The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46

 

I kicked his foot under the table and pointed out.

 

“You don’t eat finger food first before the invited person arrives.”

 

“Ah, uh. Sorry. I didn’t know.”

 

“Didn’t I tell you not to say ‘I didn’t know’ or ‘I’m sorry’ as much as possible? It’s admitting your shortcomings. The representative of a marquis house shouldn’t lower himself so easily.”

 

“Then what should I say in this situation? I already reached out my hand.”

 

“Shout that you seem to be under the influence of dark magic and being controlled, and that it’s an emergency so everyone should evacuate quickly.”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“Brisa, you arrived before Leopold?”

 

It was Gillab, who had changed his clothes in the meantime.

 

Gillab lifted his chin and walked in elegantly.

 

“The evening banquet is being prepared. Wait just a little. Father is currently away, so Mother and my elder brother will attend.”

 

“I see.”

 

His elder brother would be Ethan Dibostane, the young duke.

 

He had two elder brothers, and Gillab was the youngest son with a significant age gap from the other two.

 

What was peculiar was that only the second son of the Divostan Duke House was illegitimate.

 

He was a child between the duke and a commoner merchant leader, and according to Imperial Law, that second son could not receive the Divostan surname.

 

However, he was still growing up receiving proper education in the duke’s house. This was because that second son’s birth mother was the owner of a large trading company that encompassed the Eastern Region.

 

In other words, although he was illegitimate, his birth mother’s wealth was so tremendous that the duke’s house couldn’t discriminate against him.

 

‘With circumstances like that, I can’t even ask whether his younger elder brother is attending or not.’

 

Alpheus smiled brightly and said.

 

“Brisa, at the Academy you two got along well…”

 

Gillab glanced at Alpheus, then completely ignored him and sat in front of me. Then he smirked and said.

 

“I heard you’ve recently taken up a hobby of associating with pitiful and lacking people, Brisa.”

 

Alpheus’s expression stiffened slightly. He finally noticed that Gillab was someone who ‘ignored’ him.

 

He seemed to have guessed who the ‘pitiful and lacking person’ he was referring to was. It was the effect of education.

 

But Alpheus couldn’t get angry. It was because Gillab was young.

 

Alpheus was weak against the vulnerable and children. It was due to his incurable protagonist syndrome.

 

Actually, I had been noticing from earlier. Gillab hadn’t even introduced himself to Alpheus, had rudely interrupted his words, and wasn’t engaging in conversation with him.

 

“That’s right.”

 

I nodded calmly.

 

“That’s why I gladly accepted your invitation.”

 

Gillab frowned deeply.

 

He probably thought I would agree with his mockery.

 

Well, from the Eastern Region’s common sense, that would have been the natural situation. Anyone could see I was in a position where my inheritance was taken by a half-brother with commoner blood.

 

Moreover, Gillab originally treated his younger elder brother as if he didn’t exist. It was because of his mixed commoner blood. He had been taught this way by the Duchess since childhood.

 

“Don’t lower your own status.”

 

Indeed, Gillab narrowed his eyes and advised.

 

“Even if you were broken off from your engagement, it’s not that bad. I think there’s somewhere else you should be right now. Consider it repayment for the magic stone, so don’t feel burdened listening to this. How about staying in the Eastern Region where you belong this time?”

 

It was a guess that it would obviously be humiliating to be under Alpheus’s protection.

 

Anger rose from deep within my heart.

 

I elegantly shrugged my shoulders.

 

“Thank you for the romantic and implicit proposal. But even if I was broken off from my engagement, it’s not bad enough to get engaged to you. Following your advice, I’ve decided not to lower my own standards.”

 

Wendy, who was behind me, finally couldn’t hold back and let out a “pfft” laugh.

 

It was truly uncultured behavior. But it was effective in provoking Gillab’s anger.

 

“Ha!”

 

He jumped up and started walking out of the reception room.

 

I shrugged my shoulders at Alpheus with the meaning ‘did you learn well?’

 

That’s when it happened. Gillab suddenly turned around. Then he strode back toward me again.

 

After that, he secretly lowered his voice and whispered.

 

“You, have you ever seen a monster?”

 

“Of course.”

 

I answered indifferently.

 

“One was sitting in the seat in front of me until just now.”

 

“Don’t talk nonsense. What I’m talking about is a real monster. Neither human nor monster…”

 

“Now, shall we take a vote on who’s really talking nonsense? At least I had some sense.”

 

A monster, really, this isn’t some fairy tale book.

 

Gillab, who had been frowning, spoke quickly.

 

“Brisa, actually I liked you. You were perfect yet arrogant and indifferent, which was exactly like a noble aristocrat.”

 

“Nice try. But if you want to get engaged to me, you should try to impress Sears’s new family head rather than me.”

 

“The dirty blood mixed in that great family head will become unbearable. Soon. Really soon.”

 

Gillab glared ominously at Alpheus and added solemnly.

 

“So join our side as quickly as possible, before it’s too late.”

 

“My goodness. You’re fourteen years old, Gillab. Don’t you think you’re past the age for playing faction games?”

 

“I’ll wait for your contact. Don’t say what you said today in front of Leopold.”

 

Gillab had a completely incoherent conversation until the end and really turned around and left.

 

Alpheus let out a strange “whew” sigh, then blinked and said.

 

“The atmosphere among these kids is quite murderous.”

 

Of course, when whispering at the end, Gillab had lowered his voice as much as he could.

 

But Alpheus had all his senses developed to a superhuman level. Obviously he would have heard all of that.

 

“Kid? Do you want to call someone who said you have ‘dirty blood’ that way?”

 

“Even so, he’s just a young kid telling absurd monster stories. Everyone makes various mistakes when they’re young. As an adult, you have to overlook that much.”

 

Alpheus laughed peacefully.

 

“He’ll learn as he grows up. That there are values more important than bloodline. Then he’ll eventually feel ashamed of today and feel newly grateful to me for just letting it pass.”

 

Protagonist syndrome was good for mental health. Of course, that wasn’t what was important right now.

 

I muttered while lost in thought.

 

“…Gillab isn’t the type to tell absurd stories.”

 

Although Gillab was lacking in many ways, he wasn’t an idiot. He too was a direct descendant of the First Five Families who had graduated from fairy tale books at age five.

 

‘He definitely wouldn’t have said something pointless.’

 

That’s when it happened.

 

With a loud bang, the mansion instantly became chaotic.

 

Alpheus and I bolted upright.

 

“What’s happening?”

 

However, it wouldn’t be proper to leave the reception room until a servant from the Duke’s Estate came to escort us. But suddenly, a chilling sound reached our ears.

 

“■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!”

 

I unconsciously clung to Alpheus.

 

“■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!”

 

It was a horrific scream I had never heard anywhere before. It seemed almost inhuman…

 

Alpheus lifted me into his arms.

 

“We need to run right now.”

 

He looked at the maid and Wendy and shouted.

 

“Follow me!”

 

Wendy immediately scooped up the maid. Then we rushed out of the reception room.

 

We ran back along the path we had taken to get here. Even during this time, the unidentifiable screaming continued.

 

“Ah!”

 

At that moment, we encountered a silver-haired middle-aged man who was running urgently toward us.

 

And I recognized that man.

 

“…Duke Dibostane?”

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