If I Can’t Be Your Wife

up.
Kathleen sat with her head bowed like a sinner.

 

“Huu.”

 

Count Winston, who could barely quell his anger, motioned for him to leave.
The Count’s butler, who was waiting in the corner, gave the priest a bag of gold coins and escorted him out.

 

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There was a brief silence in the drawing room where only the two of them were left.
Unquenchable anger erupted from Count Winston.

 

“I can’t believe this, your menstruation is late, but I didn’t think that it would be true you couldn’t have children!”

 

“I-I’m sorry, Father……”

 

“I wondered if I could use you because you were a half and have a pretty nice face.
But something useless was born.”

 

They were words that pierced her chest.
Kathleen unknowingly bit her lip, and looked into her father’s eyes in shock.
Count Winston said, wheezing.

 

“If I had known this would be the case, I would not have recognized you as my child! Even though I didn’t want to, because you had your mother’s face, everything that was of low blood was exposed.
Other people’s illegitimate children resembled their fathers, so why do you not? This is all because of your mother’s filthy blood!”

 

It was Count Winston’s hobby to tie her mother and her together and accuse them of being sinners.
Only then did he feel justified in his act of taking a fairy of the Winter Valley as a spoil.

 

“Master.
Viscount Graham, Viscount Garrett, and Baron Morris have arrived.
Should I tell them to come in?”

 

“Yes, did you ask them what I told you? What did they say?”

 

The butler, who returned from sending the priest away, came in and reported that all the vassals had gathered.
Count Winston asked impatiently, as if trying to grasp even a glimmer of hope.

 

“That..
They all said the same thing.
All the young ladies who got married and were unable to produce an heir….were kicked out.

 

“D*mn!”

 

Count Winston spit out a curse word.
His attitude was so rough that you could see murderous intent in his eyes.

 

“This is what I get for using something unlucky!”

 

He said, wheezing.

 

“Tell everyone to go back! I don’t even want to talk to them because they will only provoke my anger.”

 

“Yes, Master.”

 

The butler, noticing Count Winston’s great displeasure, quickly ran away.
Kathleen stared blankly at her father who was slandering and accusing her mother’s lineage.

 

‘My father sees me like a cow or a horse to sell.’

 

It was only today that it became clear to her that he did not regard her as a human being, even though she was of Winston blood.

 

The Winston estate was located at the Northern border.
It was barren and blizzards raged throughout the year.

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Count Winston, who became a new Margrave in recognition of his achievements after a long battle of ten years, had a rather rough temper.
His desire for power was also great.
He then became engaged to a noble lady from the Capital, and after a while came back to the North to serve.
It was then that he heard rumors that fairies from legends lived in a steep and rugged valley.

 

During a brief stop in the capital, drunken vassals proudly boasted about the Winter Fairies they caught as their wives.
They had silver hair that glistened, pale-white skin and cold eyes.
They had pure and beautiful appearances, beauty that could not be seen in the Capital.

 

In a story that had been passed down, they were said to have the power to curse.
However, Count Winston, who became greedy at the sight of a Winter Fairy, also began to search the valley.
He was still a long way from marrying his fiancee anyway because she was dissatisfied with the battle in the North that had been going on for such a long time.

 

However, fairies were difficult to find.  They avoided contact with humans as they have lost family members because of them. 

 

Of course, Count Winston had a great obsession, so he scoured the valley like this and was able to catch a Winter Fairy that he so wanted a few years later.

 

The woman, who had a much more beautiful appearance than the wives of his vassals, had an enchanting eye color.
Her eyes shone strangely, as if they were sapphires embedded in ice crystals.
It was enough to fascinate Count Winston.

 

Count Winston, who ignored her plea to return, took the woman, and she bore his child.

 

He had feared that his engagement would then be broken and regretted it a little, but he did not worry too much as it was rarer for nobles to not have mistresses.

 

Three years later, the fairy gave birth to a child.

 

All those who were fascinated by fairies’ beautiful appearance were also afraid of them, saying that they were creepy.
The same was true for Count Winston.
He initially suspected that the child was of a different bloodline and tried to expel her, but when a priest verified that she was his daughter, he was forced to accept her.

 

The then Countess Winston was angered upon learning of the fairy that her husband had hidden.
Only after hearing her husband’s explanation did she calm down.

 

As a newly appointed person, in order to maintain a connection in the social circles in the Capital, a sacrifice in their political marriage was necessary.

 

She was the perfect fit, a half-human who also had half her mother’s blood.

 

‘But I was a daughter who wasn’t worth as much as a cow or a horse…’

 

The only thing left behind by her mother who had left her was this.

 

White ice crystals formed from Kathleen’s fingertips, filled with her emotions, and began to freeze.

 

“What are you doing right now? Didn’t I tell you that I don’t want to see something that ominous in front of my eyes!”

 

Count Winston shouted and threw cloth gloves at Kathleen.
Her eyes moistened as she slowly leaned down and picked up the gloves.

 

“Being unable to bear children is obviously because of your cursed bloodline.”

 

The words of her father, trembling in fear, echoed in her ears.
On that day, Kathleen had made up her mind.

 

The useless illegitimate child will disappear now.

[T/N: Poor Kathleen, TT leaving one hell hole only to fall into another one.]