Chapter 11
Gerard was a rather promising butler in the Duke of Bavaria. He was from a foreign aristocracy and had perfect manners and a decent appearance. Gerard was a good butler, and Annette had received a lot of attention from him since childhood.
'But that's it, and I can't stand to be rude to my husband.'
Annette bit his lip and moved closer to the front door.She saw Gerard standing squarely in her eyes Her.Outwardly, he looked as elegant and calm as before.However, Annette immediately found a problem in Gerard's appearanceHer his after a long time.
'Why is his posture like that?'
Gerard was proud with his back his straight and his head he held high.He seemed fine on the outside, but now his posture his should n't be so upright.It was because he it was in front of none other than Marquis Rapel Kanesis.
There's no way Gerard didn't know that much basic manners, so he must have been doing that on purpose. Seeing this, Annette frowned and walked out to the front door. Lapel, who was sensitive to the presence of people, was the first to look back. Gerard's eyes widened slightly as he followed his gaze.
“How are you, Marquis of Kanesis?”
“Gerard.”
Gerard immediately recognized Annette and bowed his headfully respectfully.It seemed that Gerard's neck bones would only break in front of Bayern people.Seeing this, Rafel's blue eyes narrowed with a will to live.Even if his neck was sheathed.
Annette, who had already grasped Lapel to some extent, was stung by those bloody eyes. She hurriedly cleared her throat and asked Gerard before the irreversible catastrophe took place.
“Gerard, what's the matter with the commotion in the morning?”
“I'm sorry, ma'am. I'm just here to fulfill the Duke's orders. I apologize if the work process was not smooth along the way and caused any inconvenience.”
Gerard bowed politely and said. He no longer referred to Annette as 'lady'. Well, since Annette was married, this was the right title. I hadn't seen Gerard since her marriage to her, so it only felt strange for a moment Annette, who quickly adapted to the change, immediately refused Gerard's words.
“It's good that you're here to fulfill your orders. Gerard, since when did you serve the Bavarian family?”
“It's going to be 12 years now, lady…… Marquise.”
Gerard, who belatedly corrected his customary title, broke into a sweat. He was just as confused by Annette's appearance as her as he was now. In any fight, the one who gets distracted first loses. Annette, who had already won, began to reprimand Gerard in earnest.
“Twelve years…. That's enough years to learn manners. But what about the way I treat my husband, Gerard? Whoever sees it will know that you are the superior.”
“Ma'am, that's not it…… Sorry. There seems to be a misunderstanding of the situation, but I…….”
Gerard, uncharacteristically flustered, hurried to correct Annette's misunderstanding. However, Annette was not a person who could easily get over the butler's eloquence. She, too, came from Bavaria, and it was as easy as breathing to discipline her family's employees.
Annette raised her head proudly and scolded the butler, who was one head taller than herself.
“What a misunderstanding! I saw it with my own two eyes! How could you be so rude to my husband, Gerard? Are you saying I'm a foreigner now? Is that why you are not being polite to my husband as well as to me?”
As I spoke, I felt like I was about to explode. Annette seemingly scolded Gerard, but she knew the truth. Gerard never underestimated Lapel and did it on his own. Originally, he was an exemplary butler who knew how to treat even commoners with respect, even if it was a guest who came and went to the duke's house.
'Maybe Gerard is doing this now…… My father made me do it.'
It was. Annette's father her, Allamand Bavaria, was a bitter blood supremacist. He had openly ignored Lapel even before Annette's marriage. This was because Rafel was an illegitimate son of a royal family. Not know where it came from.
Allamand's contempt continued even after Rapel became his son-in-law her.Thanks to this, Annette, who was inexperienced, had a hard time mediating between her parents and her husbandher her.But I never thought this would have happened.
'You're too petty!'
He wouldn't treat me like a son-in-law, so why did he allow the marriage? Annette resented her cold and selfish father to her. Thanks to this, Annette's pink eyes her were slightly watery. The back of her carriage, so she only stared at the petty Gerard.
Seeing Annette's slightly weeping her face her, Gerard lowered her head in embarrassment.He was very weak to the girl he half raised.
“It's not like that, ma'am. I apologize for my rudeness. Please forgive me with a generous heart.”
“Apologies to my husband, not to me.”
At Annette's sharp request her, Gerard clamped her mouth shut with a troubled expression.His green eyesHer stubbornly ignored Lapel's presenceHer in his.As instructed by his master his,Gerard could never apologize to her. Rafel..
'If you are a lady, you will take my side. To put it mildly…….'
