I’m The Real Daughter, But I Don’t Want To Go Back To The Duke’s Estate - Chapter 38

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“I was planning to call the governess soon to hear the whole story. Just in case I might be misunderstanding something. But….”

 

Elias stared at the completely ruined dress, then bit his lower lip tightly.

 

“It seems the butler did an excellent job investigating.”

 

“….”

 

“Do you have any more excuses, governess?”

 

At that calm question, Mrs. Howard suddenly collapsed to the floor.

 

Then she looked up at Elias desperately with tear-filled eyes.

 

“Young master!”

 

Young master.

 

It was the affectionate title Mrs. Howard used to call him when Elias was still young.

 

“You know how devotedly I served you, young master. Both young master Elias and Miss Cecilia… I truly cared for you with all my heart. Right?”

 

However, Mrs. Howard’s judgment to appeal to emotions was completely wrong.

 

Even in this situation, her behavior of trying to escape by calling him ‘young master’ made Elias’s face fill with disgust.

 

“Yes, there was a time when I thought the governess truly cared for us….”

 

The corner of Elias’s lips twisted.

 

That sneer was so cold that Mrs. Howard unconsciously swallowed her dry saliva.

 

“Really, the princess never stays quiet for even a day.”

 

“How long do you plan to keep worrying the family members?”

 

The harsh words she had poured on Cecilia on the first day they found Milena.

 

“Of course Miss Cecilia would naturally want to receive jewelry too, but today is the day to prepare Miss Milena’s things, isn’t it?”

 

“Today, please yield to your younger sister. Understood?”

 

The scene where she openly condemned Cecilia in front of people, telling her not to covet Milena’s brooch.

 

“Mi, Miss Milena… ordered me to ruin Miss Cecilia’s dress.”

 

And this time, her attempt to frame Milena.

 

Elias, who had been coldly staring at Mrs. Howard, soon withdrew his gaze.

 

“Enough, arguing further would just be a waste of time.”

 

Mrs. Howard felt a chill run down her spine.

 

From that tone, she could sense that he had completely given up on her.

 

“…Young master?”

 

Mrs. Howard called out to Elias desperately.

 

But Elias was already fixing his gaze on the Duchess.

 

“Mother. I would like you to leave Mrs. Howard’s punishment to me.”

 

“….”

 

At those words, the Duchess couldn’t hide her complicated expression.

 

A governess she had trusted for so long, to whom she had even entrusted her precious children.

 

…She hadn’t wanted to see this true face.

 

“Yes, do as you wish.”

 

The Duchess nodded heavily.

 

“Madam…?”

 

Mrs. Howard, with an expression as if she’d been slapped, stammered as she called out to the Duchess.

 

At the same time, a cold voice fell like a blade onto Mrs. Howard’s neck.

 

“From today, you’re fired as governess. Leave the townhouse immediately.”

 

The horrified Mrs. Howard desperately clung to Elias.

 

“Pl, please don’t do this. I…!”

 

“….”

 

Elias looked down at Mrs. Howard with an expressionless face.

 

If it had been the usual Elias, he would have softened at the governess’s weak appearance, pretending he couldn’t bear it.

 

But now.

 

“Don’t keep provoking my anger.”

 

Elias drew a sharp line.

 

That cowardly behavior of acting weak toward the strong and strong toward the weak.

 

Being completely fooled by such behavior all this time, not even knowing that Milena and Cecilia were being hurt….

 

“It would be better if you disappeared from my sight right now.”

 

His violet eyes flashed sharply like a blade with its edge bared.

 

“The more you keep dawdling, the more disgusted I’ll become with you, governess.”

 

Cold sweat ran down Mrs. Howard’s spine.

 

‘This… is real.’

 

Elias really intended to cast Mrs. Howard out.

 

But she couldn’t bring herself to cling any longer.

 

Her instincts whispered.

 

If she said even one wrong word here, everything would truly become irreversible.

 

No, more precisely.

 

…It was already close to being irreversible.

 

“Never approach my sisters again.”

 

“Yo, young master….”

 

“Also, if you’re seen around the Duke’s household anymore, I won’t let it slide. This is a warning.”

 

Elias concluded his words as if spitting.

 

At the same time, all strength drained from Mrs. Howard’s body.

 

She sat down heavily with a dazed expression.

 

* * *

 

Mrs. Howard was immediately fired from the Rusert Ducal Family.

 

“Young master, you can’t do this to me… right?!”

 

Mrs. Howard clung desperately while crying, but the Duke’s household firmly drew the line.

 

She was even kicked out without receiving a letter of recommendation, so no family wanted Mrs. Howard.

 

Mrs. Howard tried to find employment with other noble families in the capital somehow, but it was useless.

 

Well, it was only natural.

 

Having caused such an enormous incident at the empire’s only ducal family, who would take her in?

 

After that, the Duke’s household underwent a major replacement of servants.

 

All the maids who had been strongly influenced by Mrs. Howard were fired.

 

Thus, the last news heard was that Mrs. Howard and the fired maids had scattered and gone down to the provinces.

 

Incidentally, Mathilde was not fired.

 

I had asked for her to be employed as my personal maid.

 

“…How could Mrs. Howard do such a thing.”

 

Meanwhile, the Duchess seemed quite shocked.

 

Well, Mrs. Howard had been a person who received great trust from the Duke’s household until now.

 

The Duke, who heard the entire story, had a somewhat surprised face, but he didn’t scold the young Duke.

 

Rather, he said he had done well.

 

Also.

 

“Cecilia must have had a hard time too.”

 

“You’ve been through a lot.”

 

The Duke and Duchess’s gaze toward Cecilia was unexpectedly warm.

 

It was somewhat pitiful to see Cecilia’s expression brighten immediately at just those few words….

 

‘But it’s okay.’

 

I gained some hope from this incident.

 

At least when they learned that Cecilia was receiving unfair treatment, they did try to correct it.

 

That was what I thought.

 

…Of course, even so, I still found it disagreeable that they had been indifferent to Cecilia all this time.

 

And so, currently.

 

Thinking I might take a walk, I was heading to the garden with Mathilde when I stopped in my tracks.

 

‘Huh?’

 

In the distance, I could see a young man standing there, restless and fidgeting.

 

His distinctive reddish-brown hair stood out vividly under the sunlight.

 

I narrowed my eyes.

 

‘Isn’t that the young Duke?’

 

His expression didn’t look good at all.

 

With a face full of worries and concerns, he was intently staring at one side of the garden.

 

And the person at the end of his gaze was…

 

‘Cecilia?’

 

It seemed like Cecilia had also come out for a walk.

 

With a lace parasol tilted at an angle, she was walking through the garden blooming with colorful flowers with light steps.

 

What’s this, does he have some business with Cecilia?

 

I gestured for Mathilde to step back, then hurried over to the young Duke’s side with quick steps.

 

“Oppa?”

 

“Ahhh!”

 

The young Duke let out a short scream and frantically looked back toward Cecilia.

 

It seemed like Cecilia hadn’t heard him.

 

Only then did the young Duke, stroking his chest in relief, whip his head around toward me.

 

“Milena, keep it down!”

 

The young Duke even raised his index finger to his lips as he cautioned me.

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