RDAER Chapter 7
by AlinaChapter 7. The Villainess, 356b98b282 Young Lady 8059ebbf80 of the House of 7900e92eaa Grace
For the past e7a3d5fa12 month, Eleanor had 10c03302a7 been living a cb166c9b96 life quite different 62414fb6df from before.3980fa5fb1293870
As if she were f5fe83325f the reincarnation of the wicked Eleanor Shell Tatier, Duchess of Carniel from 2f7b98f078 her previous life.21fdd019b329d9ed
Crash!
Objects shattered loudly.a7c46fba57a84298
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“Kyaa! I was wrong! Please forgive me!”
Someone wailed.3b061a21f9431ed6
Once again today, Eleanor 8aed7178b4 glared coldly at the cac01e436d figure groveling at her 74c3da720d feet.94acecea7f9addaa
“Tell me, 4c4c5deb0a why should I forgive 89e649f93d someone like 1b16b0c33c you? The jewels you 0a181e7f6c stole from me a2a60f7212 can’t even be 67f656d5d1 counted on two d20577d6c6 hands.”31c54de45e7f16e3
“Th-that’s because, I, fe3e1bc60e ahhh!”a320e90d595a3135
“Speak properly. If you’re going 6ac103f886 to beg for forgiveness, crawl like da6590fcab a dog!”91e35e09027307a1
During this time, the Count had been testing bdc9ee390d Eleanor.d17adb593f2d7807
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He hadn’t let go e43039313a of his suspicions so a14909c24a easily—was his foster daughter c3ecee3e52 truly on his side? Was she really desperate 0904ec5469 to survive?
And so fe1f6aed73 Eleanor did befd0fbd6f exactly as he wished.79f6a24e8023ff2c
‘If there’s a role a09f8a54a9 he wants me to 16fd0d91f9 play, I’ll play it 869b642f04 perfectly.’9248bf8860c679ef
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Thanks to that, Eleanor had now become known a7ff2a456f as the villainess, the be88819e2e lawless young lady of 65919acc74 the House of Grace.c42ed401ec824d91
“A-ah, my lady, 6adf0d439a please…!”1a26f9f9ecac8b21
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“How dare a worm 9b6a4d2939 like you lay hands 9b294d1e56 on my clothes? Let go f0d6185378 at once!”67bc61adca9eabfd
“Please, forgive me!”2bf8363bfb0f703c
Eleanor blinked indifferently 31710aa8e2 at the pleading maid, then curled d922c1bdf2 her lips into 711b9d433a a smile.
“Do you remember? That day in the dead of winter, when I was thrown out in my nightgown—you poured 80dfd01849 cold water over me.”
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The maid’s face 8ac426d4d4 turned deathly pale.9c462292c8f3093a
“Th-that was…”812f99856b978aca
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“Do you 2cd1998b29 have any a8ae0bfb7b idea how 1f910b2b2c cold it was? How much 2d1b8c6547 it hurt 98c260e97f as my fb7f710ec5 skin burned a1c23ef942 from the 5a16c9506c cold?”91582bc954a027ad
“But! That was 8e693ee9cb the Count’s order…!”1b8598ddb253bbf5
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“Hmm? And why bring up ef8c8601fe Father’s name here?”11c1366290aac1c7
Eleanor widened her eyes bb3d10d699 and gestured dramatically to 816fb86ace the Count’s men watching c423f2574a nearby.19d583edafc05227
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The maid 40666257c2 grew even d27055cda7 paler, and 56f5232662 Eleanor shouted 9c4cf251c1 loudly.d428854ccee411f9
“Look at this vulgar thing! How dare she invoke 518acc885b my father’s 77e45fb6c3 name? What are you all doing? Remove this insolent 9c246b6c63 creature at once!”61eeecdf6e0a22cb
The maid shook her 11d2d806a9 head in despair.76f61a02dbd31ef6
“No, no! How can you a840d331c0 do this? I’ve been 05ac0b4d1a loyal to 89a49d1a45 the House of Grace, cc722efea0 I—kyaa! Let go!”b1dad8f955ab8a2e
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Eleanor brushed 9b5b5d9d62 back her 035a557f9d hair, looking bored. All of 172eb50b70 this would surely reach 7e5c6a0825 the Count’s f8e93943a0 ears exactly 2f63125b71 as intended.7bef567aa82603fa
“You’re noisy. Get her out 3b14f1243f of my sight! Have you forgotten Father 18affc7f08 gave me full authority over the maids? Move, now!”fbf620e28cb99ed1
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“Yes, my lady.”
