Without anyone excluded, starstruck expressions and gasps spread through the room. Few in the room had difficulty believing what they heard; Clayton was the prime example of that.
Due to the immense shock, he let out of her cheeks and blinked his eyes multiple times before her, unable to understand the situation.
Once the shock was gone from their faces, the maids were in awe with their young lady. Seeing her stand up for herself and say those mature words for the first time managed to strike them at their heartstrings.
Everyone present wanted to see this continue further.
"Yah! Why are you acting—"
"Don't put your hand on my shoulder," she voiced out, "Since you abused me until this age, I am still shaken up in your presence."
The earlier words were somewhat acceptable, but this time around, they couldn't believe it further. How did a docile child learn to say something as sharp and mature as this?
Their young lady did not hang around with anyone suspicious, and her education was overseen by all of them personally. Could it be that this was the natural personality of their Young Lady?
"What? What? What? Why are you looking at me like this? If you keep on crossing this line, I will teach you a lesson you will regret," he threatened, pointing his finger at her.
The corner of her lips curved to form a smirk while mock was visible in her eyes before she voiced out, "Pathetic."
Although this situation was quite interesting, Betty knew that this could be bad for the Young Lady's reputation if it got out. Not all of the maids here trustworthy, and she did not want the Young Lady to be the target of malicious gossips.
With that intent in her mind, Betty took a step forward, but before she was able to say anything, Lyle interrupted. As the most mature one, he had a clear understanding of how the situation might unravel.
"Leave us alone," he ordered— his voice loud and clear.
Although couple of the maids were reluctant, with a bow, they obediently left the room, closing the door. Betty was included in the bunch as well.
Unfortunately, before Seraphine was able to go too— for being in the room with this two made her feel suffocated— the door was closed. Seeing the huge door before her made her feel baffled.
Shouldn't they put her into consideration and make it smaller?
Standing on her toes, she tried to reach the handle, but that effort wasn't enough. She was still couple of centimetres away from that golden handle.
Knowing that she might seem like a joke to the other two, a frustrated sigh escaped from her parted lips.
Despite of the moans that left her mouth and how much she tried to stretch her hand, it didn't seem possible for her.
"Midget, give up! You can't do it!" Clayton commented.
Certainly, she wanted to ignore the idiot, but the thing was that if she did that, the idiot— who easily can't get things through his head— might believe that she is subservient to him.
"Can't you just keep your mouth shut? One would think that you are smart for once," she voiced out.
Her words infuriated the man to no end. Taking in a deep breath, his cheeks started to redden, and he made his steps towards her— his eyes glaring at her.
With her hands folded over her chest, she stared at him mock, and the corner of her lips were curved upwards. Dealing with him was a piece of cake.
"You! You! You! What would a midget like you know? I have been called genius multiple number of times! So, shut your mouth if you don't want to get beaten up," he voiced out.
Bringing her face closer to her, she scoffed and said, "Don't you think that those are just empty words. Even if you looked like a pig, they would call you handsome. I can't believe that you were stupid enough to believe that."
Before Clayton was able to retort, Lyle, wearing a immaculate smile on his face, pushed his glass upwards slightly and said, "Now, that's not a way to speak to your older brother, Seraphine, is it?"
Although the younger was easy to deal with, the same couldn't be said for Clayton— who was the smarter on.
Being in charge of Seraphine's education, he basically controlled all aspects of her life. Not only had he restrained the girl, he also was quite strict to her from a young age.
Due to it, 'Seraphine' was better in most aspects that those of her age. When the kids should be playing, she was put in a room by her brother and was made to study.
Although this made her be known as one of the talented girls in the country, giving up a childhood for it wasn't fair. Moreover, it didn't seem that 'Seraphine' wasn't exactly excited for it.
It was just that her masochistic and obedient personality that made owe persist through it.
Seraphine was aware of how Lyle's words contained a threat; that glint in his eyes confirmed it. Everytime she did anything wrong, Lyle would punish her, and in no way did she consider those punishments to be humane for a young child.
Staring at Lyle with her innocence filled eyes, Seraphine bowed at Clayton and then Lyle before saying, "I am sorry."
Then, standing up straight, she added, "I am really sorry for being honest. Brother Lyle is right. I shouldn't be rude and bring up something you lack. It's not good to make fun of other's weakness like this."
During the entire time, her eyes seemed to read, 'Now, try to go against that! Assholes!'
While Lyle remained speechless, Clayton, on the other hand, spoke out, "It's good as long as you understand— Did you just insult me right now, You Midget!?"
Blinking her eyes multiple number of times, Seraphine confusedly said, "What do you mean? Did I do something wrong again?"
Going over to her, Clayton placed his hand on her shoulder and stated, "It seems that we need to work on your manners more.
Now, return to your room, Seraphine, and don't go outside. An important person will be coming tomorrow, and you need to take care of yourself properly before that."
