Chapter 180

The voice of “Payan” caused the office to fall silent. The Duke, who was furious just now, turned pale. He stammered as if in disbelief.

“Did you …… you say now is the time to leave, Penelope?”

“Yes.” I gently initialed.

“Is it for the purpose of pursuing me for my sins, and doing in this seat?”

“It is not that! Not that to call you!” The Duke’s eyes widened.

“You said it was to prevent it from happening again! Or, because I might have people aiming at Ibn ……”

“No external and relevant.” I hurriedly blocked out that kind of Duke’s words. This was a little different than expected. My own daughter had returned as well, and in that case, I expected the departure to take place soon. It wasn’t easy for the Duke to tell if he hadn’t already tried deep brainwashing.

“Is it all my fault? There’s no need for further investigation either. It’s all my fault, I’ll take responsibility.”

“The hell ……”

“No.” In place of the Duke who couldn’t speak, someone flatly rejected my proposal. Turning his head, Derrick gritted his teeth and glared at me as if he wanted to kill me. Without realizing it, his eyes stood filled with blood.” Why?” I thought that in that case, everyone would take an inner double count of welcome. I didn’t understand such him at all and asked straight.

“Like any time, clean and good if I end with my mistake. So I run away from home …….”

“Where are you going!” At that moment, he let out a ducally loud voice.

“…Why are you yelling?” I looked at him in alarm.

“If it’s a farce, all the more reason to quell the rumors and cover it up. At this point in time, if you go to recuperate, what about Eckhardt’s prestige? You!”

“Your reputation…!” Derrick, sweating coldly like a man being chased, spat out quickly and stopped talking abruptly. Possibly noticing the fact that he was being overly grumpy, he roughly smoothed his bangs and said in a moderated voice.

“There’s a limit to how much you can be protected if …… you leave the family.”

“Since when are you so concerned about my reputation.”

“You really…!” Not knowing what was unsatisfactory about my answer, his face turned bad. More and more, the dental situation appears extruded, and so do I.

“Derek’s right, Penelope.” At that point, Duke broke through the killing mood and rushed to intervene.

“Baby, calm down for a second. Even if you acted the farce, it wasn’t meant to be your fault. Hmm?” He sweated in the tone of someone coaxing a child who’d thrown up. Going back to what had just happened, Eben stopped sobbing and looked up at Derrick with a marvelous face. All I could feel was creepy.

It was all a show. I still don’t know exactly what Iben was aiming at to break into the Duke’s house like that.

But whatever the reason, there was no confidence in defeating the Rilla devotee who wore Ibn’s face. Since the escape failed, the only thing left was to save my life. But not knowing the speed, the damned duke kept trying to obstruct me.” Ha …… “I sighed deeply and said in a voice filled with fatigue.

“…… Not letting me leave is not an inquisition. So what do you want me to do.”

“Hey, you ……” But, in place of the Duke, a voice came from the other side. The one who had kept his mouth shut up until then was Leonard.

“Just now you said you didn’t want to take the position of the Duke’s daughter.”

“But why …… why is it so easy to say leave home.”

Sight met and his face became strange. It’s like trying to kill someone in the attic before. The messy Leonard, who casually accepts whatever I say, surprisingly doesn’t accept my words at all now. Of course. Just random words to get away.

“I’ve had it with almost dying.” I repeated what I said to him the other day. And there was no excuse not to run. So the question came back like an answer. Not from Leonard, but from Derrick.

“What.”

“Everything.” I said the prepared answer like I had memorized it one after another.

“It’s not just bluffing about being a male female, and don’t be treated like thunder. No, just staying home itself is annoying.”

“Penelope.”

“Now Iben is back too. Do you still need me to stay? Let me foster?”

“Penelope, don’t say such things!”

The Duke shouted tenaciously at my pleas as well. Then immediately lowered his voice and tried to convince me.

“Penelope, baby. No matter who says it, you are my daughter. Why on earth did you do that before the coming-of-age ceremony, huh?”

The headache of not being able to work things out the way I thought they should. I sighed briefly and jumped up from my seat.

“Then there’s no need to talk about it anymore.”

“It’s not over yet. Sit down.”

“I’m sick, Dad.”

Ignoring the forceful order, Derrick turned to the Duke. I know it’s different from what I’ve been doing, and it’s rude. But what happens when you take poison, wake up not too long ago, and eat a polite meal. Besides being sick isn’t an empty word. Grabbing his progressively itchy head to groan, the Duke grudgingly allowed it.

“…… Ah, stop it. Go up.”

