Chapter 98 (1/2)

Translator: Kurehashi+ Aiko

Volume 3 Chapter 28: Interlude ~ The noble Lady's Choice Part 1~

Lishella Van Avar was sitting alone in the darkness of her own room

A few days have passed since the misfortunate party at the villa

So far, Lishella had no idea how to explain the events which transpired over the last few days

During the party, as soon as her Father - Count Avar - saw face to face with Lily Morton, his face twisted in anger unlike anything Lishella have ever seen before, and attacked her without warning

His movements at that moment were quick and swift, uncharacteristic of his fat and obese body, and his attendants also changed while they rushed to Lishella's side

Lily Morton also seemed surprised for a bit, but then she just sracefully and clashed with her Father

Even though it was a rough battle, Miss Morton did not lost any of her elegance not even for a second, et the fact that they were in the middle of a serious crisis

However, now that she tried to recall the events of those evening, she realized that so was interfering with herthat she kneas that she was surrounded by the guards and courtthat the robbers ic stones

Since she was directly involved in this incident she was interviewed by the authorities, but her testimony proved next to useless to them

That is because once she came to her senses Lily Morton was nowhere to be seen, and no one even re there in the first place

She also kept silent about her fuzzy et in even more trouble

The authorities had their hands full with the stolen artificialthat because of that they wouldn't press the ators were following so leads, but once those proved false on ended in a dead end, they were forced to approach the ether

That is because there was a report of a huge hborhood of Melias

The royal palace was in uproar with various speculations, saying that the cause of the incident was the dungeon situated near town, that there were hordes offro that covered the whole mountain that sometime later obliterated the whole on that finally resolved this s, the Avar fareat losses since their territories were afflicted by the

The situation needed to be resolved as soon as possible, but alas, her Father was in a state of coma and wouldn't wake up

Mother was of no help, either, crying all the ti locked inside of her private chambers

From her stay at the royal palace, Lishella are that her faical stone affair

So ti tothat Lishella could decide on her own

It was a decision that the whole of the Avar family needed to make as one

And since both the head of the household and his ere unable to make any sort of decisions, it fell onto Lishella's shoulders toto save her fah it would cost the to hide was the fact that she met ”that person” It was her special memory, hers and hers alone

Then, Lishella boarded the carriage and went throughout their do thorough various docues and start rebuilding

It was a good thing that other than the artificial e of various things

Thanks to that they ed to avoid unnecessary confusion, and it was easier to resolve various disputes, give per the ti instructions and solving through mountains of paperwork, Lishella couldn't help but s of fulfillment and duty

Thanks to ”that person” her body was strong enough to endure this kind of work, so that would normally be unobtainable for her by any norh she couldn't see her family all that often because of all the work that needed to be done, Lishella was not overco all of her efforts on the rebuilding process

Now her efforts were finally starting to bear fruits, and because of that she decided to call it a day for today and go to sleep in her own room at her mansion where she spent most of her life until that point

As soon she was alone, Lishella went to bed, but there were so h her head that she was unable to fall asleep

There are a lot of strange things going on in this world

Everybody seeht after the party ended, Lily Morton and the other lady that was acco her disappeared

She was a weird woman, with really curios and unnatural hair color, but Lishella was hoping that she would stay with her at the er

What's more, no matter who she asked about her, nobody seemed to knoho she was and where she was froirls that attended soether with the in the first place

But Lishella reold eyes and hair black as the night with traces of red in theolden hair and purple eyes Others otten about theether with them was irreplaceable

They were the reason why she was able to bring herself into action and work towards bringing her domain back froot angry on her behalf

She told her that even though she lived a quiet and uneventful life, she could still be happy