My Sweet Deceiver - Chapter 34

Chapter 34

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Not long after, Denis entered the powder room.

 

Elegant footsteps.

 

“Good morning, Madam.”

 

She could see him perfectly dressed in the mirror.

 

Tehez closed her eyes tightly and opened them.

 

“You are here, Prince.”

 

Tehez glanced at Denis’ face.

 

‘Are you feeling well, and have you slept well?’

 

“Like it?”

 

“Yes?”

 

Tehez questioned his sudden remark.

 

“My face. Isn’t that why you always look at me?”

 

“…Yes, very much. I like it.”

 

Denis smiled on his face as if he liked how Tehez noticed his joke.

 

Fortunately, he was in his usual mood.

 

She was also perfectly dressed.

 

He only seemed to wonder who she was. 

 

Because the mood in her head and outside her head was completely different.

 

The watery velvet dress that came up to her neck was neat and decorative. But on top of her head… it was so flamboyant.

 

It was a rather dizzy look with peacock feathers, flowers and jewels, and all sorts of other splendid things on top of the hat.

 

That being said, she didn’t look strange to him.

 

Her elegant figure, pure white skin, and bright red lips contrasted with it still made her look like an unmarried lady, despite being a woman who had been married for five years.

 

As Tehez checked her dress and looked in the mirror, one of her maids came out with a jewellery box.

 

“Princess. Lastly, the earrings.”

 

She didn’t have to wear a necklace because it was a dress that came up to her neck, but she thought she needed earrings. 

 

Tehez picked the jewellery with her fingertips.

 

When she couldn’t make a choice, so the maid recommended one.

 

“Why don’t you try the blue diamond earrings the Prince had sent?”

 

“I will.”

 

Denis, who sat on the sofa, pensive, staring only at her back, lifted his head when he was brought up during the conversation.

 

He looked at the jewellery box and Tehez alternately and seemed to understand what the maid was talking about.

 

Tehez tilted her head, picked up the right earring and slipped it into her earlobe hole.

 

Denis got up from the couch and walked toward her.

 

“Can I help you?”

 

She was just about to put her left earring on.

 

She didn’t have a swollen left cheek, so he wouldn’t even notice if he came close.

 

Tehez asked him, placing a pair of her earrings in the palm of her hand.

 

“There’s nothing you can’t do, but have you ever done it?”

 

“I’m good at putting everything in the hole.”

 

No wonder he sounded so proud.

 

As if belatedly understanding Denis’ words, the maids in the powder room ran away with embarrassed faces.

 

At last, only Tehez and Denis were left in the powder room.

 

“Do you agree, Madam?”

 

“…”

 

“Hmm? As an experienced person.”

 

Denis insisted on Tehez’s answer.

 

“…Yes, very much. So, would you please put the earrings in with that fantastic skill?”

 

“Of course, I’ll do it with all my heart.”

 

Denis carefully picked up the earring that was on Tehez’s palm. He gently tucked it into her earlobe hole.

 

It was a friendly touch.

 

“What do you think?”

 

He lifted his hand and asked Tehez.

 

“Good job.”

 

“Then shall we go now?”

 

“Yes. Please come this way, Prince.”

 

Tehez naturally took Denis’ hand, who was about to stand on her right, and made him stand on her left.

 

With his hair and hat down to the right, she hoped he wouldn’t notice.

 

But.

 

Feeling something strange, he stood tall and grabbed her chin with one hand from the front.

 

“Ahh.”

 

Tehez groaned involuntarily as her swollen right cheek was pressed.

 

“What is this, Madam?”

 

Denis’ voice was lower than before.

 

“It’s none of your business, Prince.”

 

He laughed as if he were dumbfounded.

 

“It’s none of my business after seeing this?”

 

“…”

 

“Didn’t you say it’s a bad habit not to answer when you’re at a disadvantage? Madam, who made this happen?”

 

“It’s difficult to tell.”

 

Tehez answered, avoiding his blazing eyes.

 

“Oh, are you going to say that I hit you and make it to the front page of the newspaper?”

 

Denis snorted.

 

“It’s a good strategy. A violent Prince hits the Princess right before the official event. Good, isn’t it?”

 

At that moment, Tehez moved her lips and forcefully said, “There was a difference of opinion between the Marquis and me.”

 

Tehez pretended to be quite dignified and lowered her head. Her fingertips were trembling. 

 

The last secret she wanted to hide until the end of the world was revealed.

 

How ridiculous would Dennis think of her?

 

That she was a child, who was not respected even by her father.

 

For a moment, Denis bit his lip and spat out a swear word in a low voice.

 

It was a harsh swear word that he would have never uttered.

 

His face turned red in an instant, full of anger.

 

He gently stroked her swollen cheek. Compared to his very rough breath, it was a fragile touch.

 

“What is it that made this happen?”

 

To his words, which sounded like talking to himself, Tehez answered, “With his hands,” in a small voice.

