CHAPTER 40

"Sophia. when you get to the Duke of Ludwig's, find out how Lizzy Sinclair is doing, what she likes, anything unusual, and write it and report to me. Don't tell my father about this. okay?"

Shane, who gave me a secret command, suddenly the scene floating in my head. When Her long-loved young master brought out Lizzy name and his earlobe turned red. Sophia noticed that her young master had a crush on Lizzy. At that time, she wanted to tear apart the illegitimate daughter of Count Sinclair's and kill her. I didn't dare covet Shane's wife's position. However, I couldn't even let Shane be deceived by that illegitimate child who was born on a maid belly. But when I came to Ludwig family, Lizzy was treated more than she imagined, and the escort for her was also impossible to penetrate. Of course, that wasn't mean Sophia would give up easily.

'I'll never let that illegitimate daughter go. . . . .'

Sophia, while sharpening her sword inside, bowed slightly to Lizzy and stepped away. Then, she casually passed by a servant and quickly handed a small note to her.

-The territory that Killian Ludwig will receive is Ryzen, i don't know if he will take Edith with him.

Another mercenary I planted in the Duke of Ludwig's household earned her own bills.

'Even a worm like this pays her bills, but Edith is still so useless. So she doesn't deserve to eat, she is even ignored by her husband.'

When i think about Edith, it's just pathetic. If you gave me the title of Count Daughter, I'm confident that I would do much better. Sophia felt sorry for her situation because she had to call those who were worse than her a lady and accepted Edith's meal for me to eat. While thinking about how to make fun of starving Edith today.

***

Five days after starving, I could only think of food in my head from the morning. However, because Linan went on a business trip for a few days, she couldn't even eat some desserts.

'I'm so hungry. . . . .'

Sophia was taking my meal, and I ate it all in front of me. That makes me angry, but she deliberately scratched my inside more. Last night, she threw a piece of bread on the floor and said.

"If you that hungry, you can eat that."

Honestly, if Sophia hadn't been watching, I might really have taken it and eaten it. But i don't want my pride being destroyed for something like that.

"How can a person eat what a dog eats?"

Sophia laughed for a long time at that. I heard that a bitch who's not as good as a dog is too stubborn. Anyway, If I was humiliated like that again for lunch today, I thought i would really pick up the bread without realizing it, so I ran out of the room while Sophia went to get a meal. Everyone was busy preparing meals, so the smell of food wafted everywhere. Then i searched for a place where I could not smell as much as possible, and then I remembered the Great Hall and headed there.

'I'm hungry. . . . . I'm hungry. . . . .'

It's wasn't that I hadn't thought about hiding somewhere else and calling another maid to bring me something to eat. I actually used that method the first evening, laughing at Sophia. Then when I went back to my room, Sophia forced me to take an emetic and vomit it all out. My stomach hurt so much after throwing it up with an anti-emetic that the memory of suffering and moaning all night is still so traumatizing. I went to the Great Hall, and the smell of grass and flowers masked the smell of food, so it was much better. As I was walking around like that, something caught my attention.

'Wow. . . . . That pie looks so delicious.'

There was a peach pie on a table that looked freshly baked. I was impressed with how beautifully they baked it with the frosting, and the crispy surface made them look even more appetizing.

". . . . .dit!"

I'm was staring at the pie without realizing it, and i was so surprised when someone is calling me.

"Edith! Why are you doing that?"

It was Lizzy. When i thought, "Why is Lizzy here?" and then I could see her surroundings properly. Lizzy, Cliff, and Killian, who had eaten lunch earlier in the day. Were about having a tea and dessert on the balcony of the Great Hall. I was walked in front them and stood there dumbfounded, staring at the pie for a long. . . . .

'I think I can be embarrassed here before Killian decapitates me. . . . .?'

Since I didn't eat anything, my brain didn't work well, so I couldn't think of what to say about my behavior just now.

"If you've had a meal, would you like to have tea with me?"

Lizzy asked kindly, but I shook my head, remembering the nightmare of the emetic.

"It's just. . . . I just looked at it because I thought it was already peach season."

"Ah. I see. . . . ."

I made eye contact with Killian a while and looking at the pie again. He frowned as if it was pathetic, and i became more shame about it.

"Ah, I'm going to back now, I'm just talking a walk for a while."

