I, who was good in commerce, was born into the house of an Earl.

My name is Yulias Nogger.

I am 17 years old and am currently attending the academy.

My father, mother and older brother were also capable people who had good heads that were full of business schemes. Therefore, our family can be considered as rich aristocrats.

Surrounded by such people, I have also come to love money. Naturally, I grew up to become a business-minded lady who hated the thought of losing something.

From the exploitation of commodities, books and so forth, to the selection of the publication, the buying and selling of goods and etc., I can do all of it.

Changing the subject, I have a fiancé.

It was the eldest son of the Marquis, Lamore Chorione.

However, although his face looked good, his head lacked some foresight.

Since the Marquis was the one who offered this engagement, coupled up with their position which was higher than our house, we did not see any reasons to refuse it.

But, though their rank was higher than our house, they were actually poorer.

Just by observing their home, it was obvious that their money had been spent on those tasteless furnishing and what-not.

When someone asked how we knew this, it can only be said that in business, rumours go hand in hand with the money.

Apart from his face that everyone envies, I do not see any appeal from my fiancé.

Ma~ Even though my husband is an idiot, it can still be counted as a good deal as long as I can make use of the name of the Marquis, right?

That was what I had previously thought.

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It was during my 2nd year in the academy when my shallow opinion changed…..

How did it come to this?

The transfer student came in when I entered my 2nd year of the academy.

She was the daughter of an Earl with a commoner lineage.

Both of us had similar statuses as daughters of an Earl’s house; however, with her long, wavy blonde hair and big, rounded blue eyes wrapped up in a petite frame, I was a little bit stumped when I looked at her.

It felt like I had seen her somewhere before.

That girl’s name was Yuri Banache.

With a cute appearance and a charming personality, my fiancé immediately fell in love with her.

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“I am not going to marry you.”

For him to especially summon me, I was quite surprised with the words that came out of his mouth.

“I will absolutely annul the engagement between us.”

“Ha~ I understand.”

This guy was truly stupid.

That was my impression of him at that time.

I mean, that Marquis’ house of his had been demanding our house to send forward the money that will be used to cover the cost for the engagement arrangement on a monthly basis, typically like a fixed-term deposit.

I need to take our money back.

That was my next thought.

“Stop harassing Yuri!”

Eh? I didn’t do it though? Do you mean you wanted me to bully her?

It’s impossible even if you asked me to do it.

If you wanted me to do it, how much are you going to pay?

After saying whatever he had wanted, my fiancé left immediately.

“If you can annul the engagement, then please feel free to do so.”

I muttered with a small smile on my face while I watched my fiancé retreating back.

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I finally understood why I felt like I had seen Yuri Banache before.

She was similar to the heroine, Banache-san.

I began to mumble the title of the love story that was popular among the commoners.

[My heart is pounding, even if I become a noble, I will still do my best!] It was a story that was written for me and that heroine was similar to Banache-san.

“My lady? Did you said something just now?”

“It’s nothing, Mathilda-san.”

“Then, let’s continue.”

Even though Mathilda-san was already 65 years old, she was actually the author who had written the novel [My heart is pounding, even if I become a noble, I will still do my best!]

Until a few years ago, she was the nursemaid for this country’s Prince.

“If he is a prince, then why is he sleeping under the shade of the bushes in the Rose Garden?”

“Let’s get him to take a nap inside the gazebo at least! We need to give those commoners something to dream about!”

The plot of this novel with such a funny title was the story of a commoner heroine who was actually an illegitimate daughter of an Earl. She transferred to the Academy and was about to experience love scenarios with all these wonderful male aristocrats.

There was a reason why this novel had been made for the commoners.

“The Prince will never take a nap at such a conspicuous place.”

Mathilda-san started to pout.

She was such a cute person.

“But, if the noble were to read this, they will surely find out that this is about this country’s prince, so we need to change it a little bit….”

“The Prince, your Fiancé-sama and your Onii-sama, all of them were similarly written here….”

“Yes, though the names had been changed to something else.”

Yes, the characters in this novel had been faithfully written based on the true models.

I will be in trouble if other people thought that this was based on the real story happening around the nobility.

That’s why this story was for the commoners.

Mathilda-san who had been the Prince’s nanny previously was not only familiar with the Prince. She also knew the other powerful aristocrats who were around the Prince’s age.

My fiancé as well as my older brother were also no exception.

At that time, somehow, I had a bad feeling.

Reason being, it seemed that my current academy situation looked similar to the scene that was written inside the novel.

As I held my meeting with Mathilda-san, I was still unable to wipe the anxiety that had been rolling inside of me.

T/N: This is not a reincarnation or transmigration story.

It was during the moment when I saw Banache-san again that my suspicion seemed to be realized.

A~ This scene was similar to the one in the novel.

I mean, wasn’t the villainess of this novel modelled after me?

By that, did I made a blunder upon the creation of the setting?

I felt my blood drained from my face.

The novel has not ended yet, however, in the middle of the story, the villainess who was modelled after me will be convicted for her bullying before having her engagement annulled, thus making her feel too humiliated to continue attending the Academy.

