The Princess is Going on Strike - Chapter 5
Chapter 5
“Aerylle!”
Judging by the stomping sounds, I already knew that Oledin was coming to see me, even before he arrived. No, even if it wasn’t him, I predicted that someone would come by and prepared to greet him. I got out of bed, stood up, and stretched my back before Oledin swung open the door and yelled at me with a face flushed with anger.
“You crazy bitch! Do you know what you’ve done?!”
I stared at him through my mask and saw how dry his lips were. It seemed that he had a hard time trying to make up excuses. It’s obvious, since this man is not the type to acknowledge his mistakes and apologize. Oledin was an egoist who bombarded others with his status and authority, despite him being the one who made the mistake.
“You said you were sick? Huh?! Do you know how much our family will lose thanks to your actions?!”
I smirked, dumbfounded, when I heard how he turned the situation around and put the blame on me. But of course, it wasn’t seen as I was wearing my mask.
“You’re saying it’s my fault?”
“That’s right. Did you think it would be mine? Thanks to you leaving the room with the excuse that you were sick, I…..”
His face was red and his nostrils twitched as he stopped and took a deep breath.
“Hooh… fine. Yeah, well. I guess anyone could get sick. Even dogs and cats crawling in the streets get sick, so do mosquitoes during the winter, so it’s a given that a monster like you could as well.”
“But you shouldn’t have left. You should’ve done whatever it took to stop Velfor. Shouldn’t you have known that?”
I felt disgusted with seeing how Oledin was pushing all of his sins on me up close. I wanted to spit in his face and tell him to scram since my anger was dozens, hundreds of times greater than what he was feeling right now. But I didn’t show it, since it wasn’t time yet. But hiding my anger didn’t mean that I was admitting that the fault was mine. This incident was the result of his own greed. In order to make a greater profit, Oledin modified the plan that I presented to him, and now he’s here insisting that it was due to my mistake. There are always people who cause trouble and people who solve problems. I clicked my tongue seeing as he couldn’t do something that even an 8-year-old child could do.
“Do you understand? I want you to meet Velfor and sort this out immediately! If you don’t, then I won’t take you to the banquet this time!”
I don’t want to do it, nor do I need to do it. And banquet? Are you really threatening me with the banquet where you ended up insulted and looked down on me and treated me like a monster?
Oledin was deceiving himself. He believed that if he yelled and rebuked me that I would be persuaded to do what he says like in the past. But he was sorely mistaken. Things were different now. I was about to tell him that I refused and didn’t care, but I suddenly got curious.
What excuse did Oledin give Velfor? I wonder what he could’ve said with that brain of his.
“First, tell me what you said to Sir Velfor.”
Oledin must’ve believed that I reacted the way he predicted and tried to hide his smirk of satisfaction. I wasn’t sure how I looked because of my face being hidden behind my mask, but Oledin probably saw me trembling in front of him.
“I said there must’ve been a misunderstanding. It looks like there was a mistake in the design blueprints, so go apologize to him and tell him it was your mistake.”
That’s completely ridiculous. It wasn’t enough for him to tell me to say that it was my mistake and apologize, but he also wants me to mention that there was a problem with the designs?
This meant that all the designs that I had planned out and drawn were problematic from the beginning, therefore, completely my fault.
It was absurd, but at the same time, ingenious and fitting for the man named Oledin.
He’s as dirty and low as I thought he’d be.
“Where is Sir Velfor, right now?”
“Since he just left the mansion, he’s probably still within the compound. I’ll send a servant to go catch up to him, so go apologize and deal with this problem. Otherwise…”
Oledin smirked.
“You won’t be able to go to the banquet.”
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Honestly, I could care less about the banquet. If I were to choose a time which was the most humiliating experience in my life, it would be the first, and last, banquet I attended. It was the day when my hope and dream of being recognized by my family was completely crushed and trampled on. Even now, thinking about it made my face become flushed red with anger. I didn’t want to go through that banquet ever again, since I had become no different than a beast crawling on the floor that day.
“We’ve arrived.”
The carriage came to a halt. When the door opened, I stepped out and the people outside naturally turned toward me. The duke’s carriage was so obviously noticeable especially when it stood in the middle of a busy street. Plus, the fact that I was wearing my mask, it was guaranteed that gossip about me was most likely to be spread today.
The Monster Princess. The Mask Princess.
With a smirk, I approached Velfor who was sitting nearby. He looked at the people with a bored expression as I approached, then rose from his seat and smiled. He was quite proficient in using his business attitude.
“You said you were feeling unwell… how are you now?”
He’s asking about my state of being first? What a gentleman.
“I’m fine now. In any case, I apologize for holding you when you were on your way back. I hope I didn’t take up too much of your time when you are quite busy and will need to make the long trip back…”
“That’s alright. Shall we continue our conversation in a cafe somewh-?
“No, I will be straightforward.”
Velfor was looking for a shop to enter when he heard what I said and turned towards me with a rigid gaze. He was most likely thinking about how my attitude of getting right to the point just now was unlike a noble’s. But it didn’t matter. All he would see was a mask-wearing Aerylle, so I didn’t care how he saw me.
“Sir Velfor. First of all, I will not be apologizing.”
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