CH 26

(Eve’s POV)

“Diane was not feeling well and had been resting in her bedroom for a while. I’ve already told her that the Princess has arrived, so she’ll be coming down here soon.”

“About that… Is it really that bad?”

“She’s feeling a little better now. She even went downstairs to see the ballroom earlier.”

“That’s a relief then.”

Does that mean that she usually has difficulties walking around the mansion? What a pity.

“I cannot ask a person who’s currently sick to come down for me. I’ll just go up to Lady Diane’s drawing-room.”

“I will guide you. Diane will be very happy.”

I followed the Duchess upstairs.

The Duke’s mansion was just as gorgeous on the inside as it looked from the outside.

The hallways were full of luxurious decorations.

But where is the maid who put that mysterious powder on Diane’s medicine?

A mansion of this size would have dozens of maids.

The question is who was the maid that I saw in my foresight.

‘Is it possible for me to call all of the maids in this mansion and look at each of their faces?’

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Of course, that’s not possible.

It would also be difficult to find out who that person is just by looking at their faces.

‘That maid is going to put some strange powder on Diane’s medicine! I need to search around her room.’

….. But if I do that, I would be considered a crazy person.

‘Besides, I don’t even know what the powder is or where it is.’

And also I can’t stay with Diane all night long, since this will be considered as our first acquaintance. 

‘If I’m by her side, the maid may not put the powder onto her medicine.’

Then, even if I’m sure about the culprit, I wouldn’t be able to catch her red-handed.

Because there will be no evidence at all.

And the powder that she was holding doesn’t seem to be poisonous at all.

After much deliberation, I asked the Duchess.

“The mansion is so beautiful. Can I take a look around later?”

“Of course. I will guide you.”

“No it’s okay, you must be busy, I didn’t want to bother you that much. But you can send a maid for me, I will look around by myself.”

In the meantime, we passed by the hallway and went up to the 4th floor.

As soon as I entered the hallway on the 4th floor, I was startled by the familiar scenery.

It was the hallway that I saw in my vision.

The decorations were all the same, in every detail.

It’s like having a Déjà vu.

“We’re here.”

Diane’s inner room was in the center of the fourth floor.

The inner room where the nobles lived was a structure in which the living room, drawing room, bedroom, bathroom, and restroom were connected as one.

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The Duchess opened the door with a short knock.

A small room came out, just like the one that I saw.

Then, when I opened the door and went inside, the drawing-room that I saw on my foresight appeared.

From the location of the furniture to the color of the curtains on the windows, everything was the same.

At this point, I was convinced.

The day when my foresight will take place would be tonight.

“Diane, Her Highness the Princess has come to meet you in person.”

As I entered the drawing-room, a girl in a white dress came out.

“Oh my, Princess.”

It was the brown-haired girl that I saw in my vision.

I wasn’t able to have a closer look at her face when I saw her in my vision.

Diane, who I met now in person, was a beautiful brown-haired girl with sparkling blue eyes.

Smooth white skin and clean features that draw fine lines.

Her small body looked thin and weak even though she wore wide-brimmed clothes.

“Hello, Lady Diane.”

She had a delicate and cute face, but it certainly gave off a pale and sickly impression.

The stuffy white dress that covered up to her chin made her white skin like a blank sheet of paper that stood out even more.

She might be wearing something like this because she was sick.

As I approached her closely, I saw a faint bright red spot under her chin.

“Your Highness the Princess, it is an honor for me to meet you.”

“It’s pleasant to meet you as well, Lady Diane.”

I sat down at the table by the window, with the mother and daughter following suit.

The maid in the parlor served warm tea and light desserts.

I wondered if she was the maid who put something on the medicine, but she seemed to be a completely different person.

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“You said that you would be my bridesmaid at my wedding, but I haven’t been able to say thank you until now.”

“No, it’s okay. I’m…”

Diane glanced at the Duchess, with her face tinted red.

It doesn’t seem like she was scared or disliked me, but it shows that she can’t speak mainly because she was shy.

It was said that she only stayed inside the mansion, and that might be the reason why she was a very quiet and timid lady.

Diane hesitated for a while, then managed to speak up.

“There is something that I wanted to show you.”

“What is it?”

“It’s the bridesmaid dress that I will be wearing at your wedding… But, I’m worried that you may not like it.”

Oh, the bridesmaid dress.

The Duchess said that it was made in advance.

“Really? I’m looking forward to it. I’d be glad to see it now.”

