𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝙰𝚗𝚎𝚠

CHAPTER THREE

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In the end, I didn't have the time to walk around the garden as they suggested before. Hearing their words weighed me down when just a few moments ago, their sincere worries almost lifted my spirits up.

Would it have been better to not know? Or is it for the best that now I know their real intentions?

The Marquess must have ordered them to keep an eye on me and report anything suspicious from my behavior. I'm not sure what I did wrong to displease him, is his reason as shallow as the Marchioness who got insecure with my eyes?

If it is my eyes, should I just claw them out and be blind for the rest of my life? Will she accept me then as her youngest daughter?

If I hadn't conceived such a large amount of mana and she labored without much pain, will she be healthy? Will she call my name with warmth and affection? Will she live longer as a new mother figure?

If I wasn't the reason for the Marchioness' health and death, would the Marquess cherish me as his daughter? Will my siblings gaze at me with affection and not glares of daggers?

...this is all an if-scenario, something that could never happen, but imaginable for someone who wants to view a different perspective anyway.

What am I supposed to do now?

My judgement is getting clouded by mixed emotions. It wasn't too long ago that I got reincarnated here, and now I had to adjust and adapt easily or else they'll be suspicious of me.

So for now, I need to act like I don't know the maids and Mary's conversation. That's not hard, since acting dumb and naive is my specialty.

I'm also having a hard time during meal times. I thought they'll be the same to the other cliches from other webtoons where they leave me alone to eat in my own room. I never had an idea how they'll treat me anyways since this character never existed, so I assumed such things.

Who would have thought that I actually eat my meals with them, from breakfast to dinner?

It was suffocating and I feel like having indigestion, but it's a good thing that I was able to stomach it all. Both the crappy food served to me and the piercing gazes of my so-called family.

I have a large amount of mana, don't I? Then shouldn't the Marquess help me with it by educating me? Even the basics would help, but it seems they're trying to lock away my potential so I won't get to have any achievements.

Their intentions is still unclear, but one thing is for sure.

I'm an outcast in this damned hellhole.