Since It's My First Time Being a Lady, I'll Cause Some Trouble - Chapter 42

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A Lady’s First Time Causing Trouble — Episode 42
The soldiers immediately trained their rifles on me.
“Don’t shoot! Don’t you dare shoot!”
Felon, covered in dirt from tumbling down the mountainside, bellowed with desperation, the veins in his neck bulging.
“This insane woman is wrapped head to toe in bombs! If those go off, we all die!”
“He’s telling the truth! Ulfina is a living bomb! Don’t be foolish—lower your weapons!”
At Felon and Misty’s desperate pleas, no one could hide their shock.
“Lady Ulfina, I am no bandit’s aide—there’s been a terrible misunderstanding. I’m a soldier, a servant of His Imperial Majesty himself. How could I possibly associate with such a wretched rabble?”
Norbu tried to talk his way out, but it was useless.
“The traitors waiting for execution in prison said the same things to fool the people.”
“Treason? Are you comparing me to those animals?”
He snarled.
“Perhaps you should think clearly about what you’re doing, Lady Ulfina. No nobleman, no matter how noble, can walk away from this. You won’t be safe—and neither will your parents.”
“Are you an idiot? I’m doing this precisely because I’ve thought it through.”
I ordered Misty to disarm him.
She quickly drew Norbu’s sword and rifle, laying them on the ground. I kicked them both away with my foot, far enough that none of us could reach them.
For a man who’d bought his officer rank with coin, he didn’t even know how to fight back properly.
Throughout it all, the soldiers remained in formation.
‘Well, there’s no help for it.’
I ordered Misty to throw one of the bombs as high into the air as she could with all her strength.
“Miss, please calm yourself. Let’s talk first——”
“I am talking. Do it. Now.”
She hesitated, then carefully peeled one bomb from my body and hurled it skyward with all her might.
Immediately after, I swung the rifle barrel that had been aimed at Norbu’s temple up toward the sky.
Boom!
A massive explosion erupted overhead.
No one dared open their mouth at what unfolded before their eyes.
Soldiers and servants stood slack-jawed, pelted by dirt and dust swept up by the shockwave, while the Duchess couldn’t withstand the impact and simply collapsed.
“Darling! Sophie! Come to your senses!”
The Duke desperately called to her, trying to wake her.
My apologies, madam. To all appearances, I’m an unfilial psychopath without equal, but we do need to preserve our lives, don’t we?
“That’s right, you bastards! Bombs! Go ahead and shoot! Let’s all go to hell and pay respects to our ancestors!”
Norbu screamed urgently.
“Hold fire! Hold your fire! Everyone, put down your weapons!”
The soldiers quickly lowered their rifles to the ground.
I shouted at the terrified servants.
“You! Take the Duke and Duchess and return to the Mansion! Unless you want to get hurt!”
At my command, they hurried the Duchess away toward the Mansion. Only the Duke, the butler, and the captain of the guard remained.
Inside, I was merely a servant girl named Aida Silenen, but outwardly, I wore Ulfina Netzer’s face.
For an only daughter to take hostages and stand off against soldiers, it would look decidedly odd if her father simply abandoned the scene.
Yet for some reason, the Duke seemed anxious but made no move to stop me.
All he did was shout, “Ulfina! Be careful not to start a wildfire!”
Everyone exchanged glances at how utterly beside the point his concern was.
And the Duke paid no mind, simply issuing orders to his butler and sending him off somewhere.
“Misty.”
“Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
“What?”
I swiftly drove my heel into her hip with all my strength, shoving her back.
Focused on Norbu and the Military Police as she was, Misty never saw the blow coming—she was sent tumbling backward in an instant.
The ground sloped, so she slid a bit, but thanks to her Falling Technique, she didn’t tumble as ungracefully as Felon had.
“Miss! What on earth——?”
I had no choice. If things escalated, Misty might change her mind and try to subdue me.
My parents taught me that: even when you trust someone, keep a measure of doubt in reserve.
And I’ve survived this long because of that advice.
“Don’t think your bodyguard stepping back changes anything. Unless you want fireworks.”
