Mad Rosetta - Chapter 17

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Mad Rosetta

Episode 17

Let’s Look at the Discarded Trash Again (7)

“I’m sick and tired of trying to guess your expressions now.”

You bring reality before my eyes with bitter words. You tear up my insides while spouting sweet words.

I resented this fellow who acted as he pleased, as if he could see right through me, while keeping his own thoughts hidden.

In this one-sided relationship, all I could do was chew over the words he spat out, guess his intentions, and feel disappointed when he didn’t match my expectations.

‘I’ll pass on relationships that aren’t equal.’

My pride was hurt by his constantly relaxed attitude.

Right, a partner whose proper name, background, and even face I don’t know.

Wasn’t this fellow the cowardly one?

“You never tell me anything properly, so shouldn’t I feel wronged? You’re getting to know everything about me like this.”

【Haha, are you trying to say I’m being sneaky? You’re quite the whiner.】

“Don’t try to brush it off, show your face right now.”

Did he accept that I had no intention of backing down? Sing pondered with a “hmm” for a moment.

What kind of precious face was he being so stubborn about?

Anyone watching would think I was some playboy hitting on a pretty passerby.

【If you want it so badly, there’s no reason I can’t show you… But let me ask just one thing.】

“You’re scheming again.”

【Is your Imperial History progressing quickly?】

I was about to ask what kind of random question that was, but I couldn’t.

In the blink of an eye, his revealed eyes left me speechless.

【You’re staring quite rudely, darling.】

“…”

【Mm, truly rude…】

I couldn’t retort to Sing, who was joking about whether I had fallen for his shining visage.

Because half of what he said was true.

Would the Partiti Sea, famous as a resort destination, look like that?

His clean, pale turquoise eyes that seemed to permit not an inch of pollution looked down at me with extreme arrogance.

Perhaps it was because his exceptionally black eyelashes, like his hair, cast shadows.

His skin as fine as ground ivory powder, and his smooth lips that had definitely touched my hand just moments ago.

【…Darling?】

Even the dimples that appeared when he smiled wryly.

Really… it was a killer face…

【I’m quite embarrassed, so I’d appreciate it if you’d curse at me like usual. What’s with just staring wide-eyed?】

“You, you…”

【Yes, yes. It must be quite troubling to recall all my insolent behavior until now. But I won’t act like a little brat over such trivial-.】

“It’s too good a face to die.”

【…Hm?】

Look at that cunning gesture of tilting his head as if he’d misheard.

I stared intently at Sing’s truly brilliant face and admired it purely.

“If Duchess Montague’s reason for killing you was jealousy over your beauty, I can quite sympathize. Annoying but an amazing face. You pass!”

【Rose? Darling?】

“To think I’d live to see looks as fine as our father’s. Tsk. It’s a shame, such a shame that you’ve already met your end.”

【Honey, please stop.】

“My goodness, what a surprise. I think I can understand your feelings about why you hid it until now. How much you must have suffered from people while living… hup.”

【…That’s enough, I said.】

Asking if this was how I was paying him back for all his teasing, he blushed as if embarrassed and covered my mouth with his hand.

He also rambled on with petty advice, asking if I had such worldly aspects and how I could be so shameless.

Foolishly. He didn’t seem to think that I was just spouting anything that came to mind in my flustered state.

‘Am I crazy? How can a man’s face be at natural disaster level?’

Right, honestly I was shocked by how handsome he was.

Very much so, quite a lot. Severely!

I had often imagined what he might look like.

But even that was just combining the eyes, nose, and mouth of people I’d encountered in my life, so I quickly lost interest.

But what was this beauty worthy of ‘if being pretty is a crime, I deserve the gallows!’

‘I guess the saying that beauties die young doesn’t exist for nothing…’

Me, Sing, and even our parents were all splendid beauties, but the reality that we all met early deaths felt too cruel.

Anyway, perhaps due to the shock of seeing Sing’s beauty, my brain had been pounding and the back of my neck felt hot. To avoid showing this, I had to keep running my mouth non-stop.

Or remove that heart-harmful face from before my eyes!

