However, even though she didn’t panic, she was still confused. Her body trembled against her will.

“Rose?”

Rosette asked, pretending to be calm.

“Why the prince?”

But the trembling in her voice couldn’t be hidden.

“It seems you should also greet His Highness the Prince.”

Rosette shrank back.

‘Me, meeting that person?’

After coming to Duke Adrian’s mansion, Rosette had thought she would meet Joshua someday. She had seen him even during the ‘Rosette Dallas’ days when she didn’t socialize at all.

But she never thought she would meet him so quickly, and so suddenly.

Only she knew that she had turned back time. Only she remembered the past.

The fact that she had killed Duke Adrian and seen Joshua’s sorrowful tears became non-existent.

Of course, Joshua Ernhart wouldn’t remember the past either.

Yet she was scared. It felt like Joshua would rush at her and strangle her as soon as they met. It was a different feeling from when she met Duke Adrian or Daniel again.

“Um…”

Can’t I not see the prince? I’m scared. Please, Dad.

She wanted to plead like that, but she couldn’t bring herself to speak.

As she was just trembling, Duke Adrian patted her back as if he understood.

“I see, you’re not ready to meet His Highness yet. Rose, you just stay in your room. I’ll explain it well to His Highness.”

“…Is that okay?”

“Of course.”

Duke Adrian gave Rosette a light kiss on the cheek and then set her down on the floor. Then he instructed Joanne.

“The other children are scheduled to have tea time with His Highness. Prepare some refreshments for Rose as well.”

“Understood.”

“Then Dad will be going now. Call me if anything happens.”

“Yes, Dad.”

Rosette waved her hand at the Duke’s back until the door closed. When the door finally closed, she could no longer stand and collapsed on the spot.

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“We greet Your Highness the Prince.”

Isabel and Lucas spoke simultaneously, showing proper etiquette towards royalty. Joshua, who was sitting crookedly on the sofa looking at the two, slightly furrowed his brow.

“Why just the two of you?”

“Pardon?”

Isabel straightened her back and asked back.

“Aren’t there four children of the Duke’s family now?”

Lucas brightened up.

“Ah! Are you referring to the little one?”

“Lucas, lower your voice.”

After giving a small reprimand, Isabel asked again.

“Are you referring to Rose?”

“Yes. Rose, that was the name.”

“I’ll explain that instead, Your Highness.”

Duke Adrian stood up.

“Rose, that child hasn’t had etiquette lessons yet. She’s in a state where it’s difficult to have an audience with Your Highness because she hasn’t learned the proper etiquette for royalty.”

“It’s fine even if she doesn’t observe proper etiquette.”

“That’s just the superficial reason, and the child isn’t ready to meet new people other than those in the mansion. I mean mental preparation.”

“Does that require mental preparation?”

The Duke smiled slightly.

“For some, it requires courage.”

“Hmm, courage.”

“Besides, the little one was super nervous when she first met us too!”

Lucas chimed in.

“Lucas, you should be polite in front of His Highness the Prince.”

Isabel scolded, but Joshua didn’t seem particularly displeased. Rather, he leaned towards Lucas with interest.

“Really? How was it?”

Lucas looked at the Duke. When Duke Adrian nodded lightly, he approached Joshua.

“The little one, I mean Rose, is very shy.”

“Hmm?”

“So I hope Your Highness could understand a little.”

Joshua chuckled.

“It seems not only Daniel but everyone cares for that child. I’m curious what charm she has, but since both my mentor and Lucas say so, I’ll wait for the next opportunity.”

After that, other topics were discussed in the reception room instead of Rosette. However, all of Joshua’s attention was directed towards Rosette Adrian, who would be somewhere in this mansion.

‘I wonder how she captured the hearts of the Adrian family members in just two months.’

However, one thing was clear: it didn’t seem like Rosette Adrian held any grudge against the Adrian family.

‘Is she a different person, or does she not remember the past? Or else…’

Is she hiding her claws?

Joshua twisted his lips.

That was something to find out gradually.

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“Is it really okay?”

Even after Duke Adrian left, Rosette couldn’t relax.

“If Dad is in trouble because of me…”

“It’ll be fine, young lady.”

Instead of dressing Rosette in an outing dress, Joanne brought milk pudding. She smiled as she put the pudding plate and dessert spoon in the child’s hands.

“The master is His Highness the Prince’s mentor. And His Highness greatly respects the master. If the master asks for understanding, His Highness will surely understand.”

Is it really okay? While munching on the milk pudding, Rosette couldn’t help but worry. She summoned Pipi when Joanne briefly left the room.

[Beep!]

Pipi happily rubbed its face against Rosette’s cheek. Giggling, Rosette carefully held Pipi with both hands and asked.

“Pipi, go out and find the room where big brother Lucas is.”

[Beep?]

“Listen carefully to what people are saying in that room and come back.”

[Beep! Beeep!]

How can I listen to all that! Rosette, you fool!

Pipi grumpily puffed up all its fur. Rosette, realizing her mistake, added.

“I don’t mean listen to everything, just hear if they’re talking about me.”

[Beep!]

If that’s the case, I can do it! Just trust me!

