I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 118

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#118

 

I looked at the door with delight, thinking it might be Lord Rohen.

 

However, what came through the door wasn’t Lord Rohen, but a maid.

 

My anticipation deflated like a punctured balloon, and disappointment filled its place.

 

The maid entered carrying a large cake on a tray.

 

“Finally, the cake has arrived.”

 

It seemed to be the cake Fillen had prepared.

 

The maid placed the cake tray beside me.

 

The cake looked much larger and more elaborate up close. It was about three layers high, with gold powder sprinkled all over it.

 

Could those things embedded on top actually be real gems?

 

“Happy birthday, Leilah.”

 

Who knew birthday wishes could sound so unpleasant.

 

“Thank you, Your Grace.”

 

But thanks to this, I had found a good opportunity to bring out what I needed.

 

“Knowing Your Grace would prepare a birthday cake for me, I brought something as well.”

 

When I rang the bell, Nes brought champagne. It was the champagne Sisly had given me as a gift yesterday.

 

Sisly showed no particular reaction upon seeing the champagne. She just blinked as if seeing it for the first time.

 

Seeing that reaction made me wonder if I had been mistaken, but one could never be sure.

 

Since I had nothing to lose anyway, I decided to push through to the end.

 

“This is the champagne Miss Sisly gave me yesterday. I received something so nice that I felt bad drinking it alone, so I brought it.”

 

At my gesture, Nes poured champagne into their glasses.

 

“It should pair well with the cake, so let’s enjoy them together.”

 

“Good idea. Sisly, did you do such a thoughtful thing without me knowing?”

 

When Fillen asked with a satisfied smile, Sisly responded with a faint smile.

 

“Of course I had to. We’re family now, after all.”

 

We, is it.

 

“But what should we do? I still haven’t fully recovered, so I shouldn’t drink alcohol. And Phil can’t drink either since his hand injury from before hasn’t fully healed.”

 

“Ah, right. That’s true.”

 

Aha, so that’s why they were so confident—they thought they wouldn’t have to drink it.

 

“Champagne has an extremely low alcohol content.”

 

I had no intention of letting them slip away like eels.

 

“Besides, they say a light drink is good for blood circulation, right? So one glass should be fine, shouldn’t it? It’s also a toast to celebrate my birthday.”

 

“That’s also true.”

 

Fillen’s fickle ears continued to flutter even at this moment.

 

When Fillen acted as if he would drink the champagne right away, Sisly’s eyes wavered slightly.

 

But it was truly just a fleeting moment. She looked at Fillen as if nothing had happened and said,

 

“Still, I think it would be better for me to be careful. It’s not just any hand, but my right hand—it would be terrible if it got worse.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

“If you really want to make a toast, I’ll have them bring non-alcoholic champagne. I can drink that.”

 

The more Sisly acted this way, the more my suspicion turned into certainty. She had definitely done something to the champagne.

 

But even if I said that here, Sisly would surely find another way to escape.

 

‘I need to corner her properly so she can’t do that.’

 

For that, Lord Rohen needed to come, but when exactly would he arrive?

 

It was already past 1 o’clock. Just as anxiety that he might not come made my mouth dry and I kept gulping down innocent water,

 

“Sorry I’m late!”

 

Finally, the long-awaited Lord Rohen appeared.

 

Lord Rohen wasn’t alone. Behind him were the store owner woman and the man in brown robes I had seen yesterday.

 

He had brought the people I had mentioned. I looked at Lord Rohen with a bright smile, delighted.

 

“I said anyone could come in, didn’t I, Lord Rohen?”

 

In contrast, Fillen glared at Lord Rohen and asked in a somewhat menacing tone.

 

When Lord Rohen glanced at me for cues, I stood up from my seat. I didn’t forget to grab the reticule I had placed beside me.

 

“I called him.”

 

Fillen looked at me with eyes full of displeasure.

 

“Why did you call Lord Rohen?”

 

“To prove my innocence, of course.”

 

I took out all the analysis results from Abeldan Pharmacy from my reticule for everyone to see clearly.

 

“This is the result of requesting Abeldan Pharmacy to analyze the two medicines I received from Your Grace yesterday.”

 

“So?”

 

Fillen’s reaction was lukewarm. He seemed to think the results would be exactly what he expected.

 

Well, would they really?

 

I couldn’t help but smile. Since showing was better than telling, I had the butler hand the analysis results to Fillen.

 

Fillen’s face, which had been indifferent as he received the results, contorted in an instant.

 

“This is…!”

 

Sisly also glanced at it from the side and soon widened her eyes in disbelief.

 

I smiled and reinforced the results for them.

 

“As Your Grace can see, the red medicine helps with pregnancy, and the blue medicine is an abortifacient.”

 

“That’s impossible!”

 

Sisly let out a shrill scream, denying the results. Fillen also raised one eyebrow as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“Can we trust these results?”

 

“Are you doubting Abeldan Pharmacy’s expertise?”

 

Fillen pressed his lips together, apparently not wanting to go that far. But he still seemed unable to believe the results.

 

Or perhaps he couldn’t believe them.

