A fortune-telling princess - Chapter 10

“Uh? She called you all too?”

“You too?”

“What the-? Why did she call everyone all of a sudden?”

“No idea.”

Four maids and two attendants, who seemed to be in their early to mid-twenties, stood in front of Camila’s door and sighed.

“I heard that her relationship with the Duke has gotten a little better lately?”

“So she’s planning on scolding us now?”

“Poof! After all she’s done?”

“Will that last long?”

“I’ll bet the earrings I bought that she can’t overcome her temper again and she makes the Duke furious again.”

“Me too, me too.”

There was no sign of wariness or fear of Camila in their giggles.

Not too long ago, some of the kitchen maids got caught harassing Camila and got kicked out, but that was just bad luck.

Knock-knock.

They knocked on the door without hesitation.

Click!

Then they opened the door right away. They hadn’t even been given permission to come in. There was no hesitation as it was what they always did.

“Eek!”

“Gasp!”

But the next moment they had to hastily swallow the screams that were about to burst out at the same time. It was because they found Camila lying limp on the bed.

The sight of Camila lying on the bed with red blood dripping from her mouth was enough to frighten them.

There were a lot of unknown tablets scattered around. It looked like she had killed herself.

“Is, is she dead?”

The voice of the speaker was trembling. The color of her face is also white. How the hell did this happen! Camila is dead!

Everyone was at a loss for what to do in the sudden situation. They didn’t even dare to come close to her and see if she was dead or alive.

“That…….”

How much time had passed like that? Those who were frozen and unable to do anything came to their senses at the small cry of a lady-in-waiting.

Only then did they take their eyes off Camila and looked at the direction her maid pointed.

“That…….”

“No way!”

A white letter was placed on the bed where Camila lay. Everyone present could easily guess what it was.

A will. The last note Camila left behind was clear.

They hurriedly picked up the letter.

“……!”

The expressions of the maid and her attendants changed moment by moment as they read the contents of the letter.

At first, fear quickly began to bloom on the faces of those who were bewildered.

Their names were spelled correctly in the letter. Not only their names, but everything they had done to Camila was mentioned.

The letter ended with a sentence expressing her regret and asking for relief from her resentment.

“Oh my god.”

“Uh, what should we do?”

“Goodness…….”

“This, if this falls into the hands of the Duke…….”

The power of a will left by a person who has committed suicide was hard to ignore. Making their false excuses would be useless now.

It was clear that everyone would think how unfair it was that Camila would resort to suicide.

No matter how much they hated her, any human would feel a pang of sympathy upon witnessing the death of a person. Besides, hadn’t she been getting along quite well with Duke Sorpel lately?

In this situation, if this letter were to be delivered to the duke…….

“Let’s get rid of it.”

“What?”

“Let’s get rid of the letter.”

“Bu-, but……”

“We can’t die together with her!”

The lady-in-waiting, who had shouted, immediately picked up her will and tore it to shreds as soon as she had finished her words.

Those who were initially taken aback, also let out a sigh of relief when they saw the suicide note disappearing. Shouldn’t they live anyway?

Unless a suicide note was found, there was no evidence that they were involved in Camila’s death. It would be concluded that the reason why she committed suicide was that she, as always, could not stand her anger on her own.

“Yeah. Don’t you guys believe in your own luck too much?”

“……?!”

It was at that moment.

“Will you each be given the fortune of being the first to find my will?”

“Gasp!”

“Eeeeek!”

A very familiar voice came from behind the relieved servants.

Those who hurriedly turned around to look behind them burst into screams. Some sat down on the floor in shock.

Camila, who they had thought was dead, got up from her seat and watched everything they were doing.

Camila grinned, wiping the red marks from her mouth with her handkerchief.

“I’m going to postpone dying again.”

“Po-, postpone?”

Only then did the faces of those who grasped the situation twist in consternation. Did she play all of them? They fell for a cheap prank, just like that?

Not to anyone else, but to someone like that damned Camila?!

In an instant, they were overcome with tears of anger. Everyone put on an annoyed expression, forgetting that they had been scared until just now.

Camila, who watched all of this, gave a short laugh again.

“It could be real.”

“… What do you mean?”

The faces of those present at the scene softened again. Could it be real? Are you really thinking of dying?

“You know I go to the kitchen every night these days, right?”

There was no one in the duchy who did not know that Camila would go to the kitchen at the same time every night, to make late-night snacks for Duke Sorpel.

There were even rumors that the Duke secretly liked and waited for the snacks she made.

“What if I don’t show up in the kitchen at that time? Then what will happen?”

“What…….”

“At least someone would think it strange and come looking for me, right?”

