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Lisa changed the bandages and candles on Dana’s limbs. Dana stared at her and opened her mouth as if trying out a crude but familiar skill.
“Lisa… What kind of person are you?”
“Aren’t you more curious about why I want to kill Rian?”
Lisa’s straightforwardness made her close her mouth and blink.
Lisa sank back into the chair next to the bed, sweeping her flowing bangs back.
“I was the exclusive maid of Countess Felice. I was also her Escort.”
“Oh…”
“I’ve seen you a few times, but you probably didn’t know me well. You were young, and you had only seen me up close a few times.”
Dana recalled a vague memory, but as she said, Lisa was not in her memory.
It was almost inside the mansion that faced the Countess, and few nobles were accompanied by the knights even inside the mansion. And even if she saw it, it was natural not to remember if she wasn’t interested.
“I’ve been with the Countess since she was single, and I followed her when she married the Felice family and stayed in the mansion for a long time. Countess and I… Yeah, it’s hard to say this on my side, but we were like family and friends.”
“I see.”
Lisa’s face, as she spoke calmly, looked sad. And she could tell that it was related to the reason for her revenge now. Dana was very curious, but she tried not to rush her.
“Rian has been cruel since he was young. It was not created by a poor environment, it’s innate. The distinction between good and evil was ambiguous. Anyway, I’ve never seen someone like that before.”
At Lisa’s words, Dana suddenly remembered the first time she met Rian. It could be said that it was cruel when he pushed her off the stairs without hesitation. How did she forget?
“At first, it was a cat that the Countess loved. Oh, don’t misunderstand. Until then, the Countess was kind to Rian because she had a lot of sympathy. When he was five years old, he entered the castle to be raised by her, but he brutally killed the Countess’ cat.”
“When he was five years old… Did he kill a cat?”
“Yeah, until then, I just thought about what the child didn’t know, even though it was terrible. After that, the maid’s baby food hurt her son… There were several accidents, and he was eventually sent back to his biological mother.”
Lisa frowned, recalling what happened then. Then she suddenly turned her head and looked at Dana.
“Rian said he was going to kill you.”
“Yes, like a fool… Immediately after being deceived by him and entrusting the Merchant group management rights…”
The memory of when he strangled her was as vivid as yesterday. How did she forget such clear memories?
If Leon hadn’t discovered her that day, she would have died, or perhaps she would have lost her memories forever.
“Anyway, Rian wouldn’t die for you. But I thought he was the only serious man for you… Even I said you were stupid.”
“No, I was foolish, that’s right. I think I pretended not to know even though I did. Every moment, I saw it clearly…”
In particular, Rian’s attitude at the end was careless towards her, but she was afraid to admit that he had changed, so she turned a blind eye to him.
If she thought about it now, Rian had changed. She thought he might have slowly revealed his true self rather than her expectations.
“Five-year-old Rian thought that the Countess would cherish him more if he killed her cat because she cared about it.”
Lisa breathed heavily and exhaled.
“And if he had killed the successor of the Felice family, he would have thought he would become the successor.”
At Lisa’s words, which were speculative but almost certain, Dana gulped and waited for more of the story. There, she didn’t ask why she thought so or what the basis was.
“But he couldn’t do that either, so lastly… He even killed the Count and his wife who had taken him back. He paid the servants off through severance payments, then he got rid of them one by one because they were witnesses.”
“Lisa, how did you know about that?”
Dana covered her mouth with her hands listening to Lisa’s tremendous words. Dana’s voice trembled as she asked questions.
Lisa sighed loudly, rubbed her palms against her face, and spoke in a painful voice.
“I went to get my severance pay… Rian asked me what I was doing when the Countess died. That question was quite strange. I always cooked dinner for her, but I couldn’t because I had something to do that day. Anyway, Rian tried to kill me on my way back. He thought I was a powerless woman.”
“Oh my god, Rian… The count was his father. How, how…?”
“Because he’s always been like that. Even so, it’s a little surprising that Rian tried to kill you like that. No, is it obvious? He doesn’t hesitate to kill someone who offends him.”
Dana’s eyes were bloodshot. She felt sorry, recalling the Count and Countess who once took care of her.
“I didn’t know… I don’t think there’s a place for Rian to go back to. You did a good job.”
Dana recalled Rian, who had come to her sadly, saying that the Count couple had died.
The anger in her heart became stronger. It was directed at the same time to Rian, and at herself for her foolishness.
“Don’t blame yourself too much. I’ve been blaming myself for a long time too. I was away that day… And how ridiculous it is now to have known nothing, and to have gone to get severance pay.”
After Lisa’s words, they both remained silent for a while. Dana eventually shed tears as her emotions overwhelmed her, and Lisa did not comfort her.