They were all disappointed, but especially Sophia and Delma seemed regretful and disappointed.
“I really like them a lot, too.”
They cared too much for me. Moreover, having worked at the Ducal House for a long time, they knew how much the family cherished me.
But can they truly protect my secret from the family?
“No, if they even slightly think I’m in danger, they’ll immediately tell the family.”
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t believe that they would be able to protect my secret until the end.
Just considering the ‘price’ I was paying immediately made it doubtful. When I deviated from the original work, there was a price to pay.
That price was unavoidable, and I had no intention of leaving the original work untouched just to avoid it.
If Sophia and Delma were to find out about that, would they still be able to protect my secret?
“No, definitely not.”
Therefore, everyone who had worked at the mansion for a long time was excluded.
That means I have to choose all from the outsiders.
After a week of deep contemplation, I finally reached a conclusion. Typically, a special assistant position is filled by three to five individuals.
For now, I had mentally decided on two of them.
And I planned to meet one of them tomorrow.
Since no one had been selected as an assistant so far, Deimi was extremely curious.
“Why are you delaying the decision on who to choose for the assistant position?”
“Well.”
“Just tell me a bit.”
I leaned in, covering my mouth with my hand, and whispered to him.
Soon, Deimi was astonished.
“Huh?!”
From morning onwards, unfamiliar people roamed around the mansion.
“Hello, miss!”
Everyone I encountered diligently greeted me. When I asked Sophia about it, she said that they were all newly employed at the mansion this time.
Delma couldn’t come to my room from the morning for this reason. She went to provide education to the newcomers.
“Delma has a new junior now. That’s why she has been so excited since yesterday.”
Sophia said with a smirk. I, too, descended to the living room, where a tall and angular voice welcomed me.
“Oh my, my! Miss! How long has it been? I hope you’ve been well!”
“Yeah, Basil. It’s been a while.”
The owner of that voice was Basil. Behind Basil, employees were stacking fabrics brought from his shop.
Since Basil first tailored my clothes a few years ago, and my family realized how well his clothes suited me, Basil had become my exclusive designer.
Since then, every year or whenever the season changed, he would come to the mansion at least once to tailor my clothes. So, the unfamiliar scene was not unusual.
“I was so happy when the miss called me first! Moreover, I heard that the miss’s banquet is soon to be held. Can I just stay still? As soon as I heard the news, I immediately selected designs that perfectly suit the miss! Of course, I have to tailor the miss’s clothes!”
Basil thought that I called him for the upcoming banquet.
“But is that banquet really going to happen?”
Even if I said it was a hunger strike, I couldn’t fill up two meals a day, and that too, in just five hours.
So, naturally, I thought that the banquet mentioned by Michael back then was just a casual remark to soothe me temporarily.
‘But could it really be a real banquet?’
Heseran was rich in resources, and the Ducal House’s wealth overflowed as much as the royal family’s. However, the nobles in the capital had high noses, so they rarely visited the Heseran mansion.
Therefore, according to Philen, when meeting the nobles in the capital, they always use another mansion of our family in the capital.
‘It’s surprising that there’s another mansion in the capital, too.’
Anyway, those high-nosed nobles were abundant in Heseran, and even if they came, I wasn’t particularly pleased.
‘I don’t know anyone in particular.’
Rather, Oliver and Duke Consta would be invited first.
“I didn’t call you today because of that banquet.”
Basil, who was humming a tune and preparing a ruler, luxurious fabric, and catalogs, turned around.
“Oh, then should I prepare accessories? Of course, quick-witted Basil has already taken care of everything!”
“No, no. It’s not about accessories. I called you for something else.”
“Is there something you’d like to tell me?”
I immediately brought Basil to the reception room. While I had a maid bring some tea and snacks, Basil, with a nervous expression, anxiously bit his lips.
“W-What do you want to tell me…”
“I’ll tell you when the tea arrives.”
“A-Are you going to criticize the last design? I’ve never seen you wear that outfit even once…”
“It’s not about that, so relax.”
“O-Or maybe you don’t like the accessories…?”
Seeing Basil digging a hole for himself, I sighed deeply. Before the tea was even served, I brought up what I wanted to say.
“Do you have any intention of becoming my special assistant?”
“W-Well, did you not like something spe… um, yes?”
“Well, I don’t know?”
Since it was an internal family matter, I asked Sophia to explain it to him in detail.
Sophia brought several documents and explained it in detail to him. However, whenever Basil threw questions one by one, Sophia shouted loudly.
“How would I know that?! What should I do because I don’t know?! So, by doing that, could you become the miss’s special assistant?!”
“What? Oh, I haven’t said that I’ll do it yet…”
“Are you daring to refuse the miss’s order?!”
“Oh, no… It’s not that I won’t do it…”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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