NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4
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Michi is a 13-year-old girl who worked as a laundry maid for the Count Rondel family. She wore large glasses to hide her beauty, but her honey-blonde hair and azalea-colored eyes clearly showed she was the female lead.
“I’m… in a reverse harem. No, this is a reverse harem.”
Michi’s eyes rolled in bewilderment. Perhaps because she had lived in this world for 13 years, it was difficult for her to speak informally even though she was a commoner.
“By any chance… Is Lord Rondel one of them?”
“Yes. And the young master plans to bring his academy friends over this winter vacation…”
“No way.”
As Selleana blinked her eyes, Doloret responded. “The third prince of Laten, the son of knight commander Orelli, and the heir to the Marderung business group…”
“
Oh,
yes, that’s right!”
The girls had cold eyes.
“It was about the academy’s four superstars being obsessed with you…”
Michi laughed awkwardly. “I deliberately only took on chores, so they don’t know my existence yet. However, just like in the original, I was scared because his academy friends were coming…”
It could have been scary. There are many disturbing people in Harley Quinn, but there are 4 of them in her story. Moreover, she’s not a daughter of a duke or baron but a commoner maid. And her opponent is a young lord, a prince, the future sword master, and an heir to the leading business group.
“Welcome.”
“You’ve been through a lot, haven’t you?”
“
Ugh,
anyway, those b*stards…”
The girls held Mitch’s hand tightly.
“Even though we’re nobles, our life is also frustrating.”
“That’s right. It must have been harder for you.”
Sniff…
Tears welled up in Michi’s bright pink eyes. Her eyes were as bright as a rose tone, worthy of the female lead who could enchant the four superstars.
“It’s okay now because we’re here.”
“Yep. We’re all twisting the original story.”
“Except for Selleana here.”
Keugh,
Selleana became upset at the arrow that suddenly flew at her.
Who doesn’t want to twist it?
It has been a year since they ran all kinds of advertisements searching for another transmigrator. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that no one in the empire hadn’t seen the advertisement, as the laundry maid even saw their advertisement on the sacks of fruit and vegetables.
What we have in common…
In the background of ‘Empire,’ they were all transmigrated as the female leads. So, it’s highly likely that Selleana’s plan to do a contract marriage with another transmigrator was impossible from the start.
Both Rosalli and Doloret say it’s embarrassing to reveal their fated partners.
So now, it’s time for a two-track strategy. While waiting for a partner worthy of choosing instead of the prince in this tough pre-modern worldview, she also needed to prepare for the future where she became the crown princess. So, for now…
“Michi,” Selleana said solemnly. “You, become my exclusive maid.”
“Yes?”
“Doloret already has a lot of things to take care of, and Rosalli can’t hire servants as she wants. You don’t want to be a priestess, don’t you? More than anything…” Selleana’s amber eyes glowed. “I need someone on my side to accompany me to the imperial palace later.”
“B-but, I’m a commoner… A commoner can’t be an exclusive maid.”
“You just need a foster parent.”
As if waiting, Doloret poured out documents with portraits of middle-aged people.
“Choose one.”
“C-choose…? Anyone?”
“It’s a list of Elard’s vassals. I selected people who didn’t have much connection in the imperial palace, and Doloret selected them again.”
It meant that only those who had never had an accident in Doloret’s original story had gathered.
The person Michi chose was Baron Branto, who owns an estate famous for its vineyards. Both the baron and his wife had blonde hair.
“Actually, I liked wine in my past life…”
It was the moment when the 13-year-old girl’s hobby was determined for the next seven years. Baron Branto had no reason to refuse this. Thus, Selleana had a friend who would be on her side completely even if she went to the imperial palace in the distant future.
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Transmigrators Club. That’s what her friends called their group, although they never said that name out loud. Externally, it was said to be a scripture study meeting conducted by trainee Agnesia.
It was natural for friends to come together from time to time and become independent. And the more it happened, the more interesting each person’s life became.
Duke Glen gave Rosalli more allowance, and many families rushed to invest in Benichi because Benichi’s youngest daughter is known for her close friendship with the two ladies of the ducal family. Furthermore, the Great Temple promoted Agnesia, who was favored by the two ladies, as an official priestess. Not to mention the happiness levels of Selleana and Michi, who were together 24 hours a day, rose sharply. However, the tea party with Pavellian also came regularly.
“Rumors are spreading about Lady’s scripture study group. I heard you commanded Lady Glen, Baron Benichi’s youngest daughter, and the priestess as your limbs.”
Ah, that again
. The moment the word ‘limbs’ rang out of Pavellian’s mouth, Selleana lost all her strength for today.
“Although the Benichi family is appreciated by the imperial family, I’m worried that the youngest daughter, who is quite ignorant about the world, might act rashly without understanding the influence of Elard.”
Today too, he’s earning 1 point of recklessness. There’s probably no one in this world who knows the world better than the female lead in the childcare story.
“There is a saying that
when women gather together, even the plates break
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