia and I were, father started talking.
He only said, ‘I decided to give up black magic for the sake of Evan and Laria,’ but Lady Olivia accepted it right away without much doubt.
“Yes, why are you doing such a stupid thing? There is a reason why the Imperial Family has banned it.”
Lady Olivia sighed and spoke.
“I’ve said it several times already, but from now on, don’t be serious about things, even if they’re a joke.”
In the corner of the room, the parrot cried again.
“Help me. This warlock turned me into a parrot.”
“Quiet.”
Watching Olivia give attention to the parrot, Father frowned and said,
“Give me the seal, please.”
“…Of course, I’ll give it to you, but why do you even frown like that…”
“I left with determination, but the thing you were most passionate about was stealing Laria, didn’t you.”
“Khhm.”
Lady Olivia sighed with an expression of reluctance to give it.
“Well, it’s not just that.”
She added, mumbling her words as she turned over the seal.
“…Did you have another accident?”
At father’s sharp point, Lady Olivia desperately changed the subject without answering.
“What do you mean an accident? By the way, since you came, the capital will be noisy again. I’m going to Livienne quickly.”
“Yes?”
“Just looking at it, I thought something obvious would happen that would put you at a disadvantage.”
“What is it?”
I asked carefully, and Lady Olivia quickly explained.
She said that Duke Orlando had spread malicious rumors, alleging that Duke Icard had deliberately engaged in an inhuman act by adopting a terminally ill daughter-in-law. Given the involvement of the imperial family, Duke Orlando insisted on publicizing the scandal, casting a shadow of uncertainty and concern over the situation.
“You say that there is something you can’t even take out or beat. He’s confident. There is nothing wrong with that.”
The reason I didn’t completely dismiss Duke Orlando was that I didn’t perceive a pressing necessity to do so. I was cautious not to entangle myself in his affairs, particularly to avoid falling victim to Medor’s schemes. After all, my initial intention was never to remain in Icard for long.
However, as I embraced my role as a genuine lady of Icard, I found myself unwilling to tolerate anyone who dared to stand in our way!
“Even if the emperor inevitably passed on his past mistakes because of public opinion, he could also be caught this time…”
There was no doubt that Duke Orlando had also thought about that and made the matter bigger.
The crime of scorning the Imperial Family, as it was said, would be where the Emperor subjectively judged whether or not the imperial family was scorned. It was obvious that the Emperor, who was like a little boy, would be giggling inwardly, thinking, ‘This is the time.’
“Great-aunt, please stay in the capital for a little while longer.”
I said while holding Lady Olivia’s hand.
“Make sure that Icard is not over before you go.”
“Yes, Aunt.”
Father had also heard all of my story in the carriage while on the way, so he spoke leisurely.
“I’m going to leave this task to Laria.”
“To… Laria?”
When Lady Olivia asked in doubt, father nodded expressionlessly.
“Yes. I was exhausted from running too much.”
Well, it was a fact that no one could deny that Father had lived a hard life.
“Still, Duke Orlando was really bad, so I tried to end it somehow. But Laria said that she had a good plan. I’ll help her up to that point, and now I’m going to step back and get some rest.”
“Hmm… you…are going to step down. Haven’t you lived quite a long time as a power freak? Retirement, are you really okay?”
“Yes. I think just small moments where people laugh at my jokes will suffice.”
Father laughed faintly as he made a statement that should have been more crazy than ever.
“Cut me out of those people.”
While Lady Olivia was annoyed, I thought that I had to work really hard for Icard’s power for the sake of father’s small moments.
That afternoon, I was able to meet the person from the Bestian Information Guild sent by Sven. Listening to this and that, everything seemed to be going smoothly and as expected.
However, one unexpected thing happened.
“…Brother? He left the Baron’s residence?”
Fred left Baron Ravonis’ residence the day after I disappeared. I thought he was still enjoying luxury at Baron Ravonis’ residence, but it wasn’t like he could take everything, even if he were a family member.
“There was a note he left.”
I opened the note delivered by the guild member.
No, there would be no place for him to stay right away, so why was he talking about success suddenly… Besides, what did he mean by returning? I’d be fine living alone.
As I pondered for a moment about whether I should really protect my family’s privacy, I didn’t think Fred would do anything particularly harmful to me.
‘It’s good to have a decent family.’
So, I decided not to worry too much about Fred.
‘It’d be nice if one day, suddenly, he showed up as my great backup.’
He didn’t seem to have the ability to do that, so I stopped paying attention to Fred. It was because if I forgot about it, it seemed that he would really succeed and come back.
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