Chapter 12: 12

‘…What?’

The bewildered Seraphine looked back at the old woman, whom she mistook for a gardener.

Madame, who had already noticed that her granddaughter did not recognize her, looked apologetic.

Seraphine instantly felt the heat rising on her face with shame.

Starting from the neck to the ears, she turned red and hurriedly bowed her head.

“I’m sorry.”

Her voice trembled slightly.

Seraphine closed her eyes tightly as she felt her head turn into a mess.

I made a ridiculous mistake.

‘I didn’t say anything unnecessary, did I?’

Then she looked at Madame Rubia once again.

No matter how much she looked at her outfit, Seraphine couldn’t help but mistake her for a gardener.

Even her pants were covered with dirt.

Anyone who doesn’t know her face would have made a similar mistake.

‘But it was a mistake I shouldn’t have made. How can a granddaughter not know their grandmother’s face.’

The memories of the owner of the body came to mind gradually, but it wasn’t perfect.

Maybe it was because Seraphine was separated from her grandmother since she was young, so the exact memories related to her are still unknown.

‘But that’s my position.’

This was not something anyone could overlook.

Besides, Madame knew what happened in the dining room yesterday.

This broken relationship was running towards the worst.

In this case, it will not end with a few words of admonition.

Seraphine was nervous because she didn’t know what kind of scolding she would get.

“Now that you’ve apologized, raise your head. I want to see my granddaughter’s face after a long time.”

“…I’m so sorry. I have nothing to say even if I had ten mouths.”

Fortunately, Madame didn’t have an angry face.

However, she couldn’t let go of the tension.

Seraphine couldn’t look straight at her face, so she gently lowered my eyes when Madame approached her.

At that moment, Seraphine flinched at the thought that she might be hit.

Madame, who noticed the instantaneous difference, narrowed her eyes and spoke in an indifferent tone.

“It may be because we met after ten years. The last time I saw you, you were 7 or 8 years old.”

Madame smiled, perhaps to ease the rigid atmosphere.

“Grandmother’s acting was pretty good, right? I was so nervous because I was afraid that you would call me ‘grandmother’ in the middle.”

“…Why did you pretend not to know?”

“You said you were sorry before, but now you blame this grandmother.”

“I’m sorry if it sounded like that.”

“It’s a joke, so you don’t have to be so serious.”

With that said, Madame patted Seraphine’s shoulder without hurting her.

“You’re telling interesting stories one after another, how can you stop talking in the middle?”

There were plenty of opportunities for her to reveal her identity.

Realizing that she was just keeping her mouth shut for her own pleasure, Seraphine felt the heat not subside.

Madame, who was happily looking at her granddaughter, who was blushing and didn’t know what to do, suggested first.

“You said it was lonely. It’s been a while since I came to see my son and grandchildren, and they all left because they were busy, so I’m also lonely.”

“…….”

“I’m not feeling well already, so let’s not stand here and have tea time.”

“May I visit you alone?”

“Well? Who else is coming?”

Seraphine glanced at the maids standing around her.

She didn’t think Madame invited her to tea time just to talk.

Madame’s mouth hardened as she realized what Seraphine was thinking.

“Did you think I called you to punish you?”

Seraphine nodded cautiously.

​​Seraphine did not say it outright on purpose, but turned it in a way without being straightforward. When she confirmed the kill, she had no choice but to affirm.

Tl/N: kill meaning the assumption perhaps

“If you’re going to punish me, I’ll take it sweetly, so please allow me to go alone.”

Madame, who swallowed her saliva, granted Seraphine’s request.

“Okay, let’s do that. I’m dressed like this, so I’ll call you a little later.”

After a while, Seraphine, who went to see Madame under the maid’s guidance, had to hide her surprised look.

Only her clothes had changed, but she felt the dignity of a great aristocrat from her.

“Don’t be like a child in punishment, come and sit down.”

As Seraphine politely sat across from her, the maid served refreshments.

Contrary to the expectation that she would be severely scolded, Madame started talking about tea.

Seraphine responded because it was a conversation that was common to say in everyday life

The two got along very well.

The conversation did not stop even though there were occasional talks about topics that young people of Seraphine’s age were not interested in.

Madame was interested in Seraphine, but she had to gloss over that she had read a lot of books because she spent a long time alone at home.

‘Strange.’

No matter how much she thought about it, this tea time was strange.

Seraphine was ready to be scolded, but rather than being scolded, it felt like she met an old friend.

“Aren’t you disciplining me?”

“Did you think I would slash my eldest granddaughter’s calf with a whip?”

“Usually they use more aristocratic  methods.”

She didn’t have to put her hand on Seraphine to punish her.

Seraphine’s willingness to accept it all meekly caused Madame to click her tongue.