“But″.

“Stop, the child is sick!”

Retorting to the first guy, the Duke let out his majesty. If both of his daughters had died, he might have been embarrassed as well. Being sick is quite useful in that sense. I couldn’t wait to get out of that suffocating seat. Before leaving the office, eyes brushed against the seated denizens.

Derrick, a fatigued looking Leonard, Winter, who still glared at me descriptively. And finally, the subtly expressive Iben.

That would do it, right? I have no attachment whatsoever to the position of male female, so I beg you to leave me alone.

I prayed that she could reach my pleading heart and hurriedly left the office.

Tayue – As the door closed, the Duke spoke.

“Leonard, this matter is temporarily suspended.”

“Dad!” Leonard looked at the Duke with wide eyes. So did Winter, who kept his mouth shut about conversations between the family. Derrick protested to my father with a fierce face.” Are you telling me that after hearing the confession of the self-acting drama, you just skipped right over it?”

“Or else? Stop the investigation for now and all that. Until Penelope’s health is fully restored.”

“I still have things to investigate.” Disobeying the Duke’s order, Derrick repeated it through gritted teeth.” As the Marquis said, I have not yet searched Ibn’s room.”

“Oh, brother ……!” Iben, who was looking at rolling his eyes, suddenly looked and pointed at Derrick, his eyes widening.

“Uh, what, what…!” She looked at him, full of incredulity, grinning incoherently. To the others, he just went into shock.

Derrick quickly chanted, ignoring her like that.

“The possibility of an outside force buying the maid cannot be completely ruled out. Allow time to fully re-investigate …….”

“I thought I was a loser who couldn’t do any investigation right?” At that moment, Leonard shouted nervously.

“Together with the Marquis, I carefully investigated the whereabouts of the dead maid. But nothing came up! Just wake up!”

“Brother has no right to investigate anyway. Papa’s right, don’t say anything. Don’t get flat out smart and piss him off.”

“Stop, what’s that noise. Something that hasn’t been resolved …….”

“Penelope no!” At my brother who uttered depressing words, Leonard burst into a rage.

“Every time my brother opens his mouth, he doesn’t do it properly! Being found out for no reason, if it’s poison again, under the roof! What then!”

“Like dad said, leave it alone now. You’d better go to your room right away and stay put.” When he finished, Leonard muttered gruffly.

He had just remembered Penelope’s face from before. The face that said everything was tiresome was the same as when he was told a day ago. When I was caught eating rotten food due to the provocation of my exclusive maid.

Wasn’t it expected from the time I took the male maid’s necklace from my room?

Never in my wildest dreams did I realize that she knew the beginning and end of that incident. She didn’t get mad at him for panicking. She didn’t get mad. She didn’t run to sue her father. She just said, “Then you are.” As if to say, with an expression of indifference.

But now everything was tiresome. It was the same in the attic. To him, instead of scolding, she said with a supercilious face.

You always make me, like, more miserable than a slave. No wonder I felt that remark was not confined to myself. Leonard mumbled in a low voice, as if the creepiness he felt at that moment.

“…… You know she’s said something like that once or twice? If you do pack up and sneak out one day.”

“So if someone does assassinate, there’s no way to find ……” If it gets any more irritating, she’ll just pack up and go out, and she’ll still have the personality to stay.

“Watch your mouth and don’t irritate until Penelope recovers.” Mesmerized by Leonard’s words, and fearful that she would again make the wrong choice, the Duke wedged, paused. The atmosphere in the office became solemn for a moment.

“If you would ……” At that moment, a trembling voice cut through the silence.

“I, even if I were to search my room …… I would be all right.” A girl with watery blue eyes looked around to her left and said ruefully. That look darkened Derrick’s face.

“You shut up.” Not knowing if there was a wink or not, Leonard shot in annoyance and she let out a “ho” of shock. Somehow, this time Derrick wasn’t taking sides.

Leonard’s words ended and a heavy silence sank over the field. Everyone was so deep in thought that no one saw the delicate hands trembling tightly against their teeth. At that moment.

“In …… words sorry, I’ll leave first.” With an embarrassed face, Wynter grabbed his head and stood up from his seat.” Yes. Go check it out.”

At this point, conscious that he couldn’t see anyone else, the Duke hurriedly dismissed him. Winter left the duke’s office in a hurry. Then ran through the corridor. Fortunately, caught up with Ying Ying who was standing on the central platform.

This was due to the fact that her body had not recovered and her walking was slowed down.

He quickly opened his mouth to call her.” Miss Penelope.”

