The World Mistakes Me for Terminally Ill - Chapter 44

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The World Thinks I’m Terminally Ill Episode 044

 

“That’s impossible. Sister, surely you wouldn’t…?”

 

It was a perfect situation for misunderstanding.

 

Late at night, a hot spring location perfect for stirring up all kinds of imagination. A young noblewoman who had just gotten married, alone with a well-built man.

 

Shasha staggered as if she had received a shock.

 

She rambled incoherently with tears welling up in her eyes.

 

“That’s not right…? But, but that perfume… Could it possibly be sister’s perfume that I lost?”

 

She had quite good eyesight for this late at night. How could she pick out and mention just the perfume that was barely visible?

 

And when she said she had lost the perfume, she even looked back at the maids who had been with her.

 

The maids cautiously nodded their heads.

 

‘Of course, I know it’s a situation that’s easy to misunderstand, but a normal person would first ask if something had happened, not immediately jump to an affair situation.’

 

Well, you see what you want to see. Unless her head was full of only such thoughts.

 

‘Or, she intended this from the beginning.’

 

I looked at the man who had been quietly staring only at me after calling my name.

 

I heard other sounds of people approaching.

 

“Good heavens! What is this disgraceful behavior, Elisia!”

 

Aunt Degen came rushing out with knights and servants in tow.

 

Somehow she looked excited, like a hero of justice catching evil in the act.

 

‘She really planned this thoroughly.’

 

Whether she had brought out all the personnel from the villa, the hot spring that had been dark became as bright as midday due to the lanterns the servants were holding.

 

“Shasha said she saw a suspicious person, so I thought it was an intruder and came to catch them!”

 

Ah, so that’s the setup?

 

“I never imagined that you, even though you’re married, would be enjoying a secret meeting with a strange man!”

 

Aunt, you need to practice your acting. I clicked my tongue inwardly as I watched Aunt Degen who couldn’t escape her theatrical tone.

 

And I gave the standard reaction possible in this situation.

 

“I don’t know what you mean by disgraceful behavior, Uncle. I merely came out to check because someone had my perfume that my beloved cousin said she had lost.”

 

“Do you think people will believe such an excuse!”

 

“Sister… This is embarrassing, so let’s stop. What rudeness is this to His Grace?”

 

Shasha spoke as if she was embarrassed.

 

“If you reflect on yourself and accumulate good deeds, His Grace might forgive you. Right? Cough cough!”

 

And those good deeds would be the ‘House of Angels’?

 

As I raised the corner of my mouth crookedly, Shasha coughed weakly and tried to subtly lean on Shubel as if she couldn’t endure it.

 

But unfortunately, Shubel had stepped forward, so she ended up staggering alone and looking foolish.

 

“Madam.”

 

Everyone held their breath and waited for Shubel’s next reaction.

 

Would he be furious at his wife who had committed adultery? Or would he turn away coldly, saying he was disappointed?

 

No matter how calm a man’s temperament, he couldn’t remain composed even in such a situation.

 

I remained still until Shubel approached right in front of me.

 

Due to his body standing in front of me, the gazes that had been looking at me were naturally blocked. I looked up at the man who had become the sole presence in my world.

 

He slightly frowned.

 

“The air is cold.”

 

“That’s right… Huh…?”

 

Aunt Degen, who had been fidgeting as if ready to rush forward to chime in and help when Shubel got angry, made a dumbfounded sound.

 

“You’re dressed too lightly.”

 

“I thought something might happen that would make me ill with anger.”

 

“Even so.”

 

I wanted to see the dumbfounded faces of Uncle and Shasha, but Shubel’s build being what it was, I really couldn’t see anything.

 

I had no choice but to shrug my shoulders and say.

 

“You said you would wait here.”

 

Shubel’s eyes widened.

 

“Weren’t you going to keep me warm?”

 

There was a portable heater, so what did it matter.

 

It wasn’t particularly romantic words, but strangely embarrassed, I tucked my hair behind my ear as I spoke—

 

“Ah.”

 

He smiled so brilliantly it was truly dazzling.

 

“Yes, Madam.”

 

I felt gentle warmth spreading from the man who carefully took my hand and lifted my head.

 

And I slowly approached Shasha, who had a flustered expression.

 

Click. My shoe sounds echoed in the silence.

 

The other party unconsciously stepped back hesitantly.

 

“How strange. This perfume you said you lost today, I actually found it a while ago.”

 

“What? That can’t be…”

 

“I thought you had used it all up and put it away. This morning I received a letter from an anonymous person, saying they had the same perfume. So I was curious and told them to bring it.”

