Mad Rosetta - Chapter 14

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Mad Rosetta

Episode 14

Let’s Look at the Discarded Trash Again (4)

【He looks a bit young.】

Following Sing, who muttered indifferently with his arms crossed, I carefully examined Cessia’s face.

Certainly, compared to the twenty-one-year-old Cessia I had last seen, the current eighteen-year-old him looked subtly younger.

All seventeen-year-old young men in Arcanis undergo coming-of-age ceremonies on their birthdays.

Yet the baby fat that hadn’t quite disappeared, or his refreshingly smiling face, belonged to someone who had just stepped into society.

【Huh, darling. That little mushroom can’t take his eyes off your face. What do you think?】

What am I supposed to do? I want to punch that glossy face right now.

From the moment Cessia’s eyes met mine, he acted as if he had no intention of looking anywhere else.

Was he surprised that the news about my house arrest being lifted was true, or did I look strange for dragging my sick body all the way to the garden…

Or perhaps he found it fascinating that his fiancée, who he remembered as being terribly shabby, suddenly appeared before him looking perfectly fine.

“I really missed you, Lord Cessia.”

…How rude. There’s clearly an elder right beside him.

Perhaps it was intentional.

Only after Odette’s greeting did Cessia’s gaze finally shift to her.

To see the adulterous pair together again. This brought its own disgusting feeling.

“Bonita. I understand your joy at seeing him… but shouldn’t we give my fiancé some time to breathe?”

“Oh my, I’m sorry… I seem to have committed a breach of etiquette.”

“Not at all. With Miss Bonita welcoming me so warmly, I think I’ll be able to spend the day pleasantly.”

Those damn things are playing around together…

【They’re playing around as a pair.】

Huh, I’m sure I only thought that.

As I was drinking tea to suppress my rising anger, Sing voiced exactly what I was feeling.

【You have a good stomach? Seeing you can swallow tea while looking at that sight.】

“…”

【I think I’ll be able to spend the day pleasantly~ Ugh, was cheesy stuff your taste?】

“Pfft!”

Damn, I almost spit out my tea.

Because Sing had voiced his anger out loud, I couldn’t hold back my laughter and could only force out a cough.

Then Odette narrowed her brows in displeasure, and Cessia once again cast his gaze toward me.

He looked exactly like a boy about to start some pathetic love game, and I had to hide my discomfort.

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‘She’s been sick all this time… I guess she really is getting better.’

Cessia thought this as he stared intently at his fiancée, who maintained an indifferent expression before him.

It was a ceremonial visit.

Even though she was a young lady who had caused all sorts of trouble within the household and received house arrest, to the outside world, she was a fiancée secluded due to illness.

Therefore, Cessia had to show the world that he was properly supporting Rosetta.

– “C-Cessia, you came? I, uh. I can’t go outside, so I’m preparing…”

He was quite shocked when he first came to visit Rosetta’s sickbed. Honestly, he wanted to run away.

The outfit, smile, dinner, etc., that anyone could see she had prepared to impress him… The original Rosetta was the very match that God had prepared for him.

She had to be at least this much to be qualified to marry this Fordicus Cessia, and he didn’t spare his praise.

Whether her true nature was revealed as she grew up, his fiancée gradually changed into an increasingly disgusting state.

– “Kyaah! Sister, please. *sob*, don’t do this…!”

On his second visit, he had to witness Odette being beaten and crying by her sister.

The humiliation Cessia felt that day was indescribable.

‘It failed!’

The moment he witnessed with his own eyes the ugly aspects of his fiancée, Cessia had no choice but to despair.

Noble birth and outstanding appearance. Even honor that lacked nothing.

What remained was the mistress who would build the household together with him after he inherited the marquis title in the future.

So he had thoroughly considered and weighed everything, placing the finest goods that would suit him best by his side.

But to find out there were defects. What else could this be but fraud?

The humiliation he felt for the first time in his life had nowhere to go, and he suffered alone for who knows how long.

– “High nobles can live for three generations even if their household falls. But those who fall out of Benatra’s favor will self-destruct within three days!”

