Escape from the evil lady (GL)
Chapter 134 - 42. Sincere feelings

Chapter 134: Chapter 42. Sincere feelings

Shortly before these events

The sudden appearance of the Duchess of the North right in the middle of the flower shop was undoubtedly a big shock to everyone present.

Jeremy, who was just as stunned by this as his older brother, was speechless for a while. However, the cold gaze of the woman’s bluish violet eyes was directed specifically at his older brother.

«Just now,» she said, «just now, what were you going to do with him?»

«I...I...» Dietrich Seibel was so scared and confused that he couldn’t even pronounce the words, and just kept stammering.

— I don’t care what kind of relationship you have in your family. However, after the conclusion of this marriage, Jeremy is also a member of the de Loon family. I cannot allow anyone to discredit the members of this family.

«Y-Your Grace, I’m sorry! I was wrong...!»

Realizing the fatal mistake he had made, the guy with smoothed brown hair immediately fell to his knees and begged for forgiveness. But the woman in front of him only looked down at him coldly.

«None of this matters anymore,» Selina said coldly, «If someone like you dared to encroach on the honor of the de Lune family, then I won’t just let it go.»

«.....»

The Duchess raised her hand threateningly, in which a white flame flared up. The baron’s heir, who was scared blue, squeezed his eyes shut tightly. However...

«Your Grace, please stop!»

Jeremy himself suddenly intervened in this impending massacre of his older brother.

«What is it?» She frowned, «Didn’t that insignificant man just try to pressure you and take you away by force?»

«That’s true, but...» the guy hesitated for a moment, «Your Grace, it’s really not worth it for you to do this.»

«And why is that?»

«.....»

Although Jeremy was still in a daze from everything that was happening and wondered how his wife could suddenly be here, nevertheless, at that moment he had to put aside everything else and pull himself together. All of this was just to save his elder brother’s pitiful life.

It wasn’t that the baron’s youngest son felt truly sorry for the man. To be more precise, he just didn’t want bloodshed in his store, which would undoubtedly cause a big fuss. Even though this guy was a real trash, he was still a noble, which meant this situation would attract attention anyway. And Jeremy really didn’t want this attention to be drawn to them for just such an occasion.

For this reason, the guy decided to intervene in what was happening.

Nevertheless, Jeremy did not ask the Duchess of the North for leniency towards his brother, relying on her mercy. It was because he knew that this cold and heartless woman didn’t care about something like that. For this reason, Jeremy decided to act differently and instead present the Duchess with his rational point of view on these events.

«I want to remind you that you are not in your own domain right now,» he said, «you cannot kill someone for no reason, especially a member of the nobility, and not violate the laws of the empire.

Hearing these words of his, Selina de Loon only grinned.

«Do you really think I care about that kind of thing?»

«Of course not. However... I dare say that you came here without first notifying the Imperial Palace of your visit. And if you really do that now, you will only provoke the public and attract unnecessary attention to the northern region. Wouldn’t that cause some problems?»

Expressing his point of view, Jeremy tried to speak carefully but convincingly. And it seemed that his words were able to have some effect after all.

After a short lull, during which Selina stared at him, she finally chuckled discreetly.

— Huh... It seems like you really don’t give me a choice.

Finally, she lowered her hand, and the magic flame in her hand went out. An angry sigh followed from the woman’s lips.

«Since you’re asking for it so much, I can make a concession this time. And you...» At that moment, the Duchess’ gaze shifted to his older brother, «Get out of here immediately before I change my mind.»

«.....»

The baron’s heir seemed to take a moment to believe his ears.

«T-thank you for your mercy, Your Grace!»

In the next instant, Dietrich Seibel, as well as his bodyguards, retreated from here with incredible speed. And at the same moment, silence fell in the room.

«Your Grace... May I know now what you’re really doing here?»

Selina de Loon frowned tensely.

«This...»

— And just now...» Jeremy spoke up again, «I definitely saw it. You appeared literally out of nowhere. What was that? Some kind of magic trick?

«...»

Selina de Loon remained silent for a while, but at the same time she realized more and more that she had no other choice in this situation but to reveal the truth. Even if it’s not the most desirable.

«I... was that snake,» the woman finally confessed.

— what?» Jeremy asked again.

«That snake you picked up on the street was me.»

— .....

The baron’s youngest son stared at her in shock.

— What... What do you mean? Richet... But how could you be her? How did it happen?!

— It doesn’t matter, — instead of answering, Selina just chose to wave it off. In fact, she didn’t even have any acceptable answer to explain the situation. And for this reason, the woman chose to simply leave him.

But Jeremy Seibel kept asking:

— If it’s really true, then why did you do it? And why did they hide it until this moment?!

«I told you it was just my business. I did it for personal reasons that don’t concern you.»

After the Duchess coldly stated this, thereby cutting off any possibility of continuing this topic, Jeremy continued to be shaken for a while. And then...

— Huh. And what now? Really... Did you come here specifically to bring me back?

— what?

«I did... I escaped from my execution,» the guy said, «However, I did not expect that you would actually come here personally, and not send someone.

Selina looked at him intently.

«Do you really want to die like that?» she asked calmly.

«Not at all. But I guess I just don’t have a choice, and you’re going to kill me anyway.»

— ...

— ...Just like they did with Runny.

When Jeremy mentioned this girl, the Duchess of the North frowned even more. But at that moment, when she was about to open her mouth to say something, the youth interrupted her first:

— I will never forgive you and I will never be able to forget this. Therefore, since I’m going to die anyway, I’ll say it directly.

«.....»

— I mean, my life didn’t belong to me from the moment this marriage happened.

Selina continued to stare at him with an unreadable expression on her face. Meanwhile, Jeremy Seibel continued:

— I regret that even for a moment I could have doubted that you were different. But in fact, you are exactly the same as they say you are. She’s just a heartless witch who doesn’t care about anyone but herself.

Since he had nothing to lose anyway, Jeremy decided to take this chance to finally say out loud everything he was thinking about. He had expected that the Duchess might get so angry that she would want to end his life on the spot. However...

Instead of anger, a cold smile suddenly appeared on the lips of the silver-haired woman.

«Have you said everything you wanted to say now?»

— .....

«Then it’s my turn to tell you. I am very grateful that for the first time you were able to express your sincere feelings.»

Jeremy frowned.

— I... — because the guy did not quite expect such a reaction, he could not continue to speak and only clenched his fists tighter.

— ...In that case, I’m going to fulfill your last wish as my spouse. Since everything was as terrible as you say, we’ll never see each other again.

At that moment, the baron’s youngest son opened his eyes wide.

«Really... Are you really going to spare me?» he asked incredulously.

— What will your miserable life give me?» The Duchess chuckled softly, «You can keep it as my last gift.»

At that moment, Celina de Loon turned away from him, and for that reason, Jeremy couldn’t see her expression. However, he couldn’t help but feel that it wasn’t quite the same as usual.

«Don’t worry,» the woman said coldly, «I’ll take care of our divorce proceedings as soon as possible. You won’t even have to come to the north for this.

After saying these last words, another magical flash followed, after which the Duchess of the North simply disappeared. Looking at the remnants of the white mist that was dissipating in front of him, Jeremy Seibel felt strange for some reason.

«I am... Did you do the right thing just now?» A thought flashed through his mind involuntarily.