Becoming the Villain's Family

Chapter Thirteen

With the hope Aria had shown, she would like to cling to her life and make a bold ambition to get through it somehow.

'I've never met the grand duchess in person.'

But Aria wanted her to live no matter what.

She ran straight to the garden and picked up a freesia flower.

Aria tied a note to the bird's leg, put the flower in its beak, and sent it to the sky.

[I will show you the wonders of all the seasons.

Whether it's spring, summer, autumn, or winter.

I will bring the promise of seasons to come until spring arrives again.]

* * *

Aria needed to find a place where she could practice singing in secret.

She had thought of it as soon as her fever had gone down.

After blooming dozens of cherry blossoms with her 'Song of Life', she felt her 10-year-old body reaching its limit.

Her powers remained the same, but her current body couldn't withstand it because she hadn't been trained at all.

'I could die if I tried singing the song of healing or destruction...'

But in order to heal the Grand Duke's wife, she had to do it.

She held out a card.

[I'm not sick anymore.]

"Hmm, I still think you have a mild fever," Diana said, touching Aria's forehead and neck.

Aria stood up from her seat, pretending not to hear her.

"You have to rest one more night... Hey? Young miss, are you listening to me?"

She tried to escape, but she was caught right away. Aria shook her arm a few times before giving up.

Then after a while, she looked up at Diana with her big puppy dog eyes.

"No. You have to rest."

"....."

"Stop giving me those puppy-dog eyes. It's useless."

"......"

"I said, no!"

"......"

"Sigh..."

Diana sighed and finally raised both of her hands as a sign of surrender.

"Where do you want to go?"

[Garden.]

Aria was currently banned from viewing the flowers.

"Alright, I'll allow it just this once..."

Diana reluctantly agreed after Aria persistently insisted that she was not allergic to pollen.

"However, you must come back before sunset."

[Yes.]

"If you get lost, ask anyone around for help."

[Yes.]

"Do not hold back because everyone is willing to help."

[Yes.]

The conversation took longer than she thought it would.

She had to raise the [Yes.] card several times before Diana actually let her go.

After a while, Aria finally went to the garden.

She looked around as she pretended to admire the flowers in the garden.