Newlywed Life Begins with a Mistake - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46

 

A day in early autumn.

 

“Count Muet has been sentenced to death. Baroness Muet has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.”

 

Casian calmly informed me of the results. Contrary to expectations of a lengthy court battle, the trial ended quickly before September was even over.

 

“I suppose it ended so quickly because the nature of the crimes was so heinous.”

 

“Yes. For reference, Baroness Muet is scheduled to perform hard labor at the Eastern Iron Mine.”

 

To think that Daisy, who took such pride in her noble dignity, would fall overnight to become a mine slave. How utterly ridiculous.

 

“Life is truly unpredictable.”

 

After muttering to myself in the air, I soon met eyes with Casian.

 

“Now we just need to finish the banquet successfully, right?”

 

“It will be troublesome, but I ask for your help, my lady.”

 

“Oh, what’s between us? Well then, I’ll be going, darling.”

 

Though I wanted to spend intimate time together, I caught sight of the pile of documents stacked high behind Casian.

 

“Come to think of it, last time… oh, never mind.”

 

I almost asked who the owner of the letter we found in Count Muet’s study was, but I deliberately swallowed the question and left the study.

 

“It’s been a while, my lady.”

 

While walking down the corridor, I encountered Matthew.

 

He wore the same gentle smile as always.

 

“Indeed it has, Matthew! You’ve been well, haven’t you?”

 

Seeing Matthew acting friendly, I extended my hand as if nothing was wrong.

 

Matthew, taking my hand, asked with a gentle arc of his lips.

 

“Thanks to you. Is your health alright?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

At those words, I paused for a moment before answering after a beat.

 

“I’ve been worried since I haven’t seen you at all lately, my lady. Though you must be busy, if you could let me know when you’re available, I’ll come for an examination.”

 

Matthew spoke with concern, his face taking on a worried expression.

 

Though it was a natural statement for a doctor to make, I somehow felt uneasy.

 

But since I couldn’t show it, I forced a smile and responded to his words.

 

“Thank you, Matthew. But where are you going?”

 

Normally he would walk around the Duke’s Mansion wearing his gown, but today he was dressed in casual clothes.

 

As I looked over Matthew’s attire, my gaze eventually settled on the letter in his hand.

 

“I need to send word to my family.”

 

Matthew hid the letter and smiled sheepishly.

 

I nodded slightly and said I should be going, then passed by him.

 

Until I descended the stairs with steady steps, I felt a piercing gaze on my back.

 

I calmly boarded the carriage, and only when I was alone did I harden my expression.

 

“I really should keep my distance.”

 

The letter found at Count Muet’s house and the letter in Matthew’s room.

 

Both had someone named B as the sender.

 

“We’ve arrived, my lady.”

 

While lost in thought, we had reached our destination.

 

I got out of the carriage with help from the Valhalla knight who had followed, when I heard a familiar voice from behind.

 

“My laaady!”

 

“Rose? How did you get here?”

 

“Of course I had to come along~ I’m my lady’s personal maid!”

 

That’s true, but normally at this time you’d have other work to do, wouldn’t you?

 

“Don’t tell me you followed me because you didn’t want to clean?”

 

“Hehe. Let’s go in, my lady!”

 

When I questioned Rose with narrowed eyes, she smiled brightly and grabbed my arm.

 

“You can’t slack off like it’s a daily meal. You’ll get scolded by Sophia.”

 

“Of course, my lady!”

 

After briefly scolding Rose, I moved forward under the knights’ escort.

 

“Ugh? My lady! This place is so dirty.”

 

“Shh. Rose, you can’t say things like that. People live here too.”

 

Though a musty smell hit my nose, I moved my legs as if nothing was wrong.

 

After passing stone buildings that looked ready to collapse at any moment, we came to an underground passage barely wide enough for one person.

 

“My lady, let’s call the people up…”

 

“No. I’ll go down myself. They’re gathered in the basement, right?”

 

The basement, without a single ray of sunlight, was filled with damp humidity.

 

“We greet the noble lady!”

 

“Oh, there’s a place to sit!”

 

The Pican estate residents were flustered by my appearance.

 

“It’s okay. I’ll stand.”

 

“But still….”

 

It was when the Pican estate residents were carefully watching my reaction.

