The Fake Princess's Soul Contract Duke

Chapter 11's

Michelle Laurent's. She is the proud daughter of her father, Marquess Laurent, heir to the magic of the Fire Tongue of the Kingdom of Agris. From childhood he was already dubbed as one of the genius children with high magic talent, and people were flattering him, he said, yet now in a place like this he was slapped right on the cheek by the daughter of a dirty lowly noble who could not sense any mana.

Thalia, the dummy duke's adoptive daughter and ‘cacat’, whom they humiliated all-out at her birthday event that time.

How could Thalia who he thought was stupid do that to them? On her?

This lowly girl is brave!? inner Michelle.

“KAU! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'VE DONE, HUH?! YOU DARE-”

Michelle was about to move to grab Alianora's hair but Alianora's hands floated faster on her cheeks, PLAQUE!

Michelle's body shook, “K-KAU..!”

Michelle raised her hand up, ready to avenge Alianora's slap, but Michelle's hand was held tightly by Alianora. Michelle spontaneously tried to pull her hand from Alianora's grasp but the more she tried, the more her wrist felt about to break.

“AH! UNTIE ME! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, HUH? QUICKLY LET GO OF ME!!”

“Heh? Shouldn't that be my word? Who do you think you are? How dare you and your friends do something disrespectful to me, hm?”

Alianora drew closer to him.

“And this? What do you think you're doing? Thank you to me for stopping your hand in time, if one finger touches my face, say goodbye to your arm.”, whispered Alianora in the tone of a cruel voice that she could, as she could, while throwing Michelle's hand violently.

“Member this is also my reply that was delayed for that time.”

Suddenly all the noble children began to whisper among them, discussing what Alianora had just said.

'What time is it'? What did you mean by Miss Michelle's birthday?

Ah, that's right, Miss Michelle was a bit late, too, right?

In any case, Miss Thalia was the Duke's daughter while she was only the Marquess' daughter, she shouldn't have done so.

It's so weird, doesn't she learn etiquette at her house?

Yes, you shameless.

Whispers for the sake of ugly whispers about Michelle grew louder, and Michelle could do nothing but listen to her.

CETAS!

Michelle's patience was completely broken.

Michelle's body shook with overflowing anger.

She no longer cared about her etiquette or appearance anymore and cried out hysterically.

“You...I, I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU!”, rudely, Michelle raised her hand up, and soon a magic circle that lit up like fire, formed on her fingertips.

Alianora.

Huh uh? What is..magic?!

Michelle Laurent, on the day of the christening had used fireball magic on Thalia La Sheridan.

Not only Alianora, even the entire crowd including Estelle and her friends were also gasping at what was going to happen before them.

In the Kingdom of England there was a rule prohibiting all unbaptized noble children from using magic in public places without the permission and supervision of their guardians. As far as Alianora was concerned, she had never seen anyone break this rule before, and now it was easily broken by the boy in front of her.

Truly he did not know what he should do, let alone his current body was just a weak ordinary human body. Even magic as small and simple as anything could possibly harm his body.

Well, this is bad.

“Michele!”, suddenly a middle-aged man urged his way into the crowd along with two men wearing expensive suits typical of nobility .

Surprised that her name was being called, Michelle instantly dispelled her magic and turned to the origin of the voice. Alianora also turned her head while in her heart grateful for whoever interrupted them.

“A-Dad!?”

The middle-aged man earlier, with his fat stomach, stepped quickly and pulled Michelle over.

“What are you doing!?”

“D-he who started dad first! He slapped me. Look!”, Michelle shows her five red fingers still very clear on both sides of her cheeks. Not only Michelle, but Aster and Rachell eventually also find the courage to pit the same thing against the two noble men who are their own real fathers.

Michelle's father's face immediately turned stiff. His eyes were wide in disbelief and his facial skin was slightly reddened, he also slightly bit his lips.

“What the fuck?! What have you done to my daughter Michelle!? Look, his face is like this!”

The father of Aster and Rachell also uttered the same sentence while staring intently at Alianora.

Alianora rolled her eyeballs. Ha, dad, son, it's the same.

“Wait a moment Mr. Marquess Laurent, Mr. Count Vincentia, and Mr. Count Groudon, it seems that here there is a misunderstanding.”, Alianora looked at the two heads of the noble family straight.

“I did not intend to persecute them from the beginning, but rather I only did the things I deserved to do to the person who insulted me directly.”

“Inject you?”, Count Groudon replied.

