A mother who had to leave for the capital to marry the emperor, even though she had just given birth. Helena, who had to be raised as if she were born from a nameless viscount’s kindness.
[Dash]”Poor thing.”Revealing the secret, Rachel said that many times.
So Helena felt really pitiful, and all the resentment was directed at Ariana.
In the end, Ariana did nothing wrong.
But Helena had been brainwashed since she was a child, hearing words like ‘You can do whatever you want to Ariana.’, ‘Your only sister is Victoria.’
Without even knowing, the wall that had been built between her and Ariana made Ariana a complete stranger, and Helena had no choice but to think that Ariana was the root of all problems.
Victoria, who thought she had normal parents and didn’t know anything, was also annoying, but Ariana was more annoying.
[Dash]”I didn’t want to have her. I really didn’t want to.”Rachel hugged Helena tightly, repeating the same words several times, crying.
Thinking of her mother, who had to marry a man she didn’t love for the sake of the capital and give birth, Helena’s heart ached.
So Ariana, who was born that way and was treated as the second princess in the Duke of Bronthe’s house, became more and more hateful.
Yesterday, because Ariana spilled everything in front of the Duchess, Luigi was beaten and locked in the attic, and Helena was scolded by her mother.
In addition, Ariana got out of the barren attic and began to use a good room with a bed.
‘Do you think that room suits you?’
Helena didn’t want to see Ariana enjoy even one thing from the Bronthe family.
If she wanted, she would go into that room right away, grab Ariana’s hair, and make her pay for yesterday’s affair. But Rachel said she had to endure until the Duchess left.
Helena clenched her fist, and Victoria approached, affectionately hooking her arm.
“Sister, why do you look so bad?”
Helena glared at Victoria, who was unusually precocious for her age.
With slightly dark blonde hair and green eyes, much like her mother, Victoria looked lovely and pure.
“You got scolded by Mom because of you.”
Victoria stared quietly at Helena, who spoke like a child.
Helena, who was three years older than Victoria, often acted like a child. It was Rachel’s fault for letting Helena do whatever she wanted.
Victoria, who didn’t know Helena’s secret, couldn’t understand Rachel’s attitude.
‘Why does she cherish Helena, the daughter of the former Duchess, more than me and Ariana, her own daughters?’
Such a question frightened young Victoria.
자칫 잘못하다가는 자신 또한 부모님의 눈 밖에 나서 아리아나와 같은 대우를 받게 될지도 모른다는 불안감. 어떻게든 헬레나보다 부모님에게 더 인정받아야만 한다는 초조감.
그런 것들이 빅토리아를 또래보다 조숙하게 만들었다.
항상 부모님의 기분을 살피며 살아온 빅토리아는 눈치가 빠르고 머리 회전이 남달랐다.
“Huh? Because of me? Ah, are you talking about Luigi’s incident yesterday?”
“Yes.”
“Sis, why is it because of me?”
“It’s because of you. You said it would be good to feed that child spoiled food. Because he ate it and collapsed, Mom scolded him severely.”
At the words ‘scolded severely,’ Victoria was incredulous, but she didn’t show her feelings and wore a worried expression.
“Did Mom scold him a lot? That must have hurt, sis. What to do. But sis, I just said that it suits Ariana to eat rotten food, and only mentioned that she’s living high and mighty thanks to Mom bringing her here. But if you feel like you were scolded by Mom because of what I said, I’m really sorry.”
When Victoria apologized meekly, Helena’s mood seemed to lighten a bit, and she pursed her lips.
Victoria looked at her older sister, easy to handle like a child, and smiled inwardly.
Victoria, linking arms with Helena, spoke as they slowly walked.
“Sis, it must really hurt. It’s all because of Ariana. Ariana tattled everything to Grandma… Even though you treat her so well, Ariana doesn’t know gratitude, and told everything to Grandma.”
“That’s right!”
“Because of Ariana, Luigi is locked in the attic, and you are inconvenienced by losing one maid, but she must be lying comfortably in a good room, right?”
“Ah, I really hate her! She should go to the orphanage, why is she here causing trouble?”
Victoria knew the reason why Rachel kept Ariana around.
A daughter born into a noble family must serve to reinforce the family’s power by marrying into another good family.
But there are families in the world that have the required power, but not the reputation, so they’re reluctant to send their precious daughters to them.
Ariana will eventually marry into such a family.
As soon as they entered Helena’s room, a portrait hanging on the reception room wall caught their eye.
A beautiful man with silver hair, white skin, fierce eyes, and red irises. It was a portrait of the North General Cyrus Karha.
It was a matter of shame for a noble young lady to openly hang a portrait of an outsider man, but Helena showed no sign of embarrassment.
Helena, with Victoria beside her, looked up at the portrait with her hands clasped in front of her chest, as if in rapture, and said,
“Isn’t he truly beautiful?”
“Yeah, he really is. Really impressive. But does he really look like that portrait? These days, nobles have their portraits drawn more handsomely than they actually are, don’t they?”
“The North General is different. They say he’s much more magnificent than his portrait.”
“We’ll be able to verify that when the North General arrives in Seoryeong, won’t we?”
At the subtle hint dropped by Victoria, Helena’s eyes sparkled as she turned around.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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