5.
While I was embarrassed by the sudden crying, the child knelt down at my feet and bowed in gratitude.
The duke, who didn’t know what to do, carefully reached out his hand and comforted the child. His body felt very small in his hand. So much so that you can’t even feel its weight when you pick it up.
“Don’t do this again.”
“… … yes?”
“You don’t have to kneel to me.”
“ah… … Well, I don’t know how to express my gratitude… … . “I’m sorry.”
Thinking that his clumsy greeting was against noble etiquette, Ronnie made a gibberish excuse.
The duke didn’t mean it that way, but it seemed too early to make her open her heart, so he just nodded.
“I… … I don’t think a hundred words would be enough to say thank you… … I’d like to help with something, but if there’s anything I can do to help… … .”
“You’re a good kid.”
The duke grinned. He seemed like a really good kid, not only in appearance but also in heart.
I had wanted a daughter for a long time, but it wasn’t something I wanted to do. Then she unexpectedly had a cute and kind girl, so she couldn’t have been happier.
“The last name is Evelyn. Rosney Evelyn.”
This was the name I planned to give my daughter when she was born. But Andrea’s eldest son is already twelve years old. The Duchess had her children a little late, having her first child at the age of twenty-eight, but despite her youthful appearance, she was at an age where it was difficult to conceive. She wanted to give her name, which she had been saving, to her Ronnie.
“Evelyn… … “This?”
It was even more impressive with a castle attached. It was truly a name that made her sound like a noble lady.
“okay.”
In fact, the duke was initially a little concerned about his wife’s decision. He thought the treatment was too undeserved. But seeing him so happy made those feelings disappear.
‘It’s really strange.’
I didn’t adopt her as my biological daughter, let alone my adopted daughter, so why does it stick in my mind so much? The expression that it catches the eye is exactly what is meant in times like this.
The duke pretended not to notice and turned his head, saying it was all because of those sparkling eyes.
“Is there anyone outside?”
The maid who had followed the duke came in immediately at the call.
“Give this child that room.”
It was a bit of an impulsive decision. Surprise spread in the head maid’s eyes.
“master… … !”
“Get them ready without delay.”
But she didn’t dare to complain. This is something that the Majesty the Duke himself ordered.
“yes. master.”
An unprecedented and unprecedented event was decided so easily.
Ronnie, who didn’t know what was going on, just rolled his eyes, and the duke said one last blunt word and walked away.
“My nickname is Roro.”
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Ronnie, or now Ronny, was immediately ushered into her new room. Unlike Rosny, who knew nothing, her maid, who had been given orders and guided her, looked quite embarrassed.
‘To this child… … ‘Give me the lady’s room?’
The room the duke spoke of was the room previously used by the duke’s daughter. Lady Sophia, who had long since grown up and now married and left her family, was now her ransom and her Marchioness, whom she had used to her maiden enemy.
Although it had been empty for a long time, it was not a room given to an orphan girl like this. It was also the room that the young lady would use someday when she was born.
What the heck is this kid… … . The maid had complicated feelings, wondering if she would end up taking care of an orphan girl like this.
Meanwhile, the two arrived at the room.
“I’ll be staying in this room from now on… … “That will do.”
The maid, not knowing how to treat the child, used an ambiguous tone of voice. But Rozny didn’t have time to figure that out.
“W-here?”
The maid pouted softly, saying, “It seems like she knows it’s too much, but Rosny didn’t hear it.” Her eyes were filled with only the image of a room as beautiful as a princess’s room, or rather as a temple in heaven.
“This room… … “Is this really my room?”
Is the princess’s room like this?
The bright, cream-colored room was as cozy and beautiful as a feather.
Under the bright sunlight pouring in, the elegant furniture decorated with a white base and silver trim was shining.
The fabrics of the curtains, rugs, cushions, etc. were in light pink as accents here and there, and when combined with the cream-colored white wallpaper, it created a very sweet atmosphere.
Rosny looked fascinated at the white, translucent drapery hanging from the bed. It was like angel wings.
Even the bedding was silk. The same silk that I have only seen on the director’s clothes! It looked so soft that if I laid down on it, it felt like my body would just melt away.
“… … .”
There is something wrong with this. There must be a mistake. There was no way he would be given a room like this.
But the maid went out, leaving her frozen and dazed.
“Nonsense… … .”
Rozny, who was quietly looking around the room, was restless, not knowing where to put his feet. This was a place he could not dare to defile.
‘What should I do?’
