The Executed Saint Reincarnates as a Princess and is Loved by Her Older Brothers - Episode 63

The Duke of Turenne was horrified.

“Ah… who on earth are you…!?”

The strange thing was that there was no sense of hearsay or imagination in Princess Angela’s tone.

The princess’s words, describing the situation from fifteen years ago as if she had been there, were enough to chill the heart of Duke de Turenne.

“Prince de Turenne. You decided to assassinate Madame Diane for the sake of Madame Hortense, didn’t you?”

Once again, upon hearing his daughter’s name, Duke Turenne’s shoulders stiffened.

“Everything was done to protect Lady Hortense. Isn’t that right?”

“Uh, uh, Hortense is…”

“Lady Hortense doesn’t know that you assassinated Lady Diane, does she? That’s why you couldn’t say it, right? That you shouldn’t use this eye drop.”

When presenting four types of gifts to Hortense, Angela carefully observed her reaction.

If she had known about the dangers of the eye drops, I thought she would show at least a hint of agitation, but Hortense accepted the gift from Angela without hesitation and seemed genuinely pleased. Even when told that it was something the former queen had cherished; she showed no signs of wariness.

Hortense does not know the crime her father committed. She is unaware that Queen Diane was poisoned with eye drops.

Angela’s delicate face was tinged with a sorrowful melancholy.

“But… was there really any need to kill Lady Diane? She was certainly a clean freak, but…”

Fifteen years ago. Even the saintly Juliette had heard the rumors about Nathan and Hortense.

The queen, who was strict about romantic relationships, probably did not approve of the two getting close, but thinking back, the reason the queen was surprisingly calm might have been because she had already been poisoned with belladonna and was in poor health.

Moreover, at that time, Nathan was the crown prince, and Hortense was a marquis’s daughter.

Nathan is in a position where he must definitely take a wife, and for that reason, it is inevitable that engagements with multiple young ladies, not just Hortense, will come up.

No matter how neurotic the queen is, she can’t punish the other lady just for a rumor. Especially if she’s a marquis’s daughter.

“Then why did you kill Lady Diane?”

Why did they not only weaken Diane and divert her attention from Hortense, but also go so far as to kill her?

“This is just my guess, but…”

Lionel frowned and said.

“Did Nathan make a move on Lady Hortense?”

“……!”

The Duke of Turenne had a face as if a blade had been thrust into his heart.

Lionel lets out a long sigh.

“As I thought, so it is…”

Before she had even formally engaged, Hortense surrendered her body to Nathan.

Perhaps he was whispered to that he would make her the crown princess, and he got carried away.

As a father, ideally, he would want to appeal to the royal family, claiming that his daughter, Misao, had been taken from him, demanding they take responsibility and pushing for a formal marriage. However, against that queen, it was nothing but a bad move.

Before marriage and after marriage are completely different. At least for that neurotic Queen Diane, they are.

Even when her husband, the king, repeatedly cheated on her, Diane directed her anger and hatred towards the other women.

The disruption of public morals is, in any case, the woman’s responsibility. Whether it was the man who made advances or not, the woman who does not uphold her chastity is entirely to blame.

The impure relationships between unmarried men and women are entirely the woman’s fault. This is what Diane believes.

The queen, who already harbors animosity towards young women and even warns Saint Juliet not to seduce her son, would be beyond furious if she found out about the premarital affair.

Diane, who exploded in anger, will likely make unreasonable accusations and twist the facts, leaving only Hortense to be slandered as a promiscuous woman.

Hortense was banished from society, and not only was she unable to become the crown princess, but it also became impossible for her to marry anyone for the rest of her life.

What a reckless thing to do…!

Count Turenne lamented his daughter’s recklessness, but what had happened could no longer be undone. There was no time to sit idly by any longer.

Above all, what spurred the Duke of Turenne’s resolve was the fact that Diane had buried many of the king’s mistresses and their illegitimate children.

Diane is not only irritable but also a woman who takes action in a bad way.

Just because they had relations with the king, how many women have been exterminated?

There is no guarantee that that hatred won’t be directed at Hortense.

Around that time, the king had been away from the castle for a long period under the pretext of an inspection.

I don’t actually know where he’s fooling around with his mistress, but the king’s absence is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I can’t let it slip away.

That day, Count Turenne steeled himself.

We have no choice but to kill before we get killed.

Note: Currently serialized Episode 64, I’m still waiting 🙂