My Husband Hates Me, But He Lost His Memories - Chapter 2.1
Chapter 2.1
Translator: Yonnee
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“You will be married to the Duke of Valentino.”
When I first heard that, I wondered if my father had finally gone insane. It wasn’t entirely impossible that he’d gone mad because he had already abandoned his humanity a long time ago.
“The Duke of Valentino has been a difficult opponent for us for a long time, even though we’ve been trying to shake his authority. But recently, he’s been trying to rally support from other households. Looks like he’s desperate.”
“……”
I heard that many fissures have been appearing at the northern part of the Valentino territory, and so they’ve been suffering from many difficulties.
The fissures or cracks were like wounds that appeared in the world, and they would pour out countless demonic monsters, which were from a different dimension.
The fief lords were always troubled by these fissures because the damages caused by the monsters were very severe. In particular, I heard that the situation in the north was by far the worst in all the land.
“Duke Valentino seems to have requested support from Delacroix and Alvinith, but I’ve already finished talking to those two families.”
My goodness.
What he just said was that he isolated the Valentino Duchy so that they couldn’t not receive any support. Of course, His Majesty the King would also not help Valentino because he was already on my father’s palm.
“Duke Valentino is like a rotten rope, but it would not be a waste. He might be struggling now, but he’ll eventually surrender to me.”
“……”
“Start your bridal classes today. Lily, even if it’s only this much, you can do this at least.”
My father’s eyes were cold as he clicked his tongue. I naturally shrank down at his gaze that was devoid of warmth.
“Answer me, Lily Everett.”
“…Yes, Father.”
“Since you understand, get out.”
With my head down, I left his office as if I was running away. My father’s gaze seemed to follow me for a long time, as though he was looking at a defective product.
* * *
Rumors soon spread throughout the estate that I was set to marry Duke Valentino. The first person to come visit me after hearing the news was my stepbrother who always expressed his dissatisfaction with me.
“You have a knack for breezing through, huh?”
While I was weaving a tapestry with the family insignia, I paused after hearing my younger brother’s sarcasm. I turned around quietly. He had a broad smirk on his face, but he wasn’t looking at me.
“Duke Valentino is famous for his good looks and outstanding physique. Since it’s like that, you wouldn’t dare refuse, right? You’re absolutely ecstatic about this, right?”
There was no need for me to respond to his taunting remarks. I ignored my brother and focused on weaving the tapestry again.
“Lily Everett, are you ignoring me?”
“I have nothing to say to you, Hessen.”
Incredulous, Hessen laughed. Then, he picked up a pair of scissors nearby. Baroness Baden, who’s in charge of my bridal classes, became surprised and flustered. But Hessen did not stop.
“How dare you ignore me? Huh?! You’re not even a real Everett! Lowborn wench!”
Slash!
He mercilessly ripped the tapestry using the sharp silver scissors. As I was forcibly stopped, I soon sighed and pulled away from the loom.
Hessen threw the scissors away haphazardly and glared at me with ferocious eyes. His indigo eyes were fired up with anger.
“Do you think you’ll change just because you’ll become the Duchess of Valentino? You’ll be a nuisance even in that house, you incompetent and foolish Lily.”
After saying those venomous words, Hessen turned around and left. A maid who was standing by the wall carefully picked up the silver scissors and placed it back on the console table.
Was she about seventeen years old? When our eyes met, the maid quickly lowered her head and I spoke to her quietly.
“Thank you.”
“I-It’s nothing.”
Answering with a small voice, the maid bowed further. The tips of her ears were a little red. Seeing how kind she was to me, it looked like she just entered the Everett estate.
There was a bitter feeling in knowing that this kindness would not last long.
The Everett family’s servants generally ignored me, and there was no one on my side.
It wouldn’t be long until this one would turn away from me.
With a bitter smile, I looked back at Baroness Baden and asked her.
“I apologize, but can we continue our tapestry class tomorrow instead, Baroness?”
“Yes, of course.”
As if not to show that she was affected by the storm that Hessen had caused in the room, the Baroness calmly replied. I smiled thinly at her and left the study.
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I was hoping to get some air and calm myself as I walked along the corridor, but my peace was brief. I ran into Owen, Hessen’s older brother—and an older stepbrother of mine.
After Hessen left, now Owen came. To make matters worse, that bastard Lennon was next to Owen.
Lennon, the second son of the Chester Marquisate. He was Owen’s long-standing acquaintance, and he’d had that vicious and double-faced attitude the entire time I knew him.
When I was younger, I had to run away from his pranks and harassment many times. And when I got older, I had to run away from his attempts at taking my purity. I couldn’t let my guard down in front of Lennon Chester even now.
Even though Owen, my older brother, was here with me, he still had the gall to throw an unpleasant look towards my direction. I curtsied in front of them, trying not to wince.
“Brother, Lord Lennon.”
“What do you mean ‘Lord’ Lennon? Call me Brother, too, Lily. You’re getting prettier and prettier these days.”
Crazy bastard. I wanted to cut off his tongue if only I could. How shameless was he to do this in front of my brother and sometimes even my father? Lennon had always been this way ever since I was fourteen years old, leering at me with those sleazy eyes of his.
“I heard about it. Father’s planning to marry you off to Duke Valentino.”
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