Chapter 295
The man lifted up his hands trying to placate Lunia. Athyst gestured for her to sheathe her sword.
“Now this makes a little sad,” said the man. “You really don’t recognize ? Or, is it because you choose not to? It’s , Zaizen. I didn’t think I change a lot from back then. Not as much as you.”
Zaizen? Ah, the man Belice ntioned. I don’t like him being so informal with .
“So?” Athyst rudely asked.
“So? What do you an? I was your first love…”
“So what?”
Zaizen flinched and seed quite flustered. She was so different now. She wasn’t the submissive lady that he had wooed.
As other people started looking over, Zaizen started acting tough. “Wow… indeed you have changed a lot, I didn’t know the Duchess was so scary.” He mocked.
“Now you know,” she said briskly. “Get out of my way.”
Athyst turned to Lunia. Zaizen grabbed her hand. “Wait! You can’t leave like this! It’s been so long.”
“What? I can do whatever I please!”
“Is it because I left you and called you ugly? Is this your revenge? Let it go. To be honest, you were ugly back then.”
Just what did Athyst see in this vile assh*le? She restrained her anger. “Don’t flatter yourself. I don’t have ti to think about revenge on soone so insignificant that I don’t even rember their faces.”
“Can’t rember?” he said, perplexed. “You begged to go out with you.”
“Yeah right. Fat chance. Do you have any proof?”
“I have the letter you sent . It was stolen recently but I still rember that you wrote it.”
“Oh really? I also have a hundred golden calves at ho which I unfortunately can’t show you.”
“What? What does that even an?”
“As dumb as you look, no surprises there. Stop making things up. There will be consequences if you keep making things up like this and spreading your lies. You should be using honorifics with .”
“Wow, Duchess is actually scary. Soone who should be using honorifics with. You couldn’t even et my eyes before.”
“Listen here, you dumbass. I am not only saying this to you as a Duchess but also as an ordinary person. Get your vile face out of my way and get lost.”
“What, what?!”
Lunia examined her as she berated him rcilessly. Athyst had watched so many dramas that the dialogues were imprinted in her mind. There was more where it ca from, if needed.
“If you keep running your mouth, I will tear your tongue out and feed it to the dogs,” said Athyst.
“You! How dare you?!”
Lunia pointed the tip of the sword at his throat and pushed slightly. “How dare ‘she’? Who are you to speak to the Duchess in this manner?”
“Calm down…,” said Zaizen, nervously.
“Hm? Forgotten already? Do you know what honorifics are?”
“Please… calm down,” said Zaizen.
“Don’t keep running your mouth and spreading lies, understood?” said Athyst. “If I ever see you, or anyone, calling your first love, there will be consequences. Next ti you see , keep your eyes down. Got it?”
Athyst turned around and walked off. Lunia withdrew her sword and followed her.
“Madam.”
“Hm?”
“You were so amazing.”
Athyst glanced at her. “Really? I thought you were pretty amazing.”
“No. Did you see how his face turned all blue with rage at your words?”
“I didn’t even look at his face. Who would look at such a vile face? Let’s go. I am tired now.”
“Of course, Madam.”
Athyst got on the carriage with Lunia’s help and quickly left the palace.
***
Athyst got back to the duke’s mansion and waited for Alexcent to co back. She knew that he wouldn’t believe baseless rumors about her but she would feel loads better if she could clear everything with him face to face.
Alexcent, on the other hand, headed straight to the office after getting back from the palace. There was a knock on the door.
“Co in.”
“Are you busy?” asked Athyst as she pushed the door open.
“Not at all.”
“How about so tea?”
Alexcent nodded. She walked over to him and observed his face. He didn’t seem upset. But it was often hard to tell. She placed a tea cup in front of him and poured so tea. Then she sat down on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck.
“Alec….”
“Hm?”
“I have sothing to ask you.”
“Go on.”
“Do you know about the rumor?”
Alexcent’s forehead creased a little. “Who told you?” he asked. He had explicitly instructed everyone to be quiet about it. Soone must have opened their d*mned mouth. There was only one person who ignored his instructions so blatantly. Ah, she did say she was going to et Belice today.
“Is it important who told ?”
“It’s probably Belice,” he scowled.
“Right. But why didn’t you tell yourself? The rumor is about . I have a right to know.”
“It was not worth ntioning. A petty rumor soone spread to aggravate you.”
“You’re right. It isn’t worth our ti or energy.”
“Yes.”
“So I hope you don’t pay attention to that worthless stuff.”
“Of course, I don’t.”
“That’s good then.” Athyst placed a kiss on his cheek. She felt him relax.
“You are the only one for , you know that. My beginning and my end.”
“Mm,” he pulled her closer to him.
“So, leave him alone, alright?”
“What?”
“Don’t do anything. Just don’t pay attention to it and leave him be.”
He didn’t respond. “Because if you get angry and do sothing, then I will feel like you acknowledged the rumor to be true.”
“What? How would that even…”
“It doesn’t matter. If you act, the rumor will get worse. People will think you got rid of him because of jealousy which will indirectly imply that the previous rumor was true. It will just get worse.”
“I don’t like this.”
“I know. But I don’t want you chasing so man who doesn’t even matter.”
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