Volume 8 - CH 14

“Is Lady Selina in a bad condition? Why, what’s wrong with Lady Selina?”

The Vassals hadn’t seen Selina in over a decade, except when she was young.

This time, the Vassal came to see Selina to apologize for her crime of not being able to control her maid-in-waiting and making the Countess angry, as well as to see her beautiful face.

The Vassals by Camilla’s sides were surprised to hear the monastery elders ring the bells.

“Lady Selina now will go to by the God’s side. “May she find peace in there.”

“May you go to heaven without pain……”

The vassals looked back at Camilla with their eyes wide open.

“Countess, what is this?”

“Is Lady Selina in a bad condition? Why, what’s wrong with Lady Selina?”

The Vassals hadn’t seen Selina in over a decade, except when she was young.

This time, the Vassal came to see Selina to apologize for her crime of not being able to control her maid-in-waiting and making the Countess angry, as well as to see her beautiful face.

The Vassals by Camilla’s sides were surprised to hear the monastery elders ring the bells.

“Lady Selina now will go to by the God’s side. “May she find peace in there.”

“May you go to heaven without pain……”

Camilla was at a loss for words when the vassals inquired as to why Selina couldn’t come to her senses.

In other words, she couldn’t even exact her vengeance because of the obvious deception in front of her eyes.

‘She’ll come to her senses in a day or two, so why is everyone fussing?’

Selina was untouched in the least.

Actually, it was her side that Penny hit her whole body with a club.

Standing was too much for Camilla, so she decided to wait until Selina recovered before regaining her senses.

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“This is a big deal, Madam. Lady Selina has been unconscious for three days already.”

Camilla’s brow furrowed nervously.

‘I am badly injured that I couldn’t even lift a finger here, so why did everyone keep talking about Selina everywhere?’

“…… Leave it alone. She’ll come to her senses soon. This isn’t the first time she’s been unconscious for a day or two.”

“Madam, it’s very serious this time. They say Lady Selina can’t breathe and will die soon……”

“I’m going to die first, I am!”

Camilla exclaimed, groaning from the excruciating pain coursing through her body.

“Ah……! What are these damn priests doing that they haven’t arrived yet?!”

“Heck, Madam! How dare you speak such disrespectfully of the priests…”

“Noisy! Be quiet!”

Camilla lowered her head as she screamed.

She really wanted to bring Penny right away and hit her to death, but Selina might actually die this time, so she couldn’t.

When she fell asleep because her body was in pain, the servants rushed in and said Selina was dying.

‘Just where did that kid hurt?’

Was she beaten by someone? Was she cursed at by others?

‘I only said one word to get her to take off her clothes.’

But she was taken surprise by the thought and collapsed, unable to come to her senses.

‘Anyway, she exaggerates far too much.’

Selina had always been overly sensitive and timid since she was a child.

Furthermore, her body was so weak that even if someone shouted into her ear, she would faint in surprise.

Though she was already hit several times under the excuse of discipline, Selina was a child who shivered all over even before she was beaten and collapsed with one hit.

‘I was the one who got hit, but everyone was worried about Selina.’

Camilla was unable to reprimand Penny because Selina was ill.

She was getting updates on Selina’s condition, who was motionless in her bedroom. The situation was simply unbelievable.

“Commander Crawford is here.”

“Cedric?”

To find her in this coveted annex, even to find her in her own bedroom. How long has this been?

Camilla, overjoyed, dispatched the butler and greeted Cedric.

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“……Are you telling me to let go of that bitch with just 30 hits?”

Camilla, who was lying dead in bed, opened her eyes wide.

“Do you know how I’m feeling right now? My entire body is bruised, and it hurts so bad that I can’t sleep……!”

She tried to get up, but things were not going well for her.

“I told you to punish her with an ash tree.”

Cedric explained Penny’s punishment calmly.

“You’re familiar with it, aren’t you? Even if beaten by a teenager, a slender young lady would not be able to withstand ten hits.”

“A slender lady? Ha! You’ve never been hit by that hand! She’s strong enough to beat a bear with her bare hands!”

Camilla’s eyes widened as she gnashed her teeth.

“At this rate, absolutely never. I just can’t get over it!”

Cedric, who was sitting quietly and listening, responded with a cold expression.

“…Then what if I just can’t get over it?”

Camilla bit her lower lip as she sensed his anger.

“Cedric, what I mean that……”

“You are Selina’s legal parents. You have a responsibility to keep her safe, to protect her from any danger.”

“I didn’t say I wanted Selina to be held accountable. Penny, that nasty bitch……”

“Didn’t you swear to do so and take away that right from me?”

“……”

“However, what have you done to Selina? Do you honestly believe the maid-in-waiting who looks after her could stand witnessing what you would have done to her?”

“…… But I am the nobleman’s daughter!”

I was beaten like a dog by a commoner girl, and now you’re just telling me to stay still!?”

“How about we weigh each other’s crimes? Nude painting of a girl who has not yet reached adulthood…… Even saying it makes me feel disgusted!”

Cedric stood up from his seat, frowning furiously.

“Then do whatever you want! You punish Penny, and I’ll have to sue you as well!”

“Wh-what? Sue!?”

“That’s right.”

Cedric, who was rarely angry, had bloodshot eyes.

“When you stand trial, everyone will remember you not as my dead brother’s wife, but as the ugly stepmother who harassed my only niece!”

“……”

“Can you handle it?”