Chapter 5

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A few months after the tea party in the royal capital, my magic power refinement was making good progress.

Although my control of magic power was still not perfect, I was able to use several types of elementary magic spells that could be activated by concentrating a small amount of magic power.

I’ve received excessive praises from my magic tutor, saying things like ‘the young lady is a genius’ and ‘she’s a future candidate for the Four Heavenly Kings’ or ‘she has magic knowledge, enough for entering the Magic Academy right now’, and the last praise that is nearly a true ‘she’s too good for a 9-year-old girl…’

Come to think of it, the other day was my 9 years old birthday.

My parents were determined to throw a party as fancy as the tea party of Prince Kyle’s birthday, but it’s not the first time I turn 9 years old, so I don’t really want to celebrate, and a fancy birthday party without Mason would be just… a hassle, so I did my best to turn it down.

Mother said something like “It’s your duty as an aristocrat to throw a lavish event,” and I didn’t say anything against that.

However, I came up with the excuse that it still difficult to interact with other people because of my memory problems, my mother cried and nearly won the battle.

In the end, the birthday party was held in a small way with only my family members (even if it was ‘small’, I think it’s probably fancy enough for the public), and everyone gave me a grimoire for my birthday present, as I was able to arrange with mother in our little battle of tears.

Thank you all, I was able to obtain a large number of good quality grimoires!

That is how for the past month, I’ve been reading grimoires whenever I had time.

“Oh, come to think of it, will visits come today?”

“Yes, a friend of Mr. Alan will come this afternoon.”

I’ve been reading all morning and my eyes are tired, so I decided to take a break and talk to Irene who is waiting next to me.

“A friend of my brother…. Should I say hello too?”

“Perhaps. I’m sure your mother will call for you at lunch.”

My brother’s friend…? Probably someone I’ve met in my previous life. Who could it be?… OH!

“Irene”

“Yes?”

“I love you.”

“… I adore you too, Miss”

Yes, my friendship with Irene is already not only in my mind.

However, not long ago, we had to take some distance from each other, it was all thanks to the schemes of the senior maid, who was jealous of my preferential treatment with Irene.

Apparently it was only a week after Irene became my personal maid that I woke up after remembering my previous life (and I had a high fever), and the senior maid spread this nonsensical rumor.

‘The newcomer, Irene, must have put a curse on the young lady in order to brainwash her.’

‘She pretended to be taking care of the young lady when she had high fever and brainwashed her for two days straight.’

The senior maid seemed to be quite an influential figure among the servants, and it seems that Irene was isolated among them for a time because of the rumors.

Irene never said a word to me about being harassed like that, but when I happened to hear about it from another source, I was so furious that my face turned red.

Then, I ordered all the maids and servants of the mansion to gather, where my father and mother were having dinner, then I hysterically cried and screamed at my father and mother, saying…

“I’m not aware of it! I’m not aware of it, but it seems that I’ve been cursed and brainwashed.”

“A helpless daughter who was born into the honorable House of Rosedale but has been defeated by curses, brainwashing, etc., I suppose that such a girl is not worthy to live as a Rosedale daughter.”

“Please expel me and send me to a convent!! I will live in shame for the rest of my life!!”

“It seems that Anna (the senior maid) is the one who noticed the curse and brainwashing on me!! I’m sure she must have a wonderful ability to detect curses and brainwashing!! Please take her in as your adopted daughter instead of me.”

The senior maid’s face at that moment was a masterpiece.

People’s faces are really that pale?

Of course, what I wanted to say was fully conveyed to father and mother, and the senior maid retired voluntarily the following week, and many of the servants in the house were ashamed of their actions and apologized to Irene, and Irene’s honor was successfully restored.

That night, Irene hugged me for the first time, so I declared, “I forgive you this time, but next time if you don’t talk to me about your problems! I’ll go to the monastery by myself” and she hugged me again.

Woow! I did it, I did it.

‘That woman’ could have being able to make lilies appear out of nowhere and bloom, but I! …I’m not boasting, but I’m a harassment and hysteria specialist, so I’m rather good at dealing with that kind of things.

“It’s nice to meet you in person, Miss Chelsea. My name is Sylvia Reinhardt, and I’m a very good friend of Mr. Allan. It’s a great pleasure to meet you.”

“Nice to meet you. My name is Chelsea Rosedale. It’s a pleasure to meet you too.”

She greets me with a graceful smile and every movement she does is perfect.

While I’m trying to smile the less-villainous possible, when returning the greeting.

The expression “out of this world” is a perfect fit for her, with a beauty that’s set to a slightly alien-level, and silky hair that shines silvery white.

She has breathtaking emerald eyes and an almost fairy-like fantasy atmosphere surrounding her.

My appearance isn’t bad either… or if I may say so myself, I probably have a face that falls into the category of a pretty girl.

But she’s out of the norm.

When I stand next to her, I probably look like a blonde goblin. I can’t even feel jealousy because she’s so… like from a different dimension.

But still, I understand now.

So they were talking about Sylvia, the friend of my brother?… Well, I’m sure today is ‘that day’.

Yep, I’m convinced.

The beautiful angelic girl in front of me right now is Silvia Reinhardt (12 years old), the future Duchess.

Of course, she’s someone I’ve met a few times in my past life, and she’s probably visiting our mansion today to let our parents know about her relationship with my brother.

“Well then, I’ll take my leave. Good luck, Lady Sylvia!”

“… What? Ha, yes. Thank you.”