Although the young lady Gerard served was clever, she was rather weak-minded.Gerard was eager to dig into that.He pretends to scold Gerard now, in front of his husband his, but they've known each other much longer. Was worth a try.
Gerard swallowed his saliva and began to speak in his characteristic elegant tone of his.
“It's not like that, ma'am. I was visiting on an official business for the Duke of Bavaria. There seems to be a misunderstanding, but please understand that there is no 'personal opinion' in my actions. The Duke of Bavaria….. . “
While listening to Gerard's eloquent excuse, Annette thought. As expected, what his father told him to do was right. Allamand must have intended to discourage Rafel, who had become his son-in-law. Perhaps instead of thinking of Annette as 'I got married,' he might be thinking of Lapel as 'I abandoned her.'
'That's why you're ignoring Lapel. He doesn't even consider the position of the daughter who married him.'
A bitter smile appeared on Annette's lips to her.He only had his butler his insult his son-in-law his, who was a nobleman.Because of this,even if her angry lapel turned against her,it showed her selfish attitude. That she didn't care about herself.
In fact, even when Annette had the worst marriage of her previous life, her father her stood by. Until she died young in her gear her. The last time Annette saw her father her was at her own wedding her, and even then her father she attended to please the king.
Annette realized that she had been abandoned by her father. She was of no use to Allah Mand because she did not become the Crown Princess. There was nothing surprising in her. Her father her was a cold-blooded man whose veins ran blue instead of red. Then it was time for her to make a choice for herself.
'Rapel is my husband. Now he… They're my family.'
It was. Rappel was her own husband her, and she was obliged to protect her due husband her. Although she hadn't been like that in her previous life, she would be different this time. Annette's pink eyes her, clearly set on priorities , looked down at the butler loftily.
“Okay, Gerard. Then tell me with your mouth Bavarian blood flows in my blood, and even after I got married, my middle name still contains Bavaria. Then, am I now standing before your eyes, your master or not?”
Annette's unexpectedly determined attitude made Gerard unknownly hesitate. Annette, with her lofty raised chin and cool eyes, was more Bavarian than anyone else. Seeing this, Gerard realized that she was never willing to compromise.
“…Your wife has always been a Bavarian, and she always will be. I am loyal to the House of Bavaria and devoted to its noble lineage her.”
Gerard gave Annette the answer she was looking for in a trembling voice. After all, he had never beaten his young lady. From the moment he first saw young Annette smiling at him, Gerard was always helplessly defeated.
“Great. Then I would like you to apologize to my husband, who deserves respect.”
Annette raised her head as she crossed her arms to Lapel proudly. His appearance was quite savage and hacky. Lapel was a bit unfamiliar with Annette's appearance of her, but he thought it was surprisingly not bad. Too.
'I never thought I'd see the Bayern side with me in my lifetime.'
Rafel felt indescribably strange. He was always alone, and fiercely climbed up from his bottom his on his own. And he took it for granted. Even her biological father her, King Selgratis, would not have acknowledged him as her biological son her if Rapel had no talent. That was the heartless world that Rafel knew.
However, a natural disaster called Annette Bavaria suddenly appeared in his life. She did n't let Lafel solve the problem 'on her own' in her own style her. Sent by her parents to her.
This was the first 'protection' Rafel experienced in his life. Ironically, he was now protected by a woman who could barely reach his shoulder his. And even to the daughter of the Bavarian family, who hindered Rafel's career the most and took the lead in despising him! This was a real refreshing shock to Rapel.
'A strange woman.'
Rafel glanced at Annette, then looked away. He saw Gerard staring at him with a pale face in the distance. From Lafel's point of view, the cocky butler seemed to like Annette.
Gerard's arrogance came from the Duke of Bavaria, Allamand, behind him.However, it was clear that the hostility toward Rafel was Gerard's own.However, Gerard bowed his head to Rafel while making a frustrated face.Of her young lady.
“I sincerely apologize for my rudeness, Your Excellency Marquis Kanesis.
Rafel looked down at the back of Gerard's head with cold eyes.In my mind, I wanted to make a half asshole in return for my arrogance.However, if the employee sent by the 'wife's family' was made like that, it was obvious that there was no talk of anything in the world. Annette would be portrayed as a pitiful victim, herself a ruthless butcher.
Hearing that, it wouldn't hurt to be at his mercy once in a while. Above all, Rafel honestly did not expect Annette to save face this much. Since she behaved wonderfully as her wife her, he also had to be consider of her wife's position her like her husband her.
Having made up his mind, Rafel opened his mouth coldly.
“Hey, did you say your name was Gerard?”
