Chapter 4
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Cecilia silently looked out the train window. The face faintly reflected was both gorgeous and delicate. It was her own face, which she had to get used to now.
‘I don’t have much time.’
Why she had entered this body, whether this was real or not.
She didn’t have the luxury to contemplate such things. She quickly erased the persona of Juyeon. She had resolved to fully consider herself as Cecilia from now on and had immediately boarded the train.
‘First, I need to build up my power. Marriage would be the fastest way.’
The original Cecilia couldn’t even participate in her debutante ball, but this time would be different. She would participate in her debutante ball and also have an insurance policy.
’First, Rogerick Montieux. I need to find that man.’
He was her first insurance.
He was a childhood friend Cecilia had met at Violet House when she was ten. The two had parted ways after promising to meet again there during the last spring before the debutante ball.
But Cecilia didn’t remember that promise, and she met Rogerick much later in prison.
Because Cecilia was falsely accused of being a witch and was imprisoned.
“We made a promise when we were children.”
“What…?”
“To meet again at Violet House during the spring of our nineteenth year, before the debutante ball.”
“…….”
“If I had met you back then… would you not be like this now, my Lady?”
At that time, he was already married to another woman. Moreover, Cecilia’s situation was out of control. Even as the Captain of the Holy Knights, he couldn’t release a woman he had captured with his own hands.
‘Just as Rogerick said, if Cecilia had been his wife, she wouldn’t have met such a terrible fate.’
The original Cecilia also realized this and was briefly filled with regret, but soon she felt disgusted with herself for trying to use someone else’s feelings.
‘What a privileged thought. If you can survive, you have to use and control anything you can get your hands on.’
Living a good life is only possible if you survive first.
The new Cecilia was ready to use any means necessary for her goal.
“Margaret, what time does the Erdel noble party start?”
“…Eight o’clock.”
“Hmm, if we get ready as soon as we arrive, we can make it.”
The famous noble party in the resort town of Erdel, which only people who had reached adulthood could attend. Rogerick would appear there today.
According to the original story, Rogerick would meet his future wife there. Their fate was to have a long period of free-love romance before marrying.
Cecilia decided to steal that meeting. She felt a little sorry for the original Countess Montieux, but she couldn’t help it. Isn’t saving a person’s life more important than achieving love?
However, there was a problem.
‘…What if he’s disappointed because I’m so different from the Cecilia he remembered?’
She didn’t know what kind of relationship they had as children. Since it was a memory from almost 10 years ago, it wouldn’t be vivid, but if he remembered the promise and came, he couldn’t have forgotten Cecilia completely.
‘It would be easier to just get him drunk and have s*x with him.’
Rogerick Montieux was a noble so exemplary he was called a square, who had come from the Holy Knights. He was a man who focused on his wife and didn’t have mistresses, which was common. With a personality like that, he would surely try to take responsibility for a one-night stand.
But she couldn’t just get him drunk. Doing something like that was for low-class thugs, not a noble lady.
‘Ha, there’s no answer.’
If that child were here, she would have asked him for another way.
When she reached that thought, Cecilia’s action of habitually tapping her lips came to a sudden halt.
‘…Still not sober, are you?’
To think of that son of a b***h, even after he shot her in the chest.
Cecilia let out a self-deprecating laugh. It was a face only Juyeon would make.
“My Lady, are you really going to that party?”
Margaret’s face, filled with worry, suddenly appeared.
“It’s not a place for you, My Lady. How about you just stay at Violet House?”
Margaret was a cute girl with her hair braided into pigtails. As Cecilia’s personal maid, she was a character mentioned in the original story.
‘At least she’s not a spy.’
She was one of the people who died after getting entangled in Cecilia’s tragedy, so she was trustworthy. That’s why Juyeon had only brought Margaret with her to the villa.
She was surprised to see Margaret so worried.
Wasn’t it just an ordinary party where nobles held hands and danced in circles?
“…Don’t worry too much, Margaret.”
“But…….”
No matter what Margaret said, Cecilia had to go to that party today.
She also felt indifferent, thinking no matter how wild it was, it wouldn’t be as bad as the things she had seen in her previous life. The only thing she found a bit strange was.
‘Why would a man they called a square go to a party like that?’
Cecilia, who was looking at her reflection in the glass, let out a small, empty laugh.
‘Ah, he must have been a hypocrite.’
Just like herself.
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“Lord Rogerick! Just one time, please, just one time, come with me!”
“I clearly said I’m not interested.”
The Holy Knight, who brushed back his curly orange-blond hair, looked down at his colleagues with a cold gaze.
Rogerick Montieux, the second son of the Count Montieux and a member of the Holy Knights of the Atlan Church—that very man.
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