When The Cruel Villain Seduces Me

ispleased.

 

Nelia normally would have been curious about his reaction, but that wasn’t the case now.
This was because she can’t afford it, and she also had a question for the duke.

 

“What do you think about Charlotte, Your Grace?”

 

From earlier on, Nelia wondered how the duke must have thought about Charlotte.

 

‘Because she’s extremely pretty, she must have been surprised by her appearance.’

 

She expected that his mood would depend on the answer that she would give now, but she wanted to know more about what the duke thought about Charlotte.

 

She didn’t know the reason for her cruel curiosity, even if she thought she could have a peaceful sleep today only if she knew perfectly what the duke thought of Charlotte.

 

Nelia waited nervously for the Duke’s answer.
But the duke could not easily answer.

He seemed to find it difficult to ask questions.
Nelia waited nervously for the duke to answer.
But the duke didn’t answer readily.

 

He seemed to find it difficult to answer.

 

‘The range of questions was too wide.’

 

Nelia thought of a more specific question.

 

“Such as her first impression.”

 

Upon the more detailed question, the duke seemed to be in agony and answered.

 

“As I said, she didn’t seem like a bad person.”

 

Nelia was getting frustrated by the clueless answer.

 

Actually, what she wanted to ask was, ‘Wasn’t Charlotte pretty?’

 

Since Charlotte had a look that could make everyone gasped in awe, she thought the duke would feel the same way.

 

However, she thought the duke would find it strange to ask so bluntly.

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Nelia used her head to find a way.

 

“When I saw Charlotte’s face for the first time, I was astonished because her face looked so pretty.
I’ve never seen such a pretty person before.”

 

Nelia eventually recited her first impression of Charlotte, as if speaking up for the duke.

 

“Human’s looks are not everything.
You have to look into them.”

 

“Of course that’s true, but……”

 

She got a completely unexpected answer in return.
The duke looked somewhat displeased.

 

Nelia wanted to say, ‘This is not it……’

 

But Nelia continued, thinking she couldn’t give up now.

 

“Charlotte is a kind-hearted person.
She’s as kind as her angelic face.”

 

At Nelia’s complimenting remark, the duke put down his tableware.

 

“Nelia, how many times have you seen her that you’re able to come up with such a remark?”

 

He sounded quite displeased.

 

Rather than that, Nelia found her words didn’t make sense.

 

“You said she doesn’t seem like a bad person either.”

 

“I said she doesn’t seem like a bad person, but I never said she’d be as kind as an angel.”

 

Nelia was momentarily quiet at the contradictory logic that made her speechless.

 

“So…… you don’t like Charlotte?”

 

“Yes, now that I think about it again, I don’t like Charlotte.”

 

She was relieved by his uninterested attitude to Charlotte, but she found his sudden change of attitude quite unsettling and weird.

 

The duke even looked not so good.

 

The duke said to Nelia, who was wondering because she couldn’t understand his intention.

 

“Nelia, I’d love to accompany you when meeting her from now on.”

 

“Why…….?”

 

“You’d better not ask me why.”

 

She wasn’t very pleased to hear that he would accompany her, but Nelia had no choice but nodded at the sight of the somewhat keen duke that came out of nowhere.

 

“……Sure.”

 

***

 

A few days after Charlotte visited, there was a letter from her.

 

It’s a relief that she didn’t come abruptly again, but according to Charlotte’s letter, it was said that she would visit the day after tomorrow.

 

‘If she’s going to notify me like this, it’s no different than a surprise visit……’

 

Nevertheless, she must be able to not feel burdened or despise Charlotte.

 

Also, her vigilance toward Charlotte naturally subsided.

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Besides the fact that nothing happened on the day the duke met Charlotte, after that he didn’t ask any questions about Charlotte.

 

Therefore, Charlotte’s letter about coming to visit shouldn’t be surprising or unpleasant.

 

However, she was just a bit worn out because she couldn’t get her hands on the information about Sigrid’s heart these days.

 

Nelia sighed and folded the letter, then the duke asked.

 

“From whom did that letter come from?”

 

“Charlotte.”

 

The duke’s eyes narrowed slightly.

 

“What did you just say?”

 

“On the morning of the day after tomorrow, she wishes to visit me.”

 

Nelia watched the duke’s expression closely when saying so.

 

“Is she not allowed …….?”

 

The duke never said no to her when she wished for something, but the owner of this residence was Duke Hart, so it’s only right to ask him first.

 

“Certainly, no problem.”

 

The duke nodded, though there was a brief pause in between.

 

“Thank you, Your Grace.”

 

After finishing breakfast, Nelia and the duke headed to his study.

 

Recently, she has been looking for a lot of books related to Sigrid’s heart, or even bought them on her day-off.

 

She hasn’t found any clues yet.

 

“As expected, I think the best way is to get close to Elena’s Tears and talk to Zenuit again…….”

 

And ask him about the holy dew.

 

Then, the duke looked up in the midst of the very attentive reading session.

 

“Nelia.”

 

Nelia averted her eyes from the book at the very serious voice.

 

“Yes?”

 

“Have you ever heard about the existence of holy dew?”

 

Nelia widened her eyes at the mention of ‘Holy Dew’ which came out of the duke’s mouth.

 

She didn’t expect the duke to mention the holy dew.

 

She only found out about Zenuit when she encountered him recently.

 

But as she couldn’t pretend to know about Zenuit, Nelia tried to answer as if she had no idea.

 

“No, I’ve never heard of it.”

 

“I just found out about it for the first time, and it’s said that the last tears Elena shed before she died were split up.”

 

Nelia asked with a light frown.

 

“Split……?”