A divorced evil lady bakes cakes

Chapter 2

Erin stood in the room where she lived for nine years.

It was empty, after the furniture and luggage were taken out, but it was such a beautiful room that was dazzling even though it was empty.

A marble floor with lily patterns and a glittering chandelier hanging from the ceiling with colorful gold workpieces decorated with light green walls.

Maybe she’ll never come back.

Now she lived as a mistress of the palace, familiar with familiar furniture.

I never thought I’d live like this when I was young.

Erin’s father was originally a poor knight.

He was the second son of Marquis Brecia and married an immigrant baker. He was expelled from the family for reasons.

My mother, who was a baker working in a local shop, was an immigrant from the north, Erdan. According to the classification standards of the Empire, she was a low-class citizen with no family or property.

The eyes of the people around them were not good, but they were still very happy.

Thanks to this, Erin’s childhood was also filled with colorful memories.

Like a former baker, her mother made her own food every day and made sweet desserts.

Erin learned how to make bread and cookies for fun by helping her mother.
Young Erin liked to make cakes and bake bread.

My mother taught me how to bake a cake in the kitchen, where white flour would turn white every day.

It was good to see the dough in the oven swell up round.

It was fun to make rose petals with white cream like snow, and to make dark chocolate out of cacao beans with a pungent scent.

“Erin is really talented.”

With a proud look, the mother took out Erin’s little scone from the tray.

As soon as I took a bite, the scone, which was hard, broke down and broke down, and the smell of sweet butter spread out in my mouth.

Every time I chewed, the soft bread melted gently at the tip of my tongue.

Erin hurriedly ate one whole thing.

Mother smiled and whispered to Erin.

“It’s a secret, but in fact, we Erdans have a better taste than the Empire.”

“Really?”

“Yes, so Erin could make a delicious cake, too.”

“Yes! I’m going to be a cake maker

Erin smiled happily and nodded her head.

“I want to have a shop full of cakes one day.”

I also learned how to make cakes and snacks while studying with such dreams.

It was a simple and happy life even though I wasn’t rich.

But that happiness disappeared in vain when Erin was 19 years old.

That year, his cousin , who was the Marquis of Brecia, died in a carriage accident.

The uncle, who was the former marquis,
had lived a desolate life and died of illness.

The uncle had only one cousin brother, and the cousin had no children.

There were no relatives in the family who could become successors. Inevitably, Erin’s father took over the marquis.

Her father, a poor knight, and her mother, who was a baker, became a marquise couple overnight and Erin became the young lady of the marqyise family.

For the three ordinary families, it was a great success, but the reality was quite different.

The Marquis was on the verge of bankruptcy.

‘Instead of living like a noble life, I just sat on a pile of debt.’

My father became a marquise, but he was much poorer than when working as a knight.

Although he was promoted to a senior commander because he was a marquis, it was difficult to connect meals with his salary.

In fact, if my father had been a little more cool-headed, there was a way to
overcome poverty.

The Marquis of Brecia was a prestigious family member of a nationally renowned family, Erin, was now the young lady of the family.

The man who marries Erin becomes the Marquis of Brecia in the future.

Even though it was a debt-ridden title, many rich people wanted to buy the name and title with money.

But my father rejected all that sort of proposal.

“I won’t sell you for money.”

I was grateful for my father’s kindness, but now Erin herself is worried that she should rather marry a rich man and pay her debts.

The family was going to go bankrupt and all three families were going to be sold as slaves.

In the meantime, a proposal came in from the palace.

There was no reason to refuse.
Erin accepted the duke’s proposal to help the family.

I thought I’d never regret it. I thought that I could be a bride of a kind and handsome
Duke and help my parents and live happily.

Sadly, I truly believed it then.

Erin was last looking into the room and was about to be sentimental, but the sniffing sound from her side interrupted her.

“Melly, don’t cry.”

“Bl… . Mmm. Yes, Your Highness.”

A little maid with light brown hair hurriedly bowed her head and wiped away her tears.

This maid named’Meli’ was the beverage maid of the Imperial Palace here.

“It’s not your highness anymore. You can just call me Erin.”

The remark brought back tears to Melly’s eyes. Her nose was covered with freckles, but she had a pretty cute face.

Erin smiled and approached Melly and handed her a handkerchief.

“Thank you for everything. The coffee and tea you gave me was really delicious.”