 

“Where else? Are you okay?”

 

Tehez lifted her head and looked at Denis’ eyes.

 

His eyes, as vivid as summer, were full of worries about her.

 

“Don’t worry. I’m not hit anywhere else,” Tehez reassured him as he looked at Denis, then added. 

 

“It wasn’t okay… but it’s okay.”

 

“I’ll stand on your right, and never stay away from me.”

 

“Okay, Prince.”

 

Tehez put her arms around his and walked out with him.

 

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At the same time…

 

“I don’t want to go.”

 

Elliot rubbed his face on the woman’s shoulder and shook his head.

 

“Would you like to go with me today?”

 

He knew she couldn’t, but Elliot just wanted to ask her for nothing.

 

“That’s impossible.”

 

Sherazad looked at Elliot’s face, smiled, and put the coat he had taken off.

 

“I knew it. You never say anything you don’t mean. That’s why I like you.”

 

Elliot clapped, praising Sherazad, as if he had forgotten that he had been rejected.

 

Sherazad naturally smacked his hand and straightened his hair.

 

Elliot’s well-groomed hair was dishevelled before he knew it.

 

“When you come back from today’s event, I will pray for you.”

 

“Will you do that?”

 

Elliot was taken aback by Sherazad’s words, tangling up again.

 

“Of course, of course. You should be getting ready. Hurry up and come back.”

 

“All right, as long as you wait.”

 

Elliot fastened his tie around his neck, kissed Sherazad on the cheek, and disappeared quickly.

 

After Elliot left, a look of tiredness was visible Sherazad’s smiling face. She cleaned the bed that had left his traces and washed her body. There was blood all over her neck and chest.

 

Sherazad clicked her tongue.

 

She remembered the first day she met Elliot.

 

She was lying on a hunting ground located east of the royal palace.

 

She knew in advance that Elliot was coming out to the hunting grounds that day.

 

After a while, the hounds came near her, barking, and spun around her. She shook her body and acted like she was terrified.

 

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The whistle blew, and the servant looked at her and raised the flag.

 

Many people came in.

 

She lowered her head and wrapped her body around her as if embarrassed.

 

She didn’t even have proper clothes.

 

“Chief! There’s someone here!”

 

When the servant shouted, a man came running. After that, Elliot approached her at a leisurely pace.

 

“What kind of person is in this place…?” The chief looked at her with a puzzled look on his face.

 

After that, she saw a man approaching in luxurious clothes.

 

The King.

 

The knights asked her.

 

“Who are you? Why are you in a hunting ground that is inaccessible to anyone other than the royal family?”

 

“I don’t remember… I don’t remember. Please save me.”

 

Sherazad removed her hand that was covering her body and fell at the feet of the knights.

 

“Please!”

 

“What’s going on?”

 

The King came and asked the chief.

 

“It is a woman who has lost her memory. I’ll kick her out.”

 

“What’s the story?”

 

Sherazad bowed down before Elliot.

 

“I don’t remember. Please don’t kick me out.”

 

Elliot bent over and looked at her face.

 

It was an unusual dress that was not common in Valloise. Besides, she had a pretty decent body.

 

“You’re not a citizen of Valloise, are you? It’s the first time I’ve seen that dress.”

 

Elliot spoke to her.

 

“I do not know. When I opened my eyes, I was here.”

 

Elliot glanced at her exposed legs. Her dark skin had no scars on her legs, but her ankles were swollen.

 

Elliot licked his lips and said to the chief.

 

“Take her to the palace and look after her wounds.”

 

“What?”

 

The chief asked back.

 

Do you mean taking a woman who doesn’t know who she is to the royal palace?

 

“She may be an assassin.”

 

“This one slender woman? I’m speechless. How much have I underestimated your knowledge?”

 

Elliot turned around as if he didn’t want to answer the question. The chief beckoned the knights to put the woman on a stretcher.

 

The chief did not bring his swear words out of his mouth, but his expression was not good.

 

That’s how Sherazad entered the royal palace.

 

You could say she was pretty lucky.

 

It was a simple plan to pretend she had lost her memory and fell on the royal hunting grounds, but she didn’t think it would be easy to succeed. Because she had heard the King was very suspicious.

 

But fortunately, the King took her to the palace.

 

She would have used another method if she had failed, but she had easily entered the palace with a poor plan.

 

After taking a bath, Sherazad changed into a white garment that could not be found in Valloise. 

 

She stood in front of the wooden statue, bowed and prayed.

 

‘God of the Earth. 

 

Mother. 

 

The mother’s daughter prays in a faraway country. 

 

Pity the ignorant in this land.

 

The poor daughter tries to exalt her mother’s name. 

 

Give me strength and wisdom.’

 

The wooden statue was looking down at Sherazad lovingly. 

 

She put her hands together more reverently, finished her prayers, and bowed.

(To be continued in the next episode

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