Chapter 174 174. Kidnapping, Part X

Translator: Khan

Editor: Aelryinth

Phoebe put her robe on Julietta’s naked body and said decisively, "I’ll have to wake up Amelie and Sophie. I know you’re hesitant to make them worry, but it’s more important for you to get back to the mansion safely. They might come into the dressing shop. I’m going to have to do something quick." After Phoebe said that, she hurried out of the room as if she would not listen to any orders otherwise.

Soon after, Julietta finished washing herself, and faced Amelie who was waiting for her with a worried face. "Sophie’s gone to call the troupe leader, Maribel."

"Maribel?" Julietta asked nervously.

Amelie spoke harshly, "Julie, I know you’re uncomfortable with Maribel. But her love for you is serious and sincere. Of course, she is cold-tempered and easily misunderstood, but she is not a bad person. I don’t think what happened today is normal, so we have to call the troupe leader and find a solution. Oh, my God. Kidnapping..." Amelie sighed with a stunned face, as she shook her face this way and that. "How could he abuse your face like this? What a bad person he was! He is the one who’s going to be torn apart, caught alive, and eaten by the devil! Still, it is fortunate that you escaped safely. Let’s see other parts of your body. Oh, my God, your whole body is covered with bruises. He’ll be rotting in hell for the rest of his life!"

Amelie lamented to Julietta, wearing the dress she had brought from the studio. "You ran away in this fit; the heaven has really helped you. Oh, my God, thank you."

Julietta lied to Amelie about how she had escaped and had quickly run away after hitting the fatal point of the man who had been hitting her. She was depressed for a moment as she watched Amelie and Phoebe feel relieved, saying that God had helped her, despite the lame excuse.

’What happened when he disappeared from here? Did he move to another dimension like me? I hope he didn’t lose his soul.’

If Manny was in front of her, she wanted to shake his neck and ask him.

As Amelie was about to speak to Julietta, Julietta’s face suddenly darkened, and the door to Phoebe’s bedroom opened.

"Julietta!" Maribel, all pale, came running in, and Sophie followed.

"Julie! Oh, my God!" Sophie screamed at Julietta’s face.

"Sophie, be quiet. Honey, that’s not what I’m thinking, is it? Nothing happened, right? Nothing happened. Isn’t that right? No, if it were, it didn’t exist."

Julietta nodded gently at the terrible figure of Maribel who was pressing her as if she had to say yes. "Yes. I ran away after a blow at the critical moment."

"Oh, thank God. That’s a relief. Yes, you’re not the kind of girl who would be raped without resisting."

Maribel staggered as if her legs had loosened and went to the bed and sat down. She had always been relaxed and cold-hearted, and Julietta looked at her strangely. At Julietta’s gaze, Maribel looked back at Amelie.

"Please excuse us for a moment. I have something to say to Julietta."

At Maribel’s serious tone, three people left the bedroom.

"My dear, you must listen carefully from now on."

Julietta asked Maribel as if she had guessed something. "Is this about what happened to me today?"

Maribel shook her head as she looked at Julietta’s bruised face. "I don’t know, but I can’t say no."

When Julietta nodded for her to continue, Maribel picked her words for a moment and opened her mouth. "I heard that when this is over, the Duke of Kiellini will try to kill you."

"... I thought that might happen."

She’d had a bit of anxiety, but she tried to think that if she lived in hiding all her life, the Duke wouldn’t mind that much. Considering the Duke who had been affectionate and tender, thinking of his daughter whose condition was so critical that she could die any day, she wanted to believe that he would have a warm heart.

She thought the gangster might have been the Duke’s messenger, but she didn’t think he was. If it had been Duke, who was likely to be impotent, he would have chosen a different way than ordering such a dirty method.

"But it’s weird. If it were at the order of Duke Kiellini, it would’ve been neater to just kill me and get rid of me..." Julieta’s face hardened. "Then the man who tried to rape me said someone else would come. Why would he just want to kill me after he trampled me so badly? Why on Earth?..."

Maribel looked at Julietta’s face and thought that today’s work was another opportunity. She was able to make a cool calculation when her anxiety about Julietta calmed down. She didn’t think Duke Kiellini would have ordered it, as the Prince kept an eye on his every move, but she wasn’t sure. But whoever did this, it was a good time to remind Julietta of reality.

"Most of the time, this is accompanied by a woman’s resentment or jealousy. Why bother getting such a disgraceful thing to do, if they can just kill you, as you say."

Maribel remained silent for a moment, as if to think about it.

"A woman’s resentment or jealousy?"

"Yes."

"Are you saying that Princess Regina wanted me to be harmed this way?"

"It may or may not. But I think it’s obvious that a woman ordered him to do. Lady Regina thought you took her place."

Julietta was dumbfounded. "What the hell? I didn’t hurt her..."

"There are many cases in which envy or admiration for those who have what they don’t have turns into hatred. You made a debut in the capital instead of her, and have been praised by people, and you might have become an intolerable object of hatred because of her health."

"She’s really bad. I’m just being paid to act as a princess. Are you saying she’s doing this just because I’m healthy?" Julietta shook her head, finding this incomprehensible.

"There are many people who are crooked like that. No one can be sure of their mental state. Anyway, Princess Kiellini asked the Duke to get rid of you."

Julietta closed her eyes for a moment to calm her anger. ’They are really selfish people. They think my life is so cheap.’ It was hard to endure the anger.

Maribel smiled slightly as she watched Julietta shrug her shoulders in anger. ’Yes, my baby. Be angry. Get even angrier! That’s how you make this Austern Empire yours. Do not let anyone despise you, nor will you ever be subjected this way.’

Maribel again made face and spoke sadly, trying to further incite Julietta’s anger. "Not just you, baby. The Duke decided to kill his sister, Mrs. Raban, and the maids who knew about it, and the carriage driver."

At Maribel’s words, Julietta opened her closed eyes and looked at her as if she could not believe it. "No, Mrs. Raban is the sister of the Duke!"

"There are people who don’t care about such a thing. Nothing matters to the Duke except his daughter, who is the only thing he loves."

Julietta couldn’t stand her anger and nervousness. No matter what the Duke intended, she thought she could run away from him. It now seemed funny to think that he wouldn’t hurt the people in the dressing shop to find her. Duke had even decided to kill even his younger sister, Simone, so there was nothing he couldn’t do.

She jumped up from her seat and walked around. "What should I do? I can’t let everyone die like this!"

Maribel sighed and said to Julietta who was at a loss with a mixture of anger and fear. "Well, I’ve been diligently looking for a way since I heard this, but..." Maribel glanced at Julietta, muzzling her words as if she hadn’t found a solution yet.

"What can you do against the Duke of Kiellini? It’s my job, so I’ll do something about it. Oh, is she trying to kill you, too?"

"Yes. The Duke is going to kill me too. I’m sure he will kill Raphael, my only grandson, and Dian, the maid that Raphael brought, too."

"I can’t believe this! What a horrible person he is!"

"We need to find someone who can stand against the Duke of Kiellini. So in fact, I was going to tell Marquis Anais about this."