Published at 29th of October 2020 11:10:09 AM
Does it hurt?”
“Oh . No, it does not . ”
“Are you vexed? No, are you angry and resentful? Do you want revenge?”
The head maid paled and lowered her head .
“That is not so . How could I dare… . ”
I extended a hand towards the head maid .
“Your Highness?”
“Take it . ”
The head maid made a befuddled face . What I had in my hand was a copper coin .
“Use it to treat the wound on your cheek . Since it is not severe, it will heal quickly . ”
There was confusion swimming in the head maid’s eyes . It was as if she was questioning how she was to interpret my actions .
I placed a hand on her shoulder .
“Instead, take today’s incident as a lesson . If you scrutinize it long and hard, in a day far from now, it will be less likely for you to be abused by some unbecoming incident . ”
This was sincere advice .
If I was that maid, I would not have persecuted Princess Rubia as she did . It wasn’t because I was kind, rather I feared the consequences that would return to me like a boomerang .
Just then, I sensed someone’s presence just outside the hall . Soon the doors opened, and a knight in armor walked inside .
“I greet your Highness, Princess Rubia . ”
Was it the chivalry of knights? Unlike the servants, the knight addressed me politely .
“What is it?”
At the difference in my tone of voice, the knight’s eyes slightly shifted .
“His Royal Highness, the Grand Duke, calls upon your Highness . ”
His Royal Highness, the Grand Duke, would be my father .
“His Royal Highness? Right now?”
“Yes, Your Highness . ”
I crossed my arms . It was clear why the father who never searched for me had called for me suddenly .
‘That’s great . I, too, have something to say to the Grand Duke . ’
“I understand . Please lead the way . ”
On the east side of the continent, there is an idiom that advises striking the iron while it’s hot . Just as well, in the west, there exists an idiom that tells one to cut the Gordian knot .
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Striking the iron while it’s hot – taking advantage of an opportunity when it comes to you .
Cutting the Gordian knot – When a knot looks impossible to untie, and can only be undone by force (cutting it) .
In other words, she uses these two idioms to say that she will take advantage of the current situation and cut off the relationship between her and her family .
Without any hesitation, during this meeting with his Royal Highness, I resolved to cut this knot, this dysfunctional family, from myself .
The Roxanne Grand Duchy was a small state under the West Empire’s governance .
Though a little too small to call a nation — about the size of an earl’s jurisdiction — there was not a person who would overlook their household . After all, they controlled the West Empire’s key financial and raw resources through the Destan River Delta .
A small state, but too important to overlook, that was exactly the Roxanne Grand Duchy .
“……”
The overlord of the duchy, Grand Duke Jourdian was looking down at the Destan River from the window of his study which overlooked the river and its surroundings .
“I have brought her Highness, the princess . ”
At the knight’s words, the Grand Duke turned around indifferently .
I looked at the Grand Duke’s face, and let out a quiet exclamation .
‘A Grand Duke is not a Grand Duke without reason . ’
Seeing the state of such a broken family, I had thought he would be a half-witted figure of authority .
Like father, like son, the looks of the Grand Duke matched that of Viscount’s Sabien . This meant he was rather handsome .
As such, Rubia’s beautiful looks were not simply from her birth mother; the Grand Duke’s own genes held great influence .
More than anything, those eyes left the greatest impression . Within those blue eyes, one could feel intense pressure .
Just from his aura, it could be felt that there was not even a fault in him as the overlord of the Roxanne Grand Duchy .
‘He is indeed a man of great character . Why had such a figure turned a blind eye towards the stepmother’s temper tantrums?
For the moment, I folded my questions, and politely greeted him .
“First daughter Rubia d’Grandia la Roxanne greets his Royal Highness, the Grand Duke . ”
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