I'm in Otome World, Really?

Chapter 6 - My Punishment and A Plan

A/N : I don't know if this chapter is boring or not because I just want to tell more details about this otome world and Luna, but hope you enjoy it! Anyway, this is my drawing of Luna and Nicho, actually Nicho is a bit taller than Luna (just about 2 or 3 centimeters taller lol) but I was wrong when drawing where Nicho stands. And the small hat on Nicho's hair, well it was cute, right? (I don't know about it anymore). And one again, I'm still confused about what full name I'll give to Nicho, I just give him Nicholaus as his name, but I haven't found his last name yet, so any suggestion? I'll try to find it too.

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The day after that incident, when I woke up in the morning and prepared to go out again, the door was locked. I checked all of the windows and they were locked as well.

I was confused as to why all of the windows and doors were locked, and at that time, I saw a small paper on the table.

I took the paper and read it in my mind. 'I lock the door and windows for today so you can reflect yourself about your wrongdoings yesterday and try to be careful from now on. I'll go back at 3 p.m. When I go back, you have to finish reading the books I have prepared and studied them, then I'll ask you about your knowledge which you get from the books. They are about the four countries and their histories. If you can't answer my questions, I will give you another punishment.'

I swallowed my saliva after reading it.

'Damn evil boy! He is impolite though he is younger than me! That annoying personality perhaps because he is a high-ranking noble in this world. He always teases me... Ugh... But, I don't know what will happen to me if I don't obey him...'

I took the books -which had been prepared beside the paper- reluctantly and plopped down on the couch with a sigh.

I decided to read about Wizania's history first, but before that, I began thinking about his words yesterday.

'I'm interested in you...'

My face started burning again when I remembered it. My hands were shaking and I shook my head repeatedly that almost made my head dizzy, trying to release my embarrassment.

That was my first time someone said that to a person like me. I'm not attractive because people find my fake smiles weird, I'm not a sociable person, and I always let out sarcastic words to people.

One thing I want to say about that... It's my personality! That's what makes me different from another people!

... I wish I can say that to everyone in the real world.

If you are wondering, why do I become like that?

First of all, about the fake smiles. When I was in elementary school, probably I was 8 years old at that time, I didn't really show any expression to children around my age, so it made the children scared and they disliked me. Well, they were still kids, but it still hurt me so I forced myself trying to smile every time I met people. It was just fake smile, but it was like real smile, so it's fine. To make friends, I have to smile to them, so they would assume me as a good and kind girl... So troublesome really, but what could I do? From that time, it has become my habit...

Second, I indeed couldn't socialize well. I was still a bit stiff while talking to strangers and I didn't truly show my true personality to them. I had read about something like this a long ago but I thought this is true.

'People have 4 different personalities, first to their family, then to their friends, when they are alone, and to those person they like.'

It's not like I don't want to show my true personality to my friends... But, my personality when I was with them was like 'good, kind, and never mad' girl. Sometimes, I want to give sarcastic words to my 'friends', but I hold it back.