Chapter 41
No matter how Venya looked at the face of Giselle before her, it was not the face of someone who had been violated by force.
Clearly, she was now soaked in happiness.
Giselle’s gaze met Venya, who was crushed by bewilderment and fear.
“You did well, Venya. You only need to keep doing as you did today from now on. After today, the surveillance toward me will become even stronger, and we’ll need to prepare for that. So I need your help all the more desperately.”
“……”
“I’ll be counting on you. Help me from beside me so that my love can be fulfilled.”
Venya closed her mouth and simply stared at Giselle. There was a mountain of things she wanted to ask, but she couldn’t even grasp what she should ask first.
“Miss… Are you alright even though something like that happened with Master in the room? You clearly said you hated it and refused. His Highness treated you roughly too… So why are you alright?”
At the question she barely chose, Giselle slowly closed and opened her eyes, then brought out one answer.
“Because I am alright.”
“……”
It was an extremely simple and clear answer. Venya had no choice but to close her mouth again. Her gaze stared at Giselle as though looking at something incomprehensible that did not exist in this world.
At that moment, an innocent laugh burst from Giselle.
“Venya, that’s what I wanted. It would be strange if there were no blood after scratching that deeply, wouldn’t it? It’s only natural.”
“……”
“But even this makes me glad and happy. Because all these traces are no different from evidence that shows how much His Highness wants to have me.”
As she said that, Giselle silently stroked down her own arm. Bite marks and red traces remained clear even on her white and smooth arm.
“My love is currently flowing smoothly. If it continues like this, I’ll be able to become his possession for all to see. So keep doing only as you did today from now on, understood?”
Venya completely lost her will to fight.
The desire to ask what had happened in the room, the desire to confirm whether this was truly what she wanted, and the desire to question her exceedingly strange view of romance all disappeared in an instant.
The woman who had cried while being pressed beneath Raven and the woman before her eyes were different people. Just as the Raven she knew and the Raven who had been in Giselle’s room were completely different people.
Whatever conversation, emotions, and acts had passed between the two of them, it was not something Venya could understand. Perhaps even if her whole life passed, she would never be able to understand their twisted emotions.
* * *
About half a year passed.
The woman before Venya’s eyes now was still an incomprehensible being just as she had been then, and she had not changed in the slightest.
The only one who felt guilt over the matter between Giselle and Raven, suffered, and wanted to stop everything was still, and had been then, Venya alone.
Giselle, who was sitting in the bathtub with a peaceful face like some time in the past, asked Venya once again.
“So, is there no good way to slip through his surveillance one last time? I think it would be better if I stimulated him in a way similar to yesterday.”
“…There probably isn’t.”
After staring blankly at Giselle, who had bite marks hanging all over her body, Venya swallowed a sigh and answered with a tired face.
“This was the last chance I had to help you, Miss. Since that chance has been blocked, there probably isn’t any other way. As you said, His Highness is thorough.”
“I see…”
Even though Venya had flatly asserted it, Giselle did not look particularly disappointed. It was because she had expected it to some degree as well. The fact that yesterday’s card was the last card she could use.
‘Haah… What a shame. I think one more time would do it.’
She had succeeded in drawing his feelings up from the very bottom, where there had been nothing, all the way to this point. The finish line was right before her eyes, but she was exactly one step short and couldn’t cross the line.
She had to break through this situation somehow.
In order to find a method, Giselle sank deep into the bathtub and fell into thought. Her fingertips tapped the bathtub at a steady rhythm.
‘There’s no way to avoid his surveillance anymore. Because with this incident, Raven’s surveillance will become perfect.’
Would Raven be obediently satisfied with only watching her like this?
No, Giselle was certain he would not.
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