Newlywed Life Begins with a Mistake - Chapter 37

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Chapter 37

 

“Are you crazy, Marco? Want us all to die together?”

 

Daisy’s eyes widened at the man’s threat.

 

No matter how reckless one might be, commoners and nobles were of different standing.

 

Daisy sent subtle pressure to Marco by mentioning their social positions, but it didn’t work on him with his eyes rolled back.

 

“There’s a limit to acting as a noble lady’s lackey! What you ordered me to do was abandoning all humanity!”

 

Marco raged and snapped irritably, forcing her to hesitate.

 

“Fine. Wait a moment. This isn’t something I can decide on my own.”

 

Daisy, having regained her composure, asked him to give her time.

 

When she said she needed time to consult with her father, Marco left saying he couldn’t wait long.

 

“Ha! This is why you shouldn’t hire low-class commoners!”

 

Overwhelmed by frustration, Daisy ground her teeth and went to find Count Muet.

 

Count Muet was in the Duke’s Mansion meeting room, raising his voice and fighting with his retainers.

 

“Everyone’s accepting the results! Does this even make sense! That woman is the Northern Witch!”

 

Though he revealed Evelyn’s identity, the retainers were utterly indifferent.

 

“Whatever her identity, the outcome has been decided. The majority voted for His Grace’s mistress – do you intend to overturn this?”

 

“That’s right. Whatever the woman’s identity, we must acknowledge the results.”

 

The atmosphere was unusual.

 

Her father, who always held the upper hand, was being pushed into a defensive position.

 

Daisy, who had been secretly observing the meeting room, carefully backed away and left the Duke’s Mansion.

 

“Think of a way! Please, I must think of something! I can’t collapse like this.”

 

Daisy, who had fled back to the Marquis’ Mansion, paced around her room with an anxious face, biting her nails.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“That’s right, if it’s that person!”

 

Like a saint receiving divine revelation, Daisy’s eyes lit up as if she had gained enlightenment.

 

Daisy took out parchment from her drawer, dipped her pen in ink, and wrote without hesitation.

 

【To my dear Godmother.</p】

The South in August is blazing with hot sunlight – are you well there?

 

Though I received great kindness, I am deeply sorry for only sending greetings now.

 

A pest has appeared in the Hetis Duchy, which is filled with the scent of summer.

 

When you were here, no troublesome things dared disturb the flowers, but sensing the master’s absence, a harmful insect is running wild.

 

I’m watching over the flower’s safety, but it’s terrible that the flower doesn’t recognize the pest.

 

I’m so frightened. Such serious matters are occurring that I cannot fully convey in a letter, yet there’s no way to handle it.

 

After much deliberation, I send this letter seeking wisdom. Please share your noble wisdom with me.

 

-From Daisy, who respects you>

 

Having finished writing the letter, Daisy quickly scanned through the contents.

 

Though written hastily, this was excellent.

 

That person would have no choice but to move upon seeing this letter.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“Lady, this is terrible! Knights of the Heteus Family have surrounded the Marquis’ Mansion!”

 

Just as Daisy was sealing the letter, her close maid came running with a tearful face.

 

“No! This can’t happen! Fl-flee… No. First, you go quickly. No matter what happens, you must deliver this letter!”

 

After telling her the destination, Daisy hurriedly sent her close maid away.

 

Only after confirming the maid had safely escaped the Marquis’ Mansion did she compose her expression and go outside.

 

“What’s the matter?”

 

“Ah, Lady! Please go inside quickly!”

 

The butler stepped forward to block her path, but the ducal knights easily pushed him aside.

 

They approached Daisy with stern faces.

 

“Lady Daisy, you have been identified as a suspect in the Pecan Fire Incident. You must come with us.”

 

* * *

 

Whoosh.

 

The blue sea gently rippled.

 

Calm waves covered the rocks and sparkled in the sunlight.

 

The woman who had been leisurely admiring the glimmers on the water surface closed her book with a snap and lowered her gaze.

 

“Baroness Muet told you to deliver a letter to me?”

 

At her feet, a maid was bowing her head and trembling like an aspen tree.

 

“Yes, Godmother! She said to deliver it risking my life!”

 

The maid was skin and bones, as if she had endured all kinds of hardships.

