"I want to kick him one more time." I coughed softly, touching my stiff neck.
In any case, I knew his intentions, and I made him pay the price. Now it was time for the next step.
"It's time to leave this space."
Even amidst this, the subspace was constantly vibrating. However, the opaque curtain did not reveal the surrounding situation.
I squatted down, facing him, who was stiff from my grip on his face. "Duke. You can't attack alone."
His face was filled with pain, frustration, and anger. But Lennox immediately glared at me terribly and laughed meanly. "You're trapped alone with me right now anyway."
"Oh, that's what I mean." I paused, letting my words hang. Seeing his face full of hatred and hostility made my back feel a little colder. It was clear that he and I had crossed a river of no return.
At that moment, the space cracked with a rustling sound. The opaque membrane gradually became transparent, and the surrounding noise slowly began to be heard. I glanced around and laughed. However, this was not the first small garden where the subspace was created. The large subspace was moving to the middle of the ballroom.
Lennox, completely unaware that his anger had caused problems with the subspace, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Crazy, you dare to do it!"
I tilted my head in surprise. "Oh my God, is that so?"
"Yes, even if it wasn't just your blood in the first place, I didn't intend to be a crazy like you."
"It's not enough that you had an affair with Sheria, and you even verbally abuse me? Why are you doing this, Duke?" I opened my eyes wide and continued to speak slightly. "Then you're going to stop asking me to marry you, right?"
"Yes! Stop it right away, before I kill you. Do you know that you and my lover, Sheria, can even be compared?" His mask, which he had pretended to be gentle as much as possible, was completely removed.
And pasasak! There was a loud roar.
"It's over." Finally, the space that confined Lennox and me became completely transparent. The barrier was broken.
He opened his mouth, startled by the unexpected situation, and hurriedly looked around.
Dominic, very nice!
I saw people who were shocked beyond the now-transparent subspace. Dominic, who was far away, winked and twitched his mouth.
"I put the speaker magic on it, knowing he's completely mad."
You did a very good job.
I glanced at Lennox. I had fallen to the ground just like him, who was devastated, and I was quite close.
"I, no, this is…" He was panicking about the unexpected situation. But what to do with water that has already been spilled?
I whispered in Lennox's ear, so that only he could hear, of course. "The space kept vibrating, and they were trying to move us to the ballroom."
"What?"
"Did you think you were trying to destroy the subspace? That's not it."
"…What the hell is your ability? Wasn't it illusion or alchemy?"
I laughed at Lennox inwardly. To be honest, I didn't expect him to create a subspace. However, Dominic and I were in perfect communication with each other. We were able to flexibly change the situation according to our will.
"Your Excellency, how can you confess your affair so openly?" I covered my face with my hand as if I was surprised.
The atmosphere was cold. In the center of the ballroom, just below the sparkling chandeliers, Lennox and I were sitting there in the same unsightly state. But we would meet a completely different ending. The man who kicked me in the heart now had nothing left to fall further down.
"It's not enough that you created a subspace and became obsessed with me… You even ruined the ball."
"What, what?" He still couldn't come to his senses. He had been managing his image by pretending to be a cold but affectionate northern duke to everyone. However, his despicable deeds were revealed to everyone here. It was probably difficult for him to regain his composure easily.
I brought my hands to the corners of my mouth to hide the smile that was about to break through. "He insulted me for being rejected from marriage and even confessed to having an affair."
The cold atmosphere at my words shifted considerably.
Boom!
I heard the sound of someone's glass falling. And that sound became a signal. The people here had also heard Lennox's profanity and everything I said. The sound of people chattering began to be heard loudly.
"Hey, Duke Hesmann…"
"…He must have said something vulgar…"
"Did you just hear that?"
"Was it true that Duke Hesmann was clinging to Lady Meldenik when he married her?"
"So what about those rumors? Did you say that Meldenik was obsessed?"
"Is it because the rumor that Meldenik has awakened her abilities is true…"
"By the way, is it certain that he's having an affair? My God. Somehow. There's no one in the world to trust."
Perhaps, if there were only socialites who firmly followed the Hesmann family, this scandal might have been easily forgotten. Because the achievements he had accumulated were enormous.
However, the person who organized this ball was Lady Moodsela of the Maxson family, an imperial faction. Lady Moodsela, the daughter of the Maxson family, who was pretending to be at odds with Duke Hesmann, the head of the aristocratic faction, frowned.
"Even someone I never invited sneaked in." Moodsela Maxson looked at the one who ruined her ball with contempt.
"…That's right."
"Coming into a ball without an invitation and doing something like this…"
For now, you should endure people's pointing fingers.
Those gathered at the ballroom were neutral and pro-emperor aristocrats. The curiosity and hostility of more than fifty nobles were directed at Lennox. He was just looking around with a face full of embarrassment.
I raised my hand and covered my eyes. He was so funny that he was completely wronged by what I did in the past.
'Lady Meldenik is so obsessed?'
'I feel sorry for Duke Hesmann. How troublesome would it be?'
Lennox smiled gracefully at their words and continued, "Lady Meldenik is a bit inferior, but she's my fiancée." It was a way of speaking that pretended to be humble, belittled Meldenik, and raised himself.
However, the lady who had a crush on Lennox saw it differently.
'Why is His Excellency, Duke Hesmann, so kind?'
'That's amazing. I could have asked for a better assistant.'
He enjoyed the envious gaze of the ladies pouring towards him to the fullest. When Meldenik was accused of being a cursed villain and was locked in a corner of the ball.
While briefly reminiscing about the past, I heard a whisper through a fan.
"What else is the story of infidelity?"
"Can you do that in a human mask? So, did Lady Sheria, the flower of the social world, steal her sister's man?"
Oh dear, it's going very well, it's going well.
I put my hands to my mouth and shouted loudly at him, as if in surprise. "I saw you cheating, but why are you so violent?"
I pretended not to win Lennox's heart, and said pitifully, pretending to be a well-intentioned victim. Just in case, I had done a good job of wearing an off-the-shoulder dress that showed a lot of skin! The people here must have seen the bright red line on my neck.
I laughed sinisterly inwardly and tried to imagine sadness at the same time.
"Oh my God, Lady Meldenik is crying!"
More and more people were admiring my acting skills. I was immune enough to the chatter around me. However, the timing of the incident was missed.
When will it happen?
Lennox was looking at me with a terrifying gaze. I needed to escape quickly.
I need to find Dominic.
A gloved hand was held out in front of me as I measured the timing to get up in search of Dominic. I thought he was Dominic and reached out my hand.
"Are you okay, Lady Meldenik?"
But the man who reached out to me was Mathieu.