“But why on earth did you think I would like Her Highness the Crown Princess and the count’s daughter!”

“Well, I thought that’s how it was! And if you kept liking Her Highness the Crown Princess, that would be pure love!”

Among the onlookers huddled together, Pamel slipped in and rolled his eyes.

He watched the passionate love quarrel of the two young nobles unfolding before him, holding his breath.

‘Gasp, the butler is here.’

‘It’s fine, everyone just do it moderately and mind your own business.’

‘Ah, yes! Thank you!’

With Pamel’s permission, they became more relaxed and fully switched to spectator mode.

“I have you, so what nonsense is that!”

‘Kyaaaa!!’

The Duke’s voice, filled with anger, resonated loudly.

Serena was momentarily flustered and froze. With her fists clenched, she truly looked wronged.

‘What… So the Duchess thought the Duke liked another lady, but the Duke was actually single-heartedly devoted to the Duchess……?’

‘Well, he did try to get closer in the past, but the Duchess kept her distance……’

‘But it was the opposite at first. When they got engaged and met for the first time, the young master completely ignored the young madam.’

Pamel casually shared the shocking testimony he had witnessed in the past.

‘Mr. Pamel, is that true? That must have been a huge wound…… If it were me, I wouldn’t even look at the other person’s face.’

‘After that, the young madam also ignored him and enjoyed her refreshments alone, often packing the delicious ones to take home.’

Pamel nodded with a pleased expression at the memories resurfacing after a long time.

Recently, Duchess Serena Kelahinum hadn’t caused any trouble at all.

He had heard that she apologized in tears, but even habits that should have remained subconsciously had disappeared.

It was then that Pamel realized one thing.

Perhaps, she had deliberately put up thorns and sharpened her edges.

Of course, there were quite a few who had been sacrificed…, who had lost their futures because of it.

Those who had their wrists or ankles cut off would never have free use of their limbs for the rest of their lives.

When Pamel thought that far, he felt bitter, but seeing the improved relationship between the two, he didn’t feel too bad.

Because the two had always been silent.

Perhaps because they pretended not to know each other since childhood, they had no interest in each other.

Rather than an engaged or married couple, it was more like… being forced to meet an uncomfortable friend?

“W-well, you’re going to divorce me anyway, so it doesn’t matter now……”

Serena mumbled in retort.

‘Oh, she’s flustered.’

‘Isn’t her face turning red now? My goodness…… I’ve never seen the Duchess make such an expression before.’

‘So she was the same as us……’

‘Really… I’m so surprised my heart dropped.’

Eyeballs rolled quickly.

However, the excited Serena and Magnus didn’t notice their surroundings.

“We haven’t done it yet. The divorce. And I don’t want to divorce.”

“But why! You said you didn’t like me?! I’m going to get a small house and live there raising herbs with a rabbit-like child!!”

“I take it back. I don’t hate you now.”

The excited Magnus knew no retreat.

So he decided to just move forward. After all, that was the best way to deal with Serena from the start.

She shouldn’t be given time to think.

“What……?”

“I don’t hate you anymore. I like you.”

Magnus said it once more for the one who seemed not to understand.

‘……Just now, could it be… a confession?’

‘Kyaaaa!! What did I just see!! He said he likes her! He likes her!’

‘Whoa, the Duchess just froze. She’s completely stopped!’

‘Ha, this Pamel….. Living this long, I even get to see things like this…. I regret not realizing until the young madam’s heart had rotted and festered.’

Pamel quietly took out a handkerchief and dabbed under his eyes.

Of course, the handkerchief was still fluffy.

Because Pamel wasn’t particularly sad.

“Are you sick somewhere? I’m asking seriously.”

After a long silence, Serena finally decided to worry about his health.

To her, he looked sick somewhere.

Otherwise, there’s no way he would say such things.

At least, Magnus von Kelahinum wasn’t someone who would say such things to anyone other than the count’s daughter.

“Not at all, I’m perfectly fine.”

Magnus growled.

