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My Lover Isn’t Interested With The Female lead!
✽ CHAPTER 05✽
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“Well, Letticia seems to have done well in her classes, so I’m relieved. Ren, how about you? Is the coursework too demanding for you these days?”
“Hmm, these days, the progress in literature class feels too fast. The new book has many unfamiliar words, and it’s hard to understand, but the teacher insists on reading it all before explaining.”
Hearing Lenard’s words, her father nodded.
“Alright, we should discuss that with the teacher. Mari, Ken, how about you? Any difficulties in your classes?”
“Not difficult at all, Uncle. I find subjects like geography and history interesting.”
“I like everything else, but I hate dance class, Uncle. It’s tough…”
While Kenneth seemed generally content, Marianne expressed her strong dislike for dance with a clear expression of discontent.
Seeing their expressions, her mother let out a bitter smile and sighed.
“Tori and now Marianne, why does everyone dislike dance so much… Do any of you have any intention of entering high society later on?”
“No, absolutely not, Aunt! I don’t want to do anything like that!”
Marianne vehemently shook her head and firmly refused, prompting her mother not to insist any further.
Even in Letticia’s eyes, Marianne didn’t seem suited for success in high society.
Imagining Marianne mingling and dancing in high society, Letticia thought it might be more appealing to send out the doll she played with instead.
“I think Letticia would do well at that. When did you learn to dance, Letticia?”
“Dance? I learned a bit today. Ponteon traditional steps.”
Letticia boasted as if she had been waiting for this moment. Hearing about the praise from the teacher, Marianne’s expression brightened as if she had seen a savior.
“In that case, Letticia can go to high society, Aunt! Letticia likes playing with others more than I do. She’ll be much better at it than me.”
Hearing Marianne’s words, which sounded like she was suggesting sending only Letticia into high society, Letticia couldn’t hide her surprise and inwardly pondered.
‘Debut in high society…? Do my sisters not do that?’
Letticia, having thought that all daughters of noble families debut in high society, hadn’t considered the possibility that it might not be the case.
She assumed even the oldest cousin, Victoria, among their cousins, had yet to reach the age for a debut, so she vaguely thought they would all debut later.
It seemed that relying solely on information from the original work had its limitations.
Realizing this fact, Letticia used the etiquette she learned today to cut the steak at an unfamiliar angle and put it in her mouth.
She thought that by the time this etiquette became familiar, she would likely have fully adapted to the common knowledge of this world.
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“Sister Mari, you said earlier that if I go into high society, it’d be fine, right? What about you and the others?”
Sitting on the carpet in the playroom, sipping cocoa, Letticia asked the question.
Instead of answering, Marianne continued to draw a tree with colored pencils.
“I will absolutely not go, and sister Tori probably won’t either.”
“Why won’t you go? Aren’t nobles supposed to go into high society?”
“It’s not a must. High society is originally for finding a marriage partner. So, unless you plan to marry right away, you don’t have to go.”
Marianne’s answer brought to Letticia’s mind the high society from the romance fantasy novels she was familiar with.
In those stories, the protagonists would hold hands, dance romantically, become the stars of high society by making the antagonist drink poison, and engage in verbal battles instead of using swords.
But instead of epic battles, it’s a marriage market?
“And our family deals in jewelry. If I go into high society, I have to advertise our jewelry to people. But I don’t like people staring at me. So, I’ll only go out briefly when looking for a marriage partner.”
“Can you find a marriage partner like that? Isn’t it better to just marry someone introduced to you?”
“That’s not allowed.”
When Letticia, who hadn’t thought of the word ‘matchmaking,’ asked for clarification, Kenneth, who had been reading sheet music with a serious expression, intervened.
He hadn’t spoken all along, but it seemed like he had been listening to Marianne and Letticia’s conversation as he joined the conversation at a very natural timing.
“Our family is one that must have a love marriage. So, arranged marriages introduced by someone else are not allowed.”
“We must have a love marriage?”
Letticia tilted her head. In the cliche-ridden worlds of novels, protagonists usually had love marriages. But unless it was the cliché of falling in love after the engagement, she had never heard of the requirement of a love marriage.
While blessing marriages based on love was common, insisting on a love marriage was unheard of.
“According to the adults, our family must show people dreams and fantasies, so it’s better to have a marriage based on love. People prefer marriages where couples naturally meet and fall in love rather than arranged ones, they say.”
