The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 152

“Raheen, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? Is anything broken?”

As soon as they arrived in the bedroom, Dante immediately set her down and began checking her over.

Raheen, amused by his extreme worry, feigned distress and nodded.

“Yes… I’m hurt, but… I’m okay.”

“Okay? How could they push you like that!”

“I guess they didn’t like something. But I’m fine.”

*Acting dignified works well with this type.*

Raheen’s eyes gleamed slyly as she tightly grasped Dante’s hand.

‘This kid really looks like Kiraxus.’

*Of course, Kiraxus is more attractive, but she figured she could live with this one as a substitute.*

* * *

Raheen went shopping the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that.

The account she’d stumbled upon held an enormous amount of money, but spending hundreds of millions a day quickly depleted it. Naturally, the items she bought filled one room and required several more bedrooms to be converted into storage.

The maids organizing the items tilted their heads, finding it odd. Raheen’s taste had changed drastically from what it used to be.

She used to like luxurious and rare items, but now she only bought expensive but mass-produced things.

Some of them were even, though they couldn’t bring themselves to say it, quite tacky. Just like the tastes of the *nouveau riche* [newly rich].

‘Taste and discernment don’t usually change so easily….’

‘I shouldn’t think this, but it’s like she’s a completely different person.’

The maids exchanged glances, communicating their thoughts silently.

Moreover, unlike in the past when she avoided being seen with any one candidate before making her choice, Raheen now spent all her time with Dante, except when sleeping. As a result, Dante had missed three days of training.

That was also very strange.

Was this some kind of signal that she would choose Dante? Or was it just playing with his hopes?

Today, as they organized the ever-growing pile of items, the maids swallowed their words deep inside.

And amidst all this, an invitation to a tea party arrived from the Roybaium family. Once again, the escort was none other than Dante.

* * *

On the day of the long-awaited tea party,

Raheen was extremely excited from the morning.

‘I really feel like a noble lady! A tea party! I should have asked to become a noble sooner. I never got to do anything fun like this when I was living as a saintess.’

Wearing a fluttering light pink dress, Raheen adorned herself with earrings, a necklace, bracelets, and rings, not to mention a tiara.

Everything was roughly matched in diamonds, making her look very beautiful, but the problem was… this wasn’t a ball held at the imperial palace.

A tea party was strictly a visit to a friend’s house, and by that standard, Raheen’s attire was excessive.

“Um, wouldn’t it be better to take off the tiara…?”

Linda, one of the maids who had been watching her carefully, cautiously stepped forward.

Since she had been looking after Raheen since childhood, she was in the best position to bring up such a sensitive topic.

“Why should I?”

But Raheen, who was too busy looking in the mirror, simply snapped back.

“I’m a princess. So why should I take off the tiara?”

“Well, yes, you are. Then how about taking off the bracelet or earrings?”

Linda asked again, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.

However, Raheen just glared at her.

“No. I like them all.”

“Ah….”

Linda squeezed her eyes shut.

It seemed Raheen was going through a late adolescence.

It became clear that there was no point in trying to stop her, so even Linda gave up.

“Have a good time.”

“Hmph.”

Raheen snorted and raised her chin. Then she glared at Linda.

‘How annoying. I should fire her.’

How dare a maid tell her what to do?

Raheen, fuming, bit her lip, suddenly feeling very upset.

‘I’m the princess of Arcalik now, and the mistress of this house. So it’s right for me to choose the maids according to my taste.’

She was sick and tired of the nagging she had heard so much from the old men at the temple. She didn’t want it anymore.

“All of you are fired.”

“…Pardon?”

“Are you deaf? I said you’re all fired! Bring in other maids. If you’re still around when I get back, you’ll regret it!”

Raheen shouted in a fit of temper, stomping her feet. The dumbfounded expressions on their faces made her even more annoyed.

They should just leave quietly when told, how dare they look at her like that?

‘Corporal punishment. Yes, should I give them corporal punishment?’

Raheen thought she was very generous and kind.

Even though she was so displeased, she was only scolding them with words.

But she didn’t have time to give them corporal punishment right now because she had to go to the tea party.