 

If the blue medicine was an abortifacient, then all the leverage he’d used to threaten me would disappear.

 

That was exactly what I wanted.

 

“The blue medicine is definitely an abortifacient. I was told so when I received those medicines from Countess Tebesa.”

 

“…Countess Tebesa?”

 

“Yes. Those medicines were given to me by Countess Tebesa. For just in case.”

 

I didn’t bother to mention that the ‘just in case’ referred to Sisly.

 

I wasn’t trying to protect Countess Tebesa. I just didn’t want to get involved in an even more troublesome situation.

 

Everyone was surprised by my words and began murmuring.

 

Sisly’s face turned pale, and Fillen glared at me as if this was absurd.

 

“You’re not lying to cover up your crime, are you?”

 

“It’s all true. If you’re still suspicious, Your Grace can request analysis from another pharmacy.”

 

Then Fillen narrowed his eyes and wrinkled his nose bridge. He was clearly agonizing.

 

You shouldn’t be agonizing yet, Fillen. I still have so much more to show you.

 

“The maid who brought this blue medicine bottle to Your Grace said this, didn’t she? That she saw me with these medicine bottles.”

 

Fillen answered with silence.

 

“How strange.”

 

I tilted my head slightly as if truly puzzled.

 

“That maid came to work after I left the manor—how could she have seen me?”

 

“…What?”

 

Not only Fillen but Sisly also looked surprised. She apparently didn’t know this either.

 

Well, if she had known, she wouldn’t have foolishly entrusted such an important task to Kena.

 

“I knew it!”

 

Sisly clapped her hands together and spoke in a coquettish voice.

 

“The Baron is innocent after all.”

 

What?

 

“That former head maid Misa planned and did this all by herself. To think we suspected the Baron without knowing this…”

 

Sisly’s large, deer-like eyes filled with tears.

 

She covered her mouth with both hands and continued speaking.

 

“I’m really sorry, Baron Aster. I’m only saying this now, but I believed in your innocence from the beginning. Everyone around me kept saying you were the culprit, so I had some doubts, but I wasn’t certain!”

 

What kind of nonsense was this.

 

It seemed like she was trying to make excuses somehow since the situation was turning strange, but there was no way.

 

I walked silently toward the small side door inside.

 

It was a rule that personal servants always waited behind the side door, ready for their master’s call.

 

So outside there would be Nes, who was temporarily serving as my personal maid, Jeffrey, Fillen’s personal servant, and Elli, Sisly’s personal maid.

 

“Ah.”

 

As expected, Elli was outside too.

 

I didn’t say anything and just stared at her, but perhaps sensing something ominous, Elli ran away without looking back.

 

“Where are you going!”

 

But quick-witted Nes caught Elli.

 

Thanks to other maids joining in, Sisly’s Elli was helplessly dragged into the dining hall.

 

“Miss, miss!”

 

Elli called out desperately to Sisly, but Sisly turned away.

 

I brought Elli to That Woman I had met yesterday.

 

“Four months ago, is this the maid who gave you jewelry and bought items?”

 

The woman narrowed her eyes and looked at Elli carefully, then nodded vigorously.

 

“That’s right.”

 

“No, I’m not!”

 

Elli shook her head violently in denial.

 

“I didn’t do such a thing! I, I don’t know anything about this!”

 

“There’s a transaction record that this woman brought to the shop!”

 

As Elli continued to deny it, the woman glared at Elli as if she found her despicable and shouted.

 

“Thinking the jewelry might be stolen goods, I kept the transaction record to be sure!”

 

A transaction record. It was the first time I heard of this, but it was another piece of evidence for me.

 

I glanced at Sisly. She was looking this way with her eyes wide open, looking very surprised.

 

Of course she would be. That transaction record would have been written by Sisly.

 

There was no way illiterate Elli could have written it.

 

“So what did this maid buy?”

 

“Women’s products used during menstruation! And she bought only high-quality products!”

 

As soon as the woman finished speaking, a heavy silence fell over the dining hall.

 

Everyone looked at Sisly in shock.

 

“When a woman is pregnant, she doesn’t menstruate while carrying the child in her womb. That’s basic common knowledge that everyone here knows.”

 

I asked while looking at Sisly, who was trembling like an aspen leaf.

 

“But why did you buy women’s products for menstruation? Can you tell me what you were going to use them for?”

 

Sisly couldn’t say anything and bit her lips tightly.

 

She couldn’t speak. There was no way she could.

 

You, all this time you…!

 

“It was a fake pregnancy?”

 

“My goodness. It was all lies?”

 

“You’ve been deceiving us completely all this time?”

 

I didn’t even need to speak up. Maids and servants alike murmured, and the sound soon spread beyond the dining hall to the outside.

 

Bang-!

 

But only for a moment, as Fillen struck the dining table so hard it seemed like he would break it, and quiet silence fell over the dining hall again.

 

Everyone kept their mouths shut and watched Fillen’s mood.

 

“Sisly.”

 

It was a chilling voice that might be heard in a cemetery on a midsummer night. The veins in Fillen’s neck were bulging.

 

At this, Sisly, who had been trembling, shook her head violently and shouted.

 

“No!”

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