I pushed his hand away from my mouth and spoke solemnly.

“Now that I know, please make that face disappear again somehow.”

【What?】

“Oh right, we need to discuss Odette’s punishment too, so shall I go see Father?”

Sing opened his mouth as if dumbfounded.

I knew this was a rude remark, but lacking confidence to properly meet his eyes, I quickly turned around.

My body felt a bit hot, and I felt like I might die young if I looked at that face twice.

As I was about to enter the bedroom, Sing blocked my way.

I had to stiffen my body and shout angrily.

“What, what! Won’t you move?”

When I yelled while avoiding looking at his face, Sing made a shallow laugh as if suddenly realizing something.

【Right… Looks comparable to Duke Benatra. Since you’re so generous with praise, I don’t feel bad. Rather, I’m so embarrassed my face is turning red.】

“…”

【How about it, did it meet your aesthetic standards quite well? You seemed quite satisfied.】

Due to his sharp mockery as if he’d caught something, I ended up losing my composure and shouting once more.

Then, just as I had approached to pressure him, Sing also moved close to me and whispered softly.

【When talking, you should make eye contact, darling.】

My heartbeat was so loud I had the illusion it was beating in my ears.

I’d heard that in some foreign countries, there are legends of people being completely devoured after being enchanted by a demon’s beauty.

I wondered if this fellow might be that type. That’s how much I suspected.

The fact that I felt like I was about to be devoured meant his intimidating presence was that strong.

Trying to steel myself with such thoughts, I looked up straight at him.

“Are you done teasing me?”

【…I suppose I should be.】

“Then move aside now. I really need to go see Father.”

Fortunately, Sing obediently cleared the way he had been blocking, and I called in Penny and the servants while maintaining as calm an expression as possible.

I needed to redo my appearance simply, but above all, I needed to treat my hand.

If I went to see Father with an injury, he would surely be greatly angered.

As a result, Father was shocked by Odette’s unauthorized tampering with someone else’s correspondence and ordered her to be confined to Lili Hall for 14 days.

‘The punishment seems rather light…’

Father insisted on 14 days for three reasons: Odette’s behavior had been proper until now, this was her first disciplinary action.

And lastly, it was unavoidable to prevent disruption to the Spring Stage preparations.

What was strange was that Odette, who shut herself in her room without complaint, and Lianna, who I expected would plead for leniency, were mysteriously quiet.

“Lady. Letters have arrived from Montague Estate and Etienne’s Atelier.”

“Oh, put them both over there.”

Setting aside a few unsettling things, what I had gained over the past few days was clear.

First, I formally requested Father to promote Penny to maid, and he approved quite quickly.

I wouldn’t have backed down meekly even if he had opposed it, but I was a bit surprised that he agreed more readily than expected.

Perhaps he was pleased that his daughter, who had driven away a whole basketful of maids over the past few years, finally had someone she wanted to keep close.

The letters arrived punctually to their rightful owner, and ball preparations were proceeding without a hitch.

【Did you hear too? Oh, of course! I heard Lady Bonita unilaterally sent a letter to Young Master Montague? My, what’s gotten into her?】

“Acting skills that rival Odette’s.”

【It’s not over yet, dear. Hey, but lately Lady Rosetta seems… don’t you think she’s become more refined? Yesterday, she even thanked me for my hard work! Ugh, surely… she didn’t eat something wrong, did she?】

At Sing’s performance as he took on multiple roles imitating the attendants, I finally couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.

Most importantly, opinions were steadily emerging among the attendants that I seemed to have become a bit more mature.

Since I hadn’t expected this one incident to drastically change people’s opinion of Odette, I decided to accept this as sufficiently satisfactory.

A mere 14 days of house arrest.

During the period when Odette’s movements were restricted, I had to prepare for as much as possible and get used to staring at Sing’s sly face all day long.

Perhaps it was because I had become complacent, thinking things were going too smoothly.

A few days later.

On a day that greeted me with a bright morning like any other, the front page of the newspaper I opened contained news of an accident that had occurred the previous day.

“…Oh, damn.”

It was news of Dr. Dravu Beaumont’s death.

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