I Will Disappear, Grand Duke | LK Adaptation

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Jungkook asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Illegitimate?"

"Apparently so. The physician's daughter said the Marchioness never had a second child."

Lloyd also added that the physician had died a long time ago, and it appeared that he was murdered.

Jungkook, who had been silent for a while, suddenly clenched his fists. Lloyd glanced at him with a pale face.

"Your Highness, if you will allow me, I will secure witnesses and written testimony."

"..."

"Please send a formal complaint to Marquis Elody to hold him accountable."

It wasn't very uncommon for nobles to have illegitimate children. There were even times when the mistress and the child would be given separate places to stay.

But it was in other cases that the illegitimate child was taken directly into the family.

Among the aristocracy of the empire, where bloodline was important, it was a deception and fraud against the other party to proceed with the marriage with the illegitimate child.

"This is a fraudulent marriage, Your Highness."

Lloyd spoke with force. Jungkook was a member of the royal family, a Grand Duke of the empire at the center of the political world.

The Marquis dared him to deceive him into this marriage with his illegitimate daughter; with this fact, the Emperor would not be able to say a word about this if Jungkook wanted a divorce.

However, despite Lloyd's ensuing words, Jungkook remained silent for a long time.

His face remained so quiet that it was hard to tell what on earth he was thinking.

In his mind all the words and behaviors that Lalisa had shown him, one after another passed by.

The aphrodisiac was found in her room earlier and the words that had insisted on her innocence.

Even the look of contemplation and the soft, reluctant attitude when the Marquis was mentioned.

Of course, due to the nature of "he" the Marquis, there was no way he would care for an illegitimate child.

Jungkook now could guess how the Marquis usually treated Lalisa, just by seeing how he blatantly slapped Lalisa in the Grand Duke's castle.

That must be why Lalisa reacted the way she did whenever the Marquis was mentioned.

Everything added up.

Jungkook was as quiet as ever, and for a moment there was an indescribable anger in the depths of his eyes.

Lloyd opened his mouth again.

"Your Highness, of course, this was done by the Marquis, but it is a self-evident fact that the Grand Duchess also remained silent and watched from the sidelines."

The words caused Jungkook's brows to twitch, and then slowly return to normal.

Lloyd was right. Regardless of the situation before and after, the fact that Jungkook had been deceived by her was self-evident.

And Jungkook felt an obvious shiver of rage at the situation.

But it wasn't because of the fact that Lalisa was an illegitimate child, nor the fact that he was deceived by her.

It was directed at the Marquis who had treated Lalisa so badly.

Jungkook, who had been silent for so long, finally opened his mouth.