Chapter 3

And then, when she returned to the Rinvolta Marquis family and announced her engagement to Harvey,

"Such a woman who can only rely on her looks... how dare you."

"I was just repaying the kindness of being raised. Don’t get too full of yourself."

"Of course you must have used some dirty tricks, right? That’s all you can do."

The harsh words poured down on her, not a single word of praise or encouragement. Even her beauty, the reason she was taken in, was mocked and ridiculed.

In that moment, the last bit of hope in her heart was easily shattered.

(I will definitely... get rid of these people.)

With such resolve in her heart, Amaryllis took action.

She was overwhelmed by the harsh reality of her treatment, sitting quietly on an old bench at the edge of the Barbado Castle courtyard, tears streaming down her face. This place, where no one ever came, was the only place where she could be truly herself.

She was tormented by a guilty conscience.

She felt crushed by her sense of guilt.

She was overwhelmed by the fear of loneliness.

She knew what she was doing was wrong.

But she knew no other way.

She repeatedly despised herself for only knowing how to interact with others by hurting them.

(No matter how painful, I have to move forward...!)

She had forgotten to wipe away her tears.

She didn’t know how much time had passed.

When she heard footsteps and looked up, there was Harvey.

Seeing her crying, Harvey’s eyes widened in surprise for a moment. Then, he reached into his pocket and gently offered her a handkerchief.

She was so stunned that she forgot to take it.

Harvey knelt down and wiped the tears from her cheeks with the handkerchief.

“...Are you okay?”

Hearing his voice, she nodded hesitantly, still confused.

After that, they didn’t say a word, but Harvey stayed by her side until she calmed down.

From that day on, her impression of Harvey changed.

She stopped seeing him as just a tool.

After becoming engaged to Harvey, she cut off all her relationships to avoid being dragged down from her position as his fiancée. She couldn’t afford to waste the opportunity she had finally grasped. To do so, she had to sever all her previous relationships.

But she had to pay the price for her past behavior.

The young ladies who had harbored resentment against the once carefree Amaryllis began to secretly attack her. She had to endure it silently to avoid causing trouble for Harvey.

One day, while she was being surrounded and berated by the young ladies, Harvey happened to see her and immediately rushed over to help.

For Amaryllis, who had never been protected by anyone before, this was a new experience. She couldn’t understand why Harvey, who was supposed to dislike her, would protect her, but his casual actions saved her heart.

From then on, she gradually began to close the distance between herself and Harvey. Her impression of him gradually changed without her even realizing it.

And before she knew it, she had fallen deeply in love with Harvey.

Despite the continued hostility from those around her at the Rinvolta Marquis estate, she had decided to change for Harvey’s sake... just as she was thinking this, an unbelievable scene unfolded before her eyes.

It was Harvey, laughing warmly with the Viscount’s daughter, Sharon Mermada.

Amaryllis had heard a rumor about Sharon.

She was said to have been granted a mysterious power to see the future by the gods. At first, no one believed it, but when the king heard the rumor, he summoned Sharon to the castle...

If the rumor was true, Sharon would become an important person for the country.