ISN'T BEING A WICKED WOMAN MUCH BETTER

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Isn't Being A Wicked Woman Much Better?  Chapter 31
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Chapter 31

“Is something wrong?”

Facing him after a long time, I felt sick because of the repulsion that was imprinted on my body.

‘He was quiet for a while and now he comes to pick a fight again.’

I bit my lips with strength and looked up at him, even more fiercely.

“Deborah. I heard you got in trouble again?”
“Hm? Are you my stalker?”
“Why would I follow someone like you? That’s how you behave, so it naturally reached my ears.”
“I am not the successor of the family, and it doesn’t matter what a princess does or not; but it seems you listened well.”

“How dare you, a mere princess, try to be equal to me, the heir?”

I returned what he had said to me.

“You’re like someone who waits for the right timing to cause trouble. I heard that the artifact research isn’t going well, do you have time to fight with me like this?”

As I talked about the artifact, his expression wrinkled.

“My research is not something for you to care about.”
“I don’t want to care about that either. So, either you let me go on my way, or you quickly tell me your business.”
“Alright, let’s start with the business you like so much. You, recently, it seems you have been meeting privately with Father very often.”
“Yes. Father often comes to see me.”
“What is the reason?”

He asked, wiping his monocle with a handkerchief.

His silver eyes sparkled like a snake in the dark.

“Must I have a special reason to meet with Father? He calls me because he enjoys spending time with me. My Brothers are busy, so you are nowhere to be seen. It’s hard to even see your face. Who would think I have two older brothers?”

It has been quite some time since the possession, and so far, it was a very emotionless house where the family had never gathered to have a meal together.

‘Although Rosad is working on a military operation to subdue the barbarians on the outskirts of the eastern provinces…’

Perhaps since the eldest son is away due to the war, there is even less of a reason to gather.

“Ha!”

Belreck scoffed at my words.

“You even have a way to avoid the main point, like a water snake. I mean, your talking back has increased a lot recently. Didn’t you bring up the scandalous word of non-marriage? You’re making me angry in new ways.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”

I used to be a pushover that couldn’t say bad things, but now I even make sadists like Belreck angry.

It’s a great improvement?

“Well, alright. Let’s just say that Father suddenly became lonely and spends time with you often, like you said.”

Belreck took a step closer, with a sharp smile on his mouth.

I clenched my fists so that my palms tingled, in order not to take a step back.

“But that’s it. Don’t go around acting presumptuously and being obnoxious.”
“Going around acting presumptuously? Even a scholar named Patrick, whom you cherish, has left me alone. Have I ever been as quiet as I have been these days?”
“I heard you fired the son of the Stephen family!!”