Just now, I stole the lips of a man who is notorious as a tyrant.

Nobody would have guessed that I would kiss that man. Even the man himself. To be honest, even I acknowledge that it was an impulsive action.

But the man I kissed was smiling smoothly with no apparent agitation.

“Maribelle, was it?”

“Your Majesty.”

“Why did you kiss me?”

I glanced at the woman next to me who was frozen stiff with a mortified expression on her face. Lovely pink hair, the woman who had a face that looked beautiful with just a glance was my younger cousin, Arinel.

“Because my younger cousin loves you, Your Majesty.”

“Is that so?”

His arm wrapped around my waist.

The distance that was formed vanished in an instance. The cold-blooded, powerful man’s smile filled my view.

“Open your mouth. If you are going to do it, then do it properly.”

As I looked at his growling face that seemed like it wanted to devour me at that moment, I slowly extended my arms and wrapped them around his neck. Those prickly glares were none of my business.

“I dare you to run away. If you do, I will bite you.”

I kissed him deeply just like that.

This was a part of my revenge.

Death is said to be fair for everyone was not fair for Maribelle. She had already faced death once. Not by just anyone, but by the one she loved and cherished the most, by her younger cousin Arinel.

That death was describable in just one word. Betrayal.

“How are you my so stupid, sister. Thanks to you being stupid, I could live while fooling you all this time.”

The cackling laughter filled the room with just the two of them in it. Maribelle weakly opened and closed her eyes. A large tear fell.

I am going to get revenge.

“Starting from the beginning, there was no one on your side. They were all on my side. Sister, you didn’t even know that and was always eager to please weren’t you.”

The owner of the voice was Maribelle’s beautiful younger cousin Arinel who tied her fine pink hair up into one. She had always been that way, had a light joyous smile as she went around grinning. If she had to pick out what was different than usual, it would be that the lovely angelic face now looked like it belonged to a devil.

Maribelle couldn’t do anything even as she looked at Arinel’s smile. It got harder to breathe. It was because her body was slowly hardening like a plaster statue, and she couldn’t even blink her eyes and move.

The only thing that was free from her stiffening body was her tears. Arinel watched Maribelle who was crying like crazy with her eyes open and touched Maribelle’s hand that was on the armrest.

“How is it? Does your body feel like it’s hardening? It is not that you are actually hardening but it is simply your nerves becoming paralyzed. I found the poison with hard effort for your sake, sister.”

‘Found the poison.’ Followed by these words she had a wickedly mischievous smile on her face. Under her eyelashes that faced down as if expressing she was feeling sad, there was a face expressing that was holding back laughter so much she might die.

“Don’t despise me too much. You had to throw away things that have already been used. Sister, you did your role diligently. Father said thanks.”

It was a mockery.

“It might have been better if you stayed clueless… well what can I do. You already found out.”

Arinel had her chin on the table as she hummed and watched Maribelle. Maribelle understood Arinel. Her words were correct. She had found out. Content that the family of that detestable child, the child she had loved could not let her live.

“It can’t be leaked that our family is plotting treason. Right? It also hurts my feelings for me to do this. But it can’t be helped. Because you found out, sister. It is your fault.”

Ah, it can’t be that you think we are a real family, did you?

Her breathing died down as she listened to the guffawing voice of Arinel. If her body wasn’t paralyzed, they would have tortured her like being next to a fire, no, more than that, they would have strangled her neck. However, Maribelle could not do anything. Stiffened in a chair, just like that, tears fell endlessly.

“Uhhh…ahhhhh.”

“Huh, what? Your tongue should have also been all numbed.”

“Uhh…ahhh…uh…”

“Ahahah, what is that! You’re like an idiot!”

Maribelle gave all her might to glare at Arinel.

Hurts your feelings? Can’t do anything about it? Why don’t you bring a mirror and see yourself before speaking? You have to see with your own eyes to realize how ridiculous your lies are.

I am going to get revenge. This was what she wanted to say. I am going to get revenge. I am going to kill you all. I will kill you all and for you bitch, strip you and peel your skin and cut them into pieces.