“Right. People really love things like true love. That’s why romance novels sell so well.”
Marianne interjected from the side, and Letticia, puzzled, asked,
“Are we supposed to be fantasy princesses who live and die for true love? Why do we have to show dreams and fantasies?”
“Well, where did you hear that kind of talk…? I don’t know the details either. It’s just something the adults talked about. Maybe it’s better for Sharon Jewelry?”
It seemed Kenneth also didn’t know much about it. After all, Kenneth was only nine years old, and he wouldn’t know the details of adult matters.
“So, do we all have to fall in love and get married? Find our partners ourselves?”
“Yeah, I’d rather live alone if I can…”
“Mari, we’re only nine years old. Save those words for when we’re older.”
The idea of finding one’s marriage partner personally, falling in love, and getting married lingered in Letticia’s thoughts.
‘So, will I end up marrying someone like the male leads in romance novels? I might be able to become a romance novel heroine if I focus on my specs.’
Indeed, in the original work, prominent characters included Ariette, the trio from the ducal house, and Matthias. This meant that other male characters had less significance.
While not all nobles in the original work were named characters, considering the popularity of characters like Matthias, Alexander, and Achilles among women, there might not be many other significant characters.
‘No, come to think of it, I might really be a romance novel heroine. The transmigrated heroines are often such common characters. Moreover, I’m quite pretty, and I’d look even more beautiful if I resembled my mother.’
Letticia’s mother, Camilla, was undoubtedly a dazzling beauty. Her ruby-like red hair captured attention even when loosely tied, and despite having three children, she looked unbelievably young.
Moreover, her father, Patrick, was also handsome enough that it would not feel awkward to be with Camilla. While Camilla’s face wasn’t as flamboyant, her distinctive pink hair, characteristic of the Sharon Countess, highlighted her neat appearance.
Inherited from both of them, Letticia was confident about her appearance. Even if she didn’t fully resemble them at her current age, she believed she could become a beauty like her mother when she grew up.
‘But if I were a romance novel heroine… would I fall in love with a romance novel hero too?’
If Letticia were to experience a love marriage, she would need to find a new romance novel hero.
‘Matthias is the obsessive hero, Alexander is the villainous hero, Achilles is the large dog-like hero… Who else fits the hero keywords?’
Letticia tried to recall every type of hero keyword she remembered.
Letticia considered whether there were any other characters in the original work fitting the typical hero settings.
‘Excluding Achilles since he was a knight in the original work…’
As for a cleric hero, based on her experiences, there didn’t seem to be anyone overly devoted to religion.
For dragon or beast heroes, they weren’t part of the original world, but it was wise to be cautious about animals just in case.
A tyrant hero might emerge later; if things went well, it could be Matthias.
A demon lord hero would have to be put on hold until she confirmed the existence of a demon lord.
There seemed to be something in the southern part, but for the northern archduke…
“By the way, older sister, older brother, is there a northern archduke or something?”
“If you mean the northern archduke, are you talking about the Allstair Archduchy?”
“Yeah, that one! Which family is it? Who is the archduke?”
To Letticia’s hopeful question, Kenneth put down his sheet music and calmly explained.
“The Allstair Archduchy is vacant. Emilia the empress, the last descendant, married the imperial majesty, and the archducal family was absorbed into the imperial family.”
“Emilia the empress?”
Emilia the empress was a familiar name. She was Matthias’s birth mother and a key figure in his unfortunate past.
‘But I can’t recall the exact details. I vaguely remember the empress dying early, and Matthias getting twisted after reading her diary.’
In the original work, the imperial family, excluding Matthias, didn’t appear much, so Letticia was unfamiliar with the rest of the imperial family.
However, she knew from the original work that the current empress became the emperor’s second wife, and the empress died less than a year after giving birth to Matthias.
‘But was this Emilia from a northern archducal family? No wonder the crown prince has dark hair and red eyes.’
Letticia completely eliminated the northern archduke as an option. She hadn’t anticipated Matthias taking up both the crown prince and the northern archduke roles.
‘So, no northern archduke hero. As for other hero keywords… Ugh, my head hurts.’
It would be nice if all the potential heroes were gathered in the capital.
‘Oh, well. There can’t be characters worse than those in the original work, right? There’s a limit to how bad someone’s humanity can be.’
Letticia decided to stop pondering. Immediate problems wouldn’t be solved by holding onto them without reaching a conclusion.
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To Be Continued…
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