Chapter 70: 70

“Yes! Are you talking about this young girl?”

I looked into the little portrait. In the square frame, a girl in a blue dress looked at me.

Bright blonde hair, blue eyes. It was a face I already knew.

As I stared at the young girl in the portrait for a while, Hugo gently stopped me.

“Lily, that young girl’s qualifications are very poor compared to other candidates.”

When I still couldn’t put the portrait down, Hugo took the frame from my hand and set it down on the magic circle.

“…And personality is the most important thing. I’ll test it out.”

Hugo casted the spell again. The same as before.

I widened my eyes at the scene that followed.

Hugo’s pendulum shook, then it spun like crazy in place.

It was the most intense reaction I saw today.

‘Wow, that magic really works. It wasn’t a scam.’

Hugo, with a hardened expression on his face, showed me a different portrait.

“What about this one?” 

Among the candidates Nike presented, she was the most perfect young girl.

There was nothing lacking in beauty and intelligence. But I slowly shook my head. 

Because of her perfection, she couldn’t be my friend.

Hugo was stunned, but Alan gently stroked my hair.

“Lily, do you like that child?” 

“…Yes.”

Alan skimmed through the profile of the child I had chosen and handed it back to Nike.

“Bring this young girl to the castle within an hour. Lily and I will see her and make the final decision.”  

“Father!”  

Even as Hugo began to contemplate, Alan flicked towards the door as if he would not take back the decision.

As soon as Nike left the office, Hugo impatiently took off his glasses and wiped them to make them clearer.

“Father. Didn’t you just see the magic?”  

“She certainly doesn’t seem like a good kid.”

“Then why…” 

“So, Lily.”  

Alan looked intently at me, who was in his lap.

“If she is bothering you, tell me.”

As if imagining such a situation, his jade-colored eyes narrowed like a carnivore that found its prey.  

‘…I don’t think I can tell you because I’m afraid that someone will die from this.’

Fortunately, Alan didn’t really care about my friend’s personality.

Maybe it was because this was an area that he could control with his power.  

‘Or is it just because you are the villain?’  

Hugo, unlike Alan, was still worried. 

“Father. What if that young girl has a bad influence on Lily?”

Alan tilted his head as if he didn’t understand what his son was saying.  

“Even if Lily gets spoiled, what’s the problem?”

 …It was really a villainous line.

***

The interview with my companion was done swiftly.  Since I liked it, of course the result was a pass.

The young girl, who became my friend, moved into the ducal castle as soon as the next day came.

My first encounter with her took place on a sunny morning. In a living room with cute refreshments.  

As soon as the girl, who was in a pretty, but more modest dress than mine, saw me, she politely lifted the hem of her skirt and greeted me. 

“It’s my first time meeting you, Princess. My name is Yuria.”  

After gesturing to the maids who were in my room to leave, I checked Yuria’s face once more.

‘As expected, it was you.’

I calmly took a breath and raised my chin. And I deliberately let out a scoff and shot a savage line towards her.

“First time? Hey, don’t you remember me?” 

Yuria was visibly taken aback by my sudden change of attitude.

“I, I’m sorry. I can’t remember where I saw you…” 

“Hmm. Really?” 

I walked over to Yuria and grabbed her by the chin.

“Look at my face clearly. Or is it that you can’t recognize me because there’s no mud on me?” 

Only then did Yuria contort her face as if she had finally realized the truth.

It seemed that she was slowly realizing it. The fact that it was not her first meeting with me.  

Yuria was a friend of that brat, Klaus, who threw stones at me in the ant cave.

Even after becoming the fake princess, I had met her once.

It was on the rainy day I first met Benny.  

“No, no way, that maid…” 

“Yes, it’s me. The maid that your friend grabbed by the collar.”  

To be more precise, the fire ant that was stoned by your friend, Klaus, every day. Although you wouldn’t know that.  

Yuria was the perfect child for what I wanted.

I didn’t want a good kid to be my companion as Hugo had wished.

Since if I run away in 4 years, she would be incriminated and get caught up in rumors in society because she was a friend of a fake princess.

‘It’s something that can be done to an innocent kid.’

‘Yes, as long as you are not guilty.’

I crossed my arms and tried to speak as cockily as possible.

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“At that time, I pretended to be a maid. Because the carnival committee was at the castle, I didn’t want to cause any fuss. But I still haven’t forgotten.”  

I touched my fingernails and brought my face towards Yuria’s.  

