episode_0104

“Hehe, it may sound like I’m bragging, but our little lady is already learning how to read and write perfectly.”

“… Ha… Haha, is that so? The young lady of Bluewell is indeed different.”

Alain tried hard to keep a smile on his face.

He was so annoyed by the sight of Sebastian, the Bluewell family’s butler, proudly explaining to his wife how smart and amazing she was.

‘Oh, my young lady is currently learning Imperial dance and Imperial etiquette, but what is the Lady of Somerset learning?’

Alain was breathless and unable to answer Sebastian’s question.

– Our lady spends her days running around in the forest of the estate. Not long ago, she took down a bunch of thugs from the neighboring estate with one punch.

It was Ada’s daily routine that if she told the truth, she would inevitably be laughed at.

Her father, the Count, and her older brother, Rupert, were happy for Ada to just play around as long as she was healthy, and Alain was the same, so he felt sorry for her.

If you were a noble lady, it was actually common to learn etiquette and dance for social gatherings.

Alain, who had not been able to do it in the past due to his family’s financial situation, is now internally reproaching himself for being too complacent even though he has enough.

While he was being completely defeated in the war of nerves between the butlers, the case of the children was different.

“Shh! That’s not a sound coming from the mouth!”

“Wow! How are you so fast with your fists, Unnie?”

“Because Ada is Hansel who defeats the witch!”

Evelyn was amazed at the quick punch that was hard to believe was thrown by a child, and Ada was proudly standing in front of Evelyn with her hands on her hips.

“I read Hansel and Gretel too!”

“My brother showed me first.”

Ada proudly took a book out of the bag she always carried.

It was a special limited edition Hansel and Gretel fairy tale book with Rupert as Hansel and Ada as Gretel.

Although Rupert no longer makes children’s books for individuals, he still makes one for Ada, so it is a precious item of which there is only one copy.

It was a precious treasure to Ada, but she decided to show it especially to Evelyn, whose eyes were sparkling before her right now.

Ada and Evelyn are reading a storybook together.

The reason these two met was because of Amelia.

It was Rupert who had written to Amelia to arrange a visit to express his gratitude to the Duke of Bluewell.

‘Then I’d like to meet your younger sibling, Professor. I have a younger sibling who is about the same age, so I hope the two of us can become friends.’

At Amelia’s request to see Ada, Rupert took his younger brother to visit the Duke’s mansion.

While Rupert met the Duke and expressed his gratitude, Ada, who was with Evelyn, was acting as the leader of the estate and treating Evelyn as she had learned.

chuck!

“I’ll make Evelyn Gretel!”

“Really?”

“Yeah, Ada will be Hansel! Her younger sister Evelyn will be Gretel!”

Ada puts her hand on Evelyn’s shoulder and acts as if she’s asking her to do something great.

But Evelyn’s expression when she was appointed as Gretel by Ada looked very happy.

And looking at the two, Amelia remembered when she first met Rupert.

A man who may seem cold at first, but then smiles brightly.

Moreover, Rupert, who had covered up her mistakes instead, had already entered deep into Amelia’s heart.

“Ah, Amelia. You’re here.”

“Did you finish the story well?”

“Yes, thanks to you, I was able to express my gratitude to the Duke.”

When she saw Rupert again, who had just come out of the drawing room and come to Amelia’s room, she felt her heart pounding.

She had never really known what it felt like to like someone until now, so why did her heart keep beating faster whenever she made eye contact with Rupert?

I was also frustrated because I didn’t know why my face was turning red.

Amelia, who usually treated others confidently, felt herself becoming particularly passive only in front of Rupert.

Even though I tried to treat him like this, thinking, “He wasn’t like this when we first met,” my heart kept pounding, my words became slurred, and my actions became cautious.

“I always feel like I owe Amelia a favor.”

“What a favor. It’s nothing special… .”

“Oh, by the way, I forgot to give you the gift I prepared.”

“Is this a gift?”

In response to Amelia’s question, Rupert quickly called Alain, who soon handed him a long cylinder and took out two sheets of paper from it.

“This is….”

“I drew a portrait of Young-ae and her younger sister, since this is all I have.”

What Rupert gave her was a portrait.

The painting, drawn as if it were a photograph, looked exactly like Amelia.

“Wow! Evelyn is trapped in a piece of paper!”

“Picture this, Sebastian!”

Evelyn, who received the painting as a gift along with her, was so happy that she jumped up and down with Ada, and she was furious with her butler, Sebastian, to find a frame to put the painting in.

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Despite the commotion, Amelia continued to stare at the painting.