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“Payan’s” voice caused the office to fall silent. The Duke, who had been furious a moment ago, turned pale. He stammered as if in disbelief.

“Did you …… you say now is the time to leave, Penelope?”

“Yes.” I gently initialed.

“Is it for the purpose of pursuing me for my sins, and doing in this seat?”

“It is not that! Not that to call you!” The Duke’s eyes widened.

“You said it was to prevent it from happening again! Or, because I might have people aiming at Ibn ……”

“No external and relevant.” I hurriedly blocked out that kind of Duke’s words. This was a little different than expected. My own daughter had returned as well, and in that case, I expected the departure to take place soon. It wasn’t easy for the Duke to tell if he hadn’t already tried deep brainwashing.

“Is it all my fault? There’s no need for further investigation either. It’s all my fault, I’ll take responsibility.”

“The hell ……”

“No.” In place of the Duke who couldn’t speak, someone flatly rejected my proposal. Turning his head, Derrick gritted his teeth and glared at me as if he wanted to kill me. Without realizing it, his eyes stood filled with blood.” Why?” I thought that in that case, everyone would take an inner double count of welcome. I didn’t understand such him at all and asked straight.

“Like any time, clean and good if I end with my mistake. So I run away from home …….”

“Where are you going!” At that moment, he let out a ducally loud voice.

“…Why are you yelling?” I looked at him in alarm.

“If it’s a farce, all the more reason to quell the rumors and cover it up. At this point in time, if you go to recuperate, what about Eckhardt’s prestige? You!”

“Your reputation…!” Derrick, sweating coldly like a man being chased, spat out quickly and stopped talking abruptly. Possibly noticing the fact that he was being overly grumpy, he roughly smoothed his bangs and said in a moderated voice.

“There’s a limit to how much you can be protected if …… you leave the family.”

“Since when are you so concerned about my reputation.”

“You really…!” Not knowing what was unsatisfactory about my answer, his face turned bad. More and more, the dental situation appears extruded, and so do I.

“Derek’s right, Penelope.” At that point, Duke broke through the killing mood and rushed to intervene.

“Baby, calm down for a second. Even if you acted the farce, it wasn’t meant to be your fault. Hmm?” He sweated in the tone of someone coaxing a child who’d thrown up. Going back to what had just happened, Eben stopped sobbing and looked up at Derrick with a marvelous face. All I could feel was creepy.

It was all a show. I still don’t know exactly what Iben was aiming at to break into the Duke’s house like that.

But whatever the reason, there was no confidence in defeating the Rilla devotee who wore Ibn’s face. Since the escape failed, the only thing left was to save my life. But not knowing the speed, the damned duke kept trying to obstruct me.” Ha …… “I sighed deeply and said in a voice filled with fatigue.

“…… Not letting me leave is not an inquisition. So what do you want me to do.”

“Hey, you ……” But, in place of the Duke, a voice came from the other side. The one who had kept his mouth shut up until then was Leonard.

“Just now you said you didn’t want to take the position of the Duke’s daughter.”

“But why …… why is it so easy to say leave home.”

Sight met and his face became strange. It’s like trying to kill someone in the attic before. The messy Leonard, who casually accepts whatever I say, surprisingly doesn’t accept my words at all now. Of course. Just random words to get away.

“I’ve had it with almost dying.” I repeated what I said to him the other day. And there was no excuse not to run. So the question came back like an answer. Not from Leonard, but from Derrick.

“What.”

“Everything.” I said the prepared answer like I had memorized it one after another.

“It’s not just bluffing about being a male female, and not being treated like thunder. No, just staying home itself is annoying.”

“Penelope.”

“Now Iben is back too. Do you still need me to stay? Let me foster?”

“Penelope, don’t say such things!”

The Duke shouted tenaciously at my pleas as well. Then immediately lowered his voice and tried to convince me.

“Penelope, baby. No matter who says it, you are my daughter. Why on earth did you do that before the coming-of-age ceremony, huh?”

The headache of not being able to work things out the way I thought they should. I sighed briefly and jumped up from my seat.

“Then there’s no need to talk about it anymore.”

“It’s not over yet. Sit down.”

“I’m sick, Dad.”

Ignoring the forceful order, Derrick turned to the Duke. I know it’s different from what I’ve been doing, and it’s rude. But what happens when you take poison, wake up not too long ago, and eat a polite meal. Besides being sick isn’t an empty word. Grabbing his progressively itchy head to groan, the Duke grudgingly allowed it.

“…… Ah, stop it. Go up.”

