That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 42

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Chapter 42

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Viscount Lilius was flustered when he saw Tulia enter the dining room, but his thoughts quickly changed.

‘Actually, this works out well. I don’t know why she wants to dine with her twin brothers for once.’

His wife Aubrey was currently half-mad.

Of course, even if it wasn’t a metaphor, it wouldn’t be entirely wrong either.

Aubrey had cherished and protected her only son Tedrick dearly since he was young.

That son was now shivering in a freezing cold stone warehouse where even commoners wouldn’t live…

Moreover, that warehouse had a terrible kitchen and bedroom!

While they could prepare food at Aubrey’s castle and send it over, the distance was the problem.

The Randel Warehouse was quite far from the main castle and annex buildings, so no matter how carefully they wrapped the food and brought it over, it would get cold and soggy before arriving.

“This is all because of that damned girl! My poor son… A precious direct descendant of House Frazier can’t even have a proper meal…”

Aubrey, Tedrick’s mother, always cursed Tulia with tears in her broken heart.

‘My wife will attack Tulia unprovoked again today.’

Viscount Lilius’s mind worked frantically.

Tulia these days was different from before.

The old Tulia had literally been their cash cow.

Her characteristic spoiled brat personality.

Her crazy tendencies that even House Frazier’s retainers found exasperating.

But while Tulia acted like a spoiled brat to others, she had been quite open only with Viscount Lilius and Aubrey, whom she recognized as her ‘only’ adult blood relatives who cared for her.

Thanks to that, the money they extorted had been quite substantial.

Thinking of the lost unearned income made Viscount Lilius resent Tulia again.

The current Tulia was completely different.

‘What kind of bribes and orders did she receive from her father?’

She meticulously countered everything they said.

She was absolutely not easy to deal with.

So naturally, both Aubrey and Viscount Lilius had become more careful with their words…

But the twin brothers were here today.

To varying degrees, both of them disliked Tulia.

Especially Leon Frazier, the younger of the twins, loathed Tulia like mold on a wall.

‘It would be good for Tulia to show her crazy, undignified behavior again.’

Then the relationship between those detestable Marquis House siblings would naturally grow more distant.

Leon Frazier, who had a particularly fiery temperament among the twins, would surely lose his patience and pour harsh words on Tulia.

The breakfast atmosphere would become a mess, but that would certainly make Viscount Lilius more pleased.

The stronger the discord between the siblings, the more Tulia’s position would narrow again and become disadvantageous.

Viscount Lilius glanced at his wife Aubrey sitting beside him.

It had been almost a month since Tedrick was banished to that shabby warehouse.

Aubrey, who hadn’t slept properly for a single day during that time, was glaring at Tulia as if she wanted to kill her.

Until now, he had struggled to stop and soothe her when she wanted to grab Tulia’s hair and tear it out, but today was different.

“My dear.”

Viscount Lilius took Aubrey’s plate and personally cut her steak while whispering in an affectionate voice.

“Please eat plenty.”

Eat your fill and attack Tulia elegantly to your heart’s content.

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“Tulia. You came to the dining table wearing such excessive glory around your neck. Haven’t you learned yet that excessive decoration doesn’t match the virtue of modesty?”

“Ah. I’m sorry. I don’t have any decent accessories, you see. I won’t do it from tomorrow.”

“Tulia. You never ate with your older brothers even when they came, so why did you come today? The kitchen must be struggling since you didn’t give advance notice.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Then I’ll just eat salad and soup.”

“Tulia. I heard you caught a cold, what if you pass it to your brothers? How can you be so selfish?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I just wanted to dine with Lisian and Leon after such a long time… But the personal physician said there would be almost no contagion.”

“There’s always that one-in-a-million chance! You’ve always been so wicked and selfish!”

Finally, her true feelings burst out. Viscount Lilius expected Tulia to be sarcastic and rebellious as usual, but.

“Then…”

A completely unexpected reaction struck them like a blow to the back of the head.

“I won’t eat and will just sit here.”

“…What?”

“Assistant Butler?”

“Yes, Miss Tulia.”

“Bring me a veil from my dressing room.”

“Understood.”

Tulia looked at Aubrey and smiled like a gentle fairy.

“I’ll cover my mouth. Aunt.”

“What… what did you say?”

Even Aubrey was momentarily speechless. Needless to say, so was Viscount Lilius.

‘…What is this?’

This wasn’t right.

Tulia’s usual retorts didn’t come out at all.

Both Viscount Lilius and Aubrey slowly began to panic.

This was a breakfast where all the direct family members sat together.

Moreover, since last night’s formal dinner was canceled, several key retainers were also present at this meal.

In such a setting…

Tulia actually covered her mouth with the veil handed to her by the assistant butler in response to Aubrey’s harsh words, and sat there as if it was perfectly fine not to eat anything.

What Aubrey had said wasn’t proper discipline either.

It was stubbornness, nitpicking, harassment, and bullying.

Yet Tulia obediently covered even her mouth and just sat there submissively and compliantly.

‘Why is she acting like this?’

This was clearly excessive by anyone’s standards.

To anyone watching, it looked like fifteen-year-old Tulia was being unilaterally bullied by her uncle and aunt!

Even Leon Frazier, who was always dying to devour Tulia, had put down his tableware with a strange expression.

Moreover, the retainers’ expressions were…

Not very good either.

You could tell just by how they were subtly exchanging glances with each other.

‘This won’t do.’

At this rate, strange rumors would spread even to the nobles of the Grand Duchy.

While appearing calm and dignified on the surface, Viscount Lilius was restless inside when he suddenly realized.

‘I see.’

Tulia Frazier had changed direction to win favor with her brothers, those twins.

‘What kind of amazing reward did that girl promise to receive from her father to act so obediently? Or…’

Does she have some personal reason to gain the twins’ favor?

Whatever it was, for now.

“Tulia Frazier! How dare you embarrass me at the dining table dressed like that…!”

“Dear.”

The priority was to calm down Aubrey, who was trembling and finally shouting.

“Let’s have our meal.”

“Honey!”

“…Dear.”

Finally, Viscount Lilius gritted his teeth and called out in a low voice.

Only then did Aubrey seem to come to her senses.

Viscount Lilius cleared his throat and spoke to Tulia in a gentle voice.

“Tulia. You should also remove your veil and eat. You know your aunt is having a hard time lately, don’t you?”

Disgustingly, Tulia looked at Aubrey with a pitying expression.

“Of course I understand, Uncle.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Poor Aunt. Please cheer up.”

Aubrey’s two fists, which she had barely managed to lower, trembled violently.

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