The villainess reverses the hourglass

Chapter 6. The Villainess Turns The Hourglass [Part VI]

Translator: Khan

Editor: SootyOwl

There was an unknown superstition that if a man always carried the handkerchief gifted from a daughter or wife for the first time, he would be able to live long without a disease. The count had yet to receive a handkerchief as a gift from Mielle, so if Aria were to gift him one, he would have to carry it for his lifetime. Although Aria was not the count's biological daughter, the truth was that she was still a daughter.

From what she remembered, it was by the time she was fifteen that Mielle gifted the count a handkerchief that she embroidered. It took her a long time to learn embroidery because her hands were unexpectedly slow, and since Mielle was a perfectionist, it took longer for her to achieve a level of embroidery to her satisfaction.

'Therefore, even if she started now, it would still take a long time!

Not only that, Aria had a dependable teacher named Sarah by her side. If things didn't work out, she would resort to requesting Sarah to make one in her stead.

Since her embroidery skills were not yet known to the world, it would be excellent to give it first. If she were to give such a significant handkerchief, it could be that Mielle would be unable to gift one to the count for the rest of her life since it would always be compared to.

Whenever he used the handkerchief that Aria embroidered, Mielle would be helpless but laugh and smile on the outside, but would be fuming with rage on the inside. That was the new future that Aria would make.

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Aria did not tell anyone of the fact that she was learning embroidery from Sarah.

She had also requested that her teacher, Sarah, keep that a secret. If anyone were to find out, it would naturally go to Mielle's ear, and she, in turn, would start learning embroidery.

No matter how disastrous Mielle's embroidery might be, it wouldn't be ideal if they both started learning at the same time. Not only that, if the count knew that Mielle had started to learn embroidery, there was also the possibility that he would not accept Aria's handkerchief. It was natural that a father would prefer to receive the handkerchief of his biological daughter over one from a daughter who had suddenly appeared one night.

Fortunately, the only person that frequented Aria's room was Jessie, and since there was nothing much for which Aria needed to call her maids, there was a low chance that she would be found out. Mielle would only assign her maid to Aria when she turned fifteen, so Aria had a bit of time left on her own.

From then on, Aria began to practice her embroidery in her spare time. Whether that was also a gift given to her by God, along with her reincarnation, she was soon able to create beautiful embroidery, though not at Sarah's level. She even admired herself for being able to do that much with those cute, little hands.

In just a few days, Aria was able to make a handkerchief embroidered with a cute rabbit, and she presented it to Sarah as a present. Sarah, holding the handkerchief, was so moved that she even blushed.

"Now, you should have no trouble embroidering the family

crest."

"Really? Then, would it be possible for you to help me, teacher? I want to watch and follow along."

"Of course. Then, should we postpone the lecture and do some embroidery?"

Aria took out the high-quality silk she had received from the countess. She had kept it a secret from everyone, but she had secretly informed it to her mother. Hearing this surprising plan from a fourteen-year-old girl, the countess' eyes shone as she smiled in support.