Chapter 10 - Past 03 (1/2)

Translator: Blushy

Editor: delishnoodles

The marriage was a month earlier than planned at Orpheus’s request, and I got onto the carriage without anyone seeing me off.

I had already sent my luggage ahead of time, so I went to the Rosenstein House with just myself alone.

When I arrived at my husband’s home, the butler, Juris, and the head maid, Elze, greeted me.

The other servants were already lined up in the hall, and they bowed deeply and politely as I entered the hall.

A girl came out of the line and named herself Claire.

She was the maid who would be taking care of me, and I got the impression that she was innocent and honest from her nervous expression.

――― I think I’ll be able to get along with this girl.

Orpheus appeared from the stairs in the centre of the hall when I vaguely thought that.

He wasn’t alone. He was accompanied by a petite woman.

“Ah, Lord Orpheus. Miss Diana is with you too,” I heard Juris say, and thought, so that’s his cousin.

The woman was adorable, just like a flower sprite.

She had blonde hair, which was close to white, dreamy light blue eyes, and a small and delicate face.

She had a slender body with thin arms and legs and wore a fluffy light blue dress.

Orpheus and Diana contrasted each other with black and white when they stood next to each other, and, together, they looked like a pair of dolls.

Their linked arms looked as if they were lovers, and I couldn’t help but be suspicious of their relationship, but Diana just said this, “I’m sorry for borrowing your husband’s arm. But, please don’t misunderstand anything. I am just his cousin, and this person is just like a brother to me. We don’t have a strange relationship at all.”

Diana’s eyes stared at a place which was a little off from where I was actually standing.

I wasn’t suspicious of her, but she was practically looking at me, and I wondered once again if she really was blind.

As she said, they were probably linking arms so that he could guide her.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t walk freely without the help of others.

I pushed the hazy discomfort to the back of my mind and put a tight lid on it so that it wouldn’t come out.

“I’ve heard about it, Miss Diana. Please don’t mind me. I don’t blame you since there are circumstances behind this.”

Diana looked relieved and said, “I want you to call me Diana.”

I replied, “Then, please call me Ophelia too,” and she smiled joyfully.

Orpheus laughed next to her.

However, the servants were different.

Their attitude was strange in a way.

Some looked bitter and averted their gaze by looking down. Some looked at Orpheus and Diana with moist eyes, and some… glared at me with hateful eyes as if they were stabbing me with their gaze.

Juris had a somewhat lonely smile, Elze stared at me with hate, and Claire stood still while looking puzzled.

I suddenly remembered that man’s words because of their reaction. 『I won’t let you be happy. I’ll make you suffer more than I have.』

――― Is that how it is?

There were too many unnatural points to laugh it off as a misunderstanding, and I stood still because I didn’t know what to do.

After that, we signed the marriage certificate, and I was guided to my room. I broached the topic with Claire while drinking the tea I was served, “This mansion is wonderful. Both Lord Orpheus and Miss Diana are nice. But I don’t seem to be welcome here.”

I wasn’t good with beating around the bush, so I spoke frankly, and Claire suddenly stopped cutting the cake, “Lord Orpheus and Miss Diana are more than cousins, aren’t they? You and the servants know this, and that’s why they don’t have good feelings towards me.”

Claire turned back while looking pale and said, “Madam, I’m sorry. Everyone has gone weird because they adore the Master and Miss Diana. To be presented with such such an outrageous attitude… you must have felt uncomfortable. I’m really sorry.”

“Claire, lift your head. It’s not your fault.”

The servants are also humans.

Even though they are usually faithful to their duties, they might have been too excessive while supporting the relationship between their master and his lover.

As a result, they lacked calmness and took actions which weren’t appropriate for their positions.

“I’m not blaming them. I just wanted to check the facts. Otherwise, I wouldn’t know how to behave in the future,” I said as I thought.

ーーー If that’s the case, then why didn’t he marry the woman he loved instead of me?

The Lagerfeld House is an old House, but they’re not very wealthy and are rural nobles.

That man might have had a good explanation if he wanted financing, but if so, then he didn’t need to marry me off.

The current Lagerfeld House isn’t appealing enough for nobles in the capital, who have both status and money, to want to connect their House by marriage.

Claire shook her head, “I don’t know.”

“Master and Miss Diana both deny their relationship in front of me and the servants. They say that they both don’t love each other. Even though they’re so close.”

My questions only deepened, but it didn’t take long for me to find out why.