Rosette didn’t smile this time. Instead, she opened her eyes wide and observed the four family members.

The pink hair suited everyone quite well. Especially Isabel in her white dress looked as pretty as an angel.

Rosette unconsciously touched her own hair.

‘Pink can be that pretty too.’

And at the same time, she realized.

‘I guess they all heard that I wanted to change my hair color.’

It seemed that her loving family had decided to change their hair color for Rosette’s sake.

‘It must not have been an easy decision.’

Once again, her heart swelled with warmth. It’s tiring to say it over and over, but at times like this, she felt deeply loved.

Daniel, seeing Rosette’s flushed face, asked gently.

“Do you feel like we’re a family now?”

“…Yes.”

Unable to contain her embarrassment, Rosette tapped the floor with her shoe tip. She also felt a tickling sensation in her throat.

Lucas chattered.

“You dummy! We’re family even if our hair colors are different! Right, elder sister?”

“Well, yeah. Our late mother had brown hair, you know.”

“That’s right! If different hair color means we’re not family, then our mom wouldn’t be family either?”

“But…”

The late Duchess Adrian was blood-related family, wasn’t she?

Rosette, who was about to chirp that, closed her mouth. She didn’t want to ruin the mood by saying those words out loud.

Instead, she smiled brightly and said.

“That’s right! We are family.”

“Of course!”

“I’m an Adrian too!”

“That’s right!”

Lucas got excited and grabbed Rosette’s pigtails, shaking them. He got scolded by Isabel for that.

“But Dad, elder sister, elder brother. Are you all going to stay like that?”

Daniel smiled playfully.

“That’s the plan, why? Don’t you like it? Is it bad?”

“No! It’s cool! Really! But…”

Rosette mumbled.

“But I prefer Dad and elder sister and elder brother to go back to platinum blonde.”

“Why?”

“Well, because that’s your original hair color. I like you much better as you originally are.”

Daniel answered with a smile.

“We feel the same way, Rose.”

“The same?”

“Yes. We really like how you look now too. Your hair color is as pretty as a rose, and your face is cute.”

“That’s right, that’s right!”

“I think so too.”

As Lucas and Isabel chimed in, Rosette became too embarrassed. She buried her face in both hands.

However, she couldn’t hide her reddened ears. The three siblings and Duke Adrian laughed out loud.

“Ugh, I won’t think about changing my hair color anymore.”

“Good! That’s how it should be, little one!”

“So please hurry and return to platinum blonde, everyone.”

“Lift your head!”

When Rosette lifted her head at Lucas’s shout, what she saw was the four people back to their original hair color.

‘As expected, this suits everyone better.’

Rosette smiled slightly.

“And now that I think about it, I don’t think platinum blonde would suit me.”

Daniel chuckled.

“Our youngest would have been pretty with platinum blonde too, but pink is prettier.”

Then he took her small hand and led her.

“Let’s eat now.”

“Yes!”

Rosette followed Daniel, walking to the table with small steps.

Every time she did, her fine pink hair swayed gently.

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“Father!”

It was dinnertime as usual. While everyone was waiting for dessert, Lucas raised his hand high, waiting for permission to speak.

Seeing Duke Adrian nod, he opened his mouth again.

“I heard the youngest is doing well in her studies.”

Isabel muttered cynically.

“Unlike someone else.”

“Shut up!”

Lucas glared at Isabel with a reddened face. Isabel shrugged.

“I didn’t specifically mention anyone. Why, feeling guilty?”

“Grr!”

“So what did you want to say?”

Duke Adrian mediated. Lucas continued his interrupted speech.

“So I was thinking, how about giving the youngest a reward?”

“A reward?”

“Yes! For example, going out to Roam Street to buy a gift!”

Daniel smiled slightly.

“It seems like it’s Lucas who wants to go to Roam Street, not Rose.”

Lucas, whose true intentions were exposed, sheepishly scratched the back of his head.

“Anyway. The youngest hasn’t really been out properly until now, right?”

“That’s true.”

Daniel nodded in agreement.

Although it had been about three months since Rosette came to Duke Adrian’s mansion, as Lucas said, she had never properly left the mansion. It was because the people of the Adrian ducal family were so protective.

Interest in Rosette Adrian was still high in the capital. Duke Adrian was extremely reluctant to expose her to people, fearing she might be harmed.

However, Rosette didn’t have many complaints because there was a lot to see and do in the mansion.

But Lucas seemed to think differently. He started pestering Rosette outright.

“What do you think, squirt? Don’t you want to go out too?”

“I don’t really…”

“What? Why? Of course you should want to go out!”

Overwhelmed by Lucas’s enthusiasm, Rosette nodded.

“I, I want to go out.”

“See! The youngest says she wants to go out too. Right?”

Duke Adrian looked alternately at Lucas’s face full of expectation and Rosette who was belatedly a bit excited, and pondered.

