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“I don’t know why I was suddenly dragged out
. Your Grace is right. As an adult, I have to set an example.”
Dillian’s sudden attack might make her feel bad, but Bianca smiled broadly.
“It would be nice to have some time together for the two of us after a long time.”
Giselle bit her lip in dismay as Bianca’s hand wrapped around her shoulder.
Terzhe, who was watching the situation, helped with words.
“Then what if the three of you do it together? Teaching the two of them separately is too cumbersome, you guys take this opportunity to learn together while getting to know each other.”
“If it was grandfather, do you think she can get along with adults who are more than 20 years apart? They ignore her as a commoner, will they get along well?”
“Ahem.”
Terzhe, who did not receive my greetings properly, coughed in vain, as if he was stabbed.
“If you all think that miss Ria’s manners are troublesome, we will eat separately from now on.”
“
 Alright. Do as you please.”
In the end, due to Dillian’s strong attitude, Terzhe raised both hands.
But there were still those who did not give up.
“Seems it’s not that Miss Delice can’t speak, I think it’s just Your Grace may be too meddling.”
“You’re always trying to bite miss Ria, so I can’t just sit around and watch since she’s my fiancĂ©e. And Count Justin. Are you trying to teach me now?”
“
 No, it’s not.”
As expected, power is supreme. I put my thumb under the quiet table so that it was only visible to Dillian.
Not only did he stop Terzhe and Giselle, but we also will be able to eat separately for the next time.
‘Sir Dillian, the best!’
Hearing my heart, Dillian smiled softly.
“Here, try this too.”
As promised, the meal time was peaceful thanks to Dillian’s good shield.
After a satisfying meal, it was time to finish dinner with dessert.
Bianca asked abruptly.
“What did miss Delice do for work?”
No malice was felt. It was pure curiosity.
That’s why Dillian didn’t stop her, and I didn’t avoid answering either.
“I am a herbalist.”
“A herbalist? So, do you know about medicinal herbs?”
Interest, curiosity, and strange anticipation flashed on Bianca’s face.
‘Why is she so curious?’
Even though I was skeptical, I answered diligently.
“It may sound conceited, but unless it’s a newly discovered herb, I will know all of it.”
Bianca rubbed her chin in response to my confident answer and stabbed Giselle with her elbow.
“Giselle, let her take a look at your son. She might cure him.”
“Put your arms away. And what do you mean to entrust our precious heir to a commoner with unknown roots?”
Bianca’s friendly atmosphere subsided as if it had been poured with cold water.
“How can, weren’t she a commoner? Even the great doctors couldn’t fix it, how can that person
!”
The furious eyes blew me away.
It was the moment when I felt offended at the look in her eyes as if I was a germ.
Clang!
The sharp noise cut Giselle’s words.
Then all eyes turned to Dillian.
“Count Justin. Before you insult my fiancĂ©e for her unknown roots, how about examining your conduct?”
“What
!”
“It doesn’t matter if I treat your son the same way, right?”
A cold, subdued voice echoed in the hall.
Red eyes gleamed eerily. It looked calm, but it felt like Giselle was about to be torn apart by the swirling whirlpool inside.
“It’s rude. Your Grace!”
“It’s rude, huh? It’s troubling for someone who values manners so much to open their mouth at will.”
His wildly twisted lips twitched towards Giselle.
“Shouldn’t you be a role model for your one and only son? Count.”
Shatter, shatter. Giselle’s hand holding the teacup trembled with anger.
I swallowed my breath as her face, which was dyed red and about to explode at any moment.
‘It was a big problem. The atmosphere is ruined.’
I stretched my dry lips and looked around.
“If you still want to tell people that they’re a commoner, have no roots, or that they’re lowly born, you can keep talking wherever you go.”
“Stop it, Dillian. Even if Giselle has a lower title than you, she’s still  a senior in life. How can you say something like that?”
“If she is a senior, shouldn’t she act like a senior? And I have to tell her for sure. What would happen if she opened her mouth as she pleased?”
After speaking, Dillian smiled softly. But the eyes were not smiling at all.
Giselle doesn’t know what I know.
The atmosphere became colder rather than relaxed.
“
 Your Grace, I think it’s enough.”
In the end, it was Giselle who bowed her head first.
“I was a little excited about my son. Miss Delice, I’m sorry.”
“No. It’s okay.”
It should have been okay even if it wasn’t okay.
I quickly waved my hand in the bloody atmosphere that made my skin throb.
