The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess’s Favorite - Chapter 66
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Chapter 66
Usually, Evangeline would look at me with ignoring eyes at most, but she had never raised her voice like this before.
A noble, cold, and arrogantly proud lady.
That was the public evaluation Evangeline received before meeting Larite.
But now.
‘…This is the first time I’ve seen Lady Claudius get genuinely angry like this.’
Seraphina unconsciously swallowed her dry saliva.
“What on earth do you think you’re doing?!”
“I, I…”
Seraphina couldn’t even dare to move her lips and cowered.
While it was true that Seraphina usually felt deep inferiority toward Evangeline, this incident was really just an accident.
But Evangeline didn’t even give Seraphina a chance to make excuses.
“Just wait and see.”
Evangeline glared at Seraphina with murderous eyes.
“I won’t let today’s incident slide.”
“…”
Seraphina felt a chill run down her spine as if she had been doused with cold water.
Evangeline, who had been staring at Seraphina as if she would devour her, soon grabbed Larite’s arm and turned around sharply.
“Let’s go to my house.”
“What?”
“We’ll have a doctor examine you, wash up, and change your clothes.”
“What?”
The flustered Larite could only repeat “What?”
‘Wait, a doctor?’
Regardless, Evangeline powerfully dragged Larite and strode outside.
The other noblewomen also followed behind Lady Claudius, not knowing what else to do.
“Lady Ansi, goodness!”
“What should we do…!”
In the meantime, Lady Sanchez tried to sneak in among the ladies, but.
“Does Lady Sanchez not know her place?”
Evangeline, who noticed like a ghost, snapped fiercely.
“How dare you think of following me.”
“What? Lady Claudius, th-that’s…”
“Stay hidden somewhere out of my sight. I’m sick of looking at you.”
With such fierce momentum, Lady Sanchez couldn’t dare say more and shrank back.
With those words.
Evangeline took Larite and left outside.
Lady Sherwood quietly approached Lady Sanchez.
“Lady Sanchez.”
At that call, Lady Sanchez startled and turned around as if she had been whipped.
Lady Sherwood smiled coldly.
“You don’t need to come to our gatherings anymore.”
It was a declaration of expulsion from the group.
Lady Sanchez’s face turned ashen.
“L-Lady Sherwood? Wait a moment!”
Thus Lady Sanchez hurriedly ran after Lady Sherwood.
Only Seraphina remained alone.
‘What have I done?’
Seraphina stared blankly at the vase in her hands.
The water that had been reduced by more than half.
She had almost splashed that water on Evangeline.
Whether fortunately or unfortunately, Larite had intervened, preventing Evangeline from getting wet…
‘Lady Claudius… was furious with me.’
Seraphina felt dizzy.
* * *
A moment later.
A man strode into the sanctuary.
Soft light brown hair that fell gently over his forehead.
Light-colored sky blue eyes and neat features.
And even the neatly worn priest’s robes.
He truly looked like a saint who had descended from heaven to spread God’s gospel.
An extremely virtuous beauty that seemed untouched by any worldly corruption.
The priest called out to the man with a surprised face.
“High Priest Evans?”
Isaac Evans.
The youngest High Priest in history and the temple’s favorite who had earned the trust of all the high-ranking priests.
The flustered priest asked cautiously.
“What brings you here, High Priest…”
Of course, Lady Claudius had requested a meeting earlier, but hadn’t the High Priest’s side rejected it?
At the same time, Isaac raised his index finger straight and placed it on his lips.
“Shh.”
His sky blue eyes reached Seraphina standing far away.
Seraphina still had a dazed face, unable to recover from the shock.
Isaac stared at such Seraphina for a long time.
“Hmm.”
A painted-like smile formed on his lips.
“Interesting.”
* * *
I don’t know what state of mind I was in when I arrived at Lord Claudius’ townhouse.
Even on the way to the room, Lady Claudius asked me questions with a worried face.
“Are you okay?”
By the way, I think I heard this question about five times in the carriage…
I answered in a soulless voice.
“Yes. I’m fine…”
“What do you mean you’re fine?”
At my answer, Lady Claudius immediately glared and scolded me.
‘But you’re the one who asked if I was okay…?’
I stared at Lady Claudius with dim eyes.
“You’re this soaked, how could you be fine?”
But since Lady Claudius was so flustered and restless, I decided to just quietly keep my mouth shut.
“Wait a little. I’ll call a doctor right away. Understood?”
Surely, she doesn’t want me to receive a doctor’s examination for something like this?
Flustered, I trailed off.
“No, I’m really perfectly fine…”
“Still, just in case! They say your body tenses up when you’re too shocked! You might hurt later!”
Lady Claudius rattled off at me.
Honestly, I was a bit embarrassed.
It’s not like I was in a carriage accident, I just got splashed with some water.
How could that be?
But then.
“Eva?”
Someone called Lady Claudius with a suspicious tone.
A pleasant voice that wrapped around the ears.
When I turned around, Lord Claudius was looking this way with a puzzled expression.
“You said you were going to the Imperial Curia today, but why are you back so early… Wait.”
Suddenly, Lord Claudius’s eyes narrowed.
“Why is Lady Ansi so wet?”
“Why do you think? It’s because of Lady Lopez!”
Lady Claudius burst out angrily.
“Lady Lopez?”
Lord Claudius frowned and asked back.
“Well, Lady Lopez almost spilled water on me. But Lady Ansi got in the way…!”
Lady Claudius, who had been pouring out words non-stop, suddenly came to her senses and shook her head.
“No, I’ll tell you the details later. I need to go see a doctor right now.”
“A doctor? Why?”
Lord Claudius’s expression immediately became serious.
“Did Lady Ansi get hurt?”
“No, I’m not hurt!”
Feeling like the misunderstanding was growing like a snowball, I hurriedly joined the conversation.
“I just got a little wet…”
“I see, it would be terrible if you caught a cold.”
“Pardon?”
But Lord Claudius was already nodding toward Lady Claudius.
“Quickly take Lady Ansi to see a doctor.”
“See? Even brother says I’m right!”
With that retort, Lady Claudius dragged me into the townhouse.
My pupils shook like an earthquake.
‘No, I’m really fine!’
* * *
Left alone, Dietrich’s expression became complicated.
‘Lady Lopez tried to spill water on Eva?’
It probably wasn’t intentional.
Lady Lopez had one of the best reputations in high society, and there was no reason for her to deliberately do something that would damage that reputation.
Moreover, Evangeline was the one and only daughter of the House of Claudius.
Although he knew the two didn’t get along, harming Evangeline in front of everyone…
‘The risk would be too great.’
According to his investigation, Lady Lopez seemed to have a very meticulous personality.
There was probably some kind of mistake, and Lady Ansi seemed to have protected Evangeline from that mistake.
“…”
His blue eyes sank deeply.
Of course he was happy that Lady Ansi was looking after his sister.
But.
‘Couldn’t she look after herself a little too?’
It was a feeling that was hard to explain.
At least it was fortunate that Evangeline was unharmed.
But seeing Lady Ansi return looking like a drowned mouse strangely bothered him.
Her soaked appearance looked so frail and pitiful.
…He almost reached out his hand without realizing it.
‘What exactly happened with Lady Lopez?’
Seraphina Lopez.
Like a small pebble in a shoe, a woman who kept getting in the way.
Just like at the Ansi’s party before, and now again…
‘She’s subtly irritating.’
With rising displeasure, strength entered Dietrich’s jaw.
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