I whispered near Norbu’s ear, and he blustered.
“But you’d die too, wouldn’t you? Stop here and I’ll at least let you live.”
This liar isn’t even using formal speech anymore.
“You’re the one who should confess. Before I start stuffing bombs into every hole in your body.”
“You…!”
He faltered, words catching in his throat. For someone who’d ordered so many to their deaths, he seemed awfully attached to his own life.
I tightened my grip around Norbu’s neck and bellowed.
“Bring me Commander-in-Chief Batori this instant!”
“That’s insane!”
The woman who’d been threatening Netzer alongside Norbu screamed, her face gone ashen.
“Count Netzer, this is clear refusal of orders and terrorism. Do you think His Majesty will overlook it?”
The woman was clearly an executioner of some kind. A peculiar expression flickered across Netzer’s face as he regarded her.
She had a point, but the whole situation would resolve itself the moment the Commander-in-Chief arrived.
“Didn’t you hear me? I said bring Commander-in-Chief Batori!”
A bespectacled man came running, breathless. Identifying himself as a Military Police Sergeant, he began wiping cold sweat from his brow as he tried to reason with me.
“P-please, calm down. Just lower your weapon and release the hostage, and we won’t press charges.”
“What did you say? Charges? Chaaaarges? Can’t you read the situation? Is my demand so unreasonable? Huh?”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I fired three shots into the air as a threat, and the sergeant flinched, his body rigid.
“You want to know why bandits are running rampant? Because you’re all incompetent!”
“Regardless of noble birth, insulting the military is unforgivable.”
Well, well.
“Then bring Commander-in-Chief Batori! Why do you keep making me repeat myself? Is it really that difficult?”
“The Commander-in-Chief is not someone we can simply summon!”
The Emperor was the only one with authority over all of Rodin’s military forces.
But beneath him, there was one other person who could practically command both the army and navy.
The Commander-in-Chief.
“That’s exactly why you’re incompetent!”
I hurled the words at him savagely.
“Commander-in-Chief Batori is my grandmother! Count Batori!”
No matter how busy or important she was, she’d come running the moment she heard her granddaughter was holding someone hostage!
I’d insisted on having the Commander-in-Chief summoned not only because she was the young lady’s grandmother, but for another reason entirely.
When a soldier commits a crime, it goes to a Military Trial. Especially if the criminal holds officer rank, the Commander-in-Chief, in her capacity as president of the Military Court, could pass judgment directly.
‘That way, the legal professionals working with Lieutenant Norbu won’t be able to do anything!’
Different jurisdiction!
For bandits to annihilate an entire village and seize a Gold Mine was a matter of national significance.
‘Yet the government moves passively, offering no military support. That’s odd.’
For the Imperial Court, already sensitive about security after the Toglo Street incident, to ignore bandits made no sense.
So I’d reasoned:
Perhaps everything happening in Netzer Territory was being deliberately suppressed by someone.
‘Which means I need to use my own connections!’
This was exactly when premium connections proved their worth.
Even if Sophie and her mother weren’t on good terms, this wasn’t the time to worry about that.
‘And now I’m out of bullets…’
I had seven rounds total.
One in the tunnel when I threw the bomb and started a scene, two on the boss, one on the aerial detonation, and three when I threatened them just now.
Should’ve only fired twice. But I got excited.
‘Damn, why did I throw that gun so far away?’
I did have the rifle I’d confiscated from Felon, but it wasn’t a normal shotgun—it was a Sawed-off Shotgun with the stock cut down for extra impact, which was beyond my capacity to wield effectively.
And there were limits to how long I could stall.
Dusk was already falling thickly around us. In a few minutes, complete darkness would blanket everything, and in that cover, the Military Police would counterattack.
‘I should’ve factored in the time for the Count to get here.’
I was silently cursing my own stupidity when—
“The child asked to see me?”
I turned toward the cold voice and saw a silver-haired middle-aged woman.
“Sophie has certainly ruined the girl’s manners.”
It was Batori, Commander-in-Chief of Rodin.

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