“Accurate once. Ignoring me intentionally, cutting off my conversation, and shouting in disrespectful rant, does that not include insulting action on me? Moreover, it was done by the daughter of a lesser noble. Right, Count Groudon?”

Hearing Alianora's confession in public, the other noble children around them whispered back, confirming Alianora's words.

Count Groudon threw his face at his son while trying to wipe his sweat.

Marquess Laurent gnashed his teeth in annoyance, then he snorted with an annoyed smile.

“Miss Sheridan, indeed what you said is true, but is it true that my daughter has acted thus? Michelle is a child who is very obedient to the etiquette of a noble family, it is impossible for her to do such a thing.”

Alianora stroked her chin while putting on a plain expression, “Hm, really? So you mean, I slapped your daughter for no reason? But my father, Duke Sheridan had also raised me and my younger brother from childhood, by the same rules of noble etiquette, saying as such, Honorable Marquess Laurent, Do you doubt my father's upbringing?”

Marquess Laurent's face turned deathly pale. His confident expression was now gone like it had never been on his face. In Alianora's heart was already laughing out loud. He was so satisfied, after slapping the three brats to death, he also managed to keep their father from twitching.

That Marquess Laurent who had already lost face could only grit his teeth, and glared at the people who were looking at him with contemptuous gazes.

He suddenly turned his head sharply at Alianora, and whispered, "Tch, you selfless pawn!"

Alianora was about to open her voice to snatch Marquess Laurent, but a familiar voice just appeared, and shocked Alianora.

"Estelle?"

Oh no, how could he forget these two people?

From the back of Estelle, Kalisto and his wife appeared to break the silence.

“What is this?”

All eyes were on the figure of Kalisto who suddenly appeared behind Estelle, along with his wife Annabeth.

“A-dad?”, said Estelle who was surprised to see her father looking back at her with a serious look.

From his position, Alianora could only swear at his bad luck.

It is undeniable that, with the Sheridan couple here the situation could have turned around, especially if they were with Estelle.

“Ah, His Highness the Duke and Duchess Sheridan, haha, this is not a big deal, just a casual quarrel between the children. It's just that, uh, this kid of mine, Michelle, complained to me about the first young lady Sheridan..”.

Slyly, Marquess Laurent glanced at Alianora while slightly tilting her lips, which of course could not be seen by Kalisto and Annabeth.

Annabeth glanced at Alianora with half of her face covered in fans and slightly furrowed eyebrows.

Alianora was silent for a moment. He took a breath and began to explain calmly.

"I didn't make a mistake, father, mother. From the beginning, I only did the thing that the noble daughter was supposed to do in the same situation.”

“LIED, YOU! YOU ARE! YOU ARE! YOU DARE TO DODGE!”, cried Michelle who could not stand Alianora's innocence.

Hearing Michelle's cry, Annabeth who was standing beside Kalisto immediately looked at the Marquess Laurent's only daughter, from top to bottom carefully, her amethyst eyes thinned and her eyebrows stabbed downward.

Michelle, who was unaware of Annabeth's changing attitude, kept pointing at Alianora who rolled her eyeballs.

"MISTRESS SHERIDAN SHE'S-"

"Miss Laurent, have you never been taught not to cut someone else's talk, what else is higher status than you?"reprove Annabeth.

Michelle instantly silent a thousand languages. His lips were wet, seemed to tremble and his pale forehead was already back in sweat. He did not dare to look at Annabeth, let alone Kalisto who with just one look, Michelle already felt like fainting.

"I'm sure the Laurent Family is a respectable family so preferably, Miss Laurent, you should reflect that in your conduct."

Annabeth continued.

Looking at his somewhat pitying daughter, Marquess Laurent rubbed his sweaty forehead while smiling guiltily at Annabeth and Kalisto.

"Ah, pardon my daughter Mr. Duke and Mrs Duchess. He wasn't acting with his wits, but of course, Michelle was a polite child and knew etiquette, only the first time I saw him like that and it made me shocked too. Maybe the incident, uhm, just made her a little shocked."

“B-right! He, ah maxutya, N-nona Sherdian, t-tadi, he's the one who slapped us!”

sahut Rachel who was immediately glanced sharply by her father, making him automatically close his mouth nervously.

“Slay? Thalia La Sheridan, explain.”, this time the question came from Kalisto which made people more tense.

Meanwhile, Alianora simply replied calmly, “I slapped them because that's what they deserve for the direct humiliation to Sheridan. Tell dad, am I as one of Sheridan, worthy to let others trample on the dignity of our family?”

