The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 64

“Aaaaaaagh!!!”

Thwack!

About two hours after the tea party ended.

A girl with fiery vermilion eyes threw things around, seething.

“This is so annoying! So annoying!!!”

Maids scurried around, unsure of what to do as she stomped her feet and raged.

“Who does she think she is! Saying she’s going to take the Crown Princess’s place like that?”

“Young lady.”

“Get lost!”

সেলিনা Roybaium was a tyrant in this beautiful mansion. As a Roybaium, she was arrogant, stubborn, and selfish.

The problem was that the master of the house adored সেলিনা. He would even laugh heartily whenever she acted out or was capricious, saying, ‘That’s how a Roybaium should be.’

So, what could mere maids do? They had no choice but to cater to সেলিনা’s whims.

She hadn’t been throwing tantrums like this lately, but she had been in this state ever since the tea party ended.

“When is Master coming back?”

“I don’t know. He’s always late when he goes to the salon!”

“If the Duke knew you left the young lady like this……”

“The butler is turning a blind eye, so what can I do? Besides, the Madam is at a tea party right now!”

The maids, who had been whispering, lowered their eyes and sighed.

“……There’s no choice. Bring the second young lady here.”

“She won’t want to come……. Besides, it’s unsettling. She’s always drawing strange pictures……! And spouting nonsense about souls!”

“Just bring her here. Someone has to be the sacrifice, right? Or do you want to be?”

“N, no……. It’s not that.”

সেলিনা, in a frenzy, smashed things and tore up perfectly good clothes.

The best way to calm সেলিনা down was to bring a living being in front of her.

A sacrifice who would silently endure সেলিনা’s hitting, scratching, and kicking. And that responsibility was passed around until it ultimately fell on the lowest-ranking person in the mansion.

বেলাদি Roybaium.

A girl hated by both the current Duchess and the Duke himself.

It would be a lie to say I didn’t feel sorry for her, having to sleep in a cold, unheated warehouse and eat the same food as the servants…… but there was no choice.

If someone wasn’t offered up, this chaos wouldn’t end, and none of them wanted to be the one getting beaten.

“Please do your best today as well. Please calm your sister down.”

The maids hid their expressions, lowered their voices, and pushed বেলাদি’s back.

Thud.

And when the door closed. সেলিনা’s roar, having finally turned bestial, echoed from inside.

But no one, no one at all, tried to go in and save বেলাদি until the door reopened.

বেলাদি, covered in scratches and dripping with blood, emerged from the room about two hours later.

It was after the Duke had arrived at the mansion and heard about his eldest daughter’s condition.

“Father.”

সেলিনা, barely regaining her sanity, gasped for breath, her hair completely disheveled.

“সেলিনা. Who has hurt your pride so much?”

At the Duke of Roybaium’s question, সেলিনা swept back her hair and took a long, deep breath.

Then, she answered, her eyes gleaming.

“Father, get me someone who’s okay to die.”

সেলিনা continued in a sweet tone, as if asking for new shoes or a fan.

“They only need to live until the Imperial Palace banquet.”

“Alright.”

“You’ll definitely get them for me?”

সেলিনা, finally completely calmed down, smiled brightly.

While 드리블랴네 might be strong on the battlefield, politics and high society were Roybaium’s domain. She intended to make them regret crossing her.

Chapter 5. Let’s Go to the Imperial Palace Banquet!

“Did you pack the bracelet?”

“Yes!”

“The shoes? Did you pack them all?”

“Just a moment! I’ll check!”

The 드리블랴네 mansion was very busy today. Because the family’s little lady, Florin, and young master Ian were going to the Imperial Palace banquet together.

It was natural to be nervous about their first banquet, but this time there was one more special point to note.

That was the Empress’s order, which was no less than a command, that all guests must stay at the Imperial Palace for the entire 7 nights and 8 days of the banquet.

I don’t know why she added such a condition to the invitation, but anyway, the maids’ job wasn’t to think about the reason and dig it up. It was to pack enough clothes and supplies for 8 days.

Thus, Linda and Evangelin moved busily, checking the luggage until the very last moment.

“Have a safe trip, daughter.”

“I wish Mother could come too…….”

