The Story Is Not Over Yet - Chapter 186
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 186
“But to that extent, I hate myself too. That I don’t know Benjamin as well as I should, and that I let myself be shaken by someone saying she killed Benjamin.”
“N, no. I, I…”
“Don’t say you’re sorry or that you were wrong. You don’t have the right to say that to me, Madam.”
Findar opened the closed door. She had been thinking of leaving this place.
Then, she gave a bitter smile.
“I don’t have the right to hear it either.”
After Findar left the room, Azela couldn’t bring herself to leave for a long time. She couldn’t say anything to Findar, considering how she had lost Irene. Before leaving, she told her to forget that she had killed Benjamin, not for her sake, but for Benjamin’s.
Benjamin didn’t want Azela to be bound by guilt.
“Live your life wholeheartedly, enough to forget that you killed Benjamin. It’s an atonement for me and for Benjamin.”
After those words, Findar left.
“We decided to build a new building here.”
Zagnac murmured softly as he looked at the closed Ratchata Bakery. It was a voice filled with regret. Now, as she gazed at the empty store that no one visited anymore, Azela recalled the past. Strangely, the scent of the bread, which had once been so comforting, seemed to linger in the air.
“What kind of store are you going to build?”
“Ratchata Bakery.”
With a longing smile and calling out the cherished name, Zagnac laughed.
“I’m going to open Ratchata Bakeries all over the empire, starting with this place.”
“Zagnac.”
“So that nobody in the Empire would be unfamiliar with that bread. I want to make it so that there’s no one who doesn’t know Ratchata Bakery…. If that can be my atonement.”
“That’s a good idea. Benjamin would surely have loved it.”
Zagnac and Azela held hands, looking at the sign of the closed shop.
At that time.
“Ma, Madam?”
A familiar voice reached them, but it was a voice that shouldn’t be heard in this place. Startled, Azela turned her head to find a familiar girl standing there with a basket.
“Lina?”
“You, you are really Madam!”
“Why are you here?”
Certainly, before she left Todd’s mansion, Lina had been sent elsewhere, so there was no reason for Lina to be on this outskirts. With a puzzled expression, Azela tilted her head, and Lina ran toward her with a joyful face.
“Mas, Master called me, and I came back! I can’t believe it! I get to see Madam again here!”
“… She’s not your Madam anymore. Now, she’s the Duchess.”
“Ah! I’m, I’m sorry.”
Upon Zagnac’s comment, Lina quickly apologized with a surprised face, covering her own mouth. She was still somewhat immature. Did she grow a bit taller? It seemed like it. Maybe it was because of her age at the height of growth, though her face also seemed to have changed slightly.
She used to see Lina always cowed in fear, but perhaps because she was outside, the girl looked brighter.
“Daniel called you back? Why?”
Could it be that Sylvia was calling her back to do something bad again? Azela asked with a worried tone, and Lina responded as if to ease her concerns, shaking her head.
“I was needed for work at the mansion. Since we used to work together before, he asked me to come and help. I wasn’t adapting well to the new place I had gone to, so I came back.”
“Work at the mansion?”
What kind of work could there be? With a surprised look, Azela inquired, and Lina scratched her head with a perplexed look.
“Oh… You didn’t hear. Well, there have been various things happening lately.”
“What kind of things?”
“Ever since Madam… I mean, the Duchess left the mansion, and a lot of people quit. They couldn’t stand up to Sylvia’s tyranny, and Master didn’t pay much attention either. And…”
Lina stopped speaking and glanced at Zagnac next to Azela. While she didn’t seem to have much awareness before, it appeared she had developed some awareness now. Still, Azela urged her to continue speaking without paying attention to him.
Smiling faintly in response to her encouragement, Lina nodded and continued.
“After hearing that the Master is clinging around the Duchess again, everyone was quite mortified. There were also issues of loyalty.”
“…I see.”
“And now it seems like Sylvia is gone, and the person managing the mansion alone…”
“What…?”
“What?
Surprised, Azela asked again, and Lina widened her eyes in further astonishment.
Who left?
“Sylvia left?”
“Ah… You didn’t know. Yes, she left.”
“Where did she go?”
“I don’t know about that.”
“Why?”
“That… I don’t know for sure.”
“You don’t know?”
“It’s understandable, though.”
“Understandable?”
“Even after both of them returned to the mansion, things weren’t good between the two of them. It might not be the right way to put it, though he seemed to be looking at the previous Madam, I mean, the Duchess, in Sylvia.”
“Me?”
Why Sylvia…?
What happened?
No, wait, She seemed to know. Daniel followed her all the way to the capital, and in front of everyone, he grabbed her… in front of Sylvia. In front of everyone, Daniel was kneeling in front of her. He wasn’t taking care of his own child when things happened.
Everything made sense now.
“Daniel left Sylvia.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Lina readily agreed with her words.
In the end, the only person who hadn’t changed… he remained the same. Just as he had discarded her, he had discarded Sylvia. He had shifted from Azela to Sylvia as easily as he had shifted from Sylvia back to Azela. At first glance, it might seem like he was pursuing his true love, yet he hadn’t changed.
“So, Sylvia left because of that?”
“Yes, that’s right. Moreover, she left taking everything with her, which worsened the financial situation, and many staff members were laid off.”
It was truly a downfall. After listening to Lina’s words for a while, Azela nodded her head. Her gaze shifted to the basket Lina was holding. The basket was filled with various herbs, relatively cheaper ones.
“What’s that?”
“Oh, this… Um, can I tell you?”
“After telling me everything so far with enthusiasm, you’re worried about telling me this now? Go ahead.”
“It’s Master’s herbs.”
“Daniel’s? Is Daniel sick?”
“Oh, well, it’s not something you should be too surprised about. It’s just…”
“Just?”
“I think he was a bit shocked by Sylvia’s departure. He was quite confident that she couldn’t leave him.”
What a foolish person.
Azela sighed at Lina’s words and averted her gaze. Upon hearing this conversation, Zagnac also furrowed his brow. He lightly placed his hand on Azela’s waist.
“You don’t need to worry about it now, Azela.”
“…I know.”
“It’s nothing to worry about.”
“No.”
She responded firmly to Zagnac’s words. He seemed surprised by her refusal, as he must have expected her to agree.
Azela smiled wryly as she looked at him, then turned to face Lina.
“Is Daniel at the mansion?”
“…Yes?”
“I need to meet Daniel. Go and tell your Master that I’m coming to see him.”
With the sudden news of Azela’s visit, Daniel rose from his bed for the first time in a while. While many news and events had passed through the capital and spread to the outskirts, he had done nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
Not even during the time when the Emperor died, and the Crown Prince was killed. So, at this moment, Daniel was incredibly pleased by the fact that Azela had come to find him.
“Move quickly! You mustn’t let dust accumulate! Azela hates dirty things!”
Yes, he had expected her return.
Daniel smiled contentedly. In the end, he knew that the last place Azela would return to was by his side.
He was the victor. He had always been.
However, the moment Azela entered the mansion and Daniel saw Zagnac by her side, he tasted the bitterness of defeat.
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