But how?

Maribelle was slowly dying. She was soon going to become the past. She could not do anything. Like it had always been.

Bang. Her body falls to the floor. Her vision being flipped was how she knew her body had fallen.

“Kyaa! Someone!! Is there no one there?!”

Maribel’s consciousness faded. Her hatred deepened as much. Regret overtook her hatred.

Why am I this lethargic? Why am I slowly dying off right now? Getting betrayed by the people I trusted and loved.

“O-older sister has! Sister fainted!! Doctor!! Call the doctor!!!”

I am going to get revenge. I am going to kill you. Even if I die I will kill you. You who stole everything from me and was not satisfied ended up snatching away my life. I will kill you by all means.

“Heuk, euhhk, sis-sister…you can’t close your ey-eyes…..”

It was acting that gave goosebumps that only Maribelle would mock. Wanting to laugh, Arinel flopped down to the floor in front of Maribelle. A face that was covered in shade. Before she knew it, Arinel’s face of tears showed laughter. She could not hold in her laughter and end up with a distorted expression.

“Sister….just a bit, heuk, hold on for a bit…”

Arinel’s hand covered Maribelle’s eyes. Like a lie, her eyelids closed. Just like this, Maribelle faced death without being able to lift on hand.

“N-no, heeukk, heuk, sis-sister, sister, open your eyes, ope…eye….”

“Miss, I understand your feelings but…”

“Let go, let go! Sister, plea-se, open your eyes, heuk, heuk….”

She could hear Arinel’s pretentious cries through her fading consciousness. If another chance is given to me, was the thought Maribelle had. This useless thought. What revenge, the only thing Maribelle could do faced death.

Boundlessly stupid, Marionette Maribelle Edenberg, it is a death fitting of you.

But, if I am given another chance, I will kill you Arinel. You and your family that I loved, I will kill you all. So, so you…

So you should be thankful for my death.

That was the last of Maribelle who thought it was the end.

ohh nanana *ohhh nanana

“Sister you are doing well. Everything will become better.”

These were the words Maribelle heard from Arinel endlessly.

“You should have said that earlier. Why are you blaming me when you were shamelessly quiet earlier.”

If I knew those words would have come back to me like that.

Arinel hated Maribelle to death, and she did not know even a bit. She was fooled by Arinel’s kindness and simply thought that Arinel would like her as much as she liked Arinel. Looking back, it only ended in betrayal and death.

It might sound funny to some people, but those two were very close. When Maribelle’s parents passed away when she was seven, the one who watched over her from her side was only Arinel.

“Sister, it’s okay. It will be okay. You have me, and my mother and father as well. You are not alone.”

As Arinel said those words, she asked Maribelle if she would like for her family, her father’s younger brother’s family, to live with her in Maribelle’s house.

“There are many memories with your parents in this house. Sister, you wouldn’t want to live somewhere else, right? We will live with you until you are okay.”

“Would that be…okay…?”

“Of course! We are family! How about staying together until the coming-of-age ceremony? And you can receive the official succession from the family then.

“Okay, I understand. Let’s do that.”

Maribelle was still young and was not grown enough to refuse her close family members from wanting to live together. This was the seed of all misfortunes Maribelle faced.

Uncle Lorentz Edenberg along with Arinel quickly packed their belongings and entered the mansion. The room Maribelle’s parents used was taken by the Lorentz husband and wife. When Maribelle felt a sense of déjà vu, it was already after the change had started.

“Arinel, the nursemaid doesn’t seem to be around today. Where did she go?”

“Your nursemaid? She quit.”

“…She quit?”

“Yep. She said she could no longer do it and told my father.”

“But she didn’t say anything to me…?”

“Who knows. Maybe she did not like you?”

Arinel tossed her words as if they were insignificant and as if telling her to not worry while she poured milk into her tea. That was not all. The maids, servants, and even the butler later, who had watched Maribelle grow up were all replaced. The words that followed after shut Maribelle’s mouth. The words that this was all for her sake.

That child was greedy for your jewellery. He was too clumsy. How dare the butler tries to interfere with his master’s private life, it’s absurd.

