I Became The Monster Duke’s Second Wife - Chapter 37
Chapter 37
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When the door was closed and Grace left, cold silence fell inside the drawing room.
But the silence did not last long. After drinking the cold tea in one breath, Marianne nervously put down the teacup and shouted at Duke Alberton.
“Father, why did you just let go of that arrogant thing?”
“Then what should I have done?”
“You should’ve said something! You should’ve been on your topic and replied to that cheeky one! You should have admonished that arrogant girl who answered back to me, who would dare to be the Crown Prince!”
Marianne, who shouted with her sincerely stuffy hand, stared at the Duke Alberton with a cool gaze. Then he briefly kicked his tongue and said,
“You’re such a fool. The situation is different from before. Now that girl is Duchess Felix. It’s the same as me or your mother. No, it’s higher. No matter how cursed the monster is, Duke Felix is the emperor’s cousin and that child is that man’s wife, so we can’t treat her like we used to.”
“What to do about that? I… I’m the one who will be the Crown Prince! So, I’m a higher person than that arrogant being!”
“…….You’re still a ‘person to be a Crown Prince’ and not the Crown Prince. Until then, you too have to deal with that child.”
Following the words of her father, the Duke of Alberton, and her mother, the Duchess of Alberton, Marianne put on a prickly expression and shut her mouth.
They thought she would die or go crazy within a month even if she had enough after getting married to a monster duke, but they were so annoyed to see her go around with such a happy face.
Her sister, who thought she had no magical ability and was incompetent compared to herself, dressed up in pretty dresses with gorgeous jewels and having loads of love after getting married, was also sick of it.
Even today, she wore a necklace made of hundreds of diamonds and pearls and a dress made of the finest silk of light sky blue.
‘Besides, look at her smiling and bragging that it was given by her ‘husband’.’
Indeed, it was such a twisted scene that it was hard for her to see with her eyes open.
Recalling that image again, Marianne kept fidgeting. Then Duke Alberton, who had been watching her, said in a cold voice to her.
“If you don’t want her to do something like this again, hold on to your Crown Prince’s heart first. When have you been engaged, then what have you done to make the Crown Prince loathsome when he sees you?”
Marianne’s expression, who was already unhappy with Duke Alberton’s reprimand, was distorted even more. She stared at Duke Alberton with her eyes wide open and shouted in an exasperated voice.
“….Ha! Father! You know how hard I’ve been trying. How can you say that? You know how cold-hearted and difficult your Highness is! Besides, he……!”
“Uh-huh.”
Duke Alberton, who was casually staring at Marianne, who was screaming in rage, suddenly stopped her. Then he stared at his daughter with a cold gaze and said.
“Stop it, Marianne, do you know that there might be one or two ears around you?”
“… I’m sorry, father. I just couldn’t control my emotions.”
Marianne was startled and soon gave an apology to Duke Alberton with a timid look.
Duke Alberton softened his expression silently at the appearance. And the Duchess Alberton, who was restlessly listening to the conversation between those two, quickly went to her husband’s side and said, touching his stiff shoulders.
“Okay. Marianne must have been frustrated, too, honey. So relax.”
At the consolation of Duchess Alberton, Duke Alberton sighed deeply and nodded as if he knew it.
After that, he looked back at Marianne, who quietly dropped her head in exasperation.
“I’m sorry, Marianne, how can I not know of your efforts so far? I know you even tried hard enough to make a ‘love potion’ at the risk of getting into a disaster.”
“……..father.”
“Even if it was a waste of effort, it’s normal for things to go wrong, right? So, no matter how arrogant that child is, hang in there a little longer. …….anyway.”
Duke Alberton, who was giving affectionate consolation to Marianne, suddenly stopped talking and paused for a moment.
He then looked back at his wife and eldest daughter sitting next to him and spoke in a voice that seemed to be barely audible.
“…… A few months later, when the ‘curse’ is completed, that child will disappear from in front of you.”
And when that curse is completed, the Alberton family will also walk on a path that will never be destroyed. Saying so, Duke Alberton smiled faintly.
