WAYSOWRA

Chapter 37

I was afraid they'd be ashamed of me...because I was just a commoner and I felt like I wanted to hide myself.

So I wanted to study harder and become the perfect lady.

When I discovered the greed that I had hidden in my heart, I became a little sadder.

"Shushu, why the hell did you come to think of that? Go ahead and tell me."

The Grand Duke seemed to have felt something firmly wrong with my question.

At his question, I cried in my heart, biting the insides of my lip.

"Teacher Rima..."

After talking there, I blinked my eyes for a moment because I couldn't figure out what to do with it.

'Teacher Rima didn't directly say that I don't belong in this house.'

She just made me feel embarrassed by saying something I feel sensitive about.

"Dad, am I a disgrace in the family? Because I'm an orphan?"

"What?"

"Is it natural to be ashamed that I was an orphan? Am I perfect without any minor flaws?"

"Who said that? Was it your teacher?"

"If it's like what the teacher said, then I'm really a disgrace inside the Grand Duke's family. Am I not good enough?"

The Grand Duke's body trembled at my words. I heard him grunt. He was also mad and I could feel his anger intensifying.

"Lucy, go right now and bring the teacher in front of me."

The Grand Duke ordered in the coldest voice I've ever heard from him.

'Uh... Will this be okay?'

I just wanted to complain and say it discreetly, but his reaction was more intense than I thought.

"She dared... ."

"I will kill you! Shushu is my perfect little sister!"

Not only the Grand Duke, but also my brothers and the nearby employees were infuriated!

As the brothers stomped their feet with furious faces, the nearby employees shuddered and shouted, 'How could she say that to the lady...'.

I'm guilty of being insensitive, but I'm still unsure if I did it on purpose!

I screamed inside and was moved to the parlor in the arms of the Grand Duke.

It was only a moment later that Teacher Rima appeared.

She appeared without a hint of nervousness at all, even though the Grand Duke himself called her.

The Grand Duke, and my two brothers consequently gazed at her darkly, sitting on the sofa in the living room, me doing the same.

"I heard you called me, Your Grace."

"I called because I had something to check."

"Please do ask."

The Grand Duke was colder than ever. I wasn't scared to be in his arms, but I could see Teacher Rima's body shivering slightly.

"I heard about what you said to my daughter."

"How would I dare to chastise the Grand Princess?"

"But why did you bring shame on her?"

At the end of his words, Teacher Rima's skinny face had a subtle fear.

At the same time, she was clenching her fists as if it's strange that she couldn't control her fear. Like she was trying to win a battle.

She looked sick, but seemed to somehow find her calm composure.