Chapter 4: CHP 4

Helen,the woman who visited today  was one of the most popular designers in the capital.Well Deborah was the one who demanded her to come here.

“It is a great honor to meet you, Princess Deborah.

I’m Helen,wife of Baron Zihto."

From the memories I have it seems that when Deborah saw the dresses in the window display she demanded that Helen personally design a set for her.

'Well, thanks to her, I have an advantage.'

“I’m so glad that I’m able to show you our dresses.”

As I said nothing and the silence prolonged, Helen’s cheeks became red.

In fact, I was deliberately quiet. I’m afraid that if I open my mouth, I’ll be seen as a pushover.

'I'm sure that everyone will think that I'm the real Deborah if I don't open my mouth, it's best to keep quiet to leave the impression of a sophisticated person with expectations from everyone'.

“Princess, this is the style of dress that’s been trendy among the noble ladies lately. The sleeves are made of fur.

Would you like to take a closer look?”

Helen put on a business smile and started to explain the dresses she designed.

Some dresses were designed with a sapphire placed on the chest, while some were closely adorned with pearls on the collar or lace.

All the gorgeous dresses left me breathless.

As a poor person, who had to wear her older sister’s old uniform, my heart began to pound faster.

'Is this is the life of a person who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth?'

I was never envious of the children born with a silver spoon in their mouth because that was reality, but when I personally experience such an environment, I felt embarrassed and happy on the inside.

"I think everything will look good on you."

'Wouldn’t you be able to pull off any look if you possess such a beautiful face and body?'

The thought of me putting on such gorgeous dresses with a stunning face and model-like body makes me feel as though it’s the start of a new year.

I frowned and bit my lips as I looked carefully at the dress I felt like I was about to sneeze because of the dress with the sleeves of fur.

However, Helen interpreted my expression in such a way that her face turned red.

“Pp-Princess. These dddre-dresses are just a small fraction of what I have prepared for you.”

I stared at her as I bit my lips to hold back my sneeze.

‘What?!

These are a lot already, and you’re telling me there’s more?’

Upon noticing my expression, Helen looked as if she was going to lose consciousness anytime because of fright.

“I’ll bring you more colorful and sophisticated styles of dresses. Just give me three day!!”

Helen, who was looking at me, suddenly knelt down.

“I deeply apologize! I’ll make the dresses according to your taste this instant!”

I rubbed my sore nose and added in a gentle tone.

“Make sure to add a lot of gemstones to make it as fancy as possible.”

'The more jewels, the better.

I can take it off and change it into gold in the future.'

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‘So what if she’s a wicked woman? Her face is absolutely stunning.

I love this face.'

From time to time, I would be mesmerized by my face as I looked in the mirror like a narcissist.

Even if someone wanted to ask me how to find their way on the street, they wouldn’t dare come within 100 meters close to me. That was the aura I had now.

As I was immersed in Deborah’s sharp and cool features, I managed to come to my senses when a servant informed me that  my tutor was waiting for me.

In the morning, Deborah would study and learn about astronomy, history, poetry, and so on,from the most distinguished professors of the Empire.

Most aristocratic families have been taught at home since childhood.

The greater the identity of the teachers they invited, the more it served as a measure to show the prestige and superior identity of the family among the nobles

‘I envy you Deborah.

I was told that having a personal lecture was expensive.'

If we compare it with the modern world,she gets a high-priced private tutor worth hundreds of thousands of won per hour.

Of course, Deborah, was not interested in studying at all and skipped classes every time.

Because she was a villainess, it was a common practice for her to avoid her tutors.

There was even a time when a tutor, that who was nagging her about not doing her homework, was hung upside down by the window.

That was an incident where the rope snapped and the neck of the history professor, who had a very  prestigious reputation in the Empire, broke, which almost made the professor die. It was so well-known fact because he wrote himself  about it and described it in detail in an article.

‘The more I think of Deborah, the more rumors I remember.’

Every time I look into the fragments of her memories floating in my mind, I feel the need to sigh.

The law of conservation of mass.

I have realized the truth that I was more comfortable than anyone else, along with the fact that I was still a pushover.

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I came out of my room to go to my lesson  and started to walk down the long corridor.

‘No matter how much I walk, there is stil no end.

Every time I walk around the mansion, it fascinates me.

Perhaps, it’s because I’m an architectural engineering major.

How much money was spent and how much manpower was needed to build this magnificent and beautiful mansion?'

As I enjoyed the pieces lined in the corridor, I encountered a silver-haired young man who resembled Duke Seymour.