“Dante! Don’t I look pretty?”

She hurried down to the first floor and saw Dante standing in front of the carriage, waiting for her.

Raheen smiled brightly and ran up to him, twirling around once.

“You’re pretty. Very.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Really.”

Dante smiled shyly.

His shyness was so cute that Raheen was able to get into the carriage in a good mood.

‘Ah, but wait a minute.’

There were supposed to be three husband candidates. But where did the other two disappear to?

‘Dante is cute, but he’s the type to get tired of easily.’

Raheen secretly pouted and leaned her head on Dante’s shoulder, tapping her feet.

“Ah, Raheen. Over there.”

“Huh? What is it?”

“It’s nothing.”

What an innocent kid.

Raheen was pleased, her lips curving up in satisfaction at how his face turned red whenever she did anything. She was very happy that she finally seemed to be living the life she had dreamed of.

* * *

“What do you think?”

“Hmm.”

In the place Raheen had left, the Dribryane mansion, an emergency family meeting was being held.

The participants were four: Emmanuel Guillaume Dribryane, Inanna Dribryane, Salones Idaho, and Ian.

“The amount of money Raheen has spent in the past few days is astronomical.”

The round table was piled high with papers listing the purchased items and their prices.

Of course, the Dribryane family wasn’t faltering just because Raheen had spent some money. The problem was that each and every item was unnecessary and didn’t need to be purchased.

“It’s as if she’s become a different person. Inanna, you need to say something.”

With a stern expression, Inanna sighed as she looked through the list Salones handed her.

“She’s used up all the money Dante put in the account. Not leaving a single penny.”

“It seems so.”

The reason she and Emmanuel had tried to retire early was because they trusted Raheen. The Raheen they had seen so far was responsible, righteous, kind, and knew how to restrain herself.

If they had known Raheen was like this from the beginning, they would have scolded her and educated her properly. Of course, they wouldn’t have thought about retiring early either.

At that moment, a canary flew in and landed on the half-open window frame.

Ian, who had been listening intently to its beautiful singing, quietly opened his mouth.

“I heard that Raheen fired all the maids before going to the tea party.”

“What?!”

Inanna’s eyes widened at Ian’s words.

The maids who served her were extremely loyal. They were the kind of children who would never reveal secrets even in the face of a sword. But she fired them?

“I heard the maids are packing their bags in tears.”

“Ha.”

Inanna was so dumbfounded that she opened her mouth.

Of course, the maids were only fired from their role of serving Raheen. They weren’t being kicked out of the mansion. Only Inanna still had the authority to do that.

Even so, to heartlessly dismiss the children who had served her for so long. It wasn’t like they had committed a major offense like theft.

‘Did I misjudge her?’

Inanna couldn’t understand the current situation at all.

Was she originally like this? Or was she just temporarily insane?

“It’s a very strange thing. The Raheen I know wasn’t like that.”

It wasn’t just a slight change in personality, but a complete flip.

Emmanuel groaned and rubbed his forehead.

If he had a son, he could have asked him to find out what was going on.

On the day of the selection, when Raheen fainted, his son said that he would be back soon, so let’s reopen the selection day then. Let’s not rush it too much.

There was some truth to those words, so Emmanuel decided to postpone the selection day for a while. But from that very day, Raheen’s attitude became strange. It was a very meaningful event.

“Let’s watch for now. But it would be good to prevent her from going shopping anymore. At this rate, she’ll buy up everything in the capital.”

Emmanuel made a somewhat difficult decision after pondering. Then he gave instructions to Ian.

“You should continue to watch from behind as you are now.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s dismiss this meeting. And keep the stories we’ve shared here to yourselves. It might just be a temporary deviation.”

Emmanuel cherished Raheen.

How could he not love the cute, little sable, who was lovely in everything she did?

It’s okay to go astray for a while. Isn’t it the job of an adult to give her time and wait for her to come back?

Even though she seems like a completely different person….

Soon, the four people rose from their seats.

The adults’ expressions were dark with worry, but there was one exception. Ian was different.

Ian’s expression was not so much dark as it was angry. His sunken golden eyes flickered sharply.