Yet he couldn’t break off the engagement because Rosetta’s position as Benatra’s only direct descendant was maddeningly high.

If the imperial bloodline were to dry up, people would jokingly say that the Benatra Dynasty would be established.

Besides this, the complicated adult circumstances made it impossible to move easily, making it even more miserable.

‘…The atmosphere seems different somehow.’

Dressed in a light mauve dress, she languidly blinked her eyes while surveying the scenery.

Her slender arms visible as she gathered up her fallen shawl. Her deep red hair that looked particularly dark following the shadows.

And her small earlobes that appeared when she brushed it back.

“Why are you staring like that, Fordicus.”

…Even the name she called him was quite different from before.

Cessia found this so strange that he didn’t know what expression to make.

Rosetta’s image of hurrying to smile and call him “Cessia-” felt exactly like a distorted memory.

She was now clearly drawing a line.

So it was both unpleasant and disappointing…

“…What’s wrong with me looking at my fiancée.”

Cessia replied with a grumbling tone without realizing it.

“…Ha!”

“…”

“Haha, well now… What sweet words.”

Unreadable.

He absolutely could not read the meaning contained in her eyes as she stared at him.

It was like dawn waiting for daybreak, or seemed to have the moisture of a moonlit night reflected on a lake.

Rosetta’s gaze that used to reveal her transparent heart, telling him to look at her everything, her smile.

Even her gesture of tilting her teacup.

Thump.

Thump.

Everything was so unfamiliar that Cessia could only leave his fluttering heart in confusion.

A very strong wind blew.

* * *

【Why is he opening his eyes like that?】

Today, Sing and I seemed to be perfectly in sync.

How could he shoot out expressions that represented my feelings so timely?

I too was very annoyed by Cessia’s honey-dripping gaze, so I had to peacefully take in the garden with my eyes.

“I’m really worried. The ball is right around the corner, but I wonder if I can do well…”

Then Odette muttered as if she had many concerns.

She must have heard through Lianna that I would be attending the ball together.

But whether she wasn’t showing it or pretending not to have heard, she kept whining to Cessia.

“Lord Cessia must have attended many balls, right? I heard there are really many noble young ladies… How should I conduct myself among them to safely finish the ball?”

“Come to think of it, it’s already that time. Miss Bonita will do very well. Among the young nobles I know, there are many who are curious about Miss Bonita.”

“Oh my, really? But I’m still inadequate… Sister Rosetta is much more outstanding than me.”

At her response, Cessia smiled awkwardly and praised her modesty.

Then Odette blushed as if embarrassed.

‘That damn thing. Throwing the first punch?’

I had tried to refrain because I didn’t want to clash with various words.

I decided to gladly face her.

“Since the Spring stage came up… Our Bonita. Have you decided on a partner?”

“What? Oh, not yet…”

“My goodness, how could those young men ignore such a virtuous child like you? Unless they all have vision problems, this shouldn’t be happening. As you said, the date is approaching fast, so we need to hurry up and find someone.”

“No, it’s not that the requests haven’t come…”

“There are many excellent knights within our household. They’re all busy people, but if you ask them, they’d readily agree to be your partner.”

“…I suppose so. Thank you for thinking of me, sister.”

Perhaps wanting to quickly escape this topic, Odette said she would think about it and tried to end the conversation.

“Oh, Podocus. I know there are many decent young men around you too. How about acting as a bridge?”

But I had no intention of ending it yet.

What an utterly impudent little sister.

“Sister! Lord Cessia, no. I don’t want to be a burden, so there’s no need for that.”

“But Bonita. A partner for the banquet should have been decided long ago. For such a smart child like you to have overlooked this important matter, this sister is still worried whether it’s okay to let you stand on your own.”

“B-but sister, you haven’t decided on a partner yet either, have you? More than me…!”

At Odette’s retort, the surrounding atmosphere turned cold.

‘I knew that if I kept pressing, she’d eventually get heated and make a mistake.’

How dare she find fault and rebuke her own sister.

This was quite a different attitude from the saintly demeanor Odette had been displaying until now.

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