One Day, I Picked Up a Mom - Chapter 57

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One Day I Picked Up a Mother – Episode 57

Marha was quite a distance from the capital.

Since Iban and Luna had lived there, I was certain that no one in the capital would recognize Luna.

No matter how many different customers she had served, normally she would work in the place where she belonged.

Especially considering the distance between Marha and the capital, this was even more true.

I had been too complacent, relying only on that distance.

‘But… what if someone recognizes me?’

I had once posed such a hypothetical to Ludrio, who had proposed marriage to me before, but still…

I never thought there would actually be someone who would recognize me.

“Are you indeed Rosemond of the Beingan family?”

Jane asked quietly.

There was no sign of great surprise or agitation in Jane’s voice. Rather, she was very calm.

Rosemond of the Beingan family.

The reason Jane’s attitude was so composed was probably because she knew not only that woman’s name, but also her character and reputation to some extent.

Now that I looked, the dress she was wearing and the accessories she carried clearly revealed that she was a noble.

Rosemond silently nodded her head.

Her wavering gaze examined me once more.

“The lady has been greatly startled by your rudeness.”

As if she couldn’t believe the fact that she had mistaken someone for another person.

Even with an employee of the Rharhart family in front of her calling me ‘miss’, she seemed confused about whether she had really mistaken me for someone else.

‘How on earth does this woman know Luna?’

I quietly rubbed around my wrist area while looking straight into her eyes without avoiding them.

The area my hand touched stung, so it seemed the skin had been scraped.

“Ah…”

Only then did I lower my head to check, and saw that my wrist had been gouged by the woman’s nails and blood was beading up.

“Oh no…”

She also seemed to have noticed my wound and let out a small sigh.

She had recognized me and grabbed me without a moment’s hesitation.

‘This person’s husband and Luna must be involved somehow.’

That’s why she had gripped my wrist as if to break it and glared at me with such venomous eyes.

It was devastating.

A crushing sense of despair washed over me as if the ground beneath my feet was collapsing.

‘Then now I am…’

If this matter comes to light, Iban and Ludrio Rharhart will…

“She is an important guest of the Count’s residence.”

However, at Jane’s following words, I pushed my emotions aside and raised my head. And once again, I looked straight into her eyes.

‘An important guest of the Count’s residence.’

As if I had nothing to be ashamed of and didn’t understand the reason for her actions.

‘Well. I don’t think there are many who would dare voice such doubts to the Countess.’

That’s what Ludrio had said.

Even if someone recognized me, they wouldn’t be able to raise questions.

So what I needed to do now was to be as confident as possible. So that she wouldn’t dare voice her confusion.

“Madam.”

Jane called her again. As if that was some kind of prompting, she hurriedly opened her mouth.

“I’m truly sorry. Today, today I made a grave mistake by confusing something.”

She took a short breath and rubbed her forehead.

She certainly seemed very flustered.

She wouldn’t even make proper eye contact, as if she just wanted to escape this situation quickly.

As if she was more concerned about the attention of people around her than having made a mistake toward me, a guest of the Count’s residence.

“I’m sorry. I will somehow compensate for this matter later.”

Her apology was somehow insincere.

Was that because she still suspected me?

“Are you truly sorry?”

“…Pardon?”

“You made me bleed, madam.”

I took a step closer.

Then I thrust my bleeding wrist right in front of her eyes.

“I need to hear what kind of mistake you made that caused you to grab me like that. Why I had to suffer such treatment.”

And I pressed her in return.

I hoped that my confident attitude would make her completely abandon her suspicions. So that, as Ludrio said, she would ultimately be unable to voice her doubts.

Even if she told others about me, I hoped those watching us now would testify to how confident I had been.

So I desperately hoped this matter could be concluded as Rosemond Bain’s mistake.

“…I mistook you for someone else.”

She slowly opened her mouth, frowning as if troubled.

“I’m asking who you mistook me for that made you act like this. Shouldn’t I naturally know at least that much?”

“…”

“Only then can I understand you, understand your actions even a little, can’t I?”

That’s when it happened.

“Luciana.”

Countess Roderich approached with the owner of Roskell.

“What’s going on?”

She was frowning deeply, as if displeased with the chaotic atmosphere of the gallery.

It seemed someone had informed her of the situation.

“You tell me. What caused this commotion?”

Just as I was about to speak up.

The Countess turned her head toward Jane without any hesitation.

She seemed to think it would be better to hear the situation through Jane’s mouth rather than having me speak in this situation where all eyes were focused.

“Countess Bain mistook the young lady for someone else. In the process, the young lady was injured. The Countess admitted her mistake and apologized…”

Crack—.

A sharp snapping sound rang out as Jane’s head turned.

It happened in an instant.

A very heavy silence descended over the entire gallery.

The situation was so sudden that I couldn’t even make a sound and covered my mouth, when the Countess struck Jane’s cheek once more.

Crack!

“So you were standing there dazed while someone dared lay hands on a child of the family.”

“…I’m sorry.”

The gold ring on Countess Roderich’s finger seemed to have scratched Jane’s cheek, leaving a long wound on her face.

Then blood began to flow.

Even though a deeper wound than the one on my wrist had formed in an instant, she raised her hand again without the slightest hesitation.

Jane showed no intention of avoiding the raised hand again.

She simply closed her eyes calmly and waited for the coming violence.

“Stop it!”

I finally embraced the Countess’s arm to stop her actions.

Countess Roderich wasn’t angry because I was hurt.

Rather, as Jane had mentioned earlier, she was angry about being involved in a scandal. She was angry that I might become the subject of rumors and tarnish the family’s reputation.

So my daring to block Countess Roderich in such a public place would surely make her even angrier.

“Please forgive her, Mother.”

I hurriedly pleaded. So as not to appear as if I was challenging her authority.

“It’s not Jane’s fault, it’s mine. So please, scold me instead.”

My cheek would soon be bloodied by the Countess’s hand as well.

With such thoughts in mind, the Countess’s eyes that met mine weren’t as sharp and cold as I had expected. Then her gaze began to tremble faintly.

What could I call the emotion that flickered across her face?

She looked as if she had been completely robbed of her reason to be angry.

“Ha…”

Her arms, which had been tensed with strength, slowly relaxed.

Then she reached out her other hand toward me.

The moment I flinched in fear, her cold hand brushed against my cheek.

That hand was very careful. As if she had no desire whatsoever to hurt me.

When I cautiously raised my eyes to look, Countess Roderich was gazing at me.

However, I had the feeling that what she was seeing wasn’t really me.

Because she looked so very sad.

She looked so sorrowful, as if she might collapse at any moment.

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