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Isela was distressed. Karen Haier was noticeably beautiful even as a woman herself. After Raymond said he had saved Karen in danger, Isela had to keep looking at them with anxious eyes. Raymond laughed out loud in front of Karen noticeably often. I spent oddly more time with Karen than with myself.

It was to ride beside Raymond that Isela rode a horse instead of riding a carriage. After coming to the mansion, Raymond was more concerned about spending time with Karen than he was. But instead of running a horse next to Isela, Raymond came in a carriage with Karen.

Karen seduced him. What did we talk about in the carriage? What did he do? Isela was bothered. Various delusions that I didn't want to think of lingered in my head.

"It'll be all over by the end of course.

"Don't be so sure. It usually takes a week to catch. I'm sure you'll be ashamed of your bluffing.”

I can hear the voices of Karen and Raymond from afar.

Isela was about to intervene, but hid behind a tree again because she thought her eyes might be swollen. And took a deep breath.

'You're to give your stuttering a hug to your fiancé!'

Isela wanted to scream. That's the kind of guy Karen looks good with. Why the man didn't come with Karen, Isela was furious at everything.

***

"You've got enough traps, right?”

"Don't come near me. It's dangerous."

Karen was already looking into the trap, talking to Xenon, not Raymond. Isela was still having a hard time getting out, so she was eavesdropping behind a tree.

"The trap looks too small... Will this be enough?”

"That's enough. It's a problem where we can all shoot together after that. If it's too big, the beasts will catch it and won't catch it."

"Don't forget it's for my own use. You have to hold it as good as you can."

"Oh, no... I forgot that. I'll try.”

Karen seemed very interested in the trap. Isela was not very interested in hunting, so Karen, who was checking every trap or gun, looked strange. Hunting is not up to women. The relatively active Isela enjoyed horseback riding, followed by fox hunting, but did not participate in the hunt.

Most of them expected that men would praise them hard if they caught their prey and give them fur as gifts. Or helping the maid prepare a meal together. But Karen seemed very interested in the hunt itself.

"Do we have to pay attention to that when we're in the area?"

Isela glanced at Karen's behavior. Karen is now acting as the lord's daughter and owner of the land, but soon enough, that portion would be Isela's. Berdick seemed to intend to let them live with a kind of face, even if he brought all the rights of the lord, but Isela had a different idea.

We must drive out everything thoroughly.

And the more I saw Karen, the more solidified the idea. Karen Haier should not be left here. If you leave a woman like that next to you, you are likely to lose Raymond. Even if Raymond is a sincere man, if a woman like Karen seduces him, someone will fall for him. Isela was scared of Karen, who kept appearing in her dreams. Is it because he is so jealous? I'm getting more and more deeply into Karen. It was unpleasant.

"Icella, what are you doing there?"

"…oh, nothing."

Isela was surprised by Karen calling herself, but she quickly woke up and quickly got out of the tree. I was so deep in thought that I didn't see people passing by.

"Where did Lord Raymond go?”

"He went to the forest to hunt with people. It's been a while since you left, have you been there? I found it earlier."

"…I see."

Liar. No matter how much, I can't help but hear Isella calling herself when she was around. Karen apparently took out Isella to lengthen her tailing time to Raymond. Isela stood next to Karen as she glanced at Karen.

You don't think I know what you're thinking? Karen, who did not notice Isella staring at her, was watching the traps around her while checking out the maids setting up on the table. Isela approached Karen.

"Is Miss Karen interested in hunting?"

"Yeah, not a lot, but… The mountain in this area is dense, so there are many animals. Every festival, even if you prepare for a large-scale hunt, you always get hurt every year-round get hurt."

"What kind of animal do you have?”

"Everything. Bears, wolves, foxes...Bears of this period are very dirty, so you have to catch them well. There are a lot of attacks."

"Well, isn't this place dangerous, too?”

Isela got a little chills and looked around. The forest was very dense. It was dark like night because the side where the road was not clear was densely wooded. Karen and Isela cut open all the trees and created a vacant lot, but Isela was fed up with the idea of a bear coming out of the dark.

"We've set up enough traps, and we have enough people to protect this place, so that's okay. It's not that dangerous. Animals don't come to dangerous places, either."

