Wicked Woman!!
Episode 7's

One weekend night, I promised to go out with Duke.

The servants were very busy because I came out for the first time after such a long time.

After finely combing my long curly hair. They applied perfume to me and helped Helen wear my glorious evening gown that was designed with all her soul.

‘This looks good.....’.

I can't take my eyes off the mirror.

Due to its pretty features, a dress with widened parts looks really nice.

“You are very beautiful. Princess.”

“It's like seeing a rose that's in perfect bloom. Very enchanting.”

The servants were very careful in choosing words for fear of mispronunciation.

“Skin texture is very smooth.”

“Your lips look like cherries.”

“Huh.”

I know better than anyone that this face is funny and thrilling.

But I tried to resist the urge to be silly with her and snorted softly.

In order to maintain the dignity of the villains and the empire's leading masters, he had always practiced a cold gaze.

‘I don't want my character to collapse.’

“Princess, Duke will be here soon.”

Before long, the butler of the Duke's residence, who was usually hard to see his face, appeared and said so.

As an accessory, she picked up a fan that matched my light purple dress. Although I was not tall, I was wearing high heels, so my vision improved.

Immediately after, the Duke in a sea-blue suit walked into the lobby. Emitting a profound charm that only middle-aged men possessed

‘This is me.’

I stood beside the Duke with a standing ovation for the well-being of the Asteia Empire's eyes.

I'm good at practicing facial expressions every day.

Otherwise, I would have stood there with my mouth open like a fan with a celebrity in front of him.

“That's an expensive dress.”

Duke looked at me with a calm look and spoke coldly. Her cold manner of speech did not match her beautiful appearance.

‘The same applies to men in this house who pay for their face.’

I swallowed the words I could not say, and replied, barely raising my lips.

“My parents gave birth to me well, and I think this beautiful dress suits me.”

As the silence descended, I became even more nervous, and somehow continued Duke's rant, and the flattery continued to grow.

“So appreciate your body. If you do something like that again, I won't really end with just a trial period.”

Pointing to the incident I caused myself that had scratched my cheek mercilessly, the Duke extended his hand in front of the carriage with the seal of the two-headed snake.

‘It's my first time out.’

Riding the carriage after receiving her outspoken escort, I was stunned by the fast-moving scene outside the window.

Because the front door of the Town House Duke was still nowhere to be seen.

‘How long will it take to get to the gate?’

There is a difference between a fleeting memory and a true sense of wealth.

It wasn't just the large scale of the mansion that was shocking.

‘Why are there no guests in golden time like this?’

I looked around the restaurant in a strange mood.

The inside of the two-story wooden restaurant was all empty except for Duke's seat and mine.

“What's wrong?”

“I wonder if it's a bad business place.”

“Is it because it looks like me? That's not funny for a joke. Still, your intention to soften the mood was pitiful. You seem to have grown up a lot lately.”

‘What do you say?’

I felt the conversation was wrong, and the waiter brought me appetizers and bread at the right time.

‘Very delicious.’

This is definitely a good restaurant just by looking at the state of savory butter and soft bread.

It makes no sense that there are no customers.

‘Oh, now I know. So you rent the whole restaurant. ‘

As a small citizen, I liked the taste of money, which was hard to digest, but on the other hand, because it felt like I was going to throw it away, I quietly continued eating.

The dinners enjoyed by the imperial upper classes were most similar to French dishes.

There was a lot of cutlery due to the variety of ingredients, and it was quite difficult to handle it perfectly without any mistakes, so I had to be nervous every time the food was served.

I know how pathetic Duke is for me when I make mistakes for no reason.

Fortunately, the use of cutlery was not difficult thanks to the habits that this noble body remembered.

“Did you bring that letter today, Deborah?”

The duke suddenly asked me, while being careful about cutting off the crustaceans.

*Crustase: shrimp, lobster, crab, etc

“This is not in a hurry. I look forward to your letters one by one, and I'm quite happy. Do you mean that too?”

It was a painful experience for me, so I thought it was better to share the letters than to send them in one package.

Man is ungrateful and cunning, so his waste lasts a long time, but he quickly forgets his gratitude.

‘How desperate have I been for 24 years of my life to be a fool....’.

