The Male Leads Were Stolen By The Extra [EN]: Chapter 50

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“Who would do something like this…”

Celonia stared at the pile of jewels in front of her, dumbfounded.

There was a reason why the servants had secretly entered the room while Tan was in the bathroom.

They had secretly placed the stolen jewels in Tan’s bedroom drawer.

Moreover, most of the valuables they had stolen and brought were her own.

It was obvious to anyone that this was an attempt to frame Tan as a thief.

“Obviously.”

Tan, who had changed his clothes, crossed his arms and replied as if it were nothing.

It was obvious who the culprit was.

“Ah…”

Celonia was about to ask Tan but figured it out herself.

She wasn’t 100 percent sure, but there was only one person who would do something like this right now.

It was a petty and low-class method, to try something like this in the Duke’s residence.

“I have a plan.”

Tan stared at her silently before speaking.

“Why.”

“Pardon?”

“Why are you trying to help me?”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Are you saying I should just watch you get framed?”

“Then you’ll be kicked out of this mansion as you wish, right?”

“That’s…….”

Celonia trailed off, caught by the accurate statement.

Tan thought, not taking his eyes off Celonia.

*She’s a very strange woman. No, she’s a special woman.*

Why is she so willing to help me when she wants me to leave this mansion?

It was the same in the bathroom that day.

She could have ignored me bleeding, and if she had, I wouldn’t have had to hold her hand, and I wouldn’t have known that she was healing my pain.

But she didn’t ignore me. It was the same today.

Of course, Tan had no intention of being easily taken down.

It was easy to turn this trivial matter around.

“I just don’t like the way you’re being framed.”

Celonia chose her words carefully before answering.

As he said, she didn’t have to step in and help.

But was it because she had received a lot of help from him? Now that she knew the truth, she couldn’t ignore it.

Besides, she knew that he wouldn’t leave so easily even if he was framed.

So she was just helping. Probably.

“Is that all?”

“What else would there be?”

“Too bad.”

Tan muttered to himself, sounding almost self-deprecating.

Once he said it, it became clear. He was very disappointed with her answer.

Because there was an answer he definitely wanted to hear.

* * *

That evening.

Celonia and Tan, who had finished dinner and were leaving the dining room, overheard voices.

“Are you sure it’s really gone? You have to be sure. If we make a fuss about this and it’s not true, we can’t take it back.”

“Yes, really… It’s a precious treasure that my father left me…”

“So there really is a thief in the mansion?!”

They couldn’t help but hear it. The servants’ voices were so loud that they could hear them clearly even though they were quite far away.

Celonia didn’t just pass by; she approached the servants.

“What’s going on?”

“Ah, Miss…”

The servants were quite exaggeratedly surprised by her appearance.

“Well, that’s…”

“This child said that her most precious treasure has disappeared.”

The maid who seemed frightened hesitated, so another maid next to her answered instead.

Instantly, Celonia’s eyes sharpened.

There were two voices she heard from beyond the door earlier, and it seemed like these two were the ones.

“Really? What are your names?”

“I’m Jane, and this child is Laura.”

The maid who lost the item was Laura, and the one stirring things up next to her was Jane.

“Oh, dear. You must be upset that it’s a precious treasure.”

Celonia pretended to sympathize and comfort Laura, then called the head maid who was passing by.

“Head Maid.”

“Yes, Princess.”

The head maid ran over at her call.

“This child said that her precious item has disappeared. We should search the mansion thoroughly. Gather everyone in the mansion.”

“Yes?”

Laura, surprised by Celonia’s words, raised her voice sharply, as if she hadn’t expected her to go that far at all.

“Ah, Miss, to go so far because of me…”

“Laura, you said your father left it to you, right? It must be a precious item, so I really want to find it for you.”

“But, still…”

“Head Maid, what are you doing! Hurry up and gather everyone!”

At the stern voice that echoed throughout the mansion, the head maid quickly gathered the servants.

The complexions of Laura and Jane, who were standing in front of Celonia, gradually turned ashen.

“Princess.”

It was then.

Rubeus, who would not come to the main residence unless his father called him, appeared.

“What’s going on?”

“This child said that her precious item has disappeared.”

“Oh, dear. That’s what happened. It seems there’s a petty thief.”

At Celonia’s words, Rubeus’s gaze turned to Tan.

Rubeus’s lips curled up bitterly before he composed himself.

“Princess, just in case, shouldn’t you check if any of your valuables have disappeared?”

“I should. Ella, please go check.”

At Rubeus’s suggestion, Celonia nodded and said.

“Yes? Yes, yes!”

Ella, who was with her, quickly ran up the stairs to the second floor towards her room.

At the head maid’s quick actions, the servants who had been called gathered in groups of three and five.

And in just a few minutes, all the employees of the mansion were present, filling the central hall.

But one person was missing.

It was as expected.

“Head Maid, bring Raymond too.”

“Yes? But Raymond is…”

“I thought I said everyone in this house.”

“Ah, I understand…”

The head maid, with a haggard face, hurried to Duke Vestian’s office.

Raymond was the Duke’s aide.

Since the head maid went to call Raymond, it was clear that the Duke would also hear about this situation and come.

Celonia was planning to make a big deal out of this using her status as a princess.

So she intended to prevent the culprit from setting foot in the Duke’s residence again.

“Oh, what to do…”

“Shh.”

As Laura trembled and muttered at the situation that had grown out of control, Jane silenced her with a look.

Rubeus, who had been watching this whole situation with satisfaction, gave Jane and Laura a murderous look.

“Celonia, what is all this commotion?”

Eventually, Duke Vestian himself came to the central hall.

Duke Vestian, along with the summoned Raymond, approached Celonia with a dissatisfied look.

“Ah, Miss!”

Just then, Ella, who had gone up to the second floor, came down the stairs in a fright.

Ella hurriedly came down the stairs, bowed to Duke Vestian, and opened her mouth.

“Some of the Princess’s valuables are also missing!”

“What?”

Galloway’s expression became fierce.

Ella’s words meant that someone had dared to steal the Princess’s belongings.

A commotion arose among the servants who filled the central hall.

Everyone was suspecting each other, wondering who had dared to touch the Princess’s belongings.

“Search all the servants’ rooms thoroughly!”

“Duke, Princess, I heard a strange story.”

As Galloway gave the order, Rubeus seized the opportunity to add a word.

Celonia gave Rubeus the floor, leaving behind her father, who was reluctant.

“Tell me.”

“I heard that someone recently demanded money from the maids. It seems they are in financial difficulties, so I wonder if it was their doing.”

“Who is it?”

At Celonia’s question, Rubeus raised the wicked corners of his lips, which he couldn’t hide, and pointed his finger at Tan, who was standing right next to her.

“It’s the esteemed guest staying here.”

The surroundings became silent as if cold water had been poured on them at Rubeus’s words.