At the time when the maids were so busy.

I, dressed like a strawberry shortcake, sat quietly and entrusted my hair to my adoptive mother’s hands.

My adoptive mother carefully combed my hair with a silver comb, then rolled it up into round buns on both sides and tied it above my head. Then, she curled the remaining hair into ringlets and proudly showed me the mirror.

“I wanted to go so badly…… but because Her Majesty the Empress attached such a ‘condition’.”

“Sigh, that’s right. Mother can’t take 8 days off from training.”

I wonder if she anticipated something like this and deliberately added such a strange condition to keep key figures from coming.

I pouted, then smiled brightly when I saw my face in the mirror.

“Pretty!”

“Isn’t it?”

“Yes!”

My dumpling-like cheeks and sparkling red eyes were, frankly, a bit cute in my opinion.

‘She really looks like a precious child!’

I felt more pleased looking at my face, then jumped up.

“Well, I’ll be off!”

“The Grand Madam is going with you, so it’ll be alright. But…… I’ve compiled this in case it might be helpful to you, daughter.”

“What’s this?”

I took the parchment that my adoptive mother handed me and unfolded it. Inside, the names of various families, races, and key figures of those families were listed.

“The blue letters at the top are the 드리블랴네 faction. The letters written in black ink below are neutral but likely to come over to our side.”

“Ah!”

This is going to be incredibly useful!

The information inside was a bit more detailed than what I learned in social studies class.

I read through each one with my eyes and then nodded.

“I’ll remember it well.”

“Alright. Then shall we go now? It seems like the preparations for departure are mostly done.”

When I went down to where the carriage was, Ian, who had already finished preparing, was waiting.

Ian, wearing a white formal suit, was as beautiful as the moon today.

“Florin, wow. That hair is really cute.”

“Hehe.”

Ian, seeing me, buried his face in his hands.

The reaction seemed a bit excessive, but I didn’t dislike it. Rather, I liked that he found me cute.

I got into the carriage and excitedly tapped my feet. Ian sat next to me, and soon, Lady Inanna arrived, so the preparations for departure were complete!

‘I’m so excited!’

There’s a very small problem of having to meet the Emperor, but if I get past that, it’s the banquet. I was so curious and excited about what the grand banquet held in the Imperial Palace would be like.

“Lady Inanna, you’ve been to many banquets, haven’t you?”

“I have. When I was young, there was a grand banquet held in the Imperial Palace every season.”

“Wow……! Can you tell me stories from then?”

I asked, wiggling my butt, and Lady Inanna chuckled softly.

“Well, yes. If you go behind the Empress’s Palace, there’s a large lake. It’s a lake as big as the sea, and we used to go boating there…….”

Lady Inanna has gained a little weight these days.

Before, she looked like she would crumble and disappear if you touched her, but now she has regained some strength. I was glad that she was healthy enough to go to the banquet with me like this.

“But those mischievous men would always throw the girl they liked into the lake.”

“Wow, and then?”

“I ended up falling in once too, and when Emmanuel heard the news, he was furious. I’ve never seen Emmanuel get so angry, even to this day. He was probably angry because falling into the lake is dangerous.”

I listened to the gentle voice and thought about the existence of ‘mother.’ I wondered if the mother who gave birth to me had loved me too.

I’m happy enough now, so I don’t want to meet my biological parents, but when I see Lady Inanna, who was completely broken after losing her daughter, I’m just curious.

What that kind of immense, one-sided love is like.

‘Maybe I’ll find out later when I have kids.’

I tried to imagine it for a moment, but it’s so far in the future that I don’t know. So, I just gave up and focused on the old stories throughout the journey.

“If there are mischievous children at the banquet this time, Ian, you have to protect her well. You never know what kind of reckless things the children from other families might do.”

“Yes, Grandmother. I’ll protect Florin well.”

“How admirable.”

As we chatted, we arrived at the Imperial Palace.

Unlike other families who had to stand in a long line to verify their identity, 드리블랴네 passed through without even lowering a window.

“This is the Imperial Palace……!”

I gaped at the magnificent palace with its pointed spires and thousands of windows, using bluish tiles and white bricks.

Our house is big too, but I might get lost here!