The principality of Bertino
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He was obviously very angry, but the reason was somehow intriguing.
Feeling angrier about the maid's injury than when his esteemed daughter appeared in the middle of the night, the eyes of the knights who had studiously ignored Juliet turned to her in the corner.
Her hair had stretched out in all directions like a broom since she woke up from her sleep, and the glasses that had been thrown away and twisted when she was beaten were hanging off her face.
Furthermore, it looked like she had slept without washing and the fat was dripping down her face, and she was too unhappy to look.
The knights, who had forcibly convinced themselves that the prince esteemed her because she did her job well, firmly resolved to be careful in the future.
They couldn't understand the prince's tastes after keeping Jeff, who was so arrogant, by his side.
Who gave up on understanding today too and decided to remain silent and observe the current situation.
“Your Highness, are you angry with me for just a maid?
My daughter wouldn't hit her for no reason, and even if she did, she would have a different identity.
She looks like a commoner, but it is embarrassing to see that you are so angry that a daughter of the Baden family hit an ordinary lady.”
Killian's perfect eyebrows, which were sharply raised by the earl's words, stretched even further, not knowing how high the sky was.
“What did you say just now?
Can she hit her for no reason?
And she's a commoner, so she can hit her?
How dare she hit my maid?
Do you think you can beat a maid who serves the royal family because she is a commoner?
Count Baden, are you rebelling against me?”
He poured oil on the fire.
He had been in a bad mood for days, but seemed even more upset by her strangely dismissive comments about the maid he liked.
Albert looked unknowingly at the maid crushed in the corner.
‘With what kind of skill did she please the prince?’
“Your Highness, since it's late at night, why don't you go to bed and decide tomorrow what to do with Count Baden?
We have to leave early in the morning, and I think the knights or the servants and maids will only get some sleep if they rest now.”
Eventually, when Albert hinted that he wanted to go to sleep, Killian furtively glanced at Juliet and returned to the scene.
“Okay.
Let's stop for today.
Count Baden and his family must be returned to the castle and locked up.
I won't let it go that they despised me, so I will punish them for violating my orders before I leave tomorrow and for showing no sign of remorse for daring to hit my maid.”
The prince's words made Count Baden's heart flutter.
His daughter was shaking like that, naked and shaking, and he belatedly realized that the prince was so angry that he was jumping up and down.
He could not bear to say what was in his heart, seeing that his daughter was treated as a sinner, as if she had sinned to the death by hitting a maid.
“Your Highness, forgive me.
My daughter sneaked into your room, just because she liked you so much, like I said before… I think she was embarrassed when you hit her.
Not at all, it’s not because she tried to harm you or because she ignored your maid.” The count belatedly issued an apology to settle the matter, but the prince only snorted.
“Count, you can be arrogant as much as you want because you have a better identity, title and power than others.
But this arrogance and insolence must also fall according to the person.
All my men's words and actions are just what I say and do.
But the count and his daughter never accepted any of my words.
How can I let this go, forgetting this?
Why should I?
There’s no way this won’t happen again.”
At the Prince’s words, Count Baden quickly begged: “Your Highness, give me a chance.
I will be careful not to disturb your spirits with that sort of thing again.
Forgive me for the foolishness of a stupid father who could not resist the pleas of a daughter who loves you.”
Killian reluctantly considered the earl, who was sincerely bowing and appealing with excessive paternal affection imitating the image of a friendly father.
“Okay, apologize.Then I will forgive you one last time.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.
I'm very sorry.
This will never happen again…”
Killian's right hand went up as Count Baden again bowed his head in apology.
“Stop!
Not for me.
Apologize to my maid.”
“Forgive me?”
“Your daughter hit her, so ask her to apologize to my maid.
Look at this.
She was badly hit and is a mess.”
Killian's words brought everyone's gaze to the maid in the corner of the room.
Embarrassed by the look, Julieta unknowingly cowered in the corner.
When Killian looked at his daughter with torn clothes, regardless of the attention of people who wanted to tell her that she had originally been in such a mess, the count protested in dismay: "Your Highness, there is no point in apologizing to a maid."
The earl's voice rose as he did when he apologized, with a miserable frown on his face.
“Look, you’re not reflecting on this at all.
The count's arrogance must be worse than mine.
Albert, do you think I should forgive Count Baden?”
At Killian's words, Albert helplessly shook his head.
“It's a shame that Count Baden doesn't seem to appreciate your generosity.
I don’t think forgiveness means anything anymore.”
‘If it is not according to master’s mind in any way, the meaningless war of words will not end even after a few nights.’
Now her master was very angry about the maid being attacked.
Judging by his lord's condition, it was clear that he would not go to bed until an apology came out of his esteemed daughter's mouth.
Therefore, in order to quickly go and rest, Albert was politely withdrawn, as he had always done.
‘You’re right about everything.’
At Albert's words, the eyes of the people who were looking at Juliet turned to the person behind the count.
Count Baden's daughter, Serenne, was stunned and ready to cry.
She had been thrown and kicked by the prince and lay there with her clothes torn.
Regarding her consideration, there were no words, but was she treated as if she had committed a capital crime for beating a lowly maid?
‘Why should I apologize if I only sinned by falling in love with the prince and stopped the woman who tried to pull me away from achieving my purpose?’
When Serenne closed her mouth and turned her head, the Prince's eyes became more and more intense.
“The Count and his daughter don't seem to want to apologize, so there is no room for forgiveness.
Take them away.”
"I'm very sorry."
As soon as the prince's cold order was issued, words of apology, which seemed to have come from the scruffy Serenne's lips, came out.
Even though she said she was sorry, it didn't change the prince's expression, as if that wasn't enough, so Serenne was forced to shed tears and apologize again to the ugly and miserable maid, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
My hands were raised in fear of being dragged in front of Your Highness.
Forgive me."
As soon as Serenne's words ended, a very satisfying smile appeared on her face.
But Julieta, who had just received the apology, didn't know what to do.
“That's great.
Now that you said it will never happen again, and your daughter apologized like this, I will forgive you for what you did today.”
Seeing him laughing widely as if he had done them a kindness, they quickly went downstairs, saying good night to each other, thinking they might be found guilty.
Sa-chan
Sa-chan
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