Chapter 95.1

Yurina’s three older brothers, who had circled the entire hall, returned to find for her.

“Did you talk to your friend from the academy?”

“Well, sort of.”

“Looks like you had a lot of fun.”

Yurina let out a sarcastic expression as she looked at Edwin, but suddenly noticed a fair-haired young lady in the distance and abruptly turned away. From the moment Yurina entered the hall, the smile never left her face. But now it disappeared in an instant.

“Yurina, what’s wrong?”

Quickly noticing the change, Raynard whispered in her ear, but Yurina was in no mood to explain. Her whole focus now lay on the girl with the platinum hair.

‘Lydia… De Flon?’

Yurina, in her youth, saw Lydia’s face, the main character of this novel, but only once and briefly. After that, she saw her from afar and in the carriage, and not face to face up close.

However, given that platinum hair wasn’t common in the Empire, and especially rare among the nobility, who could be invited to the palace. It is very likely that it was Lydia.

In addition, a red-haired man was standing next to her. It was Marquis De Flon.

‘But why are you here?’

Lydia was 17 years old, the same age as Yurina. By her age and by the content of the original, she wasn’t yet ready for her official debut. Because of Reynard, Yurina was forced to debut a year early at 17, but Lydia had no particular reason to.

Yurina frowned as she looked at Lydia’s profile from afar. Perhaps feeling that gaze on her, Lydia suddenly turned towards Yurina. Their eyes met. Lydia, who found Yurina, suddenly widened her eyes in surprise.

And at that moment.

Lydia smiled broadly, narrowing her eyes. It was a childlike smile. It was as if she had met an old friend and was happy for him.

‘Are you looking at someone other than me?’

Lydia’s reaction so strange. Yurina looked around, but around her were only Reynard and her three older brothers. There was no one in sight with whom Lydia could be so delighted.

Yurina turned back to Lydia and saw her staring at her.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen this young lady, do you know her?”

Edwin asked from behind Yurina.

“No. And I see her for the first time.”

“Oh yeah? She seems happy to meet you.”

Yurina asked Edwin without taking her eyes off Lydia.

“Happy to meet me?”

“I think so. It doesn’t seem possible for her to shine like that from Justin or me.”

Edwin’s answer made it clear.

‘But why?’

Yurina only crossed paths with Lydia once, seven years ago. In any case, Yurina was talking to Marquis De Flon, and Lydia only watched from the carriage that was standing nearby.

Luckily, Yurina was wary of De Flon and Lydia’s house even then, so she remembered that brief encounter in detail. But Lydia wouldn’t memorize such a small thing, would she?

Moreover, given the relationship between Carthia and De Flon, it would be understandable if Lydia were hostile towards Yurina. But what is this?

Yurina was confused.

“Wait, who is she? Isn’t that Marquis Dephron over there?”

Justin muttered in a trembling voice. Narrowing his eyes, Edwin followed where his brother was looking.

“Yes. So, then she is Lydia De Flon and she is pretending to know Yurina?”

“Looks like it. But why is she smiling so happily?”

Edwin snorted at Justin’s question.

“Perhaps she has mistaken the person? I don’t believe Lydia is happy to meet Yurina, whom she doesn’t even know.”

At that moment, Lydia moved towards Yurina. However, after only a few steps, she stopped and was distracted by another young girl.

Lydia smiled and spoke to the young lady.

Justin looked at it all and clicked his tongue.

“Maybe she really thought something? Yurina, if possible, don’t mess with their house.”

“Justin is right. Even if Lydia is pretending to be friendly, give them an appropriate response and keep a reasonable distance.”

“Why?”

Even though she knew why the two older brothers were saying that, Yurina still asked the question.

Because she wanted to hear the opinions of those two about the De Flon family. She smiled innocently, as if she knew nothing.

“Is it because of the tournament? But I was told that De Flon House had nothing to do with it. And Lydia looks harmless. There simply can’t be evil in the heart of a person with such a smile on her lips. Can’t we just talk and work things out? Become friends or keep a distance?”

“How are you going to survive in this world being so naive? If you judge a person by their appearance, you will get into big trouble in the future. Besides, you’re the only girl in our family. Many people will wish to take advantage of it in the future. Therefore, don’t open your heart to them just because they smile at you.”

Edwin muttered as if wailing.

“In the end, we had to insist on our own. You should have debuted next year.”

Justin mumbled something unintelligible. They seemed to think Yurina was a child who had thrown herself into the water.