Coffee was rising from beyond the southern coast, and demand for coffee beans increased mainly in the nobles.

In the palace, there were separate servants and maids who served tea and coffee.

Melly hesitated and plucked up her courage and asked for a favor.

“Eh, Erin. Well, could you take me with you?”

“What?”

“If you could hire me as a maid…”

I knew what you were talking about.
Melly was intimate with Erin.

That’s because Erin often called Meli to talk to her about the coffee.

Now this Crown Princess Palace will have another owner. If she’s here, she’ll be in a difficult situation.

‘……I’m in trouble .’

I wanted to take her with me, but I couldn’t afford a maid for the time being.

If you want to get a store and start a business, saving your dowry as much as possible is not enough.

Erin was forced to refuse, but suddenly a knock came from outside the door.

A middle-aged lady with a nervous look came into the room, opening the door before she even asked her to come in.

It was Mrs. Blennon, the head maid of the Crown Princess.

She spoke in command without saying hello.

“Lady Erin , please finish organizing. The maids are waiting for lady Erin to leave for clean this place.”

Her husband, Duke, Raymond, brought her lover Serena to the palace as soon as she married Erin.

Now that he’s married, he thought he had nothing to worry about, and he lived in his palace without hiding his lover.

He made himself a relative of the Count of Blennon, his servant, and raised her status as the Count’s daughter.

Serena, the daughter of a low-ranking nobleman, was a nobleman, but she was not able to come and go to the palace.

This Mrs. Blennon was the one who had been the Blennon family.

Thanks to Serena, she hated Erin while supporting Serena. For the past nine years, Erin has been discredited in everything she does.

On the day of the event at the palace, Erin kept an eye to see if she spent any more money than the past empress.

If anything went wrong in the Imperial Palace, all of them were inflated hundreds of times as if it were Erin’s responsibility, spreading the rumors.

Still, Erin could not bear to be angry.

The marriage allowed the Brecia to settle their debts and earn a certain income.

My mother and father could live comfortably without any more trouble.

Her parents had stopped her from holding up for them, but she thought the family had paid enough for not having to be in debt anymore.

And this was the marriage that the emperor asked for.

No matter how hard it was, Erin could not ask for divorce first.

All she could do was do her best in a given role and be careful not to be cursed any more.

The man, the husband, was living with her lover in the palace, and the nobles laughed at her and despised Erin that she had grown up amongst the common people, but she still had to endure it all.

So I put up with it again and again.

‘But I don’t have to take it anymore.’

The father could not see his daughter being ignored, so he volunteered for a dangerous battle to somehow build a merit and succeed.

He thought that getting a high position would help Erin.

The father, who became a senior commander, he desperately defeated the enemy and led to a dazzling victory.

As he wanted, he received a medal for his major and became a hero.

But he never came back alive.
My mother, who was left alone, died not long ago after suffering from illness.

‘I wanted to sacrifice myself to make my parents happy.’

But the sacrifice for happiness made everyone unhappy.

It was not until after the loss of the two that regrets pushed back.

I won’t live like that anymore.

The parents who died wanted Erin to find freedom and live happily until the end.
Now I will fulfill that wish.

Erin smiled and said without qualms.

“Did you come to say that on purpose? Don’t worry. Cause I’m going out now.”

“……yeah?”

“Didn’t you understand? I’m going out.”

The snorty voice of Mrs. Blennon flinched.

‘What, what is this lacking Duchess, why is she so confident today?’

People who were not familiar with the situation said that Erin was a bad woman who committed an affair by pretending to be careful, but Mrs. Blennon, who had been closely watching the Duchess, knew it was nonsense.

The duke’s wife had no evil side.

The usual Erin, in good terms, was gentle and elegant, and frankly speaking, she was a good person.

Erin silently found Melly standing on one side and raised her eyes.

“What are you doing here?”

“Well, I…..Your Grace, no, I wanted to say hello to Erin…”

Mrs. Blennon slapped Melly on the cheek even before the words were finished.

Slap!

Melly staggered, unable to scream. Mrs. Blennon raised her hand and smiled contentedly.

I didn’t like this little girl because she was close to the Duchess.

“Who said you could come in here without permission?”

“Well, I…”

Melly staggered, unable to scream. Mrs. Blennan took her hand back and smiled contentedly.