Not Knowing The Betrayal Of That Day

he maid’s hand.

The maid looked at Tessa with a bewildered face.

“What, why? Is there a problem there?”

Janet peeked inside the screen in a small commotion.
Then she noticed that the maid looked at her and found the restless Tessa, and she pretended nothing was wrong and opened her mouth. It’s nothing, Madam! She seemed to have noticed something in Tessa’s reaction.

In fact, among the employees who worked in this castle, there was no way that they would not know if they had working ears.
The fact that the sixth wife of the old Marquis was being beaten by the Young Lord.

“I’m, I’m sorry.
I didn’t mean to do that…”

“No, Madam.
I guess I’d better go out.
Sorry for not being able to help.”

The maid nodded towards Tessa, and then she disappeared outside the screen as Mani came up to Tessa.

“I’m sorry, Madam.
I should have paid more attention…”

“It… It’s okay.
I… I also don’t know why I…”

“Then I’ll help you take off your clothes.”

Mani removed Tessa’s clothes very carefully.

Tessa’s slender back was full of long, long scars, as if she had been hit hard with something.
It was a sign of long-term abuse.
Tessa turned her back and her body trembled.

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‘I, I should’ve said no.
I should’ve said it’s okay.’

Tessa bit her lower lip.
Suddenly, she regretted all this.
From her stubborn unwillingness to refuse, to all these situations. I’m sure she’s thinking how ugly my back is. Mani would have looked at her back several times, but those thoughts did not go away.

Tessa closed her eyes tightly.
Recalling the wounds on her back brought back nightmarish memories, and her body reflexively quivered.
It was a really terrible time.
A time of corporal punishment that she could not escape.

‘You arrogant bitch, you’ve been sold! How dare you ignore me!’

Thwack! A thick, heavy leather belt flew over her back.
The pain was so great that she fainted at that very moment.

Tessa couldn’t resist at all.
She had neither the strength to resist nor the strength to run away.
Just waiting for this moment to come to a halt, she had no choice but to endure the violence as she crawled on the floor.

‘You b*tch! If it wasn’t for my father, you’d already be dead.
Understand? Just ignore me one more time.
Then I will kill you.’

The man didn’t stop beating her until she lost consciousness, blood dripping down her back.
And then, he would place Tessa in solitary confinement.

She was able to receive medical treatment the next day, but the wounds became worse because they were left unattended all night.
Tessa had a towel over her mouth throughout the treatment, her body shaking all over as she shed tears.

She hadn’t been beaten up since the battle for the territory, and although she’s gotten a lot better now thanks to the steady treatment of Kennis, she still feels the pain occasionally.
It would be difficult for these scars to go away completely unless she was treated by a mage, Kennis said.

“…It’s very ugly.”

“Oh, no.
Madam.
It isn’t.”

She’s really lying.
Tessa just smiled faintly at her words.

Who would think that such a large scar on a woman’s body didn’t look terrible? Looking back now, she was fortunate that Hert didn’t completely take off her nightgown.
She wouldn’t have been able to hide the wounds on her back.

But this time? Tessa paused for a moment.
Now that she thought about it, there was no way that Hert wouldn’t take off her clothes forever.
And if he finds the scars like this…

‘No, I really don’t want that.’

No one would like a woman with scars like these.

Tessa was afraid that Hert would see the wounds on her back and despise her even more.
This terrified her.
Although she had already committed an irrevocable sin against him that roused a great hatred within him, there was only one thing she feared.

‘I don’t want to be hated anymore…’

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Tessa was changing clothes with the help of Mani, but her expression was heavy the whole time.

“Alright, it’s done!”

Mani spoke in a bright voice and led Tessa, who had changed her clothes, out of the screen.

Janet looked at Tessa coming out with a change of clothes and spit out a groan on her face that didn’t know what to do. Oh my god! She rushed towards Tessa.

“Tessa, you are so pretty.
This really suits you, Tessa.
No, it’s safe to say it was made for Tessa.”

Janet clasped Tessa’s hands tightly and exclaimed again and again.
But it didn’t really reach Tessa. What nonsense.
How could these clothes suit me? Tessa answered in a trembling voice, pulling her hand out of Janet’s grip.

“Janet, you are exaggerating…”

“What? Are you saying I’m lying? It’s the truth.
The dress really looks good on you, Tessa.
Come on.
I’ll even do your hair and makeup.”

“No, I’ll just change clothes again…”

“Are you saying that to make me sad again? You haven’t looked in the mirror properly yet!”

Janet caught Tessa, who was trying to get into the screen again, then forced her to sit on the chair.
Against Tessa’s will, she started smoothing Tessa’s hair with her maid.

“Tessa’s hair is half-curly, so just a slight curl like this will help shape it.
I have a bad case of curly hair, so I envy Tessa’s hair like this.
It would be nice if my curly hair was nice like yours, Tessa.”

“…It’s not.
My hair is…”

How easily tangled and brittle.
It’s not shiny and it’s crumbly, so it’s not soft at all.
Since coming to this castle, Tessa has never liked her hair.
While everyone had smooth hair, only Tessa’s hair looked ugly.

“You’re doing that again! I said you’re pretty, so why do you keep saying that?”

“…Sorry.”

“You don’t have to apologize.
In my opinion, Tessa needs to be more confident.
You’re this pretty.”

Janet focused on decorating Tessa, even opening the jewelry box, which she loved.
After a long time, she wiped a sweat and patted her back. All right, my masterpiece! She led Tessa to the mirror that she had put away.

“One, two, three! Ta-da!”