The Marquis’ Daughter Acts As A Pawn
Twenty-four stories, notes by Elizabeth Lewis.
"I've done it..."
I gave in to the alley, and I regretted my shallowness.
My fool! Asshole!
There is no guarantee that Marquis Lewis (me) will not be noticed because of how different the colors of her eyes and her hair are... even the Noble Lady has been found out!
It doesn't have to be a crime of disrespect, but it could be deceitful and vengeful... the second prince is the kind of person who sets up a squid on a girl. Besides, I haven't changed the handwriting on that order voucher...
"All right, let's not make contact with the second prince as long as we can. In a few years, my face will change, and even my handwriting will be fine if I change now. Plus, I'll forget about the little girl I met once in a while. But let's not be alarmed about the evidence obliteration. Yeah, decision."
The decision was swift.
"Now put down the second prince, what shall we do now..."
After a while, my head was also very cold.
I even thought I'd leave the house and live as a civilian now.
But it is impossible for a 10-year-old aristocratic child to live without a handover and without being scattered home.
Sure, I was born with tools and desires from my parents, but...
"The Vees and the Orcots love me..."
Vee calls me her sister and admires me.
And the Orcots adore me.
Whatever your uncle thinks, he's sweet on me, and Linus treats me like a real daughter with his wife because she's my cousin, but she's not old enough. Theodore, the son of Linus, is like a brother on one of mine, and the brethren beneath him treat me like a sister.
Even if my parents don't love me, I...
"... I am properly loved"
Tears streamed, but I rose when I wiped gossip and rambling with my clothes sleeves.
I wouldn't say there's no sadness not to be loved.
But I'm not a tragic heroine.
I don't even want to think I'm pathetic.
"... let's go home"
I know you're strong.
Still, I must live as Marquis Marquis of Lewis.
Because I do not want to leave beside those who love me.
That means you can't abandon being the Marquis Marquis of Lewis.
If you don't like it, you can run away, throw away the nobility thing.
But if you don't choose to escape, your fate must be accepted.
Neither the duty born as Marquis Marquis of Lewis, nor the blood made flowing to me.
So...
"My place of return is the Marquis House of Lewis. Because I am Julianna Lewis..."
I shrugged to tell myself.
I walk out to the mansion. The sky already had night and darkness spread.
♢
"... I'm home"
Sneaking back to the mansion, I stopped by Howard's and stayed back in my original dress at the entrance to my mother's house.
You were making a scene about me disappearing, and the servants were looking at me with a surprised look.
The head samurai is angry with her ghostly figure......
"Miss Julianna! How many places have you been! How worried do you think I am…"
"Sorry......"
"The sermon will take place later"
"Yes."
"But... I'm relieved you're not hurt"
"... I worried"
The chief samurai was angry, but he could see his love for me.
"Come on, Vincent, show your boy how well you are. Going looking for a lady was a mess, wasn't it?
"Yeah. I'm gonna apologize to Vee, too."
"Please do so."
♢
"Sister!"
As I entered Vincent's room, I was embraced by him as he rushed over.
For the first time in months, I feel kind of tickled.
I noticed that Vincent's face was on me unlike before... I thought he was getting bigger, but I can't believe he's losing my height anymore. A little busy.
I laughed unexpectedly.
"Hehe, I'm sorry to bother you, Vee"
"What are you laughing at, sister! How worried do you think I am?"
"Yeah, I know"
"No, I don't understand. I thought your sister must have seen you halfway there... and I didn't care."
"I'm sorry."
It caught on a little bit, but I honestly apologized.
"Forget it. Because my sister came home..."
"Yeah. I'm not running anymore."
"Oh well... you, I just want to be alone with my sister, so I was wondering if you could leave"
Vincent says cold to the maid who was in the corner of the room, wondering if she smiled gently at me.
The samurai was a new samurai who brought tea to my room before she jumped out of the house.
The samurai went out in such a manner as reluctance.
Dropping it off, Vincent pulled me into the garment room.
"Hey Vee, you can have a room if you want to talk. Besides, you can't treat a samurai openly cold."
"I don't want anyone to ask me, sister. And that samurai, speaking without even reading the air... my sister is pathetic, I'm sure the gentle nobleman will come to pick my sister up, but I was so annoyed..."
"Yes..."
Vincent was seriously angry.
Once inside the clothes room, the two of us sat on the floor.