After a polite greeting, I leave the salon.

My brother, and she, they both are probably going to ask— No, to report their true relationship to our parents now.

And my parents will probably withhold their answer to whether or not they approve the relationship, if they don’t say straightforward that they oppose it.

She is the daughter of the Duke of Reinhardt’s family, one of the “three major dukes” like us.

Despite that, the relationship between the Reinhardt family and my family is a bit complicated.

It’s not that we’re enemies, but we’re not friendly either.

Summarizing, it’s like “longtime rivals”?

According to the history books, both the first Duke of Rosedale and the first Duke of Reinhardt, were the founding vassals of the country, so they had a strong sense of rivalry, which still lingers in both families.

The rivalry between these two great men was rather childish, no, it was really childish.

For example, the most famous episode concerning the relationship between the two great national heroes, their current fiefdoms and mansions.

Apparently, the first Duke of Rosedale and the first Duke of Reinhardt both became very fond of the view of the sea from the same ‘spectacular spot’ in a small port town.

After the foundation of the country, both of them wanted that area as their fiefdom, and they said they would build their mansions in that spot because it had a beautiful view.

Since both of them were active vassals who had played an unparalleled role in the founding of the country and both of them were good friends of the first Queen, it seems that the first Queen couldn’t just listen to one of them and was troubled by their requests.

What happened in the end?

The mansions of the Dukes of Rosedale and Reinhardt were built next to each other on that same spectacular spot they both wanted.

The line that extended all the way to the boundary between the two families’ mansions became the boundary line between the dukedoms of Rosedale and Reinhardt until this day.

The small port town was split in two and became the fiefdom of each of the dukes.

After that, the heads of both families tried to develop their own fiefdoms so as not to be outdone by the “neighboring duke” …. from generation to generation, and so the fiefdoms grew steadily.

In particular, the small port town where both families’ mansions were built has now grown to be the second largest city in the Kingdom, second only to the royal capital, Heart of Beltine.

And since it would cause ‘diplomatic tension’ to talk about which territory (the dukedom of Rosedale or Reinhardt) is the second largest in the country, the town where both families’ mansions are located is treated like a single city as the ‘Rosedale-Reinhardt metropolitan area’ (or as the people on Reinhardt’s side say, the ‘Reinhardt-Rosedale metropolitan area’).

That’s right, the residence of the Rosedale family where I was born and raised is a residence built at the northern end of Duke Rosedale’s territory in the “Rosedale-Reinhardt metropolitan area”, and Sylvia’s home is the residence of the Reinhardt family built at the southern end of Duke Reinhardt’s territory in the “Reinhardt-Rosedale metropolitan area”.

… In short, Sylvia is our neighbor.

So what’s the problem?

The first is that that childish rivalry is still very strong, and if two heirs of this two important families were to marry each other, it would likely cause a backlash from all the relatives.

Secondly, if the Rosedale family and the Reinhardt family were to be united in marriage, it would create a power that would threaten the royal family as well, so it would be a marriage that would not be welcomed by the royal family.

Right now in the salon, my parents are probably listening to my brother and Lady Sylvia with their always neat expression on their faces while exploding by inside.

In that case, there is one thing I should do about this matter.

That is–

I should support my brother and Sylvia’s relationship with all my might!!

The reason is simple.

Whether my parents approve of it or not, those two are definitely going to get together.

In fact, they were engaged in my previous life. How is that possible?

It is due to the character and abilities of the always beautiful Sylvia Reinhardt.

She looks and acts like an angel or goddess in appearance and behavior, but in fact, she’s a dangerous person!

A different level of scheming that a small villainous girl like me could not even imagine.

Her innate magical power and magic skills are of an inhuman grade, and while ordinary mages show a high degree of affinity to one or two attributes, she has the highest level of affinity with all of them.

I don’t know what exactly she can do, since I haven’t heard of it in her previous life, but she’s also well-equipped with some special abilities that appears only once in the Reinhardt family every 100 generations.

And her love for my brother is wider than the sky and deeper than the sea.

Her alleged reprisals against some people who opposed my brother in my previous life would be too cruel to describe.

Her possessiveness towards my brother is also quite– unique, and my brother, who should have been quite popular, had made a serious effort to keep women away from him.

It was because if big brother acted friendly with a woman, that woman would be in danger.

Yes, she is, so to speak, a hybrid of the “yandere heroine” in romance novels and the “character full of cheat skills” in adventure stories.

She is a Yandere with cheat-skills.

There’s an expression, “a beauty that can make the world collapse” and while that’s a fitting term for her in terms of appearance, she can even make the world collapse in physical means.

Opposing a relationship with her like, frankly, useless, and you shouldn’t do it unless you’re prepared to steal an egg out of a dragon’s nest. Yes, and that is soft compared to try to tear my brother and her apart.

On the contrary, since it’s already confirmed that the two of them are going to get together at the end, there’s only merit in being mature and supporting their relationship.

Thus, winning her favor.

Sylvia is a deadly young lady! The moment you turn her into your enemy, your coffin, grave, flowers everything is ready for your funeral, but if you make her an ally, she’s the most reliable person you could ever ask for.

I’m sorry for being a calculating woman.

But as I have to overcome a hurdle that’s probably as high or higher than my brother and his wife (that is reality already) in order to get together with Mason, I desperately need a strong ally.

Having cleared my mind to that point, I immediately started a strategy meeting inside my head to plan what to do at today’s dinner.

Translated by Djurasico (dot) home (dot) blog

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