Pipi, who had made a bold claim, fluttered out through the open window.

Rosette quickly called out to Pipi’s disappearing tail feathers.

“Don’t get caught by anyone! Absolutely not! Got it?”

[Beeep!]

Rosette only resumed eating her milk pudding after Pipi had completely disappeared. The sweetness melting in her mouth was so delicious that she even scraped the plate clean.

How much time had passed like that?

[Beep!]

Pipi returned after finishing its espionage. When Rosette extended her finger, Pipi landed on her index finger, flapping its wings vigorously.

“So, Pipi. You went and came back without getting caught, right?”

[Beep!]

“What is everyone doing?”

[Beeeep!]

“I see, so that’s what happened.”

Only after hearing from Pipi that ‘Everyone is eating snacks and playing! They don’t seem to be looking for you!’ could Rosette finally relax.

“That’s a relief.”

[Pipibeep!]

Pipi pecked at Rosette’s relieved hand with its beak. Rosette crumbled the biscuits Joanne had brought and sprinkled them on the table.

Rosette smiled contentedly watching Pipi eagerly peck at the biscuit crumbs.

And so, Rosette finished her day without knowing that Joshua had come to meet her.

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It had already been three months since coming to the Adrian mansion.

Rosette finally started taking classes in earnest.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, young lady. I am Jane Noyer.”

Countess Noyer, who would be in charge of Rosette’s overall education, was a person with brown hair and green eyes.

And.

‘Jane?’

At the familiar name, Rosette’s eyes widened, and Countess Noyer asked with a smile.

“Is something the matter?”

“My favorite sister’s name is also Jane.”

“Oh my, is that so? What a delightful connection. Then, can I be the second Jane to become close to you, young lady?”

Rosette’s face flushed slightly at Countess Noyer’s friendly attitude.

“Yes.”

In fact, Rosette had been very nervous until she met Countess Noyer. In the past, the teacher who taught her at the Dallas Viscount’s house was strict and, above all, disliked her.

−Even if it’s Viscount Dallas’s order, teaching such a child. Hah, this is unacceptable.

Those piercing eyes were still vivid in her mind. So she was extremely worried that Countess Noyer might dislike her too.

Even when Lucas, who had received her teachings, said ‘Countess Noyer is a really nice person!’, her tension didn’t ease.

But meeting her in person, Countess Noyer was truly a good person.

‘But I shouldn’t let my guard down. If I don’t do well, she might get very angry.’

Rosette sat at the desk without relaxing her tension.

“Now, today we’ll learn the alphabet.”

“Yes, Countess Noyer.”

Countess Noyer slowly wrote the alphabet in order next to Rosette. Rosette wiggled her fingers and copied the alphabet below.

Since it was the first time writing letters with this body, the writing was more crooked than expected.

‘I need to do well…’

As she was feeling flustered, Countess Noyer smiled brightly.

“You’ve written very well.”

“Really?”

“Yes. It’s usually difficult to even copy the alphabet at first, but you’re doing well.”

Rosette fidgeted with her feet under the desk. It was a sign that she felt good.

‘I want to do better and receive more praise.’

In the past, when Rosette went to the Dallas mansion, she first learned the letters that would be the foundation for magic lessons.

Under Viscount Dallas’s stern pressure, she had to memorize the alphabet in just one day. This was because Viscount Dallas threatened not to give her food if she didn’t.

Even after memorizing the alphabet, she couldn’t relax. Afterwards, Viscount Dallas personally made Rosette read books every day, and if Rosette couldn’t read words properly, he would hit her hands with a ruler.

In the early days of staying at the Dallas Viscount’s house, Rosette’s hands were always swollen. Rosette desperately studied with a dictionary every night to avoid being hit.

Anyway, thanks to that intense training, she could read letters faster than anyone else and quickly read difficult books.

Viscount Dallas gave something close to praise when he saw Rosette who had prepared more than he had instructed.

−You do have some use after all. Just keep doing that from now on. So that I don’t regret bringing you here.

It was inappropriate to call it praise, but Rosette liked even those words very much. So she worked even harder.

‘If I catch up with the lessons quickly, will Dad praise me?’

Rosette roughly planned her future with that thought.

Today, she would pretend not to know much, and then pretend to have memorized everything two days later. That’s how it was in the past.

However, Rosette realized two days later that this was a misjudgment.

“You’ve memorized everything?”

On the third day of lessons, Countess Noyer, Rosette’s teacher, asked back in surprise.

This was because as soon as she entered the study room, Rosette had raised one hand and said, ‘I’ve memorized all the alphabet!’

“Yes!”

“But how in just two days…”

She had personally taught the three Adrian siblings. Although they learned letters at a younger age than Rosette, it took over a week for the three children to fully grasp the alphabet.

Especially Lucas, who disliked studying and often made excuses to skip lessons, learned at an even slower pace.

But in just two days?

‘She must be exaggerating.’

Perhaps Rosette had inflated her words to receive praise. It was typical of a child that age.

Countess Noyer smiled and praised her.

“Well done. Then shall we try a dictation?”

And during the subsequent dictation lesson, she was genuinely surprised.

‘She really did memorize everything!’