“Stop it, sir Dillian. I am fine.”
I quickly grabbed his hand as the spout of Hell started to attack Giselle again.
“Miss Delice is right. Why are you fighting in this good place?”
Bianca, who dug without missing a gap, clapped her hands and evoked the atmosphere.
“If you were a herbalist, would you like to see flowers, trees, etc.?”
I nodded my head quickly, thinking it was the time.
“Yes. I also like to plant greenhouses and gardens.”
“It’s what Ria does best.”
As the cold Dillian flew in the sky again like the spring breeze, everyone looked at him with trembling eyes.
Meanwhile, there was someone who paid attention to me.
“A garden?”
When Terzhe showed interest for the first time, I stood up and answered confidently.
“Yes, no matter where you put it, I can be proud of my skills.”
Modesty? What is that? I even got special tutoring from Aaron, who has the most beautiful greenhouse in the Empire, or in the world maybe.
At my confident words, Terzhe rubbed his chin. I glanced at his muscular arms for a moment, then quickly made eye contact with him.
No matter how you look at it, it was a body that didn’t fit him.
“I’m curious because you say you have excellent skills. I’m going to talk about it in the garden tomorrow, what do you think?”
The first time I missed the timing to reply by surprise at Terzhe, who showed me a favor.
Dillian hit the player without missing the opportunity.
“I will do that. Miss Ria, take a look with me.”
“That guy
.”
“No way, do you plan on marrying her.”
“What does this guy see me as
!”
I was caught between Terzhe and Dillian and smiled awkwardly.
***
“Ria, how was your meal? Is there anyone harassing you?”
Returning to the bedroom, exhausted, I waved my hand at Nathan, who was spinning around me.
“Don’t talk. Do you know what happened?”
I told Nathan and Sera vividly about what happened in the restaurant.
“Probably because of young master Dante.”
“Dante?”
“Giselle-nim has a son, and he is young master Dante Justin.”
“I see.”
Giselle deserved to be angry. Where in the world can a mother stand still after hearing her son cursed?
Sera lowered her voice and whispered, knowing that she was well aware of the existence of the child who was at the center of the controversy.
“Other than that, young master Dante’s situation is not very good. I heard that he is having a lot of trouble because of a chronic disease he has been suffering from since he was young. They say they haven’t found any cure yet. Because of that, Giselle-nim will be very sensitive.”
“I see
.”
I’m not a doctor, and someone just told her to show her son to a herbalist, so Giselle might have thought that she was making fun of her.
‘When she accepted Dillian’s words that her son has no fundamentals, is his father a commoner?’
I don’t know what the situation was, but Giselle, the mother, was in a situation where her eyes would turn.
It also attacked her sick son.
‘But she was the one who attacked first.’
Giselle didn’t like me from the beginning.
If I were an aristocrat, would she say that to my face?
Absolutely not. She wouldn’t have said it openly if I went behind them and talked to each other.
‘It’s a good thing that Dillian took my side.’
If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have been able to even speak because of my identity.
“It would be better if you didn’t bump into Giselle-nim.”
“I think so too. She keeps her mouth shut in front of Dillian, but I don’t know what she’s going to do behind him.”
“I will find out about Giselle-nim’s schedule right now. I will plan a route to avoid her as much as possible.”
I wanted to ask, ‘did you have to go this far?’ but it was better to avoid it as it would cause trouble after bumping into Giselle.
‘It’s only the first day, and I’m so tired already.’
A week at the Duke’s Castle didn’t seem like it would be easy .
***
When Ria was getting information about Giselle from Nathan and Sera,
Dillian was captured by Terzhe.
“How can you be so rude to Giselle in front of everyone?”
“Can’t grandfather see my fiancĂ©e, who was ignored in your own eyes?”
“That’s not a very wrong statement though.”
Dillian shed arsenic at Terzhe’s behavior by turning his head and ignoring him.
Saying it’s not wrong, it was the best bullshit he has heard this year.
“A person with a narrow vision is so generous to Count Justin, who had a premarital pregnancy.”
“You
.”
“It was because his father is a commoner.”
“Dillian!”
“The hidden secrets, she married any nobleman with a title to hide it, that was the Count of Justin’s secret.”
“Stop it!”
Terzhe got up from his seat.
In the past, the gigantic body that ruled the world swelled up. His shirt felt like it was about to burst with excitement.
Dillian looked at Therze’s reddened face and smiled.