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Gilmus’ defeat was ignoring Simons as a child.

In the past, Gilmus has done everything he can to get what he wants. He has often killed others to get what he wants.

Pushing Benjamin into Abella’s bedroom to Gilmus would be no big deal.

“Grandmother!”

The next place Simons headed was to Lorelia’s room. Laurelia hid Benjamin in the sunroom next to her own bedroom. And there was also Lorelia. Lorelia’s expression darkened as she hugged Simons.

Simons knew how to use his age. He was only three years old in appearance, so no one was wary of him. As if there are no people who are wary of small animals. Just like Gilmus, who confessed all of his conspiracy in front of Simons.

“Simon. Why?”

“Bad dreams.. Bad dreams..”

Mumbling like a child, Simons dug into Lorelia’s arms. He was really giving up everything he had to act like he was 3 years old.

Lorelia patted Simons on the back.

Simons closed his eyes and the conversation that had been cut off began to resume.

“..It won’t be enough for me to get out of Abella’s room. So, someone will come from the temple. What the Grand Madam has to do is open the door to the priest.”

“I cannot open the door without Abella’s permission.”

“Abela is only a temporary head, but isn’t the Grand Madam the Mistress of this family? There’s no way you can’t open a single door.”

Benjamin pretended to be kind to coax Laurelia. People used to say to Benjamin, who was obscured by the greedy Gilmus, “It’s good because he doesn’t look like his father.” However, Benjamin was also Gilmus’ son. Even Lorelia knew that Benjamin’s greed was more than Gilmus’s, but not less.

When Gilmus got the job done, Benjamin perfected it and put an end to it. A wicked man was born as the son of a wicked man where he planted the seeds. Lorelia looked at Benjamin with a still gaze.

“....yes.”

However, Lorelia had no other choice. As always.

*

Sweat welled up on Simons’ tiny palms.

He should have known them from the time Gilmus called them. He should have thought that the viper that lurks inside the old man will choke them.

Simons walked diligently. A cold sweat ran down his little back.

In Lorelia’s arms, he took a reasonable amount of time and overheard all their conversations. Now was the time to move for a refreshing revenge. Simons walked diligently and arrived at the destination.

“Aunt!”

“Simon?”

Abella hugged Simons up with a startled face. She heard the news that they had visited Gilmus today and knew it.

She doesn’t know what was going on there, but she found out that Lorelia was still living like the ghost of Gilmus.

It wasn’t that she didn’t wonder what kind of deal Gilmus had offered and how Lorelia would have reacted, but she’d hear it anyway.

But it was Simons who cleared Abella’s curiosity.

“Aunty! A man as big as this later! Guest!”

Simons twisted his tongue as far as he could. It was difficult to use the sentences as it was the tongue of a child who couldn’t pronounce properly, but he did his best.

Simons beckoned and uttered one last word.

“Benjamin! Guest!”

Abella and Enosh’s eyes met. Benjamin was not among those who visited the Amerigo mansion today. As the eldest son of Gilmus, Benjamin was also known in the social world. Had he visited, the butler would have known.

That would mean that Benjamin was secretly riding in Lorelia’s carriage.

Children do not tell lies, so there is no way that information is wrong.

To be secretive means that there is something to hide.

What is Benjamin trying to hide?

Abella put together the information she had gathered so far, one by one.

Gilmus persuaded Sirius to break the engagement between Abella and Arsene. Gilmus is now under pressure from Abella to repay the debt. Gilmus has been buzzing around in social circles for a while now that she should marry Benjamin. Gilmus thinks of Abella as a pocket of money.

Gilmus wants to use Abella to take over Amerigo.

Gilmus was going to break Abella’s engagement and force her to marry Benjamin!

“Damn, that means!”

It was an assumption that anyone could infer.

Enosh hit the desk with his fist.

No matter how well Abella’s commerce is, and a good temperament as a businessman. It wasn’t that she’s not a woman. There was no way she could defeat Benjamin by force.