Even if I didn’t do anything, will I still be punished in the end?

Just because the lady was having her engagement annulled, did not equate to her being condemned like she had committed a heavy sin…

That was impossible, right?

I will not let Banache-san have her way.

I will never let others stain my honour by condemning me!

Did you intend to camouflage your act of infidelity with the excuse of my harassment to you?

I will see how you will do it!

For that child, that novel would be like a book of prophecy,

However, that novel was also a book of prophecy for me.

Let’s start with collecting the evidence

I knew that I have to find the evidence that indicated my annulled engagement was due to the fact that the Marquis had been cheating on me, and I also need to ensure that any evidence where I ‘harassed’ the other party was actually nonexistent.

That was my thought during those 3 seconds as I watched Banache-san who had fallen down in front of my eyes.

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I started my counter-attack by heading towards the pond where the roses were currently in full bloom.

Of course, this was the location for her tryst with my fiancé according to what had been written in the book of prophecy.

However, there was a high risk if I were to directly go there.

That’s why I decided to take a walk around the pond as I hid behind the rose bushes that allowed me to have a full view of the pond; at the same time, I also have decided to record the meeting of those two people with a magical tool-like recorder.

Conveniently, the rose bushes were so thick that it concealed one’s feet, which made it a perfect place to hide.

I hurriedly walked towards that place.

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…….There was already a person here.

This country’s Prince was currently taking his nap here.

As what Mathilda-san had previously said, he was lying in the shade.

Moreover, his eyes were quickly opened once he was aware of my presence.

Under that jet black hair, a pair of sky-blue eyes were staring at me.

I was also stared at him for a while, however, I did not forget that I was a woman with a mission.

Ignoring the Prince, I began to set up the magical tool.

“………….I’m sure, you are Roland’s younger sister, right?”

“Shhh, please be quiet.”

Banache-san appeared at the scene as soon as I finished setting up the magical tool, and immediately after that, my fiancé arrived.

They seemed to be talking about something.

I could not hear the content of their conversation, however, my fiancé had been holding Banache-san’s hand all this time.

My mouth started to grin at this novel-like development.

“That was Marquis Lamore, right?”

“Yes. My fiancé.”

The Prince turned silent after I replied to his question.

Once those two people left the scene, I cleared away the magical tools before I faced the Prince and asked,

“What is the date for today?”

His Highness took out his pocket watch from his jacket before he gave me the answer.

I bowed towards His Highness with a smile.

“For my discourtesy just now, I am truly sorry.”

“………….It’s alright. There must be a deeper reason for all of this.”

“Not at all. I am just collecting the materials so that they will never get what their hearts desire.”

Without changing his expression, the Prince asked me,

“Are you going to come here again?”

“Yes.”

“This is the place where I take my nap.”

I thoughtlessly clicked my tongue.

“Oi.”

“I’m sorry. Just now.”

“It was the first time someone clicked their tongue at me.”

“Just now is my mistake! About coming here, it will only be for a short while.”

His Highness looked at me unconvinced.

“Before long, my fiancé will condemn me and annul our engagement.”

“How do you know that?”

“There is this book of prophecy.”

“………..Show me.”

I had no choice but to take that novel out.

“…….Are you kidding me?”

“I’m not! Please read here! Because it was the scene that happened earlier on.”

When the Prince opened to the page which was similar to the scene just now, the middle between his eyebrows started to wrinkle.

“You don’t have to believe me!”

“…….Then, after reading this, what are you going to do?”

“Based on this, I did come out as someone who is not only foolish but also jealous.”

His Highness’ mouth started to twitch.

“However, the reality is, I am neither stupid nor do I possess intense jealousy. Instead, I do not even have any feeling towards my fiancé.”

“Is that okay for you to declare it so?”

“After all, Your Highness is not someone important in my life.”

“…………..”

“I do not mean anything bad by it. Rather, there are no disadvantages for me.”

I lowered my eyebrow.

“We only met here coincidentally and apart from the occasional greeting, you are basically a person so high above the clouds that I had never conversed with before.”

“You are Roland’s younger sister, right?”

“Yes. I am Yulias from the Earl of Nogger’s house.”

“I am a good friend of Roland.”

I laughed when I heard the Prince’s quick reply, fired at me like a machine gun.

“Your Highness, you are the friend of my brother and not mine. Moreover, in this kind of situation where a person was already intended for another, adults will not be forgiving if you befriend others from the opposite gender. If my engagement is to be annulled, I am going to put my fiance’ into misery as I settled things with those big shot. Therefore, His Highness is better off not to be involved with a person like me.”

“………..I understand.”

The Prince said that as he sighed.

“I will forgive you for coming here. Instead, from now on, you are my friend.”

I really could not understand this guy.

I clicked my tongue once again.

“This is the first time I saw a lady clicking her tongue. From here on, I am in your care.”

He seemed to be pleased that I acted like that.

For that, I could not help but click my tongue for the third time.