Calen Castle
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Maribel smiled happily as he shook his head, as if it couldn't be.
“The girl is very beautiful.
I was afraid that it would be touched by other hands in the theater.
So, accepting the marquise's demands and to protect her, I kept her appearance hidden since childhood.
But it was highly recommended that this child maintain her disguise when working as a maid, saying that she did not want to be subjected to harsh conditions.
If Your Excellency were to see her in person, you would see what I am talking about.”
“She grew up in disguise since she was a child, no one knows what she looks like?”
“Yes.
She has always disguised herself since she was five years old.
I and the two employees who took care of her are the only ones who saw her naked face.”
The Duke's expression, which had been stiff the entire time, finally gently relaxed.
“You’re going to need a dead body in the theater sooner or later.”
“Yes, Your Excellency.
A poor orphan child I have cared for since I was a child is going to get sick and die.”
Duke Kiellini and Maribel's eyes met.
A moment later, when the duke nodded, Maribel rose from her seat and bowed politely.
“I hope you have fun and I hope to see you often in the future.”
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“Yes, what?”
Albert looked closely at the maid in front of him, who asked in surprise, raising her thick glasses.
Although he seriously anguished over whether His Highness was ill, he spoke again because he needed to fulfill the request.
“His Highness will accept Miss.
Salmon as his concubine.
Please serve His Highness only until a new maid arrives from Austern.
You just need to serve in the room.
My servant will be in charge of external affairs.
When a new maid arrives, there will be a formal announcement of the Mrs.'s identity.
Salmon.”
At Albert's careful speech with honorific words, Juliet seemed ready to faint.
‘Did this happen because of yesterday’s incident?
But why me?
There are beauties everywhere who are trying so hard to get the employer's attention, why?'
“Well, great chamberlain.
I’m sorry, but I don’t intend to.”
At Juliet's refusal, Albert was stunned.
A maid refused a glorious seat… her heart sank at the Prince's discerning gaze.
“Why, why, why are you refusing?” Albert took out his handkerchief from his pocket to wipe the sweat that never came out, grabbing his spirit in passing.
“Think about it.
I saw His Highness at the Harrods mansion, and you want me to be his mistress?
I can't do this.
If I am in this mood, the actions of His Highness and other women will dance in my head.”
Waiting for Killian in the morning, she was relieved to see that her employer was no different than usual.
It was unfair to her that she couldn't sleep well.
Furthermore, the Prince generously left the room for the morning meeting and told Juliet to rest today because she was in prison for two days.
But what a ridiculous situation it was!
Albert's face darkened at Juliet's reasoned refusal.
He couldn't say the words:
‘You are arrogant.
How dare you refuse His Highness?’
He even thought that the prince might be ashamed of his past.
Albert, who thought he should talk to the prince again, said softly: “Miss.
Salmon, I understand what you're talking about.
When Albert, who had nothing to say, said this, Juliet regretted it.
It was because it wasn't something she could say no to.
However, it was not a question of agreeing.
Although the prince was terribly handsome and sexually attractive, the position of the prince's concubine did not attract her in the slightest.
She had dreamed of an ideal man who would be friendly and fair to her.
Considering the situation of her mother and herself who had been abandoned overnight, it didn't matter how honorable the seat was in the eyes of others.
Although she coldly expelled them, Juliet understood the marchioness hundreds of times.
‘Who would want to share their man with another woman?’
She didn't want to be the prince's concubine and grab the hair of a woman who would become empress, or another woman.Above all, of course, she could do nothing about what would happen due to Manny's curse after revealing her appearance, and the disguise she had hidden until now would also be blown.
She never wanted to go through the adventure that would happen when the maids told someone, 'You are more beautiful than Juliet', to please a mistress who would try to look good for the Prince.
Juliet asked Albert, who had stood up with a gloomy face, and bowed politely: “Please speak well to His Highness.
But I can't do that, even if you want me to.
When will he be back?”
“He has to look at all the hunting grounds, so I'm sure he'll stay there today and come back tomorrow afternoon.
So, rest well until then.
I will take your meal to your room.”
The clothes that had been soiled in prison were still in the corner unwashed, but she had no way to pack them.
Taking a precious glass bottle from the bag that was on the closet floor and placing it on the table, she placed a small bag containing a quill pen and belongings in her pocket, and her only pajamas.
It would be obvious to carry her luggage while she slipped away.
Even though she felt sorry for the only bag, she decided to give up and hid the bag in her clothes.
Juliet calmly escaped the Prince's space while trying to disguise her protruding breasts as much as possible.
The knights were as unshakable as stone statues and showed no interest in the departure of the monarch's maid.
They immediately looked away from the tacky maid disappearing towards the stairs, actively shaking their hips.
She walked down an empty hallway without any interruption and exited through the passage to the maids on the other side.
It was the entrance shown by an aristocratic woman who had placed herself in a trap.
Soon after leaving this entrance, she screamed that she was beaten by Juliet.
As she passed the place where she had been installed and walked down the road that led to the outer castle, Juliet thought that she would take off her wig as soon as she left the castle.
The Prince might not try to find her if she ran away, but there was no harm in being careful, as he might have followed her, thinking it a shame.
Juliet, who was busy walking, was nervous and a little sidetracked when she heard the carriage approaching behind her.
“Your Excellency, isn’t that the maid in front of us?”
Tomas, Duke Kiellini's servant, saw a woman in a brown dress walking on the side of the road leading to the gate and informed his master.
Duke Kiellini went out to buy a gift to celebrate his daughter's visit to Bertino.
When he and Thomas heard that the prince's retinue was in Count Baden's lands, they drove the cart at dawn and arrived in the morning, and now they saw Juliet leaving a blacksmith's shop.
As Maribel explained, the fat lady with ugly brick-colored hair was walking towards the inn where the Prince was staying, shaking her big hips, as if she was excited about something.
At Thomas' words, Duke Kiellini stood up from his seat.
He hit the roof to stop the carriage.
“Bring the maid.”
At his command, Thomas hurriedly got out of the cart and caught up with Juliet, who was walking hurriedly.
He pointed the carriage at the maid looking at him in amazement.
Juliet was led to the carriage by Thomas.
Sa-chan
Sa-chan
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