I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

42 – True Color (2)

“…Yes, you know. Don’t know enough.”

A chilling sound is made as Ines’ molars grind.

If ordinary people heard that sound, they would feel goosebumps like scratching their fingernails on a blackboard, but Chloe calmly accepted it with an expression that said nothing was wrong.

No, it’s not an expression that doesn’t matter, it’s an expression that clearly looks down at the other person.

“hehehe, you seem very nervous?”

“…To be cocky.”

Ines, who has been frightened, looked up to, or received only favorable glances from others all her life, can’t stand Chloe’s expression.

If it hadn’t been for Claude between them, Ines would have immediately picked up the self-defense tool tucked into her waistband and started working.

“I thought it would be easy to control with you, so I was going to turn a blind eye to Seo-Bang-nim’s use as a lover…”

For Ines, there was no reason to stop Claude and Chloe from continuing.

Because infidelity is very common in the world of the nobility, and it is the noble duty of the nobility to produce more offspring, no matter how illegitimate they may be.

If you’re going to have an affair anyway, it’s better to be someone who’s easy to control.

“You show your teeth like this?”

Chloe’s background is shallow, so her support base is weak, and even though she was adopted, she has a brother and sister relationship, so she can’t openly reveal that she is a lover with Mr. Seo.

So, she had designated Chloe, who seemed easy to control, as the bride-to-be of the West… She never thought that she would suddenly be stabbed in the back of her head like this.

No matter how much she gave her permission, she couldn’t do such a thing out of sight of me, my wife.

Everything should be under my control. Everything from the simple act of making affection to the work of making offspring.

“Closing your eyes? What are you?”

Chloe looks at Ines with a puzzled look.

“I allowed her to stay by her brother’s side for a while, without knowing the subject.”

Chloe calls Claude her brother.

This is because no one can deny the relationship between the two as long as the established facts have already been established.

Chloe was finally able to call Claude her brother.

“Permission? Permission? Someone like you is me—”

“Yes, permission. You were just a tool to make my brother break his promise.”

Her promise on her birthday 12 years ago that she would never give a second glance to another woman.

At that time, Claude regarded it as just childish childishness and made the promise, but Chloe, the person who received the promise, remembered it intact to this day.

Chloe deliberately neglected Ines to induce Claude to break his promise, and after confirming that Claude had broken his promise, Chloe did not hesitate any longer and looked for an opportunity, gave Claude a paralytic drug and literally committed it in a deserted place. Abandoned

“…A promise?”

Hearing that Ines was her tool and promise, her heart sank even further.

Because it’s the first time I’ve ever heard of a lowly thing being treated as a tool followed by a promise.

It is an unbearable humiliation and insult to Ines, who wants to know everything about what she is interested in.

“Of course, it’s a promise you don’t need to know.”

“…A b*tch.”

“Oh…?”

As Chloe replied with a sneering look and voice, swear words came out of Ines’ mouth.

Chloe says she just wants to tease her, but she is slightly surprised when Ines unexpectedly reacts dramatically.

It’s a harsh voice and words that you can’t imagine being the girl who pretended to be with you every day.

‘This… I can use it if I touch it a little more.’

Instinctively, Chloe, realizing that this is Ines’ evil, decides to provoke Ines even more.

Okay, I can make things easier.

“I’ve been by my brother’s side all my life, and you’re only a month or two at most, so of course I know a lot more about you, right?”

“Shut up.”

As expected, it shows the reaction as expected.

You look like you’d do something right away if it wasn’t for your brother in the middle.

“It’s natural, so you don’t have to be offended. There’s no way a relationship lasting for a month or two can beat a relationship that lasts a lifetime, right?”

“…A lowly woman dares.”

“Ha.”

A lowly… b*tch.

…I thought I’d pass it off no matter how vulgar it was.

“Two… No.”

You have to be patient.

I can’t show my ugly side in front of my brother. Two years alone is enough to show that kind of side.

Chloe endures her swear words with superhuman patience, and Ines looks at Chloe with puzzled eyes.

‘Did you put up with it?’

Chloe, identified by Ines, is a crazy b*tch who is playing a nice girl.

A crazy b*tch like that puts up with provocations like this when no one is around?

