Chapter 115: Web of Deceit: Duchess’s Dilemma
After Three Years
"Madam, you have to come to see the situation urgently!" the maid shouted, pulling me to witness something.
"What happened? At least let me know so that I could figure it out!" I exclaimed, but no one listened as I followed her outside. I saw protesters rallying against the Duke’s family.
"What is this? Who gave you permission to do this?" I asked angrily.
"Who will give permission unless it is us who decide to do this? Are you calling yourself a duchess? You sent our duke to war, and it’s been three years since we’ve gotten no news regarding this!" they shouted.
"I sent the Duke to war?" I questioned.
"Or what? You’ve been chilling here while the duke has been suffering there. We don’t even know if he’s alive or not," they accused, making me shout.
"Shut your mouths, or I will rip that tongue of yours!" I threatened.
"Yeah, you will make us shut our mouths, but how many people are you going to shut? One, two, three, ten, hundred, thousand, or how many? How many are you going to say you haven’t done this? From the moment you came to this mansion, our lives turned upside down. We were living happily before you. We never once had a shortage of food, but once you arrived, we did. Duke has never once gone to the battlefield for so long, but after you, he hasn’t even sent his well-being to the state," they accused, fueling my anger.
"Oh, okay. I sent the Duke to the battlefield. Then what about you? What did you all do?" I asked, anger escalating.
"W-what do you mean?" they stuttered.
"You don’t know? When the Duke was leaving for the battlefield, you all were cheering for him. Didn’t you get the idea to stop him? Or they don’t listen to you? No, no, it can’t be when you said everything changed after my arrival. So," I mocked them.