We're in a Contract Marriage, But I've Imprinted - Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Translator: Effe
Editor: Yonnee
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As I looked at the two people entering the main building naturally, I hurriedly headed for the annex.
What I wanted to avoid the most was to be the second wife of the old Marquis. What will happen to me, who is not well-received, to be the second wife? Even for me, who didn’t know much about nobles, the outcome was obvious.
Then, wouldn’t Brother know better?
That’s probably why he put me on the family register even though he hated me so much. Even if I was an illegitimate child, the Marquis would not try to take me, a commoner.
Nobles tended to match with whoever was on their level. Even if I was an illegitimate child, if I was an illegitimate child registered on the family registry, I would be treated as a noble. On the other hand, an illegitimate child who was not put in the registry would naturally be treated worse than a maid.
It’s clear that the treatment depends on whether they were noble or not.
After all, wasn’t it to protect their own safety by trying to produce alphas even by buying omegas for their own family?
To become a better noble.
To want to go to a higher place among the nobility.
After all, because of their desire, omegas were treated as a mistress even after giving birth to children. Among them, those who were not born as alphas were forced to become illegitimate children.
Despite having to live their whole life with the worst label, no one pointed a finger at the parents of the illegitimate child.
If they slandered that illegitimate child, they slandered the child only.
Then, wasn’t Ian still a decent alpha?
Even if the child born was not an alpha, that child would not be an illegitimate child.
While organizing my tangled thoughts, I sorted through my and my mother’s belongings in the annex one by one.
I put the things I had brought with me from the mountains and items that could be money just in case in a small luggage.
I didn’t bring any bulky dresses or shoes.
For some reason, I had a vague hunch that he wouldn’t like it very much.
I was afraid that Brother would send someone, so I took my bag and went out.
I deliberately moved only to places where people did not frequent. As luck would have it, I didn’t run into anyone along the way.
A black carriage began to appear in the distance. I let out a sigh of relief and increased my speed little by little.
As I approached, the waiting coachman recognized me and quickly got off his seat.
“His Lordship told you to board first when you come.”
“Yes.”
I lowered my head lightly and was about to climb into the carriage when I heard someone running.
As soon as I tried to turn my head, someone grabbed my hair.
“Kyaah!”
“You goddamn vixen!”
The owner of that angry voice was Jessie, Monica’s exclusive maid. Jessie had been bullying me since before.
Monica might have instructed her, but she seemed to enjoy harassing me for being weak.
Caught in her strong grip, I couldn’t resist and shed tears. There was no way that the habit I had been subjected to for nearly ten years would disappear easily in a day.
“Miss, what shall I do with this?”
This time, it seems that Jessie didn’t come here alone. There was no way that Monica, whom I met when I arrived here, would let me go.
The reason we didn’t run into each other on the way was because I just had to wait in front of the carriage.
It was such a stupid idea. It’s good that I didn’t run into people, but I felt like an idiot for feeling relieved.
Monica would normally act like she would stop Jessie if she did this first because she would then get into more trouble, but she now remained quiet.
I was even more afraid when I saw that. Monica was showing a different attitude than usual.
“Miss?”
Jessie also seemed hesitant, perhaps noticing that Monica was different from usual.
My hair that was grabbed was loosened a little, and I was able to pull myself back. Then our eyes met.
The blue eyes, which were usually praised for being innocent and elegant, hardened like ice and looked down at me.
It looked cold, but it seemed to contain something hot inside.
She silently gazed at me and then gestured to the escort knight beside her.
“Did you call, Miss?”
“Kill her.”
Monica’s fine finger pointed at me. They bothered me, but they never once tried to kill me.
I had thought that it was because even if I was an illegitimate child, I was of mixed blood.
But it wasn’t.
I was just kept alive because it wasn’t worth killing.
Stunned, I couldn’t breathe. There was no one here in this County who’d protect me. I had no mother or father anymore, and my family could control me as long as I was on the family register.
Because it was a family matter.
“…Miss.”
As the escort knight hesitated, Monica hurriedly snatched his sword with bloody eyes.
“Miss!”
“I should have killed you sooner!”
With a shrieking cry, she came towards me with the flashing sword staggering. The noble lady, who had only ever lifted a teacup, was unable to properly raise the sword.
Before the escort knight could take the sword away, someone approached at great speed, grabbed Monica by the waist, and took the sword away.
It was a speed that the eyes could not follow, but I get to know who it was even without pheromones.
“Monica.”
In an affectionate tone, he muttered Monica’s name. With the sword already taken, she started pouring tears as her fingertips trembled.
“Hu, hu-uhk, how could… you…”
The bloody eyes that looked at me were wet like rain, as if they had never been that fiery in the first place.
Ian slightly lowered his eyebrows in trouble. It was a look he would never show unless he was close to her.
“Monica.”
He called her affectionately, trying to soothe her. I sat down on the floor and looked up at the two of them.
“Huuh, I can’t, huu, accept it.”
“……”
“Why, why should I?”
In complaining, Monica burst into tears as she fell into his arms. He let out an apologetic sigh and whispered to her.
But the voice was loud enough to be heard by everyone around.
It probably wasn’t just for her.
He didn’t miss this opportunity and was thinking of passing it on to me as well.
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