Seobang-nim is sleeping too, so there’s no need to notice… Wait a minute.

“…Seobang?”

“Tsk.”

Ines calls out to Claude with her eyes wide open, and Chloe clicks her tongue in regret when she sees that.

It’s a pity, had I noticed it a little later, I could have completely undermined her brother’s liking for that b*tch.

“Can’t…Don’t…”

“Brother, did you just hear that? They say I’m a mean girl.”

Chloe says that in a voice of regret as she caresses the forehead of Claude who is lying on her thigh.

In the process of stroking Chloe, the cloth covering Claude’s eyes comes off.

“…”

Claude can’t answer Chloe’s words.

Claude, whose mind and body have been paralyzed by the paralyzing poison Chloe fed him, just rolls his eyes here and there.

“…!”

When Ines sees Claude’s pupils looking at her, she chokes and catches her breath.

I heard…? All conversations so far?

“Hmm… I really like that expression.”

Chloe nodded her head in great satisfaction when she saw that Ines’ vengeful expression turned to despair in an instant.

I noticed it too early, so I couldn’t completely push it over the edge, but at this point, it was pretty good.

“Seo, Mr. Seo… This is… So…”

Ines trembled and did his best to capture the words he had uttered.

It was too careless. No matter how tired he is, how confident he is that he is sleeping.

Even if I didn’t go all the way and stopped in the middle, the words I’ve said so far must have offended Mr. Seo.

Seobang-sama treats that girl very dearly as a younger sister.

‘Why are you rolling your eyes?’

It was only then that Ines noticed her strange point.

As I just said, there is no way that Mr. Seo, who cherishes that girl as her little sister, would be willing to make love with that girl.

Besides, it’s a bit strange that Seobang-nim has been silent until now when he’s talking about such a nasty thing next to him.

…No way.

Ines took Claude’s hand, lifted it slightly above her, and released her in the air.

Claude’s arm hangs limp and hits her own stomach.

“…Paralysis?”

After playing with the toys, Ines immediately notices what condition Claude is in.

A poison that paralyzes the body while maintaining only the mind is a high-quality drug that even I cannot easily obtain.

“Dear West… What have you done…”

Seobang is not a toy. It means being special.

But this crazy b*tch didn’t care and did this terrible thing.

As Ines’ body trembled, goosebumps of anger flowed from her whole body.

“Don’t blame me for revealing your true nature. You—”

“…Aren’t you confident?”

“What?”

When an unexpected answer comes out, Chloe is a little taken aback, and Ines, who was just talking about it, is delighted to see it.

Okay, I can still make up for it. I can’t be the only bad b*tch.

“You didn’t have confidence, so you did something like this and attacked Mr. Seo.”

“…Isn’t it? Seo-Bang-sama is so moral that I, my younger sister—”

“Really? That means the West didn’t see you as a member of the opposite s*x.”

Chloe’s expression starts to distort, but then stops.

It was only about 0.3 Seconds, but Ines, who is used to changing people’s expressions, doesn’t miss it.

“…Seobang-nim was very happy, to the extent that he would be so prosperous if he hadn’t looked at me as a member of the opposite s*x—”

“That’s what I did too, wouldn’t you know that by looking at your bedroom every morning?”

“…”

Chloe’s mouth is blocked. Because there is no answer that can be given.

If you agree with that statement, then you are admitting that Claude sees Ines as a member of the opposite s*x, and if you do not agree, Claude’s reaction will just be an unavoidable physiological reaction.

“But you and I are not quite the same.”

“…What are you talking about?”

Seeing Chloe’s reaction, Ines smiles inwardly and decides to drive the wedge.

“Are you asking because you really don’t know? Seo Bang-sama coveted my body entirely on his own will, but you cowardly poisoned Seo-bang-nim—”

“…Shut up.”

Chloe looks at Ines with vengeful eyes and tells her to shut up, but Ines just ignores her and continues her words.

“It’s true, don’t you know the feeling of Seo-Bang-sama coveting her body with her own will?”

“Shut up…”

“How ecstatic that is—”

Jaak!!

“—Ha.”

“…A whore.”

Chloe can no longer endure Ines’ provocation, which denies her relationship with Claude.

Chloe’s red handprints remain on Ines’ cheeks.