The Villainous Mastermind Gets Lucky in His Later Years - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

She lost consciousness and had just opened her eyes again. What could she do if someone else took her here?

Doah was just wondering because she couldn’t understand why she was brought to the central palace.

Even so, Angelus seemed to be convinced she had actively sought to be in Ophelia’s room.

‘Well, it’s a familiar feeling.’

Just the same with Bunny, Doah was also a person who was accustomed to this kind of treatment.

She had also experienced much worse than this.

“I am not deluding myself.”

As sharp as a knife, Doah retorted.

Really, it didn’t seem like it was an answer expected out of Bunny.

For a moment, Angelus looked up and down at Bunny with his eyes opened wide as though he was doubting what he heard just now.

He seemed to find fault with her even when all she’s doing was breathing, and now that she gave him the answer he was looking for, she wondered why he’s being so speechless.

“……”

But that was only for a moment.

In Angelus’s blue eyes, there was a clear distrust directed at her.

“You’re pretending to be faultless.”

As expected, he didn’t believe her.

To be honest, she wasn’t expecting much either, so Doah wasn’t feeling all too unfair.

“You’d better be telling the truth.”

He sneered in a very low voice.

“Especially you, if you ever try to ask me about becoming part of this family, you’ll have to turn me inside out before that happens.”

“……”

“Now that you’ve driven away Ophelia’s beloved maids and finally stepped into this room, I’m sure you’re just glad as if you’re in your own world.”

In other words, he’s saying that he already knew what she’s thinking and that she shouldn’t pretend.

Although Doah had been answering calmly until now, she had no choice but to frown at this remark.

He was insinuating that Bunny had planned the situation and pulled the strings behind it all.

“The fact that the maids were driven out, I found out just now thanks to what you said, Young Lord.”

Doah emphasized the words ‘just now’ since she had just woken up.

Then, she continued, staring back at him expressionlessly.

“I can’t be framed as the jewelry thief.”

“Have you ever been falsely accused before?”

“……”

Bunny had done some things before, so unfortunately, she had no excuse.

Doah felt like the shepherd boy who cried wolf.

However, at least this time, she was obviously the victim.

“Have you heard what those maids have done to me?”

Then, his smooth forehead slightly crumpled.

“What are you saying?”

“……”

Do you know that Bunny had been abused?

She’s sure that he already knew, but she still asked.

As though he was at a loss for words, Angelus crossed his arms and spoke loudly.

“That was obviously the other side’s fault, so you’ll be rewarded for it separately.”

“Reward…”

She was rendered speechless.

Doah clenched her fist and closed her eyes. She had to bite her lower lip.

‘At first, I wondered why Bunny was being treated like this here… And now I know.’

It was only to make this conversation possible.

No matter what Bunny said, they would cruelly rip through her wounds and dig through everything there was.

‘Why do you have to do this?’

Doah thought this to herself.

That she’s glad she’s not the real Bunny.

No matter how much the other person here would shoot out poisonous words, it’s fortunate for Park Doah because she wouldn’t feel anything from it.

“The main point here is that, I don’t know what you did, but Father has decided to let you stay at the central palace.”

What?

She raised her head in surprise.

When she opened her eyes in this place, she wondered if this might be the case, but she didn’t know that it really was going to be like that.

‘That’s why you’re acting so abrasively.’

This girl from the lowest dregs of society had been trying to take his younger sister’s place all this time through all sorts of tricks, and for once, she finally succeeded and was given permission to stay in Ophelia’s room.

It was only a room.

Still, Bunny being allowed into the central palace meant a lot of things.

At the very least, this meant that she was publicly considered as an ‘official replacement’ for Ophelia.

‘Has that grand duke gone mad?’

Bunny had always acted like a time bomb that’s ready to explode at any given moment.

She had been completely ignored and neglected by the Grand Duke of Credel. And besides, he never seemed to be willing to accept and embrace her.

‘But you’re letting me enter the palace now?’

Doah hated this.

As though they were photocopied one after another, the Credel family was exactly like the Park family.

She had already been betrayed and killed off by similar people once. How could she ever trust anyone like that again?

‘No matter how much money you have, no matter how much food, clothing and shelter you give me—I don’t like this.’

She wasn’t given any freedom. Whatever she did, she would be monitored, and the good treatment she’d receive would always be proportional to the obligations she’d have to fulfill.

Moreover, Bunny had already done many things so far that could only incriminate her.

Wasn’t that already the case with the person in front of Doah now?

“You mentioned a reward.”

Doah looked up with her wide, doll-like red eyes.

When Angelus heard this, he smirked crookedly as though he was already expecting this.

“Is there anything you want?”

“Yes.”

That’s what you’ve been aiming for, right?

Was what he seemed to say.

In an instant, there was a look of contempt in his eyes, as cold as a lake that had frozen over during the winter.

“I’ll tell you in advance, but you can’t wish to be Ophelia’s replacement even until you die.”

“……”

“Don’t call me ‘Brother’ unless we’re in public. That’s the only time you’re permitted to call me that.”

What was he saying.

Doah stared at Angelus, who had been spitting delusional nonsense all this time to himself.

“Even in that kind of situation, I hope I’ll never have to call you.”

“What?”

Then, the final blow.

“Let me leave this palace, please.”

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