With anger, fear, and anxiety, Marquess Laurent immediately denied, “Omong is empty! Master duke, don't believe the talk! M-where may I, where may we dare...,”.

“A-father..?”, Estelle retreated to the back of Kalisto while grabbing the end of her black suit sleeve.

Seeing Estelle's face that looked scared, Kalisto immediately glanced sharply at Marquess Laurent who was still chattering.

“...So my duke lord—”

“Tch, can be silent a little, no?”, instantly Marquess Laurent paled and closed his mouth tightly.

Alianora put on a small sting looking at Marquess Laurent's face that turned pale like a rat doused in water. “Daddy can see for itself right? I no longer need to explain, Mr. Marquess has shown it. It's in front of me, imagine if it's in front of me."

Marquess Laurent, "Tsk! Y-you...!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Kalisto again gave him a sharp glint that automatically locked his mouth.

“They already know that I am also part of Sheridan but they still do that. Does that not mean they underestimate someone who is from Sheridan?” alianora continued smoothly.

"I'm sure you've seen yourselves? How disrespectful Miss Laurent's behavior was to the mother, but, as Mr. Marquess said, it was probably an unintentional act. However, what Miss Laurent, Miss Groudon, and Miss Vincentia have done to me is definitely not an accident. Tell dad, if it's like that, should I just shut up and let them do what they like to one of the Sheridan family members?"

Kalisto looked like she was really contemplating the words of Alianora just now. His sky blue eyes seemed to be considering something.

Inwardly, Alianora was grateful that Kalisto did not just blame her.

Though he was ready to mount a counterattack when Kalisto did not want to listen to him, judging from his daily attitude to 'Thalia'.

Strange as well actually, when he could have directly punished Thalia right then and there, however, it did not happen.

But at this moment, Alianora did not have time to think about it, the problem in front of her was not finished, let alone the last boss as well.

“Elle, is that really what you saw?”, from next to Kalisto, Annabeth asked Estelle.

“Huh..?”

Estelle looked back at Alianora who was still putting on a sweet smile as if nothing had happened, but in the back, Alianora felt a little panicked.

Estelle, yes Estelle.

From earlier Alianora had glanced at Estelle's expression across from who had not let out a word. Honestly, he was worried that this half-sister who he thought was very cunning was trying to slander him, because if he opened his voice, most likely the situation would change.

That is to say, to Alianora, what could the child not possibly have done to make things worse for her?

“Elle?”

Estelle did not immediately answer her mother, looking confused and not knowing what to say. However when his gaze fell on Alianora, his mouth slowly opened.

“I...I did see Miss Michelle, Miss Aster, and Miss Rachel..intentionally ignored sister even though they had previously seen that sister was there.they still pretended not to see her.”.

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Whahuh?

Michelle, “....Whahuh? Elle...You...what just—”.

Estelle cut, “Not only that, they too, they also said rudely to sister, they even indirectly said that sister's dress is not worth wearing by the noble family.”

Aster, “What...!?”

Rachel, “A-I didn't say that..!”

Michelle, “E-Elle, you, why are you saying that!? I don't, I don't....A-father..!”

Michelle turned to her father with a pleading face but clearly her father could do nothing but grow pale and sweep away her cold sweat.

“E-Elle, k-we're friends, right…? You know I don't. Say it's all wrong.”

Michelle clasped Estelle's shoulder, and slightly shook her.

Estelle simply looked at Michelle with a look of horror, and brushed Michelle off.

“T-no! Me, I wanted to help my brother, but I haven't had time to do it, I've handled it myself. S-until..N-miss Michelle.on sister..d-dia...using magic...”.

Hearing this confession, Kalisto and Annabeth were slightly surprised. Count Groudon and Count Vincentia were speechless, while Marquess Laurent did not know where to hide her face.

MIChelle as a noble child who had not entered the academy, not only did she use magic without permission, she also used it on a noble daughter who was higher in status than herself. That was already a fatal mistake.

It was unexpected that the point did not come out of Alianora's mouth, but rather from the mouth of someone she thought would betray her.

What's wrong with this kid? Did he take the wrong medication, hm?

“...I-I.that's.I, I didn't mean it, Elle. I didn't mean to do it.You, you understand, right, Elle?”, with the more panic Michelle kept clutching Estelle's shoulder.

However, Kalisto pulled Estelle towards her, then gave a piercing look towards Michelle.

“Not only insult the Sheridan family, you also dare to use magic.”, Kalisto walked up to the three nobles with their daughter, “If until my daughter is hurt, you know what I can do.”