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Chapter 64 Part 3 – Why do people turn hostile over small conflicts? Countess Rosenthal recounts the night my mother became ill at heart. There was a hidden, sad reason for it.

Countess Rosenthal hated Marquis Vygod and his wife.
She thought of them as nothing more than wasteful, poisonous insects.
Because they had abused Wendell, whom she loved, when he was a boy.

And yet, Cornelia was so pressured by those poisonous insects that she gave in.
If a person retreats when confronted against gangsters, that person would only be further taken advantage of.
And yet, she not only did that, she even smiled ingratiatingly toward them.
Even though Cornelia is the one who is supposed to protect Wendell more than anyone else.
Her actions were intolerable for the countess.

…… The truth is that it was because Cornelia is so kind that she chose to remain silent.
She wanted to protect her mother-in-law’s honor, even if she herself was hurt.
She did that only because she loved her husband Wendell.
Marquis Vygod and his wife knew full well about Cornelia’s good nature and took advantage of that.

If Countess Rosenthal had