I Became the Male Lead’s Adopted Daughter

Clatter!

“S-Sir, I sincerely apologize! I beg your forgiveness!”

Count Tedros finally collapsed onto the floor, groveling.

The chair he had been sitting on lay toppled behind him, abandoned as he pressed his forehead against the ground, wailing as if his life depended on it.

Not a single person in the room felt sympathy for him.

In fact, some even envied him.

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Because, of all the nobles gathered here today, Count Tedros was the only one who had not actively schemed during Ferio’s absence.

Every other noble present had, in one way or another, been guilty of shamelessly overstepping for their own gain.

Lupe had spent the entire night after returning from the orphanage uncovering every last one of them.

And they all shared a common crime—

They had fueled the malicious rumors about Leonia.

It was those very rumors that had reached Kerena Tedros, filling her with arrogance and leading her to her downfall.