I was so surprised that my eyes are widened.

Its the name of the late Duchess!

I also looked at the ring on the narrow side. As expected, the letters are engraved.

Theodo

It was then.

Theodore.

A voice came to my ears before I had finished reading the ring.

A woman was leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed as she stared at me.

Who are you, why are you in my room?

She has clear blue eyes, a symbol of Dubbled.

I know that person, who has a beautiful appearance and a sweet voice.

It is my aunt, Javelin Ariage.

Why are you reading a note from Risette in my room?

This is Javelins room?

I was so surprised, I didnt came here on purpose.

This place was too small and shabby for her, who was in charge of the mansion. I never imagined that this would be Javelins room.

Excuse me, I.

I was about to spout out an answer.

Take it!

With Isaacs voice, the sword came to me. Javelin turned lightly and put the sword between her index finger and her middle finger.

You shouldve been more stealthy if you wanted to hit me from behind.

With a grin, Isaac, who was approaching Javelin, sees me inside.

Kid!!

He rushed over and stared at me in a hurry.

I didnt know you were here. Youre not hurt?

I stopped your sword, so she wouldnt be hurt.

When Javelin spoke in a quiet voice, Isaac shouted.

Isaac frowned and said,

What did you do? Did you bully the little kid?

No! No!

I quickly tore Isaac off her.

Even if its a misunderstanding, its my fault that I entered other peoples rooms freely. I should have checked the room in advance. I didnt know she was using a narrow room with no windows.

I got up and approached Javelin.

Im LeBlaine Risett

The child of fate.

She said that.

She doesnt go around much, and shes cold-hearted about others. She didnt even accept my greeting, so some people were reluctant to greet her.

Little miss.

Lea came to see me then.

There you are.

What is it, Lea?

Its your meal time.

Lea who stood up smiling, bowed to Javelin.

When she saw Lea, she loosened her arms. Her hair flowed gently down the collarbone.

When will you be mine?

When she said so, she lightly raised Leas chin with her index finger.

The maids who came with Lea blushed and looked dazed.

She has such a cold personality, but shes very popular to women rather than men.

The first escort of the empress and the captain of the white horse battalion, a unit of female knights.

it was Javelin Ariage.

Lea smiled.

Youre going too far with your jokes.

Ah, its not funny because youre not flustered.

With her arms crossed again, she goes into her room and closed the door.

Shall we go, little miss? His Excellency is waiting.

Yes.

I nod my head and hold Leas hand.

As I went down to the dining room, dad and Henry were sitting while facing each other. Isaac, who followed me, sat down and tell me to sit next to him.

The meal didnt start until I sat down.

Isaac carried a milk cup to me and said,

Aunt is here.

Henry, who cut and put the meat on my plate replied,

Aunt?

Yes, she was with the kid.

Is everything alright?

I nodded at Henrys words.

She just asks who I am, I went into her room because I didnt know it is her room.

Yeah, that room deserved to be misunderstood.

Kid, my aunt is a really scary person. If youre not careful

And Isaac drew a straight horizontal line through his neck with his hand, I flinched and held the fork tight.

Javelins aura is too intense. Even though they were half-siblings, I didnt know that she would be so similar to my father.

Dont be scared. Our aunt never touches a woman.

You never know. Because she hate the church more than anyone else in Dubbled.

It is a famous story.

This is a story I heard in my second life, one day, Javelin accidently said it when she was drunk.

I lost my three precious people to the church.

I dont know all three of them, but I know one person.

Empress Elsa.

Adrians mother, its her who died.

I noticed she was very close to the late empress.

It took her less than a month to die because she was ill.

They didnt inspect her body any further because the priest said that the empress have a disease caused by her divine power.

Javelin seem to think that Empress Elsas death was because of the church who cooperated with Empress Yvonne. I do think so too

Hmm, then just how disgusted she is with me from the church?

I could see why her eyes were so cold.

My aunt is also the worst in Dubbled once shes angry.

When I looked at Lea for confirmation, she smiled awkwardly and nodded.

Aaahh!

I dont want to annoy herbut it already happened!

I went into the room without permission and read the letters.

It must be very special to her because she kept the letters.

I cant say anything because I read such a precious thing freely.

How can I make up for it?

Should I give her a present?

After the meal, I went back to my room and asked Lea.

What will Javelin like?

Well, Ive never seen Javelin show her likes or dislikes. But why?

I want to get along with Javelin.

Thats great, shes a lonely woman.

Is Javelin lonely?

I snorted.

She is the queen of socialites, and she has a lot of followers. Hearing the news of her attending the party would make the party to be sought, so invitations came from all kinds of places to her.

Because all of her friends have died and she havent been close to anyone.

Friends?

I mean, the Duchess and Her Majesty. In particular, she cared about the duchess a lot. She was waiting for her fourth child to be born.

Fourththe fourth child?

It was the fourth child of my father, who died without being born.

When the mage told him that their fourth daughter will be born, the people of the Dubbled were delighted.

Perhaps the same was the case with Dad, there were small shoes for girls in his drawer.

At first, I didnt know it was for the fourth child. I asked Nos because I was curious about the shoe.

He gave a troubled look for a moment and answered.

It belongs to the fourth child. His Excellency waited so long that he made a baby girl shoes in advance.

Thats right.

Your middle name is supposed to be Risette, right?

Now I know why she stopped me from talking when she introduced me to Javelin.

Because I received her friends name as a middle name, a kid from the church.

I felt a little heavy in my heart.

Everyone wouldve be happy if the fourth child was born.

Then there is no need for Dad and Javelin to be lonely. The brothers would have been happy with their younger sister.

I was thinking so, but Leas expression darkened.

I guess she was worried about me getting along with Javeline.

In front of the door, Lea made eye contact with me.

Youll be able to make friends with Javelin just fine. Because you are similar to her.

Me.?

I have seen a portrait of the Duchess.

Unlike me, who has brown colored hair, she has a sparkling blonde hair, and she was beautiful enough to attract everyones attention.

I had changed a lot in this life, but I am not at as beautiful as Risette.

I dont resemble any of them.

She laughed.

Not your face, but your attitude.

Attitude?

Ocassionaly, you say something similar to Duchess Risette.

Youre very similar to Miss Risette. Youre like her long lost daughter who

Lea.

Someone called her name.

Me and Lea turned our heads in surprise. It was Javelins voice.

Her voice was much colder and more violent than before.

Who are you saying is the daughter of Risette?

Lea grew pale.

Javelin seems to care for Lea, but if she made a mistake, she wont give any mercy.

Ive heart it before in my past lives, Javelin is able to kill her own people.

I went to Javelin.

Excuse me, Lea didnt say that, she didnt say I am her daughter, she was just trying to comfort me. I said I wanted to get along well with you. So!

When I spoke urgently, Javelins eyes narrowed.

Why me?

Because youre a family

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