The Crown I Will Take From You - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56

“Permission? Do I look like I’m asking for permission?”

“Virna… that child is not yet of age to discuss marriage!”

“So isn’t it truly surprising? How could such a young girl have such terrible thoughts? What would the Queen Mother think if she knew about this?”

The Regent glared at the Minister. His handsome eyes narrowed.

“Is it really true that the illness… was caused by Virna?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, given your usual conduct, there could have been other reasons. But now you’re only blaming my daughter, so of course I feel wronged.”

Now it was the Minister’s turn to glare at Prince Claudio.

“Prince, don’t forget what I hold in my hands.”

“Are you threatening me now? It seems I don’t have any of your weaknesses in my hands?”

“I’m simply trying to remind you that we are allies who must work together for a long time. It seems the Prince hasn’t realized this, being swayed by blood ties.”

“You’re the one who can’t keep your wits about you over this trivial matter, Minister!”

“Trivial?!”

Both sides faced off tensely, neither willing to back down an inch.

* * *

“Where is Virna?”

The Regent, having returned home, searched fiercely for Virna.

“Ah, Father…”

As soon as he spotted his daughter rising awkwardly upon seeing him, he strode over with large steps.

Slap-!

Virna clutched her cheek and opened her eyes wide. It was the first time she had ever been struck.

“Honey!”

Catherine also opened her eyes in surprise.

“Do you know what you’ve done? Why did you needlessly provoke Medeia and cause this mess!”

The Regent vented the pent-up anger he had been forcibly swallowing in front of the Minister.

“Didn’t I tell you to exercise restraint even during the riding accident? Don’t my words even reach your ears?”

“I, I…”

“Don’t even open your mouth. Don’t think about going anywhere for a while and stay locked up, I don’t even want to see your face!”

Virna burst into tears.

“How could you hide such a big incident!”

Catherine, who learned the whole story belatedly, scolded Virna first.

“The situation is not good, Mother. He’s saying his disability is because of Virna, and demanding we give Virna to him as a wife.”

“What? That’s ridiculous!”

Then Virna, who had been crying loudly, had a fit.

“I don’t want to! I’d rather die than do that!”

“You be quiet!”

Catherine snapped and then asked Samon.

“What does your father say?”

“Of course he said absolutely not, but the Minister’s side is being too aggressive.”

“…”

“We can’t afford to antagonize the Minister like this… What should we do?”

After losing Maid Supervisor Quizin, the Regent no longer had the strong support to control the palace.

To wield the same power in the palace as before, he needed to grab Minister Etienne’s ankle and tie him down.

“Minister Etienne has never failed in negotiations. We need to move before your father gets persuaded.”

Catherine quickly headed to her daughter’s room.

Shila, Virna’s personal maid, was cleaning up the mess Virna had made.

“Ma, Madam…?”

“Seize that girl.”

Catherine’s maids grabbed Shila so she couldn’t move.

“Write as I dictate from now on.”

They forced a quill into Shila’s hand and made her write a confession.

“I, I’ve finished writing. Madam, I’ll beg for forgiveness on behalf of Miss Virna, so please just once-“

Catherine’s eyes gleamed coldly.

“Yes. Since it’s your fault for not serving your master well, blame your own inadequacy.”

“Save, save me, mmph-!”

Before Shila could even beg for her life, Catherine’s maids poured poison into her mouth.

Virna froze.

Shila was the personal maid who had cared for Virna since childhood.

If caught, she thought there might be some beatings or a few months’ wages deducted, but she never imagined they would kill her outright like this.

Her always gentle mother had disposed of her maid without batting an eye.

“Mo, Mother…”

“It wasn’t you, Virna, who put the drug in, but Shila. When you got into trouble, she confessed her crime out of fear and died. Understand?”

Catherine recited calmly as if telling her to remember.

“I hope you’ve come to your senses now, Virna. You’re old enough to mature by now.”

“…”

“Virna, pack your things. We have to leave tonight.”

The maids efficiently packed Virna’s belongings.

“Wh, where to?”

“Stay at the convent for a while. And you all, send that corpse to the Minister. Along with the confession.”

Catherine spoke firmly and left the room.

“Miss Virna seems to be in great shock, is it alright to leave her like that?”

“It’s fine. Let her cool her head. Assign a couple of tight-lipped maids to her.”

“She’s lived preciously all her life, how much hardship will she endure living in that barren convent…”

The Maid Supervisor wiped her eyes worriedly.

“Even if it’s hard, avoiding the Minister’s eyes comes first now. She’s voluntarily going to the convent, would he dare drag our Virna back?”

Would she want to send her innocent daughter far away?

But now was the time to act boldly. She had to avoid the worst situation of marrying her to the Minister.

“All of this wouldn’t have happened if that child had properly listened to me even once.”

Catherine sighed.

“Is her reckless, fiery nature something she inherited from him? Passion is good, but really…”

The Maid Supervisor was quite puzzled.

Passionate? Wasn’t Prince Claudio more like cold water than hot fire no matter how you looked at him?

“What can I do? Since she can’t just swallow the good and spit out the bitter, I as her mother have no choice but to take care of her.”

In any case, Catherine was devoted when it came to her children.

She cherished her son Samon like her life, and needless to say, Virna who resembled her so much.

Catherine headed to her husband’s office.

“Honey. Are you really going to grant the Minister’s demand?”

Having exhausted so much mental energy overnight, the Regent looked ten years older.

“Virna is…”

She was a spoiled youngest daughter who only knew herself, but he loved her dearly.

No matter how big a mistake that child had made, he absolutely could not send her to the Minister.

‘Etienne, with that man’s strange personality, he might try to continue his bloodline by using the Count’s relatives instead of her.’

Since he was someone who thought of women only as breeding stock.

Claudio struck the desk with a thud.

“I can’t let my daughter live like that for the rest of her life. I absolutely won’t send her to that bastard!”

Catherine felt quite relieved.

She had worried about what to do if he decided to give their daughter to the Minister, but fortunately he was a man who protected his own child.

“I sent Virna to the convent.”

“Huh?”

“We’ll return the dead maid to the Minister as an apology. It’s a desperate measure, but since we went so far as to find and send the real culprit, he won’t be able to demand Virna as his bride anymore.”

“Well done. That’s just like you. You moved more wisely than I did.”

The Regent praised his wife’s bold decision.

Catherine obediently lowered her eyes and gently patted her husband’s arm.

“So speak well with him again. The Minister will also try to find a compromise at some point.”

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Princess’s Palace.

“Your Highness, Tom says that late last night, a carriage left the Royal Palace from Prince Claudio’s estate.”

Virna must have been in that carriage.

Did they make her escape in advance to avoid the Minister’s clutches?

Aunt certainly had quick instincts.

Medeia stared at the dim lamp flame illuminating the dusky evening.

“Aunt will try to settle things at that level.”

For her daughter’s future, she doesn’t care about other people’s lives. Only the innocent dead maid became pitiful.

“Then what happens? Will the conflict between them end so anticlimactically?”

“Not a chance.”

Medeia would use this situation for as long as she could.

“Send a letter to Umberto to inform him. Tell him Virna fled to a convent.”

How far could the Minister’s pride endure being toyed with right before his eyes?

“And about Virna’s dead maid. Find out if any of her family members want to enter my uncle’s service.”

There’s no more reliable ally than someone who shares your resentment.

They would become Medeia’s ears and inform her of the Prince’s household situation more enthusiastically than anyone else.

Neryl bowed her head.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

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