Chapter 9: 9

“What’s with that look? Ungrateful…..” 

“….What have you done for me that makes you speak like that?” 

Even though I only spoke sharply once, his face became flushed as if he had been ignored.

“Oh my God, a baby changed into a person just because you drank some good water!”

“That’s not it.”

“Thanks to whom you’re a duke’s daughter now, huh?”

I couldn’t understand my father’s words for a moment. 

“Look at the way you’re dressed. Do you know who gave you the opportunity to be treated like this?” 

What does that mean? Didn’t the kidnapper come across me? 

“What did you…”

“When I heard a fat guy was looking for a red-haired girl, I introduced him to you in a cheap way. It was all thanks to me that you landed this big position.” 

Just before being kidnapped, my father pointed to a corner alley telling me to go somewhere else today twirled like a broken compass in my head.

“Dad…” 

I slowly went through my brain as I said to myself.

“Dad sold me?” 

“No way!” 

My father snorted. 

He seemed to be drawn back to the casual response. 

“…Dad, I almost died.”

“Then why are you alive like this? You’re just exaggerating.” 

Really. 

In the original story, I was destined to die before the day ended. 

But I became a filthy liar and managed to survive.

“I am, I…”

I was overwhelmed with all sorts of emotions. 

Even though I tried to talk to him, he didn’t seem to have any intention of listening to me. 

This time, tears welled up as I let shouts go over my throat. 

“Ugh…”

I lowered my head hastily. Even though I hid my expression, my tears did not stop. 

As soon as I faced my father, the wounds that I had been pressing deep into my heart popped up. 

The larks removed the bruises on my body with the flower water of healing, but the tattered heart remained the same. 

“What did I do to make you cry? Tsk, anyway, you really don’t know the world. I think you’re enjoying your life, too. What’s wrong with you?” 

‘Enjoy?’ 

I just saw Lily in my dream. But you said I enjoyed imitating Lily? 

“I’ve never… wished for anything like this.” 

I meant it. If I was offered to pretend to be a princess, I would refuse. 

My heart shriveled even when I was staying still, and I didn’t think I’d want to play such a fake role. 

“Oh my God, what a saint. Then throw up what you ate right away. I can smell the sweetness all the way here.”

…It was confusing. 

The reason why I looked at the whipped cream cake was because I starved for four days. 

‘But is it my fault?’

I was feeling more and more unsure of what my father said. 

I thought defending myself was just for survival, yet I felt like what he said was true. 

“Admit it. You want to live as a princess, too.” 

“It’s not like that. Believe me…”

“Stop lying. If you don’t like it, tell the duke right away.” 

“I don’t want to die!”

I raised my voice without realizing it and looked around. 

The abandoned kitchen was still quiet and chilly. 

My father mocked me even more as if he had caught my weakness. 

“Why are you yelling at nothing? Look, I’m here to help you because you’re still young and you don’t know anything.” 

No way. 

No matter how hard I think about it, the purpose of my father’s visit was not for my sake. 

“You got a lot of presents from the duke, didn’t you? Something like a jewel. If you just say something, he will give you everything. Because you’re the youngest daughter whom he got back after 10 years.”

As expected. 

My father had no idea, but wanted to get some bean powder from me, who became a fake princess from beginning to end.

‘If Thomas was alive, he would have killed my father first for fear of this.’

I caught my breath and opened my moist eyes. 

“Go back.”

I was just a tool for him. That was why he sold me to a vicious kidnapper without batting an eye. 

Even if Thomas took me out of here, my father would have come to steal the money. 

“What did you just say?”

“My mother’s necklace doesn’t matter now. Don’t you know it’s the most dangerous thing for you to be here?” 

“…Give me your necklace. Now.” 

My father came up to me and threatened me. I shook my head. 

It was true that he had to take care of the necklace in order not to be caught, but I didn’t want to hand it over to my father even if I died. 

He didn’t want to keep the necklace because he was seriously worried about my situation. 

‘He’s trying to hurt me somehow. If I hand it over, he will destroy my necklace here.’ 

“You stupid bitch. You don’t understand the situation well?”

My father’s expression got worse because I couldn’t understand the situation. 

I spoke as clearly as I could. 

“I know I have to hide this. But I don’t want to give it to dad.”

“Oh my, it’s no use raising a daughter. If you don’t trust your dad that much, how can you live in fear of the world!” 

He pretended to be hurt. 

“I’ll take care of it. Don’t come here again.”