Even though the interior is called a clothing room, it is spacious because it is also used to change clothes.
Vincent asked with a serious face.
"I'm sorry, sister. This... I saw it on my own"
It was Elizabeth's mother's journal that she had offered.
"Saw it... you couldn't read the text it says inside, could you?
"Yeah, I could read it. Apparently, I have a cryptographic talent... and I have been taught a lot in the cadet school. You're gonna laugh, Elizabeth. I can't believe you're not my mother's kid, but you're talented."
I didn't know Vincent had cryptographic talent.
Maybe he's also the first person I've ever known to go to cadet school.
"I wouldn't laugh. That's my proud brother... if you've looked inside, you know that, right?
I swallowed the word that I was a Lewis tool.
"Sister, how far have you read this?
"Just the first page..."
"I knew it. Even amateurs managed to decipher the first one."
Vincent came out to me with a bunch of paper.
"What's this?
"Elizabeth, I decrypted your mother's diary and wrote it up. I was deciphering this notebook, which seems to have something to do with my sister's disappearance, because I'm desperate to stop everyone from going looking for her. Read it."
"Ok..."
I'm amazed at my brother's talent for deciphering the diary in half a day.
I glanced at the bundle of paper I had received.
My beloved brother told me to read, and I will keep my birth mother's diary hidden from great anxiety.
♢
Today was the wedding of Master Karen and Gerald.
I was also in good health so I attended the wedding.
Karen in a wedding dress is adorable and cute.
But when I unexpectedly exchanged Gerald and talked to the three of us, I got the impression that the core was strong, even though it was gentle on the inside.
Quickly, Gerald was laid on his ass, that's childhood taming.
I laughed unexpectedly.
Gerald can do his job, but maybe his private life is hectic.
Discover unexpected facts.
I was relieved that Master Karen and I seemed to get along well.
I was pregnant when Howard checked me out because I thought you weren't feeling well like usual lately.
I've been married for four months, faster than I thought.
But my body is getting worse every year.
Fortunately, I was able to get pregnant before I could have any more children.
Master Karen was delighted, but Gerald seems complicated.
After all, this man is hectic.
I know Gerald has complex feelings for this kid.
But if you have such an attitude towards this child, what the hell am I supposed to do?
A few weeks after my pregnancy was known, this time Karen's pregnancy was discovered.
I'm so happy! I had Karen's favorite chocolate to celebrate tonight.
We became close, and we began to call each other by name.
I'm so happy to have more girlfriends.
Tomorrow we promised to do embroidery on sauce together.
Embroidery...... I don't like it, but I'll do my best.
Because of the evil obstruction, my appetite has been decreasing lately and I eat all the fruit.
But the obstruction seems more spicy to Karen than to me.
If I were as evil as Karen, my frail physique, I might die without joking.
This child wants to think of her mother.
Gerald invited the orchestra home to say it was good for fetal education.
You may wish it sounded quiet like a piano, but there would be no golden brass instrument.
I did no good with Karen.
Your brother came to the mansion today.
You'll be busy with the Marshal's job......
When I said that, I came to see my lovely sister and her child and insisted on what was wrong.
People are childish to say that they also have grandchildren.
It was actually a pleasure for me to meet my brother, who had admired me like a father.
I cannot live long.
How much longer will I be able to see your brother?
This kid moves well in his stomach lately.
You want to get out of here fast, or you seem restless.
Looks like Karen's kid feels more like he's going to break out than move.
Maybe Karen's kid is a boy.
Gerald has been putting his ear on my stomach lately.
The face looks very happy.
It's been a long time since we've been married, but me and Gerald don't budge on each other something called romantic feelings.
Gerald has Karen, and I'm not in love shape.
I took this for granted.
But with Karen and the three of us, it's a lot of fun.
Maybe he's called Family Love.
Howard cleared me out at my checkup today.
They say I can't stand childbirth.
I know my body best.
So, I wasn't particularly shocked.
I forced Howard to swear to keep this a secret from Gerald and Karen.
I got pregnant faster, but Karen has a bigger stomach.
There's no basis, but I think Karen's kid is a boy.
When I do, I feel like this girl is a girl.
Hopefully, not my strawberry blonde, but Gerald's honey blonde will inherit it it.
The color on my eyes... anything but my purple eyes.
I don't want this kid carrying any extra stuff.
