Chapter 165.

As usual at every banquet, I was forced to get up by the maids from early in the morning. It’s almost impossible to sleep anyway, and getting up hard isn’t as annoying as it would be otherwise. But after smearing something on my face and body, and washing many times with the water that had detoxified the balm, when I exited the bathroom, I heard the maids talking amongst themselves.

“Everyone knows what day it is, right?”

“Our lady, to shine more than ever!”

“Well, then! Leave it to me, miss! Attract souls too, and make the girl’s beauty stand out the most!”

The maids who usually can’t hold their heads up in front of me also clenched their fists with intent today.

“Everyone, please ……”

My feeble pleas were of course ignored.

The maids spent several times more effort than usual putting on makeup and fixing their hair. It took quite a while to finally get rid of the multiple hands that were rubbing and ravaging me before I could confirm what I looked like in the mirror.” Ha……”

Slowly opening my eyes, someone let out a sighing little exclamation. Unlike the shivering usual, the maids were quiet.

I quickly realized why. My appearance in the mirror was truly beautiful to marvel at. The expressionless face looked a little fierce due to the make-up, and the lifted corners of my eyes were reborn with high and gorgeous eyes.

The small nose, rosy cheeks, lips, and beautifully combed pink hair looked especially lovely.

I slowly raised my hand and touched my cheek.

“…… It’s beautiful.”

I looked minuscule in the illustration containing the early, coming-of-age ceremony scene from Difficult Mode, but now I was breathtakingly beautiful.

“You’re so pretty.”

It’s a shame I didn’t recognize it then.

Looking in the mirror I was a bit melancholy. Soon I’ll be dead from doing bad things.

“Miss! Don’t touch your face, your makeup will smudge! No touching your face all day today!” But the maid’s scream woke me up, making that moment of pity vanish into thin air.

“I know.”

Embarrassed, I dutifully put my hands down. Because I thought it would be better to suit them for the length of the day or so today. For the first and last time.

It was then that the other maid said.

“Miss, there are still dresses …….”

I would like to instruct him to get it as he usually wears it.” The term “as usual” roughly means something clean that goes up to the neck.

But just as I was about to speak, the maids quietly moved away and someone came pushing a hanger.

“Gowns for today please, miss.”

Emily said looking at me with a wink.

“This is ……”

“There is no better dress for today’s girl than this gown!”

I stopped at the sight of the gown she had brought. Deep blue light swirled and spread down the hem of the cloth. It was adorned with shimmering silver dust.

The gradually spreading color broke brilliantly when it met the beautifully embroidered kinsa at the bottom. The moonlight teeth illuminated the gown reminiscent of the silent night sea. It was a gift from the crown prince. I looked at it and my face collapsed a little. The kind of look I had that made Emily fidget and plead.

“It’s only a one-time bar mitzvah than anyone else’s most glittering one, Miss. Civilians want to wear expensive clothes even if they’re in debt on this day.”

“…………”

“Just once. Let’s do what we want today. Yes? Miss …….”

“That’s right, Miss. Something you wear a lot these days is Joe, a little dark, but sturdy ……”

“Certainly! The girl is beautiful enough to digest all the clothes though!”

Emily’s words seemed as if the maids were waiting, and each one gushed out. Every time they went out they dressed very plainly in order not to draw attention to themselves, and this time they seemed to be very dissatisfied. What is this considered?

The maids who were trying their best to convince me were getting a bit anxious.

“I see. Try it on, for once.”

In the end I nodded gently.

“Really? Really! Miss?!”

“So, are the accessories also dresses and suits?”

“Don’t ask such a matter of course, child!”

The maids loved it like jumping. The gift from the Crown Prince didn’t impress me, but it’s a memory of what was.

“…… probably won’t come today.”

Suddenly, I remembered the back of the Crown Prince who left the greenhouse angrily. Maybe the me who continuously rejected proposals angrily will never do it again. I swallowed the bitterness even with dry saliva.

