The Duke’s Villainous Daughter is Depressed - Chapter 4

Chapter 4 – The Dangling of the Garden Lake Part 2

When I opened my eyes, the Second Prince’s Palace was flipped over.

It was because Elle, who had collapsed due to tiredness, eventually fell asleep on the grass.

Elle, who was sleeping soundly because she became tired of working out a little, woke up to the noise.

“Lady Elle!”

Lari, who was crouching before me in bed, was crying with snots and all.

“…… Why are you crying?”

Elle asked with a half-awake expression and found out that there were other people behind Lari.

“Who are these—”

“Uwaaa—!”

Lari’s crying became a wail. It was hopeless to ask her for the time being, so I just observed the people standing rigidly.

By the looks of it, these people were the Imperial Knights, each was holding a decorative sword that seemed to be quite heavy, and they looked terrifying even if they all wore bright, colorful outfits.

I was confused at first if I was in the right place, and yet I’m in my bed. But the Second Prince’s Palace doesn’t have any guards stationed around, so why are they here?

“I thought Lady Elle was gone! I was so scared!”

“What do you mean I’m gone?”

“You have fallen right in the garden!”

I clamped my mouth tightly. I didn’t fall, but I did fall asleep. I don’t know what to say at this very moment, so one Knight took a step forward and asked me directly.

“What happened, Your Highness?”

“…… It’s, uhmm.”

“Yes?”

“….. I was just—”

“Please speak loudly.”

Elle shouted with a bright red face.

“I WAS SLEEPING!”

“……”

“……”

The echoes of the word “ping” flowed into the bedroom for a while.

The Knights with dumbfounded faces left to return to their post, and Lari, what am I hearing right now? She had a blank look on her face before laughing hysterically as if she had belatedly grasped the absurd situation.

“No, why did you sleep there….!”

I was guilty when I saw how damp and swollen her eyes were from crying.

While watching the sunrise, I eventually fell asleep right on the grass, but when I woke up, I was in my bed. I noticed out the windows that the sky was already getting dim. So, basically, I fell asleep for the whole day.

Usually, Lari would have woken me up, but I was so spread out looking lifeless in the garden that she couldn’t even touch me because she immediately felt sick, believing I’m dead.

I slept for at least ten hours. It was almost a new record. If I keep this up, I may never wake up one day.

“Lady Elle, the water is ready!”

“Lari, I have something to ask.”

“Yes, please ask.”

“Why did Lari come to this palace?”

If you are a regular Imperial Palace maid, there was no reason for you to come to this dingy palace.

At first, I thought that Lari was a bad apple amongst the palace maids. Because mostly, if you’re assigned to an unwanted palace, that meant you were being punished.

If you’re a wretched person, turning a blind eye to my ordeals was to be expected, and there’s no way you would notice other people’s pain.

When I came out of the bath, my body must have loosened up to some extent, that I threw myself on the bed and was only staring at the ceiling for some time.

“W…who?”

There was no dog as I should expect, but a man stood in its place.

He was dressed in all black and donned in a black mask, which reminded me of someone.

My husband was dressed exactly like that on our wedding day.

“…… Husband?”

My goodness. I can’t believe wearing that dusky outfit was how he usually dressed.

But what’s my husband’s name?

I heard it during the ceremony, but I seemed to have forgotten about it. Regardless, the person who was assumed to be my husband didn’t even respond.

Instead, he took a cautious step back when he saw me about to approach.

“Excuse me, uh…”

I don’t know what I was supposed to be doing here at this moment, but since I met him, I might as well talk to him. But the man ran away into the bushes without looking back as if my words were a trigger.

“Huh?”

The hell? Do I look like I’m going to eat you or something?