Chapter 5
In the first place, Carlyx hated rumors and betrayal more than anything else.
She already read my calculation and movement.
As if she had allies who told her that I was doing a background check on her.
Or maybe she knew from the rumors.
If she knew through the rumor, who the hell spread that rumor?
“I was asking you three times. I don’t know what makes it so hard to answer. I’ll ask you one last time. How did you know?”
Even though his voice was not different from their first meeting, for some reason, it made her shudder.
The flow of the air filling the room changed along with him.
He was squashing her self-esteem to the point she almost couldn’t breathe.
“…I’m only guessing. But it seems like I was correct.”
Did she say she guessed it?
After swallowing his laugh, Carlyx gazed straight at the woman in front of him.
I had hoped that it was a lie, but her clear confidence told me that it was true.
“So do you have any more questions for me?”
“….Give me.”
Carlyx reached out his hand without answering that absurd question.
Daisy blinked her eyes, and he twitched his hands as if telling her to stop pretending to be clueless.
“I don’t have time. Give me the documents.”
Daisy gently hands over the documents to Carlyx.
It was exactly what she wanted. If things turned out like this, she didn’t have to interrogate him to verify the information.
“The housekeeper, maids, servants, and knights. Did you do an investigation on each of them?”
“If I don’t even know the name of the servants, how can I ever be a good madam?”
“But even their medical records and their hometowns are included. I don’t think there’s any madam who goes this far on investigating.”
Carlyx, who recalled the harsh reality, closed his lips. Then the tightly closed lips soon opened again.
“…I won’t give you a compliment.”
“I don’t even want it. I’m not doing this for your compliment.”
Daisy smiled slightly and added.
“It’s an investment for my future.”
Why did she think of this as an investment?
Even though I investigated her, it never occurred to me to call it an ‘investment’.
It’s been a while since I felt such raging emotions.
Carlyx was dumbfounded, but he could manage his facial expression.
“Please cross-check the documents thoroughly.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Carlyx returned to his usual self and replied calmly.
This unexpected situation was unpleasant, but she didn’t say anything wrong. Since it was true that I did a background check on her.
I ordered Logan to investigate her today, and I also did it shortly after our first meeting.
“Ah, right.”
Daisy leaned her body towards Carlyx and looked up at him. Her delicate lips that moved under her mysterious blue eyes were quite charming.
But I felt an ominous feeling about it. Perhaps because the tail of her mouth was slightly rising.
“There’s information about you at the very end. There are quite a lot of empty parts, please fill them up.”
She said things that weren’t very pleasant with such an angelic face.
I had no time to be flustered.
‘I was stupid, too.’
Carlyx belatedly realized that his first impression of Daisy was wrong.
“Fill in the last page and just review the front documents moderately. Don’t give it to me right away but hand it over to Tyler. Because Tyler knows more about the servants than you do.”
This woman was undoubtedly beyond crazy.
***
Sweat flowed down from Carlyx’s sculpture-like face after he finished his training. Walking at a constant speed, he slowed down for a while.
From far away, Tyler was seen standing in the hallway between the building.
Seeing Tyler standing with his back leaning against the pillars, I thought Tyler must be tired.
“What’s going on?”
“I saw the documents you left on my desk and came to find you.”
As expected, he came because of this.
“What about that? You can check and give it to Daisy as instructed.”
Daisy, huh?
Have I ever called that name personally?
But it was very unlikely since I didn’t remember doing that.
Daisy. Daisy. Daisy.
It was a name that didn’t stick to my mouth.
It didn’t matter. Because there won’t be many occasions to call her name, anyway.
“I’ve read the documents. It’s not just about the servants, she also did her research on you too, master.”
“I did the same thing to her.”
“But master is different from madam, I suppose?”
Tyler, who was on the verge of raising his voice just now, somehow returned to his usual composure.
“How are we different?”
Carlyx, who was in the lead, stopped his stride.
“That’s-”
Tyler tried to refute him, but he eventually closed his lips.
The tail of Carlyx’s mouth went downward. He was giving him a clear warning not to cross the line.
Tyler bent his back at the cold signal.
“I’m sorry for my rudeness.”
“I’m glad you know. I wouldn’t have hired you in the first place if you didn’t know.”
Most of the people in the mansion were Duke Jean’s people. Carlyx spent most of his childhood to adulthood with those people. Only Tyler was the one he personally chose.