Maribelle could not make any protests and gradually all the servants of the mansion started to serve Lorentz as their master and not Maribelle. The name they called Maribelle was Miss, and the Lorenz couple were called Master. Just with this, the difference was obvious.

To the extent Maribelle could feel it, Lorentz considered Maribelle a thorn in his eyes and wanted to take over the family. If she tried to mention something, Arinel would cut her words off.

“Sister, you can’t do any work now! Don’t worry too much. After the coming-of-age ceremony, you will become the head of the house. No matter what others say, you are the landowner.”

“But….”

It would be better to talk to Uncle….Arinel who saw Maribelle mumbling to herself hesitantly opened her mouth.

“Do you perhaps, not like living with us?”

I opened my eyes wide with surprise. Arinel gathered her hands together with a glum look on her face.

“I like living with your sister, but do you not like it?

“No, it’s not that….”

“It is soon your coming-of-age ceremony. We don’t have much time living with each other so can’t you just hold it in a bit more?”

Maribelle could not refuse her younger sister she loved dearly. The way she called her older sister was too lovely.

Maribelle ended up making a decision even she thought was foolish.

“Whew, okay. Then…it is just until the coming-of-age ceremony.”

“Yea! I like you, sister!”

Recalling the first promise she made with Arinel, Maribelle only looked forward to becoming an adult.

And on that awaited day.

“It is decided that I, the younger brother of my brother, will take over his post temporarily. You are still too young. I will take this position until you grow up to be a proper adult.

What she heard was like a bolt out of the blue.

               Lorentz declared that he would take the temporary role of the family head. He was not substituting for her. He was taking her position. Maribelle, for the first time, understood and felt what it meant for one’s floor to collapse under the feet.

If the temporary role was given to Lorentz, Maribelle would not have a place to stand. The floor under her feet would collapse. Her father, Ikart Edenberg’s status, property, would all become Lorentz’s.

“U-uncle. What do you mean? I am an adult now….”

“Arinel had mentioned that you often were burdened with the weight you would soon bear on your shoulders. If you want to live alone then I can find you a separate house. As you said, you are an adult now.”

“Uncle, I never said such….”

“Maribelle. Do you not know that this is all for you. You are too vulnerable to support this large family. When you are fully ready, I will undoubtedly hand over the seal to you.”

Maribelle was clever. Even at the age of twenty, she could read the greed from Lorentz’s face. It seems like I will not be able to get the seal. Maribelle had no choice but to realize abruptly.

I was foolish.

If she thought about it, Lorentz was right. It was very foolish of her to think that if she quietly grew up, she would be able to obtain the seal. She had to prove that she was capable of taking the seal. Then she would have been able to say something in front of those shameless words.

Suddenly, there was a thought that crossed Maribelle’s mind.

Did Arinel not know that things would turn out this way?

“I-I didn’t know!”

“……”

“Sister, you know how much I like you, right? I only wanted to live, with yo-u, heuk, heukk, really, ahyaa.. believe in me….”

Arinel’s tears were effective. Maribelle felt her heart softening but she pulled herself together. She still had something to ask.

“Why did you tell Uncle that I said I felt burdened by the position? I don’t remember saying such a thing, Arinel.”

“Tha-at is, sister….because you kept wanting to go outside. I thought that….you were…heuk, feeling burdened.”

Maribelle was not such a cold person that she would leave her crying younger cousin alone. In the end, Maribelle covered up her doubts and embraced Arinel’s shoulders.

Looking back, there was nothing more stupid than that.

Arinel definitely must have known her father was coveting the position. What Arinel had said- ‘Maribelle being burdened by the position’ not only tied her feet but also set aflame her Uncle’s greed.

Eventually, Maribelle continued to stay at ‘Uncle Lorentz’s house.’ And her uncle’s family also stayed in a vague position of not being the direct descendent of the Duke of Edenberg.

The ‘vague position’ gradually drove Maribelle into a corner.

-Sister, I don’t think I will be able to go to today’s party so what do you think about attending yourself?

