The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 107.2

Chapter 107.2

And like that, my mother and I were on our way to leave the castle.

Even though I had just cut off my relationship with the duchy, my steps felt curiously light.

‘I have declared that I will leave the family. I made that choice first.’

Maybe that was why I did not feel the slightest regret.

“Hey!”

But there was a man who grabbed my shoulder and roughly spun me around.

There was only one person in the castle who would do this to me.

“Are you crazy?”

Jiksen Primrose.

My older brother… born from the same mother as me.

The same human being who had always been hostile towards me, his biological sister, while siding with Lilika, an out-of-wedlock child.

“I heard from Father. You’re once again jealous of Lilika. You’re even making a fuss over a musical.”

Ah, I remembered one more reason why my steps felt so light for leaving the place where I was born and raised.

‘It’s because I won’t have to see this man again.’

My father discriminated against me.

My brother, too.

In my past life, he gave me poison and killed me, saying it was all for Lilika…

‘And he said he didn’t treat us differently? What a joke.’

As if everything was my fault.

They treated me the same in my past life as they do now.

“And here I thought you would stay quiet for a while. Do you hate that much seeing Lilika succeed? Huh?”

My tall brother approached me in one step and grabbed my neck and face threateningly. At the same time, I felt suffocated, and pain shot through my weak skin.

“Jiksen!”

“Shut up. You’re a part of it too, Mother!”

He wasn’t even grabbing my collar. I had no choice but to get on my tiptoes desperately to reduce the pain even a little.

Because of that, my gaze was right on the line of sight with Jiksen’s as he looked downwards.

“This… For how long will you continue to act out?”

“Ugh…”

“I’m warning you here and now. If you do anything harmful to Lilika, I won’t let it go. Even if you are my sister, there’s only so much I can ignore. Do you understand?”

Jiksen glared at me with murderous intent.

It was always the same.

Always saying that he would protect Lilika. Never even looking at me.

“Ugh… As if…you’ve ever done…anything for me.”

“What?”

As the commotion began, knights came and separated us.

It seemed my mother had quickly gone to get help when she couldn’t stop him herself.

“Yuria, are you alright?”

“Cough, cough!”

“Jiksen! How could you act so violently against Yuria while saying you have to protect Lilika? And you call yourself her brother!”

Only then was I able to finally breathe, rubbing my neck and face. It was still hurting, but it was tolerable.

The fear of death I had for a moment disappeared. I could see well in front of me, and my mind gradually became clearer.

“Young Master! You can’t do this!”

“Please calm down! Think of your honor! Threatening a defenseless lady is not the right thing to do!”

“Let go!”

Jiksen rather acted even more violently.

However, as several knights overpowered him, he could no longer reach me. Even if he had the blessing of the sword, unless he drew it, he was just a normal human being.

“Are you insane? Are you siding with that b*tch instead of me, the future duke?!”

He was right.

It took… great courage from the knights to take my side in this situation.

Especially against Jiksen.

“Ahh.”

I touched my face for a moment, likely bruised from his tight grip.

Then, I sighed and opened my mouth again.

“I’m the one who can’t ignore it anymore.”

“What are you…”

“Today is the last time I call you ‘brother.'”

Jiksen’s eyes turned red with rage upon hearing my words.

“Let me go! I’m no man if I don’t punish that woman today!”

Jiksen tried to rush at me again, but the knights desperately blocked him.

“Young Lady, go now! Hurry!”

I turned around and strode to the entrance, feeling grateful to the knights.

However, my and my mother’s steps soon stopped.

“I’ll remember all your faces. Bring my mother and Yuria back now, or your families will…”

He was now threatening the knights my mother had called to stop him from attacking me.

I couldn’t just sit by and let him inflict damage on innocent people.

‘What should I do?’

“Enough!”

Just as I didn’t know what to say or do, my mother stepped in front of me.

It was the first time in my life that I had heard her shouting.

“How long are you going to torment Yuria?!”

As soon as we stopped walking, Jiksen stopped the commotion as if he had regained his composure.

And this was the opportunity for the knights to flee.

‘Go now, hurry.’

Lilika wasn’t disgraced anymore; she was now being respected as a saintess, so my reputation was about to sink once again. If I voiced my gratitude in this situation, the knights might face even worse retaliation.

Instead, I sent them a silent look of gratitude and pointed to the incoming carriage.

‘Everything’s alright now that Serian is here.’

They stood there blankly at a loss for what to do, but retreated as soon as they saw the unfamiliar carriage coming through the castle’s entrance.

That should do it.

Despite leading the knights, Jiksen had no interest in them at all.

He would have completely forgotten the faces of the knights who had held him the moment my mother confronted him.

‘How could you openly take my side in a situation like this? Thank you, everyone.’

Now was my chance, as my mother was dealing with Jiksen.

“Ah, Mother! If Yuria does something stupid, you should stop her, rather than leaving with her! As expected, you’ve always hated Lilika…”

But my mother wasn’t fazed by what Jiksen was saying.

Instead…

“Jiksen,” she said softly, her expression as calm as ever. “Do you… Even know when Yuria’s birthday is?”