The Military Doctor Excels at Being a Contracted Duchess - Chapter 31

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【Chapter 31】

 

“This… this… still unmarried! Who knows where you came crawling from!”

 

Genevieve had lost her mind.

 

Cecily Bettel, having suffered such humiliation, might change her mind and refuse to provide funding. Then she would face tremendous embarrassment.

 

That wasn’t all.

 

Her lovers who were looking forward to the charity exhibition!

 

If her promise to help them sell paintings and sculptures at high prices fell through? Those young and beautiful men would surely leave without looking back.

 

‘No, that can’t happen.’

 

Cecily Bettel must have been terribly upset earlier.

 

She had planned to drag Damian over and beat him a few times to settle things, but suddenly someone interfered and made things worse!

 

Ebel said nothing. Strangely, this made Genevieve’s breathing calm down first.

 

Then. Ebel threw out a single word filled with contempt.

 

“How rude.”

 

“!”

 

Genevieve hesitated and stepped back, her face turning bright red.

 

It was a short, concise sentence. It wasn’t cursing at Genevieve or cornering her.

 

However, Genevieve immediately understood what it meant.

 

When noble speech reached the point of calling someone “rude,” it meant “a pathetic person I don’t even want to associate with.”

 

And most importantly, only someone of at least equal status could say such words. Or a superior to a subordinate.

 

“This… this…!”

 

Words wouldn’t come out due to the humiliation.

 

Herself, unable to control her emotions.

 

Ebel, who looked exactly like that damned Victor von Bayern.

 

Those eyes that made a person feel infinitely small!

 

Nothing pleased her.

 

“Then I’ll assume you have nothing more to say. I’ll have to inform His Excellency about this incident.”

 

Ebel left with an indifferent gaze, not even bowing her head. She wrapped around Damian as if protecting him from Genevieve.

 

‘What does she think I am, some kind of monster? She’s the monster, so why do I have to endure this?’

 

Left alone, Genevieve trembled with secondary humiliation as she felt the servants quietly avoiding her.

 

Naturally, she wasn’t reflecting on her actions. She only hated Ebel for making her feel shame, even if just for a moment.

 

Genevieve hated feeling shabby.

 

Ebel made her feel like a worthless person.

 

Wounded pride doesn’t heal easily. If she had money, she could spend lavishly and enjoy a sense of superiority, but there was nothing she could do.

 

Because Victor was protecting Ebel.

 

‘Just wait and see. I won’t let this slide.’

 

And Genevieve’s reaction was exactly what Ebel had intended to provoke.

 

* * *

 

“What kind of snacks does Damian like?”

 

The twins’ bedroom.

 

When she called the maids responsible for caring for the children and asked, they all looked around nervously.

 

Rather than rushing them, Ebel waited persistently.

 

Sensing she wouldn’t let it go easily, one maid finally stepped forward cautiously.

 

“Perhaps… apple pie, I think.”

 

“Perhaps?”

 

When she raised her eyebrows, the maid immediately shrank back.

 

“Well, I mean when we give him snacks, he eats whatever it is well! He’s not particularly picky!”

 

“Foods he dislikes? Spices he avoids? Things he finds particularly difficult to eat?”

 

“That, well… that…”

 

They were all equally flustered, with no one providing a proper answer.

 

‘Good thing I told Victor I’d take full authority over the children.’

 

Pressing her forehead, she looked at the head maid waiting nearby, Banya.

 

“What do you think?”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Damian, who had been lying on the sofa playing with wooden block toys, suddenly sat up. Then he ran to Banya and reached out his hand.

 

The child’s hand touched the wrinkled back of the old woman’s hand.

 

What followed was—

 

Pat pat. Pat pat.

 

After doing this a few times, the boy looked back at Ebel triumphantly and puffed out his chest.

 

It was communication stronger than words.

 

“Don’t scold Banya?”

 

Nod.

 

“She must have taken your side before.”

 

Nod!

 

When she talked about dismissing servants, he just watched, but when Banya seemed to be in danger, he stepped forward.

 

Ebel smiled gently and patted Damian’s head.

 

“I see, so Damian… you’re smart enough to understand everything the adults are saying?”

 

“…?”

 

“Well, you’re twins, so only one of you can’t be smart.”

 

Abel and Ebel.

 

Wasn’t it the same for them?

 

Abel was also exceptionally intelligent. The problem was that it was specialized only in bad directions.

 

Damian seemed not to have expected her to react this way, looking confused and flustered.

 

Ebel swallowed a sigh inwardly and casually suggested with an unperturbed face.

 

“Then Damian. Will you tell me directly what snacks you like? I’ll give you your absolute favorite.”

 

After pondering, the child soon made his arms round with bright eyes.

 

“Pie?”

 

Nod nod.

 

“Meat pie. Blueberry pie. Sweet potato pie. Apple… ah, sweet potato.”

 

The maids watched with great curiosity as Ebel communicated with Damian.

 

To be able to have such a ‘conversation’ with the second young master.

 

No, more than that, for the second young master to look so normal?

 

Though he had been showing different behavior lately, they still thought he couldn’t be controlled, but how surprising.

 

Ebel handled Damian skillfully. She even understood all his expressions.

 

“I’ll have the kitchen prepare sweet potato pie.”

 

Banya, who had been watching, spoke respectfully, and Ebel nodded lightly.

 

Then, looking around at everyone, she spoke coldly.

 

“From what I’ve been told, you’ve worked in this manor for about five years. Hired by Aunt, caring for the twins from the beginning. Yet you still don’t know your master’s preferences?”

 

Honestly, some of the maids had seen Ebel as soft.

 

She always wore a faint smile and spoke gently.

 

Moreover, she had let them take more gifts for their birthdays.

 

While she had backbone, that was separate from being frightening.

 

However, at this moment, the maids realized they had been completely mistaken.

 

“We, we were wrong…! Please don’t dismiss us…!”

 

Starting with the frightened cry of a young maid, they all began pleading without exception.

 

“We’ll do better. We were wrong!”

 

“Please forgive us just this once, my lady!”

 

Though they belatedly grasped the situation and pleaded, there wasn’t the slightest waver in her emotionless face. It was unclear if she was even listening.

 

Finally, Ebel’s cold words cut through the air.

 

“Don’t you think even you would agree that doing this now is calculation rather than repentance?”

 

“!”

 

“Pack all your belongings and go to the entrance. I’ll give you 30 minutes.”

 

At this, the servants who had been in charge of the twins had no choice but to leave in tears.

 

Hoping desperately that they wouldn’t be kicked out of this good job.

 

‘I had to turn things upside down at least once, so it couldn’t be helped.’

 

It wasn’t as if Ebel felt comfortable about it either.

 

They too must have suffered because of Damian.

 

‘But I have to cut them off. So that Genevieve can no longer lay a hand on the children.’

 

When Ebel sat on the sofa, Damian followed her timidly and lay down beside her. Then, seeming bored, he kept poking at her thigh.

 

Countless thoughts passed through her mind, but since all of this was ultimately for Damian’s sake, Ebel gathered her strength once more.

 

Well, it’s not like she got up or anything – she just opened the book she had placed beside her.

 

“I should scold you, but I don’t think that would change anything… Alright, I’ll read you a book, Damian.”

 

At her words, Damian stared at her blankly.

 

He seemed to have no idea what a book was.

 

Or maybe he didn’t understand ‘why’ she would read him one.

 

“Books contain many stories. You’ll only change when you realize things for yourself.”

 

The urgent priority was to drive out those who had been abusing Damian.

 

‘He’s a bright child. I just need to approach him slowly, open his heart, and teach him.’

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