‘Is this girl Lulu really crippled? It was a bit of a beating. At the end, Miss Carola made her cry profusely by deliberately pretending to hit her with a wagon. But I don’t think she was hurt that much.’
It happened that afternoon. The servant has co to call Carola with her troubled face.
“An officer ca from the security forces?”
“Yes, he said he wants to et one of Carola-nim’s ladies-in-waiting.”
“Ugh, Carola doesn’t have anything to do with it… … .”
Carola’s gaze wandered. She also knew about the ‘Lulu’s lawsuit’ being gossiped about in society. Even so, Carola took no action.
Who in this empire would dare to argue with the granddaughter-in-law of the Ducal Cartier household? It was the sa with state institutions. However, if Lucerne were behind the incident, that would change everything. It was very possible for her maid to be arrested as a scapegoat.
‘I can’t believe it. Did you co to catch us for Lulu?’
Mimosa’s body was shaking. Pansy had similar thoughts and turned pale. Then Carola slowly turned her head to look at Mimosa.
“Mimosa, co here.”
“Yes? Yes?”
“Mimosa hit her more.”
“… … .”
“For now, go and get an investigation. Then we will talk to Jacob and send you a lawyer. It won’t be a big deal.”
“What about Pansy?”
“Oh, my. Why are you suddenly ntioning Pansy? Pansy just got engaged. We have to give Zain face, huh? Will you show your heart for Carola?”
Pansy’s fiancée, Zain, was a knight and a distant relative of Carola. So Carola was responsible for her betrothal and marriage arrangents.
‘That woman was right.’
Mimosa felt heat grow hot on the back of her head and neck.
‘Carola, I’ve been loyal to you until now.’
Carola would never marry her off to soone of status. At that thought, Mimosa’s mouth burned. No, let alone getting her married; her life was in jeopardy.
In the end, the reason why the security guards visited that day was not to investigate Lulu’s case.
So ti ago, a jewelry store in the city erroneously traded stolen goods. So, they looked into custors who had ordered jewelry at a particular ti.
Carola was on the list of buyers. At that ti, her two ladies-in-waiting went to the jewelry store to run errands.
Since they couldn’t dare to investigate a Cartier daughter-in-law, the security knights called in her maids to conduct a formal investigation.
“I’m glad it wasn’t a major problem. As expected, Mimosa is lucky. Don’t you think so?”
Carola was only scathing without a word of consolation.
‘I can’t. You can’t just trust Carola. I need another rope to hold onto.’
The little wedge Elisha had driven in instantly caused a great rift in Mimosa’s loyalty.
She started looking for an opportunity to et Elisha without Carola’s knowledge.
***
“Madam, I want to be on your side. But I’ve already been betrayed by my master once. So this ti, I want to choose a really reliable master.”
Elisha, as usual, was having her cup of tea at her cafe. Mimosa ca through the back door.
Elisha wasn’t at the least surprised. She had given instructions in advance that if Mimosa ca to visit her, they should guide her imdiately.
“What do you an you want?”
“You told you would arrange a groom for , a titled knight.”
“I did.”
“Then I want to be sure of you before I turn to your side. For example, being introduced to a knight… … . Like being secretly engaged.”
“Tell more in detail, not in a roundabout way.”
“I have to get a lifeti-titled knight of the Black Lion.”
“… … So you want one of the Seeds?”
Elisha was stunned.
Seeds were noble war heroes. All of them were aristocratic knights for life, and they did not have to worry about making ends et for the rest of their lives with the bounty they received every ti they went to war. Additionally, their road was solid. If it was Seed, there was a possibility that they would receive the rank of Viscount in their later years.
‘You really don’t know your place.’
However, Elisha only entertained the thought inwardly, as her expression did not change.
“Listening to you, it sounds like you have soone in mind.”
Elisha thought to herself that Ian had bewitched another one.
Although Ian had a sowhat suspicious past, he was quite handso. Although only Lucerne overshadowed his handsoness, he had a reputation for his beauty among the capital’s noble ladies.
“I’m… … .”
Mimosa’s eyes flashed with her greed. Elisha’s hand stopped.
“Who do you want?”
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