Chapter 11

 

 

 

“……I was wrong. You can hate me as much as you want. So don’t cry, Yulia.”

 

He hugged my crying self in his arms.

 

“Hu….”

 

“I don’t want to see you cry.”

 

I didn’t want to be in the same space with him anymore.

 

“Let’s not meet. Ever again.”

 

She pushed him down the stairs with all her might, but unlike before, he didn’t hold her in place.

 

As I went down the stairs, I tied the ribbon with my poor skills. I didn’t want to see him again. As expected, I should never be intertwined with the villain.

 

I hated this feeling left on my lips.

 

“……”

 

Why is the sky so clear today? I wanted to rinse my mouth with water.

 

Yeah, this was right. Because I wasn’t supposed to get involved from the beginning. It was right to cut everything off like this.

 

Because he is more at fault. Unless my face is as thick as an iron plate, we’ll no longer meet again, and I can rest assured.

 

“Lady?”

 

“……Who is it?”

 

Bright platinum colored hair that seemed to resemble the sun with blue eyes that seemed to contain the sky in which the sun is floating in.

 

He was a man with a different atmosphere, compared to the villian, he gave off a warm impression.

 

It felt as if I had encountered the male lead in the original.

 

“I’m Idrian Blair.”

 

It was really the male lead. I can’t believe I’m seeing the male lead in person!

 

“I think Lady needs this.”

 

He handed me a white handkerchief. Did I look so pathetic?

 

Even now I think my condition is definitely a mess right now.

 

“Thank you.”

 

He was the opposite of the villain. This personality may have been the reason he earned the heart of the heroine.

 

Of course, under the precondition he has a handsome face, and a friendly personality.

 

If I was the heroine, I thought I would have no choice but to like such a character rather than the villain.

 

At that moment, I saw Chester coming this way with a very dirty look.

 

My heart pounded. He was a person who made me feel what fear was and he was getting closer.

 

“Lady?”

 

“……”

 

I tried to avoid Chester using the male lead as a shield.

 

They were friends until they met the female lead. I could be sure that he could block him enough.

 

If I could drive, I would run right away.

 

“Chester?”

 

“Get out of my way.”

 

“Do you have anything to do with this lady?”

 

“It’s none of your business.”

 

“Of course, it’s none of my business, but……”

 

“So get out of my way.”

 

When I peeked at the villain, our eyes met at that moment. My body was unknowingly startled by his angry expression.

 

My heart pounded fast with fear. Again, the male lead was used as a shield to avoid the gaze of the villain.

 

“Yulia.”

 

“……I have nothing more to say.”

 

Just in time, I saw a carriage design that may have been Chloe’s.

 

The carriage must have come to pick up Cecil.

 

I should take this opportunity to get out of this terrible position and go with Cecil.

 

Just in time, Cecil came out of the cafe. I ran to Cecil like that.

 

“Cecil!”

 

“Yulia?”

 

“Take me and run away.”

 

“……Suddenly? I don’t know what it is, but it seems like you’re in a hurry. I’ll help you.”

 

With the help of Cecil, I was able to get out of this terrible position.

 

“Yulia. What’s wrong?”

 

“……Ha. Cecil. I’m going to stay in your house for a while.”

 

“Is it because of the Duke of Siegbert? Rumors are spreading in society these days.”

 

“What rumors?”

 

I didn’t even know what rumors were spreading because I wasn’t interested in social circles.

 

“The Duke of Siegbert is falling for you and is even courting you with gifts.”

 

Cecil asked with sparkling eyes. She looked very curious.

 

It was burdensome, so I avoided Cecil’s eyes without realizing it.

 

“Is that really true?”

 

“……Mm.”

 

To be exact, it seemed more of a threat than a courtship, and more of an obsession with my body rather than falling for me.

 

I couldn’t even tell Cecil the truth.

 

“No. There won’t be anything to be involved or talked about anymore.”

 

“……Yulia.”

 

“As I always told you, I will live alone under the name of Princess.”

 

“Yulia. I don’t understand you sometimes.”

 

“I’m happy to play and eat like this without doing anything.”

 

“In the end, if you like it, then that’s good.”

 

“My dad and brother can’t let go of me until I die and they have no choice but to listen to me.”

 

It wasn’t just because they loved me. It was because my brother thought of my mother when looking at me, and my father felt guilty.

 

If I hadn’t read this book I would have mistaken it for pure affection.

 

It would have been better if I had possessed Yulia, but I was reincarnated.

