“Uhhuh. Sleep well.”

“What is Dad doing tomorrow?”

“Just.”

Listening to my dad’s soft voice as a lullaby, I closed my eyes tightly.

“Sweet dreams, Sien.”

That night, I really had a sweet dream.

My dream was about a few months ago, on my dad’s birthday.

When I handed my dad a small wildflower I had picked, he smiled brightly and carried that flower with him.

‘I’m going to cherish it because it’s a gift from our Sien.’

My dad carried that flower until it withered badly, even long after his birthday. I remember him modestly boasting to the village people that it was a gift from his daughter.

It was a lovely and warm family I couldn’t have even imagined in my previous life.

Even in my dream, I thought.

I can do anything to protect my dad, who is the most precious and only family in the world.

The next day. The effect of the coconut fruit my dad brought was tremendous.

“After eating coconut fruit powder, I woke up at four in the morning, did laundry for five hours, and still felt light.”

“I did about a hundred pullups this morning. I can just start to feel the power.”

I opened my mouth like a fish, not knowing what to say.

‘These sisters, aren’t they monsters?’

It’s scary, I should never underestimate them. The same thought quickly passed through my mind.

I opened my mouth and mumbled quickly.

Now it’s time to gather information.
“Well, how about the kids who are receiving education with me? A bit, strange?”

If they were bad, I’d have to kindly reincarnate them. I looked at the maid sisters with an evil smile inwardly.

At my seemingly teasing question, the maids who already received a bribe—one date fruit each—paused.

“S…Strange, you say?”

“Hmm!”

As if they were asked a question they shouldn’t have been asked.

“Why don’t you say anything?”

I quickly urged them.

The maids who had already become captives of the date fruit rolled their eyes and soon muttered in a somewhat sincere tone.

“Um… who to say… they wear masks and don’t speak much, so I think it would be a bit difficult for them to become friends.”

The maid sisters seemed reluctant to mention names. I tilted my head.

‘Was there a mention of a prince who hides his face in the original ‘Life of Melodia’?

“Why? They’ll answer if I talk to them!”

“It’s not easy to approach them…”

“Why?”

“…Um.”

“That’s…”

Seeing the two maids starting to exchange glances, I blinked my eyes and tilted my head.

What’s wrong with the kid who’s receiving education with me?

Starting today, they said I had to go into the mansion for education.

With a slightly trembling heart, I calmed down, dressed in colorful clothes, and stepped outside.

To avoid getting lost, I held onto the hands of the maid sisters, resembling honey bread, and set out on the road!

“The education details of the bloodline will all be reported to the Countess, so you must do well!”

“You will do well, Miss Cien!”

The maid sisters began to trust me in a strange direction.

It’s the power of date fruit! I nodded proudly with a smile.

Rather than riding a carriage, I walked hard, drinking in the morning air, and finally saw the garden near the mansion.

“Once you pass this garden, you can arrive directly in the room where you will be educated.”

“Ah, really? The garden is pretty!”

“Would you like to take a walk? We have some time left.”

“Hmm! Let’s go to the garden!”

There’s no need to go straight to education since the weather is nice.

A day with warm sunlight and a moderately chilly wind.

A pleasant noon where green leaves are rustling in front of my eyes.

Holding the hands of the two maids, as I entered the garden of the mansion, I witnessed a slightly strange situation.

‘Why are there so many children in the garden? They look about ten years old, about six years older than me.’

They were noble princes and princesses, all dressed in fancy clothes, roughly five of them.

The maids and servants of Count Jeo were just keeping an eye on them from a distance.

I looked at them with curious eyes. However, the muscular maids seemed too busy adoring my arm and taking care of me to answer my question.

So, I preemptively asked.

“Who are those kids?”

“Ah, they must be the young lords and ladies of the noble families. They often come to the mansion for observation.”

“Ah, I see.”

I originally liked cute, growing babies. There weren’t many of such babies in our countryside. But…!

‘Getting involved with such kids might bring trouble to dad.’

These were undoubtedly the vicious noble children of the Mirmod family.

So I decided to just pass them by, holding back my curiosity.

The muscular maid sisters were proudly watching me walk diligently. I started strolling happily in the grass field, holding my pretty dress.

Walking slowly, bit by bit, on the grass.

Suddenly, I overheard a strange rumor whirling around my ears and stopped in my tracks.

“That one is the famous [Dash], you know, heard of her?”

“She’s uglier than Yurie.”

“Well, she’s the bloodline of that infamous wicked woman, after all.”

Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me

One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.

Synopsis:

Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.

But this is still far from enough.

He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.

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