"Take care of myself? You are telling a four year to do that? What a joke! I will show you how a four year old takes care of herself!" Seraphine mumbled as she paced around her play room.Betty and the other maid, Anna, watched their Young Lady with concern in their eyes. Ever since since she has returned, she had been acting strangely; it seemed that the Young Lady was growing worries.Unaware of the thoughts of the Betty and Anna, Seraphine remembered about the contents of the novel.Since the novel also had written about 'Seraphine's' childhood, starting from her four year old self, she could recall reading about this situation as well.Her main concern right now was to avoid meeting that important person. Knowing how the story will unfold, meeting that person will be disastrous— something that can't be avoided later on.So, that's why, she had to work early on it.
"Ugh," a moan escaped from her lips.All parts of her body ached tremendously, and a lack of energy hit her. Feeling fatigue, she had a hard time trying to open her eyes.When she barely managed to lift her eyelids, the hazy view of the white ceiling fell into her line of sight and wondered what had happened to her.Could it be that she had finally woken up from that horrendous dream?Not caring about how weak she currently felt, she wanted to confirm that. That's why, pushing her hands on the bed, she wanted to sit up. But before she was barely able to lift her body, she collapsed."Seraphine Dear, you are finally awake!"A soft voice, filled with relief, entered into her ears. Finding the voice to be unknown, she slowly turned her head and took in the appearance of the blurry woman. After blinking couple of times, her vision started to clear up.
She was cured of that cold sooner than she had expected. The cold seemed extremely horrible on the first day, but from the next day onwards, it barely caused her to feel anything.Even in the modern world, such a recovery state would be considered a miracle.Maybe it could be that her current body had an amazing immunity.There was one more possibility that crossed her mind, but she brushed that off as soon as it appeared.It was that a Mage was hired to get her cured. But taking in the position she was in, that seemed like a joke, especially when her father and brothers did not care about her.Moreover, in the novel, there were no mentions of Mage being hired to cure 'Seraphine'.In a world that was filled with magic, such creatures were not uncommon. As their name suggested, Mages dealt with magic.There were various types of Mages, and
Baffled and aggravated— those were the perfect words to describe Seraphine's emotions right then. There was no way both of them would stay beside her for that long.Calming herself with the thought of how impatient Lyle's personality was— which meant that he would leave soon— she decided to keep on the act for a little longer despite of how uncomfortable it was.°°°A yawn escaped from Seraphine's mouth as she opened her eyes. It appeared that while she was waiting for the boys to leave, she had accidently drifted off to sleep.Feeling refreshed after that nap, she stretched her hands, and her body felt barely uncomfortable. Although the story took place at the ancient setting, it seemed that they were quite effective when it came to medicine.This worked almost as good as modern day digestive medicine.Wearing a smile on her fac
After about an hour of sitting, Seraphine was completely bored, and there was nothing she was able to do other than glaring at Lyle. That boy, on the other hand, did not bother to even spare her a glance.The boredom made her want to grab some of the books from shelves and go through them. But her strong pride was preventing her from doing so.In her opinion, she would be left with no face if she gave into temptation right now.Taking in a deep breath, she let out a loud sigh and laid down on the couch. Since there was nothing for her to do in the first place, she might as well go to sleep.Since she was still a child, it wasn't difficult for her to fall sleep.°°°Hunger gnawed at her stomach, causing her sleep to be disturbed, and as Seraphine opened her eyes slowly, she realized that she was in Lyle's office right now.
Now that she was at a brighter mood, Seraphine did not hold herself back anymore and started to point towards some of the food on the table.A wide grin formed on her face while she said, "I want to have that soup and that too."Seeing how Edward was complying to her and feeding her whatever she desired for made her much more enthusiastic.Although he was slightly clumsy with his hand, she let it pass for the sake that he was taking the initiative to feed her.Yes, it was probably embarrassing for her sixteen year old self, but now that she was at the body of a child, she did not find herself minding this.Unbeknownst to her, two boys watched the girl eat through the slight opening on the door, and relief was present in their eyes.Clayton shook his head and ran his hand through his hair while he leaned against the wall. He then expressed, "She is such a hand
A party for Lyle's eighth birthday was held at the mansion.Seraphine was excited about it, not because it was Lyle's birthday but due to the fact that she would be able to interact with more characters during this event.Since Seraphine did not have any close friends to begin with, she couldn't invite anyone over to her mansion to play and vice versa.She did not know why there were so many obstacles placed in her path when it came to making friends, but all she knew was that she wasn't ready to lead a lonely life like Seraphine in the novel.No matter what happens, she needed to get some friends.With her protagonist nature, she knew that there were chances that she might get the rotten ones as her friends.But that did not matter to her. As long as she was smart enough, they wouldn't be able to attack her, and it's not like she would be trusting herself to
