Choose Me Instead (UNDERGOING RE-PLAN AND REWRITE)

Act 1, Scene 20

You curtsy back as politeness as the maid escort you out of the room. You smile to yourself brain full of thoughts. "Today wasn't as bad as I thought...I could get used to coming here again."

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You lean against the window, looking out at the training grounds.

"Are you not going to the training grounds today as well?" Mikasa questions. And you shook your head in reply.

It's been 3 days since the visit you and Aristia made at the Rass household. After hearing the Duchess's story, Casein had escorted you back to your place. Through carriage, of course, you weren't about to walk for a really long time just to get back home. Nothing much happened during the ride, it consisted of Carsein asking b̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ you. Asking what his mother talked about with you and so on.

You got home at about 6:00 pm the sun was setting halfway. When Lina rush to you with Mikasa and Casper right behind. "Lady [Y/N]! You're back! Please you need to stop Lady Aristia!" she was basically begging, huffing and puffing from out of breath.

Confused and weirded out at the greeting you got when you return home, you asked her to calm down and take a deep breath which she did. While Lina was doing that, you look behind her in hopes that Mikasa would know the reason for her worries, Mikasa just shrug as a response.

"So will you tell me the reason for your worries now Lina?" you asked softly.

Flustered from her behaviour earlier, Lina was quick to move on. "Yes, of course. You see after Lady Aristia return from the Rass household..." she started explaining.

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Aristia enters the house in a rush shouting for her two closest aides. "ALAN! LINA!"

The two servants quickly rush to Aristia's side at her command. "Welcome back, Lady Aristia." Alan greets. Lina ran behind, slightly slower due to her long uniform dress.

"Starting today, have my meals follow a strict nutritional diet! My meals will no longer follow the ones of my sister. I'm going to train even harder from now on!" she announced, lowkey insulting your unhealthy diet.

Alan was confused by her sudden outburst and questions it, "Even harder? What do you mean?"

Ignoring Alan, Aristia continues her orders, "And Lina, can you make sandbags that would fit around my legs and arms? I will need them for strength training."

Hearing this Alan was really flustered. "STRENGTH TRAINING!?" he shouted in the midst of his emotions.

"Yes! I'll get them ready right away, my lady!" Lina answers, overlapping Alan's shocking yelling. "What's going on? Strength training and a nutritional diet?" Alan mutter as Aristia walks away.

Folding her hands, Lina angrily speak out her thoughts, "It's obvious! Something must've happened at the Rass Residence! Our lady is not someone who starts fights with others."

A nearby maid who was cleaning the nearby pop in the middle of Lina and Alan decided to speak her own thoughts, "Oh, right! I heard that Sir Carsein is quite rude. He wouldn't get along with our young master Aristia who is always so polite. But he would probably get along with Lady [Y/N]."

"Lady [Y/N]? Is there a reason she would get along with him?" Alan asked wondering why the maid would say that.

The maid sighs and shakes her head, "Mr Alan does not know the pranks Lady [Y/N] do even though we warn her not to do it multiple times. It takes a long time to clean them up plus she doesn't even mean the apologies she says." she complains.