I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 71

“You’re saying something that makes no sense. Other people would have fainted too.”

Leticia said this with a calm expression, after getting over her bewilderment.

The wishing bracelets were a popular accessory, not only for aristocrats but commoners as well. If they were really the problem, then ordinary citizens would have been fainting too, but she hadn’t heard such news yet.

Leticia looked at her as if she was going to say more, but Diana only shrugged her shoulders.

“It’ll be revealed soon, because I don’t go anywhere unlucky.”

Leticia’s hands trembled when Diana blamed her for still being unlucky. Despite the glare she received, Diana smiled and said cheekily.

“Yeah, take care of your image.”

Leticia smiled wryly at her spiteful advice.

“Then why don’t you take care of your fiancé?”

“What?”

“Didn’t you know that your would-be fiancé is bothering me?”

Knowing that it was a disgraceful act, Leticia mentioned Levion, something that Diana was really sensitive about. They were still words filled with sincerity.

“It’s quite troubling, so either manage it properly or get engaged quickly.”

Leticia said this while sighing uncomfortably.

The last party made the nobles aware of the engagement between Leticia and Enoch, but there were still some who had questions about the relationship between Levion and her.

She frowned a little because she was displeased just by thinking about it, Diana pressed her lips together and glared at Leticia.

“Don’t make the mistake of thinking I care about you, I just said that because I’m compassionate.”

“You say the strangest things.”

Did an affectionate person ignore people like that and act like they’re pathetic?

“You should get engaged already, I don’t want my fiancé to misunderstand.”

“No way, are you really engaged to that unlucky duke?”

As she said this in disbelief, Diana stepped back with a contemplative face. It was as if she was worried that misfortune would spread if she was too close to Leticia.

Leticia responded indifferently, she was so used to it that it didn’t even make her feel bad anymore.

“Take good care of your fiancé before rumors spread that he has lingering feelings for me.”

“I’m speechless. You don’t really think he still has feelings for you, do you?”

Diana raised her chin and looked down at Leticia like she was insignificant, while her face distorted severely. It was the most disgusted expression she’d ever seen on her.

Leticia, however, smiled softly.

“Don’t you know that he’s still seeking me out, even though we’ve broken off our engagement?”

Leticia knew better than anyone else that there were no lingering feelings. To Levion, she was nothing more than a toy that he’d discarded and was now trying to retrieve.

“I’m just saying this out of sadness.”

Leticia said this while taking a step closer to Diana, who was staring at her fiercely.

“What do you know how to do?”

“What?”

It wasn’t a tone of criticism, it sounded like sincere curiosity.

“How long will the good things that happened thanks to you last? What will you do after the good will fades?”

“That can’t be true.”

“What will you do if something good doesn’t happen?”

“….”

Diana’s face turned pale and she tensed up at the unexpected words. Seeing that, Leticia could not hide her pitying expression.

Her younger siblings all had different personalities and appearances. Everyone knew that family was a family, but they didn’t. Even though Leticia knew where she stood, they didn’t even consider what responsibility their actions would entail.

Diana was no exception.

“If I was kicked out, shouldn’t something better be happening?”

It had been a long time since she was excommunicated, so she didn’t know the exact atmosphere in the mansion. However, it was easy to see that it became more abnormal after she left.

She now knew that the family’s situation had improved due to her ability, not Diana’s. She didn’t want to brag about it, she just wanted her to know the reality of her situation.

“Wake up, Diana.”

Leticia said this to Diana with a worried look.

“From the looks of it, it’s your turn to be kicked out.”

***

Leaving Diana, who was shocked and unable to say anything, Leticia went to the Aster mansion. Count Aster greeted Leticia with a friendly smile, even though he might have been inconvenienced by her sudden visit. With what had happened recently, his expression looked a little dark.

Leticia lightly greeted him, and asked Count Aster.

“How are things going?”

Even if she asked Enoch, he wouldn’t give her a clear answer. She was more worried because he kept saying that it was okay and to not worry.

When Leticia looked at him anxiously for answers, Count Aster sighed and began to speak.

“I’m fixing it, but I don’t think it’ll calm down anytime soon.”

The problem, which at first was thought to be a fluke accident, suddenly emerged as a fatal rumor against the Achilles family. It was later discovered that all the nobles that had collapsed owned wishing bracelets.

It was difficult to escape people’s doubts because it happened at a party at the Achilles mansion.

“What do you think, Count?”

“Of course it’s nonsense! If it was the wishing bracelets, then my wife would still be lying in bed.”

“Count…”

“As you know, my wife’s body is weak.”

To be exact, the rumors circulating were claiming it was because of the pink diamonds on the wishing bracelets.

“If it was really because of pink diamonds, the problem would have been discovered years ago.”

It was something you would quickly realize if you used your brain a little bit. Unexpectedly, people began to believe the nonsense was real. As a result, the demand for the wishing bracelets had decreased significantly.

‘Elle is going to be upset.”

Leticia was already feeling heartbroken, because she could clearly see that it would trouble her.

She bowed her head with a pained look, Count Aster carefully said.

“Stay close by and look after him well. The drought these days will make it harder for the duke.”

“Drought?”

Leticia opened her eyes wide at his unexpected remark.

It didn’t rain exceptionally well this year, so the land was dry. The drought seemed to have occurred nationwide.

‘Is that why he came home to the mansion so late?’

Leticia’s heart ached as she remembered his face, he looked particularly tired and down.

‘Is there anything I can do for him?’

She was worried about Enoch because of the bad things that kept happening after the nobles had fallen ill at the last party.