Volume 10 - CH 14

I didn’t have a slight exaggeration, but I deliberately spat out more thorny words.

If, by any chance, he steps forward to act as a father, all my plans will be in vain.

I had to cut it off in the first place so that I wouldn’t have any lingering feelings.

“You pretended to be there, even though you had no sympathy for me, let alone interest in me.”

Of course, there is no obligation for an uncle to take care of his niece who is left alone.

But while he pretended to be in responsibility, he actually did nothing.

He just enjoyed his moral superiority over others.

“To me, you only pretend to be the saintly warrior who practices fairness and justice……”

Do you know how much people around you sacrificed to protect that noble conscience?

Cedric finally opened his mouth.

“…… Everything you said is right.”

His shaking eyes hung on me like a beggar begging for mercy.

“I knew nothing, Selina.”

You know nothing?

What an easy answer.

His insincere excuse didn’t even make me laugh.

“It is until minors that ignorance becomes an indulgence, Uncle.”

Cedric meekly confessed to me with a painful face as if he had been stabbed with a spear in his chest.

“You right.”

I could read the sadness overflowing in his eyes, but I had already come too far to just let go of the remorse.

“I pretended not to know.”

Oh, you even admit this.

I was a little surprised.

The fact that he had been deceiving himself so far was probably the hardest thing for him to admit.

“I could find out if I wanted to know…… but I didn’t even try to find out.”

Cedric, who had already escaped from shock, continued calmly as if he were confessing.

“I deceived myself that it was best, even though I suspected that the Countess would not be a good parent for you.”

To break down this railing, he took a method of straight-up rectification.

“Every time I saw you, I was distressed. You remind me of Joanna……  Also, you remind me of my brother.”

Cedric had no pretense now. He was being completely honest with me.

“Because you were the daughter of the woman I loved the most with the man I hate the most.”

It wasn’t surprising to hear that Cedric hated his brother.

I didn’t expect a man like Cedric with a close sense of virtue to like Cayden Crawford.

“It is also true that I thought you were a burden.”

I knew it.

That’s why he didn’t like the fight between me and Camilla.

As I had nothing to say, I kept my mouth shut, and only silence flowed in the study.

By this point, the conversation seemed to be over.

“It was the only thing you couldn’t say. Well, nothing will change now.”

Slur, Cedric hastily opened his mouth as I stood up like a person who had lost my soul.

“I’m sorry, Selina. What can I do for you to forgive me?”

I looked at him with insensitive eyes.

“Do whatever you want. If you want, kick out the Countess and take the title yourself. Go to the temple and confess. And the fact about me being your daughter, this land, this family, and all of the property……”

I shook my head. That was the worst I could think of.

“Don’t live as my father, Uncle.”

Cedric didn’t deserve it.

“Don’t think of me as your daughter. Don’t expect me to treat you like a father. Forever.”

It is better not to reveal it even for the honor of my deceased mother.

“Remain to me as a name-only uncle with no sympathy, no affection, no interest. As always.”

“Selina……”

I politely shook off Cedric, who was holding my shoulder as if he would collapse at any moment.

“Good night、Uncle.”

I greeted him as usual and left the study.

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“My Lady, you look so unhappy. Did something happen in the barbarians’ village?”

Lying on my back and buried under a soft blanket, I murmured quietly, “No.”

Fiona was restless as she looked at me since before.

“I feel like your voice is all hoarse…… Are you sick, My Lady? Head? Neck? Shoulders?”

Fiona hurriedly approached the bed and kept talking to me.

“Do you want me to massage your shoulders?”

“No, it’s okay.”

“Then shall I give you a foot massage? Or your calves…… Your calves are soft so it will feel good.”

“…… It’s not for my sake, is it?”

Fiona was startled.

Oh, my. She has been so persistent when she touches me every night under the pretext of giving me a massage.

Fiona’s grip was really strong. It was incomparable to Penny.

“Tha-that’s not it…… Your skin is so soft, My Lady. The flesh is so damped…… It’s like a drug, so I can’t get my hands off it.”

Yeah. What a shame.

It’s not that I don’t know how you feel, but I was so mentally tired today.

I want to be hugged and comforted by someone who fully understands me, but unfortunately, there was only a goose down blanket by my side.

“Shall I heat up the milk? “If there’s anything I can do for you……”

For a moment Fiona stopped talking.

At the same time, a cool breeze passed by my face as I closed my eyes.

Tap tap tap-

Fiona rushed away, and I heard the balcony door open. A small whisper came in the wind.

It seemed that Fiona was telling something to the night-guest.

“Ah! I just remember that I have a pile of sewing stuff!”

Fiona, who came back in, took her outerwear and headed to the dressing room loudly.

“I’m working overtime today, My Lady! Don’t wait for me!”

Then she hurried out of my bedroom.

‘Her workplace is here, but where are you going to work overtime?’

Fiona, who keeps on making cute ridiculous words, made me giggle.

Soon after, the pungent and cool scent came to the tip of my nose.

‘Good smell……’

When I opened my eyes to the familiar scent, I saw long legs that did not match my lace-filled bedroom at all.

It was Valhail.

“Selina.”

He lowered his upper body and met my gaze with me lying down.

“What’s the matter? Where do you feel sick?”

It seemed that he was quite surprised to hear that I was in a bad mood.

His large hand carefully covered my forehead as if checking my temperature.

Lying down like a dead man and blinking, I stared at him and said.

“I am not in a good mood right now…… Can you make me feel good?”