“But″.

“Stop, the child is sick!”

Retorting to the first guy, the Duke let out his majesty. If both of his daughters had died, he might have been embarrassed as well. Being sick is quite useful in that sense. I couldn’t wait to get out of that suffocating seat. Before leaving the office, eyes brushed against the seated denizens.

Derrick, a fatigued looking Leonard, Winter, who still glared at me descriptively. And finally, the subtly expressive Iben.

That would do it, right? I have no attachment whatsoever to the position of male female, so I beg you to leave me alone.

I prayed that she could reach my pleading heart and hurriedly left the office.

Tayue – As the door closed, the Duke spoke.

“Leonard, this matter is temporarily suspended.”

“Dad!” Leonard looked at the Duke with wide eyes. So did Winter, who kept his mouth shut about conversations between the family. Derrick protested to my father with a fierce face.” Are you telling me that after hearing the confession of the self-acting drama, you just skipped right over it?”

“Or else? Stop the investigation for now and all that. Until Penelope’s health is fully restored.”

“I still have things to investigate.” Disobeying the Duke’s order, Derrick repeated it through gritted teeth.” As the Marquis said, I have not yet searched Ibn’s room.”

“Oh, brother ……!” Iben, who was looking at rolling his eyes, suddenly looked and pointed at Derrick, his eyes widening.

“Uh, what, what…!” She looked at him, full of incredulity, grinning incoherently. To the others, he just went into shock.

Derrick quickly chanted, ignoring her like that.

“The possibility of an outside force buying the maid cannot be completely ruled out. Allow time to fully re-investigate …….”

“I thought I was a loser who couldn’t do any investigation right?” At that moment, Leonard shouted nervously.

“Together with the Marquis, I carefully investigated the whereabouts of the dead maid. But nothing came up! Just wake up!”

“Brother has no right to investigate anyway. Papa’s right, don’t say anything. Don’t get flat out smart and piss him off.”

“Stop, what’s that noise. Something that hasn’t been resolved …….”

“Penelope no!” At my brother who uttered depressing words, Leonard burst into a rage.

“Every time my brother opens his mouth, he doesn’t do it properly! Being found out for no reason, if it’s poison again, under the roof! What then!”

“Like dad said, leave it alone now. You’d better go to your room right away and stay put.” When he finished, Leonard muttered gruffly.

He had just remembered Penelope’s face from before. The face that said everything was tiresome was the same as when he was told a day ago. When I was caught eating rotten food due to the provocation of my exclusive maid.

Wasn’t it expected from the time I took the male maid’s necklace from my room?

Never in my wildest dreams did I realize that she knew the beginning and end of that incident. She didn’t get mad at him for panicking. She didn’t get mad. She didn’t run to sue her father. She just said, “Then you are.” As if to say, with an expression of indifference.

But now everything was tiresome. It was the same in the attic. To him, instead of scolding, she said with a supercilious face.

You always make me, like, more miserable than a slave. No wonder I felt that remark was not confined to myself. Leonard mumbled in a low voice, as if the creepiness he felt at that moment.

“…… You know she’s said something like that once or twice? If you do pack up and sneak out one day.”

“So if someone does assassinate, there’s no way to find ……” If it gets any more irritating, she’ll just pack up and go out, and she’ll still have the personality to stay.

“Watch your mouth and don’t irritate until Penelope recovers.” Mesmerized by Leonard’s words, and fearful that she would again make the wrong choice, the Duke wedged, paused. The atmosphere in the office became solemn for a moment.

“If you would ……” At that moment, a trembling voice cut through the silence.

“I, even if I were to search my room …… I would be all right.” A girl with watery blue eyes looked around to her left and said ruefully. That look darkened Derrick’s face.

“You shut up.” Not knowing if there was a wink or not, Leonard shot in annoyance and she let out a “ho” of shock. Somehow, this time Derrick wasn’t taking sides.

Leonard’s words ended and a heavy silence sank over the field. Everyone was so deep in thought that no one saw the delicate hands trembling tightly against their teeth. At that moment.

“In …… words sorry, I’ll leave first.” With an embarrassed face, Wynter grabbed his head and stood up from his seat.” Yes. Go check it out.”

At this point, conscious that he couldn’t see anyone else, the Duke hurriedly dismissed him. Winter left the duke’s office in a hurry. Then ran through the corridor. Fortunately, caught up with Ying Ying who was standing on the central platform.

This was due to the fact that her body had not recovered and her walking was slowed down.

He quickly opened his mouth to call her.” Miss Penelope.”