‘It was about time to let her out. Besides, if it’s just a quick visit to Roam Street, nothing should go wrong.’

He soon nodded.

“Alright, let’s do that.”

“Wow!”

Lucas was even more excited than Rosette.

“Squirt, let’s do a lot of fun things when we go out!”

“Yes!”

Rosette replied, getting excited along with him.

That’s how the date for Rosette’s first official outing was set.

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On the morning of the day they were supposed to go to the busy Roam Street, Joan, who had bathed Rosette, dressed her in a pink outing dress. It was a gift from Lady Wide some time ago.

She had wondered when she would get to wear this, and finally, she was wearing it.

“Wow, young lady. You look really pretty!”

Rosette looked in the mirror as she heard Joan’s exclamation. Even to her, there was a pretty young lady standing there.

Fascinated by her doll-like appearance, she twirled around in place for no reason. Her pink hair and dress hem rose into the air and then settled down.

Joan clapped her hands.

“When you go out, everyone will only look at you, young lady.”

“Oh, no way.”

“It’s true. Have you ever seen me lie? Well then, everyone will be waiting, shall we go out?”

“Yes.”

When Rosette arrived at the first floor hall holding Joan’s hand, Daniel and Duke Adrian were having a serious conversation.

When Rosette asked Lucas with her eyes what was going on, he whispered in response.

“Father says something came up.”

“Something?”

“Yeah, so we might not be able to go out.”

“I see.”

Rosette didn’t show it, but she was a little sad. The outing dress she had carefully put on would go to waste.

Soon, Daniel and Duke Adrian, who had finished their conversation, approached Rosette.

“I’m sorry, Rose. Dad has an urgent matter, so it looks like we can’t go out.”

Duke Adrian was a father who prioritized his children above all else. For him to suddenly cancel like this after even preparing to go out meant that something truly urgent had come up.

So none of the four children expressed any dissatisfaction. Only Lucas quietly asked.

“Then are we going later?”

Although he tried to look calm, deep disappointment was evident on Lucas’s face.

That’s when Daniel smiled slightly.

“If you’re okay with it, how about we go by ourselves without Father?”

“By ourselves?”

“Yes. Father gave his permission too. If we take a few guards with us, it should be safe, and we’ve gone out by ourselves a few times before. It’s just Rose being added.”

“That’s right! We’ve already gone out without Father! I’ll take good care of Rose!”

“Elder brother is right! I’ll behave well and listen to elder brother!”

Duke Adrian finally relaxed his expression.

“Alright. Lucas, you need to take good care of Rose.”

“Of course!”

Following Lucas, Daniel added.

“I’ll take good care of the kids, so don’t worry.”

“Alright.”

Duke Adrian bent down to pat Rosette’s head.

“I’m sorry I can’t go with you. Instead, enjoy yourself to the fullest with your elder sister and brother.”

“Next time…”

“Hmm?”

Rosette gathered her courage and whispered.

“Let’s go together next time. It’s a promise.”

She carefully held out her right pinky finger. Duke Adrian’s eyes widened, then he smiled and linked his pinky with hers.

“Alright, I promise.”

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To be honest, Rosette was very disappointed that Duke Adrian couldn’t come along.

However, her heart soon softened like marshmallow. It was because of the scenery of Roam Street visible through the carriage window.

“Wow.”

When Rosette unconsciously exclaimed while looking out the window, Lucas had a proud expression.

“How is it, squirt? It’s amazing, right?”

“Yes!”

“It’s great, isn’t it?”

“Yes! Very much so!”

“Aren’t you grateful to me? I’m the one who suggested going out.”

Noticing the strange nuance in his words, Rosette turned to look at Lucas. Lucas was looking at her with an expectant face.

After some consideration, Rosette opened her mouth.

“Thank you, elder brother Lucas?”

Lucas coughed a few times and averted his gaze.

“Well, it’s nothing much.”

Daniel smiled, and Isabel clicked her tongue.

Noticing the gazes of the two, Rosette spoke once more.

“Thank you too, elder brother Daniel and elder sister Isabel. I’m very happy thanks to you.”

“I’m glad you’re happy, that makes me happy too.”

“Well, we were going to take you out sometime anyway, so there’s no need to thank us.”

The responses were also typical of the two. Although their reactions were opposite, Rosette knew that both of them cared for her.

She smiled slightly at them and then clung to the window again to observe the outside scenery.

‘It’s really wonderful!’

The lavishly decorated buildings and the sight of nobles walking around the streets. It was a scene she had never seen before, combining her past life and current life.

When she was in the orphanage, she couldn’t even dare to come to such a bustling area, and even after being adopted into the Dallas family, she had mostly stayed in the mansion.

In the past, she had only envied Elisha, who often said she had gone shopping and played in Roam Street.

What kind of things would happen here? Rosette’s little heart beat fast with excitement.