This Three-Year-Old Is A Villainess - Chapter 48
“Whewe’s Mwissus Wayshul?”
“Y-You can’t, Young Miss!”
Heidi spoke with a pale, worried expression.
“The General is not here in the jurisdiction right now, so it’s dangerous. He’ll come back at night. It’s not too late to…”
Then, a sharp voice was heard from outside the door.
“Are you still fooling around, Betty!”
Heidi with a disheveled face looked back at the door.
“Young Miss, I’m going to go. Don’t come out of here. Not a single step, please!”
She told me and quickly left the room.
I glanced out the window.
Gruuuuumble, crash!
The rain was pouring with thunder.
***
When Heidi left, near the courtyard, Betty was being whipped by Rachel, who held the whip high.
“Mrs. Rachel, please stop! I beg you!”
Heidi had already pulled the severely beaten Betty into her arms.
Betty groaned as if she couldn’t breathe.
‘Cruel. So cruel…!’
They were whipped yesterday and the day before.
The excuse was that they were late to call because they had lace on the laundry, but everyone knew it was just an excuse.
Mrs. Rachel simply didn’t want to see Heidi and Betty coming to Erylotte’s room.
But no one helped them.
This Astra estate known as the city of criminals, and the jurisdiction of Daymond were among the most impoverished areas of the fief.
People who could afford to live elsewhere, where law and order existed, did so, and only impoverished people lived here.
Without Daymond’s jurisdiction, they couldn’t even dream of stable jobs like being employed by noble families.
Still, Rachel’s tyranny continued, and nobody interfered.
Some time ago, there was a maid who protested.
But Rachel’s people gathered and drove the maid away.
Since then, no one dared to speak out.
Mrs. Rachel was showing her dissatisfaction.
“Why do you have to make people so miserable…”
“…”
“Those who used to tremble at a single word dared to stand in my way.”
“….”
“Why did it come to this, Heidi?”
Mrs. Rachel slapped Heidi’s cheek.
“You’ve got the backing of a mere three-year-old child. What will change when the general comes back?!”
It was the moment she raised her hand.
“Heidi!”
Erylotte came waddling down the stairs.
Blocking the path between the maids and Mrs. Rachel, Erylotte stood tall and spread her arms.
“Donn hit hew!” (Don’t hit her!)
“Educating the servants is within my authority. Young Miss, go upstairs.”
“Ewywotte, is youw mastew.” (Erylotte, is your master.)
When the master said not to do it, the servant should stop.
Upon feeling the words from the child’s eyes, Mrs. Rachel burst into laughter.
“A child, calling herself the master.”
Humming for a moment, “Hmm…” she looked at Erylotte.
“Young Miss, even if you have noble blood, when it’s mixed with dirty commoner blood, it’s just dirty blood, isn’t it?”
“…”
“You must be too stupid to understand. Even if you have the noble blood of Astra, when it’s mixed with dirty commoner blood, it’s just plain vulgar.”
After speaking like that, she ordered the servants.
“Take Heidi and Betty to the punishment room.”
The servants who were watching cautiously began to move.
Just as they were about to grab Heidi and Betty.
Erylotte, who rushed at Rachel, bit the woman’s wrist.
“AHHHHH—!”
Rachel screamed and pushed Erylotte away.
The child, pushed by the adult, tumbled over.
“Young Miss!”
“My goodness, Young Miss…”
Heidi and Betty quickly supported the child.
Mrs. Rachel screamed.
“Dirty blood and…”
“Wayshul, bad. Am gonna tell Fathew evewyfing!” (Rachel, bad. I’m going to tell Father everything!)
Rachel burst into laughter.
“Do you have evidence?”
She looked around. The servants she locked eyes with quickly lowered their heads.
“Heidi and Betty won’t help even if they speak up. Others won’t sympathize.”
“…”
“And you know, there’s something special between the General and me. You can’t even imagine.”
Rachel held her chin with a proud expression.
“Even though he doesn’t show it, I know. I can feel very warm emotions in his eyes.”
“…”
“He can’t express it because he must be embarrassed, but just by looking at the fact that he has returned despite the war not ending yet, I know it’s because he missed me.”
“…”
“I think he remembers my eyes, and he’ll want to kiss my lips—”
“Isn’t that insane?”
This was not something Erylotte said. Of course, the other servants had the same reaction.
Shocked, Rachel turned around.
The soldiers and administrators who had returned to the jurisdiction were looking at Rachel with stunned expressions.
The person at the front of them…
“G-General Daymond.”
Erylotte laughed secretly.
‘If there’s no evidence, let’s just show it directly.’
A public relations battle? With just one recording or video, it becomes useless. That’s what they say.
‘Idiot. It’s raining. Do you think Father will continue the inspection like this?’
I knew he would return early.
Just around this time.