 

“The sentences for the main culprits of the Pecan Fire Incident have been decided.”

 

When I took out the verdict with the charges written on it, the surroundings became quiet.

 

The Pican estate residents who carefully received the verdict quietly rolled their eyes.

 

Soon, suppressed crying burst out.

 

“Sob.”

 

“It’s finally over. Now it’s really over….”

 

“Thank you, thank you. Now I feel like I can finally resolve my resentment.”

 

From the woman who clasped her hands together and sobbed to the old man who held my hand and repeatedly expressed gratitude, everyone’s eyes reddened.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“Cough!”

 

“Bella’s Mother!”

 

A pained groan came from somewhere.

 

Following the sound, I turned my gaze to see a pale woman covering her mouth with cloth and coughing continuously.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

“You shouldn’t come near me.”

 

At the firm words of the woman who looked seriously ill, I hesitated for a moment as I was about to approach her.

 

But somehow I couldn’t turn away.

 

“It’s okay. I’m strong.”

 

I instructed Rose to bring clean water and offered the woman a white handkerchief.

 

“Wouldn’t it be better to move to a different place?”

 

I knew that Casian had provided separate living quarters to improve the treatment of the Pican estate residents.

 

Yet they had settled in an underground cavern that looked like it would collapse at any moment.

 

“Everyone in the village is suffering because of me.”

 

Cough, the woman who spat out a bloody cough was like a withered leaf that would crumble at any moment.

 

“Don’t say that, Bella’s Mother! If it weren’t for Bella’s Mother, we wouldn’t have made it this far either!”

 

At this, the gathered estate residents hurriedly rushed over to support her.

 

Did she have a sunlight allergy? Even nursing in a clear and pleasant place wouldn’t be enough, yet here she was being cared for in a damp basement.

 

While I was looking around, the seriously ill woman spoke with difficulty.

 

“To be precise, we came up here following the advice of a certain detective rather than because of me.”

 

“A detective?”

 

Was there a detective during the Pecan Fire Incident?

 

When I tilted my head in confusion, the Pican estate residents began to speak one by one as if to resolve my question.

 

“Before coming up to Count Heteus’ domain, a detective stopped by the Pican estate.”

 

“It was right after the fire broke out, so it was extremely chaotic, and that’s when a mysterious woman, no, the detective appeared!”

 

“We were wary since she was an outsider… but she said it seemed like someone had done it deliberately and told us to go to Count Heteus’ domain.”

 

Putting together what they said, right after the Pecan fire accident occurred, a mysterious woman appeared and gave them advice.

 

“Where is that detective now?”

 

“We don’t know either. She disappeared suddenly one day.”

 

“Do you remember her appearance?”

 

Swept by a strange emotion, I asked repeatedly to uncover the detective’s identity.

 

But the Pican estate residents could hardly recall her.

 

Questions piled up layer upon layer, but ultimately remained unresolved.

 

“I’ll send a doctor, so please make sure to get examined. And everyone should move to different quarters.”

 

Just as I was about to leave after telling them to stay healthy, the woman who had received the handkerchief suddenly spoke to me.

 

“Um…. The detective… told me to give you this before she left. She said she found it in the Pecan Grain Belt.”

 

A fabric fragment?

 

Before my eyes was cloth made of the same fabric material as the fiber fragment I had discovered when I went to the Pecan Grain Belt.

 

“What is this?”

 

“She said you would know when you saw it.”

 

I received the cloth that seemed to be tightly wrapping something and carefully checked its contents.

 

“….”

 

Suddenly, my spine went cold.

 

It was definitely a grain I was seeing for the first time, but strangely, an intense word flashed through my mind.

 

“I’ll take this with me.”

 

“Yes. Please do.”

 

I forced a smile and hurriedly left the basement.

 

“My lady, what is that thing?”

 

“Don’t touch it, Rose. It’s dangerous.”

 

“Ah! Yes!”

 

When Rose tried to touch the cloth containing the grain with curious eyes, I immediately stopped her.

 

How did the Detective discover this?

 

“My lady, but if it’s dangerous, shouldn’t you not touch it either?”

 

“You’re right. But it’s safest when I’m holding it.”

 

“Why?”

 

Rose asked, but I couldn’t give her an answer.

 

If my intuition is correct, this is.

 

‘Because it’s poison.’

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