She Became My Friend’s Mother-In-Law - Chapter 98

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Chapter 98. Rosena’s Desperation (3)

“What? Wh-what do you mean…?”

“Don’t play dumb with me!”

“Kyaah!”

As Rosena pushed her further inside,

Wendy’s legs trembled violently.

“Are your ears blocked? Tell me what evidence that Cecilia is holding!”

“Kyaaaah!”

“Tell me right now! You know everything!”

“I-I will! I’ll tell you!”

Unable to overcome her fear of the blazing fire,

Wendy desperately screamed.

“M-Michel Eimos! The lead actor at Brisen Grand Theater!”

Wendy shouted through her tears.

Gasping as if she couldn’t breathe, she continued.

“H-he’s the son of the coachman from that incident. So he has evidence…”

“What did you say?”

Rosena’s hand stopped.

A moment of silence passed.

“Ha.”

Soon a low laugh escaped.

“So that’s what it was?”

It felt like all the puzzle pieces were finally falling into place.

Why Cecilia had been following that actor around so much.

Who would have thought Michel Eimos was that coachman’s son.

‘How dare they try to dig up the past without knowing their place?’

Both Cecilia and Michel were detestable.

Rosena ground her teeth.

She roughly grabbed the back of Wendy’s head.

“Aaah!”

Wendy tumbled backward to the floor.

Rosena grabbed Wendy by the collar again.

The sound of tearing fabric rang out sharply.

“You.”

Rosena glared at Wendy fiercely.

Wendy trembled violently, completely terrified.

“You’d better keep your mouth shut about this.”

“Sob, I-I…”

“Or go ahead and tell your mistress. Tell her you spilled everything and betrayed that man’s name.”

“…!”

Wendy’s eyes wavered.

Rosena threw her down to the floor.

That vermin of a maid was no longer of any concern to her.

Only hatred for Cecilia filled her completely.

‘Either way, one of us has to die for this to end.’

Cecilia and Rosena.

This seemed to be the fate of the two women.

And Rosena had no intention of losing.

‘Michel Eimos, is it.’

Hadn’t she said she would break it if it was an object, kill it if it was a person?

Now that the target was clear, there was no need to delay any further.

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That day, Michel was heading home after finishing practice.

Shadows stretched long under the red sunset.

Though his body was heavy with fatigue,

his heart felt strangely light.

It was thanks to Count Osburn’s arrest and the upcoming trial.

‘Now I can put everything back in its place.’

It felt like the heavy stone that had been weighing on his chest was finally lifted.

He looked forward to the day when he and Sandy could proudly call their father’s name.

‘Maybe I should go greet the Duchess.’

Come to think of it, he hadn’t properly thanked her yet.

With the excuse of discussing future plans,

it would be good to see the Duchess’s face.

Michel immediately changed his direction.

He headed toward the narrow alley that was a shortcut to the Duke’s Mansion.

‘Though that Duke is a bit scary, of course.’

Just as he was passing through the alley with that somewhat trivial thought,

“Michel Eimos?”

“…?”

At the sudden unfamiliar voice calling his name,

just as Michel was about to turn his head,

“Urgh—!”

A hand wearing black gloves covered his mouth with a handkerchief.

A muscular arm grabbed his waist.

Michel reflexively struggled against the sudden attack.

Though he was also an adult man and not small in build,

he couldn’t overcome his opponent’s overwhelming strength.

‘The smell is strange!’

Something was soaked into the handkerchief.

Michel desperately tried to hold onto his consciousness, but

he couldn’t stop his vision from gradually blurring.

‘N-no…’

His weakened arms and legs wouldn’t obey him.

His body lost balance and collapsed forward.

Thud!

With a dull sound, Michel fell to the ground.

He no longer moved at all.

The man in black gloves quickly looked around.

After confirming no one was around,

he lifted Michel’s body onto his shoulder with practiced movements.

“Good work.”

Then, a slow voice came from the end of the alley.

