Being the personal servant of the villainess means following her around everywhere, staying by her side and guarding her. Not that much time has passed, but the young villainess has already grown a lot. Currently 8 years old, Elise Alphonse had become quite the big deal.
Ever since the Alphonse family had made her birth public, Elise had been getting a lot of attention from other nobels. During her 8th birthday party, many nobel families were invited for Elise to be formally introduced to them as the heir of the Alphonse family.
Of course, being her personal servant, you stood by her side and made sure she was comfortable, suddenly being exposed to so many people after all. To your surprise, she wasn't the least fazed when a crowd of nobels surrounded her, trying to introduce their children to the young villainess. The Alphonse family was quite influential after all, one would benefit a lot just by being seen with one of the Alphonse family members.
During the party, Y/N was told that she could have some time to herself. Being born on the same day just a few seconds earlier, the villainess' 8th birthday party also marked her own.
Y/N wandered around her favourite place in the mansion, the courtyard garden. It was always quite fanciful, being maintained by so many servants of the Alphonse family. The roses of the garden were beautiful. It reminded her of the villainess herself. Despite being so tempting, the moment you touch her, the thorns would prick you ever so slightly.
The night was still young, and all of the guests were in the mansion hall where the party was held. So Y/N was certainly surprised when she heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes, along with a feint sobbing sound.
She rushed towards the sound by instinct. Someone's in danger... she drew her sword, ready for a fight.
"Who's there?!" She shouted in panic, but she was only met with the figure of a beautiful young girl. She had a golden blonde hair, porcelain skin, and bright blue eyesore the ocean that would drown you should you stare too long. The beautiful girl before her had a tear-stained face, the wetness welled up in her eyes only made her look even more pitiful. However, the only thing in Y/N's mind right now was confusion.
Isn't she... the female lead?
"P-please... don't hurt me..." the female lead whimpered... Y/N suddenly remembered how the female lead was bullied by other nobel kids in the past, so she was definitely scared and traumatised.
Y/N sheathed her sword and slowly knelt down in front of the girl. Reaching out her warm hand to the pitiful girl, she said in the most gentle voice she could muster...
"Are you alright, Alisa?"
Oh crap... I accidentally said her name... Uhm... it'll be alright, just play it off as cool.
"How... do you know my name...?" The girl asked, even more wary than before.
"Uh... you see... it's my magic."
"Your magic...?"
The girl mumbled, unwilling to believe such a thing.
"That's right. I posses a unique magic which lets me foretell the future..."
I kinda feel bad for lying to such an innocent face, but I do what I gotta do!
"Foretell the future..."
She totally bought it!
"That's right."
Only then did Alisa seem to lower her guard.
"I see... so what brings you here...?"
"I'm... celebrating my birthday."
Crap. Is she going to buy that? I mean... it's kinda true... but it's not my "real" birthday so...
"I see... Happy Birthday."
Y/N was surprised by the two words she said. Now she suddenly felt bad for lying straight to her face... the female lead is an angel after all.
"Thank you. If I may ask... are you alright?"
Of course, Y/N couldn't forget about how the female lead was on the verge of crying just seconds ago.
"I... I'm fine. It's just some stupid kids who said some mean things..."
It's as I suspected after all... she's being bullied. In the original story, the female lead was forced to take this burden all by herself until she met the male lead...
"It must've been painful..."
She mumbled subconsciously. The female lead looked at her in surprise. Up till now, no one had tried to empathise with Alisa. So she couldn't help herself with tears of relief started flowing down her face...
Shocked by the female lead's sudden burst of tears, Y/N was quick to comfort her, patting her back and apologising multiple times.
"I... thank you.. thank you so much..." the female lead sniffled before thanking the confused Y/N.
All of a sudden, Y/N becomes aware of the time... The villainess was probably looking for her by now!
"Uh, I'm sorry, Alisa, but I have to leave now..!"
She said before getting up in a hurry and passing her handkerchief to the sobbing girl.
"Wait! At least tell me your na-"
She's gone.
Goodness... how could someone leave so fast?
Alisa looks down at the handkerchief in her hands, noticing the initials stitched onto the handkerchief.
"Y/N L/N huh... to leave a crying girl like that... how odd."
The female lead chuckled to herself, becoming happier already.
That night, Y/N L/N had unknowingly, and unintentionally become the focus of the female lead...