After the gown and accessories were put on, the maids once again let out compliments and exclamations. Probably because I hadn’t slept well for the past few days, I didn’t even have the strength to check the mirror. For the sake of rest, I asked them to retire and then invited Emily to have refreshments. Emily, who returned after a while, made a seat on the couch so she could rest uninterrupted. I leaned back against the cushion she was supporting, my face not touching, and asked in a low voice.

“Is it far yet? When does it start?”

“It is said that the official reception of guests will begin at noon.”

“The ceremony begins at two o’clock, miss.”

“What is the boy doing?”

Emily moistened her throat with the herbal tea she’d offered me and kept her question short. The refreshments were an excuse. To my question Emilie answered hesitantly.

“In Duke Saw’s office …… said they were taking the car together.”

“Now?”

I asked back in a surprised voice. Probably because of the preparations from the early morning, there was still a long time left to think about lunch by now.

“It shouldn’t be anything ……”

Unease enveloped the toes. But even if something happened, accept it. Besides, it didn’t matter if he was brainwashed or killed, that’s how Deval was.

At that moment, a careful voice awakened me who was in deep thought.

“Miss, but the commission ……”

“Emily, pay attention.”

I kicked Emily and she immediately gave me her attention. Then frowned in confirmation.

“Emily, you did as I said and acted in secret without anyone knowing, right?”

“Yes! Of course, Miss.”

Emily puffed her shoulders and nodded carelessly.

“But Miss ……”

Then suddenly, rolling her brown eyes softly, she whispered.

“Something suspicious happened last night.”

“What.”

“I went back to my room to wash up for a while and met Becky in front of the dorm. But she asked me for directions to the upper street ……”

“…… What?”

Becky was Yvonne’s temporary maid. The body I stood up and leaned comfortably against screamed.

“Why are you telling me now?”

“It’s too late in the day to wake up Miss ……,” Emily immediately defended with a timid face.

“But don’t worry, miss! Of course I said I didn’t know! She knew it, too, and went back to my room.”

“…… That’s doing a bit of good.”

I more or less insincerely talk back, leaning my body back against the straw cushions once again. Tapping the arm of the couch, I was deep in thought. Why was he looking.

“Would you like to meet Winter?”

It was entirely possible. In hard mode, it was also looking for help to get back to the Duke.

But now, unlike the original game’s story, Ikris brought her first. My guess is that Winter and her may have already met. As it turned out, he didn’t bring her, so I don’t know what happened in between. I jumped up from my seat and whooshed over to the desk.

“Emily, why don’t you go out for a while.”

“What? Ah, yes!”

Getting Emily out, the room fell silent. I who trusted you with my mouth but didn’t actually trust anyone.

Standing in front of my desk, I always took out the key I had with me and opened the last drawer that was locked. Inside, there was the paper where I wrote down the information about the male owner when I first came here and had time to organize my good feelings.

Also, miscellaneous items acquired while on expeditions in the meantime, Bit’s items and those acquired as a result of last night’s transaction with him are also located.

I fumbled with a bottle of purple liquid spit out by a rabbit yesterday. At that moment. Suddenly red light surged from the drawer.

“…… Huh?”

I stopped a bit surprised and immediately took out the glowing light source.

“…… This is ……”

It’s the ancient magical necklace that Mutt hung on me during the last Tratan service event. The large bead set in the center of a star-shaped ornate decoration is a dark red color and vibrates lightly. Bewildered, I follow the direction the bead’s light is pointing.

“…… Ah.”

The moment I saw the bottle with the purple liquid illuminated by the dark red light. What came to mind ironically was Ikris. The color of the goodwill gauge that I didn’t pay much attention to.” …… turned out to be death.”

At that moment, the heart fluttered down.

I was completely unaware that my plan was on a complete path to failure. If I may, I may have been blinded by good feelings this whole time and was trying to deny it. It was deathly love. The love that kills me to have it, the vicious love. A sudden epiphany, teeth dizziness in front of my eyes. The moment Sun Yi, who was holding the necklace, felt shivering and shaking.

Someone knocked on the door of the room. I was so scared that I raised my head roughly. Pah″. In order to kill the light of the necklace, roughly closed the drawer and scrambled to pick up the lowered body. Then immediately and pointedly acknowledged the visitor.

“Who is it?”

“…… It’s the Duke.”