Diane looked at the Duchess who was sitting next to her.

The Duchess also urged her with a smile.

“Go ahead and show it to the Princess”

Diane, who was encouraged by those words, went into her bedroom with the maid.

As the door closed, the Duchess, who was smiling sweetly, suddenly had a worried look on her face.

“Even if my child seems lacking, please accept her, Your Highness. Diane only lived in the mansion, so she had never met any high-ranking people.”

Due to her weak body, she wasn’t able to debut in the social world, so that’s why she only stayed at home and had no experience of interacting with other people.

Still, her personality doesn’t look crooked or depressed.

Most people would fall into depression with such a situation, but it must be because their nature is so bright and good-natured.

It must also be the Duchess’s virtue to make sure that she took special care of her one and only daughter.

“She’s been wanting to see Her Highness the Princess for a very long time, but now that she’s standing right in front of the Princess, it seems that she can’t speak properly because she’s shy.”

Hearing those words, it comes to my mind that Diane lived in a mansion alone away from social circles.

Because if she had gone out into the social world, she wouldn’t have wanted to meet Eve.

And she may not have any close friends as well….

Perhaps the only close relative that she had would be the Grand Duke. The same goes for the Grand Duke; he had no close relatives as well except for the Duchess and her daughter Diane.

“I’m fine, so you don’t have to worry.”

I set down my teacup and comforted the Duchess.

“I am rather ashamed of myself because the Duchess and Diane were so kind to me. I should have visited the both of you much earlier, but I was too indifferent.”

Then Diane, who had changed her clothes, came out.

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When I first came in, Diane wore a white indoor dress, but now she was wearing a pale pink dress. 

“Do you like it, Princess? This is my bridesmaid dress.”

“Oh. It was your bridesmaid dress. Somehow it’s….”

I pondered for a moment about what to say.

Simple? Plain? Ahm the decoration….. Well, there’s no decoration at all.

It was such a monotonous dress that there was no other way to express it.

It’s as if inside the dressing room, there is a mannequin that holds something that looks like a paper dress.

It was like paper shaped into a skirt and a top without any decorations at all, but Diane’s dress was just simply just to cover up her body shape.

There were no patterns, no laces, no decorations to any extent.

“…… It’s pretty. It’s a cute dress.”

I managed to squeeze out a decent compliment.

“Oh, I tried to make it not too flashy……”

Diane blushed, as she smoothed her unpatterned bodice.

“The Princess is the main character, so I cannot stand out.”

Oh, so that’s why she made it so simple.

Well, in reality, it is said that the bridesmaid’s dresses are made roughly on purpose to make the bride stand out.

Still, that seemed kind of way too much.

I think the Duchess persuaded her to do this, given Eve’s harsh personality.

So that the people’s attention will be more focused on Eve, if she wore a  plain and eccentric dress.

“Well…… It’s really pretty. How about adding some lace or ruffle embellishments?”

“….. Really?”

Diane couldn’t hide her joy at my words.

Well, it seems that she wanted to make it prettier as well than this.

“Of course, but I am not forcing you to do it, I just thought that it would look pretty with decorations. And I’m very fine with it, so don’t worry and just do what you want. And you still have a lot of time before the wedding day.”

Diane was very delighted, and the Duchess seemed relieved as well.

Both of them intentionally made the dress look like this because they were trying to assess the original Eve’s countenance.

“Oh before I forgot, I also brought a present for Lady Diane.”

I called Nell to bring the gift box that I had prepared in advance.

Inside the box was a necklace made of pink jewels.

“I chose this one because the color is pretty, but now that I see it, it goes well with the dress.”

Diane opened her eyes wide and stared blankly into the box.

The Duchess, who saw what was in the box next to her, took a deep breath in surprise.

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“This precious jewel….”

As Nell said, this necklace was a very expensive jewel, but seeing the reactions of the two, it must have been a bigger deal than I thought.

Eve had so many jewels that most of them remained even after donating most of them to the temple.

And I picked out the most expensive ones.

This necklace was one of them.

Since it would be a gift to be given to the Duchess’s one and only daughter, I need to choose the most appropriate one, that’s why I bought this.

“It’s the reward for being my bridesmaid. Don’t feel pressure and just accept it.”

Diane’s pale white cheeks turned red as if she was moved by the necklace.

“It’s so pretty….. Thank you, Your Highness.”

Aww. She’s so cute

She’s like an innocent and cute little sister.