That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 290

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Side Story 8

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“Sob, sniff… Where is this place…?”

Pearl-like tears flowed down Coriko’s snow-white cheeks.

Too frightened and angry, she had rushed into the imperial palace without thinking.

And after only hearing which palace the High Priest was in, she ran blindly toward that place. The court ladies and servants shouted from behind, but she couldn’t hear them.

But the imperial palace was the most splendid maze.

Coriko, who had never been to the imperial palace before, quickly lost her way.

“Actually, this is better. I’ll just hide deep in the palace like this…”

Coriko no longer wanted to go back to that terrifying Tulia’s house.

The imperial family ranked higher than the grand ducal house. So if she stayed here, even that terrifying Tulia wouldn’t be able to drag her away by force.

Coriko walked aimlessly. She had vaguely heard that the current situation in the imperial palace was complicated.

Ferdinand Cassel Evichkait, the only son of the deceased former Empress Olivia, had left for the borderlands at a young age but lost his life to the fierce counterattack of the barbarians.

This incident greatly shook the imperial family.

The Emperor had Empress Carmi and Second Prince Dave, whom he cherished considerably, but for some reason, he had not appointed Dave as Crown Prince.

However, rumors also circulated that the Emperor had secretly taken several concubines without Empress Carmi’s knowledge, and some of them were already pregnant.

In any case, the current situation of the imperial family was not good.

Was that why?

Even the palace gardens, which the Empress should have managed well, were in complete disarray. Coriko pushed through bushes taller than herself and continued deeper inside, then stopped at the sight before her eyes.

“Good! Good! Fight! Tear it apart!”

Inside a cage made of intertwined iron chains, a small grayish-white puppy was growling. And around that puppy, several beasts were drooling.

The puppy was already injured, having been bitten quite a bit, but strangely, several beasts were also scattered around dead.

At this terrible sight reminiscent of ancient slave gladiator arenas, Coriko unconsciously stepped backward and made a sound.

Rustle.

“What are you?”

“…!”

The boy who had been shouting excitedly discovered Coriko and frowned.

He was wearing obviously very expensive clothes, which indicated his high status.

Coriko trembled with fear.

“I, I am… I am…”

The words wouldn’t come out well. As if someone had put glue on her mouth, it stuck tight and only trembled.

“Ha. What kind of idiot is this? How did you get into the palace? Your clothes look like a beggar’s… Ah. Are you a beggar who climbed over the palace walls?”

The boy, that is, Second Prince Dave, looked Coriko up and down.

Her face was quite pretty, but she was in a complete mess.

Dave was naturally arrogant and judged people by their appearance.

No matter how great a beauty someone was, if their clothes were poor, he treated them like insects.

“Ah! Perfect. I was enjoying this dog that supposedly inherited the blood of some special wolf from the Summer Continent, but it would be more fun if I threw you in too.”

“What? Me…?”

Coriko doubted her ears for a moment.

There were servants around Dave, but they kept their heads down, pretending not to see anything.

Dave threw the frightened Coriko straight into the cage.

“Grrrowl…”

The beasts drooled and circled around, seeing new prey.

Coriko screamed and hugged the puppy.

She hugged the puppy for two reasons: first, because she was coincidentally thrown in that direction, and second, because only this puppy didn’t bare its teeth at her.

“Please save me! I’m not a beggar, I’m not a beggar but from the Holy… from Frazier!”

Suddenly, Dave was startled. Not only him, but the other servants standing like invisible men were the same.

After fidgeting for a moment, Dave looked Coriko over and deliberately shouted even louder.

“Ah, so you’re a maid who ran away from Frazier? Then I’ll just send the ransom later, so release a few more wolves!”

“No, don’t…”

Coriko’s mind went blank. Three more wolves, already starved to the extreme, entered, and Coriko trembled.

Imagining the future of being torn apart by those sharp and merciless teeth, she could no longer make rational judgments.

‘I must live…! I’m Young Master Lisian’s bride…!’

Though she came as the twins’ scapegoat, strangely, Coriko had been captivated by Lisian’s appearance from their first meeting.

