Chapter 17
Annette tried hard to allay his embarrassment to her. She knew better that Rafel wasn't her sodomy her. He's gay…… It was too tenacious. Exhausted. Recalling this, Annette quickly denied it.
“No, Sister Claire. My husband is… I like women.”
“Are you sure? How do you know that……Ah.”
Claire, who had asked without much thought, suddenly fell silent. How does she know, how do you know, since they're married, of course they slept together. Even to Claire herself, it was an absurd question to ask. Brain was rusty after only swinging his sword so much these days.
Claire, who had unintentionally questioned her sister-in-law's sex life of her, awkwardly brushed her short hair of her.Then Claire suddenly remembered a question and asked cautiously.
“So now he knows? Annette, you…… That nothing happened with Crown Prince Ludwig.”
“… Yes.”
Recalling the first night, Annette's cheeks her turned even redder.I still smile when I think of Rafel's shocked face his that night.Upon hearing Annette's answer to her, Claire let out a sigh of relief.
“Yes, of course you should know! Annette, there is no one as sincere and kind as you. I was going to challenge you to a duel if your husband believed in rumors about body lobies and all that and neglected you.”
Claire's eyes she were sincere. Annette broke into a cold sweat and dissuaded her from doing it. Lapel's fault was that her personality was filthy, but she was a talented enough to win the title of Marquis with her swordsmanship alone. Although Annette loved Claire, She was sure that if the two fought, Lapel would win.
Claire, who had calmed her excitement, lowered her dark blue eyelashes and immediately fell into her thoughts.Her bare pink lipsshe asked a sharp question.
“Was your coachman who framed you at that time called Ivan? Who is behind it is still unknown?”
“… Yes. It probably won't be that easy.”
Ivan, it was a name that made Annette's heart sink whenever she heard it. Because she was framed by only one coachman, Annette did not become crown princess. Claire bit her lips and muttered in an angry voice.
“He was a really big guy. How dare you…… You put a huge false name on it.”
“That's right.”
Annette responded calmly. In his previous life his, even just talking about this made his stomach collapse, and he was so resentful that the heat in his body his soared. Of his regression.
'Actually, the accusation that I had lobbied the crown prince with my body was cute.'
It was nothing compared to the 'real' false accusations laid on Annette. Deltium had a bad practice of selecting more than one candidate for her when selecting a crown princess. It was literally just a formal convention.
Annette's rival at the time was his marquess 'daughter her Celestine Keyers.However, her family was too weak to dare to compare with Annette, and decisively, Ludwig liked Annette more.It was clear to anyone that the next crown princess would be Annette.
But the world was an unknown place. One day, she meets the crown prince and returns when Celestine goes missing, and all of this is completely turned upside down. Her competitor her, Celestine, was kidnapped by some thugs on her way home.
Congratulations for her, Celestine, who was abducted, was brought back safely within a day. But the real problem was the identity of the culprit who kidnapped Celestine. As expected, the culprit was Annette's personal coachman, Ivan. Pretended to hold out for a while, then pointed out Annette as the man behind it.
“It's unfortunate!! I'm just following Lady Annette's orders. How could a coachman like me dare disobey the order of a noble lady? I just did what I was told, so please take into account my injustice!!”
Ivan's acting skills were truly outstanding. He cried out so desperately that even Annette wondered for a moment whether I had ever done that. How much more was it persuasive for others to hear?
What happened after that was an obvious downfall. Surprisingly, Ivan made the palace attendants his accomplishments. Annette was also a familiar attendant whom she often saw when entering and exiting the palace. Bavarian princess.”
Thanks to this, Annette, blinded by her jealousy of her, became a terrible villain who tried to kidnap and murder her rival her. The Marquis of Keers, to which Celestine belonged, was furious and insisted on Annette's punishment of her. Annette's family her, the Duke of Bavaria, was so great that it was dispelled. The king took the side of the House of Bavaria, saying let's pass this over quietly.
'And he married me to Rafel.'
Recalling her long-awaited painful memory of her, Annette let out a deep sigh. Ivan had been her coachman her for nearly ten years, driving her carriage her. In my mind, I wanted to ask why the hell did that, but at this point it was impossible. Annette opened her mouth slowly.
“I still don't know who is behind it. I don't even know if Ivan is dead or if he's alive. Someone stole him from the palace prison. He probably already killed him to silence him.”
Claire also guessed that Ivan was actually dead. Even if he was behind it, he wouldn't let Ivan live. It was fortunate that Annette's horrific frame her was not known to the public at all. Thanks to thorough silence, only the parties knew about this case.
Well, actually, it was good for Celestine, the victim. As he was abducted for more than a day, it was embarrassing when this fact was known to the outside world. Be. One of them was sure to spread vicious rumors that Celestine had been mistreated. Then, even if she became the crown princess, her future was a thorny road.
“I've been thinking about it, Annette.”
Claire lowered her voice abruptly as she put down the teacup.As her intelligent eyes her narrowed, she raised a suspicion.