In such an era, murdering wasn't considered to be a big deal unless or until there was a justifiable reason behind it.Even though the matter was exposed to the public, the Royal family did not condemn Kayden Clementis— probably because of how they still needed the help from the family.Kayden has been proven to be an excellent support and did a well job at his position, so it had been excused.However, things went wrong when the Crown Prince— the male lead of the story— started to fall for the Female lead, Seraphine.Sharon was engaged to the Prince and trained to be the perfect empress. However, the Crown Prince wasn't interested in her and started to go after Seraphine.Sharon, who loved the Prince, was heartbroken due to this and tried to intervene in between of them couple of times.Although she did not go to the extent of wanting to ki
Both Jiyeon and Taeyang was on the cleaning duty for the class. As Jiyeon was arranging the table, she noticed that Taeyang was staring at her with a mildly amused smile on his face.That aggravated her, and she expressed, “What? What are you looking at?”Without saying anything, he made his way over to her. Then, extending his hand, he touched her face and stroked it before voicing out, “You don’t have to do anything to make me jealous.”Her eyes widened at his words, and she stepped back, feeling totally exposed under that gaze of his.She then stuttered, “W-What do you mean?”Clearing her throat, she spoke with more confidence: “What sort of nonsense are you uttering now? Me making you jealous? Why would I do something so absurd?”She scoffed.He chuckled and stated, “Is that so? I know you well, Seraphine. You can’t hide from me.”“What? How can y
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Jiyeon totally erased from her mind about asking Taeyang about why he stayed with her that night. This was surely done out of friendship, and there was no need to make the matters awkward by probing into this topic. This is how Jiyeon managed to convince herself.But when Taeyang came for the tutoring session on the next day, Jiyeon felt pained upon seeing him, and it was hard for her to keep on behaving normally as if nothing had happened. Taeyang surely had noticed something due to how silent she had been. That’s why, she appreciated him not asking anything about it.As Jiyeon was going through the book in her hand, Taeyang’s phone rang, and a picture popped up on the screen. It was the image of the woman she had seen with him yesterday; she was called Jihye.“Excuse me for a second.”With that said, he stood up and received the call. Jiyeon observed his expressions. His eyes widened for a second— probably shocked by what h
Jiyeon’s breathing for that instant stopped, and her heart clenched painfully. A nauseating feeling arose in her stomach. That’s why, holding her mouth, she stood up and rushed towards the washroom. At the same time, her eyes were flooded with tears.Seeing Jiyeon’s reaction caused a frown to form upon Taeyang’s features, and he did call after her. But she paid no mind to his words. He wanted to go after her, but that’s when his attention fell on her phone. It seemed that she saw something on the device.Picking the device up, his eyes fell on the screen, and that’s when he understood why she had shown such an intense reaction. This was due to a certain name she had seen— Kayden.He shut her phone and let out a sigh.°°°After washing her face, Jiyeon came out of the washroom and then said, “I am sorry. I suddenly felt sick.”Taeyang stood up and made his way over to Jiyeon. H
Taeyang shot her a quizzical look, not clearly expecting her to mention this right now, before that changed to amusement, and he voiced out, “Why are you so curious about that?”Jiyeon believed that she had decent acting skills when she smiled and said, “Am I not your friend? This simply is an enough reason for me to know about it. Now, quick, quick, tell me who is it that managed to steal that heart of yours.”“Because you are my friend?” The boy stated.There was a certain amount of amusement present in his tone, and this caused her to feel nervous. Certainly, he didn’t notice her intentions, right? Although she did feel very much exposed under his gaze, she tried to convince herself that the boy wasn’t capable of reading minds.Jiyeon nodded.“Can I not ask as your friend about the girl you like?”“Of course, you can ask,” Taeyang said, “And as for who the perso
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Jiyeon had to admit that Taeyang was great at explaining her. It was as if he understood her and knew how to keep her concentration on the subject. No matter how much she wanted to distract him or ask him unnecessary questions, he didn’t let that happen.And as for the last part of the session, he gave her few problems to solve, saying, “After you are able to solve them all and get half of them correct, you can go home.”Jiyeon was dumbfounded by the expectations he held on her. Even on the subject she found the easiest, getting half correct was hard for her.“Can’t we lower the bar a little? Today is the first day after all. Let’s settle for forty percent.”He shook his head and voiced out, “If you get more than fifty percent, I will reward you.”That did sound appealing to her, and knowing that there was no place for argument, she attempted the questions I hopes of attaining that reward. At th
It didn’t take Taeyang long to finish making the breakfast, and even though Jiyeon had a large intake of sugar now, that didn’t take away from her appetite when she smelled the pancakes. This caused her to feel sudden hunger.Taeyang placed the glass of orange juice in front of her before serving her pancakes and covering those up with syrup. Yurie’s mouth watered as she held her fork and voiced out, “Thank you.”After that, given how delicious the pancakes were, it didn’t take her long to finish eating them, and once done with that, she stared at Taeyang with impressed eyes.“Whoa! This is seriously good,” Jiyeon voiced out, “You really have a way to lower my self-esteem.”“Don’t worry about that. Collectively, you are way better than me.”This made Jiyeon scrunch up her nose and vocalize, “We both know that is not the case. I am far from being half as good as you.