The hostess of the party Maribelle went in place of Arinel was an esteemed daughter who had publicly humiliated Arinel at the ball. It was Maribelle who ended up receiving all the insults meant for Arinel.

-I have to go out for dinner with the minister of finance but there are not enough helping hands. You are intelligent and older so accompany me.

At the meeting Maribelle followed Lorentz, she did tasks only maids would do. She stood behind the back of Lorentz who was eating for the entire time.

That was not all. There were also times when she sat down prettily when she was ordered to and was also falsely accused at times. She was willing to do all that. She was able to do all those unhappy tasks willing because of one thing, faith.

Faith in her family.

At one point, Maribelle’s Aunt started to mistreat her noticeably. Lorentz was also not very different. She trusted them because she believed they were together, but at one point her position began to visibly shrink. She could not help but think it was unfair.

-Can you do it for the sake of our family?

For the sake of our family. That sentence was like magic. All the injustice she went through was for the glory of the family. For the sake of my family’s glory and the security of the family members I love. She felt like she could tolerate anything if she thought about that.

-Sister, I like you!

There were times when she doubted herself, but when she saw the never stopping smile on Arinel’s face, her doubt seemed to be sinful instead.

That’s right because you are here. Because of your smile.

This was the only reason Maribelle was able to endure. Her Uncle’s greed for the position? She could understand the reason. He is a human so he must have some greed. Is her Aunt being displeased with her? She could understand that as well. How could a woman who freeloads in the house look pretty in her eyes?

Even if they said this or that, personal greed is meant for the sake of the family. They wouldn’t do those things to ruin the family. There will be someone working for the revival of the family.

She followed everything with that thought. She believed everything. That no matter how much her Aunt mistreated her, no matter how much her Uncle disregarded her, she believed those actions were not to poison her. There is no way they would do that to me when Arinel is here. It is all actions meant for the family. She firmly believed them.

Maribelle held on with that one belief. She lived by faith. She endured it. The shallow love was fragile like a sugar shell. It was easily shattered.

Therefore, when Maribelle saw ‘that situation,’ she could not help but be shocked.

“…please inform him well.”

“It seems that this day will be a good day to move the troops. I can do the work of keeping them away from the Emperor’s side.”

“The very first thing we have to do is punish and deal with the Emperor. To prepare for the worse….”

The scene of conspiracy of treason that she happened to see. Without even noticing herself, she sank to the floor.

Bang! The tray she brought with her fell to the floor and made a loud noise. The documents on top of the tray rained down. Maribelle was stunned as she looked down at the papers scattered on the floor and backed away flustered.

It was distinctly quiet inside. They realized that someone had overheard. Before the doors opened, Maribelle gathered the papers. She picked up the tray. She held it in her arms. And she ran away.

While she was escaping, she ran into Arinel.

“Sister? Did you see Father?”

Despite Arinel asking Maribelle a question, she was pale and did not say anything. She was only able to catch her breath. There was no way this would not look strange in Arinel’s eyes.

“Is there a problem?”

A hand reached out with worry. Maribelle was startled and took one step back. She could not hide her flustered state. It was because what the people in that room were talking about was treason.

‘He said the Emperor will be punished first.’

Punished. It was an expression that meant eliminating a corrupt person rather than just killing. Only traitors would be people who used this expression. What Maribelle heard was an excessive statement.

‘How can Uncle….’

From Maribelle’s view, this was utterly unacceptable. Maribelle glanced at her lovely cousin who had a face expressing that something was strange. As always, she held Maribelle with a worried look on her face.

“Is there something wrong? Can you tell me?”

Instead of replying, Maribelle looked at Arinel. Uncle is trying to rebel. Does Arinel know about this?

“….Arinel.”

“Yea?”

Maribelle paused the conversation and hesitated for a moment. Can I say this? What should I say? That Uncle is planning to kill the Emperor?

‘How can I say something like this?’

In the end, Maribelle changed her words. If Arinel found out about such a heavy topic then it would be a big shock to her. Because Arinel is a gentle and fragile child.

