I’m In Trouble Because My Husband Is So Cute - Chapter 19

“Oh my, you can wait a while with a sip of tea. It’s okay to listen to the explanation slowly.”

“…Lady Blanchett, I—!”

Countess Laurent opened her mouth somewhat hastily. The warm black tea should definitely be good, though because as soon as she heard Iellie’s ridiculed words, her mouth was filled with bitterness.

She then folded her eyes nicely.

“First of all, you should correct the title. I am not Lady Blanchett, I am Lady Hessenweitz.”

The pretty appearance, which was famous for its beauty in the islands, also boasts an excellent effect in shedding ridicule.

“At His Majesty’s command, I was not long ago a member of the glorious Duchy of Hessenweitz. But how long will the Countess call me ‘Lady Blanchett’?”

‘If I don’t have my power, I’ll have to draw even the might of a tiger.’

She put the word ‘Your Majesty’ on her lips without hesitation.

The Countess flinched. Iellie had no choice but to carry the emperor on her back and entered the duke’s house by force. Immediately, Countess Laurent stared at her as if to kill her, but she was bright alone.

“I hope… the Countess won’t make a mistake even with such a trivial matter of titles? To go wrong with such a small etiquette, your good intentions to give me advice will fade away.”

While using a soft tone of voice, the manner in which she scratched the Countess’ inside softly was truly outstanding.

Countess Laurent’s face flushed red. Of course, Iellie wasn’t concerned.

She smiled slightly.

“Or, did you want to call the ‘Lady Hessenbaitz’ the Southern hillbilly?”

It wasn’t just a show-off that she had been a buffer for a long time between the duke and the Heir Apparent. While she was comforting the two of them, she unintentionally sharpened her manners.

Iellie tilted her head.

‘So, when someone is docile, you should be modest and don’t go overboard.’

Nonetheless, if you decide to start a fight, she would end it right properly. In fact, she has the temperament to step on her opponent.

The joy of carrying the opponent from the battlefield and dropping them on the floor as a souvenir of victory after she trampled them on the final battlefield.

“Ah, you said you wanted to explain each of the historic dukes one by one?

“That, that—I mean.”

Iellie watched with interest as the countess’ face turned pale.

‘Wow, I’m so tired of seeing her face being so white.’

The Countess, on the other hand, was literally dying. Why did she say that so proud of herself before? Knowing that Iellie was just a daughter of a Viscount, she was intoxicated with a sense of victory without realizing it.

‘…If I knew this would happen, I wouldn’t be pretentious!’

It felt like someone was squeezing her heart with their hand. To pretend to be smart, to break that pretty girl in advance, she was saying random things to show off casually.

“You’re amazing. Even if you’re related, you know so much about the Duke’s family.”

Saying so, Iellie laughed softly.

The Countess felt her stomach twist again. In the beginning, she did not come and go very often in the Duchy.

She just wanted to stifle the southern peasant’s nose, but it was hers who got twisted!

“I think it’s a bit rude to say this, but…”

‘What the hell are you trying to say again?’

Countess Laurent had a reflexively tense face.

“Countess Laurent, a relative of the Duke, I wonder if it is right for her to be involved in the affairs of the great duchy? Even if you’re a relative, you have to keep the line.”

‘What…?’ The Countess’ face turned white for a moment.

At the same time, Iellie tilted her head in an elegant manner.

“Now, Countess Laurent seems to be trying to move the duke’s internal affairs by excluding me from the name of Hessenweitz. What would happen if I told the Duke or Heir Apparent of such a behavior?”

Her ability to create tension with her soft voice was a masterpiece. She smiled softly like a spring flower.

“Besides, I’m already the wife of the Heir Apparent. A married couple is of the same mind and body. To treat me like this would be an insult to my husband, the Heir Apparent, isn’t it?”

Previously, she moved because of the Emperor, but this time she is with the Duchy of Hessenweitz. The Countess unwittingly swallowed a gulp as she watched Iellie draw the tiger’s name in a timely manner whenever she needed it.

‘Maybe I have chosen the wrong opponent?’

But, no matter how much the Countess regrets it, it’s already too late.

With a triumphant smile on her face, she nailed it one last time.

“The Countess, the mistress of a family, do you think your treatment towards me is right?”

“…No.”

A squeezing-like voice answered. To the declaration of defeat, Iellie answered.

“I’m glad the Countess and I are of the same opinion. Then, Countess, I would like to get your help.”

“My help, what…”

“Will the Countess teach me how to govern the Duchy’s affairs? I mean.”

Iellie folded her pretty eyes nicely. The long eyelashes fluttered splendidly as if they were pink asha petals.

“I am the one in control of the duchy’s affairs, and that the Countess will help me by my side, will you agree?”

Countess Laurent flinched. Inwardly, she was greedy with a desire to be involved in the Duke’s family, although Iellie blocked her greed at the source.

‘If you want to grab your victory, you have to solidify it for sure.’

That was Iellie’s usual theory.

“Yes… I will do that, Lady Hessenweitz.”