 

“You, you’re lying, Sister! Just because Sister is cornered now, making up such lies won’t—”

 

“Shh.”

 

I had approached Shasha and lightly placed my index finger over her lips.

 

“You should smile, Shasha.”

 

“…!”

 

“If you contort your face like that, you look like a cornered rat. You should be careful not to ruin your pretty face, right?”

 

At those words, Shasha’s face completely contorted. I smiled brightly and used ventriloquism.

 

“It was hard acting all day.”

 

“What…?”

 

“The ‘acting like I don’t know anything and letting myself be victimized’ wasn’t easy.”

 

“…!”

 

“Did you think I wouldn’t know? Last night, when Uncle went down the mountain and pretended to accidentally give my perfume and message card to the reporter who was following you.”

 

Shasha’s breath stopped short.

 

Her pupils dilated so much that the whites of her eyes weren’t visible.

 

I whispered as if feeling sorry.

 

“Everything’s fine, but sometimes you think of the people around you too much like sculptures. Knights aren’t just chess pieces that only protect you. They’re living people who also monitor and report on your activities.”

 

Three years ago, the year of the coming-of-age birthday party.

 

Just like when the tailor who received the commission for the design you arbitrarily stole contacted me.

 

Shasha seems to have the delusion that I deliberately showed her the dress and trapped her, but it was actually Shasha herself who annoyingly begged to see the dress.

 

Considering the behavior my dear cousin had shown so far, I just thought ‘she’ll do this again’ and laid the groundwork in advance.

 

“Fix that habit.”

 

Of course, if there’s a next opportunity.

 

I smiled and gracefully restored my tilted body to its original position. It was time to wrap up this grand performance.

 

“Since my clever cousin probably won’t believe just words, I should show evidence, right?”

 

I said that and took out the perfume that Kaiseus had grumblingly replaced.

 

Speaking of this perfume’s history, it was a work dedicated to me by an unknown perfumer.

 

It had initials engraved on it, and since the perfumer, who had now become a proper master, refused to distribute the same scent, it became the only one of its kind in the world.

 

When I playfully sprayed it on Shubel, his eyes narrowed.

 

Since I had worn it so often, he could tell just by the scent that it was the original perfume.

 

“Isn’t it strange? You definitely told me you had lost the perfume.”

 

In a situation similar to before but completely different, the maids nodded again.

 

“But if you didn’t return it, what are these two perfumes? Unless someone was trying to trap me conspicuously.”

 

“That, that’s…”

 

Shasha, who had been rolling her eyes as if looking for a way out, found a scapegoat and bowed her head deeply.

 

She said while shedding tears.

 

“I’m sorry, Sister. Earlier I was too flustered and thought narrow-mindedly.”

 

Ah, you’re going with the ‘I don’t know anything’ strategy?

 

“So Degen Aunt left the villa last night?”

 

“I don’t know anything about that.”

 

“What? Shasha! What are you saying!”

 

“I really don’t know anything about it, sister. I was sleeping at that time. I asked a servant for a glass of water because I was thirsty in the middle of the night, so please ask them to confirm.”

 

It seemed she was planning to pin this entire matter on Degen Aunt.

 

“Shasha Lert!”

 

When Shasha pretended not to know, Degen Aunt’s face turned bright red with anger.

 

I looked at the ruined father-daughter relationship and chuckled softly.

 

“Really?”

 

You truly are—

 

“Foolish to the end.”

 

Using Degen Aunt or a reporter to avoid leaving her own traces could be considered clever.

 

But if all you can do is hide behind others, sacrificing the people around you one by one, what exactly will be left for you in the end?

 

‘Actions carry their own weight and responsibility.’

 

Shasha pleaded with tears welling up in her eyes.

 

“Sister, I’m truly sorry…”

 

“But Shasha.”

 

“Yes?”

 

I smiled and slowly stroked her shoulder. Shasha flinched and trembled.

 

“You know, don’t you? I’ve been quite lenient with you.”

 

“…”

 

“Ever since we were children. Even when you took my dresses and didn’t return them, or ruined my precious paintings, I let it slide. Those things were just one of many to me, but I only had one small, adorable cousin.”

 

Then I wiped away all traces of my smile.

 

“So you shouldn’t have crossed the line. Not while I was still being kind to you.”

 

Saying this, I grabbed the necklace hanging around Shasha’s neck and yanked it.

 

Crack!

 

The sound of the magic lens attached to the necklace breaking could be heard.

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