Chapter 14 (1/2)
Translator: Wawaa
Editor: WilsonWilson
Lara once had a thought.
If Lara did not become a good daughter as her father wants, if Lara became a bad daughter and hurt his pride, how would he react? Would he try to control Lara by force, or would he quickly abandon Lara and ignore her?
Marquess of Bailey was the former.
Slap!
What Lara had expected happened.
The Marquess had become frighteningly angry and was unable to control his anger.
Slap!
He raised his hand and slapped Lara in the face, it was so strong that it made a loud sound. Moreover, he did it twice. The startled attendant quickly averted his eyes and went outside. That was not the end. He hit and hit his daughter—who winced and staggered—on her head over and over again.
Until Lara fell to the ground and stumbled beneath his gaze.
“Go to your room. Don’t take a step outside until I give you my permission. Don’t even eat. Get down on your knee and beg for forgiveness until the problem is solved.”
Lara could feel something bloody in her mouth.
It seemed that her lips were cracked. Her head rang to the point of dizziness, but Lara did not groan even once. Rather, she opened her eyes wide and made sarcastic remarks sharply.
“Then, will the problem turn out to be something that did not happen?”
“Laviore!”
Marquess of Bailey was so furious that he did not know how to get angry. He had to make sure several times that the girl standing in front of him was really his daughter. He wondered how a person can change so much in just a few days.
As if she was under a dirty curse.
“Laviore Ria Bailey! Remember who you came from, I will not tolerate disobedience.”
Lara was confined.
All her maids were chased away. Let alone eating, no one was allowed to talk to her. Soldiers were placed outside the door so that Lara could never escape. And that night, Marquess of Bailey threw a pocket full of gold coins to his attendant and ordered Lara’s slave, who was in the arena, to be killed without leaving any trace.
Rumors spread quickly that Young Lady Bailey indulged in sensual pleasures with an arena slave, and that they kissed and got physical in a public place.
The noble community in Hautean was small.
In addition, Marquess of Bailey recently became an aide of Prince Sidhar, while Marchioness of Bailey abandoned her husband and left the house, making the interest in him higher than ever. Meanwhile, as soon as the Marquess’ one and only daughter became an adult, she got into major trouble. Whenever two or more nobles gathered, all they chatted about was the House of Bailey.
As imagination was added to the curiosity, all the scandals had ended up like a novel.
Laviore Ria Bailey.
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There must be a good reason why a girl, who was such a modest model student when she attended the academy, became a prodigal daughter as soon as she held her coming-of-age ceremony. Someone was convinced that the feud between the Marquess and Marchioness of Bailey was the cause.
Someone speculated that the slave who kissed her might be a fallen noble somewhere.
In the arena, a feud broke out between the group of girls that insulted Lara and the group of girls that said they also would want to try kissing a slave as charming as Demian, consequently making the arena rowdier than ever.
The fallen angel.
Such a nickname was given to Lara for fun, and soon everyone called her like that.
She had only changed a few little things.
She just wore a red dress and frequented the arena.
She just ran after her mother and suggested to her to divorce her father.
Instead of begging for the Prince’s love, she just rejected any contact with him.
While Lara was locked up in her room, so much has changed.
The big change was that Marquess of Bailey’s plan was disrupted. The small change was that after much consideration, Konny, the maid who was encouraged by Lara’s deviation, visited Marchioness Isadora Bailey.
Her mother was the only warrior who could save her from her father’s claws.
“Milady.”
Someone was calling for Lara.
“Milady… Open your eyes, how long are you going to sleep?”
It was Konny’s voice.
Lara, who had been sleeping late, forced her heavy eyes to open at the sound that had tickled her ears. Seeing the brightness of the room, the sun seemed to be high up in the sky.
It had already been three days since she was locked up in her room. Originally, she would have rushed to the temple from dawn at his father’s suggestion and sat there pretending to pray, to attract the attention of the Prince. However, after finding out that his daughter had caused a scandal with a slave, Marquess of Bailey ordered her not to take a step out of her room until the rumor subsided.
It was a boring time.
A day or two later, Lara’s patience had run out.
She was thinking about whether she should threaten to commit suicide, or if she should bribe the soldier. Whatever it is she had to do, Lara was determined to leave the house when this situation was over.
Moreover, she could not even eat anything but water.
It was fine because Lara was used to starving, but when she was about to get annoyed because of how frustrated she was, Konny showed up.
“…Konny?”
How did you come in here? I didn’t think father would give his permission.
When Lara asked with her eyes, Konny smiled brightly and answered.
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