“It’s no big deal. Thanks for worrying. I think I am not feeling well.”

“Really? Then it is a relief….shall I brew some warm tea?”

Maribelle nodded her head and lowered her gaze. Due to that, she did not see Arinel exchanging eye contact with Lorentz who was standing on the stairs behind her back.

JABAJAJAJAJA *DUMBDUMBO

“Sister, I have something to say.”

Arinel offered tea to Maribelle and began to speak.

“We will rebel against the current emperor.”

Those words spoken by Arinel were a shock in itself for Maribelle who was drinking tea. So Arinel also knew. After the shock, she tried to fix her demeanour. The family wants to revolt and Arinel and Uncle agree. Then the attitude she had to show was…

“So sister, you have to go ahead and die now.”

What?

“I have fooled you enough and there are no more reasons to let you live. Father took over your position, and I will be taking over the position of Empress. If I have to say it again, there is no more use for you.”

“What are you saying…?”

“I watched over you wondering when you would realize, but how can you be so stupid?”

The words Arinel spat out was the truth Maribelle had been turning a blind eye to for years.

How could she explain the sense of betrayal she felt rushing in all at once when the thin layer of the curtain covering the truth was drawn back. Even if you swallowed lava, it would not be as hot as this. She felt like her insides were heating up so much her eyes would pop out, that her blood was rushing upside down, and that her mind was so blank white she became speechless.

Maribelle’s teeth clenched as if they were glued tight.

“How could you…”

“How? That’s why you should have spoken up earlier. You are the one who stayed with your mouth shut like a shameless person, so why blame me?”

Cackling laughter rang in her ear. The day Maribelle faced the whole truth also became the day of her funeral. You die if you know too many secrets. Truth belongs to the books and not to a person.

To me, how could you?

Like that, Maribelle died with hatred and vengeance.

“Sister, sister, open your eyes! Why are you not moving!”

She had returned to the past from 1 year ago.

                  Is God merciful, or is he just a son of a bitch?

If he was going to send her back to the past, he could have just sent her very far back to before she entered this damned house. Why did God, of all things have to…

“I said mom is really angry. Are you listening?”

Send me back to when Uncle took my position and to the days Arinel would harass me?

Because Arinel was making such a fuss as soon as she woke up, she was able to grasp the situation faster. And just as fast, she had a severe headache.

‘Is he telling me **** myself over again by living once more?’

If he means that then he is a son of a bitch.

Maribelle recalled her memories slowly as she held her forehead. Her uncle had planned a rebellion and Arinel had betrayed her. Her affectionate heart and all the things she had to bear for them, they had betrayed all of it.

‘How could they do that?’

Maribelle quietly clenched the blanket. It was an effort to somehow suppress the anger that was raging out. However, Arinel thought Maribelle was ignoring her words because she had not fully woken up from her sleep, and so she pestered her as if she was in a hurry.

“She is asking who cut off all the flowers in the vase. To be honest, it was me because I wanted to test out the new gardening scissors. Sister, please go there for me. You just need to go and stand there quietly.”

I can’t tell if you are in a hurry or are having fun.

She was already confused but the image of Arinel urging her to get scolded in her stead was enough to ignite Maribelle’s anger that was piling up like gunpowder.

So what if God is a son of a bitch. All I need to know is that the lovely person in front of me is the true son of a bitch.

Did you think I would suffer the same way again?

Maribelle clenched her molars. She returned to the moment where she died hoping for revenge. Is there another meaning for this? This is an opportunity. An opportunity for revenge.

Then as I thought, the first thing I need to do is…

“If it is something you did then go and beg for forgiveness. Don’t sell me off.”

She was saying what she always wanted to say.

“Wh-what?”

Arinel looked so taken aback you could tell with just one eye. Maribelle understood why Arinel was flustered.

Of course, she would be. Since the sister who would have already gone to Aunt to get scolded with her tail down and with a sullen look suddenly was staring at her and telling her to go herself.

“Sister, why are you like this suddenly?”

“Suddenly?”

