Chapter 111: Volume 8 - CH 3

As it seemed that I couldn’t remember what happened in the past, Penny explained what had happened step by step.

“From then on, the young master started to harass me severely.” Some days, he made her mop or do a massive amount of laundry in one day.

Penny wasn’t a maid, but Camilla was so powerful that Selina couldn’t say anything to Adrian.

“And the young master likes it because you always come to the young master’s bedroom to find me.”

Camilla then warns Adrian not to call Penny, as if she sensed something ominous.

“Because Madame thought the young master liked me, she slapped me three times.”

Oh my goodness……

Penny seemed to be having a tough time because she was caught between a strange and crazy family.

Since Adrian couldn’t call Penny to his bedroom and couldn’t make her work, he then hung Penny up and threw stones at her in the garden, claiming that he was practicing archery.

When this happened, Selina begged Adrian not to do it, and Adrian clung to her, telling her that he was bored and that she should play with him instead.

‘In the end, he used Penny as a hostage and forced Selina to hang with him.’

The more I heard the story, the more pathetic and disgusting Adrian became.

‘And that’s how he pretended to be friendly with Selina?’

He was a completely one-sided stalker!

“When did Mother discover Adrian liked me?”

“That’s…… Oh!”

Penny’s brow was deeply wrinkled as she pondered.

“It had been five years. We happened to run into the young master on the stairs as we were passing by, and you hid behind me.”

Adrian was most likely hated by Selina. She must have been terrified just looking at him.

“Then, the young master told me to apologize to him because my dirty clothes had brushed against his, so I apologized……”

Penny knelt on her stomach and pleaded.

Despite the fact that Adrian and Penny were both commoners, Adrian was Camilla’s son and was raised as a noble child.

“Because he didn’t like the apology, he threatened to push me down the stairs.”

He was a complete jerk.

“Then?”

“But you were so surprised, My Lady, that you fainted.”

Ohoo…

Yeah, it’s not Selina if she doesn’t faint.

“You’re slowly rolling down the stairs, falling like a feather… ugh.”

Penny’s heart seemed to skip a beat as he remembered the incident. Penny put her hand on her chest.

“Was it the annex’s stairs?”

“No. The castle’s central stairwell.”

Then there were the stairs, which I frequently used in this building.

Fortunately, the stairwell within the building was not too long. There were about 20 stairs, and the flat section was connected to each corner.

Because it was a building where older aristocrats came and went, the stairwell was also low in height.

Carpets were also installed, making it less dangerous.

‘If Selina had died then, I wouldn’t be here.’

Selina was said to have been unconscious for three days at the time.

“The young master was crying, screaming, and making a commotion.”

Adrian clung to Selina like chewing gum and nursed her until she regained consciousness.

“Madam persuaded him, saying that if he stayed like that, he would collapse,” but the young master sent the Madam out while screaming at her. As if he didn’t have any morals left.”

‘The story was already makjang in the first place, so I’m not surprised.’

(T/N: Makjang: Slang term for something so bad that it can’t get any worse.)

What was the original story’s atmosphere like?

Even if Adrian’s immorality had been added, there was nothing unexpected about it.

“Madam had no choice but to bring the young master a meal to your room because he is always next to you……”

Penny’s voice lowered dramatically, as if she were telling a secret.

“Anyway, Madam noticed that young master kissing you on the cheek while you slept, My Lady.

Ugh, that’s creepy!

“I was cleaning in the next room at the time, and I knew because Madam dropped everything she was holding.”

“And?”

“They had an argument, and the next day, young master went into the training center.”

That’s how he spent the five years he was there.

“You’ve spent the entire time since then in the annex.”

Camilla must have arranged for Selina not to run into Adrian while he was on vacation.

Penny began to speak disparagingly about Camilla, as if she despised her.

“Don’t you remember Madam locking the annex door and acting as if you weren’t there?”