When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

Prologue.

“You will marry the duke, Laritte Brumayer.”

The older man had adopted a habit of the previous head of the house, tapping on his desk with his finely crafted quill as he spoke. Laritte stared at the gloved hand holding the quill.

Memories from her childhood rushed to her head, for Laritte feared those white gloves. Any mistake she made resulted in a beating.

“Are you listening to me?”

“Of course, father.”

She replied to the Count in a clear, meek tone with no hint of malice. Her half-sister, Rose, stood behind the Count and observed the situation.

She burst into a fit of laughter.

“Did  you ever dare to dream that you’d become the duchess? You’re an illegitimate child… be grateful to father.”

Laritte, who’d only been watching the Count’s hand, finally looked up. Her strange yet sparkling blue eyes stared at Rose.

Rose hated those eyes. Those eyes were of a color that did not belong to the Brumayer family, and yet they felt so piercing.

‘Laritte will answer obediently, as she always has.’

That was the type of person this illegitimate child was. No matter what Rose did, in the end, Laritte would always respond obediently. She was like a straw doll with no choice but to remain in its house, even if that meant it would be torn and broken by its cruel owners.

But this time, Laritte reacted differently and retorted in a clear yet soft tone,

“Of course. Thank you, father. The Duke I will marry has been robbed of all his wealth, accused of treason, and has died on the battlefield. How can I dare to be devastated about my marriage to such a ghost Duke?”

For the first time, the doll rebelled against its owners.

Rose’s eyes widened, expression panicked. Laritte laughed at her.

‘Are you shocked?’

They really believed she’d continue to act stupid though she no longer had any obligation to be obedient to this family.

This was it. Laritte Brumayer’s life would soon end. Because, just as they said, her marriage was a lost cause.

Rose, who was a year older than Laritte, was originally marrying the Duke.

family. She fell in

Reinhardt was someone everyone

had been that he had no interest in any woman before his marriage.

fulfill their daughter’s

there was

spent most of his time on the battlefield. Adding to that, he had been killed by a prisoner while preparing to

This wasn’t the end.

forth evidence of the

family was cleared of those charges. However, the Brumayers had already received a huge sum of money from the marriage contract. Count Brumayer wished

had to send a bride. But the household couldn’t let their

would be

Laritte spent her whole life as

her half-sister. Instead, she would spend the rest of her life alone with a dead

glad that the bastard child she had seen as a speck of dirt would

even hesitate to hit Laritte who

using a sarcastic tone with me? You lowly

Laritte’s cheek turned red.

had always been there for her family. Although there were

It was then–

under the Count obediently for seventeen years,

before

“Ack!”

not the lowly one here. It has always been you who hits people recklessly,

being kicked out of this house with nothing. Laritte was sure this family

“You are absolutely insane!”

flew at Laritte. The two pulled and yanked on each other’s clothes before the Count jumped out of

roof to sleep under, yet

“Kyaa!”

the carpet and started beating her.

wench until she’s on her last

in her fury, unable to control her breathing.

“Aak!!”

mwar! (I

strength into her jaw as

her head with his other foot and she fell off of him with an unidentifiable lump of flesh and blood mixed

a blue glow in her eyes. Now, Laritte Brumayer was a beast that no one could