“Couldn't all of this be a play by that woman named Celestine Keers?
Annette laughed silently. In fact, she was also suspicious of Celestine. In this false accusation, Celestine lost nothing. Crown prince's fiancée position, which would have been impossible in the first place.
Annette, on the other hand, lost everything. Having endured all of her rigorous education to become the crown princess, she suddenly became a family pet. Here, she was even criticized by Lapel and some people who believed her false accusation of her.
'It's so unfair.'
Annette made up her mind inwardly.In her previous life, she was never cleared of false accusations, but she would surely prove my innocence this time.Just then, Claire stretched out her hand her and patted her on the shoulder as if comforting.
“Don't worry, Annette. It doesn't matter who is behind it. I will definitely catch the guys who framed you like that and get rid of them. Since you dared to ruin your future, wouldn't it be fair if They were also ruined?”
Claire smiled fiercely, showing her teeth with an intelligent face. But Annette, who was planning to catch her culprit herself, hugged Claire without saying a word. She was reassured by her Claire her, though, that she came forward just as if it were her own thing hers. She had no doubts about Annette's innocence of her.
'I hope someday Lapel will trust me too.'
Annette thought to herself. In her previous life of her, she and Lapel didn't really get along, so she had no way of knowing his thoughts of her. Their conversation was nothing but bikering and bitter accusations. Her Annette she was dying of her illness that Rafel became kind to her.
'But still, rather than Ludwig…… I like the lapel, I.'
Annette brushed in embarrassment at the thought she had thought of herself.Apparently, he and Lafel lived as a married couple for too long.To think of things she would never have done in her previous lifeher her.
Crown Prince Ludwig was also a handsome man with delicate beauty, but Rafel had a sensual and manly appearance that would make any woman's eyes roll. Even Annette, who was well aware of Lapel's nasty temper of her, sometimes felt her heart skip a beat when he grinded.
At first, the marriage was decided to eat ginger while weeping at the king's recommendation, but it wasn't always a bad thing. After all, Lapel had not abandoned her even when Annette was dying of her illness.In that respect, Rafel was a very responsible husband. At least she was much better than Ludwig, who turned away from Annette because he couldn't disobey his father's orders.
“Come to think of it, how is Arjen brother these days? Are you still a workaholic?”
Annette decided to stop thinking about her husband Her husband So this time he asked about Claire's Her husband Her Of course, her step-sister Her step-sister Claire's husband was Arjen Bayern, Annette's real brother to her her.
At the mention of her husband, her, Claire's face, her hardened, She vented her displeasure, wriggling eyebrows that were more handsome than any man's.
“Don't say anything, Annette. He hasn't come home for 3 weeks already. I heard that he was sleeping in the royal palace office after washing. Anyone who sees you will think you are homeless.”
Annette smiled as she remembered her brother her, Arjen. He was recognized for his extraordinary brain early on and went to study at the Chapelle Empire's academy. And after he completed all the courses, he was inaugurated as a high-ranking official of the Chapelle Empire. Apparently Arjen's talent was too exceptional to be limited to the Kingdom of Deltium.
Of course, his father his Allah didn't like this very much. He planned to return Arjen to his country as soon as his study abroad was over and educate him as the successor of the Bavarian family. However, the opponent was the Chapelle Empire In the end, Allah had no choice but to let Arjen go, even though he could not hide his discomfort.
'Probably the first thing that didn't go his father's way.'
Annette felt envy when she remembered her great brother her her The Empire was a much bigger place than the Kingdom of Deltium, and thanks to that, Arjen was always busy So, I couldn't come to Annette's wedding, which was suddenly held.
Unlike Claire, the courageous knight leader, Arjen was a sickly and nervous civil servant-type handsome man.Claire and Arjen, who could make up for each other's shortcomings, were a couple that went well together.At least Annette thought so.
'Can Lafel and I become such a couple someday?'
In the past, I would have shook my head saying it was absolutely impossible.However, the present Annette could not be sure.He has changed his lapel as much as he has changed.
Claire glanced sideways at the thoughtful Annette, then brought something out on the table. It was a small box wrapped in rustling golden wrapping paper. Seeing this, Annette blinked, and Claire smiled brightly with an expectant look on her face.
“Voila! It's late, but it's a wedding present, Annette. Even though it's not the marriage I wanted, I hope you live happily ever after. This is my truth.”
Claire, holding Annette's hand her, smiled kindly like her real sister her. Claire's family was full of rambunctious men, and because of this, Claire found her sister-in-law her, Annette, very cute and pretty. Annette, smiling delightedly at her congratulations her, asked casually as she picked up her gift her.
“Thank you, Sister Claire. But what's in it? It is very light.”
“Oh, is that?”
Claire suddenly laughed sinisterly.Eventually, Claire lowered her voice and whispered secretly, as if spilling her state her secrets her her.
“Don't be surprised. That…… It's an amazing thing that will make even a sodomy person go into heat.”
… It was absolutely impossible not to be surprised to hear such a thing.
