Now I am the Villainess of the Hourglass.

III

"Aria, you look absolutely gorgeous!" Karin said when she saw her daughter enter the garden she entered.

"Mother! You also look radiant in those clothes!"

The blonde praised her mother with genuine happiness as she hugged her, seeing her yellow dress and crimson jewelry that complemented it. The young woman remembered how in her old life she had a small platonic crush on the woman in front of her, but in those five years those feelings quickly turned into fraternal ones, especially she admired how hard she worked so that she had food, even though most of it was hard bread, when she managed to have something edible, Karin let her eat it.

"Mh~ you smell so good dear, did you use one of the bath oils?" Asked the chestnut stroking her daughter's hair.

"Yes, one of Jacarandas, it is the flower that I use as bookmarks." Explained the girl showing her the dry petal.

"I see, without a doubt it goes well with you, honey." The now Countess separated from her daughter to show her the fountain in the garden. "It's beautiful, isn't it? From now on our only concern will be taking care of this beautiful garden together."

The blonde smiled and leaned closer to her mother, admiring the garden with only the noise of the water in the fountain in the background. The servants who accompanied them couldn't help but be captivated by the image of those two beautiful people. After a while, the youngest asked to be shown the rest of the mansion. Jessie was already enchanted by little Aria, while the new servant seemed to be giving in to her charms as well, but she resisted as much as she could, she couldn't betray her mistress just because these whores are beautiful.

Veri had to be good if she wanted Emma's job one day.

Walking through the corridors, the two now nobles asked about the place, with only Aria noticing the look at the end of the corridor, since her death she became very careful with her surroundings and sharpened all her senses, feeling that she was being observed for the second time, she stayed a little behind and turned to see that it was the family Butler, the one that the original Aria saved when the Carriage incident happened. Could he be on the orders of the Roscentes? She doubted it was from the Earl, he didn't care what his new wife did, and she didn't think it was because of Mielle considering that she has the servants, did Cain send him? But why, does he want to analyze her behavior? She could see how the man was surprised at having been exposed, the blonde couldn't help but smile amused by the face he put on.

"Is something wrong my Lady?" Jessie asked when she saw how the girl stopped.

"It's nothing, she was just admiring the decoration on the walls, all the paintings look very nice." Said the girl with an innocent smile and sneaking between the ladies and the butler so they wouldn't notice. "As it is difficult to keep this clean, you and the other employees must do a great job."

The two maids blushed when they heard the flattery to which they were not used at all, while they were distracted, the blonde turned to see the butler and gave a small nod in greeting with a smile and as if nothing had happened, she asked:

"Although to be honest, I'm getting a little hungry, will dinner be served soon?"

"Oh! There's still a little more to go, but we can make you some tea if you want." Jessie said.

"How about taking it in the garden, dear?" Karin said, taking her daughter from her shoulders.

"A great idea mother."

And they went down the hall under the watchful eye of the butler, who immediately went to inform his Young Master about the two new residents of the house. It didn't take long for her to get to her room and she told her everything, including that rare silent encounter with the minor.