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Taking care of herself

Author: Shin Sungmi
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

"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.

Even if she did not yet believe that this was a reality completely, this did not seem to be a dream either.

The guest was the wife of the Marquess, Venessa Ilyster. At the age of late fifties, Venessa was a strict woman and had a low tolerance when it came to her anger. Moreover, her temper worsened for her family started to decline.

She was chosen to be responsible for Seraphine's education. It was understandable, seeing how Lyle was busy and wouldn't have time to deal with it completely. Moreover, he was not a female.

Before her family started to get worse, she was known for how she perfectly conducted herself, and her children was famed for that as well. Therefore, many families wanted to hire the lady— the royal family included.

It wasn't a shock that Lyle was able to hire her since he was the oldest son of Vougeious family— the family's whose influence came second to the Royal Family.

But this wasn't the part Seraphine had problem with. 

After a year of being 'Seraphine's' teacher, Venessa spared no space for a single mistake when it came to Seraphine and punished her severely— even going as far as abuse. 

Even Lyle did not go to that extent!

Although Venessa could have been severly punished for her acts, the female lead stayed silent about it, afraid of bringing trouble to her family— a typical masochistic female lead thing.

Seraphine did not think that Lyle was unaware of it; someone as smart as him surely would have been able to notice that. He most likely chose to turn a blind eye to it.

Seeing how she had gotten two scums as brothers, Seraphine could only sigh; this place was filled with enemies.

Now, her thoughts revolved around how to prevent the meeting. Even if Seraphine wanted to reject it, Lyle wouldn't allow it. Moreover, the words of a four year old barely hold any effect.

Although temporary solution, she had to come up with something, and as for the grander, she will think of it later on.

°°°

After putting in much effort, Seraphine was able to escape to outside of the mansion. Tricking the guards and maids took a lot of effort on her part, and she had to do it exactly at the time guards switched their shifts.

Having read the novel, she remained the random detail on the time, and amazed at her memory, she used the secret route the female lead used to escape the mansion. 

Of course that route was found by the female lead when she was much older.

She really loved the author for being very much descriptive in her novel. This gave her an advantage of knowing all the important routes in her grand mansion.

Once she was outside, she searched around the heaps of trees while hiding from guards. Her small body gave her quite a lot of advantage.

But the disadvantage to it was there as well. Due to how small her footsteps were, she had to run around in order to be quick enough. Moreover, since she had a lack of stamina, she had to take break every five minutes.

Finally, after all that effort, she finally found the pond and was caught in awe on how beautiful it was. The moon was reflected on it beautifully, and it seemed to sparkle under the moonlight.

Surrounded by beautiful flower and greenery, the fireflies moved around. This just seemed like a scene from a beautiful movie, and she was awestruck at it.

But her time to appreciate it was short. For when she had heard the footsteps behind her, she knew that she had to act.

Although she was able to escape, it was expected for them being on her trail soon, and this was a part of her plans. 

The quicker they arrived, the better it was because, even if the sight was mesmerizing, the air was freezing.

Hearing the sounds get closer, Seraphine summoned all the strength within her, and taking a step forward, she jumped into the pond once she spotted the guards from the corner of her eyes. 

Judging from their shocked expression, she knew that they recognized her, and as the water drowned her, their rushed footsteps came towards the pond.

Her swimming skills were of barely any use in this body, and as she was slowly losing consciousness, the coldness was making her regret take this decision. 

This was terrible!

Soon enough, she could hear the sounds of the guards jumping into the water body, and everything around her started to turn dull at this moment. Feeling relaxed, she closed her eyes and left it to themselves.

Although Seraphine hated hurting herself to get this fulfilled, sometimes one had to give up in order gain bigger accomplishment. Moreover, she will remember it as a funny memory in the future— hopefully.

Before losing her consciousness completely, she could vaguely feel her body being pulled upwards.

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