Then she pointed to the back of Seraphine and said.

“Look back, stand there, and roll up your legs.”

After hesitating for a while, Seraphine realized that there was no point in rebelling and obeyed her orders.

It was fortunate that I was turned back. Otherwise, I would have to show my red face again.

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Seraphine bit her lower lip hard.

“Is this what your father did?”

Seraphine’s pale calf was left with scars.

It was not visible because it was covered by clothes, but there were scars all over her body as well as her calves.

“No, my father doesn’t touch me.”

“Then what?”

Her tone sounded like she was suspicious of Erez and her fiance, Leonhardt.

Seraphine, who hesitated, had no choice but to vomit the truth before the strange misunderstanding grew.

“I did it myself.”

There was a heavy silence.

After a while, Madame opened her mouth.

“Sit down.”

Madame looked back and had a face that looked like she had a lot to say.

“The last time I saw you, as a kid, you held my leg and cried sadly and begged.”

Madame looked at Seraphine with a complicated expression and sighed.

“It’s funny, but even after I left this place, I kept thinking of your face.”

‘…What are you talking about now?’

She seemed to be talking seriously, but Seraphine was perplexed.

This was also something she couldn’t remember at all.

Seraphine was only able to accept or deny it if she knew something. But she couldn’t figure out what she was talking about.

She was just wondering what happened when she was a kid.

‘Just keep your mouth shut. If you stay quiet, you’ll be halfway there.’

Seraphine, who did not know that the owner of the body’s past would suddenly be revealed, made a gloomy expression to blend in with the atmosphere as much as possible. 

Madame carefully held her hand, recognizing her desperate efforts.

“I’m sorry. I should have held your hand then.”

Madame did not try to discipline nor punish Seraphine.

She took the time to apologize.

However, Seraphine, who felt that she didn’t deserve to receive the apology, quietly parted from Madame after the silence.

And that day.

Seraphine had a dream.

It was the memory of the body’s owner.

‘Mother’s funeral.’

Duchess Rubia died when the owner of the body was seven years old.

Duchess Rubia passed away too early, considering that she didn’t have any chronic diseases during her lifetime.

Young Joshua fell asleep exhausted from crying, and young Erez seemed to barely hold back his tears.

Unlike everyone else in grief, the girl watched her mother’s body buried in the ground with a blank face.

And the scene changed.

Madame, who was the Duchess of Rubia then, heard the reason why her daughter-in-law had to die through a doctor.

– It seems that the lady had taken away her mana. The person in the mansion who had the most contact with the lady was the madame, so it’s credible enough.

-…….

– When I looked into it, it was not uncommon for people with rare diseases, such as the lady, to die mysteriously. The symptoms are the same as the madam.

– Who else knows about this?

– I haven’t told the Duke yet.

– Then only you and I know it. He’s already been thinking about remarrying, but it’s not the same thing…

It was then.

– Grandma, don’t tell dad! Please!

Clinging to her grandmother’s legs, Seraphine shed tears that were not seen at the funeral.

It was a sad cry, like a child of that age.

She couldn’t help it even though her bewildered grandmother tried to soothe her.

– If my dad finds out, he won’t hug me again.

Seraphine’s voice trembled a lot.

It wasn’t just because of her tears.

It was because of fear.

– He will hate me for being a child who ate my mother. So…

The grandmother, who was trying to deny that she was not, stopped when she tried to touch her granddaughter.

At the same time, the eyes of the girl and grandmother met.

The girl read the horror in her grandmother’s eyes.

Since Seraphine took her mother’s life, she might be taking her grandmother’s life right now.

The girl hurriedly stepped back.

– I get it. Do as you wish. But later on, if the worst happens…

– I won’t.

-…….

– I’ll apologize to my mother later. After all, I’ll be able to see her soon anyway.

The reason the girl didn’t cry over her mother’s death wasn’t because she wasn’t sad.

Since Seraphine was born, she had lived hearing that it was not strange for her to die, so she had not accepted death as an eternal parting.

From that day on, the girl had been frightened and disliked when others physically touched her.

Seraphine came to realize that simply touching someone physically would take away their magic power.

The only person she was allowed to touch was Prince Leonhardt, who was full of mana.

Because he’ll never die.

Perhaps that’s why she chose him as her fiancé and became obsessed like a blind woman in love.

“…It’s too late.”

Seraphine, who woke up from her dream, slowly opened his eyes and muttered.

Late at night, it was an empty whisper that no one could hear.

– I’m sorry. I should have held your hand then.

Grandmother’s words rang in her head again.

If Seraphine had heard that a little earlier, the owner of the body would not have made such an extreme choice.

But it was already over.

Seraphine turned and buried her face into the pillow.

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