The place she was dragged to while breathing heavily was a spacious reception room. The knights threw her onto the floor, practically discarding her.

chrThere she could see the Count, the Count’s household employees, and the Duke of Roxburrow as well.

“Father, please help me.”

She felt so wronged by the rude treatment that she tried to run toward the Duke, but the knights behind her grabbed her shoulders and pressed down, preventing her from doing so.

“Who says I’m your father?”

It was the first time seeing the Duke of Roxburrow glare so fiercely with a completely hardened face, so her body flinched slightly in surprise, but soon Bianca cried out with an aggrieved heart.

“I’m your daughter, so what do you mean?”

She couldn’t understand why he was treating his own daughter so harshly.

“Daughter… how ridiculous.”

Looking at the woman who wasn’t his daughter yet considered herself one, the Duke of Roxburrow openly displayed contempt close to scorn instead of answering.

The reason he was at the Selkirk estate was because he had received an absurd letter from Count Selkirk saying that the Ciella currently by his side wasn’t really his daughter.

He should have treated the Count like a madman for saying such nonsense, but he couldn’t do that. Recently, he too had been feeling strange energy.

When the butler reported that Ciella had recently been trying to embezzle the family’s assets, he didn’t believe it and actually scolded him. Since the family’s assets would be hers anyway, there was no reason for her to do such pointless things.

However, when he heard from the Duchess and Mari that she had subtly changed again, he changed his mind, and from then on he carefully observed Ciella’s behavior.

He knew his daughter’s behavior changed frequently, but this time was different.

Over the past few months, she had been becoming a refined lady through various efforts, but suddenly she acted like she had forgotten everything she had learned, just like when she suddenly lost her memory three years ago.

Just in case, the Duke hid important documents related to the family where Ciella couldn’t find them. He didn’t know why, but his instincts told him to do so.

That’s why he was shocked when he discovered the office had been ransacked, and he realized something was wrong with Ciella.

That wasn’t all. He had observed her personality for three years, but strangely, she suddenly felt completely unfamiliar.

There was something unsettling about it. When he received the letter from the Count, he felt like he understood the source of that uneasiness.

When the Tower Master, who he had heard went on a journey, suddenly appeared and said he had witnessed with his own eyes the bodies of two people and a dog switching right before him, he was so shocked he almost fainted.

Bodies switching? Did that make any sense? How dare someone steal Ciella’s place and act like an unrestrained wild horse!

Reading about it in a letter and actually seeing it were completely different dimensions. That’s why the first emotion that surged up was pity and sadness.

How pitiful. How difficult it must have been for her alone.

When he heard from the guild people that Ciella had secretly sought out the Tower Master without telling anyone, he thought his heart would collapse.

Thinking of her suffering alone in silence without being able to tell the truth made his chest tighten. He also felt sorry for not giving her enough trust.

Why didn’t he notice the change?

He should have found it strange when his daughter changed, but he failed to do so. He had simply thought complacently that she changed because of her memory loss.

Not knowing that their bodies had switched, he had only catered to the fake daughter’s moods, resulting in Ciella suffering through all kinds of hardships for three long years.

He had been foolish.

Self-blame and regret led to guilt, bringing deep anguish and anger to the Duke of Roxburrow.

He wanted to immediately go and behead that detestable woman who had been toying with the Roxburrow family all this time. But he didn’t because he wanted to respect the opinion of Ciella, who was the biggest victim.

Restraining his anger as much as possible, he shouted at the fake daughter.

“Never call yourself my daughter again!”

“You cherished me so much, so why are you acting like this?”

Bianca still couldn’t grasp the situation and wanted to cling to the Duke who kept trying to push her away, believing that all the affection he had shown her was genuine feelings directed at her.

“Can you still say that after seeing how you look now?”

“How I look?”

But when Bianca saw her own body, she finally realized her body had returned. She was so shocked she didn’t even notice her voice had changed.

How did this happen? The mage clearly said it wouldn’t be easy to return, so how could it switch back again?

This time, it hadn’t even been two weeks since the bodies switched. So it didn’t make sense for the body to return so easily.

“No, this isn’t me!”

She denied her appearance. She tore at her hair, wailed, and struggled desperately, but that didn’t make the bodies switch back again.

“That man, go bring that mage right now!”

Since she didn’t want to live as a commoner like this, Bianca rambled incoherently. The only person who could help her now was that dark mage. He would switch their bodies again.

“You’re still saying such things?”

At that moment, a familiar voice reached her ears. When Bianca raised her head, the body she desperately wanted was right before her eyes.

Ciella Roxburrow!

Seeing Ciella’s appearance, Bianca’s anger flared.

That woman ruined everything. That thought filled her head completely.

She should have just accepted it and lived quietly, so why does she keep interfering with my business?

If not for her, her life would have flowed smoothly.

If a soul entered a dog’s body, it should have wandered around for life, so why did she insist on getting her body back?

Wasn’t three years enough time to adapt? If she alone had sacrificed herself, both her own life and that stray dog’s life could have been comfortable.

But that woman interfered. She ruined everything.

She lived comfortably for 19 years, so couldn’t she make that much of a concession?

“You, you ruined everything. Give it back right now!”

Bianca, with her eyes rolled back, tried to rush at Ciella, but the knights standing behind stopped her. When her actions became restricted, she instead glared at Ciella with eyes full of murderous intent.

“What are you talking about? I just got my body back.”

Ciella also had no intention of quietly watching her tantrum, so she fought back against her words.

“That’s my life!”

Looking at Bianca, who showed no sign of remorse, Ciella let out a deep sigh.

She was so dumbfounded by the shameless attitude of someone who had stolen another person’s life and then claimed it as her own that she was almost speechless.

“After stealing someone else’s life and living as you pleased, is that what you have to say?”

“You were just born into a noble family by chance. So what’s wrong with me also getting a chance opportunity to become a noble family’s lady?”

“You stole someone else’s body and committed all kinds of misdeeds, and you call that an opportunity? Don’t you think about all the strange things you did with my body? Do you know how much I suffered cleaning up after that?”

“Don’t talk nonsense! You just benefited from the life I created.”

Created what? She had dragged her reputation to rock bottom and then shamelessly called it a benefit.

No matter how much she explained, they simply couldn’t communicate. It felt like talking to a wall.

Unable to bear it any longer, Ciella approached Bianca and grabbed her by the collar.

“Benefit? Did you just say benefit? You refused to learn basic noble etiquette, lying was routine for you, and you even tried to ass*ult a man because he wouldn’t accept your feelings, and you call that a benefit? Do you know how horrified I was the moment I got my body back?”

“Horrified? You should be grateful. Thanks to me, you got to be intimate with that man!”

“…”

When unexpected words flowed out, Ciella paused for a moment. How did that woman know about that fact? 

She was so shocked that she unconsciously released her tight grip on Bianca’s collar.

From behind came a “Ahem.” 

The Duke’s awkward cough expressing embarrassment on her behalf made her face feel like it was burning up.

“Don’t mind us and continue.”

Especially his pretense of being considerate made Ciella even more embarrassed.

She turned her gaze to look at Klein, but he had such a calm expression that the embarrassment seemed to be hers alone.

Seeing Ciella like this seemed to irritate Bianca, as her face became severely distorted.

Soon after, she shouted with a voice mixed with fury.