The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess’s Favorite - Chapter 169

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Chapter 169

“Lady Lopez’s legs… cannot be restored. It’s fortunate that the detoxification was completed at this level.”

The doctor let out a sigh mixed with relief and bitterness.

“If treatment had been delayed just a few more days, not only both legs but also the left arm would have been unusable.”

“Then, then.”

Seraphina asked back with a trembling voice.

“Are you saying I’ll never be able to use my legs for the rest of my life?!”

The doctor seemed to hesitate for a moment, but soon nodded heavily.

“That’s correct. However, if you consistently undergo rehabilitation, there’s a slight possibility…”

“Lies!”

The doctor’s carefully crafted hopeful observation was instantly devoured by Seraphina’s sharp cry.

“Don’t lie to me! That can’t be true!”

“Lady Lopez, please calm down just a little…”

The doctor tried to calm her down somehow, but Seraphina’s actions were faster.

She suddenly stood up from her seat.

“I can walk just fine. Look at this…!”

Crash!

At the same time, Seraphina collapsed miserably to the floor.

“Huh?”

Seraphina herself was more surprised than the doctor.

Seraphina, who had been blinking her eyes blankly, suddenly contorted her face.

“I, I just made a mistake.”

“Lady Lopez!”

“I, I can walk. I can walk!”

Seraphina tried to get up from her seat while staggering.

But her body wouldn’t listen at all.

Seraphina, who had been trying hard to put strength in her legs, fell to the floor again.

While struggling on the floor like that.

“…”

Seraphina suddenly noticed her reflection in the window.

The purest lily of high society.

The lady who instantly captivated the hearts of all gentlemen.

That beautiful appearance disappeared completely as if it had been an illusion.

Only a woman as thin as a skeleton was reflected.

“…Lies.”

With that whisper.

Seraphina lost consciousness completely.

* * *

At that time.

Outskirts of the District, Shabby Alley.

“Ha, haha, hahahaha…”

Isaac was sitting slumped in a room where even sunlight didn’t enter, letting out a hollow laugh.

“In the end… it came to this.”

Until he framed Evangeline as a witch, he had believed without doubt that everything was proceeding successfully.

But what was the result?

His father was dragged to prison, and Isaac tasted the humiliation of being excommunicated from the Imperial Curia.

The position of Viscount Evans also returned to House of Claudius.

The Viscount Evans Family was completely destroyed.

Was that all?

Isaac himself was also being chased by law enforcement.

He had barely managed to escape for now, but he didn’t know when he might be caught.

“Ha, hahaha… haha… Ah, damn it.”

Isaac suddenly stopped laughing.

“That terrible bastard ruined everything I had.”

Isaac muttered while gritting his teeth.

Honor and reputation.

Wealth.

…And even the family, everything.

How thoroughly methodical he was to scrape away everything so carefully.

“So.”

His sky-blue eyes flashed with madness.

“I should do the same to him.”

Isaac also intended to destroy Dietrich’s most precious thing.

* * *

I stepped into the Ansi Family Townhouse after a long time.

Ever since Lady Claudius was designated as a witch and confined to the convent, then the Imperial Palace.

I had been busily running around to save Lady Claudius.

As a result, I naturally ended up staying mostly at Lord Claudius’ Town House…

“Do you really have to go?”

When I said I should go home today, Lord Claudius held me with a regretful face and wouldn’t let me go.

Recalling that scene, I couldn’t help but smile.

‘He’s really so cute.’

Whenever I see that elegant man whining like a child only in front of me.

Something deep in my chest keeps tickling.

“My goodness, who is this?”

As I entered the townhouse, Amy looked at me with wide eyes.

“Miss, isn’t it too long since we’ve seen each other?”

Ah, I guess so.

I greeted her awkwardly.

“Have you been well, Amy?”

“Well, I’ve been fine. To think you’re asking if I’ve been well at your own house, really…”

Amy rolled her eyes at me without malice.

“Please come often from now on. Anyone would think House of Claudius is your home.”

Amy shrugged her shoulders and asked casually.

“You haven’t married Lord Claudius yet, have you?”

“What? Marriage?!”

I jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Then, Amy looked puzzled instead.

“Oh my, aren’t you going to marry him? I naturally thought you would…”

“No, no. That’s!”

“Do you perhaps dislike Lord Claudius?”

“No! I like him! I like him, but…!”

I had thought it was just a distant matter.

Marriage.

Just thinking about the word marriage made my heart beat like crazy.

I chose to just run away from this situation.

“I, uh, I’m going to wash up!”

“Yes? Then please wait a moment, I’ll help you bathe…”

“It’s fine!”

I quickly fled the scene.

I rushed into the bathroom and fell into thought while filling the bathtub with hot water.

‘Marriage.’

Of course, not only me but Lord Claudius is also of marriageable age.

But, marriage.

I’ve been so happy just being lovers that I’ve never dared to think about it before….

‘Lord Claudius… becoming my husband?’

Even if Lord Claudius and I were to break up, things wouldn’t become awkward with Lady Claudius either.

No, setting that aside.

If we go beyond being lovers and truly become family with Lord Claudius.

…Like taking a bite of a large cotton candy, my mouth became sweet.

“Ugh.”

My face grew hot and flushed, so I jumped into the water with a splash.

Feeling embarrassed for no reason, I couldn’t come out of the water for a long time.

* * *

The Claudius siblings had dinner together after a long time.

To commemorate Evangeline’s release from confinement, the chef carefully selected her favorite foods to fill the table.

“Ah, this braised lamb! I really wanted to eat this.”

Evangeline wielded her fork and knife like weapons.

“Yes, eat plenty.”

Dietrich looked at his sister with her puffed cheeks with a satisfied gaze.

Then he quietly pushed a plate of food toward his sister.

“This is delicious too.”

“Really, does Her Brother think I’m a pig?”

Evangeline playfully scolded her brother while taking more than half the food from the plate.

While they were focused on eating for a while.

“Still, it’s really fortunate.”

Evangeline stabbed a butter-sautéed potato with her fork and suddenly spoke quietly.

“What is?”

“About Mother and Father.”

“….”

“The real reason they passed away was revealed.”

Dietrich nodded with a faint smile.

He agreed.

Their parents’ suspicious death had been a burden in both siblings’ hearts for a long time.

And finally, that burden had been lifted.

“Are you okay?”

Dietrich glanced at Evangeline.

“What do you mean?”

“This time… it was difficult for you.”

“Well, honestly it’s hard to say it wasn’t difficult at all.”

Evangeline shrugged and smiled brightly with her eyes.

“But I’m okay.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Her Brother and Larit helped me a lot, so I can’t just be depressed.”

“…I’m glad to hear that.”

Evangeline’s expression was indeed very bright.

It was completely different from when they first met at St. Alfre Monastery.

Dietrich felt relieved inwardly.

Just then, Evangeline, who was elegantly cutting asparagus, suddenly asked a question.

“Come to think of it, Isaac still hasn’t been caught, right?”

That was right.

Since the day the trial was held, Isaac had completely disappeared.

‘Come to think of it, Isaac didn’t even attend the trial in the first place.’

…As if he had sensed something.

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