Today's Goal is a Safe Divorce!

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Chapter 15

She immediately changed her attitude and Elysia snorted a little when she saw Arianne, who was acting as if she was the victim. No matter what she answered, it seemed that she meant to blame it on her.

“I heard you haven’t even made your debut yet, so I have to understand.”

“You know it’s more rude for Arianne to do this now?”

She was annoyed by her attitude as though ignoring people until the very end. She didn’t know why she had to wake one up this morning and then had to be treated like this.

“Elysia! What are you doing now!”

Elysia hardened her face coldly as the Countess intervened in her actions, and she was silenced.

“Mother.”

“You can’t behave rudely to the person who was here for your needs.”

“It’s all right, Countess Caitlin. As you said, education is really needed. She wouldn’t know even such a basic thing…”

As Arianne criticized people in front of them with a tone of disrespect, her anger rose. However, Elysia knew that she couldn’t go any further. Judging by the Countess’ demeanor, she seemed to be a woman of quite the position.

While she was not yet the Grand Duchess.

“She never learned even basic etiquette.”

“Yes.”

The Countess returned, followed by Arianne’s beckoning and the maids rushed in. At will, they shoved her body into the bath, rubbed it here and there, and put her clothes on. The maids even listened to Arianne’s orders, not her own.

As expected, she was still in an underdog position in County Caitlin.

“It would be difficult to finish everything in a month.”

Even though she was upset, Arianne was right.

There was not enough time to finish everything in one month. After all, the Countess didn’t let her learn anything but do cleaning. She wouldn’t have even learned to write as well if it had not been for the Count’s orders.

“At least, you know something about writing…”

It wasn’t wrong.

She was terrified of how many people would point at her if she was an illiterate Grand Duchess. It wasn’t just physical pain that they abused her, they also abused to make her not know anything.

Elysia was being abused in County Caitlyn.

Had she not had the memory of her previous life, she would have known nothing more than she does now. She managed to avoid being completely ignorant with the memories of her previous life and the chatter of the maids. So, this situation was never her fault.

She continued to stare at Arianne, who secretly slandered her.

“You say you haven’t even made your socialite debut yet?”

“Countess Arianne.”

“Any questions?”

“Are you here to teach me? Or, are you here to slander me?”

Arianne was a countess whose status was higher than she thought. But, she didn’t seem to have come to teach Elysia. Although she had already spoken to her for hours, all she did was ignore or test her.

“What do you mean?”

“The first time I called the Countess by name, you said you came as someone to teach me.”

“Then, why don’t you call me by my first name?”

At Arianne’s dignified attitude, Elysia burst into laughter. She seemed to think that the evaluation she had made was right for her. Leah Arianne, who was right in front of her now, had not come to teach her.

Arianne was the one who came to evaluate and monitor her.

“The reason why I decided to get an education from the Countess was that when I became the Grand Duchess, I got a basic education to help. Was I correct?”

“Yes.”

Arianne has just admitted that she was giving the training to help her with her own mouth.

She had a fairly high position for a person who was in a hurry to be brought in in one day. The Countess, as she knew it, was not in a very high position in social circles. It was because of the Countess’s parents who openly did bad things.

“As Arianne said, I am the one who will become the Grand Duchess. I mean, there’s no reason for you to treat me this way. I was just trying to get some help from you. I did not accept education to be ignored.”

There was one more reason why the marriage preparation period of the nobles was exceptionally long.

While preparing for her wedding, the bride-to-be will be treated like her husband’s position. It meant that her husband protected and supported the bride’s everything. And, many brides, supported by her husband during this preparatory period, worked hard to solidify their position.

For example, it was like buying splendid jewels or giving goods to the residents of the territory.

“I am the body that will become the Grand Duchess in a month. I’m sure Arianne won’t know what the bride’s wedding preparation period means.”

“Ha… Though no one is rude to the chaperone in charge of training!”

“Well… Countess Arianne. Is the Countess my chaperone? Are you training me to make a social debut?”

Social debuts were usually made at the age of sixteen. Elysia was already twenty years old, meaning that she was already well past her debut age.

“Tell me.”

“Ne, never mind.”

“Arianne, even though you are not my chaperone, you are being treated with courtesy and respect.”

At first, she thought to be patient because she was not yet an official Grand Duchess. However, Arianne’s words gradually increased, and Elysia eventually reached a point where she could not accept them.

She couldn’t stand the discomfort any longer. So, she used Damon. Elysia had felt the same just as last time about his justaucorps. However, the people feared him, regardless of her position.

“So Leah, you do your duty.”

“…You will definitely regret doing this to me.”

There was no one who was scary compared to the person who wanted to see her later. Besides, she had never been socially significant, so she just shrugged her shoulders.

Nevertheless, the action actually stimulated Arianne. Saying that, she seemed to think that Elysia would apologize.

“It’s really unpleasant!”

“Look carefully. Countess Arianne.”

Elysia even said to Arianne, kindly and carefully, to go home. She was showing her best manners in her own way. Even though she thought Arianne would never come again, and she wanted to pour water on her, she couldn’t.

She knew that the Countess would be furious when she found out that she had kicked Arianne, but at this moment, Elysia wanted to rest so much.

She wondered what it would be like in the future if Arianne wouldn’t take over her education. Would that make her marriage preparations awry?

“What does it matter, anyway? I would just be a nominal wife… There’s no point in getting the education.”

The fact that the preparation period for the wedding was set to a month and the things that the original Elysia was indifferent to… Combining all the things she has seen so far, the answer was found.

Damon didn’t want a bride.

‘Is that fortunate? Damon’s sudden kindness because it’s less scary to act the way he was.’

Judging by his personality, she had to be grateful for him not just taking her straight away without a preparation period. Rather, it was fortunate that the grace period of about a month was given.

For at least a month, she was free from Damon. Still, It was not a comfortable time, though.

“I don’t even know what to think.”

A man named Damon Raphael was indeed full of doubts. Maybe, it was because she didn’t fully make the character? Elysia couldn’t fully understand Damon. All she did was add a little more weight to the character her friend made her.

‘…After a month… Am I going to be the wife of a sexy killer?’

Even as a time-limited wife who never knew when she would die, she had to become an endangered bride who never knew when and where to take poison.

“My life is also very dark.”

It was a pitiful life for her to live in the same place with a man who she never knew when and where he would kill her.

Shortly after Arianne’s departure, she thought, of course, that the Countess would come and put down her tantrums, though she didn’t. The Countess did not come after time.

“…It’s strange.”

At first glance, the Countess and Arianne were not usually close friends. They both seemed to have a strong relationship. However, she didn’t come back even though Elysia chased away Arianne… There was something strange, very strange.

Knock, knock.

A clean and quiet knock sound.

It wasn’t the sound of the angry Countess. Furthermore, in this county, there was a certain person who would knock so quietly at her door.

“Brother, please come in.”

Elysia thought, obviously, it was Edward because she thought he was the only one who would make a knock like that.

However, the person who opened the door appeared unexpectedly.

“Count…?”

“It’s a pity that you have to call your father Count.”

It was the Count who had never visited her.

Although Elysia was abused by the Countess, the Count did not give her a glance. Despite the fact that the Count was their father, he was indifferent to Edward and Elysia.

“What brings you here…”

She never thought the Count would come. She had never even dreamed that he would come with such a friendly smile.

Elysia never thought of the Count as her father. Rather her stepmother, the Countess, was more accommodating. Regardless that the Countess annoyed her, she met her face to face at least every day.

However, it wasn’t the case with the Count. He was the Head of the Caitlin family, and he was always busy.

“You’ve grown a lot since I last saw you.”

“….”

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