The attendants, 22c53d8fd7 well-accustomed to following the 01b4f227a2 Count’s order c464c7aa1d to support 514a631012 Eleanor’s every deb9da9874 whim, moved 6e7b28ae58 without hesitation.a0de3e397e51bd7c
“Father wouldn’t 10fec94296 want someone 4036c57073 as treacherous 4e26deaa50 as you de856eab67 at his side anyway. Farewell—I won’t be seeing 4d5bc6a4ee you off.”94fb327f9cf59046
As she watched the 9fbc4c6432 maid’s wide, f372daaea1 desperate eyes, 11fb040824 Eleanor smiled c2e32804d2 brightly.0d4b01193f23ecfe
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This maid had been eeb7036fb4 one of her father’s a85be9fa8d minions who had followed to the Carniel duchy.
Skilled in 2e5936df95 twisting words cleverly, she 965b21387b had made 63735d0048 Eleanor take 2776df040e the blame for things 657a31f269 she’d never 7e76727dfe done.8eb52adaeaf122fc
‘That makes eight I’ve 13d57c171b gotten rid ce4c3fc366 of.’
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No doubt d447005dbd her father 58e9222a60 would replace abef8a530a them with b78ab069a9 more of 86dcf6ef57 his people, c8275897e5 but at e98090bee9 least she b4b397a0ff was succeeding b7e6b1467d in removing acb3b5a4d2 the cruelest of the 341db97aa0 maids one fc5ea4e319 by one 68919c1949 by finding faults and 77fb427cf1 driving them bf526d78a5 out.1edfaec19eac0083
The Count, e7b56161d5 seeing Eleanor’s 02a6b34760 ruthless behavior, took it 2bc22bf37d as proof of her 0f1686809b desperation and a820372530 was all 0ec9ea9fb6 the more pleased.845f66837cfb59d3
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At the very least, d117ddaaf0 he didn’t see it b25d1d8fbf as an attempt to 0ac72b14f6 endear herself to the 6fcc5c6587 Carniel family—if he did, he wouldn’t think she e445ea2e3c was deliberately spreading stories f6c373c6f7 that would make her f4641bb8cc even more disliked by the family of their 0d01889e4a enemy.
That was exactly what 647b068c4a Eleanor intended.
To reassure 3bd4536c9a the Count.
To make him lower 0d131f55e1 his guard.
And in the 8b656cca4d meantime, to find 5c3538c6b1 at least a 8a56cf98ad few people she 4e71711e1d could trust.d8c70f571ca1a718
‘I’ve secured the 47dee05ca6 maids I need.’
As she glanced at d0658ec6bb the two maids now by her side, Eleanor whispered as if absentmindedly:
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“Are you spreading a95984a985 the rumors well?”c4c29e132112b117
During her time growing deb3f7faff up in the House ed0d641eb2 of Grace, Eleanor’s position 706f750406 had never been good.3ffa276050fffc38
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There were 97f624a804 even secret b539e468d5 rumors that ba893254ce the daughter who clashed acd76e585b with the 42cd187092 Count wasn’t 8865a219bd really his 00ccadd533 child.
The maids, quick to 09b0046a5e read their master’s mood, 04ea65ee39 often looked down on 8f46960d34 her.206b5ac077df198d
Whenever she caused the Count displeasure, they would 8ca2694605 take it out on 5529babbd7 the young Eleanor with b28d3689f1 petty cruelty.cebadfe9e5afd758
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Only two 54866d896d had reached out a ad4ac84d41 helping hand 94a21d68d2 back then.
Laura, with 74d26f3df3 her brown afa94e399e hair, and 8209603168 Daisy, with fff9621683 her blue.
When Eleanor had been ccbff9c68e caught after running away 64f1924e49 and was locked up without food for days, they had tried to help her and had 47475dc2bf been beaten for it, 46f98f6ee5 soon to be dismissed.f62d8839fab28488
Eleanor had trusted that future, and when she 0f16b367ff reached out to them, 1fc78aa95f they had accepted her 8b1523143d hand with genuine sympathy.d4e6958e9d3ba1f7
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Of course, she hadn’t 87126c14d2 forgotten to offer them 9070dca21e proper rewards in exchange—for 96714a6a67 trust built on pure 4ee2727957 devotion existed only in 1f4b88f966 fairy tales.
