Obligation of an Arranged Marriage

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One day in January when it was raining hard, a carriage arrived at the Dermund mansion.

As the carriage stopped, a woman inside hurriedly opened the door and got out. She had a petite stature, bright gold hair which flowed softly, and blue eyes reminiscent of the deep sea. She was a beautiful woman with bright red lips under her tall nose.

As she got off, the butler rushed out and greeted her with an umbrella over her head.

"Welcome, Miss Eila."

"It's been a while, butler. How is the Countess?"

"She took medicine a while ago and fell asleep. She was very happy to hear that Miss Eila was coming...... It's a pity, but I think you will have to wait until the evening to see her."

"Okay."

Eila couldn't hide the worry in her voice.

"How is her condition?"

"It hasn't gotten particularly bad, but it hasn't gotten any better either."

Even the butler's face, who responded that way, was full of concern.

A few days ago, Eila, who was preparing to graduate from the academy, received an urgent letter from the Dermund County. It was a letter that Countess Agnes Dermund, the owner of this mansion, had lost consciousness and collapsed on the way to a banquet at the imperial palace. Eila came immediately running to the Countess while she left everything behind.

Countess Dermund was the benefactor who saved her life.

A long time ago, Eila's parents passed away, leaving her alone. She was unprepared for the sudden accident, and what remained of her fortune was quickly taken away by a friend of her parents, who was doing business with them, and ran away. All that was left for the young Eila was debts which a child could not repay and was left with a bleak future.

If any of her left her inheritance left, one of her relatives might have taken her in. But no one reached out to her, and she was trembling alone in her mansion, when her debtors came and all her servants had left.

Except for one person.

"Do you remember me?"

Countess Dermund came to visit Eila, who was sleeping on the floor with a notice telling her to leave the mansion by next week. Eila carefully nodded her head in response to the Countess's question.

How could she forget. She was the owner of a beautiful mansion where she occasionally went to play with her parents. She told her that she always wished she had a daughter like her, and she even presented her with the sweetest candy and the cutest doll. And every time she went to that mansion, she remembered a boy with dark hair who was a lot taller than her.

"If it's okay with you, I want you to come to my house."

Even at the moment when she reached out her helping hand, the Countess politely asked Eila's permission. Eila wept and took her hand. So Eila came with Countess Dermund. She wished the story ended there.

"I will move your luggage to your room. Would you like something to eat?"

The butler's words awakened Eila from her thoughts. She heard a rumble inside her stomach before she could say anything. Come to think of it, she hadn't eaten properly since the morning because she had come in a hurry. The butler looked at her with a smile, who had become an awkward.