Chapter 9

It is normal for a noble to have several maids, but I was given only one commoner maid. Of course, I didn’t express any dissatisfaction with this.

“Then I will get going. Cecil, you should take good care of the Lady in the future.”

“Yes, Ma’am.”

The head of the maid opened the door again and left. I glanced at the figure of the woman who was left with me in this room.

‘She doesn’t look clumsy, and she doesn’t look old either.’

Could it be the head of the maid who personally chose this new maid? Or maybe she joined hands with my mother?

I pondered it in my head for a moment.

‘Before killing Haures, Seir got married and quit her job, so the newly assigned maid quietly did her job. Then…’

I’m in my 15-year-old body right now, but I’m already 21 years old with my past memories. So, from what I’ve already experienced, Seir was arbitrarily harassing me, not because of orders.

‘Of course, I can’t say that there is no intervention from the Countess.’

However, I even made a complaint once before. The fact that Seir’s sins were covered also meant that if someone secretly harassed me again, it could be tolerated again. I was wary of this and gave the first word to my new maid.

“I already had breakfast, so bring my tea.”

“…”

Where did my appearance of pretending to be shivering in front of Seir go so far? I immediately used a tone suitable for the role of master.

‘If this maid is looking down on me like Seir, there will be a reaction. Let’s see.’

I remained calm and expressionless. But I kept thinking about it in my mind.

‘Just do the same as Seir. Why do I have to suffer even in a house where everyone thinks it’s a resting place? I can’t forgive them. I will let a few people die in an unexpected accident. I will never forgive them…’

This was like a kind of neurosis. I couldn’t stand the slightest harm anymore. It would blow everything away. Because the anger I had suppressed for a long time is in a state of boiling and almost overflowing. Now I can even put a new target for my killing list if an opportunity occurs.

“What kind of tea would Lady like to bring?”

“Black tea.”

“I understand.”

Whether she knew or not that I was inevitably grinding my teeth inside, the newly assigned maid started her work smoothly. With a gesture that wasn’t perfect but not lacking, she brought the black tea to her master.

“…”

When I drank the tea given to me, the fragrant and warm scent refreshed my tongue. It wasn’t sticky like the tea someone brought out, with plenty of sugar, nor was it boiled for a short time.

“Please ring this bell when you need anything in the future.”

Even after that, I tried to get my new maid to do this and that. It’s not that I’m overworking her. It’s just the work she has to do because she’s a servant. Bringing my meals, cleaning my room, organizing my hair before I go to sleep, etc…

“That’s enough. I won’t need anything else for today, so go back early.”

“Yes, Lady.”

The new maid didn’t show any special skills, and although she is clumsy, I didn’t scold her. By the time the new maid said goodbye and left my room, I only looked in the direction where she had disappeared for a long time.

‘Today’s meal was delicious. There were no sharp objects in the dress I wore in the afternoon. Even after brushing my hair, my scalp didn’t bleed…’

That’s right.

This was what I had always wanted. The ordinary, businesslike attitude. Originally, I could give many affections to someone, so if someone had only performed their duty, I would have loved them even if they showed me their cold attitude.

“To die because you can’t do this easy thing…”

I rolled my eyes in the air, thinking that Seir had dug her own grave. Looking at the empty ceiling, my expression looked scary at that time.

* * *

A few days later, at 7 AM

“Lady, did you call me for me?”

“Bring something simple to eat from the kitchen. And in the afternoon, I have to go to the wedding party with my mother, so dress me up in advance.”

“I understand.”

Nothing happened at midnight today.

‘Because it’s not the first day of the week.’

I may have misunderstood the requirement for the script to appear, so these days I have been waking up at 12 o’clock every day, but there is no result. But I couldn’t focus on the midnight novel forever.

“It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t show up.”

There was still not enough confirmation that only the truth was written in the novel. Even if the novel didn’t pop up from the beginning, there was a lot of work to be done.

“Lady, I’m going in.”

I stopped my thoughts and focused on my meal when my maid returned with a silver tray. Today’s menu consisted of bread and fruits, presumably leftovers from yesterday’s meal.

“Lady Vanora, shall I prepare a bath so that you can go right after finishing eating?”

“Just prepare the water. I will do it alone.”

“Pardon? But…”

“In the meantime, you should eat breakfast too.”

When I realized that my new maid had done nothing to my meal, I gave her a generous order. And when I thought about it, it was also for my future plans.

‘Seir… it’s not time for me to be happy just because I got rid of one person like you. There are still a lot of people in this mansion that need to pay…’

“I understand. Then I will prepare the water, Lady Vanora.”

‘I’ve already figured out a way to kill one person, so should I take care of the rest?’