I was sad to be hungry, but being treated like a beggar made me want to cry, so I quickly went back to my room. I must have looked like I was having a bad day, because around 3 o'clock, a maid came to my room with a peach pie.

"It was sent by Miss Lizzy."

It was a peach pie I was staring at earlier. A sweet smell of peaches quickly filled into my room.

'I'm sure I'll eat that alone by myself.'

While I was thinking about it, Sophia, who was standing with her back to me, thinking about something for a while, suddenly put a bunch of sweets on the table. She served me a hot cup of tea and a slice of peach pie and asked me to eat it.

"If i keep you starving, someone might get suspicious. So, I'll allow you to eat that as much as you want."

She told me to make myself comfortable and left the room.

"She is. . . . .What's wrong with her all of a sudden. . . . .?"

It was absurd at first. But when I thought about it, Sophia seemed to be good using her brain. It's not that I'm not eating, it's just that I'm not being fed and it's making me dizzy. My pride was still hurt, but I thought we could compromise on this, so I ate up the peach pie. It was so delicious as I imagined it.

'I think my favorite fruit will be pie peaches in the future.'

While I was thinking about that, I was rubbing my stomach, which was full but still hungry to death, and a moment later, I felt a squeezing pain in my stomach.

"Ah. . . . .! Oh. What is this. . . . .Ahhh!"

It hurt. It hurt so lot. My stomach hurt so much that my eyes turned upside down, I was breaking out in a cold sweat, and my limbs were shaking.

"Huh. . . . ."

I collapsed on the floor, unable to walk to my bed. I was struggle with the pain like something sharp had stabbed me in the stomach. After lying on the floor for a long time and lost my mind, I suddenly remembered one of the original episodes.

'Don't tell me. . . . . It's a episode of poisoned cake incident. . . . . . ?'

It means that the cake that Lizzy sent as a gift was eaten by Edith, giving her a stomach ache and it's was Edith doing poisoned herself.

'I didn't put any poison in it. . . . .'

The question was quickly answered. In the distance of my darkening vision, the door opened and Sophia walked in, and she wasn't surprised at all seeing me lying on the floor.

'Well, that is it, damn it. . . .'

By the time my vision was completely dark, I could hear Sophia screaming.

"Argh! Miss! Wake up! Miss!"

***

How unconscious she must have been. I slowly opened my eyes because I felt like it was bustling around. Sophia's voice seemed to pierce her eardrums.

"How could you, Miss Lizzy! Did you hate my lady so much that you wanted to poison her?"

"Oh, no! I never did that! I sent it because I thought Edith would like it!"

"Yes, miss Edith liked it. I heard that Miss Lizzy sent it, and my lady was so happy heard that. But while I was out for a while and come back, my lady. . . ."

As expected, Sophia was accusing Lizzy of being the culprit. Yes, that scene is perfectly like the original. Even if Killian is a little different from the original, my terrible death on his hand hasn't stopped yet. But I couldn't give up. I just found out that the original could be different, and already can't take it back. My stomach still hurts, but I had to stop Sophia's trick somehow.

"Sop. . .Hia. . . . ."

When I managed to call Sophia, everyone's surprised eyes turned to me. I was glad to find Killian in the meantime. At least you came to see me fall. no, it's because Lizzy has been framed as the culprit. . . . . ? Anyway, i had to cover up this situation quickly.

"Miss! Are you awake? It hurts a lot, right? You're not feeling well right now, so don't try to force yourself to say it. Oh, my poor young lady . . . . "

Sophia approached me, her face wet with tears, as if she couldn't live without me. But her gaze clearly said, 'Shut up! Something similar like that. But I don't have attention to shut up.

"Lizzy. . . . what i mean, you did nothing. . . . I'm just, I'm a little. . . . . . I just have an upset stomach."

"What? What do you mean you just have an upset stomach! Miss, you even vomited blood earlier!"

Yes?. are you telling me you've poisoned me, enough to vomiting blood? oh, I'm pissed off. . . . . even if I can't avoid the future where I'm decapitated by Killian, I'm going to kill you! i clenched my teeth and said with the most pathetic expression I could.

"It's just a little bit upset inside,It was that bad. So. . . . .don't make a fuss."

Then, without giving Sophia a chance to say anything, she turned to Lizzy.