Animals are fine because they try to avoid people. Karen said so, but Isela couldn't hide her uneasiness without Raymond. All the servants and maids here are Karen's people, not Isela's. But knowing that being anxious about it was too much of a delusion, Isela tried to be bold.

"Don't be so scared because animals will be trapped as soon as they come."

Karen smiles at Isela. Isela didn't like the face. He looked as if he was looking down from above. Isela turned and headed toward the back of the tree. I wanted to trim my clothes. It was frustrating to see if the corset inside the riding suit was too tight. I'm going to loosen the knot at the end.

"I'm not scared."

"I see, but don't go out too much."

"Carran, don't mind other people's business!"

Isela shouted irritably.

"If you go out there any longer, you'll have a sore ankle."

“……!”

Isela stopped walking. There was a hideous trap in front of him.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Up... dangerously!

"I told you, didn't I?"

Karen shrugged her shoulders. But Isela couldn't laugh. The blade of the trap was so sharp that it really crushed Isela's ankle. Indeed, Isela could have lost her ankle. But how can it be so light? However, Isela was more difficult to speak to the people around her. All the maidens looked at themselves in a pitiful way.

"…I'll fix my clothes in the carriage."

"Okay, I'll help you."

Karen followed Isela into the carriage. I didn't like it, but I couldn't help it.

percussion

The carriage door closed and Karen stood behind Isela's back. Karen's fingers unbuttoned the back of Isela's riding suit. When I solved one by one, my fingers touched Isela's back.

“…….”

I feel bad.

A cold finger touches my back. Even though it was a careful finger, it was strangely unpleasant. Isela seemed to be crawling with worms. Why do I hate Karen so much? Because Raymond was interested in her? Of course that would be right. But now I'm getting goose bumps.

"Icella, should I untie the corset end and then tie it back?"

"…Yes, please."

Isela held back.

Maybe it's because it's that day. Isela had a particularly severe menstrual pain. I had a headache and backache the day before. Of course, he suffered from stomach pains throughout the period. It's time to do it.

"…somehow,slightly… Please."

"Yes."

to be weird

Isela was horrified.

Isela had a regular menstrual cycle. And soon it's time for my period. It was natural for him to suffer from a familiar menstrual pain. But when I thought about the reflection of blood, I thought of blood that should not be present.

"You got blood on your bed and skirt?”

Oops

As Karen said, Isela was convinced. He was mistaken in his view. The blood had suddenly been stained. He must have seen the blood on his skirt. But….

"It's all over."

There was blood on Isela's skirt, but there was blood on her bed, but there was no blood on her underwear. The day he saw the body of the black maid, the night he thought he had seen the body. I tried not to think while looking at the cleanly washed skirt.

However, I couldn't get rid of the feeling of reluctance. At that time, Isela thought she was lying in a menstrual crate, but there was no sign of her clothes the next day. The menstrual cycle was also out of season. He forced himself to think it was menstrual blood, but it wasn't. It's not that it's not that it is not. Blood was not his own and someone's blood was soaked in his clothes and bed. You can't say it's someone. It's just one person. This is Nancy, who was always with Karen.

"…carren, that… What about Donna? The new maid by your side."

"Dorna?"

Karen tilted her head in a face asking why, but she soon smiled.

"He's a nice kid."

Why?

Isela could not understand. The dedicated maid is attached all day. I wake up in the morning, dress up, and help with the decoration. You have to help your master by doing every little thing until you go to bed. And apparently Karen said she was sad that Nancy suddenly went out for an uncomfortable dinner that day. She is also the first to officially hear that Nancy has disappeared.

Why is it okay?

The woman you've been with all day, all year, disappeared without a word, and you're changing the maid without any trouble? Isela made such a fuss even if a necklace was missing. Of course, it will be the case even if people disappear. A maid is her possession. It's property.

"Donna is pretty nice and cute."

Karen smiled and opened the carriage door. The servant standing outside helped her down. Isela stared blankly at her back.

A woman who has had her hair done for so long that it doesn't matter if a maid suddenly disappears one day.

He was so kind to that clumsy maid as to be just cold. Karen was kind to everyone, to every user. But why... is Nancy not interested in disappearing?

Isela felt uncomfortable inside.