With the Countess in front of her dropping her head in a sense of defeat, Iellie nodded her head in a noble manner.

That evening, Iellie met the Duke.

He seems to have already heard of the battle for momentum between the two. As the Duke gazed at her with calm eyes and smiled, she widened her eyes.

“It was great workmanship, Iellie.”

“Th, thank you.”

She greeted the Duke with a bewildered feeling.

The Duke, who left a smile, passed by.

Time passed quickly.

Iellie had a fierce battle of nerves with Countess Laurent. The Countess tried to somehow meddle in the affairs of the Duchy, but that didn’t work out for her. Perhaps that’s why the Countess was quite nervous towards the servants.

It was almost at an anger level.

“Open this door right now!”

From early morning the Countess screamed sharply. The maid stood in front of the Countess, confused. The request of the Countess was not a matter that one of the maids could accept.

“But, this room was used by the former Duchess. Entry is prohibited.”

“I’m in charge of Lady Hessenweitz’s education! Can’t you open it right now!?”

However, the Countess took the key from the maid and opened the door wildly. Her distorted self-esteem and her memory of being bullied by Iellie made the Countess reckless.

The room appeared with a rattling sound. The countess’ eyes lit up with joy.

‘I can move the Duke castle at will!’

‘Yes, I am authorized to interfere in the internal affairs of the duke’s castle by order of His Majesty the Emperor!’

The Countess looked into the room with a delighted face.

The room where the Duchess, who was once her sister-in-law, stayed. Inside the room, with the thick curtains lowered to prevent sunlight, only the lonely air lingered.

‘Adele married well and became a Duchess. It would have been nice if I had married well.’

The Countess’ face contorted.

Adelaide was hailed as the most beautiful woman in the North and eventually became Duchess. Unfortunately, the Countess was on the jealous side. At the thought that she could defeat Adelaide even in this way, the countess’ eyes gleamed wildly with lust.

‘She must have lived a life of drawing and scribbling right before she died.’

Easels and sketchbooks were scattered all over the room, covered with a cloth.

Few paintings were completed. Selling it is good too. The Countess, who had been so sarcastic in her heart, lifted her voice.

“And, I told you to replace all the rugs on the floor with new ones, so why don’t you do it as I said!”

At the same time, Iellie was coming upstairs with Mary.

She opened her eyes narrowly.

“What the hell is this?”

“It must have been Countess Laurent…”

Mary whispered to Iellie with a dissatisfied face. It was obvious, as the Countess’s voice resounded in the early morning.

The maid, being rebuked by her, had a rather uncomfortable face, but the maid still looked at her with the head bowed politely. After all, Countess Laurent was the Heir Apparent’s aunt.

“Rug, are you going to replace it or not!?”

“Yes, Countess Laurent. I’ll ask the Lady to replace it.”

“Isn’t my order a command? Why don’t you take care of it right away…!”

“Still, the one who will be the Mistress of Hessenweitz in the future is not the Countess, but Lady Iellie.”

Even in the maid’s voice, there was a slight rebellion. Countess Laurent’s face twisted in disbelief at that attitude, treating her as the mistress.

She stood at the stairs and observed the atmosphere.

‘No, is it necessary to treat the employees so rudely?’

Her brow furrowed.

In fact, there was a rude side to the way the Countess rebuked Iellie.

She was the appointed mistress of Hessenweitz, and even though she does not treat her servants by yelling like that, the Countess is naturally raising her voice. Besides, the maid was just saying the right thing.

‘Anyway, they need my permission to bring things in and out of the castle.’

The Countess had come to teach Iellie education.

Then, of course, the Countess should ask her for permission first. However, the Countess skipped all those steps, and she tried to wield the Duke’s castle at will.

The Countess’ eyes twisted as she listened to the maid’s words.

“A lowly girl dares to answer me!?”

Slap!

As the Countess slapped the maid without hesitation, Iellie raised her voice.

“Countess Laurent!”

“….”

The Countess had an ominous face. The maid looked back at Iellie with eyes brimming with tears.

“La, lady.”

“What is this?”

Asking, Iellie gave a look at Mary. She hastily ran and lifted the maid from her spot. She then stared at the Countess, who had a chilling expression on her face, and she answered, grinding her teeth.

“I was just teaching a naughty girl.”

“Aha. Is that so?”

Hearing, she gave a stern smirk.

Iellie, who looked at the maid’s condition, said with a sigh.

“You can go now.”

“…Yes, Miss.”

The maid, who had been watching, moved away with hurried steps. The Countess looked as if she wanted to grab the maid’s hair, though she stopped her.

She said coldly as she strode forward in front of the Countess.

“To wield violence against an employee. It’s not something a noble lady would do.”

“You shouldn’t come too far with the people below. You have to hold on to discipline.”

‘Discipline…?’

Iellie lost her words. She’s not the duchy’s mistress. She just came in as an educator. Acting like this was tantamount to ignoring her right.

“It’s funny that the Countess said so.”

“I beg your pardon!?”

“Rather, I’ve been treating the Countess gently until now. I’m sure you know that.”