“No, you seem sick. How about getting a health check-up? I’m serious.”

“I’m seriously fine too.”

“…They say you don’t know when you’re sick yourself.”

“Like how you don’t know that a pigsty is a pigsty?”

“……”

Serena’s expression crumpled at Magnus’s words.

And the onlookers were shocked.

‘P-p-pigsty……?’

‘Why a pigsty……?’

‘Well, it’s true that the madam doesn’t come out often… but still……’

‘Of course, the madam did spend a while just eating, sleeping, and staying with the lights off, but even so……’

‘Isn’t p-pig a bit too much?’

‘……We should have educated him on what to say and what not to say to women.’

Amidst the noisy crowd, Pamel held his forehead.

He felt a throbbing headache coming on.

“Why don’t you hate a woman who makes pigsties?! You hate people like me!”

“It’s fine for pigs to live in pigsties! The problem is that you’re human!”

“When did you call me a pig!”

“I still think so now.”

Magnus said firmly. It was sincere without a trace of humor.

‘Pig, pig, pig……’

Even pigs get upset if stepped on multiple times.

Serena glared and jerked her head up.

Magnus’s shoulders flinched.

‘…The madam is angry.’

‘Really….’

‘S-scary…. Shouldn’t we run away?’

Just as the onlookers were flinching and trying to slowly back away.

Serena’s seductive lips parted wide.

“You d*mn gorilla!”

“W-what did you say?”

Magnus, hearing such an insult for the first time in his life, stupidly asked back.

“Gorilla! Gorilla, gorilla, gorilla! You stupid gorilla!”

Serena bared her teeth and started childishly spitting out words.

Magnus’s eyes widened.

‘G-gorilla, she said it five times….’

‘Well. O-of course, His Grace does have a lot of muscles….’

‘He is quite big too……’

‘B-but gorilla is a bit….’

‘But what if it’s a handsome gorilla?’

At Pamel’s question, the onlookers tilted their heads.

‘Ah, he is a gorilla.’

‘Right. Except for the face, he does seem like a gorilla.’

The spectators were on Serena’s side.

After all, there was no comparison between a pig and a gorilla.

Besides, calling a woman a pig was shocking even to those who heard it.

“I-isn’t calling me a gorilla too much?”

“Then isn’t calling me a pig not too much?”

“Pigs are cute!”

Magnus shouted, truly dumbfounded.

Pigs are cute!

Baby pigs running around and acting cute are even lovable.

Magnus had seen a baby wild boar when he was traveling as a mercenary in the past.

It had lost its mother and kept following him around, which was so cute.

Since then, the cutest creature for Magnus became pigs.

“Pigs are… cute…?”

Serena’s face literally rotted.

‘…Are pigs cute?’

‘B-baby pigs might have been a bit cute……?’

‘Pet pigs seemed cute……’

‘But why pigs out of all the cute creatures……?’

‘Wait, does that mean he called the madam a pig because she’s cute……?’

‘No, but wasn’t the pigsty clearly an insult no matter how you look at it?’

Eyeballs rolled around.

Serena also seemed at a loss for words and asked back like that.

“Yes, aren’t they cute? The way they follow you around and act cute is quite adorable.”

Magnus said, recalling the baby wild boar.

“P-pigs…?”

Serena thought of pigs being dragged to slaughterhouses or rolling around in what could be a dung heap or a mud pit.

‘…His t-taste is a bit……’

She now began to wonder if he wasn’t sick, but rather strange from the beginning.

After all, she couldn’t understand at all how anyone could say pigs are cute.

“Yes, pigs. Don’t you think they’re cute?”

In Magnus’s mind, a baby wild boar rolled on the ground playfully and approached him.

“Um…, y-yes. I, I respect your preferences.”

Serena now said without making eye contact.

‘There are people with various tastes in the world.’

Even if her current husband and future ex-husband’s taste was pigs, Serena could understand.

Because she was a modern person.

‘……I am a modern person.’

Serena brainwashed herself.