# 12 - 12
“This won't work!”
"Sorry?"
Unexpectedly, Aubrey became angry
“How can you make someone from the borderlands the head maid?”
“But didn’t you choose Adel yourself, aunt?”
It was just to avoid being criticized for not caring about you! It's different when you're given one gift than when you're asked to choose between two!
Even treating it as “a gift that was clearly going to be thrown away,” Adel’s expression remained unchanged.
When she looked at Rock Kilfusher, his eyes had darkened slightly.
I was actually a little worried about this.
I thought that just because she was called “Hidden Sister,” Rock Kilbusher might not know about Adel Kilbusher at all.
But it seems that due to the circumstances, Rock was simply pretending not to know Adel.
Yes. Isn't that one lottery win, but two?
Winning Rock Kilfusher's heart is very important to me. He has been the chief advisor to Grand Duke Fraser for more than a decade.
In order to win the heart of Grand Duke Fraser, what must come first is to fully make Rock my ally.
I nodded at Aubrey's words.
“I understand, aunt.”
“Really? Then of course your main maid should be Relda...”
“I will make Adil the main maid, and Rilda my personal maid.”
"What?! Tulia Fraser!"
Aubrey trembled as she spoke.
“How can you appoint someone from the border regions as head maid, and appoint a child of noble origin below her?”
“Didn't you give me both?”
Honestly, don't I have the right to decide how to distribute their positions?
But Aubrey's face turned bright red as she spoke firmly.
However, this is not true! Nobles have lineages, and this empire has what is called a “class.”
“Exactly, aunt.”
I continued with a “loving” smile like Aubrey’s.
“I am the legitimate daughter of the Marquis Fraser House, and I am the only granddaughter in this Grand Ducal House of ‘true’ blood, right?”
The air in the bedroom froze instantly.
Even Viscountess Aubrey Fraser, who alternated between showing the faces of a sophisticated noblewoman and that of a flighty songbird.
“It's not a mistake, is it?”
Hyacinthia, the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Fraser, had already died, and had no children.
Marquis Esther Fraser, Tullia's father, had only two sons, Tullia.
Count Nigella Fraser, third son of the Grand Duke, had one daughter.
A daughter brought from abroad by his mistress, who had no mixed Fraser blood at all.
Finally, Viscount Lilius Fraser, the youngest son of the Grand Duke, had a son, Tedric, and another “daughter.”
Not a real daughter, but a beautiful and intelligent child among Fraser's followers, adopted when she was very young.
In other words, what I just said indicates that I was Fraser's only “real” granddaughter.
“It's very annoying to say, but it's the truth, isn't it?”
This is also something Tulia says casually like eating in.
As befits a great evil character, she had a talent for crushing people's lives with a single word.
By now, Viscountess Aubrey Fraser's face was turning red and blue.
But when she knew she couldn't say anything, she just smiled gently.
Why is rank important to someone like me? After all, they're all below me anyway.
This line is also something Tullia says casually as if she is eating at.
“I've toned it down a lot now.”
She wasn't called the crazy filly of high society for nothing.
However, when Tullia decided to unleash her words, no one could do it, except the heroes of the film.
“Ah. I have to start meeting male actors soon.”
Thinking about the male heroes reminded me of the movie Quest, and naturally my gaze went to the star hovering above my head.
After looking at the star once, she gently grabbed my skirt and bowed my head.
Well, Aunt Aubrey, thank you very much for hiring me as maids. I will visit you later in private to pay my respects.
* * *
“Miss Tulia."Should I turn off the lights?"
“No, I still have things to do, so leave it on."I'll turn it off myself later."
Adel shook her head.
“No, miss. If you pull the bell cord next to your bed, I will come and turn it off.”
“Hmm… okay. I’ll do it.”
Adel smiled lightly and withdrew.
“Your character stats should be just 10.”
Because she was a secondary character that I had never seen before in the “Iron Man” series, her detailed statistics were not shown. But Adel was very nice to me.
She is also Rock Kilfusher's hidden sister. Is it possible that such a promising talent exists?
I smiled greedily as I took out the paper and pen.
In, timing was very important.
To get an A grade in particular, you had to make a good impression on the male commanders early on when you were busy raising stats.
Even if you raised your affection levels later, you should have at least met them first.
So…
1. Go to the Imperial Palace quickly: the Crown Prince is there
2. Must-attend the Foundation Festival Banquet: The Foundling Prince shows his face for the first time here
3. Grand Duke Fraser's birthday banquet must be attended: The twin brothers return from the academy then
In fact, there wasn't much to write about.
I may sound like it, but I'm someone who's played for two years - I know everything by heart. Of course, of course.
“The problem is that I am not the heroine of the novel, Koriko, but rather Tullia, whose reputation has reached rock bottom...”
Moreover, I had not yet been able to leave the Frieza Lands.
Because what was required to leave the Fraser region without a guardian was a “pendant of direct descent.”
I don't have the power yet.
“Okay… I'll have to think about this more.”
After I spilled the tea on the paper to erase the writing, I roughly cleaned the desk and lay down on the bed.
Then I tried to pull the bell rope.
Within seconds I heard a knock on the door.
It was surprisingly fast.
"fair?"
"Yes, miss. What's wrong?"
“No, you came too fast...”
I was really impressed, but instead, Adel's face stiffened a little
“Sometimes there are maids who don't know how to serve their master at all.”
But Adel quickly smiled and pulled the cover to my neck.
With the arrival of the head maid and new maids, the blankets were also changed to new and soft ones.
“Sweet dreams, miss.”
This gentle farewell was something I had never heard before—not after I had been possessed by something, not while playing, not even before I knew what it was.
A strange and comforting feeling, like a newborn chick wrapped in feathers for the first time in its life.
My chest flutters with embarrassment for no reason.
Starting tomorrow, Relda, who was carrying the poison, is sure to clash with Adel at every turn.
She'll definitely invoke Aubrey's name against me as well, trying to crush any resistance, so I have to be careful.
“The maids are all Aubrey people too.”
However, just for now, I wanted to greet each other peacefully, like people where nothing is wrong, like people who believe nothing will go wrong.
“And you too, Adel.”
I returned her smile. It was the first warm, sincere smile I had been able to give since coming to this place
“Sleep tight.”
* * *
Several days passed.
As expected that day, Rilda immediately acted as the head maid despite being just a maid, using the excuse of having noble blood running through her veins.
Naturally, the confidence of Viscountess Aubrey, one of the supervisors of the internal affairs of the Grand Ducal House, played a role in this.
I actually thought of different ways.
How do I deal if Rilda gets too rude to me?
“Tulia…no, acting like a reckless villain and throwing water on her was Plan A.”
but…