“Then I will check the documents and deliver it to madam.”
Tyler blurted out the word ‘madam’ much more politely than usual as if he regretted his sins.
Carlyx, who arrived at the front of the bedroom door, looked back at Tyler before entering.
“I know that you don’t like Daisy.”
In fact, there was no one who liked her so far.
The servants didn’t like strangers, and the uncivilized knights were apathetic toward their madam since the start.
‘Many people compare Daisy with my ex-wife, who is the daughter of a great count, so many people think that a Baron’s daughter is nothing more than a commoner.’
If those people tried to undermine Daisy, I would have punished them right away. But Tyler was different.
“I know that your reasons are different from the people in this mansion.”
The reason why Tyler didn’t like Daisy. That was because she wouldn’t be able to take care of the family.
He also thought that it was beyond her ability.
In the first place, anyone with a remarkable ability should have their name spread several times in the social world.
But Daisy had been too quiet.
“How can I dislike madam? As long as I hold this position, I would never do such a thing, even in my dreams.”
Tyler answered calmly without making a mistake, unlike before.
Fortunately, his ability to learn was fast.
Still, Carlyx lowered the door handle and closed his eyes coldly.
“You shouldn’t be insulting my wife with that mouth ever again.”
His cold eyes shone as if they were going to devour Tyler.
***
Tyler said he would deliver the documents about the family members the day after tomorrow.
“I thought you could give it to me by tomorrow, but I must’ve overestimated you. Of course, it doesn’t matter if you give it to me the day after tomorrow.”
“…No. I’ll surely give it to you tomorrow, even if I stay up all night.”
To be honest, it was almost impossible to deliver the thick documents by tomorrow.
Even so, I refused to be kind when he showed an ambiguous attitude toward the madam of this house.
Daisy stretched out when her long awaited break time finally came.
“As soon as I got here, I was dealing with thick documents, so I never looked around the house. I guess I should take a look this time.”
Daisy walked around as if she were on a field trip.
‘There’s nothing proper in this place. This mansion is the worst.’
How could this place be called a noble family’s mansion? Unbelievable.
There weren’t any objects or people that felt like they belonged to Marquis Jean.
“How many things do I have to take care of in the future?”
I got goosebumps when I imagined it.
“Tyler is going to have a hard time from now on.”
I would never suffer alone.
Daisy entered the garden after she prayed to the water ghost to give her courage.
At least, the garden was quite nice to look at.
I wasn’t sure if the problem was because of the gardener or because the flowers grew abundantly.
Daisy considered the latter.
Clearly slowing down her pace, she said in a tired voice.
“But why is it so big?”
No, was the garden normally like this?
The mansion was so small that I didn’t expect it would be like this.
This was a place where I wouldn’t dare to look around if I had poor stamina.
“I should get out.”
I memorized the way so I could get out right away just in case.
Daisy was trying to remember the way and turned around, but a different voice rang.
“Is anyone there?”
It was a girl’s murmur.
There was only one girl in this mansion.
Carlyx’s child. What was her name again?
“I’m lost. By any chance, is there anyone there?”
“Yes, that’s right. Stay there. I’m on my way to find you.”
Daisy immediately followed the girl’s voice.
Soon, a small child came into my sight.
Was she as tall as my waist? Although her height seemed similar to her peers, she had a mature impression.
The child’s purple eyes looked exactly like Carlyx’s.
The child, who met Daisy, put one of her feet back and grabbed the hem of her dress.
“Hello.”
She muttered a rather slow greeting, perhaps deliberately trying to pronounce the words correctly.
Such a beautiful child. She had glossy black hair and monolid eyes.
She was clearly Carlyx’s daughter.
Oh my god, it’s a child! My heart fluttered at the pureness that I hadn’t felt for a long time.
In my previous life, I liked to hear children’s sweet laughter or their bright eyes.
It was lovely, and I felt like light came into my dull workaholic life.
Daisy tried to calm her beating heart.
Then she walked to the child and bent her knees.
“What’s your name?”
Their gaze met each other’s.
“It’s Luciana.”
“My name is Daisy. Do you know who I am?”
“…Yes. You’re the one who just married my father.”
Luciana spoke nervously. She also blinked several times. She seemed to be scared of unfamiliar figures.
Daisy deliberately tried to speak sweetly.
“Just call me aunty comfortably. You don’t have to call me mom.”