 

But her eyes held an intense gleam.

 

Frowning, she looked back and forth between Daisy’s close maid and the letter.

 

After a few minutes.

 

“I understand, so rest for today.”

 

An elegant voice rang out.

 

Unable to control her trembling at the barely granted permission, the maid quickly spoke.

 

“Thank you for your consideration! Please be sure to read the letter, Madam!”

 

The woman who called a maid to send the servant away sighed quietly and held the unopened letter up to the sunlight.

 

“What will you do, Madam?”

 

“Well… I suppose.”

 

It seemed the time to wrap things up was approaching.

 

Rip. As she removed the seal, folded paper became visible.

 

“Ha! What audacity has come my way.”

 

The woman who checked the contents burst into mockery.

 

She had wondered why they contacted her, but something very interesting was happening at the House of Count Heteus.

 

“Make preparations.”

 

“Yes, Madam.”

 

The woman with a strange smile burned the letter and rose from her seat.

 

* * *

 

A few days later.

 

“Baroness Muet was captured without resistance?”

 

“Yes. She’s currently in the underground prison.”

 

At Casian’s words, Evelyn narrowed her brow as if suspicious.

 

‘What’s her scheme?’

 

To think she walked into prison on her own feet a week after the banquet competition took place.

 

“Since she’s still only a suspect, we can’t act rashly.”

 

She was nobility, but without solid evidence, interrogation was difficult. That’s what he meant.

 

‘Does acting so compliant mean she has backing?’

 

Seeing how she cleverly used legal loopholes to buy time, there was a high probability she had requested help from an accomplice.

 

Unlike her father Count Muet, she had been staying secluded in the mansion, showing behavior as if waiting for someone.

 

That meant there was surely an accomplice.

 

‘Well, considering the scale of crimes they committed, it’s too large to have been carried out independently by one family.’

 

Casian seemed to have similar thoughts as he opened his mouth with a stern expression.

 

“It seems there are accomplices.”

 

“Besides Marco who deceived the Pican Estate residents, several other figures must be involved, right?”

 

“Yes. I don’t know how long it will take, but we will definitely find them.”

 

Whatever it takes, he would root out the source of the crimes.

 

Casian spoke in a serious tone.

 

But the more the truth was revealed, the more his confusion increased.

 

[My lord, some of the things Count Heteus committed might have been done by the Count Muet family.]

 

[What do you mean?]

 

[Well… the methods are similar.]

 

Perhaps some kind of deal had taken place between the Count Muet family and Count Heteus. That’s what it meant.

 

Could it be that Count Heteus was involved in the case, making the investigation slow?

 

[What about Count Heteus?]

 

[He’s quiet. We sent people but his whereabouts are mysterious.]

 

Originally, he was actively moving around this time, so what on earth was going on?

 

Casian’s worries deepened at Pabel’s report.

 

He had thought it strange that the count was too quiet, but perhaps he was quiet because he was conducting underwater negotiations with southern nobles.

 

Unable to make a judgment, Casian told Pabel to keep watching the count’s movements more closely, then focused on the Pican fire incident.

 

“It’s strange. Clearly evidence keeps coming out as we go… but no facts showing the Count Muet family was very closely connected.”

 

Evelyn, who had been examining the evidence Casian collected, tilted her head and spoke.

 

Unless someone was deliberately sabotaging the investigation, it was a situation that made no sense.

 

The Knights of the Heteus Family and those in charge of the investigation possessed excellent skills.

 

But if they had hit a snag, it meant some silent force had intervened. Who on earth could it be?

 

It felt exactly like being trapped in a maze.

 

“For now, please focus on the banquet, Madam. We adjusted the schedule, but still less than two months remain.”

 

Due to the Pican situation, the banquet scheduled for September was postponed to November.

 

Though they gained some time, there were still many things to worry about.

 

“Understood. Then, I’ll go ahead.”

 

Evelyn, who rose from her seat, kissed Casian’s cheek and headed to the meeting room.

 

As Evelyn stepped into the meeting room, everyone’s gazes focused on her at once.

 

“Ahem.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

As if everyone had been waiting for this moment, disapproving sounds spread from the retainers’ mouths one after another.

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