Chapter 4 New Life

Chapter 4

4.1

——The Duchess.

When Oulidsi heard this name, his breath caught slightly.

She unconsciously clenched the knight sword in her hand until her knuckles turned white.

Then she slowly turned around.

In the darkness, she saw the Duchess of Ebrard.

She is also her husband's mother.

Beatrice Caragaran.

Lady Beatrice wore a high-waisted dark purple dress with a short black cape draped over her shoulders. In her hand, she held a silver scepter belonging to the Abrad family. Her long black hair was tied up high, with not a single hair out of place. Her face, as delicate as a sculpture, showed no expression.

The Duchess is a noblewoman from the Karagaran family. She has been taught aristocratic etiquette since childhood and never loses her composure.

She is in charge of the finances, internal affairs and foreign relations of the entire Abrad family, and she deals with the noble families and the administrators selected and appointed by the queen.

She is the real owner of this castle.

The Duchess said, "What are you doing?"

It wasn't a loud scolding, just a simple question.

However, the Duchess's majesty, which had been acquired through years of power, meant that she didn't need to shout loudly. All she needed to do was say a few words, and all the male servants, female servants, and knights accompanying her would automatically fall silent and lower their heads.

Olidisi did not bow his head.

She looked at the graceful Duchess in front of her and suddenly sighed.

"It's so ugly," she said.

The Duchess was startled. "What did you say?"

"You're so ugly," said Olidisi.

There were gasps all around, and Olidesi said with a grin, "Those eyes on the top of the head, looking at people with those pig-like nostrils, are so ugly and disgusting."

After saying this, Euridsi saw Reynardel's eyes widened in shock, and the male and female servants beside the Duchess also had expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

The Duchess was first shocked, then furious, "How dare you?"

Olidisi smiled and said, "What can you do to me?"

The Duchess pointed at Euridice, her fingers shaking with anger, and she was speechless.

The aristocratic education that the noble lady received did not teach her the ability to argue with others rudely.

Oledsi sighed.

"You hate me, don't you?" she said.

As she spoke, she slowly walked forward and, without warning, gently patted Duchess Bi's cheek with her fingers.

The Duchess was shocked instinctively and subconsciously hit the back of her hand with the scepter in her hand. However, Euridsi took the lead and swung out the knight's sword, cutting off the scepter in the Duchess's hand with one sword!

With a "snap", the silver scepter with the "Star Compass" pattern broke into two pieces and fell on the stone brick floor.

The surroundings were as silent as death, only Oulidesi said slowly: "After being burned to death by you, I understood a truth.

“You’ve always hated me, not because of what I did, but because of my background.

“I’m a civilian.

"My mother and father are merchants. They are of no use to your noble family except for providing money. On the contrary, they want to please you. They want to gain benefits for themselves through my marriage to Lorenz."

"I am of no use to you. Instead, it is the Aquitas family that needs you. That's why you have always hated me, denied me, and insulted me. You think you are nobler than me, and that you have the freedom to trample on my dignity."

At this point, Oulidesi suddenly laughed.

"Today, you've experienced what it's like to be disliked, denied, and insulted by me. How's it going? Are you happy?"

The Duchess's expression changed, but Euridsi paid no attention to her reaction.

She simply shrugged and continued, "In short, no matter how nice I am to you, how respectful I am, or how carefully I try to please you, you will never like me. This is determined by the nature of the exchange of interests between us, not by my efforts or my attitude towards you. If I were a royal princess, with territory, taxes, and a knightly order, then—"

Oulidisi suddenly chuckled. "Even if I scolded you every day, even if I stepped on your face with my boot, you would probably still smile and say, 'Ah, Your Highness, I feel so comfortable under your feet,' right?"

The Duchess's expression grew increasingly grim. Euridice chuckled softly, "I've been wanting to say this for a long time—your flattery of the superiors and bullying of the inferiors is truly ugly and disgusting, Beatrice Caragaran."

4.2

For a long time afterwards, Reinardel could not forget that day——

The always dignified and steady Countess of Oplenci suddenly went crazy and angered her husband's mother and the owner of Oplenci Castle with her rude words.

Reinadel just stood aside and watched, without stepping forward immediately or saying anything to dissuade him.

However, his fingers had already quietly placed on the hilt of his sword, ready to protect Euridsi at any time.

However, the conflict that Reinardel imagined did not occur.