‘What? You don’t like the picture?’

Rupert felt slightly uneasy when he saw her like that.

It was a portrait, a gift that had been discussed with Lord Esteban before visiting to express his gratitude to the Duke of Bluewell.

It was judged that it would be a good idea to prepare gifts for the Duke, who usually cherishes his daughters very much.

However, since they already had a lot of expensive jewelry and clothes, they decided to give them paintings as gifts filled with sincerity that only Rupert could give.

His younger sister Evelyn looked satisfied, but Amelia’s expression was grim, deepening Rupert’s worries.

‘Amelia is old, so perhaps something like jewels would be better than a painting?’

As Rupert pondered this for a long time, Amelia’s mouth finally fell open.

“… Thank you. This painting is a gift I will cherish for the rest of my life.”

“Thank you for thinking so.”

Rupert felt that Amelia’s voice was somehow wet.

Fortunately, the reaction to the drawing gift didn’t seem bad, but I felt uneasy because of the tearful voice.

“Ada, will you stay with Evelyn?”

“Yeah!”

Rupert asked Ada to stay with Evelyn for a moment so he could have some alone time with her.

“Youngae, would you like to take a walk with me?”

***

“The Bluewell family’s garden is truly beautiful.”

“I also feel at ease when I’m here, so I often walk around.”

The mansion’s garden was decorated with a harmonious blend of various trees, giving the feeling of being in the middle of a natural forest.

In particular, as you walked along the path surrounded by trees, there was a small lake in the middle, and there were small squirrel-like animals and small birds chirping, making you feel as if you were in a fairy tale world.

“Young-ae, do you have any concerns?”

“Yes?”

“I’m asking because I was concerned about your expression earlier.”

Finally alone together, Rupert asked Amelia directly.

Originally, I wouldn’t have cared much, but I received a lot of help, and since she was the original female protagonist, I couldn’t help but feel concerned.

“Professor, or can I call you Rupert now?”

“Yes, it’s not an academy, so feel free to talk.”

“Do you have a favorite woman, Rupert?”

Amelia’s question made Rupert feel uneasy.

He remembered that during his interview with the Duke of Bluewell earlier, he had been asked if he had a woman he liked.

“Why do you ask that?”

“I have it.”

Rupert was slightly surprised by Amelia’s answer.

‘I didn’t feel anything special in the club, but have you started seeing each other or something?’

Rupert thought that if there was a person Amelia would like, it would naturally be the Third Prince, the male protagonist of the original work.

If I think about it, in the original work, their relationship started to move from being enemies to something more like love towards the end of the first semester.

This time, Rupert thought it was natural since they would be spending more time together because of his comics club.

“Aren’t you curious about who it is?”

“I already noticed it.”

In fact, he had no idea, but since Rupert was certain that the target was the Third Prince, he answered nonchalantly as if he knew, and Amelia’s eyes widened.

“You knew that…? But why?”

“I thought it would be better to pretend not to know.”

Rupert thought that it was a waste of time to get involved in someone else’s love life and wonder what would happen if he got involved.

“How can you pretend not to know? I’m not good at that.”

“I’m just trying not to show it, but it’s just as hard, Youngae.”

Didn’t they originally say that the three things that cannot be hidden are cough, poverty, and love?

Rupert understood Amelia’s feelings.

“Then tell me what you think.”

After a moment of hesitation, Rupert answered Amelia’s question.

“Amelia, are you ready to give up everything to get it?”

***

“Ada! I have a little brother!”

“Really? Our Ada is your older sister now?”

“Yeah! I even gave her a name! Evelyn Gretel!”

In the carriage ride back to Somerset Manor, Ada explained to Rupert how well she had treated her new brother, and Rupert looked at her with a happy look in his eyes, recalling the events of earlier.

Counseling provided to Amelia who was having trouble with her relationship.

‘The road ahead is a difficult one, one that may require you to give up many things.’

-So, be strong.

In the original, Amelia and the Third Prince had confirmed their feelings for each other, but it was not easy for them to achieve this.

Because of his position as the third prince of the imperial family, the emperor opposed his union with the Bluewell Dukedom.

Even now, if the Third Prince were to marry Amelia, there would certainly be many reasons why he would be blocked.

It was Rupert who advised her to be prepared for the many hardships that would come with getting married, and upon hearing those words, Amelia looked like she had definitely made up her mind about something.

“By the way, I never thought you would make something like this.”

After finishing his thoughts, Rupert took out a ballpoint pen that Amelia had given him before they parted ways and fiddled with it.