It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 25

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It was a splendid carriage with a completely different atmosphere from the one I had ridden when I first came to this place.

I lowered my eyes, feeling a bit nervous.

My mother, the long-standing nemesis of my life, was coming.

Mother often said to me:

“I’m in a bad mood today, so why are you blocking my path, hmm?”

The memory of being slapped until my face turned red, serving as a target for my bad-tempered mother’s venting.

Nevertheless, Veronica, the perpetrator, probably wouldn’t remember such things.

After hitting me to her heart’s content, venting her stress for whatever reason.

Veronica would always feed me something delicious afterward, saying ‘I’m sorry! I was so angry that I… You understand, don’t you.’

But was that really something that could be resolved with just an apology, Mother?

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“Oh my, our daughter! Serenthia!”

Baroness Veronica Rosemary.

She entered Kairozen Castle while fluttering her ornate fan as usual.

The North was said to have enormous funds buried in its many resources, plus the sale of various precious items from demon corpses.

‘Hmm, so they really are cash-rich after all. Even if the North was damaged by the demon war, it seems they have quite a lot of money to rebuild?’

No matter how I thought about it, Serenthia had no shortage of marriage proposals.

‘Hmph, and to think that girl would even gain recognition here.’

In many ways, she was too valuable a daughter to sell off carelessly.

Her already flashy dress fluttered even more splendidly with the marriage business in mind.

“Why have you come?”

“My, you’re too hasty. It’s been so long since we’ve seen each other, yet you don’t even greet me first.”

Looking at Veronica’s seemingly innocent expression, Serenthia answered indifferently.

“Yes, I’d prefer if you just got to the point. I’m tired.”

Baroness Veronica’s brow furrowed slightly.

It felt strangely like she was being subtly insulted, but that couldn’t be.

Serenthia was Serenthia, after all.

She smiled sweetly at her and said:

“Well then, let’s get to the point. His Grace the Grand Duke of Kairozen seems to cherish you quite dearly, doesn’t he? They say even flawed things have their uses somewhere. Indeed, old sayings are never wrong.”

Even after spewing such venom, Baroness Veronica didn’t realize how strange her own words were.

Soon, Baroness Veronica’s voice dropped to a cunning whisper.

“As you well know, this mother needs money. Quite a lot of it, actually.”

In short, she had come to extort money.

“Was our family always so poor? We’re a renowned architectural family.”

“Ever since your father left for the Eastern Continent, the private funds I can use have decreased, dear.”

“Even the reduced amount should be quite substantial.”

“Well, I’m trying to buy a villa in the Southern Region…”

At the mention of a villa in the Southern Region, Serenthia’s body flinched.

“…By any chance, is it the West Villa at the very bottom of the Southern Region, on the coastline?”

“Oh! Yes, that villa particularly caught my eye. It’s just that it’s difficult with the money I have now.”

She whispered sweetly, as if trying to coax her.

It would have been disgusting enough if she had demanded money for the family, but seeing her trying to satisfy only her own greed made it even more repulsive.

“So… I’m asking you. Hmm? Bring me some of the precious things from Kairozen Castle.”

“Haah…”

“Oh, and you’re quite good at making buildings, aren’t you? For our Max’s sake, would you help with some designs?”

In short, she was nothing more than a leech that had come to suck Serenthia’s blood.

And yet she firmly believed that Serenthia would naturally do all of this for her.

Looking at such a Veronica, Serenthia spoke very honestly.

“That… I don’t want to.”

Until now, Serenthia had never once told Veronica that she disliked something.

Because she had wanted to be loved.

But…

‘I am no longer your shadow.’

Carrying that feeling completely, when she looked at Veronica.

Veronica’s lips curved upward.

Along with the anger shown when her own child dared to rebel, she quietly lifted her inner pocket.

“Oh, our daughter has forgotten her manners while away from home.”

Along with the anger shown when her own child dared to rebel, she quietly lifted her inner pocket.

“How can you be loved by His Grace with such poor manners? Mother needs to re-educate you.”

Inside the pocket was a small bracelet.

An ordinary-looking bead bracelet.

But it was a magical tool that Veronica used to bind Serenthia’s wrists like handcuffs when beating her.

Whenever Serenthia showed even a hint of rebellion, intimidation and beatings were always especially effective.

“So dear, you’ll have to wear this bracelet. Hmm? You’re originally such an obedient daughter. Please understand this mother’s heart, who has no choice but to discipline you like this.”

As soon as she saw her ‘bracelet,’ Serenthia’s body reacted before her mind, flinching.

“I’m beating you like this out of love, to raise you properly. Please understand this mother’s heart, dear.”

“B-but brother Max and Evelyn have never been hit…”

“Ha! Serenthia, are you the same as those children? You can’t do anything properly!”

Serenthia suddenly recalled the scars and bruises carved in invisible places on her body.

The inside of her thighs couldn’t even grow new flesh due to old wounds.

Serenthia looked at her and quietly straightened her hunched body.

Life doesn’t flow like the satisfying revenge web novels of her previous life.

Even though she had resolved to eliminate ‘Veronica Rosemary.’

Her body still stiffened when she saw that ‘bracelet’ that symbolized her abuse.

The process of a child abuse victim finding courage is usually an arduous process mixed with frustration and despair.

However…

The 0.1g of courage that originated from Raphael’s gaze, who had loved her before her regression.

‘You, who are known to be emotionless, cried for me.’

Whether it was love, affection, or friendship, she couldn’t know right now.

But having received such precious ’emotion,’ there was no way she would succumb to Veronica’s loveless abuse.

After even going through one regression, this was truly her first counterattack.

Serenthia slowly opened her mouth.

“I don’t understand Mother’s heart.”

“What?”

“I mean I don’t understand Mother’s heart in disciplining only me like that.”

“What did you say…?!”

Her breathing became slightly labored. Serenthia lowered her eyes and whispered seriously.

“Soon, the donut-shaped building I designed will be completed. I have to attend the completion party, so further conversation will be difficult.”

It was her first blocking move and counterattack.

Even so, Veronica only showed an irritated expression, with a thoughtless face.

She wouldn’t know yet how strong Serenthia had become.

Serenthia stood up with a cold expression.

The donut-shaped building completion party.

Quite a lot would change after that day.

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The day of the donut-shaped building’s completion ceremony.

It was a fairly clear day for the North, with Jacob dressed up prettily like a cute snow leopard, excitedly wiggling his bottom.

The round donut-shaped roof, the cute bulging walls, and Jacob running around the place!

“It’s a perfectly designed building from a magical engineering perspective! Mom and Dad will absolutely love it!”

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