Chapter 4

Upon seeing her face, I become speechless with her beauty.

My first thought was, “An angel?”. Radiant and silky white hair like the snows

with a pair of two mesmerizing eyes more brighter and hypnotizing than any

rubies; Her beauty cannot be explained in just words. She looks like a heavenly

being. I was even in a daze after seeing her and almost blurred out the word “beautiful”.

She fluttered her long eyelashes slowly like feathers. Now I understand why

those trashy male leads were head over heels for her.

Once I break out of my daze, I smile at her warmly and

introduce myself lifting my skirt up a little in an elegant manner.

“Greetings, my lady. I am Elanoura Triluver, the youngest

daughter of the Triluver family. It’s my biggest pleasure to meet you.”

“…I am Adelite…Gravius” she replies hesitantly avoiding

making eye contact with me. Her nervousness reminds me of a scared deer. I can’t

help but like her.

“Would you like to have a tour with me around this mansion,

lady Adelite?”

“Uh, I-I would like to!” she may be still nervous but her

eyes glinted a little with curiosity.

“Well then, please follow me.”

“Yes!” she keeps her pace with me taking each steps

carefully to not trip since her dress is too long.

“Would you like to hold my hand?”

She nods and takes my hand. She is way too adorable for my

heart! Too freaking cute! Is that what it feels like to have a little sister?

“Lady Adelite, can you be my first ever friend?”

“Wha-what!! Yo-you want me to be your first friend? But, but

I am… lowly…”

“Lady Adelite.  How

can someone like you be lowly? Who told you that?”

“Everybody says so. All the maids, servants, my siblings and….even

my parents.”

“You are in no way lowly. You are the most kind hearted

child I have ever seen.” It breaks my heart to see such a young child saying

she is lowly as if she has been learning that from birth.

“I… am not lowly? I am not dirty?”

“Please pardon my rudeness. But, NO. You are not dirty, you

are not lowly nor are you ugly! Those who said that are simply jealous of you.”

“Yo-you are the first person to ever say that to me…”

“It means all the people you have met till now were either

blind or way too dumb to see your beauty.”

She stays silent for some time and finally she smiles brightly

for the first time at me with her eyes teary.

“Thank you, lady Elanoura…”

“So, we are friends from now on, right?”

“Yes!”

“Then please talk to me informally. You can call me Ela.”

“You are also my first friend, Ela! I like you!” she hugs me

as she says that. Oh gosh! She is too small that she barely even reaches my

shoulder.

“Can I call you Adelite?”

“Yes.”

Good. Now all that’s left is to gain her trust. It will obviously

take some time. So, for now I shall try to show that I am on bad terms with the

marquess first.

“Why am I your first friend, Adelite? As I am aware the

duchess took you to many other noble family’s house.”

She hesitates, “…They all hated me. Th-they looked at me

scarily. I was so scared of them.”

“Why? Did they not know that you are the duchess’ daughter?”

 “They did. But mother herself  beat me up at home and she ordered others to

not behave nicely with me too…”

“Oh my……the duchess is too cruel. Is your father and

siblings like that too?”

“…Yes. They all hate me….all because I am a fake….” she mumbles

the part quietly.

“Fake? What do you mean by that?”

She becomes scared at the realization that she talked about

something forbidden. She stutters,”No-nothing! You heard wrong!” Her complexion

goes pale.

I grab her shoulders and face her face to face to me. I

scouch down to her level.

“Adelite. There’s nothing to be scared about. I won’t force

you. You don’t have to tell if you don’t want to. Instead how about I tell you

something about me? A secret of mine.”

She calms down slowly.

“Wh-what is it?”

“Actually, I am not biologically related to the Triluver

family. The marquess adopted me when I was 8.” I say faking a sad smile.

“Wha-what… You-you are adopted…similar to me…”

“Can you keep this a secret? This will be a secret only

between us.” Although soon everybody will know. It’s not really a secret.

“Yes! I promise to never tell about this to anyone!”

I smile, “I trust you, Adelite.”

“I-I also want to tell you my secret..” her complexion goes

pale again.

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to-”

“N-no. I want to…”

“If you wish so.”

She stays silent for quite a while finally before talking, “I-I

am not the real daughter. They say I am fake. They say that me and my other

siblings don’t have the same mother, that I am illegitimate. I heard them

talking that my mother was a lowly maid…”

“My lord…it must have been so tough for you.” I hug her. As

I do that she bursts into tears and cries in my arms for a long time. She

finally stops when her eyes are all puffy and red.

“Pfft- you look so adorable.”

“Th-thank you, Ela.” She blushes. Done! Now, I have got her

to sympathies with me. Although I don’t think she completely trusts me yet. But

her favorability for me has definitely improved.

“Adelite, I promise to be your friend no matter what

happens. So, you can trust me.”

Huh? For a moment it looked like her eyes turned cold, the

eyes of someone who has experienced a lot and now is tired with life. I must

have mistaken. But, what if it really is true? No, no, it is impossible! Yes,

this is supposed to be her fourth and final life, but she comes back to the

past when she is 12. So, it is impossible for her to know anything when she is 8.

But what was that look? No, I was clearly mistaken. I sigh

and smile as I brush it off. To think that small thing I ignored would cause me

this much trouble.

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