It took only a mont for him to abandon Carola, who had long been his backing, his confidant for a long ti, and for whom he had had quite a bit of affection during his youth.
Zain imdiately said servilely,
“Actually, I am in a very difficult situation.”
“What does that an?”
“It is true that I accidentally wrote a marriage contract with Lady Elisha so ti ago. But I didn’t even touch that person’s body, and the marriage fell through. At the ti, Lady Elisha was not even fifteen years old. How could we get married! It’s sothing I deeply regret now.”
“If what you say is right, it’s all in the past. What’s the problem?”
“Well… … . Carola kept pushing to attack Lady Elisha and revive the marriage… … . I didn’t want to get caught up in the affairs of the duke’s family. So I had no choice but to run away!”
Zain also knew that he had to hide last night’s vicious sche. What would happen if he found out that he had planned to rape Lucerne’s wife? His head would definitely be blown off.
The way of thinking of those with ugly hearts was obvious. Pass the responsibility to soone else. It was natural for her to target him in a crisis.
“What? Zain, you said you liked her too! You said you wanted to marry Elisha and take away the wealth she received from Lucerne!”
She hurled her curses at Zain. He had known Carola for a long ti, to begin with. So, he considered her an old friend rather than a lady he served, and because of that, the argunts quickly beca personal and ssy.
“I know. I an, she tempted like that. If I had succumbed, I would have approached Lady Elisha at least once since she ca here. But I kept refusing. But she continues to mistreat, harass and bully people—she is out of her mind!”
They fought in front of Gaju, spitting ssily. When the patriarch saw that, his eyes grew cold. Zain’s testimony made Carola look like an even more insane woman.
“Get him out of my sight right now. Then dismiss him and lock him up.”
“Please spare ! Didn’t I honestly confess everything?”
Zain begged.
“Head.”
Then, unexpectedly, Lucerne opened her mouth.
“I heard that Zain is a knight who worked under Jacob for a long ti. They say he once saved Jacob’s life.”
“That’s true,”
Gaju answered briefly.
“Then I will take over the new recruit. Jacob will definitely take out his anger on that guy. It is not good to see a loyalist who saved the life of a mber of the Cartier family to be seen being treated coldly. I will place him as a knight under my command and dispatch him to the border area in the future.”
The area near the border was extrely dangerous. The birthplace of monsters lurked all over the empire. Often, ‘going to the border’ ant going on an expedition to where monsters originated.
“If he survives there, I will keep him under my command.”
“But didn’t he kill Elisha’s father?”
The head of the household’s question was directed to Elisha.
“Please do so. In fact, I almost never saw my biological father’s face. Life and death on the battlefield are all fate. I don’t hold on to petty grudges.”
Elisha spoke so sharply that it seed a little cold. Gaju was satisfied with her answer and nodded.
‘Going to the border. Even if you are far from success, you can survive if you keep your wits about you.’
For now, Zain was satisfied with that. Once his disposition of Zain was decided, Carola was next.
“Elisha. What do you think I should do with Carola?”
“I don’t think Carola is an evil person.”
“… … what?”
Elisha explained calmly.
“Sotis so people do strange things regardless of their will. It is said that one is intoxicated with a kind of madness. Even though I was stuck working in a laundry room, I heard about Carola a few tis. There were tis when she looked after us kindly, but she would often co to the laundry and behave strangely.”
“… … Is that so?”
“Elisha, you have to be honest.”
Lucerne comforted Elisha as if giving her courage.
“What did Carola do to the girls?”
“… … She would often beat up pretty girls.”
Many young girls from noble families had good looks. Carola would regularly stalk won she thought would catch Jacob’s eye in advance.
Moreover, during this period of her previous life, Elisha had worked as a bookkeeper under Carola and Jacob. At this ti, Carola’s depravity was already considerable. Elisha went through it right next to her and rembered it all.
She calmly inford them about Carola’s misdeeds over the past year.
However, she said it as if she had heard rumors in the capital.
“That’s how you usually behave?”
It was natural for the Head’s face to harden.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t an to tell on her.”
Elisha spoke demurely. Previously, the patriarch would have thought Carola’s wickedness was cute.
However, once she was disliked, even pretty features would be seen as flaws. All Elisha had to do was provide grounds for Gaju to find fault with.
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