I’m a Mother-in-Law, but I Dislike Conflict with My Daughter-in-Law - Chapter 195

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I’m a Mother-in-Law, But I Don’t Want Family Conflicts Episode 195

Rohan, who had dropped his stealth, closed the window and stood before me.

It was a curious thing. When his brown hair had covered his eyes, he’d seemed gentle and unassuming, but now he was sharp as a predator facing an enemy.

“How long have you been hiding there?”

At my question, he looked at Jane and spoke.

“…I just arrived. I was waiting because it seemed like Jane would call for me soon.”

It seemed the bell attached to the window had been a signal to summon him.

Jane must have planned to call Rohan after explaining everything about the man who had impersonated Windsor to me.

I stood as if blocking Jane’s path.

“You thought she would call? Did you arrange some secret meeting?”

I tried to lighten the mood with a joking tone, but Rohan answered with a stiff voice.

“No, because I noticed she was following me. So I thought she would come looking for me.”

‘So he caught her tail.’

I could feel Jane behind me flinch in surprise.

Well, no matter how capable Jane was, her opponent was a duke. He would have vaguely noticed her background investigation.

“Good, no need to explain twice. That man who impersonated Windsor, who is he? And why did you kill him?”

I felt uncomfortable speaking so casually about someone’s death, but despite my memory gaps, I felt no sympathy for that man.

Whether it was trust in Rohan or wariness toward family I couldn’t remember, I couldn’t tell right now.

“He’s no one you need to know about. He’s already dead, and you’ll never meet him.”

“Even if I don’t meet him, I should hear about his identity.”

I looked up at him with my arms crossed.

But he pressed his lips tightly shut as if he didn’t want to answer.

‘Well, he wouldn’t spill everything willingly.’

Having given up hope early, I pulled out the Imperial Forms Book from my pocket and held it out to him.

“What’s this?”

“I found it at Windsor Mansion. It’s a book I was studying that His Imperial Majesty couldn’t completely clear away.”

“…!”

Rohan’s eyes shook greatly.

He carefully took the book from me and opened it to look inside.

His expression hardened coldly as he examined the book’s contents.

“I came to see you to tell you about my future plans. You probably won’t talk about the past anyway.”

“…Plans?”

“I’m going to move forward to recover my memories. I’ll receive help from the Ducal House, request evidence from His Imperial Majesty, and send people to investigate the Windsor Family.”

In the past, I couldn’t have even attempted such things.

I was a powerless Grand Duchess with no decent connections.

But now it was different. Mikhail and Helene had said they would take my side, and I had gained reliable friends through the Reading Club. Not to mention money.

‘And the Emperor seems to be on my side too.’

The Emperor didn’t seem to intend to hide secrets.

If I gather all the evidence, he might easily tell me the truth.

“One of those means is the Imperial Forms Book. Looking at it, I could roughly guess what my past purpose was.”

Probably, my past self was thinking of solving the Windsor Family’s problems.

The family’s debt was growing beyond what they could handle, and in such a situation, there’s no way I would have just sat still.

At that time, it was before my past life memories merged, but my past self wasn’t much different in personality from now.

I would have either tried to revive the family, or at least struggled desperately to escape myself.

‘There must be traces left somewhere.’

There’s no way my past self would have been taken advantage of so easily. That was my confidence in my own nature.

“And before we parted in the capital, I asked Professor Fortran about the gaps in my memory. He didn’t agree that such magic existed, but he was certain about one thing. That erased memories can be reconstructed.”

Rohan’s eyebrows twitched.

This was actually something I had vaguely sensed even before Professor Fortran’s certainty.

If the memory erasure ability had been perfect, Rohan wouldn’t have tested whether my memories had returned.

Professor Fortran said that memories are recorded not just in the soul but also in the body, so it’s impossible to erase them completely even with any miracle.

To perfectly delete memories, he added that it would be more realistic to turn back that person’s time instead.

‘Actually, I’m feeling a sense of discomfort too… Once I catch a clue, my memories will definitely return, even if vaguely.’

The Emperor and Rohan knew this too, which is why they eliminated all the clues around me.

But they weren’t perfect either.

Thinking about it now, it was natural. The Emperor and Rohan hadn’t been in office for very long.

In the capital where all kinds of political schemes run rampant, their movements couldn’t be free.

That’s why they missed Professor Fortran and couldn’t stop people like Raymond from operating in the shadows.

The same goes for the man who impersonated Windsor that Jane mentioned.

‘She said his area of activity was the Western Region. Then Rohan couldn’t have erased all his traces either. That’s probably how Jane caught his tail too.’

I had an intuition that the form for registry modification and the man who impersonated Windsor were connected.

In the end, it meant that the clues I needed to investigate were overflowing.

“From now on, I’m going to investigate everything you tried to erase. I wanted to let you know that.”

The conflict with Helene had been resolved, so all that remained was the question about my past.

Finally revealing the plan I had kept in my heart, I felt refreshed.

Then Rohan frowned.

“…I can’t understand. Why are you telling me your plan? I’m prepared to use any means necessary to prevent you from regaining your memories. Do you want me to interfere?”

“You still don’t get it?”

Why tell him the plan, he asks. I knew he was oblivious, but to this extent.

I clicked my tongue in disapproval.

“I don’t want to lie to you. Just as you acted for my sake, I want to face you with sincerity too.”

“…”

Rohan’s eyes widened.

He tried hard to respond, but only his lips moved.

To be honest, my feelings toward Rohan still couldn’t be summarized in a single word.

When I looked at him, I couldn’t yet define whether the fluttering in my heart was a remnant of the past or a current emotion.

For that reason too, I had to face the past.

“I won’t run away. So Rohan, don’t you run away either. When I regain all my memories and come to find you, that’s when you should answer. I’ll tell you everything too.”

What he thinks of me.

Whether he still loves me.

…And what he thinks about Wilhelmina, whose soul is different from back then.

When my past was revealed, that was the opportunity to tell my final secret.

This meeting was both a declaration of war for that moment and my resolve.

I reached out and caressed Rohan’s cheek.

“Don’t forget, Rohan. I won’t back down. So you face me too.”

Rohan still didn’t answer.

He simply held my hand quietly.

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