I can't believe I realized the truth after I died that I had to show gratitude for a long time.

Of course, it is difficult for someone who wants to look attractive in a sophisticated way.

“I'm glad you like it.”

The Duke laughed as I responded in a hurry.

Looking at the softer duke than before, I suggested carefully.

“Other ways?”

“Ya, can you take your time after eating?”

The Duke nodded his head as he sipped the white wine.

“Of course. Promises with you have been a priority lately. I'm sick and tired of everything around me because it's all about work. Boys should just be frank.....”.

He stopped complaining lightly.

“I can't believe I made such a silly comment in front of you.”

“Speak as you like.”

The duke narrowed his eyes at my answer.

“I heard pink diamond will be on the auction block by the end of this month. Do you want to have it?”

As if testing me, he constantly asked me what I wanted until the end of the meal.

She even gently persuaded me to say anything comfortably because she wanted to pay back the letter.

‘I have no intention of getting anything by using that letter....’.

It's kind of weird to keep rejecting his offer like that.

I immediately shook my head.

Duke might want to say, “Deborah. All right, then.”.

I keep a cautious attitude all the time because the effort I make can be wasted.

After eating the dish for two hours, it snowed heavily when it came out of the restaurant.

The snow was getting thicker and thicker, so it was impossible to stop easily.

Walking towards the carriage standing across, the floor was slippery and I tried to walk.

“Gosh.”

The Duke with his mouth read magic to the floor. All the snow that had piled up on the road with its signal melted away in an instant.

After living in a scientific civilization for 24 years, I had no choice but to feel amazed at the supernatural scenery that lay before my eyes.

It is impossible to compare the original magic with the CG made in the movie.

“Why do you see me like that?”

“Because it's cool.”

Duke scratched his chin as he muttered frankly.

“I give up, you're talking nonsense today. Login.”

The Duke's hand, which was emitting fire magic just now, was warmer than before.

Thanks to noise-blocking magic, the inside of the carriage was not noisy, and the Seymour platinum carriage, reminiscent of a limousine, arrived at the mansion through snow and darkness.

“Yesterday, I got a new tea and it smells good.”

Recalling my request to take some time after the meal, Duke accompanied me and headed straight to the private office.

“Bring us two cups of tea and drinks with fresh tea leaves.”

“Good Mr. Duke.”

The adjutant came with a tray of fragrant tea and drinks.

The adjutant no longer looked at me with reluctant eyes as I entered and exited the Duke's office.

I took out the Duchess's letter from my pocket as soon as the food was placed on the table.

“Didn't you say you'd give the letter a different way when you ate?”

Duke said with a flat face whether he was interested and expected.

I opened the Duchess's letter.

“I'll read the letter myself today.”

“Reading? You're not kidding right now, are you?”

He suddenly lifted his lips and laughed.

‘I'm surprised.’

I almost dropped the letter on my hand because I had never seen it laugh so loud, cold, and frankly.

“Definitely unimaginable. I didn't know you had a funny side like this.”

“First of all, close your eyes. You have to concentrate.”

“Good.”

The peacock grinned and folded his hands and closed his eyes.

There is no such thing as a serious adult when encouraged to join a children's game.

In front of the peacock leaning on his chair, I started reciting a poem titled 「My heart is White Flower.」

This poem is a natural poem written by the Empire's famous poet, expressing an ambivalent feeling of love using the morphological similarity between white flowers and thick snow.

*Ambivalence: a state of feeling that occurs simultaneously i.e., between conflicting feelings toward a person.

“...Tanpamu, when the cold makes my heart ache, I sing in its aroma.”

After reading the poem, I thirsted and sipped the.

Even after reading, the Duke nodded with his eyes closed as if he was thinking of something.

“I'm sure Marien will love it. It matches the weather like today.”

Rise up, he looked silently towards the snowfall with his deep eyes.

The indifferent man, who did not even know loneliness, felt as if the world was filled with white flowers once he knew about love.

When a woman disappeared, the white flower came as cold as a snowflake from the start, but the scent she left behind was always beside her.

That's poetry.

...***...

Slowly thinking about the meaning of the poem, Duke Seymour picked up his wife's letter folded on the table after Deborah left.

“!”

As soon as he opened the letter, he doubted his own eyes.

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