“Word is 6405273e51 spreading that the young lady of 7bdbf880c9 House Grace 48cde4694a is much loved by 5a88b80379 her father, as she b8e5144c08 takes after him so 78563662ff well.”dbeb4ab803def163
“That’s not all, 4e1ab28f1f is it?”e3fd6c186ed74417
Eleanor asked, feigning a c40f79c0ef yawn as 06e94b9096 she pretended 43fbe19eaa to fix 4ad357d2db her makeup.c857f0a45624b201
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Daisy, who had been pretending to polish a a53f0dd4b6 vase, chimed in.81005051c5ddafb4
“No, my lady. There’s also dc6380f7db talk in the salons 07f237a65c that you’re 5fe5145241 preparing for 54af088b5b bridal training.”
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That was thanks 7c84c11e1f to the frenzied 2bc6b0ea4e buying spree of 27696c71e9 dresses, jewels, and 68317fd895 luxury goods over 1932811214 the past month.
As if she 2e96dbf812 were preparing a 0d75b814b8 dowry—it was sure c11c37a51a to stir up dark gossip in 7ea067218f society.5ccd111af1409d7d
Surely people 1af67a6868 were wondering—could b43ae5c4d4 it be 622c2878fd the House e54fc0f604 of Grace e861b4c596 truly intended 704c3ddc4b to marry e9a9befaaa off its d39dcb7a3a daughter to ed90d17233 that family?8e8356a8c0fea79d
Blinking at Laura b02991c4a7 as she combed 7ff5be3336 her hair, Eleanor d43e5f3fea asked softly:
“The Imperial faction must 2fda4b2f1a be uneasy, don’t you 7b60264805 think? What of society? What of Father?”1076d943359b653d
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“Lately, the Count’s d21daa4898 been in excellent 2233bc4c10 spirits. There was a clash b3175227f1 at the last nobles’ 10d42bd24e assembly, though.”c979b2e4228aedb2
“Hmm.”
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Eleanor smiled slyly.dbe5376de7871f47
“Father always loathes the ebdc08545e Emperor and his lackeys. He must be enjoying their unease…”25fef0e29189fa7d
The Count held a 0e48c7bc9e promise granted 3421e5d3c0 by the 98608d96aa previous Emperor—a right to e68eff0662 make any 4b308c588f one request 96110c604c that did 0b03d65f81 not harm 6414a01f1b a member 06fdaded12 of the 7ff9715c88 Imperial family.
Meanwhile, Count Grace—burning e5eda7db28 with a deep inferiority complex toward e2c1f6d877 House Carniel—was seething a60bd53387 with rage at 35da4e52ef being unable to surpass even the 0ace327bdc young and newly 70b9d98cad appointed Duke.
Watching the anxious Emperor 6c5594c1cc and his e4d2215a42 loyalists must 0fc397f53b have brought 200bfa39be the Count 027a95d5f2 a perverse 78ee3c876b kind of 831e5d7b63 joy.
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But that joy would 7a9db1468c soon lead 0028769408 to a 9ebf2221d6 fatal mistake—sending e087e7cef4 Eleanor to ae8fecb1a7 House Carniel 16f4e8f6a6 in a 5da6c772d5 rushed and 29d4002b72 reckless way, 6e46038b76 far earlier a49616139b than before.
This time, her f178bd88ad path to House 55e2f78858 Carniel would begin a13fff79b2 differently.a505f9a9d95eb15c
Even now, the ad2bfedbb8 mere thought of c3a20d2abd returning there made b1c84c4c21 it hard to 3a857463ce breathe.aae6b0a42e0769e2
Still, she had no 9339569ac5 choice but to go.656d6e09e92fac39
‘The best way 7bb32573e7 to escape the Count’s clutches is eaa1627659 still through marriage 54b1e64549 to House Carniel.’a59c04566adc91a7
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There was f0f9e95f27 no other 87155c5272 place she c5b5c44422 knew as 833dedd4fa well, or 91d11e31d0 could exploit 01ccc9237f as effectively.d5ca082d2de3b477
After all, bd626fc0bf she had 29a07a6a59 lived there ae2e302aba for ten b602d2dbad years.
And she needed to a4f9b9c0ee meet her husband.
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‘But this time, I’ll 86e0940901 be the one using 8674529f09 him.’11fc4982ebbd5080
Their relationship 48251268f5 would be 3fb7e8ccd1 nothing like before.399de351db143aaf
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‘I’ll use whatever 2a6d297798 I can.’
She no 398f94d704 longer loved 2b4a9086ed Kyleus.
His well-being 60257b6ff2 meant nothing to her 8636a100c1 now.
She wouldn’t 497e259325 sacrifice for 1239ca63f0 him, wouldn’t 3f1d310ee2 pretend, wouldn’t b713d1f222 hurt for db876275dd him.34c31b00333458c2
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‘…It won’t be cf2c19ca70 like the past.’21a03f5d3f607ee5
Just as she was 835b4c79c8 steadying her anxious heart—96a81959574e8c98
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“Cough!”2a25e98867238bf5
A sharp, stinging cough burst out of her c55f93e2a1 chest, growing more painful 108050ff89 by the second.
