Chapter 24

Everyone bit their lips at Yerhan’s words.

In particular, the pupils of Macella and Rania were dilated to the point where they could no longer grow.

“Wha, what do you mean husband?”

Macella asked out of the blue. She seemed to be asking if she had heard it wrong.

Yerhan caressed Rosena lightly on the shoulder and whispered.

“We haven’t had a wedding yet, but I’m her husband.”

Rania stood still and couldn’t say anything.

Rosena’s husband means that this man is the third prince, who was far from what Rania thought.

“What, kind of bullshit…”

Rania stuttered, picked up the fan that fell on the floor and fanned it.

Macella, who came to her senses belatedly, also laughed.

“What do you mean husband? Such a transparent lie.”

Yerhan, whose corners of his mouth was still smiling, sank instantly.

He took his hand off Rosena’s shoulder and took a step closer.

Perhaps because he was so tall, the pressure was great just from his approach.

“Lie, you said……”

His low voice pressed into Macella’s ear like an awl made of frost.

“How dare you say the royal family’s words are a lie?”

She felt weighed down by something huge. Macella’s body trembled.

She looked at Yerhan with frightened eyes, not knowing what to say.

“Ro, Rosena.”

Unable to have the courage to stand up to Yerhan, Macella hurriedly called Rosena.

Rosena took one step forward and looked at Yerhan, shaking her head.

It was a matter between her and her mother.

Masela relaxed as Yerhan backed away.

“By the way, you… Did you see the letter I sent you? The letter asked you to come back to the mansion.”

“No.”

As Rosena shook her head, Macella’s face became venomous again.

“Stop by the mansion in the near future.”

Rosena swallowed a sigh.

Now that she was back to the empire, she thought she’d meet her family one day, but it was too early.

Rosena, in a bitter mood, looked straight at Macella.

As always, Macella wore all kinds of accessories all over her body.

She wore a heavy jewel pin on her head and a large sapphire necklace that stood out from afar.

Everything seemed too much for the fallen countess.

Rosena wore a calm face.

In the past, when she struggled for her family, her mother and Rania would have lived like this.

It reminded her of the women who took her sacrifices for granted and were anxious to somehow exploit her more.

At that time, she was foolish enough not to escape the fence that was named family.

“I’ll do that.”

There was a lot to talk about.

It wasn’t meant to be said in this public place.

She was going to visit the mansion herself and make a negotiation there.

Rosena didn’t want to talk to her anymore, so she tried to turn away.

Then Rania asked, scanning Rosena.

“But what are you doing in this dressing room? This dressing room is the most famous dressing room in the capital. You didn’t come in without knowing that, did you?

It meant ‘How much money do you have to come here?’ and it stuck like a thorn.

But Rosena was not hurt by Rania’s words.

However, she began to worry about the price of douzens of the dresses she had ordered earlier.

“Excuse me, the bill…”

All eyes were on the clerk’s words from the inside.

“How much is it?”

Yerhan asked the clerk.

Then the clerk moved all the goods that Yerhan had ordered so far.

There was a slight crack in Rania and Macella’s expression upon hearing the never-ending list.

But the women were looking straight at Rosena.

It was stares of ‘I don’t know what kind of money you have to order so much, but can you handle it?’

Rosena swallowed a sigh. She might have to shake off all the gold she brought today.

“…So the total is 100,000 flue.”

What?

Rosena looked at the clerk in surprise.

Rania and Macella were no exception.

It was a large amount of money, it’s enough to buy a decent house with a garden with 100,000 flue.

“Wait a minute…”

While Rosena was panicking, Yerhan pulled something out of his arms with a casual look.

White paper sparkled under the light. It was none other than a check.

No, where are you going to get the money, if you pull out the check…..

But before Rosena could stop him, the check fell into the hands of the clerk.

“Will you pick it up when it’s done, or should I bring it to your mansion?”

“I’ll pick it up.”

When Yerhan finished the payment in an instant, Rania dropped the fan she was holding again.

Macella, who was standing tall and watching it, immediately called Rosena with a hurried look.

“Rosena.”

It wasn’t a sharp voice like before.

Rosena was well aware of the meaning of that voice.

It was the voice that she always used to call her when she secretly wished for something.

