As of today, I will abandon my family line.
| 02 | First day of the hunting competition
오전 6:10
하인
“It’s time to wake up, young lady!”
헤인스 루시엔
“Yeah..”
하인
"Miss, today is the first day of the hunting competition. You'll be looking for your fiancé, so shouldn't you dress up nicely?"
헤인스 루시엔
“Michelle... I’m not going to the hunting competition..”
하인
“Huh? What are you talking about..! If the Count hears that, it’ll be a disaster..!!”
Servant Michel, who called Lucien while stamping his feet
Then Lucien pulled the blanket over his head and did not move at all.
하인
“..Miss..If you don’t go, I’ll get beaten..”
헤인스 루시엔
“..Haa.. I’ll go.. A hunting competition.. A competition to catch and kill animals.. It’s perfect for my father.”
Lucien, who hated the fact that her beloved servant was being beaten because of her, complies and begins to dress up.
하인
“Miss, hold on to the bed tight!”
헤인스 루시엔
“Just tighten it a little. I’ll just show my face and try to please you before I come out.”
하인
“..I’m sorry, Miss..Prince Philiot has ordered it..”
헤인스 루시엔
"ha.."
하인
“I will do it.. hold your breath..!!”
헤인스 루시엔
“Ugh..!!”
헤인스 루시엔
“Haa.. haa..”
하인
“Are you okay, miss?”
헤인스 루시엔
“..Do it quickly..”
하인
"yes.."
Where Lucy arrived in her carriage, preparations for the hunting tournament were in full swing, with many noblemen warming up and their counts and marquises sitting on the circular garden terrace.
헤인스 루시엔
“..Now that Piliot is here, there’s no way I can get out of here..”
헤인스 루시엔
“Let’s go back to Michelle’s house.”
하인
"yes..?"
하인
“No..!! What do you want to hear from the Count..”
헤인스 루시엔
“Then what should we do? Michelle, don’t you know what you’re going to hear up there?”
헤인스 루시엔
“Not only will there be stories about my late mother, but there will also be shameful words that insult not only my mother but also me!”
헤인스 루시엔
“I don’t want to pollute my ears with such words.”
It was obvious that the heads of various families would come and go.
The insult and shame of Clouse, who passed away early
There must have been words to Lucy as well, telling her not to die young like her mother and bring harm to the family.
dump-
헤인스 루시엔
“I can’t… just listen to my mother’s death being insulted like that..?”
“Go up, Lucien.”
Lucien, who was sitting on the floor wearing a cumbersome dress, turned her head and looked up.
헤인스 루베트
“Go up. Don’t make things difficult for Michelle.”
The second was Haynes Lubet.
헤인스 루시엔
“Rubet, aren’t you creeped out?”
헤인스 루시엔
“My mother’s death is over there..!!”
Lucien jumped up and looked at Rubet with tear-filled eyes.
Rubet, as if he didn't want to hear this, grabbed Haines' wrist and dragged him up the stairs.
헤인스 루시엔
“Let go! It hurts..!!”
헤인스 루베트
“Cover your face with a fan. That’s polite.”
헤인스 루베트
“I told you not to show off that you haven’t been out in the social world.”
헤인스 루시엔
“...”
As we climbed up onto the terrace, several families, including Avon and Pilliot, were sitting there.
Rubet nodded slightly, bowed, and sat down, while Lucien greeted him with his face covered by his fan.
헤인스 루시엔
"I am Haines Lucien, the daughter of the Haines family. I hope you enjoy the hunting competition."
“You are as beautiful as rumored.”
헤인스 루시엔
"thank you."
헤인스 필리엇
"Lucy's been waiting for this since yesterday. Well, she's of an age where she should be getting married."
헤인스 필리엇
"I wonder who my sister's fiancée will be. Lucy was curious too. Right, Lucy?"
헤인스 루시엔
"No one knows the outcome. Do you know? Maybe I won't be able to get married during the hunting competition."
헤인스 어본
“Lucien!”
헤인스 루시엔
“Just kidding. I’m really looking forward to it.”
헤인스 루시엔
“Michelle, I’d like a cup of warm tea, please.”
하인
“Yes, my lady.”
“I heard that Young-ae didn’t go out much in social circles.”
“Didn’t you have a big debut?”
*(Debutante = ball and social debut venue)
헤인스 루시엔
"Haynes Clouse. You know, my mother."
헤인스 루시엔
“After my mother passed away, my father temporarily blocked my entry into society.”
헤인스 루시엔
"Because of this, I lost all desire to leave social circles. Why did you stop me?"
헤인스 루시엔
“If there was nothing to show, you wouldn’t have stopped me. Your Majesty, please take good care of my father.”
At this, Avon stood up with his face flushed and tried to shout at Lucien.
What would Lucien's expression have been like behind the debt?
“Haha, Young-ae, you are so bold. It’s a shame you weren’t born a man.”
Lucien, hearing that, closes his eyes slightly and smiles.
But Phil and Avon's faces are filled with darkness.
“The winner of the first day of the hunting competition is..”
헤인스 필리엇
“Many people have been hunting, I wonder who it will be.”
헤인스 루시엔
“...”
“This is Prince Elliot of the Arisen family!”
Beside him lay a large wild boar and two male deer. Despite their thin builds, they were quite strong.
“Isn’t it okay if it’s the Arisen family?”
“How many years has it been since Herald was in poor health? This family could collapse at any moment.”
“The next heir is truly incompetent, isn’t he?”
“But it has a reputation..”
The stories of the other counts were divided into two.
In the end, the people gathered here weren't all that different. They were people who focused on marrying to continue their families.
헤인스 필리엇
“What should I do, Father?”
헤인스 어본
“..The Arisen family is not allowed.”
헤인스 루시엔
“If I win all three days, wouldn’t it be natural for me to become your fiancé?”
헤인스 루시엔
“It is a promise that my father made.”
헤인스 루베트
“Let’s wait and see. There’s a chance we won’t win for three days, right?”
헤인스 루베트
“There could be a tie.”
헤인스 루시엔
"If there's a tie, I have to make a choice. You know that, right?"
헤인스 루시엔
"I hope you had fun today. I'm grateful that so many families can come together and have fun like this."
헤인스 루시엔
“I hope to see you often in social circles.”
헤인스 루시엔
“Haa.. haa..”
Lucy nervously unbuttoning her corset
While I was taking off my clothes, the door suddenly opened.
헤인스 루시엔
“Whoa! What, what is it!”
헤인스 필리엇
“What do you want to do?”
헤인스 루시엔
“Philiot! What are you doing?!”
헤인스 루시엔
“It was always Philliot who told me to be polite! But this is just...!!”
Piliot approached Lucy.
He grabbed Lucy's neck and started strangling her.
헤인스 루시엔
“Ugh..! Phil..what..!!”
헤인스 필리엇
“Be quiet and let’s get married, Lucien.”
헤인스 루시엔
“Ugh..! F..please..!”
헤인스 필리엇
“Don’t forget. Marriage is simply about strengthening the family.”
widely-
헤인스 루시엔
“Haa.. Kelok Kelok..!! Haa..”
헤인스 필리엇
“Stop being a show-off and marry Walter of the Edwin family.”
헤인스 필리엇
“Walter will win the hunt on the second and third days.”
Lucy looks at Philiot with a flushed face and eyes.
It's just a pity that I'm holding my breath while being overcome by despair.
헤인스 필리엇
“Tomorrow, Michelle, your father and I will wait in the carriage.”
헤인스 루시엔
“...”
That day, Lucy stayed up all night and cried in her room.
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