I Pretended Not to See What Was There

In a certain country, I, a girl of marriageable age known as a maiden who would shame the flowers, am a daughter of an Earl's family attending an academy. One thing that sets me apart from others is that my family is poor due to constant flooding of our territory. Another is that when I turned eight, during this country's traditional worship to express gratitude to God, I received God's protection. God's protection is a miracle that only a few people receive every few years. Unfortunately, the protection I received was not the wonderful protection described in this country's history books. According to my parents, as rumors of me receiving God's protection spread, engagement proposals came pouring in like a tidal wave, only to recede like the tide as soon as the nature of my protection became known. As a child, it was none of my concern. As I grew up, I learned that people were gossiping about me as someone with unfortunate protection, but I didn't care. For my parents and brother who sent me to school despite our poverty, I diligently attended school and studied. To avoid being a financial burden on my family, I used the protection given to me by God to earn my pocket money. This is a story of how my daily life was shattered by the very protection God had given me.