So what should we do?
Should I give her the answer she wants, or should I avoid her and gently increase her medication?
I glanced at the Viscountess looking at me with a concerned face and made a decision.
"There is none. Actually, it's a bit embarrassing. I thought at least one thing would come to mind when I was in such a stimulating place..."
Yeah, whatever. Today, it's better to just be a bear that doesn't know anything.
Aileen lowered her eyes and shook her head. At my words, Aileen twitched and closed her lips which were almost torn apart.
"Yes. If it's just for a little while, it would be nice to stop by the banquet."
After carefully examining me, Madam Mancini gave me permission.
Knowing that it was her consideration to help me remember something, I nodded slightly and expressed my gratitude.
Aileen, who was in a daze, had a triumphant look on her face.
***
It was the moment I entered the banquet hall.
Unexpectedly, one of the servants standing near the door lost his glass and wet my dress. As the wire covered his mouth in what could only be seen as a mistake, the manager quickly approached and bowed deeply.
"I'm sorry. It was a mistake on our part. It's because this guy is still inexperienced at work."
"The position itself was the problem in the first place. It's too formal to be called a banquet."
When Madam Mancini opened her mouth in displeasure, I quickly smiled and apologized.
"It's okay. The dress was already a little uncomfortable. This is a place we've decided to attend after a long time, so would you two like to enjoy it first?"
Madam Mancini had wanted to attend in the first place because of me, so when I came out like this, her anger eased.
Aileen looked down at my muslin dress with pity.
"The dress I've been wearing for so long... My aunt provided it for me."
"Please allow us to compensate you."
As I followed the polite man's words and left the banquet hall and opened the door I was guided to, I saw someone's familiar silhouette.
The woman who gave me a rose a moment ago smiled brightly at me.
"Welcome, Isabella."
"Violet."
I watched the dots around my mouth move along the raised corners of my mouth and slowly closed the door.
"So."
She asked me curiously.
"Is it more fun to do a play or to watch it?"
"I don't really like either of them."
She burst out laughing at my calm answer.
Violet narrowed her eyes as she glanced at the clear liquid in the glass in her hand.
"It's okay. It doesn't smell."
Even as she drank a glass of strong, colorless, odorless vodka, her facial expression did not change at all.
"But it would be better to do it in moderation. If you ruin the plan, Eric won't be happy about it."
"I know."
Violet licked her lips with her tongue, threw away any remaining regrets, and asked with a smile.
"But anyway, it looks like you're having quite a hard time?"
She raised one hand and cupped my cheek with an expression of regret.
"I thought you would have taken control of the people in the mansion by now."
"I'm taking care of it."
"You are my first student. From what I've learned, my prestige is not good if you falter in just the first mission."
I turned my head to see her speaking with a charming smile.
Violet Donata.
She was a recently rising actress who was backed by Eric Berker.
She was also the one who soiled my dress at the first prom I attended with Eric. She was also one of the people who cooperated with Eric's plan to get me into the suspicious room. She was also a teacher who taught me 'skills of living' and 'acting through a rigorous one-month' training course.
"Try to work harder. As the best actress, I put a lot of effort into teaching you, but shouldn't you get the first step right?"
And like 'that' Eric's colleague, she had a twisted personality.
I responded angrily to her, who only chose provocative words to say.
"If there's anything you want, tell Eric. I'm too busy being someone to kill time with."
"It's not fun."
Violet pouted as if steam had escaped.
As I was about to ask why I was summoned, Windy whispered to me.
[Master, that girl who came with you is doing something strange.]
'A strange thing?'
[She is giving money to an employee, saying he wants to change her dress.]
While listening to Windy's report, I opened my mouth.
"Violet."
"Hmm?"
"When I came into this room, the way Aileen looked at me was strange. Maybe she's trying to play a cute prank along the way."
“Hoo?”
Violet covered her mouth with a fan and her eyes filled with anticipation sparkled.
"What are you going to do? Are you going to change your mind and show it to your stoic Madam?"
"No."
Madam Mancini already knows Aileen's snobbish side.
The reason I have no choice but to turn a blind eye to Aileen is for another reason.
Even if the prank is revealed, nothing much will change.
In that case, I have to use a different method.
"It's the opposite."
"...?"
"You've already put in the effort, so I'm going to try to live up to your expectations."
As if at just the right moment, there was a knock on the door.
"The dress has arrived, Miss."
"No matter how much of a banquet it is, it has to be formal, so Eric will appear as an investor, right?"
When I opened the door, a dress that wasn't much different from what I expected caught my eye.
A gorgeous and intense red dress similar to that of the villainess Merilda.
I took the dress, held it in my arms, and opened my mouth to Violet.
"I'm telling Eric to pay for his face for the first time in a while."
He pushed me here, so he should show the same level of sincerity.
***
"Isabella is a little late."
"She will come. It might take more time to change your dress than you think."
Madam Mancini's concerned eyes glanced toward the entrance door.
Meanwhile, familiar young ladies and noble ladies came up and said hello.
"Viscountess Mancini, it's been a while since I saw you."
"It's been a while."
"I never thought I'd see you in a place like this."
If you are noticed and receive the favor of a noble lady who has even received a 'title' from the imperial family, you can score well in the social world.
Those who aimed for it each approached with eyes full of anticipation and said hello. Of course, Aileen next to her could not help but receive attention.
"Lady Aileen is also with us."
"I knew the two of you had a good relationship, but I would believe It even if they said you were mother and daughter, not relatives."
Madam Mancini's face stiffened slightly at someone's words, but Aileen smiled innocently and answered.
"Oh, it can't be like that. I'm not good enough."
She was in a great mood after receiving compliments from the women who approached her to gain her favor.
Someone cautiously opened her mouth.
"Now that I think about it. It looks like there's one more person in the group with you."
"Ah, that's right."
The Viscountess smiled brightly and nodded.
"She is a distant relative staying at the mansion."
Aileen smiled, suppressing the expression that almost popped out at that moment.
Her stomach was seething with dissatisfaction.
Why on earth is her aunt protecting her like this?
Since she doesn't have any memories, you actually don't know if she's a true noble or not, right?
The pass Isabella is holding also belongs to the principality, but it is half damaged so it is difficult to tell which family it belongs to.
But she couldn't reveal her feelings openly.
Aileen knows full well that she can't avoid the Viscountess's sharp eyes with her shallow water and that she is taking some measure of consideration for her.
'Because I look like Flora.'
That was her biggest advantage.
'Well, and it won't matter now.'
A smile appeared on Aileen's face as she remembered the little prank' she had played a while ago.
Most of the guests attending the banquet would be soaked in the afterglow of seeing the play on stage. In the meantime, if they see Isabella wearing the dress she prepared...
Aileen, feeling better, drank the juice she was holding in her hand in one go.
As the story about Isabella continued, the door to the banquet hall opened.
People's attention was focused on the woman who appeared late.
Aileen's eyes widened as she checked the other person with great anticipation.
As Isabella crossed the door and entered, she felt her eyes focused on me.
All of the young ladies looked at me with their mouths open, and the male brothers who were present as their partners or guardians also could not take their eyes off me.
I lowered my eyes and slowly walked towards Madam Mancini, looking at her all at once.
"Oh my God-"
"You prepared a beautiful dress after a long time, but I have never worn such a gorgeous and powerful dress. I'm worried that I may have caused trouble."
Madam Mancini glanced at my smiling face, blinked, then nodded.
"It's too much... But it suits you well."
It's too much.
"Thank you."
Aileen, standing next to Madam Mancini, was staring at me blankly, forgetting what to say.
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