Chapter 16.2

Cecilia went back and forth between the dress, shoes and accessories in the small dressing room that was connected to the living room and bathroom.

“As expected, it’s too little.”

“Is this really okay? I don’t mind having this kind of inheritance. I like it so much!”

I spun around in the room. It was so long that I almost fell down for a second but I was caught, and I never fell down like the last time.

Rather, I liked it this way.

But Cecilia’s face hardened.

She went in front of me like she was so troubled that she pulled out a thread and needle. Then she quickly mended my clothes.

“Most of the outdoor clothes are short, so it is okay, but you can’t wear those clothes indoors, especially shoes. You have very few accessories.”

“It’s really okay.”

“No, you’ve been wearing Lady Harris’ clothes temporarily, but I don’t think it’s enough. To be honest, it doesn’t make sense to inherit clothes in the Grand Duchy.”

Cecilia’s brow crumpled up.

“I can’t wear hand-me-downs?”

“Of course.”

“I don’t mind.”

“I can’t do this anymore. Even if he disagrees, I’ll have to ask him to change your clothes.”

I slowly mumbled when I saw Cecilia showing her determination.

“Did he say no to my new clothes?”

Cecilia’s cheeks twitched slightly at my question.

“You’re right about that.”

“…I don’t know. Some people, including Lady Harris, thought Lady Bebe would be kicked out soon.”

“I understand.”

“Of course, Lady Harris had done something worse this time. She doesn’t usually go this far…”

The way she was always confident, except when she hesitated because of me, suddenly popped in my mind because I knew my opponent was particularly afraid of me.

“You don’t have to be intimidated by her.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, do as you normally do. That look on your face doesn’t suit you at all, Cecilia.”

It was only then when Cecilia’s face relaxed as she rapidly sewed the hem of the long dress from inside.

“Yes, I will. I’ll tell the Grand Duke about Lady Bebe while you eat.”

“Okay!”

“Wait for a moment.”

As soon as she said that, she finished cutting back my skirt and went out of the room.

Whatever it was, it’s enough for her just taking care of my meal.

“Of course, people should eat something delicious.”

I don’t know when I’ll be kicked out on my first day, or maybe I might change my mind on the second day.

It’d be difficult to predict the future, so I kept asking for hard bread.

Thanks to this, the small space behind the bed was already overflowing with bread.

It had a great taste even though it was hard, but I don’t think I’ll eat it again because I already ate delicious food every day.

“Then what should I do with this…?”

I wouldn’t be kicked out for the time being, so I was sure it had become perishable.

“If I leave it like that, the mice will eat more.”

Even with three or five meals a day, the bread storage was already full. Even if I get kicked out, I can’t take that much bread.

After thinking for a while, I took out two pieces of bread from a small space behind the bed.

“I can’t. I’ll throw it away because it’s way too old.”

No matter how hard the bread was, it wouldn’t go bad at this rate, but if all this bread was thrown all at once, it would be obvious, so I split the hard bread into pieces and threw it out of the window. After a few days, it would probably cover the forest. It would only cover a small amount of the forest, but there were many cliffs along the forest.

“Throw it like this and the birds will fly and eat it.”

I split it as small as possible so that it wouldn’t be obvious that I threw it away, and then I sprinkled bread in front of the room for a while.

As soon as I threw out all the bread crumbs in my hand, the door opened.

“Miss, I’ve got your meal ready.”

“Uh, yeah!”

I quickly approached the table just in case I got caught.

As expected, today was filled with great food.

As soon as I heard the word meal, I heard a series of growls from my stomach.

What’s wrong with my manners? I woke up in the morning, washed up, and ate.

But now I’m hungry.

Truthfully, I was craving rice a long time ago.

“Then, please eat.”

“Yes, but will your mother be okay?”

“Uh, yeah, and by the way from now on, you don’t have to bring hard bread.”

“Why?”

“Oh, yeah. I want some soft bread now. I like bread with ham in it.”

When I smiled, Cecilia stepped back, pouring water into the glass.

“Okay, I’ll tell them to prepare for it next time. Then, I’ll be right back with the His Highness Grand Duke while you eat.

“Oh, o-okay!”

As soon as I answered her, she went out again.