As if Arinel was not able to adapt to Maribelle’s change of attitude, she was there with tearful eyes. This was the method Arinel used every time Maribelle was having difficulties listening to her requests. Because Maribelle could not withstand that expression of helplessness and would answer reluctantly.

But not anymore. Maribelle looked at Arinel with a cold stare and pushed her off the bed.

“Did I say something wrong? You have to take responsibility for the mistakes you have made.”

“Si-sister….How could you to me….”

She should just go on her own if she has enough energy to show such contemptible whining. Maribelle sighed as she swept her hair that had fallen forward.

“I don’t know what I have done to you for you to say that.”

“Don’t you remember how much I took care of you, sister? It would just be nice if you went instead of me this one time….!”

“This is one time?”

Maribelle frowned. Arinel could not be brazen enough today to cover up her wrongdoings and explain how she had taken care of Maribelli.

“Sister, I have given you clothes, introduced you to friends, and helped you every time Mom scolded you. How could you be like this to me…..”

After rambling for a long time like this, she always ends it with tears. Arinel knows that this method works quite well.

That’s why she was squeezing out her tears like this. Maribelle was weak to Arinel’s tears.

But Arinel was unaware of one thing. The fact that Maribelle was not turning a blind eye to her lies because she didn’t know about Arinel’s deception.

“What do you mean how could I. You gave me clothes that were out of fashion and asked Aunt to buy you new ones. You introduced me to friends then always talked behind my back with them together. And you always helped when I got scolded by Aunt? Do you not remember why I got scolded by her in the first place?”

“Sister….”

“It was because of you. You. Arinel. I’m talking about you. You always left me with the mess you created. You don’t remember?”

In the end, everything that Arinel claimed she did for Maribelle was all things she did for herself. Maribelle knew but she always said thanks. Because she truly thought of Arinel preciously.

Our relationship would end if I turned my back on you. You should know how to thank me if you lived off my existence.

Maribelle sighed. Just exchanging words with Arinel was uncomfortable. I should end this now. Just when Maribelle was about to turn away, Arinel opened her hesitating mouth.

“That is, because if you say you did it then mom scolds you less….”

What? Maribelle’s head which had turned away coldly turned back just like that. She experienced first-hand what it felt like to be so angry that words would not come out.

Since I get scolded less, it’s okay for me to get scolded?

Maribelle glowered at Arinel who was looking at her with tearful eyes and swiftly turned her body away. She did not mean to leave the room like earlier. Maribelle picked up the vase that was on the window.

Shatter!

“Si-sister!”

“Shut your mouth.”

Next was the desk. Maribelle threw the fragile ornaments on the table one by one on the floor. Arinel’s scream mixed in with the loud sound of the object breaking and ringing her ears.

Arinel who could not speak due to the confusion at first shrieked as soon as Maribelle picked up the last remaining ornament.

“Maribelle! Are you crazy! Aren’t you going to put that down?”

In no time, the thing that Maribelle had been holding was in Arinel’s hand. To word it again, it was taken from her. Arinel was afraid that Maribelle would snatch back what she had taken so she held it high and glared at her with scorn.

“If you are going to be crazy, be crazy elegantly! Where are you putting your hands on! Do you know how much this costs?”

“I know. You always bragged about it. You said you got it as a birthday present.”

Maribelle was full of ridicule. The more Maribelle smiled beautifully, the more signs of defeat would be shown on Arinel’s face.

“It is way better now than you always calling me a sister so foolishly. To call me with a pretence that doesn’t even work. Why don’t you try to call me with what you call me behind my back? What, do you call me a slut or something?

Smack!

Maribelle’s head swung back. Thanks to the tingling sensation that came a beat late, Maribelle realized that Arinel had slapped her cheek. This ignited the anger that was pressed down in her.

“You just now…”

As soon as Maribelle’s anger was about to explode, the door burst open. There was a noblewoman with a slim figure and hair pushed back neatly with a pin with no loose hair insight. There was only one noblewoman in this house.

“…..Aunt.”

Before her return to the past, it was her who’s hatred for Maribelle was visible in her eyes, Vittoria Edenberg.

