Chapter 1

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A beautiful woman, with her pale gold hair waving beautifully like a waterfall, her petite face and neat features, and her emerald-colored eyes that shine more brightly than anyone else, blinked in the mirror.

A woman who can make anyone happy just by looking at her. If this woman had passed before my eyes, I would have instantly smiled at her beauty.

Now I’m holding back my screaming inside.

…who are you?

At first, I thought I was dreaming because I looked completely different from my usual self. However, I ended up standing in front of the mirror, looking the same even after I woke up after a short sleep.

Originally, I wouldn’t have been alive and breathing like this now. I was walking across the street and was returning home from my part-time job as usual after working hard to earn money for my tuition fee. That was my last memory.

My mind went blank with embarrassment.

Who are you, unnie? Where am I?

(t/n: unnie means older sister in Korean, or a way of respectfully calling an older woman/stranger)

I left the front of the mirror and kept pacing around the room busily.

Should I go outside?

I kept thinking about it, but when I turned the handle slightly to try to get out of the room, I heard someone’s voice from across the door.

“…Miss? Did you wake up?”

When I peeked out through the slightly open door, there was a woman with a surprised face. A woman who looked like a teenager, with neatly tied brown hair and cute freckles, quickly approached me.

“Miss, why did you wake up so early? Did you feel uncomfortable sleeping?”

I shook my head at the woman who looked at me anxiously.

By the way, what does she mean, lady? I think she’s definitely calling me with that title, but I was embarrassed by the word I never thought I’d hear in my life.

Should I ask this woman who I am? But what if they think it’s weird?

When I hesitated to ask the woman because she seemed to know who I was, the woman suddenly looked at me with a startled eye and said quickly in a voice that only I could hear.

“Miss! How can you try to open the door in your pajamas and come out? Let’s go back in, shall we?”

Looking urgent, I quickly put my upper body back into the room, which had been slightly sticking out of the room. The woman also came inside with me.

The door is closed now. This is my chance! I’ll only ask this woman who I am so that no one can see me, and if she thinks it’s weird, I’ll say it’s a joke and she won’t let anyone know.

“You know what?”

“Yes?”

“I’m really only asking you this.”

When I called the woman who was sincerely arranging the bedding I was lying on, she looked at me with her eyes wide open. And when I added that it was a secret that I only asked her, she was noticeably nervous.

“My name is… What is it?”

“What?”

“Well, I mean, my name is…….”

When I purposely blurred out the end of my words, the woman smiled cutely and said to me,

“Miss Ariel, stop playing around~ You said it was a secret from so early in the morning, so I was nervous.”

After leaving that comment, I thanked the woman who went back into the bedding arrangement. And I blinked blankly.

Am I Miss Ariel? But why did I become Miss Ariel? This woman, it’s not me!

I’ve been thinking about why I’m here and where I am, and suddenly there’s a loud scream out of the window.

Surprised, I walked up to the window, opened it wide, and looked down at the source of the sound.

There were three men standing below. I was only looking from above, so I could only see their head and was unable to see their faces at all.

Black hair, blonde hair, silver hair. Blonde hair remained on the ground, with black hair hanging around in front of him and silver hair reaching out to blonde hair.

What, did they fight? But who are these people?

I kept looking down at them, and the woman who had finished arranging the bedding approached me, peeked down, and told me.

“Oh, Master, the Little Duke, and Sir Edwin still look very close, don’t you think, miss?”

Who’s all that’s all? Edwin, that’s a name I’ve heard somewhere, but I can’t remember.

First of all, I gently raised the corners of my mouth toward the woman looking at me with satisfaction. I might as well pretend to know a little.

The woman who saw my smile smiled brightly and continued to talk again.

“Are you going to meet the three now, too? I’ll help you dress up right away!”

“No, I want to rest a little…….”

Just as I was about to turn down the sudden offer, someone shouted at me from under the window.

“Ariel! Are you up already?”

At the cry, I lifted my head again and looked down at the window, and the blonde-haired man who had fallen earlier smiled broadly and waved his arms toward me.

No, now that I see his face, he’s a handsome man! Even the black and silver-haired men next to him!

The dazzling looks of these three looking up at me made me feel like I was going to be blinded. It was so dazzling that I frowned a little, that the blonde hair became contemplative, so he shouted in a hurry.

“Are you sick, Ariel? I’ll go to your room now!”

What, you’re coming here now? But more than that, that’s my brother?

I shouted, shaking my head first in panic.

“I’m fine! So you don’t have to come!”

The man’s face stiffened subtly when he heard my answer.

Did I say something wrong……?

The three men looked up at me with strange expressions.

I was looking at their faces and rolling my head hard, and all of a sudden, black and silver hair told me again.

“…is there anything you have scheduled today?”

“Ariel, I’d like to talk to you if you don’t mind.”

I don’t think there’s anything I have to do today because the woman behind me is just sitting still. But it’s a little…….

I was going to say no. However, I quickly changed my mind when I saw the faces of the men who seemed about to come into my room immediately if I refused.

Yes, we should meet first and find out about the current situation!

When I nodded in a positive light, the three of them brightened up. Soon, the three disappeared from below, saying, “Let’s meet at lunch after we practice swordsmanship a little more.”

After they disappeared, I came to my senses.

I just promised to meet, right? I promised myself I wouldn’t see anyone today! In the end, did I fall for their beauty? I buried my face in my hand in the sense of shame that was coming.

No, it’s a chance to learn more about this situation! Yeah, let’s be positive.

As I was worried, I heard the voice of a very excited woman.

“Lady, it’s not long before lunch time. I’ll help you dress up quickly!”

“Well… you know,”

Still, I couldn’t suddenly cancel the appointment, so I ended up talking to the woman to dig up information about the men, but the woman looked a little disappointed.

“Miss, why aren’t you calling my name today?”

“…Huh?”

“You originally call me by my name, but I couldn’t hear you today…….”

“Oh… that’s…”

Fortunately, the woman opened her mouth first in this tense situation where I couldn’t even answer with, “I want to call you by your name, but I don’t know your name.”

“You usually call me Jane, but did I do something wrong?”

“No, Jane. I didn’t know you’d be so upset, I’m sorry.”

“No, miss! Don’t apologize! I was just a little worried if I had done anything wrong to you.”

I also smiled when I saw Jane shed a pleasant smile. Jane saw me like that and told me as if she had remembered me.

“Miss, I’ll help you dress up right away!”

* * *

After I finished dressing up and looked in the mirror again, I thought there was an angel. A stunning beauty that’s hard to adjust to even if you look at it again. I can’t say it myself, but…….

I barely made my way to the drawing room after Jane, who was walking ahead. Jane made me sit on the couch in the empty parlor and asked what refreshments she would serve. I, who is quick to adjust, sent Jane, saying, “Please serve what I usually like.”

Wow, I’m tired. I pressed my eyes slightly as I was already feeling tired. And at the same time, I heard a loud sound outside the drawing room door.

“I won’t let it slide next time, Calix.”

“Austin, are you saying you let me off today? We’ll have to get back together now.”

“All right, that’s after I saw Ariel. And Edwin, why did you push me so hard as if to kill me today, that’s so unlike you!”