I began to feel drowsy, as if all the tension had eased. But he couldn’t lie down anywhere.
Tomorrow morning, the maid will definitely come to kick her out, saying she gave her the wrong room. So she didn’t dare to use her bed carelessly. Isn’t it really a big deal if you even drool?
Rosny curled up on the floor at the foot of the bed, not even thinking about touching it.
‘I hope this isn’t all a dream… … .’
It was an instant before I fell asleep.
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The next morning, life as a duke began in earnest.
The problem is that her location is very ambiguous. Although he is said to be Master’s playmate, the genders do not match.
After an emergency meeting at night, the duke’s employees decided to treat her as a ‘girl sponsored by the duke’. Considering that the duke himself gave her her name and gave her a room as a lady, she decided that even if she had no need to hire a dedicated maid, she needed to be properly taken care of as she was a child. It was.
In addition, there were instructions from the Duchess to take good care of it.
However, it was an age-old truth that someone’s unreasonable good fortune would inevitably have a group of jealous people. It’s not that there were no commoners who received support from nobles, but most of them were geniuses, had some special talent, or such special cases.
In comparison, this girl was nothing. She’s just a lucky kid to put it bluntly.
This is in no way because the lady has such a kind personality, but because this child deserves it!
‘I’m supposed to wake up on my own because I’m an employee, but what kind of child sleeps until the sun rises without even noticing it?’
The maid, who woke up early in the morning, came in to wake the child, pouting. Even among her dogs, she was especially jealous of her child. She thought that if she had been a few years younger and cuter, she might have had such luck.
Actually, there was no need to wake the child up this early in the morning. Since we haven’t even had basic training yet, there was no need to immediately prepare him according to the master’s schedule. Moreover, the basic training has not yet been scheduled at all.
However, as a maid, she had to get up before sunrise to work, and she could not tolerate a child who was nothing special sleeping alone.
Swish!
The maid came in with the door wide open and pulled back the blanket without hesitation. But there was no one in her bed.
“… … huh?”
Has it already happened? Where did they go? I looked around and saw a child curled up at the foot of the bed, asleep.
‘Of course it is.’
Until yesterday, for a moment, I wondered if the child might have been taken in by my wife because she was a lost bloodline of a precious family. Otherwise, such unconventional treatment cannot occur.
But looking at this, it seemed like that could never have been the case.
It’s a creeping thing that understands its topic on its own.
Her unfounded belief was that if her bloodline was truly noble, it would not lose its nobility no matter how she was raised.
At that time, I heard the child talking in his sleep.
“Please save me… … .”
Rozny, who was lost in a dream, was having a nightmare about his time at the orphanage.
The director wasn’t the only one who inflicted violence on her at the orphanage.
Rozny, who did not get along well with children in order to hide her body, had no choice but to be left out, and because she was already small in stature, children her age bullied her very much.
One day, Rozny was framed as a thief.
‘Well, I didn’t do that…’ … Really… … !’
The enraged director violently swung whatever he could find in his hand.
In the dream, or rather in reality, Ronnie curled up as much as he could and trembled. That was all he could do.
Ronnie crouched down and prayed and prayed. sorry. sorry… … ! Please save me… … .
Originally, the director used to use violence at random depending on his mood, but the cane that he usually used to beat him was at least better. Although it hurt him to the point of tears every time he heard that whooshing, horrible sound, at least he didn’t break any bones.
But if the bone goes wrong, it’s a really big problem. If a broken bone sticks together strangely… … .
There was also a child in the orphanage who suffered a limp after being accidentally hit with a stick. There was no way he wouldn’t be himself this time.
Ronnie covered his head with all his might and prayed that this time would end soon. If she was noisy, I would beat her even more for being noisy, so I covered her mouth tightly.
‘evil… … !’
But the moment I hit the wrong shoulder, stars flashed before my eyes. It hurt so much. Her body became weak and she lost consciousness.
The director ended the assault by kicking the child, who was unconscious and limp, a few more times.
“sick… … It hurts so much. I didn’t do that… … . Really… … .”
The dream ended with him fainting, but Rozny still couldn’t wake up and talked in his sleep.
“Hey! “Hey!”
The maid was embarrassed and woke up the child.
Fortunately, Rozny quickly woke up from his dream when he was shaken hard.
“… … ah.”
The tears that had formed in the corners of my eyes began to flow. The pain was so vivid that I didn’t even realize it was a dream.
Rosny, who blinked blankly, soon realized a completely different reality. When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the angel’s room he had seen yesterday.