“The Princess of House Bauner was lying on the floor in the mud, and you were worried that your clothes might get wet from being next to me. How shameless!”

Should I say it like this to get a head start? Am I doing well? 

I felt like I was going crazy because the vicious tone sounded awkward even to myself. 

I was worried that I looked funny, but when I narrowed my eyes, it seemed to have worked surprisingly well.

“…I, I’m sorry, Princess. I didn’t know you were really the princess!”

Yuria, who became afraid, fell flat in front of me.  

“Klaus ran away late at night after his father’s business went bankrupt, so we don’t know each other anymore. So please forgive me!”

Yuria put her hands together and begged like a fly. She reacted more violently than expected. No wonder it was fascinating.

Yuria was the child that watched without hesitation when Klaus threw stones at me in the ant cave.

Even when blood spurted from the top of my head, instead of stopping Klaus, she would only yawn as if she was bored.

At that time, I was afraid of such a Yuria. No, everyone in the ant cave was afraid.

To them, I was nothing more than a fire ant crawling at their feet. But seeing this kind of trembling Yuria, I realised she was nothing but a little child.

Was it because of the disappearance of Klaus, the leader of the bad gang?  

‘…No, Yuria hasn’t changed. I’m the one who changed.’

To be precise, it must be because my status has changed. I was now a princess, and I could punish the child who tormented me at will.

It was kind of ironic, so I laughed out loud.  

I think there was a fairy tale like this. A story of a prince and a beggar who looked alike.  

I hadn’t changed at all, but everything changed just by the clothes I wear.

Yuria’s face grew paler and paler as she looked at my smile.

“I will do anything. Please, please don’t tell the Duke!”

Yuria must have been in panic as her true feelings came out.

She was not really sorry to me.

More than that, she was worried that she might be punished if I told Alan of her sins.

I sighed.

“You must be more scared of my dad.”

Only then did Yuria shut her mouth.

I seemed to have hit the nail. 

“I, well… that’s…!”  

As I watched Yuria sweating profusely, I somehow felt relieved.

I was thinking about how I would get rid of her if she knew I was the fire ant… 

‘Now that I see it, I don’t have to.’

It was a bit of a gamble for me to have her as a companion.

She knew my days in the ant cave. Besides, unlike Klaus, who was stupid, she was pretty quick-witted.

Even when we first met in the ducal castle, she even noticed that I looked like a fire ant. 

But that was it.  

‘You won’t be able to think of it more than someone who just looks like her.’

It wasn’t just because it was nonsense.

Compared to a few months ago, my appearance had changed to the level of transformation. 

I gained weight, and became so different from the shabby appearance that Yuria saw in the ant cave. 

As stated in her profile, Yuria was only 13 years old. She was older than me, but she was still a child.  

She wouldn’t be able to even grasp the fact that I’m the ‘fire ant’ just by the sense of a strange feeling. 

She was not the type to survive through all the hardships like Michael.

“Right, did you say you’d do anything?”  

I was relieved and immersed in the acting of an angry villainous princess.  

Yuria, who sat on the floor, nodded her head violently and looked up at me.  

Now our positions were completely different from the past. 

I pretended to be worried and groaned, then I pointed to the door.

“Get out of my sight right now.”  

“Yes?”  

Yuria blinked, as if puzzled.

I openly frowned at her reaction.  

“I don’t want to see your face, so close the door and leave.”

“I, I am the Princess’ friend… Are you cutting me off like this…?”

Yuria’s eyes gradually became teary.  

I was even more perplexed because she, who had always been acting coy, cried.

“My father was Klaus, that brat’s father’s ex-attendant, so the family situation is very difficult right now.. If even the Princess banishes me, I will be severely scolded as soon as I get back.”

Yuria burst into tears.

In short, her father was unemployed.  

It would be a great opportunity for her family, who was in a difficult situation, if she was to be the princess’ companion.

‘Wow, even in this situation, you don’t give up on a single chance.’

In a way, it was great. What would she do if I got more angry and made a fuss?  

‘I don’t know how to do it, so I won’t do it…’

I pondered for a moment, then grabbed Yuria’s cheeks and met her eyes.

It was exactly what Klaus did to me.

“I’ll call you when I need a companion. Do you understand?”

I let Yuria go as if tossing her away.  

She wasn’t even pushed that hard, but Yuria’s body staggered. I was momentarily perplexed. 

‘What, what? Why are you so weak? Are all noble girls like that?’

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