I’m The Real Daughter, But I Don’t Want To Go Back To The Duke’s Estate - Chapter 76

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‘Did, did I speak too harshly?’

No matter what, the other party was the Princess of Lusert…

After hesitating for a moment, the marquis’s daughter quickly reassured herself inwardly.

‘No. If I back down here, I’ll lose.’

Thus, the marquis’s daughter deliberately stiffened her neck even more.

This was actually perfect.

She seemed to have gotten a bit too bold lately, so it would be better to put her in her place starting now…!

“‘Gratefully and humbly,’ you say.”

But Cecilia once again far exceeded the marquis’s daughter’s expectations.

Far from being put in her place, rather.

“Well, do you have the qualifications to say such things, Lady Cornelius?”

She asked back calmly with a voice devoid of warmth.

“If you want to say such things to me, shouldn’t you at least be a direct member of Lusert?”

“…What, what did you say?”

“Even my own family members don’t give me warnings, yet a young lady who has absolutely no relation to our house says such things.”

Cecilia tilted her head curiously.

Her red lips, like a single rose, drew an elegant curve.

It was a clear sneer.

“Isn’t that a bit presumptuous of you?”

“Are you done talking now?!”

In an instant, Lady Cornelius felt heat rush to her head.

This girl who always just groveled around, why does she keep getting on my nerves today!

“Presumptuous? Who’s calling who presumptuous?!”

A sharp scream rang shrilly around them.

“You’re nothing but a stupid commoner anyway!!”

With those words.

Unable to contain her anger, the marquis’s daughter struck Cecilia’s shoulder hard with her hand.

The only problem was that at that very moment, the ship swayed greatly.

“Ah!”

Cecilia lost her balance.

Staggering, Cecilia fell straight down below the railing.

* * *

Everything passed before Milena’s eyes like slow motion.

Cecilia’s expressionless face.

Lady Cornelius striking Cecilia’s shoulder hard with an extremely excited expression.

Cecilia staggering, and the ship swaying greatly in that instant.

“Princess Milena!”

Over her frozen green eyes, the sight of Cecilia, who had been standing by the railing, falling into the river was etched.

At the same time, a piercing scream burst from between Milena’s lips.

“Sister Cecilia!!”

Her body moved before her thoughts.

Milena, who hurriedly ran toward the railing where Cecilia had fallen, immediately gripped the railing.

Behind her, Rudrick’s urgent voice calling for her rang out.

“Princess Milena!!”

At the same time, her vision was completely filled with white spray.

Splash!!

Her entire head became cold.

Her body, which had violently hit the water surface, cried out in intense pain.

Only then did Milena, whose reason had somewhat returned, clench her teeth tightly.

‘Ah, damn.’

She seemed to have moved too recklessly without thinking.

Her vision was completely black, and bubbles were rising up.

For a moment, Milena was terrified but tried hard to calm herself.

‘It’s okay.’

When she was young, Milena had been quite an energetic child.

She had plenty of experience playing in water.

Since she basically knew how to swim, there shouldn’t be any problem grabbing Cecilia.

Most importantly, hadn’t she studied magic?

Of course, it would have been better if she had cast magic before jumping into the river…

‘No, I can do it now.’

With that thought, Milena tried to move her mana.

But.

‘…What?’

Her mana wouldn’t move?!

Milena felt a chill run down her spine.

* * *

In an instant, the surroundings became chaos.

People looked down at the splashing water surface with shocked faces.

“Pr, Princess Cecilia fell into the water!”

“Princess Milena too!!”

But among all those people, no one was more shocked than the Duchess.

A sharp scream tore through the air.

“My goodness, children!!”

The Duchess looked as if she might faint at any moment and tried to rush toward the railing.

Elias, who was beside her, reflexively held onto the Duchess.

“Mother, please calm down!”

“Let go of this!”

The Duchess struggled wildly.

Elias’s heart beat frantically with anxiety.

He knew in his head.

That there were safety personnel stationed on the ship, so it was right to restrain his mother now.

But.

‘I have to go.’

He didn’t know what his two younger sisters might be experiencing in the water right now.

Tension filled his legs.

Elias clenched his teeth and pushed the Duchess back.

“If Mother acts like this too, it’s dangerous! I’ll rescue them, so Mother should…!”

But then.

“Elias, take good care of your mother!”

As a firm shout pierced his ears, someone jumped into the water.

Splash!!

In an instant, Elias and the Duchess looked as if they had been struck in the head.

That was because the person who had jumped into the water was none other than Duke Lusert.

“Darling!”

“F, Father!”

Elias, who let out a single scream, followed the Duke and jumped into the river.

The Duchess’s face turned pale without a trace of color.

“Darling, Elias!”

The Duchess also tried to rush toward the railing immediately.

But the people around her hurriedly held her back.

“Let go of me!!”

The Duchess struggled once more.

Tears poured down like rain over her pale white face.

“Please calm down!”

“Duchess, the safety personnel have entered now…!”

People did their best to somehow calm the Duchess down.

Just then.

The Duchess’s body suddenly stopped.

All strength drained from her entire body.

“Haa, haa, ha…”

The Duchess gasped for breath.

Her heart pounded as if it would burst.

This is a lie.

The whole family had finally gathered together.

She thought they could finally be happy…

‘What if they get hurt like this?’

So, if by any chance she were to lose one of her family members…

The Duchess gasped for breath as she stared beyond the railing where her husband and son had disappeared.

A trembling voice flowed from between her pale lips.

“N-no.”

Everything before her eyes turned pitch black.

The Duchess’s eyes seemed to roll back, then she staggered and collapsed on the spot.

“Duchess? Duchess!”

“Come to your senses!”

Shocked people rushed to the unconscious Duchess’s side.

* * *

The moment he witnessed Milena falling beyond the railing.

Rudrick experienced the clichéd expression ‘his mind went blank’ with his entire body.

Time seemed to have stopped.

In his blue vision, only the afterimage of Milena falling flickered.

“Princess Milena!”

Rudrick urgently tried to draw up his mana.

But.

‘What is this?!’

Something was interfering with his mana manipulation.

It felt like being tightly bound by iron chains with massive weights attached.

No matter how much he tried to move his mana, that ‘something’ prevented Rudrick from budging with its strong force.

He couldn’t know the cause of this strange phenomenon right now.

But.

‘I can’t let this happen.’

Rudrick took a deep breath.

At the same time, he gritted his teeth and drew up his mana even more forcefully.

‘I have to save Milena.’

Snap!

With a feeling like chains breaking, the air that had been binding his limbs shook tremendously.

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