When night came, intense fatigue hit me.
‘I’m still so young, this body isn’t strong enough.’
I wasn’t sure if I was physically or mentally drained.
After a long time spent trying to blend Emil into the group, the sky became dark.
Although it was still awkward with the children, at least, he wasn’t sitting alone by the window like before.
The children didn’t speak to Emil at once, but they approached and talked to him little by little.
What was surprising was that Blensia was guarding Emil’s side.
‘Do she feel less burdened…?’
I was thirsty, so I drank the juice from a pretty glass.
It was a hot day, so no one tried to follow me when I went to the balcony. Thanks to this, I was able to stretch my legs comfortably.
I was in the midst of watching the children gathered inside.
“What are you doing alone?”
Hildred’s spiteful face appeared and approached this way.
I never asked for a glass of ‘Reymon’s Young Lord, Hildred,’ thank you very much.
Even in my silence, he didn’t really care. On the contrary, he approached more casually.
“The cake, earlier, was really wonderful. And you too, today you’re really…”
His bright golden-brown hair swayed slightly with the passing breeze.
Anyone who didn’t know him well would be fooled by that face.
But not me.
“–Pretty.”
“I know.”
“And it’s annoying.”
“I also know that.”
Before the regression, I wasn’t on good terms with Hildred Reymon either.
To be exact, we weren’t on good terms but we pretended to get along.
Thanks to our parents’ relationship, I didn’t feel the need to use honorifics since I had frequent exchanges with him even before I was 10 years old.
“Move to the side.”
“Why should I?”
The couch on the balcony was wide enough.
Unless you’re wearing a wide dress.
And since I was wearing one, the wide couch became a single-seat couch.
Nevertheless, Hildred removed the hem of my dress with his feet.
“This is an expensive fabric, you know?”
“So expensive, it’s all over your house.”
Look at this brat.
No matter how hard I tried to restrain myself, he was looking for a fight so I snapped without holding back.
* * *
Two years ago, Marquis Reymond declared he’ll remain unmarried.
“But still, I need a successo r. I know. Therefore, I’m going to adopt a child from a family here.”
With that announcement, Marquis’ collateral relatives, as well as lifetime vassals’ families, gathered pleased.
It was a great opportunity to send their children and manage to swallow the marquisate.
