Why were all these people so loud and rowdy?
Besides, Sephine didn’t recognize this person who had suddenly barged in at all.
The outfit looked familiar, though; she felt as if she had seen it somewhere before.
“Who are you?”
The Demon King seemed to have forgotten that she was currently using the Disguise Art.
It had to be said that she was quite successful this time, as Sephine didn’t recognize her at all.
It was only after she had headed out with Aglis and the children that she realized she had forgotten her bag here.
It was a simple black bag containing some spare change and some makeup used to touch up the flaws of the Disguise Art, though the Demon King wasn’t particularly skilled at such things.
“Uh… I am… a friend of Aglis.”
“What are you doing in my house? And why were you eavesdropping on our conversation?”
Sephine’s home had seemingly become too noisy lately.
Aside from the children, there were more and more people showing up.
She had originally chosen such a remote place for the sake of peace and quiet, but now it was having the opposite effect.
“You are all too loud. I will figure out my own affairs myself.”
“Now, please, all of you get out.”
“If you see Aglis, tell her not to take the children too far away.”
Sephine went upstairs without looking back.
Her mind was a mess, and she couldn’t truly think for the time being.
Catherine’s plan had fallen through, but unlike Sephine, Catherine saw right through this clumsy magic as if it were nothing.
This Demon King was truly a bit too conceited.
“Demon King, I don’t think you need to control Sephine’s life like this. She can make her own choices.”
Catherine didn’t intend to continue playing along with the Demon King at this point.
Their relationship had already dropped to a freezing point during the last meeting.
The results Catherine had worked so hard to research had been almost entirely destroyed by the Demon King.
This caused Catherine immense pain.
Her work was originally meant to numb her nerves; the fact that the person she liked had been turned into someone else’s wife was simply too difficult to accept.
“Since you’ve seen through it, why didn’t you expose me in front of her?”
“I hope the duel between us is fair. Let’s see who can truly win her heart. Or is it that you lack the ability and only dare to use the children as leverage?”
“Do you want to be beheaded?! How dare you speak to the Demon King in such a manner.”
“Heh, we have always been in a cooperative relationship. If Lady Sephine hadn’t personally come to find me back then, I wouldn’t have joined the Resistance Army. You should be well aware of that.”
The situation had suddenly become thorny.
If the Demon King could have previously used persistent persuasion until Sephine changed her mind, the intervention of Catherine made it difficult for her to let the woman near Sephine without feeling anxious.
She knew the methods of a Witch best.
They used countless magic potions and spells to bewitch a person’s mind.
“Have some tea, Demon King.”
Catherine conjured a teapot and a tea set out of nowhere, with gold-threaded patterns printed on the white teacups.
“This is the tea we Witches drink during our tea parties. It’s quite good; I asked them for a few bags.”
Catherine had placed the extra tea leaves in the cupboard, as Sephine liked drinking tea very much.
“So, you came here just to try and steal what is mine?”
Vi had seen every one of Catherine’s moves.
It was the same as before, except now that Sephine had escaped her control, it gave Catherine an opportunity to strike.
“Admit it, Demon King. You are a paranoid control freak who has never treated Sephine as a lover, but merely as a tool to satisfy your desires.”
Catherine took a sip of the hot tea.
At this moment, she seemed like the lady of the house, possessing a confidence that Vi didn’t know the source of.
“That is not for you to decide. She is my wife, not yours.”
“You can only say such things now. Demon King, you should go manage your country first, lest you lose even the last bit of your power.”
“You!”
“Don’t get excited, Demon King.”
Seeing that the Demon King’s face had turned a bit flush, Catherine stopped saying things to provoke her.
After so many days of restraint, she had finally vented everything today.
No one could understand how much despair Catherine felt when she heard Sephine’s cries from outside the room.
Now, Catherine was going to return that despair twofold to this Demon King who had stolen her beloved!
Compared to being the Demon King’s toy, Sephine would definitely prefer freedom.
And Catherine could give Sephine that freedom and even restore her to her original form.
Catherine didn’t see how she could possibly lose.
“It wasn’t possible that Sephine truly loved the Demon King so much she couldn’t live without her, right? “
“If that were the case, how could she have suddenly run away?”
“Heh, then we shall wait and see!”
The Demon King could very well strip Catherine of her position now, but doing so would make her look like a sore loser who lacked confidence, falling directly into the trap Catherine had set.
She, the Demon King, would show this little Witch the wife-chasing techniques passed down through the Demon King Generations!
“I look forward to it, Demon King.”
Catherine left the room.
Today’s conversation had been quite pleasant for her; she had seen Sephine and had a happy chat with her, which was enough.
She just hadn’t expected the Demon King to abandon her official duties to run over here.
It was truly irresponsible.
No wonder people had been submitting petitions to criticize the Demon King one after another these past few days.
“Uh, Demon King?”
Aglis poked her head in, and the two little ones followed Aglis’s lead, peeking into the doorway.
“Why didn’t you come back for so long?”
The Demon King had told them she was coming back to grab something, but she hadn’t expected that nearly thirty minutes would pass without her return.
That was why they had hurried back to see what was going on.
“It’s nothing, just a minor accident. Let’s go.”
“Oh, okay.”
“Mother, I want to eat that cake again. It was so delicious!”
“Remember to bring some back for Mommy. I won’t be following you back in a while.”
The Demon King went out with Aglis and the others, entirely unaware of Sephine, who was hiding at the corner of the stairs on the second floor.
‘This is fine. I’ll just pretend I don’t know.’
At least the children wouldn’t have to stay in the room with a boring person like her anymore.
Running around outside was better than squatting at home, even if it might lead to the children becoming distant from her.
‘They’re all trying to hide things from me. I’ll just play the fool.’
Sephine returned to her room, lay on the bed, and took a novel from the nearby bookshelf to read.
It was good to readjust to a solitary life in advance.
Perhaps this was her ultimate destination.
At least it was a life of her own choosing.
While reading, Sephine once again drifted off into dreamland.