Because, the next moment, Oledsi smiled sweetly and changed the subject:

"But," Euridsi smiled, "even though you hate me and despise me, you can't do anything to me. That's because Lorenz is a fair man. He's upright, and he has a good reputation both in the Oprunsi Knights and in the Ebrard family. I'm his wife, and he's willing to protect me. So, no matter how much you hate me, you can't really do anything to me."

As she said this, she looked at the Duchess's increasingly gloomy face with pleasure and said with a smile, "Just like now, you hate me to death, but you can't kill me with a single blow. It's all because of Lorenz."

The Duchess paused and sneered, "How dare you mention Lorenz's name?"

As she spoke, her eyes slashed across Oulidesi's face like a knife. "Don't think that I won't do anything to you just because Lorenz is protecting you. If you really anger me, your marriage to Lorenz may not continue."

And Euridice's expression was still very happy, as if he didn't understand the Duchess's threat.

"Oh, yes, Lorenz," said Euridice. "You know, all this time you've treated me harshly, made things difficult for me, and trampled on me, but I've always respected you and never argued with you. What's the reason behind this?"

Without waiting for the Duchess to answer, Euridice sighed, "Of course it's Lorenz."

When this name was mentioned, a strange look of melancholy appeared in Oulidisi's eyes again.

"Once," she said, "I really loved him."

The Duchess paused for a moment, and then Euridsi sighed, "Because I love him, I can't bear to see him in trouble. You're his mother, and I'm thinking of Lorenz's situation, so I've silently tolerated you time and time again when you were arrogant and rude."

"'Once loved.'" The Duchess caught the word sharply.

Oledsi curled the corners of his lips and smiled slightly.

"Yeah, it's just what you think."

The melancholy in her eyes quickly dissipated, and her expression became cheerful again.

"As for me now," she said, "what can I say? Lorenz can go to hell in the abyss."

The Duchess's expression changed, and she said angrily: "You——"

"You can die with him." Olidisi's tone was as cheerful as if he was celebrating. "Yes, you are such a disgusting person, why don't you die? You should die first."

The Duchess' fingers trembled as she angrily exclaimed, "You're crazy!"

"Oh, am I crazy?"

Euridice smiled and tilted her head. "Perhaps a witch has taken my soul. Do you want to build a stake and burn the witch in me, Duchess?"

When Oulidsi said the word "witch", his eyes were like fire and ice, like an evil spirit from the abyss.

For some reason, the Duchess's condescending scolding was a little difficult to express.

She realized one thing: she no longer understood the person in front of her.

In Beatrice Karagaran's eyes, the former Euridice Aquitas was just an ordinary person of common origin who used some means to bewitch Lorenz in the academy. She was of no use at all.

But the person in front of him is no longer the same Euridice Arquitas.

The anger on the Duchess's face gradually faded, and she looked at Euridsi deeply and cautiously, as if she was looking at a deeply hidden enemy.

"You wait." The Duchess said, "In five moonless Sundays, Lorenz will be back soon. When Lorenz comes back, I will definitely -"

“That’s enough!”

Olidisi raised his hand, and quickly raised the tip of the knight's sword in his hand, and a puddle of mud "bang" hit the Duchess's mouth!

The Duchess's face instantly turned the dark red color of pig liver, and she started coughing violently: "Cough... cough cough!"

The noble lady was shaking with anger, wiping the mud from the corner of her mouth, her body swaying slightly, almost losing her composure.

Olidisi put away his sword and said indifferently, "Your mouth stinks. I don't want to hear anything you say - now, get out."

Beatrice's knuckles were tightly gripping the broken silver scepter, and her eyes looked as if she wanted to tear someone apart.

However, Euridice touched upon her sore spot—her eldest son, Lorenz Ebrard, was the young Count of Oplenci, bestowed upon him by the Queen.

Euridice Aquitas was the Countess whose marriage was approved by the Queen.

Before Lorenz came back, before Euridsi broke off her engagement with Lorenz, the Duchess could not really punish Euridsi seriously: Euridsi disregarded dignity, but the Duchess had to consider the dignity of the nobility.

Therefore, there is only one way to punish Olidesi.

The Duchess wiped the mud from the corner of her mouth in an awkward manner and said bitterly, "Immediately have the Aquitas family of merchants come to see me—I will make the Aquitas family completely disappear from Oprunsi and become beggars!"

Lady Beatrice left these words, flicked her sleeves, and turned away angrily; while Euridice stood where she was, the corners of her mouth suddenly rising slowly.

Like an audience member in a theater who has finally waited for the opening bell, a flush of excitement appeared on Olidesi's face. She laughed nervously.

"Oh, Goddess, this is wonderful," she said. "The fun is finally about to begin!"

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