The Lady’s Dark Secret - Chapter 0

Prologue

Estelle was the illegitimate child of the Duke.

Originally destined to grow up on the streets, she was a saint that possesses powerful divine power that was hard to find, which led her to the Duke.

‘You have to listen to live a good life.’

My mother gave me over to the Duke for a few bucks.

Rather than worrying about her daughter, she seemed worried that she would be blamed for her mistake.

At any rate, Estelle has always tried to follow her mother’s advice to lead a life of goodness for others.

‘You’re dirty.’
‘It’s better for you to have the fertilizer for livestock.’

However, she was severely bullied by the family that took her in.

But even if so, Estelle didn’t give up.

I thought that if I tried as hard as I could, they would open their hearts to me and treat me as their own.

She always risked her own life for them.

They don’t know how many times she has almost met her end because of the corrupt Duke.

Nevertheless, she still loved the people around her.

No matter what terrible mistakes they made, Estelle always forgives them.

Ten times, a hundred times, she never gave up and always tried to love them as much as she could.

I believed that if I tried as hard as I could, my father, family, and the people around me would open their hearts to me someday.

As so, Estelle’s efforts finally paid off.

But on the day she turned twenty-three….

She suffered terrible betrayal.

Human sacrifice.

She fell into a terrible conspiracy of those she had been trying to love all her life and was offered as a “sacrifice” to the devil.

A saint is the best prey the devil covets.

They became offerings made to the devil to satisfy their desires.

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