Actually, I Was The Real One
Chapter 4

"..."

He thought, his hands wrapped around his beaten cheeks.

What can I say? Dad, what should I say? No matter what I say or why, you won't listen, so why should I still talk?

The more calm he was, the more seriously the atmosphere changed.

Cosette stood beside him as she cried. As if trying to mediate the situation, he said, "Dad, please don't get angry. I think that's because Keira has been very sensitive lately. He's a good kid, so I think he'll notice it right away and apologize. Right, Keira?"

"..."

Are you trying to mediate or make people angry?

If it wasn't for his father, Keira might have really hit him.

The girl had a natural talent for cleverly making people nervous. Keira clenched her fists and suppressed her urge to hit him with all her might.

Let's hold it. We have to hold him.

If you act as you please here, the situation will only get worse.

He bowed to his father. "I'm leaving now. I'm sorry for making a scene at night."

"I hope next time we meet, you'll be better off" replied a cold voice.

Keira staggered back to her room. He was so crazy that he couldn't remember how he walked all the way here.

The pain spread from her red, swollen cheeks. But what was more painful was not the scar on his cheek but the scar on his heart.

-AIWTRO

Objectively, Cosette is a very beautiful woman. Silver hair that resembled moonlight, a pure white face, unblemished, and a beautiful face clean.

Keira is also a beauty who will never despair anywhere, but Cosette is a different kind of beauty. Unlike Keira who looks cold and outspoken.

Cosette's facial features, which were only cool when she was expressionless, changed smoothly with just a smile. His followers used to say that he was like a warm spring breeze in human form.

In other words, they say Cosette has a good appearance to attract the attention of others.

Cosette has adapted well into society by using her weapon.

"I might make a mistake because I live far away from the noble society. I don't mean to be mean, so please forgive me."

A beautiful woman who looked like the sun had an embarrassed expression on her face as she said this, so not many people could blame her for that.

His carefree and comfortable attitude, unlike aristocracy, soon became his strength.

Many people like him and constantly speculate about who his real father is.

"Lady Cosette, the more I look at her, the more you look like Her Majesty."

"If Your Majesty was born a woman, she must have your face."

"For comparison, Lady Keira is very similar to her mother..."

"No matter how similar he is to his mother, shouldn't there be any resemblance between father and daughter?"

"No way, you shouldn't have said this, but ..."

"Shut up! They can hear you. Sooner or later, one of them will communicate with Beatrice. Keep your mouth up until then."

Rather than the outspoken and arrogant Keira, they wanted a more refreshing and adorable Cosette to be the real daughter.

Keira knew how everyone was feeling but ignored her. There was no choice but to ignore it even though he knew it. If she showed any signs of discomfort, she would be even more embarrassed.

Cosette steals Keira's position little by little.

It wasn't just her society and her father's affection that she took.

One day, Keira hears the family servant washing clothes and talking.

"Isn't Lady Keira so arrogant and cruel? Even a real woman, Cosette, is so kind and friendly to us! What's wrong with her? Remove that cold expression. You're fake!"

"J-don't say that. It's not decided yet."

"You're right. I'm afraid someone might hear you."

"It's not decided yet! Ha! You can tell by just looking at their faces. Cosette is obviously her daughter. In comparison, does Keira look like His Majesty?"

"That's...But."

"Let the truth be revealed. As long as he's fake, I'll step on him like this laundry. Really women******* are unlucky."

The waiter said so as he stepped on the blanket in the basin. It was as if he was trampling on someone he hated.

Keira knew the face of the servant who spoke ill of her to the other servant. It was the maid that Cosette had brought from the slum some time ago.

Keira is the eldest daughter of the Grand Duchy. It made no sense to hold him back after hearing that from the waiter.

Keira soon shows herself behind the bushes.

"You're there."

"Ac!"

"M-Mrs."

Then, the faces of the servants who were chatting excitedly turned white.

"Can you take responsibility for what you just said?"

"M-Mina... Hurry up and apologize!"

"He is new and makes his tongue slip! Forgive him, Miss!"

The other servant said so and begged for forgiveness, but the servant named Mina stood with her head held up to the end.

"Why? Did I say something wrong?"

"...What's?"

"Mina! Please stop!"

"To be honest, you're not even a real princess! What kind of girl are you? Later, Lady Cosette will communicate with Spirit, and I wonder if you will be able to look at me like that–"

The slap!

No need to listen anymore. Keira slapped the servant's cheek before she could finish speaking.

With eyes wide open in disbelief, Mina held onto her cheek.

"Sorry, but I'm still Miss in this house. I can still scold and chase away rude servants."

Keira immediately called the butler to punish Mina. The sin is disrespecting the host.

The slap! The slap!

"Argh! Aargh!"

Loud noises and crying screams were heard throughout the house, so it was only natural that the situation reached Cosette's ears.

Cosette immediately ran to the back, accompanied by the other servants. "Keira! What the hell is going on here?"

"Your servant disrespected me in a way I can't tolerate, so I punished him."

The beating continued even as he said so. Mina cried and shouted, "S-save me, Lady Cosette! Uhhhh!"

Cosette's face was bleached. He said pleading, "You don't have to hit people that hard, do you?"

"Of course, you grew up outside, but you need to know that hierarchy is important in aristocratic society. I'll kick him out tomorrow morning."

No one can stop Keira because God is going to work.

Mina's punishment ended only after being hit 100 times. With such a commotion, there was no way the rumors would not spread at home.

Although Keira was very strict, she was not a master that was not respected by maids. The servants began to wonder what Mina had done to him, and their curiosity was soon resolved.

The Grand Duke, who returned to the mansion late at night, called the staff and his two daughters.

As Keira went down the stairs at the top of her father's call, she saw Duke and Colette sobbing beside her.

Keira bit her lips without even noticing.

"You must have told me again."

Keira tries to beat up her maid and Cosette cries and holds on to her.

However, this time, I have to side with Keira. What Mina did was an act that could never be tolerated as a member of the nobility.

Moreover, because there were witnesses, Cosette could not defend her maid.

He approached the two with a calm expression on his face.

"I heard you call, Dad."

"I hear distractions during the day. You tried to drive away the waiter after hitting him a hundred times. It was an amount that could make one die if faced with it. So, there's got to be a good reason for that, okay?"

"I heard insults I didn't even dare to repeat. It's embarrassing to say it yourself. There's a witness, so they'll answer."

Keira said so and pointed to the two maids who were washing clothes with Mina.