I was already in a state of madness even before I opened my eyes. Even though I’m eating this delicious meal, I want to shout at every moment. I wanted to break down all the decorations in this room and cry with anger. But that urge quiets when I plan new revenge. The more I fell into deep thought, the calmer my expression became.

‘It’s good to kill my enemies, but I have to put out something urgent first.’

However, the conclusion reached after a surprisingly long consideration was an act that had nothing to do with revenge. In other words, there was something that was prioritized over murdering someone.

‘I have to break my engagement with Naverius.’

I put down the fruit I was eating. Just thinking about his name made me feel nauseous.

‘I can’t be sold to a guy like that twice in my life.’

In my mind, I wanted to break our engagement by breaking his head. This method is not bad either. But it was necessary to take a few steps back now for the future.

“I can’t believe I have to go to someone else’s wedding when I’m sick like this.”

Two hours later.

Finished grooming myself completely, I took advantage of the servant’s absence to look into the mirror.

“I was really young at this age. Ah, of course.”

What I saw in the mirror was not broken yet, so I could see my skin and the black ebony hair that made my pale skin stand out. My dark lower eyelashes, the most striking feature of my face, fluttered every time I blinked.

“…”

People around me have ridiculed all of this for its gloomy color. Someone laughed at me, saying that I looked like a banshee.

‘If I get rejected again because I’m ugly…’

I thought about it as I touched my long curly hair. There were a lot of false rumors that I didn’t want in my last life, and I often made mistakes due to the lack of manners, so there were many things I wanted to blame in the past. Many things will change in this life, but I couldn’t help being worried.

‘It’s difficult for me to hear that I’m only half noble. What if there are more people that I will kill because of my anger?’

When I first stood in front of the mirror, I was a girl who was nervous because of the social activities. I couldn’t stop the terrifying thought and opened my eyes.

‘I didn’t like the world itself that left me to be like this. At this point, if all the nobles gathered at the King’s birthday party…’

For a moment, I thought about something else. It was also quick for me to get back to my senses.

‘What am I thinking right now? On a subject that I still haven’t figured out how to deal with the holy relic yet.’

At that moment, there was a knock on my door.

“Lady Vanora, this is Cecil. Madam has asked me to bring Lady Vanora.”

“All right.”

I had to start what I had to do for today.

* * *

A few hours later.

We arrived at the grand wedding hall. With so much money, this expensive garden was full of pink roses and white rugs.

“Countess Celcius, I would like to express my gratitude for attending today on behalf of the Count. I will take you inside.”

This was none other than a wedding ceremony of the rich Baron of the Kingdom with a prestigious noble lady. It was probably a political marriage. It was a kind of transaction that took place because the wealthy side could get a prestigious family with their money, and the noble side could live a more noble life with their money.

Anyway, both the bride and groom greatly influenced the Kingdom, so even the King accepted the invitation to celebrate their marriage. All the nobles near the capital gathered to celebrate their marriage, either to suck up with the newly married couple or to avoid being hated.

‘All the guests have gathered. It will start soon.’

If there’s only one problem with this beautiful wedding, it’s that there’s a guest who’s been here twice. I sat in the corner of my family seat with a dry attitude. Soon after, the hall was filled with aristocrats from the Middle East. Then the wedding’s speech was heard.

“I can’t believe the wedding is so fancy!”

“Do you like it?”

“Did mom do it in such a wonderful place when you got married?”

“Fufu, that’s right.”

The two wheat-haired sittings next to me had a harmonious atmosphere. But after a while, the boy chatting with my mother turned his head and spoke to me.

“Vanora, how have you been?”

“…”

“Come to think of it, it’s been a while since I saw your face.”

I lifted my head and looked at him. Then I saw a boy that looked much younger than I remembered. Unlike me, he is a boy with wheat-colored hair. As soon as his hair soaked in the sun, his hair shone more precisely than any gold.

“Why did you come to the event today?”

With his slightly raised eyes resembling his mother, the boy acted affectionately to me. However, when the surrounding sound became noisy, he quietly approached my ear and whispered.

“Did you have no shame?”

‘If my life was being expressed in a script, the reader would have noticed at this point, right? About my family atmosphere.’

The person sitting in my mother’s seat in this family was Hinar Celcius, the second wife who took the position of Countess Celsius when my mother died. The boy who has been looking at me from before is her son.

‘Anyway, this wedding, even if I made the excuse that I was sick, they dragged me here, and I had to act polite.’

It was from the cold gaze of my half-brother and stepmother that I always suffered. It wasn’t like I would be hurt again now. I soon turned off my nerves and spent my time blankly.