Although Lisian never moved with his eyes closed, just thinking of his snow-white hair like a snowy field made her heart race and prevented her from sleeping.

It was as if they were destined from the beginning.

If she died like this, Lisian Frazier would surely die too.

She had to live.

She had to live!

Coriko was out of her mind.

She threw the puppy she was holding toward the charging wolves and quickly ran in the opposite direction.

Then.

“Aaah!”

With Dave’s scream, knights who appeared from nowhere quickly separated the beasts thrown into the cage.

“Huff… huff…”

Coriko collapsed and broke out in cold sweat. What was this situation? Which prince had saved her?

She thought it might be better to abandon Lisian and go to him instead, but…

“Second Prince Your Highness. Have you lost your mind?”

At the voice that made her knees weak just hearing it, Coriko nearly fainted.

Someone had already collapsed.

“Tu, Tulia Grand Duchess…!”

Dave had collapsed after being kicked in the solar plexus by Tulia’s boot.

He had never been humiliated like this before, but the woman before him was truly terrifying.

Even just being a direct Frazier would be intimidating, but Tulia Frazier was a Grand Duchess, and above all, this woman was famous for having a terrible personality!

Look at those eyes shining like a demon even now…!

“Wh, what rude words are those…! I didn’t do anything wrong, so no matter if you’re Grand Duchess Frazier… Aaaah!”

The Second Prince screamed as his solar plexus was trampled again. Regardless, Tulia Frazier’s eyes had already turned.

“You still don’t seem to grasp the situation. This Prince Your Highness who’s like evidence of adultery.”

“…!”

“To dare try to handle the scapegoat officially received from Frazier in such a manner – should I understand this as an official dueling ground presented by the imperial family?”

That was right.

Second Prince Dave was terrified of that demon-like mouth!

Moreover, right now, he had considerably lost his father the Emperor’s favor.

His father, who had cherished Empress Carmi more than anyone, had changed after Crown Prince Ferdinand’s death.

Five of his beloved beautiful concubines were already pregnant, so if one of them bore a child with outstanding qualities…

Due to this series of events, Empress Carmi was also nearly half-mad. Dave was greatly affected by this too.

If not for that, he wouldn’t have dared to play with beasts in the imperial palace.

But that beggar-like wench was Frazier’s scapegoat?

“I, I had no idea…! This wench! You deliberately didn’t say anything, didn’t you?!”

Dave tried to slap Coriko’s cheek, but getting kicked in the shin by Tulia and falling came first.

“You… you…!”

Crazy wench!

Mad wench!

No matter what, he was the Second Prince – did she have a hundred livers or something?!

But she couldn’t shout this out. She had directly experienced the past where shouting thousands of times had been utterly useless.

Tulia Frazier was an unbridled wild horse, and above all, a mad woman who most enjoyed tormenting those who crawled up to her.

“Older Sister, Older Sister….”

“Lowly thing!”

Tulia kicked away Coriko who was clinging to her legs.

Next to them was a whimpering gray-white puppy.

“What is this mutt?”

Tulia smiled coldly. She flicked her finger.

“The fur color is rare. I want to collect it, so skin it.”

“Yes, Grand Duchess.”

The Frazier Knights didn’t bat an eye even at the cruel command. Just as they were about to approach the puppy.

“…Wait.”

Tulia stopped them.

“Yes?”

“Don’t skin it, hand it over to me.”

The knights looked at each other, then respectfully handed over the unconscious puppy.

“Hmm….”

Tulia Frazier, whose attitude had completely changed in the blink of an eye, lifted the unconscious puppy by the scruff of its neck.

“Looking closely, it seems quite expensive. It would be better to raise it rather than skin it.”

“That… that….”

Dave swallowed tears of blood. That was truly an expensive wolf-dog he had secretly smuggled.

Hearing it would transform into a werewolf when faced with mortal danger, he had barely managed to bring it from the Summer Continent….

But he couldn’t bring himself to stop Tulia who was talking about compensation for Frazier.

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