Beast of the Frozen Night Chapter 81.1

Even pulling the pregnant Anne too hard could injure her, so the Grand Duke protected her with all his strength and fell headfirst down the stairs as a result of that. Marie knew that too.

“So? It’s not like you can threaten me about what happened that day. Who will the people believe? The Grand Duchess with Grand Duchy’s blood? Or a lowly mistress only in name? Why don’t you answer that?”

She didn’t know Marie had been taking care of the Grand Duke like this, but Marie trying to threaten her with this matter disgusted her. So Anne asserted her position.

“I know that I deceived Madam and committed a great sin. But… I owe His Grace a great favor. He let me, the disgraced illegitimate child of the Wald family, work in the Grand Duke’s castle.”

Anne always wondered how Marie, a commoner, was hired at the Grand Duke’s castle when the only other staff came from the Wald family. So it seemed that the Grand Duke, who took pity on her, brought her in.

“The place where I grew up was a terrible place. He saved me from that abyss. I know it’s wrong to deceive Madam and follow His Grace’s orders, but… It’s all because His Grace loves you.”

“That man said he loves me? So that’s why he did it?”

Anne responded emotionlessly to Marie’s confession spoken with a painful expression.

No way. It may have been true before, but not any more. Even if his love was true, nothing would change. Even if he acted under the word regret, his sins were irreparable to forgive in the first place.

“Yes. His Grace waited for so long that he went to see Madam who was coming to the north.”

Went to see her?

On her journey here, there was a man she saw in the plains and inn. It must have been the Grand Duke.

But what did that matter? In the end, the man had an ulterior motive from the beginning…

“Since Madam came, His Grace has changed a lot. He smiled for the first time.”

Smile was a part of laughter. While Anne cynically continued her thoughts inside, Marie eagerly spoke her words out to persuade Anne.

“If only Madam would go to see His Grace, he would feel better soon. He’s not… the kind of person to lie down like that. I’m sure he must already be awake…”

Marie finally closed her mouth shut as she couldn’t bear to say anything more.

“Marie, you’re being presumptuous. I’m still the Grand Duchess here. You’re not the kind of person to tell me what to do.”

“But please…”

“Get out. You’re disturbing me.”

Marie, crying endlessly, finally stood up and left in face of Anne’s attitude.

After Marie’s visit, the uncomfortable truth she had been ignoring came back. Anne got up in disarray and walked down the trail, basking in the sun.

She still couldn’t understand why he did such an outrageous thing to save her.

Despite dismissing Marie and claiming she would not go, when Anne came to her senses after walking absentmindedly, she found herself already in front of the west wing.

“When did I come here?”

Anne, who unknowingly raised her head, tried to return to the main building. Then, she saw a window that was all covered with curtains. Did they draw all the curtains because they thought the strong sunlight would be bad for the patient? Was he alone in the dark room? Thoughts started to flood her mind one by one.

In the end, Anne, using the excuse that she had already come all the way here, set foot in the west wing.

She could see the Grand Duke lying quietly on a bed in a dark room without any light. Anne stopped at the foot of the bed and looked at him. From the outside, he looked peaceful enough to be mistaken for a moment’s sleep.

She glanced down at his features. She could see his tightly closed eyes beneath the neat eyebrows. It was an eye she had seen so often that she was tired of it, but her memory of the color she saw every day was hazy. What color was the red of his eyes… .

She took her gaze away from his eyes and suppressed the beginnings of pity within.

“Why did you save me? This will never make me look at you.”

Anne’s voice echoed faintly in the quiet room. With those words, she grabbed her cold heart and went out.

Read latest Chapters at wxworld.net Only

In the corridor leading from the west wing to the main building, she felt a slight fetal movement and stopped. The kicking was so vigorous that she was startled.

As she was about to move her legs again, she could see the hot spring through the window. Behind it, the green leaves of the snow-covered spruce trees, all white, swaying in the wind. Maybe it was that day. That this little life was created.

The first time he held me gently.

She was never pregnant in a relationship done without emotional exchange, yet life was born the moment when she slowly developed a different mind. What did it mean?

Reluctant to return to the stuffy room with mixed feelings, Anne turned around and walked to the library. Perhaps, if she could read a book, this strange feeling would disappear.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible.