Oh, I’m not really a coward.
There are so many things I went through from being bullied in my past life to becoming the best at the orphanage in this life.
However, I couldn’t help but feel strangely discouraged after coming to Conler’s castle. Maybe it’s because it’s too luxurious and beautiful.
I have to do well.
Even though this world doesn’t revolve around me and it’s a world where I can’t be the main character, I still want to avoid the ending of going to that cold area called Nicor.
I’d rather live very quietly by myself. Marrying my fiancé? I don’t even want it.
I mean, …… I just need to look good in front of my father so I can receive my inheritance well.
The problem is that my father is the cold flower of Britina, the Grand Duke Estin.….
I sighed softly at Bonita’s words, saying that I could go to the office after getting dressed up.
Bonita looked down at me for a moment and patted me on the head with a friendly touch.
“Bonita….”
“It’s all right, miss.”
Well, I don’t know what the hell is all right.
Still, looking at Bonita’s friendly eyes gave me a little courage.
“Why are you shaking your legs so much, miss?”
I was so nervous that I couldn’t keep my legs from trembling.
Bonita, who was guiding me, held my hand, perhaps because she felt sorry for me.
I’ve never met the Duke of Estin in person, but…… My heart was about to explode because I had encountered his track record in the novel in advance.
Let’s calm down. Hearts don’t explode that easily.
The splendid and brilliant light coming through the huge window glittered against the marbled hallway.
Looking at this, it is also understandable that Mary was so distracted in the original.
Originally, he should have been loved as the youngest daughter in such a huge and magnificent place, but she was kidnapped from birth and was hidden in a mountainous place.
The magnificent hallway was filled with paintings and sculptures that were ecstatic even to the eyes of a non-artist like me.
Wow, how much does it cost to sell this one?
There were huge portraits hanging on the colorful walls.
While I was almost being dragged by Bonita, I stopped walking for a while in front of a portrait of a man with platinum blonde hair.
There’s a person with platinum blonde hair in Conler?
“Oh, he’s the first head of Conler.”
Bonita explained as if she felt my puzzled eyes.
It was only then that I understood.
If he was the Conler’s first head of the family, he is the founding contributor of the Britina Empire, and eventually married a demon and brought the demon’s blessing to the family.
“That’s why he doesn’t have black hair.”
I don’t know because I haven’t met my dad or my brothers yet, but…… he has such a sweet impression that I thought they wouldn’t look like this now.
Where the hell did that first head blood’s go?
Is this why people say there’s no blonde who can beat black hair?
Bonita, who was leading me by holding my hand, soon stood in front of a door embossed with a giant eagle.
This must be the office of Grand Duke Estin, given that it is more colorful and antique than the doors of the other rooms.
“Gulp.”
Bonita smiled softly at me and knocked on the door knob a couple of times.
“You can come in.”
I heard Lucas’ familiar voice inside. When I looked at Bonita helplessly, Bonita winked at me to hurry in.
“Do I go in alone?”
“You should, right?”
“Can Bonita join us?”
“There’s Lucas in there, too”
Who cares about Lucas? I need Bonita right now.
Bonita smiled as if she was in trouble as I kept holding her sleeves.
I turned my eyes from Bonita because I thought I shouldn’t bother her anymore, and I stared at the eagle in front of the door.
So, my father is over here.
“You’re his daughter. You’ll be alright.”
Oh, I’m the daughter.
Bonita smiled and pushed me on the shoulder as if she was worried since I didn’t say anything.
I awkwardly opened the door and walked into the office.
Unlike the mansion decorated with colorful artworks, Estin’s office was neatly decorated in black.
Oh, is this the office of the madman I’ve only heard of?
Through the blackout curtains hanging from the huge glass window that occupied one of the walls, I could see a huge lantern facing the large garden.
Lucas next to me checked me and slightly raised his hand with a smile as if he was trying to relieve my tension.
It’s a great effort, but even if you do it, it’s not working …… I can’t relax.
I was just wiggling my fingers and gazing aimlessly at Grand Duke Estin’s back. Then Grand Duke Estin turned around and stood towards me.
It was my first meeting with my dad. Grand Duke Estin, shining in the sunlight, was so beautiful. It was like a work made by an artist with more effort than any sculpture I saw in the hallway on my way to the office.
His eyes, which seem to contain the night sky like his black hair with good texture, did not resemble the portrait of the first head I saw earlier.
I looked at Grand Duke Estin’s face with a bewildering look and he approached me. He knelt down on one knee to make eye contact.
The eyes that seemed to contain the starry night sky captured me. Eyes that seem to have turned dark by stirring up the Milky Way in the night sky.
Looking at my reflection in it, I felt like my throat was being squeezed for some reason.
I looked at it as if I were looking into my eyes without saying anything, but the moment was so calm.
For some reason, I was cautious about my breathing. I held my breath without realizing it, and my eyes…… I tried to look, but I couldn’t bear to face him, so I was looking at his philtrum.
Oh, my. His philtrum is pretty, too. They said that the philtrum was caused by an angel putting his index finger in the middle of a baby’s mouth, saying, “Go down to the earth and keep what happened in heaven secret.”
Perhaps the angel pressed it with all his heart and soul when he made a secret pledge to this man. The angel didn’t know this man was going to grow this… scary?
“You.”
“Yes, yes?”
I was blankly thinking about anything to escape reality, but the red lips under the pretty philtrum clicked. Did you just say “you”?
I replied, stuttering with astonishment. Lucas quietly grabbed his belly and laughed behind Grand Duke Estin’s back.
That person is really.
I wanted to raise my fist and hit him, but I couldn’t because Grand Duke Estin was staring at me.
“Mary Conler.”
Mary Conler…….
It was the first time I heard this full name from someone’s mouth, but it didn’t feel as unfamiliar as I thought.
Because it was my biological father who called me that. Even if the kindness is faint, it is the voice of my father.
His black eyes seemed to want an answer, so I answered cautiously.
“……Yes.”
“Are you that strong?”
What are you talking about?
I tried to grasp the hidden meaning of Grand Duke Estin’s words. While I was blinking, Grand Duke Estin didn’t seem to close his eyes at all.
Your eyes are very healthy. I’ll go with Lutein, not Conler.….
By the way, are you asking me to test if I’m the right kid of the Conler family?
I looked at the eyes for a moment and nodded cautiously.
“To the point where you can beat an adult man?”
“……that is.”
That’s impossible.
I hesitated for a moment because I didn’t know what answer he wanted; Grand Duke Estin stood up.
“But why did you do that?”
I don’t see the point of asking me this if he already heard the story roughly.
I don’t have the courage to explain anything, so I glanced at Lucas but he just shrugged his shoulders.
Ah. This person is really….
No matter how much I explain, will this person understand my position?
No matter what the intention was, is he trying to preach that stealing is bad? But in a way, they stole it first. I was just trying to get it back.
Will you be able to know the ideal of Hong Gil Dong?
My lower lip came out automatically because I was frustrated, but I couldn’t complain in front of his cold face.
After a long pause, I opened my mouth cautiously.
“It’s….”
“Justice is not always right.”
“…….”
“Sometimes it’s right to be stronger than justice.”
I’m not sure, but I was at a loss for words for a moment at the words that were just like Conler.
The Conler family is probably the only family that educates their children like this.
Perhaps it means that you have to be strong to carry out your justice in the world.
I lowered my head and grabbed the hem of my skirt.
“No, but…….”
“No, but?”
Maybe it’s because I haven’t lost my memory of my past life.
‘No, but,’ my habit of saying it is still the same.
As if he didn’t like that I was trying to refute, the 11 characters were finely engraved on his fine brow.
My hands were shaking as I grabbed the hem of my skirt….
“You might think that I’m being reckless…… or stupid.”
“I guess so”
“But… I don’t regret doing that.”
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