Villainess within Death || LISKOOK AU

CHAPTER 34

~~~~~LISA'S POV~~~~~

"Yes?!"

We were gathering in the Duke's cabana for breakfast.

I crumpled my face at the news of Taehyung's return from questioning until late in the morning.

"Why, why? It happened yesterday, and why is it still going on?"

"How can Empire cancel the competition when the dead are not from here and even people from other countries are present too."

Taehyung answer me bluntly.

'What so important about the prestige of Empire when the beast appeared and ran around.'

I was dumbfounded, so I kept on twisting my lips.

"That's good. We'll only be looked down by the little ones if we show ourselves backing away for nothing."

The Duke nodded earnestly and sympathized.

'Ah. This is not what I think.'

I thought I'd sleep just one night and go home, but I didn't know I'd really continue the damn hunt.

I bit my lips and came up with the best plan.

"...I don't think I can attend the competition because I'm not feeling well."

"Yes, you were overdoing it yesterday."

Fortunately, the Duke gladly accepted.

"On this occasion, Lisa, you'd better get a new place in society. Just in time, Countess Nayeon sent her maid early in the morning."

"...what? the countess?""

"They asked you to join the tea party at the opening ceremony."

I was puzzled by the invitation because I had never participated in a private tea party here..

But the Duke looked at me with a proud face for some reason.

"You'll be bored if you're stuck inside the cabana. Dress up nicely and join the tea party, and get along with your peers.."

"He only brought a bunch of hunting clothes, Father."

Instead of eating, Jimin laughed and chatted.

'How did he know?'

I didn't feel bad because it was true.

How annoying would it be to come all the way to the woods and wear a fluffy dress?

Therefore, I had been instructed Jennie to pack only simple clothes, including hunting clothes.

Unlike me, who looked at Jimin with a puzzled look, the Duke lashed out at him in a disapproving voice.

"That would be better. These days, enterprising women are the trend, you stupid! Ck."

And added, choking to the tongue

"That's why you're not popular with women."

"Who's unpopular?"

Jimin countered in a fit of rage, but the Duke had already turned his face toward me.

I couldn't help but sue him when I saw a man who couldn't argue more.

"Don't you know? What kind of thugs, who, in contrast to your bravery of yesterday, will be the queen of this hunt by biting their prey."

"Father, that's enough."

Until then, Taehyung, who had eaten silently, sighed with a shallow sigh.

"Even if you've been acting arrogantly with such a vague expectation, it will lead to a worse rumor than before.."