"What happened? Did you not like the room?" She panicked as she didn't know what to do. In my last life, whenever I cried, she always left a gift at my door like a cat leaving food at the door of the person it likes. That's how my mother is...
"I liked it very much. I have never seen such a beautiful room in my life" I said with a small smile.
I saw a relieved look on her face.
"Thank you, mother," I said and slowly held her hand. She got surprised. Her eyes started tearing.
"I am sorry. I didn't know you would call--" She stopped as she is rubbing her eyes as hard as she can.
"Okay I decided"
"Wan" She stood up.
"Yes my lady"
"Buy every single dress and ornament and toy whatever is available in the market and bring it to my daughter. The best of the best ones should be first worn by my daughter"
"I will bring them as soon as I can, My lady"
"Mother, No... I don't need them"
"Huh? Why? You don't like them?"
"That's not it"
"Then what?"
What can I say? Not even in my past life I have ever received a gift like that, so I don't know how to react. Honestly, I don't want all those things.
"If you don't want to... I won't bring it" She said in a sad voice.
"Wan. Cancel everything"
"Alright my lady"
They both are really...
"Mother. I don't want all these things instead, can I ask something?"
Her face shined more than anything.
"Of course! Ask anything!" She said excitedly.
"E--"
"E?"
"Please eat with me every day" I kept my face down, clenching my dress. In my last life, not even once had we had our meal together. I don't even know if she ever wanted it. So I can't interpret her decision.
"Wan"
"Yes, lady Cicelia,"
"Arrange a feast, And from today onwards, no matter how much busy I am make free time for me to have all my meals with my daughter," She said so excitedly.
"Now, are you happy?" She asked nervously.
What would a 10-year-old child do at this time?
!
Yes!
I moved front towards her and kissed her on her cheek.
"Thank you, mother," I said with a small smile.
She really got surprised again.
"WAN" She screamed.
"Yes, lady?"
"Call a doctor!" She went out of the room immediately. She must really be happy.
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I sat on the soft bed and tried jumping on it a bit.
*knock*
"Butler Wan?"
"Yes, it's me, Lady Anemone." He entered inside along with a few maids.
"These are the maid who will be serving you from today," He said, and all the maids bowed to me.
"Rubina, Carl, Ruby" She introduced.
A familiar face made me stop.
Maid Ruby. The person of my father. She started working In Lady Cicelia's house just a month before my adoption to Ebdoubt's house. Father placed her beforehand.
If mother was killed before the father entered this mansion, then she must be one of the people who will kill her in the future.
"Butler Wan, I feel icky"
"I will get the bath ready for you immediately my lady" Ruby replied bowing.
"That will be great" I replied with a smile.
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"Ahhh...this feels nice"
Ruby is washing my hair so soft. She was my maid in my previous life too. I liked her very much. I used to depend on her in this house after Uncle Wan.
But after Father entered this mansion with my brother Theodore... She started following him as if she knew him all along. She stopped taking my orders and started behaving like Theodore and my father are her masters. I once even saw her take money from my father.
She was his person all along. I should get close to her in this life too.
"Your hand feels good, Ruby"
"Thank you, Lady. I can always make you feel comfortable" She spoke, and I can definitely imagine her squeaking in joy.
"So, what does your family do, Ruby?"
"My father works in the field, my lady. I lost my mother at a young age. I always saw my father working hard to raise me and my brother. I always wanted to help him in some way. God has given me a chance like this, my lady." She said with a small smile.
What a bunch of lies.
After finding out that Ruby is my father's person, I wanted to know how did she enter Ebdoubt's house. So I did a background check on her.
Ruby, an orphan, met my father coincidentally at a festival. Having a small affair, my father promised her a luxurious life. She is in love with my father. She is a greedy person. Although she loves father, she does not love him more than money. Same as him. They belong to the same kind.
That makes this game easier. I should bait her whenever possible.
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"Lady Cicelia is waiting in the dining hall my lady" Rubina spoke just after coming out of the bath.
"Ruby, dress me up in something light"
"Yes, my lady"
.
.
.
I walked to the dining hall and mother was already waiting.
I sat on the chair and got shocked by the luxurious food placed in front of me. This is the second time, but it still surprised me.
"Lady Cicelia specially ordered all the dishes you like Miss Anemone"
Dishes I like?
That's what father must have said to her.
"No mother, I have never seen this type of food"
"huh?"
"I have always eaten hard bread, which is like a rock. Sometimes my tooth hurt biting into it too"
"What? How did the Viscount make you eat something like that?"
"No mother, it was the maids. They bullied me because they think I killed my mother"
"That was---"
"I am afraid to eat something like this mother. What if someone bullies me in this house too?"
"No one would ever--"
"Mother, I want Lady Ruby to eat a bit of mine, and your food to see if everything is normal"
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