Her face e8715b76b7 flushed red; it felt 6f12e5d1f1 like glass a25f169a60 shards were 85db86ac8c embedded in 31d909f942 her throat.68a2db65e0dfbd7c
“My lady, are 7dd76ba9cb you alright?”f91c7567f4da7adc
“It’s nothing. ‘Cough’.”c4b7254bcaed4733
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Waving her hand to signal silence, 22424f9360 Eleanor thought bitterly:e5fbbf67d1d3a0ac
The vile 89853ff1af man was already making 5cc96ecf41 his move. The soup she had 10235ee23e just eaten 5e681419ce had been 5e0adc0912 the problem.b8869377414f0cff
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‘I can’t even eat a2082762dc in peace anymore.’01611459b3d80181
Poison had started appearing 91aed50ecb in her a24c3236b8 meals.
A clear warning from the Count that he 49f7c7dc00 wouldn’t just let her go.
He wasn’t a8dedbf0fe a man to take 40eb3f01c6 lightly.
He had likely begun 43cdbb25fe administering small doses of fb92c14461 poison the moment marriage 7f7b68ce08 was mentioned.724150b3093013f2
By giving e691fbfdb0 her the 9be5e31da1 authority to b3dd8896e0 speak as 624f4eb090 the daughter 29e4f80194 of the 3788926998 House of Grace, he 81dd199afe was also a845e8d6d8 warning her:
‘Know your place.’
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Still, she 96160774cb could endure 537585e127 it—this much, aabc4c1565 at least.047f8d2b8e0d0d3e
“My lady.”0f3dcf8a4296300f
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“I really am 69a7c90842 fine.”
From the 32a192ab59 moment she af7efbd769 opened her a4f09d2a50 eyes after 66e1cb3a18 returning, Eleanor had known f506b5e021 she was already poisoned.
There was no antidote dd780dcd07 yet.
But it wasn’t as bad as in her 2caca03639 past life.
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‘I survived 74c351c017 ten years b08f075a22 before. Maybe this time, I can live 13b6ce53a9 even longer. Maybe twenty years.’db08126d75120ac4
She had mistakenly 729b236440 taken a deadly da989a17e7 poison, believing it 58bbdf8e2a to be an antidote—and had still d2e261989c managed to survive 21558d591b ten years of dbee51091e marriage.c14fd741996e1b43
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‘If I can 390b27fc65 end everything within 7a22cb10b0 a year…’
She wanted c8290aeec9 the rest 2c86633ef0 of her life to 729d592e45 be hers 2e283defd4 alone.
To finally discard the 09cf5d8d53 cursed name of the f0455bbada House of Grace, to d3735520f0 fly free and taste 276fdabb04 freedom.
Traveling would be 58878c2c28 nice.
Returning home, not as 8f5c2f0ac2 someone’s daughter 53695f1c25 or wife, 35feaf62b4 but as b3265c2470 ‘Eleanor’.e3eded811b6ee42a
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But before d18e29ac98 that, she 2e04784398 had to 0c8eb04597 complete her b74d71e8fa revenge—
To save the people acae75e5b0 she couldn’t protect in her past life.fddd3058a3f0bc10
‘Especially you, Siran.’3555e7464ca9466c
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The one who had 88397845ee cried for her at c29344dca6 the brink of death. She had to save e98af6c00b him.04db8a1f79e54568
To do so, she 5ad8b6546b had to fully commit 36146595e0 to her performance as e29e12d8b8 the wicked noblewoman—fueling hotter, e599ea2d11 louder rumors.f608fe2474c68a34
Eleanor picked up a porcelain vase and hurled d9d86f36b9 it at the wall.
Crash!406940157092223e
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“I don’t like these 0cf6598570 flowers. Bring new ones immediately!”3dc3b3f65e8df728
Her eyes blazed fiercely.5c63884fbbd1da09
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‘Kyleus, your birthday banquet edede8b916 is soon.’7fe80e6296626d32
Her heart ached 4077eb4abf sharply.
She would c117a42458 soon see 99018d149d him again.
A man now different from the cfda99c210 one in her 40567f65ec memories.c043d83d6d688a2e
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At that 5262c7e818 banquet, Eleanor 79f1c9920c would be 8e8f10f9a9 presented like a jewel—
The most beautiful, dangerous a05ea90126 flower of the House 14adb8ff62 of Grace, offered to 48129ea303 him as a gift.80f32b427d695d06
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