 

I remembered my childhood.

 

That’s why I knew that my father and brother’s affection for me was not just pure genuine affection.

 

“And my dad and brother will also want me to be around for the rest of my life. My dad doesn’t know, but my brother is like that.”

 

“……Yulia. Are you going to attend the upcoming imperial New Year’s festival?”

 

“If possible. Now that I’m an adult, I’ll do it if my dad says I have to participate in it.”

 

“I want you to come into society, Yulia.”

 

To be honest, the biggest reason I didn’t want to join society was because it was annoying.

 

Is there a need to use your brain or fight for wits when you were born without such shortcomings?

 

Regardless of the affection my family has toward me, the fact that I love myself remains unchanged, so I didn’t want to do anything tiring and annoying.

 

“Cecil. As you know, I’m very shy.”

 

“Yulia.”

 

“But I’ll still attend. Because I can’t hide forever.”

 

Since I met the villain anyway, I don’t have to stay in hiding.

 

I didn’t want to be entangled with the villain, so in the past I hid in the Imperial Castle, but now it’s useless.

 

“Yulia. Tell me if you have a hard time. There’s nothing I can do for you, but at least I can listen.”

 

The carriage stopped. It meant that we arrived at the destination.

 

“Cecil.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Is there something urgent going on at home?”

 

“No, there’s nothing special.”

 

“Do you want some tea?”

 

The female lead. The happiest and most difficult person to be loved by the male lead and obsessed by the black villain, the second male lead.

 

“Really?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Good! But I didn’t even contact you. Will it be okay?”

 

“Why? What’s the problem, Cecil? You are the only friend of this princess, and you should have this kind of privilege.”

 

I meant it. No, for Cecil, I was always sincere to Cecil from the beginning until now, so there was nothing new.

 

I got off the carriage first.

 

“Oh, my. Brother?”

 

But when I got off the carriage, my brother was welcoming me.

 

Why is my brother here?

 

“Did you come here with your friend?”

 

“Yeah. Why? Can’t I?”

 

“No, it’s just my sister went out to meet Duke Siegbert, but didn’t return in an Imperial carriage.”

 

“There’s nothing to worry about. You don’t have to worry.”

 

“Okay.”

 

I was going to pass my brother, but I turned my back because I remembered Cecil, which I had forgotten.

 

At that moment, something unknown in the air flowed.

 

How should I say this? I felt that it was filled with a very bright pink color.

 

(T/N: love is in the air♡)

 

“Um…..”

 

Is it just me?

 

When I squinted and saw Cecil and my brother again, the subtle atmosphere from before disappeared.

 

“Cecil! Let’s go!”

 

“Yes!”

 

Am I just mistaken?

 

To enjoy tea time with Cecil, we decide to drink tea together at a table in the middle of the garden.

 

However, something was wrong with Cecil after getting off the carriage.

 

“Cecil.”

 

“Huh?”

 

While drinking tea, her eyes were the eyes of a person whose soul was taken away.

 

“Do you like my brother?”

 

“Cough cough!”

 

Cecil coughed sharply like a person choking on my words.

 

I saw Cecil coughing without swallowing tea.

 

“Hmm. Yulia. It’s not like that at all.”

 

“Well If you say so then it’s probably not.”

 

I didn’t mean to ask more. Cecil even waved her hand that it wasn’t like that, so I should believe her even if it’s suspicious.

 

Because I’m Cecil’s best friend!

 

“Cecil. What do you think love is?”

 

“Haha!”

 

This time, she spat out all the tea water she was drinking.

 

“Ce……cil.”

 

“Yulia.”

 

I didn’t even ask something grand. Is that something to overreact to?

 

“Are you okay?”

 

“Hmm, why are you curious about that?”

 

“Just. I’m curious.”

 

“What kind of love are you talking about?”

 

“Just love between a man and a woman?”

 

There was only Cecil around me to ask about this love.

 

“A lover’s love is definitely kind, right? The reason why you’re asking me this is because of the Duke of Siegbert.”

 

“No!”

 

“Hmm. Really?”

 

“It’s true! I have nothing to do with Duke Siegbert!”

 

“Yeah. Even if it’s not now, we don’t know what might happen in the future later.”

 

Somehow, I felt like I was being dragged into Cecil.

 

“Yulia.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“I don’t know if I can say this, but I think Duke Siegbert was sincere to you?”

 

“……”

 

“I know. So you don’t have to worry that he doesn’t mean it.”