Chapter 84. Asterope Franz, Part I
Translator: Khan
Editor Group: Liber Reverie
Annie hurried on to answer Aria's questions. "His Highness checked Miss Mielle's face and said, 'You're Mielle? Why do you call yourself Mielle? No way!' He must have meant that she was not Mielle!"
Aria's body was shaken once because Annie even mimicked the speech tone she had never heard.
Annie could not see a single hair because Aria concealed herself in the blanket, but she thought she was listening to her, and continued, "So she was unable to answer any questions, and came back to the mansion, weeping."
That was why her eyes were swollen. This solved the reason why Mielle's eyes were swollen.
'But what difference does that make? Nothing changes.' Whether Mielle was insulted or her eyes were swollen, Oscar had already left.
"And by the way, there's another very important piece of information! It's about Miss Mielle again!"
Has she been working hard on Mielle's information in the meantime? Annie looked around once and said, locking the windows and the door again.
"The gift which was sent to Miss Mielle was not bought by Oscar, but it was by the servant of the princess."
Aria got a little interested this time. She plucked her face out of the quilt and asked if it was real. Then Annie clapped her hands and answered,
"Yes! Before you came to the mansion of the Roscent family, there was a maid who had moved to the mansion of the family of Duke Frederick, and she told me! So I'm sure! Oh, this is a secret, miss. I think it was not from Oscar but from the princess. You and Mr. Oscar are close enough to exchange letters!"
Aria's upper body was completely out.
If that had been true... If he had been kind to Mielle at the request of the princess...! Of course, it was true that Oscar had drawn a line for her, even though it was right that the princess had sent a gift to Mielle, but at least it was a little less hurtful. And...
'I thought that no matter what I do, it's not that the future doesn't change, but maybe...'
She thought that she might not have been able to change it because it had not yet reached the great existence of the princess.
'If so, shouldn't I change it again?' The cleverness returned to Aria's eyes. With that, Jessie also had a smile on her face. Annie was also very happy that her lifeline had returned to normal.
"Miss, shall I bring you a meal?"
"Yes. I'll have to wash before that."
"I'll prepare water for bath!"
Annie hurried out of the room. Aria got out of bed and tried to raise her body, but as she moved her stiff, sore body, her body staggered because of a different view than before.
"Oh my! Miss?" Jessie hastily backed her up. "Are you all right?"
"It's okay. It's just because of a sudden walk, isn't it? Why is it so awkward?"
'Did my muscles degenerate while I was lying down?' She was walking around the room, hoping to get used to it before the water for bath was prepared. However, Jessie who was looking at her was horrified.
Aria asked in wonder, "Why?"
"Miss...! Your height...?!"
"My height?"
Aria turned her body and stood in front of the mirror.
"How the hell...?"
There was a distinctly different look in the mirror. Her height grew about seven inches, even though she still looked young, but at first glance, she looked like an adult because she had skipped meals for several days or lost a little weight.
'Even though I have eaten much nutrition recently, can I grow that much in this short-term?'
Feeling back in her original form, Aria stared blankly into the mirror and lost her words for a moment. And when she took a bath and straightened her hair as Jessie prepared, she was much more noticeable than before.
"Well... miss, you need to get a new dress. The clothes you have are a little smaller."
The clothes she had were tailored to Aria's body shape, so she could wear them by force, but now that she had grown up about seven inches, it was uncomfortable and the design didn't match.
"I guess so. Let's go out after dinner."
"Yes! Miss!"
After eating a meal mixed with salad and vegetables, she drank the medicine that the count had given. It didn't feel too strong and bitter, but she thought it wasn't cheap medicine because it was a reward for the warehouse. And among the clothes I had for going out, she wore clothes that fit her body and put on her outer clothes.
"What do you want to do with the clothes in the closet?"
"There are a lot of clothes I can't even wear. Since I don't need them, will you take care of them?"
"Oh, my God...! Yes! Miss!"
It meant that she wanted them to be disposed of, or they could wear them if they wanted to wear them. The clothes she had bought before were cheap ones, but the ones she had bought recently had been quite expensive and luxurious.
Annie's face was dyed red. Jessie also glistened her eyes. Aria left her room, thinking that Jessie was also greedy.
"Sister...? Are you going out?"
Alas, Aria thought Mielle might be walking around the mansion again today. Aria couldn't believe Mielle was having a tea party in the garden with so many people. The young ladies she had seen at Mielle's birthday party looked at her arrogantly, as usual. They seemed to be thinking about how to insult the daughter of a vulgar prostitute.
"Yes, my height has suddenly grown tall that my clothes don't fit. I envy people who maintain small bodies like children even when they get older."
Aria, however, had no intention of being attacked helplessly. On the contrary, even though they were one or two years older than herself, they were still small and childlike, and she only laughed at them.
They might think that when they became adults they would become like mature adults, but that was just an illusion. As far as she could remember, Mielle's stupid friends didn't grow much in adulthood.
Nevertheless, the women, who could not move a few steps in their unsuitable dresses and high heels, had laughed at Aria until she died, saying that she looked like her mother and her body was vulgar. However, it was they who had been laughed at.
"Then, I'll excuse you."
Aria, who was disappearing with her hair fluttering, the fans of the young ladies moved quickly. Mielle also opened her eyes in a circle, as if embarrassed by Aria's appearance. She had been smaller than her age. And Mielle thought that the reason she had stayed in her room was not that she had been jealous or envious, but that her height had grown tall like that.
There was a force in the hand of Mielle, which held the cup. In many ways, she was a nuisance and irritating being.
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"Wow, miss! That dress looks so good on you, too!"
"Really? Then let's buy this, too."
'How can she fit in every dress like that?' Annie's eyes glistened. Her look to have ignored her as a prostitute's daughter in the meantime had disappeared somewhere.
Aria had been depressed for a while, but she was more beautiful and graceful than any other young girls she had ever encountered in a boutique. It was as if a noblewoman should have a beauty that was different from a commoner like that.
Among the nobles, only the rich visited the boutique and it was obvious that they were all noble of great families, but no one was as enchanting as Aria. Afterward, if she also raised her status and became a noblewoman, she might be so beautiful like her; Annie was deluding herself.
Aria, who had chosen ten dresses, shoes and ornaments for quite a long time, sat down on the sofa as if she were satisfied with them.
"Is there anything else you're looking for?"
The employee of the boutique asked politely. It was a distinctly different attitude from when she had first named herself Aria of the Roscent family. That power might be feeble, but the rumor from Sarah's meeting must have played a part; another rumor that she was totally different from the rumor.
Aria, who had soft black tea in her mouth, thought about it for a while without saying anything and said she had something else to buy.
"Please recommend some clothes for my maids. They would accompany me to a party."
"Ah! Yes, I see."
Then some of the staff measured Annie and Jessie's size and quickly disappeared. Giving new clothes, not a maid uniform of the family, to her own maids meant that she would free them from cleaning and chores.