“Yes.”

The corners of Macella’s mouth crept up at Rosena’s answer.

Marcella pulled out the dress she had seen earlier.

“Pay for it, too.”

Her lips, which had been producing criticism, were uttering shameless words.

Rosena glanced down at the dress she held out.

The dress with fancy beads was bragging about its high ransom.

Rania, who was standing next to her, picked up the hat, not missing her chance.

“You can at least do this for your family, right?”

Macella talked about being her family.

Rosena, who was still listening, cut off her words with a determined face.

“You’re too much.”

Macella’s face distorted.

The dress in her hand crumpled badly.

“How can you be so selfish?”

Macella raised her chin in a coercive manner.

She pointed to Rosena with a fan and vomited words like a rapid canon.

“Is it so hard to share a little bit? Do you really need to get upset with me over a dress?”

“…..”

“Thanks to whom everything went well? How nice it is to show kindness to your family. We had a hard time when you disappeared.”

Macella’s chest, which had retorted without breathing, rose up and down.

She randomly put the dress down and folded her arms.

“Well, you wouldn’t have run away if you had thought of your family.”

That one sentence scratched Rosena’s chest.

It was not that she hadn’t thought about her family so far.

Living in a foreign country made her miss her family.

When she gave birth to Illian in Astania, she thought of her mother and Rania.

Rosena raised Illian and was sometimes left with regrets.

Even so, she shouldn’t have abandoned her family and come out alone.

But it was all a futile idea.

Rosena realized that she had glorified her memories by remembering only the good things about her mother and Rania.

The mother, who is blinded by greed, was not much different from then.

Rosena had lived as a good daughter so far.

She carried everything without saying a word of bitterness to her mother.

But now she was thinking of leaving it all in the past.

“Mother.”

Rosena’s eyes were calm and steady.

It was like a calm lake where no wind passed.

“You’re selfish.”

Macella’s eyes were wide open at that one word.

“Why do you think I left the house?”

“…That’s!”

Macella clenched her fist.

In fact, she didn’t quite understand why Rosena left the mansion.

She thought it was because things were a little hard, so she left looking for a way to live.

“Because mother treated me like an object.”

“What are you… ah.”

Macella belatedly recognized Rosena’s words.

Rosena knew her plans to marry her off to the merchant’s son.

While Macella couldn’t say anything, Rosena glanced at the dress she had pushed in and murmured.

“Well, if you had just said you missed me, I could have bought you a dress.”

It was rather fortunate. She can get her act together even now.

“You said it wasn’t that expensive, so you can just buy it yourself.”

Rosena took a step back with a grin.

“I’ll see you at the mansion soon.”

Then she immediately put her hand on Yerhan’s arm, which had been waiting for her.

“Let’s go.”

Yerhan hugged Illian and headed for the door first.

Rosena walked past Macella, who was standing in a daze.

And at the same time as the door closed, Rania’s brief cry came.

“Kyaaa! My dress!”

There seemed to be some trouble, but Rosena completely left the store.

Breathing in the fresh air, the suffocating feeling opened up.

“Are you all right?”

Yerhan looked at Rosena with a worried face.

Rosena was embarrassed, so she avoided his eyes and nodded.

It had been a while since she went out, and she showed him a bad appearance.

“I have a little bit… problem with my family.”

“Is that so?”

“It’s not a big concern.”

Rosena reassured Yerhan.

She didn’t want to drag him into her family troubles.

She wanted to settle this with her own hands. That way she really thought she’d be able to escape that fence.

Rosena took a deep breath and looked at Illian, who was in Yerhan’s arms.

“Illian, what is that on your hand?”

Illian’s hands were dyed red.

Rosena took out her handkerchief and wiped Illian’s hands.

She wasn’t sure, but it was like cloth dye.

It seemed to have been covered when he went inside with Yerhan earlier.

“Don’t mess around.”

“Yeah. I’m sorry.”

Rosena looked up as she was thoroughly wiping Illian’s hands.

Then her eyes met with Yerhan’s.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s nothing.”

Something was off. But it was weird to interrogate him, so she left it at that.

As Rosena shifted her gaze, Yerhan and Illian exchanged glances behind Rosena’s back.

For the first time, they looked at each other as if they liked each other.