My father seemed quite surprised by my stern answer and my request for him not to come here again.

Well, in the past, when he threatened me a few times, I used to smile, scurry around and soothe him. 

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I kept smiling obsequiously when I made money to buy drinks for this filthy man, sneaking around in the corner and being mocked for being weak. 

I didn’t want him to love me. 

I didn’t even want it to that extent.

I was just… 

‘I don’t want him to bother me.’ 

“Hurry and give it to me!”

My father screamed and pulled my hair. 

My scalp hurt like it was going to fall off, but that was not the point. 

“Ah, Dad. Sshh…!”

Neigh!

I heard a horse crying in the distance. 

I looked out the rusty window in bewilderment. A large carriage parade was approaching this way. 

My father crawled under the rotten table. 

I blew out the candles and hid myself behind the pillar. 

“What, what. Are you already caught?” 

My father asked me with a glare. 

But what do I know? I could only answer that I didn’t know.

Cold sweat ran down my spine. A huge carriage circled and stopped nearby. 

The carriage door burst open and three people got off. His face was not visible, but the silhouette was clear thanks to the torchlight. 

A very big man, a slender man, and a small child who looks my age. 

Two adults talked to each other about what they were doing, and the child walked away in the dark. 

“I asked you what happened? Did they come looking for you?” 

“I don’t know.” 

“Damn, you useless bitch. It’s always been like that at home too.”

“Dad, please be quiet…”

Father pushed my shoulders, hurling me away.

I flew lightly, and the back of my head hit the table. 

It was no use trying to silence the sound as a brass lamp was pushed off the table. 

My body hit the floor at the same time as the loud bang.

‘I’m screwed.’

“Liiiilyyyyyy!”

The cry that was piercing my ears made my spine shudder. 

The sound of the lamp falling was lightly buried by it. 

“You, never see me.”

Father quickly ran out of the back door, leaving behind only a cowardly word. 

There was no time to be angry at the sight. I crawled on my knees in a hurry and stuck under the window. 

‘Please just walk by.’ 

I was peeping out the window. 

My wish that I didn’t want to be caught was overshadowed by the shame when they turned to my side at the same time. 

“Hey, did you hear that? There’s someone over there.” 

“I couldn’t hear anything because of brother’s voice. Isn’t it a rat?” 

Squeak. Yes, it’s a mouse. You don’t have to worry about it. 

“Damn, Some rotten smell is mixed up. Did a beggar hide in here? It doesn’t fit the image of the iron-blooded duke’s castle.”

“We can’t help it. Brother knows too what it’s been like here for the last 10 years. Almost all of the employees who could do the job have left.”

“Wait a minute. When this smell goes away, we’ll find it.”

“Brother, please stop. We don’t have time for this.” 

“It was definitely Lily.”

“No way. My angel Lily can’t come out at night.” 

“Young masters, sshh! Lady Lilietta is sleeping.” 

A white light, along with a stern voice, shone behind the carriage parade.

Five women in pink pajamas appeared in the light. Nanny Verney and her sisters. 

‘She just said young masters, didn’t she?’

If the duke’s mansion’s maid of honor would say so, then…

At that moment, the contents of the original story came to mind. 

The Mad Duke had three sons besides his youngest daughter, Lilietta. 

“Verney, please. I’ll just go to see her sleeping face.”

“No, you can’t.”

“Darn it, it’s been 10 years. I thought I’d never see her again!” 

“It’s none of my business.”

Verney was determined even though he, who was three times bigger than her, kept begging. 

“If you’re going to ask me that, you shouldn’t have made such a fuss like you did just now. But I’ll praise you for getting off the carriage from a distance so that the sound of the carriage can’t be heard by the lady…”

The thin man sighed in. 

“I heard you smelled Lily around here. That’s why he stopped the carriage.” 

“No, brother didn’t stop here for a very thoughtful reason.”

The thin man sighed again.

“I smelled Lily in this area. So I stopped the carriage suddenly.”

Smell? My whole body froze. 

Aside from how he could smell it, because I was sprayed with Lily’s water, that’s why we smelled the same.

‘It’s a relief, I guess… I haven’t been found to be a fake yet.’ 

If I did, they’d have said ‘Fake, come out! I’ll kill you!’.

I stepped back calmly. I have to go back to my room quickly. 

‘Fight for a long time, please…’ 

Wait a minute.

It was definitely three people who got off the carriage, but where did the other one go? 

The moment I realized it, I felt something touch my back. 

It was too warm and wet for a wall.

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