It was Rosena.

“Thank you for taking on this difficult request, Simon.”

“I merely did what you asked of me.”

Simon, the servant who had recently joined the Osburn Family, nodded with an expressionless face.

A satisfied smile spread across Rosena’s lips.

‘Yes, it’s definitely more convenient to use my own people.’

If she had bought someone from outside to do the job.

Cecilia might have noticed and interfered.

But Simon was a person of the Osburn family.

His coming to the viscounty was certainly fortunate for Rosena.

“Let’s go now. It would be troublesome if someone saw us.”

“Yes.”

The two headed toward the carriage positioned to block the alley entrance.

Inside the carriage was Sandy, already asleep.

Simon unceremoniously dropped Michel beside her.

‘These lowly things.’

Rosena glared down viciously at the sleeping siblings.

If they were born lowly, they should just know their place and live at the bottom.

The fact that they dared to touch her noble family’s affairs was infuriating.

“How about we just dump these things straight into the river?”

“It’s dangerous right now.”

Simon shook his head firmly.

“It would be troublesome if the bodies floated up to the surface. The first person to come under suspicion would be you, future Duchess.”

“Ah.”

Simon was right.

Michel was a star who drew attention wherever he went in Brisen.

If he were found dead, people’s eyes would inevitably be drawn to it.

Cecilia would obviously latch onto this and not let go.

“Then what do you plan to do?”

“Let’s hide them until the trial so they can’t cause trouble. The moment the verdict is announced, I’ll dispose of them without a trace.”

“Hmm…”

There was still a lot of time left until the trial.

With Rosena’s impatient temperament, that wait would certainly not be easy.

“Then there’s no choice.”

Eventually Rosena nodded.

“Until my father’s innocence is confirmed, hide them well somewhere out of people’s sight.”

“Understood, my lady.”

Rosena gave Michel another cold look.

Then she turned her back on the bowing Simon.

‘Cecilia, this time I think I’m really going to win.’

A triumphant smile crossed her lips.

The case had already been concluded 12 years ago.

The conservative judges were unlikely to overturn their own verdict.

In this situation, if even the important witness was gone.

The outcome was as clear as day.

‘As soon as the verdict comes out, I’ll charge her with false accusation. No, I’ll kill that bastard Michel and pin that crime on her too.’

Then this time, really.

She would be able to drag Cecilia down from the Duchess’s position.

Anticipating the future to come.

Rosena walked forward with light steps.

* * *

A few days later.

“Did you hear? Michel Eimos has disappeared!”

“Oh my, that handsome actor? What happened?”

“Well, nobody knows the reason. In the end, the Grand Theater had to hastily change the cast.”

The capital was buzzing with news of Michel’s disappearance.

Whenever people gathered, they made the young star actor’s whereabouts their topic of conversation.

Since he had been normally attending rehearsals for a new work right up until he disappeared.

No one could guess why he had suddenly vanished without a trace.

“My lady…”

Wendy looked at Cecilia restlessly.

She was just standing by the window silently, looking down outside.

In the garden below, Rosena was walking around shouting at the maids.

“She’s been like that lately. The other girls just think she’s gone a bit crazy over her father’s situation, but…”

Wendy continued with an anxious expression.

“It’s because of Michel’s situation, isn’t it?”

“It must be.”

Cecilia answered calmly.

Since she had managed to get Michel’s name from Wendy.

There was no way Rosena would stay still.

“…Ha.”

A short breath escaped.

At first it sounded like a hollow laugh.

“Ahaha!”

Soon the laughter burst out loudly.

Cecilia lowered her head and lightly covered her mouth.

Her shoulders shook as she laughed.

“M-my lady…?”

Wendy called out carefully.

Cecilia was even wiping away tears with her fingertips.

“Ahaha, Wendy. Isn’t this really funny?”

Her eyes sparkled.

“Rosena is probably firmly convinced that she’s won right now.”

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