‘Belreck Seymour.’

He was the second son of this family.

As I looked into his the silver-blue eyes,I instinctively felt the need to show hatred towards him.

'It seemed as though that reaction was deeply engraved in Deborah’s body.'

Deborah despised her brother, Belreck Seymour.

Because Belreck showed contempt towards Deborah.

The reason for that is that he detested people who were incompetent and didn’t even try to do things.

Perhaps, it’s because his life is marked by a bloody effort to surpass his twin brother, Rosad Seymour.

Strangely enough, the heir of the Seymour family was always born as twins for many generations.

Besides that, the seal of the Seymour family is ‘a snake with two heads’ which symbolizes the family’s characteristic.

The talented twins fell into a fierce competition to become the head of the Seymour Household as soon as they were born.

That is probably the reason why most of the twins in the Seymour family always developed such different skills at an early age.

Following the tradition of the family, Rosad and Belreck grew up as intelligent monsters and in their fight to show their twisted love, they kidnapped the saint Miya Vinoche.

It is difficult for me to think of a single good trait of the two brothers,

especially since I know the sadistic tendencies of the twins through the novel,well except for their faces.

Belreck, who I had thought would just walk past by me, suddenly stopped and called out to me in a low voice.

“Deborah.”

He only swept his hair up, but I thought I was staring at a model from a magazine.

His glasses match his cold features really well.

'Crazy!'

“Who’s your tutor today?”

“Patrick.”

I answered briefly like Deborah would then swallowed hard.

“I heard of your stupid behavior even from the tower.

Patrick is a scholar whom I personally care about, so make sure to behave yourself today.”

Belreck,said what he had to say and passed by me coldly.

If I was the real Deborah,I would’ve fired back at Belreck and tormented Patrick,but I'm not.

Maybe because I’m not the real Deborah, I didn’t even get angry at Belreck’s attitude.

'Belreck is better than my previous family, who always treated me like a maid.'

While Rozad and Belreck worked themselves to the bone as they competed against each other, all I did was play around without a care in the world.

‘You will be happy.’

I gave a thumbs up at Belreck’s back and walked to the drawing room where the professor was waiting for me.

Professor Patrick was Deborah’s tutor for two weeks now, but she was absent for her history class every week and never got to see his face.

Because he was from a family who is lower than aristocrats, he bowed his head with a look of anxiety when I appeared.

“You’re here?”

The professor’s  bowed nervously.

Like Deborah, I folded my arms and lifted my chin as I sat down.

“Then, I will start the lecture.”

He took out a book named

"1000 Years of Azutea’s History",and began to explain about the Seymour family.

‘This professor is quite good.

Belreck was right to respect him.'

Since Deborah was so proud of the fact that she was a direct descendant of Seymour, he seemed to have prepared the contents of the class by sorting out the historical facts that she would like to hear about.'

‘An environment without flatterers around… is not bad.

This is much better than listening to false praises.

‘He’s good, hands down.’

To summarize Patrick’s Seymour-flattering class, this is what he discussed:

The eleventh emperor of the empire favored the Seymour family, which contributed to the strengthening of the imperial power,which instead gave the Seymour family the authority to manage the magic tower. The custom continues up until this day.

Since the  Seymour family has always produced highly skilled wizards, the tower has been dominated by them for nearly five hundred years.

It’s like a third generation family owns a conglomerate and is eating up even the ministers of the country.

‘My father is a duke and a wizard at the same time. That’s just too much.

Deborah's boundless arrogance now makes sense.'

Because I paid a little attention, the teacher enthusiastically continued the history lesson, the subject being the first enemy of the Seymour family.

The first head, Mirj Seymour, was an eighth-class wizard who made a great contribution to the founding of Azutea by helping the first emperor and was given great merit.

The families who were given merits for their contributions were Seymour, Montez, Orge, and Visconti.

•Seymour, the wizard.

•Montez, the spirit.

•Orge, the sword.

•Visconti, the wealth.

These were the four most prestigious aristocratic families who were given power after the first emperor rose to his seat in the Azutea Empire.

Deborah could act as crazy as she did because she was part of Seymour’s direct family.

'What I’m biting is not just a silver spoon not even a diamond spoon, but a very special orichalcum spoon .'

‘This is wonderful.'

'The professor’s lecture helped me learn about the things I have yet to know about this world so it’s quite fun.’

The professor began to concentrate on his lecture when he felt that I was listening more attentively.

He was so pleased that he even continued the class longer than the scheduled time.

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