They couldn’t easily understand what Camila was saying all of a sudden.

“What if, at that time, I even slightly slit my wrist and held this will tightly in my hand?”

“……!”

“Or, like now, I think it would be nice to spread something like tablets on the floor and collapse. You guys have been fooled too, so wouldn’t others be fooled?”

“Ah, lady!”

Only then did they realize that this situation was no joke, and their faces turned pale.

“Ar-, are you threatening us now?”

“Threatening you?”

For the first time, the smile disappeared from Camila’s lips.

Her mood changed in an instant. Seeing this right in front of her, the lady-in-waiting trembled without realizing it.

“You see, threats are…….”

Camila, trailing off her words, took a step closer to her maid.

“It’s for those who have something to gain.”

Camila stretched out her hand towards her maid, who had just spat out her words.

Flinch!

Camila smiled again at the sight of the maid closing her eyes tightly, thinking it was a slap on the cheek. Then, with a tap, she tapped her cheek lightly with her hand.

“Do you even make threats to insects?”

“……!”

“Because insects are.”

Her hand, which had been patting her cheek, slowly came down and caressed her maid’s neck.

“Meant to be stepped on and killed. Or crushed with the hand.”

“Mi-…miss!”

“It’s just that your hands and feet get dirty. I hate that, that’s all.”

The handmaiden made eye contact with Camila, and her body trembled.

“By the way.”

Her voice got even lower.

“Wouldn’t that also have a limit?”

Watching Camila’s eyes sinking coldly at her moment, everyone swallowed dry saliva.

“I can’t stand to see the buzzing of you insects anymore… What should I do?”

The touch of her hand chilled her neck. It felt like her neck would break at any moment.

“Okay, I was in the wrong! Miss!”

“Please forgive me!”

All of a sudden, the lady-in-waiting and her attendants were kneeling on her floor. Some were even bowing their heads on the floor.

She’s different! She is not what she used to be!

If it were just the same old loud tantrums or throwing things, there was nothing much to fear. Rather, they would have laughed at her. While thinking, that’s all she amounts to anyway.

‘But……!’

Now, they were out of breath. For the first time, they felt that she was not something they would treat lightly.

Touch-touch.

“Let’s get ourselves together, eh?”

“Sorry! Sorry.”

Camila gently tapped the handmaid’s trembling cheek, who was unable to even get down on her knees, unlike the others.

“Come.”

“…Yes?”

“The ring you stole. Go find it and bring it back.”

“……! Yes, ma’am!”

“As you say!”

As soon as Camila’s order fell, no matter who came first, they all ran outside. They were so hasty that some even tripped over and fell on their own feet.

Slam!

The door closed in an instant. Left alone in her room, Camila let out a long breath.

‘Goodness, that was draining.’

Acting as a villain was really the best way to relieve stress. However, it also took a lot of her stamina and mental strength.

In any case, to pull the act off, she has to overwhelm the others with a domineering presence.

[…….]

[…….]

Darrin and Ferrol approached Camila as she collapsed on her bed.

Their faces seemed to have a lot to say, but they couldn’t open their mouths easily.

“What is it?”

In the end, Camila spoke first as they repeatedly opened and closed their mouths.

[… that surprised me.]

[You really seemed like you were going to kill them?]

Derrin, the butler ghost, and Ferrol, the chef ghost, who was watching everything from one side of the room, finally spoke. They were still full of surprise.

[Was it really an act?]

Although they had been warned in advance, anyone could see the sincerity in Camila’s dressing down of the lady-in-waiting and her attendants.

It was really an atmosphere where it wouldn’t be strange if anyone died. The ghosts had almost run out, to yell at her to hold back.

“I’m someone who received an acting award by acting as a villain, beating even the protagonist actors.”

[Award? what is that?]

[Do you get awards for acting?]

Leaving behind her two ghosts, who didn’t understand what she was saying, Camila took a sip from a glass of water that was lying on her table.

[By the way, Lady Camila.]

“Tell me.”

Darrin spoke again as if he still had questions.

[Didn’t you find the ring already?]

She had just ordered the maids and attendants to find the ring, but……. in fact, she was already in possession of it.

“I am really polite.”

[Polite?]

[What are you talking about all of a sudden?]

“Isn’t it polite that people should give back what they receive?”

Camila looked at her own hand holding her water glass. A hand full of scratches from rose thorns here and there.

‘One would think that rose garden was filled with demons.’

To see the others, just like Camila had done, filter through that cursed rose garden.

‘I wanted you guys to call me a crazy bitch like everyone else does.’

Receiving the puzzled stares of Darrin and Ferrol, Camila laughed.