“M-mom…”

Arinel perceived Vittoria’s gaze and lowered the ornament in her hands. Vittoria excused the two maids behind her with a hand gesture and looked at the messy room and looked at the two who were also a mess. Just looking at them with one eye made her head hurt.

“I need an explanation about what this fuss is about.”

Vittoria lightly touched her forehead with her index and middle finger and looked at Maribelle with annoyed eyes.

“You answer. I sent Arinel to bring you over, but what is all the noise about. Is it not enough that you cut off all the heads of my flowers that you have to make such a mess?”

“Arinel did it, Aunt.”

Maribelle calmy cut off Vittoria’s words. Maribelle also did not forget to hold her swollen cheek that Arinel had slapped with one hand. She had predetermined that the chaos in the room was caused by Maribelle.

That was the truth.

“Arinel said she wanted to try out the new gardening scissors and cut off all the flowers.”

“Si-sister!”

Arinel who had called out to Maribelle in a hurry turned pale in an instance. It was the truth up to here. Maribelle ignored Arinel who was calling her and lowered her trembling eyelids

“I said that I did not want to get scolded by you instead of her but…she ended up doing this.”

Although she pretended to look down, she didn’t forget to check out her complexion. Vittoria looked visibly flustered. As if asking if this was true, her gaze turned to Arinel.

“M-mom. Sister….she is lying. I di-din’t do it.”

“And thanks to that, I was slapped.”

“Mom, re-really. I di…dint do it….sister is lying.”

Arinel brought out her skill, her pitiful tears, but Vittoria’s eyes were already certain. Well, it was also because Maribelle was usually a very calm person. And with the evidence of her swollen cheek, she could not hastily frame her falsely.

‘Even so, she wouldn’t take my side would she?’

Unlike the agitated two, Maribelle’s inner self was cold. In the end, Vittoria didn’t want to scold her daughter for this disturbance. And looking for a chance to scold her in front of Maribelle who she hated so much as a comical situation. In the end, the choice Vittoria made was to remain silent.

“…Arinel. Clean the room. Clean it all with your own hands. You are forbidden from going out for the time being.”

“M-mom…?”

She shut the door coldly leaving behind Arinel’s mournful calls. Vittoria decided to turn a blind eye to this incident. This also meant that Maribelle’s lies worked.

“….ha.”

A deep smile formed on Maribelle’s lips in dejection. It was this easy so why could I not do it previously? It should have been like this from the start.

Maribelle turned her head. The pleasure of victory was brief. She could not consider this revenge. Maribelle, with a friendly smile on her face, spoke to Arinel who was staring at her like she was going to kill her with a teary face.

“You seem to be crying more today than usual. Do you need a handkerchief?”

A sense of dismay and humiliation passed by Arinel’s face. Shame was also mixed in. She chewed her lips then spat her words out while gritting her teeth.

“Crazy bitch.”

“What kind of attitude is that for your older sister.”

“I don’t know what you were thinking, but did you think I would suffer just like that?”

“Don’t you think I’m the one that has to say those words, Arinel?”

Maribelle’s ridicule followed after her words. Arinel’s slim face turned red in a flash and the hand that slapped Maribelle’s cheek also went up again in an instance.

Smack!

However, it was Arinel’s head that swung back this time. Arinel held her cheek which was red with her thin hair cascading down.

If anyone else had seen her they might have thought she looked pitiful, but Maribelle found it satisfying. To hold back her surging pleasure, she neatly uplifted her lips.

“Oh darn, a mistake. I was only trying to swat your hand away.”

“….you hit me?”

“Such a thing, let’s call it self-defence.”

Maribelle collected back her smile. The smile that looked like make-up disappeared from her face like a corpse. The only difference was that the hatred she had accumulated so far was revealed uncontrollably.

Maribelle calmly declared.

“I am not going to take it and suffer for you anymore.”

There is no longer the kind and quiet sister you knew. I would rather become a villainess than become a quiet and kind fool.

That’s right, this is for the better. Whether God is a son of a bitch or not. This time, I am going to take everything from you. agg