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“There's nothing I need to do.”
Thanks to Adel's excellent treatment, I didn't have much to do until now. The number of maids assigned to me was five, including Rilda. They were a bit rude, but at least they pretended to follow Adel's words for the time being.
If you interfere now, it will be useless for both of us.
“Miss, you have very beautiful hair.”
Adel said as he sat me in front of the dressing table and combed my hair.
"beautiful?"
“They're like pink clouds.”
"Oh, my God."
Clouds instead of a bomb
I felt a little embarrassed.
Is Adel Malak?
Just a few days ago, I didn't have a single maid to help me with my appearance and I was walking around the main castle with bomb-like hair.
Adil must have heard the rumors about my hair too.
Perhaps she saw it herself as she passed by.
And yet she used such euphemisms.
Because Adel cleans it well. Thanks to you, the doctors no longer look at me like I'm crazy.
Adel, who was smiling sweetly, finally laughed.
Miss, how about we take better care of your hair?
"Mmm. It's a bit dry and rough."
Featured in.
The dignity of nobility comes from three things:
Education.
Attitude.
Appearance.
Although appearance was listed last on the list, the exterior, ironically, was the first thing people saw
The jewelry, dresses, shawls, etc. that a person wore were secondary and less important.
What was really important was how well that noble's hair was taken care of, how white and soft their hands were, and how intelligent and elegant their eyes were.
It was generally believed that such improvements became standard for the nobility.
Of course, Tullia was already excluded starting with her hair.
First, we have to cut the ends of the hair a little. Pink hair is rare and beautiful, so if we add some shine to it, it will look even more beautiful.
“Yes, yes.”
As soon as I answered, my neatly cut hair fell below my shoulder blades to the floor
This sweet and soft smelling hair oil was carefully applied to my hair.
When I saw my hair beautifully braided and tied, I suddenly remembered my time as Han Ina.
When my mother tied up my younger brother's hair too much, I felt inexplicable envy towards that brother.
Just this tenderness, this harmony.
Whenever you feel, see or hear that special confidence of a beloved child knowing that mommy and daddy will love him or her.
Why did I suffer countless wounds?
My brother was simply born between my mother and stepfather.
After Adel finished styling my hair, I touched it for no reason.
Now it was not Han Ena's hair, but Tulia's pink hair that wrapped around my palm like a silk thread.
* * *
“How is Tulia Fraser doing these days?”
The Grand Duke's office after all the servants have left
The more actors there are in the play, the more noticeable the silence will be after the performance is over.
But this huge office did not look empty at all.
The ability to flood such a vast area with the presence of just one person.
This was the presence of the Empire's only Grand Duke, Grand Duke Fraser.
Roc Kilfaucher, the Grand Duke's chief advisor, responded immediately.
Miss Tullia has been fine since Viscountess Aubrey sent new maids. She sent a head maid and five maids. I also took good care of other necessities.
“Rock Kilfusher, what makes you care about such trivial matters?”
“The only granddaughter who brings you handmade jam every day is Miss Tulia, so I thought I would return the favor.”
Perhaps in the entire continent, Rock Kilfaucher was the only person who could make such jokes on Grand Duke Fraser's aces.
Of course, abroad, Rock Kilfusher never used this kind of tone.
He treated him with all respect and courtesy, just as anyone else would when dealing with Grand Duke Fraser's aide.
Likewise, Grand Duke Fraser noticed that his long-serving chief advisor's expression had softened slightly, if only for a moment.
It seemed to him that there was something he didn't know, but he didn't bother to ask. If it was a very important matter, this advisor would have told him about it in advance.
Your Majesty, Marquis Aster Fraser has sent a message saying that he will not be able to attend Your Majesty's birthday party this time.
“He sent a message that he wasn't coming, didn't he?”
Hearing Grand Duke Fraser's words, Rock Kilfusher felt embarrassed and bowed his head.
After the death of Princess Hyacinthia, the eldest daughter, the relationship between the eldest son Marquis Aster Fraser and the Grand Duke became as distant as spring sunshine and snowy mountains – a fact known to all the nobles of the empire.
Rock Kilfusher smiled and said.
However, all the young masters and grandchildren will attend. Naturally, the twin grandchildren will come too. They are expected to arrive at the main castle soon. She will be full of energy before long, Your Highness.
“Tulia Fraser doesn't get along well with her twin brothers either, does she?”
"Yes."
“The twins hate Tulia too.”
"…Yes."
He believed that Tullia's reluctance to come to the main castle was not mere rebellion
Her relationship with her twin brothers was very bad, and she was very insistent on living abroad since childhood.
Although her insistence on staying in the warehouse when there were plenty of rooms in the castle was strange, he assumed that the younger son and his wife were taking good care of her.
But they were deceiving that little boy.
“…Those damned bastards.”
If Viscount Lelius and Aubrey had been ordinary vassals, they would have lost their heads, but their son and daughter-in-law were his relatives.
Moreover, with his late wife's request in mind, Grand Duke Fraser decided to let the matter pass with a mild reprimand for the time being.
It wasn't like he didn't understand his younger son's inferiority complex.
Rock Kilfusher spoke.
However, there shouldn't be any problem this time, Your Majesty. I had deliberately arranged for her a new residence as far away from the Marquis' house as she was originally residing.
Rock Kilfusher's arrangements were precise.
Grand Duke Fraser didn't say anything specific.
* * *
After several relatively quiet days.
The incident started in the morning
“Miss Tulia, how about you wear this dress when you go to see His Excellency?”
When I looked at the dress Rilda recommended, a strange expression appeared on my face.
She was definitely Aubrey's right hand man. Just two days ago, Aubrey visited me and casually suggested that I appoint Rilda as “head maid.”
Since she was still handling about half of the internal affairs of the Grand Duke's House, it was embarrassing for me to refuse such a request.
“Then I will do as my aunt suggested.”
“As I thought, Tullia understands logic.”
When she obediently complied, Aubrey opened her fan and smiled.
In the end, it's hard to completely trust the frontiersmen, you see. The nobles of the Imperial Capital think this way more, my dear. You simply don't know.
As I listened to Aubrey's words in one ear and out the other, I kept thinking that Tulia in the game really was a complete idiot.
Unlike Viscount Lilius, who was probably acting too nicely in front of her, Aubrey clearly looked down on Tullia, treating her like an outright idiot.
However, in 1918 no conflict emerged between the couple Viscount Lilius and Tullia at all...
Well, that's the nature of villains, isn't it?
Evil and stupid, they dig their own graves and meet a tragic death.
Yes, but you guys...
I stared intently at Rilda, who was already acting like a master maid just because she had become a “senior maid,” and then turned my gaze back to the dress.
“My aunt sent me this dress?”
I'm not that idiot Tulia, you know?
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