When a smile spread over his blunt face, as if he had never known how to smile for the rest of his life, the faces of Duchess Alberton and Marianne, who were next to him, also had such a smile.
That smile belonged to a shady and dark accomplice that only those who shared secret conspiracy that no one should know.
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Meanwhile, Grace, who left the drawing room of the Alberton mansion with Sally, led Sally to the bedroom she used to live in, which will be her today’s residence.
Grace, who climbed the stairs past a hallway familiar enough to go with her eyes closed, twisted her old bedroom doorknob and entered it.
“Oh, oh.”
“……..Oh my goodness.”
And Grace admired the scenery of the bedroom in a bright voice, and Sally frowned.
The reason why they reacted like that was that the room looked exactly the same as it had been just a few months ago, before Grace married Arthur. In other words, it was a room full of old and shabby furniture without any traces of special maintenance.
That wasn’t enough, after Grace got inside, Sally again frowned on the cobwebs and dust strewn in the corner of the bedroom as if it had not even been cleaned properly.
Unlike Sally, Grace leaned back an old chair next to the bed as if she were familiar with it. No, rather, Grace smiled with a bright face, rolled her feet lightly, taking off her high shoes, and said.
“Oh, I wondered if they touched my bedroom, but they didn’t. That’s a relief.”
“…Madam, what do you mean that you’re glad?”
“What’s wrong with that, Sally?”
“Even if they gave you the same room that you used to have as a maiden, now they’re letting the Duchess of Felix sleep in such an old and shabby bedroom. And apparently, it looks like they haven’t cleaned it properly in the meantime!”
“…….hahaha.”
“I can’t deal with this. I need to clean up right away.”
Sally rolled up her arms, fidgeting. Then, as she saw Grace, who was sitting in a long chair, she covered her with a thick coat like a blanket and immediately brushed off the dust, Grace laughed awkwardly and dissuaded her.
“You don’t have to.”
“No. If you stay in a room like this, your precious body will be hurt.”
“You really don’t have to…….. Take so much trouble.”
“It’s hard work. And I can finish a small bedroom like this in 30 minutes.”
“…Can I help you?”
Looking at Sally’s busy back, Grace said so. Then Sally immediately shook her head and shouted.
“No? What are you talking about! Stay right there. No, you must be tired because you’ve been riding in the carriage for a long time, so please sleep in the chair for a while. In the meantime, I’ll change the bed sheets and do some cleaning.”
“Oh, okay. Then I’ll ask you a favor.”
“Leave it to me! Ugh, seriously. Just how rude the people of the Alberton family are, both masters and servants!”
Sally, who answered Grace with a thick, wrinkled hand, tapping on her chest and went back to cleaning.
Grace smiled and looked at Sally, moving busily and swearing at people from the Alberton family from time to time. She was staring at that. And as Sally said, she was getting tired.
‘That’s strange. I definitely slept a lot in the carriage.’
A deep sleep came as if someone had given her sleeping pills.
Eventually, Grace, who lost to the flooding drowsiness, put on the covering coat more tightly and closed her eyes. She was going to sleep for a while until Sally woke her up after cleaning.
“Oh my. Madam, you’re sleeping”.
After a while, when Sally, who had cleaned up a bit and closed the window, walked over to the chair, Grace was in a deep sleep.
Sally looked down at the scene for a while as if she felt sorry for her, pulled up the coat that slipped down from Grace’s body when she fell asleep, and turned around. She was thinking of making the bed as soon as possible and preparing a dress for Grace to wear in the evening a few hours later.
So she didn’t see it.
The bizarre appearance of a mysterious magic circle blooming over Grace’s head for a while and then disappearing from the ceiling…
T/N: Hi readers! Less than a week is left for Christmas!! And I’m super excited because I’m going to translate a lot more chapters of Monster Duke.
Not to mention, how exciting and scary it’s getting. Cause I still don’t know what’s that mysterious magic circle, and I’m just hoping that Grace stays safe… Because I can’t trust those Albertons!
Keep yourself happy and healthy, and stay tuned for more!（＾∀＾●）ﾉｼ
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