Though I'm not the one who's already got a lot of stuff to carry.
Your Majesty and Lady Dahlia came today with patience.
I should really go see you both, but I can't get out of bed these days because I'm not feeling well.
His Majesty and Lady Dahlia apologized for the inconvenience... even though me and Gerald took it upon themselves.
I made you two a big favor.
I can't believe you gave this child a little freedom of choice when you said she was going to give birth for the second prince...
I almost let my loyalty be jeopardized as to whether this is about motherhood.
I'm really not feeling well these days.
Because of the continued life of inability to move out of bed, it became known that it was not a body that could withstand childbirth to Karen, who had suspicious of it.
Besides, I was confessed to knowing from the beginning that me and Gerald would give birth to this child for a second prince - if followed, for political stability.
"If you love your belly child so much, you won't stop," he said when he complained that he wanted to give birth, even if he died.
Karen told me that I loved this child.
I want this child to be born into a sturdy body, unlike me.
What can I do for this child...
Today I wrote a book on decryption.
Not that this kid has the same talent as me, but maybe one day he'll come in handy.
I can't watch her grow, but I want to help her choose a better future.
Gerald found out about my body.
They yelled at me, and I haven't had a fight in a long time.
We used to talk about the future of this country...
For me, Gerald reaffirmed that he was not a “husband” but a "comrade”.
Gerald has apologized for yelling at me the other day.
Apparently, His Majesty and the Duke of Inglotto said something.
I didn't care more than I completely forgot…
They told me they were going to make time for two people from now on, but when Karen and the three of them said they were good, they were openly depressed. This man is a bit of a pain in the ass.
Today my nephew Linus - even though he is older than me - came to the mansion.
I gave him the cipher book I wrote.
In doing so, he spoke of me.
Because I swore allegiance for my country, for His Majesty's sake, because Orcott's family was there for me.
I told him it was a very, very happy day.
And I asked for this girl.
Gerald is hectic, so you won't be able to guess much.
No matter what happens, Orcott's family will protect this child.
Looks like Linus, well researched, sensed that my body couldn't stand childbirth.
Afterwards I thrived on this kid's name.
By saying it must be a girl, I came to the conclusion that after thinking through it, how about 'Julianna'?
I took my name from "Juliette," my mother, who was Princess Samorta, who made a great love and married my father.
I don't want this kid to fall in love, but I want him to be the kind of kid who grabs his own future, like his mother.
If this child was a boy...... let your brother name it.
The due date for childbirth is approaching.
Today, Karen and Gerald and I had dinner together.
I couldn't get out of bed, so I ate a sandwich in my room.
A meal without the nobles. But it was surprisingly fun.
The labor pains began.
Very painful, but I hear the real pain isn't like this.
Gradually, the interval of pain in labor pains is shortened.
The pain is pulling off now, but it will soon hurt again.
I shall entrust this diary to Howard.
I'm going to have this kid give it to me when he turns ten.
If I decrypt the diary, this child will be disillusioned with me.
Still, I'm going to entrust this diary.
Let me tell this child my thoughts in the last ten years.
To my child, who will not see the future come true.
Watching this diary now means you will have known why you were born.
Whatever excuse you put in line, the irreplaceable fact that you gave birth to me and Gerald for their patriotism and loyalty, and for the Second Prince and politics.
You're a shitty parent, aren't you?
So if you thought my death was your fault, don't worry.
It was just a loving time while you were in me.
I've been waiting for the day to say today that I can create a life in this world called you.
I let you carry a big shackle called blood muscle.
It will surely afflict you.
But it can't be helped by effort, and it's also true that it can be a big weapon.
Use the blood that flows through you for your future.
I'm not asking you to be a patriot like us.
Just be happy.
I meet the people I love and love, and I pray that they will have a happy end like me.
I really wanted to hug you when you were just born.
I wanted to try breastfeeding you.
I wanted you to call me "mother" for the first time I spoke.
I wanted to have tea with you.
I wanted to sleep with you when I was lonely.
In my first social circle, I wanted to show you the outfit with joy.
I wanted to try a parent-child fight.
And I wanted to celebrate your day as an adult with you.
It is a future I cannot hope for.
So make him your own child when you become a parent.
This is my mother's most sincere favor.
Finally.
Now at this moment I love you more than anyone else.
Thank you for being born to me and the son of Gerald.
From your mother, Elizabeth Lewis.