I’ll Live My Second Life! - Chapter 146

Chapter 146

Translator: Black Lotus 

Editor: imsara 

Fii and Abel were waiting for Lynette to return after she had carefreely gone to attend to the messenger. Fii was inwardly drooling at the food she had finished cooking. Abel was watching Fii closely.

When she returned to Abel’s room, Lynette’s face was very pale.

“What’s wrong!　Lynette.”

Fii saw the look on her face and ran up to Lynette.

“Fii-sama….”

Lynette looked at Fii’s face and said in a trembling voice.

”You can’t attend the tea party that Fii-sama was supposed to be able to attend…. I’m sorry…..”

Lynette’s words were cut off in mid-sentence, and tears trickled out of her eyes.

“Li, Lynette! I’ll be fine! So, don’t worry about it!”

As for Fii, she was honestly relieved to hear the news. The risk of being found out would be greater if she participated in a nobleman’s social circles. However, the fact that Lynette had started crying was a big problem.

“It can’t be good! He said the Prime Minister gave him orders, but of course the King gave him orders!　Just because you can’t stop them once you’ve given them permission, let someone else tell them what to do!　Why… why is it always Fii-sama… Ugh……”

Fii hugged Lynette to her chest with a perfect patting. She was taller than her, but Lynette was sobbing like a child on Fii’s chest.

She was doing her best for herself. And yet she couldn’t cooperate well, and she wasn’t in a position to thank her honestly. She is sorry for that, she muttered to herself.

Abel watched the scene from his bed, stunned.

The girls had been unable to attend the tea party they had been looking forward to. When he heard this, a feeling of calmness came to his chest that he didn’t even realize was there.

(Why, Roy’s Majesty…..!　You’re awful!)

Speaking of His Majesty Roy, he is a hero in this country. Abel also looked up to Roy. He still has the same feelings of respect for him.

But, when it came to Fii, he had other feelings.

(His Majesty loves Fiiru-sama, and Fii may be a hindrance to Roy’s love for him. But, that doesn’t mean you have to treat her like this for any reason!　Fii is as good kid as Fiiru-sama.)

Lynette’s usual bossy attitude disappeared when she was sobbing. Abel knew that Lynette had really been waiting for the day of the tea party today. Even though she hated herself, she asked Fii-sama’s opinion of her outfit, and all she did was talk about the tea party at the meal.

Most of all, Fii-sama consoled Lynette. She was supposed to be the one who really wanted to cry here. And yet for the sake of the handmaiden who is crying, she gently hugged her and stroked her head.

(Such a….. good girl….)

Abel couldn’t do anything about it, but continued to watch Lynette crying and Fii comforting her.

A noblewoman was walking through the palace. She was in her mid-thirties, with large, lank hair and an extravagant dress.

Her face was beautiful, but there was a hint of malice about her.

Zsolus stopped her.

The Countess of Sarneya.

“Oh, Zsolus-sama. It has been a long time since we’ve had a guest at the tea party. Our guest for the tea party has suddenly become unavailable, and I’ve been obliged to visit you at the Royal Palace at my leisure.”

Zsolus stared with bitterness at Countess Sarneya’s smile as she held her feathered fan to her mouth and smiled.

“Didn’t I tell you before to desist from your flirting? Especially this time, our country’s flanker and former Daeman’s princess.”

“Oh, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

The Countess of Sarneya laughs blithely at the glaring Zsolus.

Countess Sarneya’s tea parties were not well received among the nobility. It was spoken of as a symbol of fear, especially among the women of the lower nobility.

She and her cronies, the ladies of the nobility, would invite their guests to the tea party and play tricks on them. It’s not so bad that she is humiliated and harassed throughout the tea party. There are even stories of people being sprayed with live animal blood on their heads.

And yet, the reason they still haven’t been able to crack down on it was because of their oddly good choice of targets. For her guests, she chooses the daughter of a lowly nobleman with little backing, who can’t challenge her authority. Moreover, she is carefully threatened after the tea party.

That’s why they can’t get any official testimony from her even when they interview her.

In terms of power, the state is supposed to be higher, but women’s society is out of step with that. The victims are more afraid of going against their group than going against the state.

So, he can only warn them over and over again like this. It was a headache.

Such a bad reputation for these girls was indeed spreading too widely, and there were fewer and fewer of them to be guests at the tea party. In the midst of all of this, a new sacrifice had come to attention, Fii.

It’s a good thing that she can’t get any backing from her side, or else she would be treated as an obstacle, but Countess Sarneya must have thought she was someone who could sufficiently crush her.

On top of that, she is the king’s queen and royalty, even if she is hypothetically the king’s queen. There is no such tasty prey.

The Countess of Sarneya’s invitation to join her in this country’s affairs has caught Lynette’s attention.

”You are also a member of the nobility of Auster. I expect you to behave with decency.’’

“I know, I know.”

An answer that has no intention of listening to our attention at all. Zsolus let out a sigh in his mind. The only way to stop this is to get the evidence and stop it now.

Someone walked up to the two of them in a hurry. A good-looking man with wet feather-black hair and piercing blue-gray eyes. It’s the king of this country, Roy.

”Oh, Your Majesty…”

Roy said, interrupting Countess Sarneya’s words.

“The Countess of Sarneya, you are in the right place. By order of the state, you are forbidden to have any further social interaction. The reasons are written here. The testimony has been taken.”

With that, Roy held up an official order from the state.