So Gilmus only has to shove Benjamin into Abella’s bedroom. He would have thought so.

“Tomorrow a guest too! Aunt! Guest!”

“Guest?”

“Yes, guest!”

Simons screamed, kyaa, and nodded his head.

“Scary guests keep coming.”

Then he said as if upset.

“A guest from the temple! What did Simon do wrong, Aunt?”

Fearing the temple was a common characteristic of young children, so it was a valid statement. And Enosh and Abella understood the meaning of the temple. Abella laughed.

“You have prepared quite a bit.”

“Abella, what are you going to do?”

Enosh jumped up in anger. Louisa was the same.

“How can he use such a mean and disgraceful thing against a woman! He must have abandoned all his noble qualities.”

Louisa trembled.

Abella thought that Louisa, Enosh and maybe even April would help with this.

“What should I do with this?”

Abella raised her lips smoothly. Enosh swallowed a gulp as the purple eyes gleamed coldly.

Although Abella is mostly gentle and warm, she never forgives the enemies who threaten her.

Whether Abella’s inner side is on the rise or not, she doesn’t show on the outside.

“..if they can’t come in..”

“Then everything they’re already prepared will be useless.”

Abella pondered for a moment before calling the maid.

“Request to bring Grand Duke April.”

“Yes, Miss.”

It was Abella’s turn to overturn Benjamin’s game.

*

The meal went smoothly. Lorelia was feeling uncomfortable for it was too peaceful.

Abella took the drug for her meals. Abella will go to sleep without waking up once she goes into the bedroom until the morning as soon as she takes the drugs.

After that, everything will go smoothly, so there is no problem.

By the time she realized that this mess was someone’s trick, it would have been too late and Abella would not be able to change anything.

When that happens, Count Gilmus will grant Lorelia her freedom for a while. Everything was going well.

“Mother.”

But Abella called for Lorelia.

“..Abela.”

“I think dinner today is really delicious.”

Lorelia thought Abella’s voice was smooth.

Laurelia looked around to clear her dizziness.

Enosh and April were eating together. It’s also not unusual.

If so, where did Lorelia’s anxiety and weirdness come from?

“..Since when have you been talking about such a thing?”

“I know, right. But for today, I want to do it.”

Abella cut the words skillfully.

It was an elegance that didn’t go against the dinner etiquette at all. It was an innate elegance that Laurelia can not even covet.

“Mother. I don’t think I’ll ever understand my mother for the rest of my life.”

Abella lowered her voice and whispered.

“At first, I tried. Mother’s feelings of inferiority, pressure, and Amerigo’s relatives. I thought everything would strangle Mother. I wanted Mother to be happy. But when I found out that my existence was interfering with Mother’s happiness..”

Look, this is weird. Laurelia put her tableware down.

Abella is not the child to tell these stories to Lorelia. Her heart pounded and dropped with a thud.

She has to go right away, warn Benjamin of this threat she feels, and get him to run away..

‘My body doesn’t move!’

Abella laughed softly.

“It’s not just my mother who knows how to use drugs.”

Abella set the subtle blue bottle down on her table.

“April made it in a hurry. So it won’t be long, but until tomorrow morning, Well.. You don’t have to look so frightened. Unlike Mother, I have no intention of killing Mother.”

“Ah, ah, ab, abella!”

“It’s just paralytic. Get a good night’s sleep until tomorrow morning.”

Abella rose from her seat. The despair was vivid in Lorelia’s eyes that was followed with a bewildered face.

She was caught. Abella knows all about Lorelia and Gilmus’ plans.

What is Benjamin going to do?

The priest who was supposed to come tomorrow?

And Count Gilmus..?

Lorelia was able to answer the questions the next day.

*

“Kya, kyaaaaaaaagghh! What, what is this?!”

With a scream that wakes her up in the morning.